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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Just Every Day Sense
"MTAR." wrote Major General j. G. H!
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

"XXTAR" wrote Maj General j. G.. Hartford sew
w eral years ago, represents a permanent
factor in human life and very noble one 1t is the
school Of heroism from which nations nobest sons
graduate into highest manhood"
This opinion, which probably is sensible if not
superlatlvely wise, from the major general point of
view is being taught to young all over this coun-
try in hundreds of military institutions r. o. T. c.
university departments, and at citizens training
camps.
With this kind of education going on, is it any
the people who fight them muster up enough courage
to analyze such statements. And this will take more
valor than is required for fiag-waving.
War may have been a necessity at che time in the
worlds history but that time has passed Things have
changed radically. Today it is the greatest stupidity
of which civilized is capable.
THERE no longer is anything very heroic or fine
= noble about 1t is sneaking, bomb
throwing, earth-burrowing, poison gas business,
beStial plague upon the face of beautiful earth.
1t can do no more good for any nation in the
twentieth century than would visitation OF the
Black plague. It settles problems 1t ends no
quarrelS. It remedies injustice. The monstrous
truth is that it only destroys.
Such catch phrases as those of General Harbord
used, no doubt, in all sincerity have duped millions
before our time.
Right now we need a thorough mental house
cleaning so that we rid our minds of all such
trash and regard these WORKOUT slogans for what
they are-veritabe nonsense.
They always have been used substitute for
thought Today with world in the state it is the
only war that could be noble would be a war waged
TO the death against such useless concepts Of nobility
and heroism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
insult in Flight

Indiana is interested in the arrest of Samuel In
sun in Greece, interested as were the Germans at
the end of the war when the kaiser fled to Holland
to escape the wrath of his subjects
For there is no mistake that insult almost as
powerful in Indiana as was the kaiser in Germany.
He still was powerful in the last special session
of the legislature when the lawyers for part OF his
huge utility octopus begued members of the legis-
lature and in the end procured the defeat of laws
that would make public ownership easier and the
footing of investors by holding company high
finance more difficult.
The power of insult in Indiana affairs has been
dominating for years To criticse him his methods
was more than heresy 1t ranked higher than treason
During every session of the legislature, his lobby
was busy During every campaign, his dollars helped
to elect public officials.
He fled to Greece in the hope of finding some
country which would not send him back to be tried
in the courts as a crook who stole the money of
his investors.
Much as the people may admire the loyalty of his
son in helping aim to escape, the fact remains that
the son, still powerful in Indiana, was helping to
defeat complete exposure of intricate an5 tangled
affairs which Chicago prosecutors say were criminal
The public invested hundreds of millions of dol
lars in the holding companies Of the insult utilities
the value of which depended as much upon the con-
troll of government as upon the service to the public
What contrast between the spectacle of insult
the mighty under arrest in the twilight of his life
deposed from his pedestal of power and the citizens
of the little town of Huntingburg in Indiana.
They will pay no taxes this year. They had no
superord to furnish them electricity and water They
own their own sources of supply. The profits from
those plants run all their local government.
The lesson seems obvious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

master satirist like Dean Swift could get bitter
humor this story dated from Des Moines the city
where President Hoover recently spoke so optimis-
tically.
Iowa has bumper corn crop, and corn is selling
for 10 and IA cents bushe Iowa State college scen-
fists reveal from tests that at this price is
cheaper for fuel than Iowa coal at $3.50 ton, much
cheaper than anthracite. They find that 141 pounds
of corn has the heating quality 100 pounds
of coal.
Anything that will remove the surplus will be de-
Sirabe," said Charles D. Reed of the Iowa weather
and crop bureau. Maybe by burning it in place of
COAL the excess be prevented from breaking the
market"
President Hoover said recently that what this
country needs is good joke. Is this it?
Charity workers, wondering where they will find
food for hungry millions this winter and coal miners
whose families face starvation from lack of work
probably will not laugh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

place unless these tissues and or
gans are given the proper condi-
lions for their actions.
The human being can not live
without air for more than few
minutes. Almost every one can get
enough air most of the time but
the kind of air makes a lot of diff
ference.
Air must be clean, cool, sufficiently
moist, and free from dangerous
T2ses and impurities.
Some people constantly are in
fear of the slightest sense of air in
motion. There is no question but
that powerful blast of air or even
the continuous exposure to the air
from an electric fan may on occa-
sion, be harmful, but air slightly
in motion is superior to air that is
static.
Nowadays. all sorts Of devices are
being developed for air condition
ing, since it is recognized that i'm
purities in the air or notifications
of its quality away from the best
may have serious effects on the
human being.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
In the Days of 1928

TIE asks now for elimination OF
4 Il harsh personalities" but there
is no record that he ever raised
finger to check the campaign of
SANDER conducted against Al Smith.
Men in the pay and good graces Of
the Republican organization ap-
pealed to the most ignorant and
bigoted of religious prejudices in
1928.
And this they did in the interests
of Herbert Clark Hoover.
Nor was the religious issue the
low mark in the character of the at
tack. 1t went to the extraordinary
lengths of maligning members of
Mr.. Smiths family. No ammunition
was too petty, too mean, or too fan
tastic to be beneath the use of the
various witch burners who we're
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
1T SEEMS TOME BY HE FEg7N

HERBERT CLARK HOOVER
l. 4 has discovered craftsmanship.
Or possibly he always knew it and
merely laid this virtue aside for
practical purposes in 1928,
Speaking at FIT. Wayne, Ind, and
in fighting mood" the President
declared, During my public life I
have believed that craftsmanship
and craftsmanship called for the
elimination of harsh personalities
between opponents"
That is an excellent rule for cam
didates, and it is well that it should
be stressed. But Mr.. Hoover hardly
is the man to do it. At least, not
unless he comes to the subject as
one moving forward to the mourn
ers' bench.
He has no right to say it without
first making a full and complete
apology for the tactics employed in
his behalf some short four years
ago. Has President Hoover for
gotten or does he assume that the
matter has slipped the mind of the
American public?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

TioO More Expeditions Are
Starting ont on Cosmic Ran
Research.
a FAMILIAR slogan was Join
L n the navy and see the world /"
In the scientific world today. the
slogan is Join the coSmic ray hunt
ers and see the world"
Just as Professor Arthur H. Comp
ton gets back from a 5O,OOO-mile
journey in search Of coSmic raw
data, announcement is made that
two more expeditions are starting
out.
Professor Compton, back at his
laboratory in the University of Chi
cago, announces that DR.. E. p. Ledig
of the Carnegie station at Mt. HUI
ancayo, Peru, will head an expedi-
ton into the mountains Of south
Chile and Argentina. DR.. Thomas
G.. Poulter of Iowa Wesleyan uni
verSity will go with the expedition
to Antarctica. now being organized
by Admiral Byrd.
Meanwhile, three of the six expe-
ditions that took to the field at the
time Professor Compton started out
are yet to make their reports.
These three are making measure
ments in Spitzbergen, Denmark and
Greenland and South Africa.
DR.. r. A. Millikan, who first con-
firmed the existence of the cosmic
rays. still is at work making obser-
vationS of them.
And, of course, no record of the
cosmic rayhunt would be complete
without mention of Professor Au-
guste Picard, who made his sec
ond balloon ascension into the
stratosphere in search Of cosmic ray
data.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

Their self-profit legislative policies
have prevented a majority welfare
and they become wearisome and
grotesque in the act Of pretending
good from bad
Discouraged, they are turning tos
Hooyer's sleight-of -hand, praying
that he. somewhow, will produce
real magic from his bag of tricks.
Perhaps portions Of Hoover's alibi
will run smooth-at least, he's suge
to fool a part of the people-but
when Roosevelt makes an ass of the
elephant next Nov. 8. perhaps VOC
dooism, Hooverism, and favoritism
will go out of existence.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
ARGONNE ISIS CLEARED
Oct. IL

ON Oct. II, 1918, Americag
~ troops completely cleared The
Argonne forest of the enemy.
The British advanced northeast
Of Cambria, taking Iwuy and Fres-
sizes. Germans abandoned their
line along the Sensee river and the
British closed in on Douai.
The French forced an evacuation
of thirty-seven miles in six-mile
thrust on the Suippe front and Ger
mans evacuated the Chemin des
Danes.
Teutons were reinforced in Ser
bia, while the Serbs advanced to-
ward Nish.
Emperor Charles Of Austria
Hungary announced his decision to
unite Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina in one state. On the
same day, Dr.. Alexander Wekerle,
Hungarian premier, resigned. .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

HoSNSAHeioA aAN VI h9SCAds INC
Health Magazine.
THERE is a great difference be-
Il tween being sick and being
well. Whenever the human body
becomes diseased, the human being
is depressed, dissatisfied, and dis
turbed. The old saying has it that
sound mind exists in a sound
body.
Not only does illness reflect it
self in the person concerned, but
also on his associates. The pres
ence in any group of any one who
does not enter fully into the spirit
of the group activities because of
some type of illness breaks down
the pleasure and the efficiency
of all.
Hence it is almost a duty that
every one be as healthy as possible
for the good of himself and of the
community.
What we call good health arises
from the perfect functioning of all
tissues and organs of the body.
Such functioning does not take
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Daily Thoughts

And all the inhabitants of the
earth are reputed as nothing:
and he does according to his will
in the army of heaven, and among
the inhabitants of the earth: and
none can stay his hand, or say
unto him. What doest thou?-
Daniel 5:35.
Understanding ISLANDERS mirth
afford; and reputation bleeds in
every word.-Churchill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter.
esting writers 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, 1932-10-11

care to advance the argument that
he personally said none of these
harsh and personal things. They
can even point TO the fact that he
did not mention the name Of Al
fred E. Smith once during the" 1923
campaign, but maintained the fic-
ton that he was running against
a wrath not visible to the naked
eye.
Yet I hard y think that this ar
gument presents Mr.. Hoover in an
altogether appealing light. 1t mere
ly suggests that he was f1nicky
rather than fair. And no man
should say that Herbert Clark Hoo
yer was wholly ignorant of what
was done in his name, for in seek
ing to prove that it would also be
necessary to prove that the great
engineer was wholly ignorant Of
the state Of the nation which he
purposed to lead
The matter was mentioned many
times in the public prints, and AL
Smith spoke of it in the most elo-
quent address of the whole cam
paign.
Craftsmanship Ignored
HERBERT CLARK HOOVER
II may have passed by on the
ether side and kept his own feet
dry by wearing his fishing boots,
but he hardly can have been I'M
aware of the fact that it was rain
ing gumbo. At several of his meet
ings some of the most virulent of
the religious-issue group sat on the
platform with Mr.. Hoover.
He shook hands with John Roach
Straton and congratulated him on
the splendid work he was doing. He
talked with many others, and there
is no record that in these converse
tons the question of craftsmanship
ever was stressed, or even men
toned.
Copyright 1882. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Right Spirit | acking

OUCH a condition can not be
~ attributed to accident. We have
failed somewhere along the road;
Jailed to inspire the boys and girls
with the right spirit.
You can't teach mature men and
women much, especially in habit of
thought.
What they have learned to think
about, to get excited over, to regard
as important, before reaching the
age Of 20, generally sticks to them
through life.
Lenin understood and applied this
principle when he seized on Russian
youth as the backbone of reform.
To keep the schools out of
politics, which I always have re-
garded as rather inconsistent with
the democratic theory of govern
ment, we have taken politics out of
the schools.
We do not teach our young people
to analyze and discuss present day
issues, particularly if they are
irritating, or close at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

Sir Eric Drummond has resigned as secretary Of
the League of Nations The resignation will take eff
feet in 1888, at date not yet specified And that's
what they call "resigning"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Back in the Mountains

4 L once looked ruefully at a
L n photograph of himself which
was taken at the opening of the
Holland tunnel and said that in all
probability that innocent picture
cost him a couple Of hundred thou
sand votes. 1t was circulated in
some Of the remote regions of the
South, with the explanation that
this was the beginning OF a secret
passageway through which the Pope
planned to slip into the White
House the moment Smith was
elected.
They say that new Hoover is
out upon the hastings His shyness
has been cast aside. He is forceful
He is audacious.
Hoover Grows AudaCiouS
THAT I can well believe. 1t is
l. amazingly aUdacious that the
man who collected the political
dividends from the 1923 campaign
now should raise his voice in holy
terror against the use of harsh
personalities.
It is a little as if a wrestler who
had just lost a deadlock should turn
to his toe-holding opponent and
say, "A little gently, if you please. .
1t all depends where the pinch
comes. Mr.. Hoover shouldn't
change shoes while crossing mud
fat.
Mr.. Hoover's supporters may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

A camping expert advises that, when cattle are
around it is we'll to keep on the right side of the law
and not disturb them. bull holds no respect for the
law!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

There are people and people-and there are people
who insist on telling how many pounds they just have
lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

Alaskan seaskns are selling for the lowest price in
the history Of United States government auctions
That's an excellent argument for friend wife this
winter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

The League of Nations is working on a plan which
will satisfy the demands of Germany for arms equal
ity and France for security. 1t should be finished in
time for the next war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

honored brigadiers in the Republic
an army.
In just which pocket did Herbert
Clark Hoover keep his sportsman
ship when his agents we're about
whispering these silly little lies?
Where was Mr.. Hoover's faStidious-
ness about harsh personalities"
when Republican speakers circu-
lated through the south and an
nounced that Alfred E. Smith was
slave to rum?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
NEGLECT Needed Teaching

WTE do not introduce them to
VVthe conflict of opinion which
RACES all around-do not teach them
what it means to be Republicans,
Democrats or Socialists.
AS a matter of fact, we are scared
of the very idea. We virtually de-
mand nonpartisan attitude on
TIE part of teachers, superintend-
ents and members of school boards.
1t sounds plausible until you be-
gin to inquire what purpose educa-
ton is supposed to serve in de-
mocracy.
What does farm relief mean to
the average high school or college
student? What do our boys know
about the Volstead act, except as
they have gotten tip here and
there from street gossip, or a boot
logger?
What is their idea Of taxation,
even as affected by the cost of their
own training? Can they read an
ordinary tax bill understandingly,
much less make out a simple in
come tax return? Have they any
clear conception of jury duty, to
which many of them will be sub
ject or of their rights if arrested?
When the nation, the state, or
even their own community gets into
snarl over some unexpected issue,
or proposition, have they a back
ground which enables them to dis
cuss it, or hear it discussed, without
hopeless confusion?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

Could Learn fundamentals
IT is not to be expected that boy
l. or girl in the teens could play
the part of a veteran politician, but
they could be given enough insight
into the tremendous drama to ap-
preciate its fundamentals.
Their capacity to understand
teamwork and complicated rules is
shown by the ease with which they
catch on to all kinds of sport.
If they only knew it, politics is
the greatest and most essential
sport in this country. The trouble
is, they are not made to realize it,
whence their boredom and indiffer-
ent after they grow up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DTETZ.

Tico More Expeditions Are
Starting out on Cosmic Ran
Research.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02

al bA1N oAAA1SAS
gress, Speaker John n. Gar
ner has rendered an incal-
culable service to his coun-
try; and in the timing Of
this appeal he has shown him
self master of the psychology
of leadership. There have
been few incidents We can
recall in congressional or
parliamentary history that
have so thrilled a people.
These memorable events de-
pend on the atmosphere, the
setting. There is always an
interest when a Speaker of
the House goes into the
arena of debate, for the
House almost always likes its
Speakers.
We recall the scene when
Champ Clark descended from
the rostrum to close the de-
bate on the Underwood tariff
act and began with the lines:
This is the day I long have
sought,
And mourned because I
found it not. p"
But that speech was
merely a gesture of triumph,
delivered before an hilarious
House "a party speech of
the militant and jubilant
sort we'll fitted to that oc-
casion. But the occasion was
not one deeply to touch the
heart and imagination. When
John N. Garner took the
floor this week there was a
feeling that the welfare of
his country, the very fabric
of American society, was in
volved in his success or
failure.
No statesman, any place or
at any time, has stepped into
the breach under more criti-
cal conditions. And disre-
garding the carping crlti-
cism of his enemies, he had
waited patiently for the right
moment. And then he met it
in the right way. There was
infinite art in the very sim
plicity of his performance.
Jack Garner
Is Real
The man who saved the
day for common sense and
manifest duty is a personal
ity. His white hair, long
and bushy white eyebrows,
ruddy complexion, blue-gray
eyes, would make him con-
spicuous as an individual in
any crowd. Instinctively,
he has a friendly, kindly
outlook on people and
things. His smile, with
which the House is so ia
miliar, is a golden glow.
1t not only lights a room,
but warns a visitor. His
voice and manner have all
the heartiness of the West
and South.
But no student Of faces
will fail to note the keen
intelligence of those blue
grey eyes or to realize that
they are the eyes of a
fighter, capable of the re-
Elections of cold steel. No
pretense. No pose. No
illusions, here. just two
listed, outstanding, human
being who has grown very
wise in the many years he
has dealt with men and poll
tics. The men of the press
gallery, incompatible in de-
tecting the counterfeit, long
ago concluded that Jack
Garner is real.
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
SPIRIT OF AMERICA

The original of this striking picture Spirit of America by
Howard Chandler Christy will be unveiled April IL
patriotic meeting at Carnegie Hall, New York.
Reproductions of it will be posted throughout the country
part of the bcentenna observance of George Wahngton
birth.
In year when Government bent defying
Of the precep that Washington laid down. the reminders
we have of his sound advice the better.
And the HEED THAT ADVICE the better
Mr.. Chrstys interesting picture contributes that end
he will have done something
As American citizen you too, contribute toward that
end by eectng public who believe in George Washing
toms advice and who will practice it,
You elect who will end the tyranny prohibition
and restore temperance George Washington always the
friend Of temperance always the tyranny
guise.
You elect who will manage the national finances
saney instead of enactng racketering scheme that
strikes at the roots of national prosperity George Wash
ington had to deal with financial lunacs and of his
strongest warnings against their unacy and its pers
You elect who will keep up the national deenses
instead Of scrappng them George Washington warned against
unpreparednss because he had experienced its dangers
You elect who will keep out of foreign enange
en the League of Nations the League George
Washington knew about foreign enanglemen the
heartfelt warning he gave his countrymen against
them.
This country in short must get back to George Washington
If is to get anywhere rather must get FORWARD to
George Washington if it is to get anywhere.
It's socaled leaders about 100 years BEHIND Wash
ington Their Leadership" is steadily taking the country
farther away from his preaching and his practice.
It time to get set of leaders, who lead
ward instead of back.
The opportunity will come next November.
Unless all signs fall the country will opportunity
will also take righteous retrbution who have
led so far from the path that Washington marked out
The Washington times., 1932-04-02
Tips for the LOve-Seeker

Tips for the Love Seeker
Fate is as careless as Gen.
tral-always either giving you
the wrong party or cutting you
off from the right one.
Cultivate your intelligence,
dear girl, and men won't notice