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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
GOvernment bv Slate Makers

Tomorrow the voters will go through the
formality of selecting candidates for the
two major parties.
In all probability these nominees will be
determined by the activities of slate makers.
The voters will be besieged by agents of
small groups, each with its particular pur-
pose. 1t being an impossibility to get an
intelligent and unselish ballot without some
guide the citizen will necessarily depend on
the advice of slate makers.
Before any slate is voted, it would be wise
to know who wrote it-and why.
Citizens interested in defeating income
tax legislation have their slate. Those in
terested in preserving prohibition and boot
logging have their list. Those who want la
Dor legislation will urge votes for their Sc
lections.
Coffin has his list Of those who will put
him back into power in his party and in the
way of patronage if elected. The regular
Democratic organization has its list Of those
it wants to protect its interests.
Some day the Constitution will be rewrit-
ten and democratic government will be re-
stored by limiting the number of elective
offices to very few, perhaps one at each
election. Then the people will have chance
at self-government again. Today it is de
stroyed by the long ballot.
But tomorrow the one chance lies in cast
ing your lot with group that you prefer to
other groups.
Before you vote for any slate, if you do
vote for an entire slate, be sure to find out
who is handing you your dope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
The Prohibition Issue

II you happen to be of the rapidly growing
number of citizens vino believe that something must
be done with prohibition, tomorrow will be your last
to insure real vote the question in the fall.
When the candidates for congress chosen, the
stage will be set.
If both candidates in the district the
selection of the Anti-Saloon League, the voters
not vote this matter
Very many citizens who, in the past, have given
allegiance to prohibition have changed their minds
in these days Of depression.
They believe that it has not solved the liquor
problem, but has introduced government by gangsers
blackman by gunmen vast sums spent for futile ges
lures of enforcement, curtailment of that
formerly provided funds for government.
Many citizens believe that the government and
not the gunner should receive whatever tax is levied
on the drinking habits of the people.
Many have become appalled, by the fact that the
government has apparently been unable to prosecute
successfully for violations of this law and is driven
to the expedient of sending its Capones to prison for
falling to return incomes from crime for taxation.
In voting for candidates for congress- unless there
is a compelling discrepancy between two candidates,
those who wish to solve not intensity the prohibition
question should vote for those who pledge themselves
to the submission Of a repeal for the eighteenth
amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Just Every Day Sense
NV AIRS WALTEB FERGUSON

ONE of the most significant changes ever witnessed
~ in America is the feminine attitude, past and
present, toward prohibition.
While there still are many sincere souls who be-
eye this law can be enforced hundreds OF thousands
of women have changed their minds entirely about IT,
once we presented an almost solid phalanx OF dry
advocates to congress- but now find multitudeS OF
our sex who are shouting vociferousy for repeal
One thing is sure. that these reformed drys are no
less Ene or honest or decent than they were before
They merely have learned certain facts about human
nature.
members of organizations that annually pass resou-
tons for more enforcement feel hopeless that this can
be done, and would like some kind Of change.
DUT let us not make the same mistake twice. Be-
ID fore 1920 women most Of whom we're IMMERSED
in politics or the strange ways Of men who pass laws
only to break them really believed that liquor would
disappear after the volstead act.
We know now how badly mistaken they were.
But we dare not fool ourselves into thinking that If
congress and the states ever do muster up courage
to repeal this sinister amendment, we at once shall
step into Utopia. We should profit from our former
error.
BY the passage Of too rigid prohibition measure,
we created an incredibly difficult situation 10; our
measure would do. Because Of that fatal belief we
now suffer and probably shall suffer more IN the
future.
This country viii not present pretty picture
after repeal. unless legislators good deal
more sense about that than they ever have shown
before.
Modification of some sort we must have. But it
will require wisdom to make a slight adjustment.
much less radical one It is going 70 take the CON-
bined intelligence Of men and women TO get out
of our unpleasant prohibition predicament. But I'M
less we do get out Of it, We are lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
The Economy Test

II the house Of representatives stands by its refusal
TO consolidate the war and navy departments con-
gress may as we'll abandon any serious attempts at
further reduction Of the federal budget
1t has become apparent, even to members of con-
gress, that enough money can not be cut from the
allowance for operation Of the civil services without
dangerously Gripping the government and adding
to the numbers Of unemployed
The house economy committee spent weeks going
through the budget with fine tooth comb looking
for ways to save The house refused to accept the
only recommendations that involved large amounts
OF money And the senate is learning by bitter ex-
perence that 10 per cent cuts are not always desr-
able possible.
The alternative, if there is to be economy is to cut
the great military services Of the government Twenty
seven and half per cent of annual budget goes
for interest and principal of the public debt prac-
ticay all incurred for war 25 per cent of the budget
goes for payments to veterans and expenditures in
their behalf; II per cent goes for maintenance of
army and navy.
Of this last item one-hfth or S140O000OO could
be saved by consolidation of srmy and navy depart
ments, Chairman Byrns Of the appropriations COM
mittee estimates He bases his estimates on infor-
nation furnished by officers of both services.
Byrns charges that the Washington social lobby,
as we'll military discipline, has defeated his pro-
posa every time it has been considered since first
made by the Harding commission.
This is a serious charge and it raises an issue
which tests the sincerity of every economy advocate
more directly than any OF the other issues involved.
The consolidation contemplates no weakening of
the national defense abandonment of any existing
services It does propose to prevent duplication and
overlapping of functions to stop the practice of hav
ing army and navy flying fields side by side, each
with overhead expense; to do away with duplicate
supply stations in the cities; to effect saving in
purchases of food and clothing, in transportation,
training maintenance and administration. ttr
The vote Saturday was very close, with the Hoover
administration lobbying against the measure few
levelheaded representatives well may swing the bal
ance toward sane economy when the final roll call
is taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Enemies of Children

BY proclamation President Hoover set aside
the first of May as Child Health day.
n Child Health day means anything, it should
signal new and relentless on enemies OF chill
dren. This means a war on ignorance, poverty, un-
employment. and insecurity and, chiefly, upon child
labor
Sentimental appeals in behalf of programs are use
less while 100000 American children arc under
nourished: while 10000 babies die annually because
Of poverty while one-third Of American families live
in 100000 homes which DR.. Edith Elmer Wood calls
bad enough to be abolished: while 10000 children
are III each year from preventable diseases while
100000 juveniles become wards of the courts each year
because Of improper environment: while $1,000 chill
dren are killed by autos annually. largely because
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
HEALTH SERVICE
Science Cuts Infant Death Rate

century scientific medicine and
public health officials began two
great campaigns: or control of
infant mortality; 90 campaign
against tuberculosis.
Fifty years ago such great cities
as New York and Chicago had in
FAINT mortality rates of $50 to 800
or more, which meant that $50 or
300 out of every 1000 babies died
before they were year old.
The fight to decrease infant NOR
tally really began in 1854, when
the mayor of French town started
a baby-saving compaign which cut
the infant death rate in his viii
lage from 300 to 200 for 1000 live
births. Forty years later his son,
who succeeded him as mayor, took
up the campaign and put into effect
the following regulations:
/. The reporting of every preg-
nancy.
2. Provision that every baby
should be nursed at least year.
g. Fortnightly weighing for every
baby.
T. Report of every case Of i'll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

Efforts to Improve the Bud
get Balancing Plan Hare
Accomplished No Purpose
Except to Destroy Al SEM
blance of a Plan.
NEW YORK. May 7.-rf any
= thing, prospects Of a balanced
budget are DINNER than they we're
a month ago. The senate has modi-
fed and amended the tax bill TO
such an extent that it is a different
measure from what it was when it
left the house.
No one can ten whether Il would
produce the required revenue, even
II the house we're to accept 1t. That
the house will accept it without a
determined and possibly long drawn
out struggle is equally doubtful.
Meanwhile, the house has torn the
economy bill TO pieces, until about
half the prospective savings has
been lost.
To state the situation bluntly, eff
forts TO improve particular provi-
sions Of the budget-balancing plane
have accomplished no purpose so
distinctly as to destroy all SEM
blance of a plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

ness in a young child within twenty
four hours.
5. The regular attendance of a
physician in the village at least
once each week.
A properly selected herd Of cat
tie was developed to supply clean
milk TO nursing mothers and chill
dren. 1t is reported that the in
FAINT death rate of the village stood
at zero from 1893 to 1906.
The rules there put into effect
well might guide modern communi-
ties in similar campaign.
Today the infant welfare cam
paign includes regular inspection of
school children for the earliest
signs of disease, so that they may
have prompt medical attention;
proper control Of milk through in
spection and pasteurization; setting
up Of milk stations for poor moth
ers; health teaching of children in
the public schools, and nutritional
control through a number of spe-
cial agencies.
Next: Child hygiene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

THE questions and requests
Il which come to a columnist
from time to time are curious.
Here, for instance, is a letter from
H. r. ]. Of Washington, D. c.. who
writes:
please, on the inclosed card, give
me your opinion of Wordsworth S
change in politics. In 1914 Words
worth changed from a liberal TO a
conservative. Your opinion will
mean so much to me-"
But all I can say regarding
Wordsworth's switch in faith is. that
am very sorry to hear about it.
And speaking of Wordsworth,
some Of my friends want to know
whether some recent columns ex-
pressing admiration for Al Smith
mean that I have become convert
ed to the Democratic party. Ger
tainly not. II seems to me not i'm
possible or even illogical for So
cialist to admire some Of AIS pro-
gram and most Of his personality.
AS a potential Office holder, 1
would prefer him vastly above Hoo
err, Roosevelt or any Of the likely
or remote candidates of the two
major parties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Not Far Enough

DUT, although Smith has grown
ID a great deal in social vision in
the last ten years, he is still man
committed by belief and emotion 10
the preservation of the present
world as we know it. AS far as i'm
mediate remedies go, Smith would
travel much farther than any Of
the others. But in regard to things
which seem to me to be fundamen-
tai, would find Smith and all his
competitors of approximately the
same mind. I'm on the other side.
Some hold it heretical for a radi-
cal to have any such thing as a
second choice among political can
didates. Among the more dogmatic
there is the contention that moth
ing of good can come from the
Democrats or the Republicans. They
are all to be Jumped together as
among the lost, without regard even
to hairline distinctions.
Indeed, from this point Of view
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

they have Fairgrounds but the streets while
100000 children under Is are employed gainfully in
mines. factories. shops and streets though 100000
adults looking for jobs; while at least 100000
children are growing up under conditions that doom
them to clouded, precarious unhappy futures
"Children are not safe and happy If their parents
are miserable" said the late Julia Lathrop recently.
and parents must be miserable If they not pro-
tect home against poverty. Let not deceive
selves. The power to maintain decent family living
standard is the primary essential Of child welfare"
Children do not work for wages because they enjoy
it. They respond to the call OF the factory whistle
because their parents must have the extra money and
because employers can buy their labor more cheaply
than that Of their elders.
When We have made adult life secure child life
will come into its own. Then May day will be what
1t was to the little May Queen of Tennysons poem,
the gladdest day Of all the glad new year"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Buddhist Monasteries

ME expedition also has gathered
Il interesting material on the his
tory Of the Buddhist monasteries in
the Bhaga valley, DR.. Roerich re-
ports.
This material throws new light
on the introduction of Buddhism
into Lahul and the adjacent regions
OF western Tibet" he says.
A Tibetan-E English dictionary en-
hodying the results Of modern re-
searches in the fields OF Tibetan
linguistics and philology. is being
prepared at the Himalayan Re-
search Institute, Dr. Reorich an
nounces.
The new dictionary will include.
besides the printed material found
in the already-exiSting Tibetan-
English dictionaries, the rich ma
terial found in the Sanskrit- Tibetan
and Tibetan-Sanskrit dictionaries
printed in Mongolia and Transbai-
kalia and the several important
polyglot dictionaries published in
China.
oSoiuto JlltS printed material, the
compilers will add vast material
collected by them in the course of
their researches.
DR.. Roerich and Lama Lobzane
Mingypur Dorje are in charge of the
compilation.
The work which the Roerich In
stitute is carrying on in Tibet is ex-
tremely important and fits in with
the intensive work which other or
CARNATIONS are doing in other parts
Of the world TO unravel the puzzle
Of mans ancient histories.
Among the important research
programs going on at the present
time are those Of the Oriental In
stitute Of the University of Chicago
in Egypt, Palestine. Persia and other
parts Of the old world. and those
o. the Carnegie Institution of
Washington in Central America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

noiy-owned street railways and
waterworks.
How many Chinese Immigrants
arrive annually In the United
States?
The immigration OF Chinese into
the United States is prohibited by
law. The only classes of Chinese
who may gain admission to this
country are government officials and
their wives, children and servants.
students, tourists, professors and
merchants. They may not become
naturalized in the United States
How many saloons, breweriex and
distlileries were there in the United
States prior to the adoption Of the
eighteenth amendment?
There we're 177,790 saloons. 1000
breweries and 236 distilleries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
SCIENCE
by DAVID DlETZ-

Ancient Burial Places in IN
dia Reveal Customs of
Centuries Ago.
A NCIENT burial customs are re-
IA sponsible for much Of our
knowledge OF mans early history.
Our knowledge Of ancient Egypt.
for example. is so complete because
Of the elaborate tombs and burial
customs OF that civilization.
For that reason there is unusual
interest in announcement of the
findings of an archaeological expe-
dition reported by Or. George
Roericf. director OF Urusvati, the
Himalayan institute OF the Roerich
museum at Magyar. Kulu. India.
DR.. Roerich reports the discovery
Of three types Of ancient burial
grounds in the Lahui district. This
district is one of the two Himalayan
cantons comprising the subdivision
of Kulu in the Punjab. British India.
Describing the burial grounds, DR..
Roerich says: In the first type.
the grave represents a hole about
two to three feet deep, covered by
a stone slab. the average length OF
which is about five feet and the
breadth three feet.
There is nothing on the surface
to tell Of their existence and most
of the graves have been discovered
during field work. excavations OF
house foundations and road build
ing.
Most of the iron implements
found in the graves have rotted
away beyond recognition, and the
human remains have turned to
dust
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Fair for Both Sides

ON the ride the Pixies Peak adj
- vocate may be able to con-
vince che man that this is really
The only authentic mountain ton
and that it is foolish for anybody
to stop short of it.
1t may be argued that. on the
other hand, the long-haul traveller
runs the risk Of being talked into
an acceptance Of the nearer noun
talns as being tall enough.
But that is risk which should
De courted rather than avoided. No
believer is very stanch unless he
Graves a chance to mingle with
heretics and put his own 4aith to
the test.
II 1t is creed which has been
sufficient to stir himself. why not
try 1t out Of others? If a single
person has been captured, why not
ten? Why not ten thousand?
fCopvright 1882 bv The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Here Are Some PnSSIers and Their Aug7Cerc

How many kilometers are there in
a mile?
One and six-tenths.
Where and when was John A.
Roebling, engineer in charge of the
building of the Brooklyn bridge,
born and how did he die?
He was born in 1903 in Muhlhau-
sen, Prussia, and emigrated to the
United States in 1881. His death
was caused by an accident while
engaged in fixing the position Of
the Brooklyn tower in 1859.
When did Antonio Stradivarius,
the violin maker, die?
Dec. Is. 1887.
Can cob honey be made artif-
cially?
No.
Is II true that the hog is immune
from the poison Of venomous
snakes.
The skin Of hogs is tough and
thick, and beneath it Is heavy
layer Of fat which keeps the poison
from entering the circulation sys-
tenn.
Where and when was Clark Gable
born?
Cadiz, o, Feb. l, 1901.
Are all state employees exempt
from the payment Of federal in
come tax on their salaries? Are the
salaries Of the President OF the
United States and federal judges
also exempt?
The salaries Of the President, fed
eral judges, and employees Of states
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-If you could per-
suade the various candidates to pub
lish their platforms in The Times
this week, regarding the restoration
Of our primary rights. public owner
ship Of various utilities, and revision
Of our state tax laws. etc. It would
enable US to complete our own lists
intelligently by the time primary
day arrives and thus speed up the
vc- ng, and on a more intelligent
basis.
VIII you please call their atten-
ti~-- to this through your columns7
3. LTTZENBERGER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

lived up to this mistaken formula.
At least, none of the great ones. To
be sure, compromise should never
be accepted as If il were a gift
horse. There ought to be search
ing dental examination.
After all, the important point
about compromise is whether it
constitutes step forward or a side
step. Or, as in too many cases, a
step backward. But it is the fate
OF men and causes that progress is
and always has been a hitch-hiker
Though Pixies Peak or bust
may be your motto, there is no
point in scorning a lift from the
traveller who says, I'm not going
that far, but I'll take you across the
Alleghenies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of HyEeia. the
Health Magazine
.NNE Of the principal accom-
" plishments of the medical
profession in modern times has
been the great work done in de-
creasing the death rate for infants
from nearly 300 a 1000 to. a rate
varying between so and 80.
This has been done with the aid
of the infant welfare organizations
and by campaigns to educate
prospective fathers and mothers.
A further decrease in the infant
mortality rate, however, not only is
possible, but it is the ambition of
every public health organization.
Much work remains to be done
and it is not too pessimistic to say
that the present death rate is en-
tirely too high.
At the end Of the nineteenth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
Ike an Urn

TTHE second type Of burial sell
4 dom is found and probably
represents the most ancient type OF
burial so far discovered in Lahul
Dr. Roerich continues.
"As far as I know only one grave
of this kind was discovered near
Kyelang. II represents a circular
hole inlaid with large fiat stones.
The shape Of the grave bears a
striking resemblance to an urn.
The grave was excavated by some
local inhabitants and nothing was
found in it except some decayed
fragments of human bones and
some small fragments of pottery.
The utter state of decay of human
remains, and the almost total abb
sence of inventory. may indicate the
presence of a burial in which the
human body was cut 10 pieces and
the flesh separated from the bones,
a common type Of the ancient Tibe-
tan burial Of the pre-BuddhiSt
period.
Groups Of large tumuli. said TO
have been left behind by a body of
Mongol- Tibetan troops who raided
the Bhaga and Chandra valleys dur
ing their attack on Ladak, about
l640-80, represent the third type OF
burial.
According to popular tradition.
a detachment Of Mongol-T ibetan
troops invaded Lahul across Bara-
lacha Pass and remained in the
country for several years. or. as
says the oral tradition. such time
as was needed for an apricot seed
planted by the invaders to grow
into a young tree
Some 1000 men are believed TO
have died from a disease which at
tackled the camp.
The larger tumuli found in the
vicinity of Kokssr are said to con-
tain each from five to ten bodies
Of dead warriors"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02

and political subdivisions Of states
are exempt from the federal income
tax. This law has been questioned
when applied to employees Of the
state or political subdivisions who
are engaged in non-goyernmental
activities, such as employees Of pub
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-02
GERMANS LOSE GROUND


NN May 2. 1918. French and
~ British troops on the Somme
sector improved their positions by
a series Of short attacks on
ground recently taken from them
by the Germans.
German activity was confined
principally to heavy lombard
ment Of the Bethune area. but the
expected attack was not delivered.
Allied observers declared that
the German position was not near
liz so favorable as al the time of
the beginning Of their first offen-
sive in March.
Forty-four Americans we're killed
when the liner Tyler was torpe-
doed of the coast Of France.
ES-Salt, in Asia Minor, was oc-
cupied by advancing English
troops. following another victory
over the Turks.