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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Relief that Pays

The Hoover and Democratic programs for public
works and direct relief for the unemployed are close
enough together on essentials to make compromise
plan Immediately possible, if both sides keep their
eyes on the goal.
That goal is relief now Action is required Re
lief results are far more important than pickering over
details and methods
Both groups have specified that most Of the public
works should be self-liqudating That is important
Otherwise there would be the temptation Of political
log-roing for roads, buildings and river work where
none is needed, or at least which can not justify
themselves on grounds of economic efficiency.
President Hoover Just has stated this point well.
He says
"A larger and far more effective relief to unem-
ployment at this stage be secured by increased
aid to income-producing works I wish to emphasize
this distinction between what for purposes of this
discussion we may term income producing Calso re-
ferred to as self-Hqudating works. the one hand
and nonproductive public works on the other
BY income-producing works mean such projects
of states. counties and other subdivisions water
works toll bridges toll tunnels docks and any other
such activities which charge for their service and
whose earning capacity provides return upon the
investment"
The same point is stressed by the Democratic steer
ing committees plan, which states:
In financing these projects, the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation will be amply secured Every
undertaking must meet the test that it will be self
nqudating and its earnings sufficient to authorize the
cost OF construction"
The chief points of difference between the Hoover
and Democratic plans is that the latter apparently
would place more specific limitations and regulations
upon loans to private industries and also would pro-
vide for a half billion dollars worth OF bonds for
federal public works in addition to the one and a
half billion dollars advanced through the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation to local governments and
private industry
In view Of the fact that the federal government,
under both the Hoover and Democratic plans is going
into the commercial banking busineSs-to make loans
credit aid given them by the government-it OBJ
vousy is necessary that adequate safeguards be put
in the law to prevent bad loans political favoritisn
and waste There is reason for the President to
object to that.
AS for the Presidents argument against a half
billion dollar bond issue for federal public works AL
ready authorized by congress and himself it would be
clear that THIS is the same bond principle as his
proposal for & Reconstruction Finance Corporation
bond issue-only much smaller in size.
The amount in dispute really is only about $780,
100000. the other half Of the s5o0O0OO0o under
the Democratic plan would be eliminated from the
pending appropriation and tax bills.
The plan Of the Democratic leader Senator Joseph
T. Robinson to submit the Democratic compromise
program to vote is the obvious way to hasten action
Neither side should block compromise and neither
side should delay final vote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Battles Liberalism

THE problem is not only to make
i credit available, but to make
work.
If manufacturers and producers
knew where they could sell goods,
they would open Immediately, but
they lack a market, as we'll as
money. They will continue to lack
a market until our millions of I'M
employed are put back to work, and
wages have been raised sufficiently
to restore mass buying power.
It is true, as the President points
out, that public works can not be
started in a day, especially in such
volume as to relieve the unemploy-
ment situation, but tremendous
amount could be started in a COM
paratively short time, if credit were
made available for states, cities and
towns, as provided in the La
Toilette, Smith and Robinson
plans.
No one can read the Presidents
statement without getting the idea
that he is uncompromisingly OPP
posed to the principle underlying
all these plans, or without suspect
ing that reactionary influences
helped him form such opinion.
Evidently, he is convinced that
the present situation calls for a
determined effort to preserve the
old guard theories Of government,
and that his battle is against
liberalism as well as distress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EHgEGS

day when food, clothing, and a roof
will be guaranteed to the men,
women and children OF the nation
if we appreciate genuinely and ap-
ply practically that commandment
Love thy neighbor as myself.
n
Not a Contentious ISSUE
ERANKLIN ROOSEVELT has
Il been a little radical, must adj
nit. in identifying this precept as
a biblical commandment, but the
rest is in more conventional mold
If Senator Borah we're to intro
duce the Golden Rule in the form
of a resolution, I have no doubt
that not a single Democrat or Re-
publican would be found voting
may"
1t is an excellent philosophy. It
is an ideal ethical concept. It is
not even beyond the grasp of man
But it is not economic or a DO
htical program. Nor, Of course, is
it original with Governor Roose-
welt.
The hungry must be fed; the
homeless must be sheltered; the
naked must be clothed. But how.
Mr.. Roosevelt, and when2 1t isn't
a question Of getting congress to
adopt the Golden Rule; the prob
lem is how to enforce 1t.
1 hope Franklin Roosevelt will
take up that phase of the situation
In his next address.
Copyright. 1892, bv The Tiuesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

a MERIcA is not safe place for babies. May we
IA remember that when we sing the star
Spangled Banner
cr,r nride in country has been humbled = the
dust our naughty spirit is spent and our boasts ran
silent shamed and mute before the tragedy that has
echoed our arrogance
c,nlv in America we we're won't to say, could a
Charles Lindbergh have been born. only IN .l l
land could a comparatively obscure lad become the
greatest among us and marry into rich power
Today. alas. we repeat the phrase with another
meaning Only in America could the child OF sucn
q man have been brutally, foully murdered Only
here could it have been possible to dupe sorrowlng
parents of their money with lies, and torture them
with false hopes.
little Indy belonged to all of US He was more
than baby He was symbol Of beauty, romance
and splendor. Since the day hve years ago Wnen
his father flew straight into the hearts OF our people
the story of the colonel and his Anne and their tiny
son has been an inspiring, never ending serial en-
blazoned in golden script upon the annals OF our
history -,
II reminded us that beauty, courage, affection
and home are among the eternal verities. This fam
y represented TO millions Of troubled, turbulent tired
people the ideal
A ND it seems incredible that a land that could
N produce a Lindbergh also could give birth tc
the individual or individuals VINO murdered ms cnno
Yet this is a nation where babies are OF small
account. There are plenty Of communities where
the pigs have better chance TO survive the ordeal
Of birth than human infants.
w crush the bodies Of poor little boys and girs
In the machinery Of factories We MAIN their souls
with materalism. We kill their ideals and destroy
their dreams.
And if they survive these. we lead them forth g
sacrifice to Mars. Against these gigantic crimes the
murder Of one sweet innocent is but blot upon ar
ink-back record.
Little Indy, like unnumbered obscure babies
wears a martyrs halo. He, too, is a victim Of this
gold-worshipping, graft-ridden age. He was borr
into civilization fthat is afflicted with laws anc
lawyers yet is lawless.
Mourn not unduly for him It is for ourselves
and our lost honor that we should weep.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Strengthening of Teeth New Science

care of, the teeth that come in
thereafter will not be developed and
distributed properly.
Dentists are convinced that a con-
siderable number Of bad habits are
associated with development of
malocclusion, which means i'm
proper closing of the teeth and
jaws.
Breathing through the mouth.
sucking the thumb, and similar
bad habits may be associated with
bad formation Of the teeth, the
bones of the jaw and the muscles
which control them.
The twenty baby teeth Of In
fancy begin to disappear around
the age of 6, at which time also the
four big 6-year molars appear.
Unless there is a full number Of
healthy teeth in the mouth at each
age, they will not be arranged prop
erly nor will they close properly.
Each tooth depends on the one
next to it for support. If any group
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Large-ScaIe Plans

Il" A T the present time, and prob
IA ably Tor many years to come,
the methods of large scale opera
ton will produce the maximum
financial economy, the most eff
cient economy, the most efficient
planning, and the most extensive
provision Of amenities and social
good" the report continues.
However great the accomplish
ment of new high standard site
planning, large-scale operations, or
advanced chronological process, the
problem Of slum elimination and
the rehabilitation of blighted areas
remains and can not be ignored
1t is a part of the whole picture.
"These retrograde dwellings, and
disintegrating neigbborhoods are an
economic drag upon community i'm
provements, particularly upon new
housing ventures.
Therefore, substitution Of high
standard housing or degenerating
and low-standard houses must be
accepted as a major objective of
both social and economic impor-
lance"
Many municipalities are in
weak, if not actually precarious,
financial condition, said the COM
mittee, in describing major pheno-
mena Of community development
and change.
Municipal credit obviously is in
adequate to supply all residents Of
city or an urban region with COM
pletely developed streets and utili-
ties Of the type considered desir-
able, If not actually essential, for
modern American communities" it
states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

Of teeth are pushed out Of posi-
ton, the whole set becomes irreg-
ular.
The orthodontist is a specialist in
producing regularity of the teeth
Through gradual changes exercised
at certain points, the teeth are
brought into proper position.
This is done by use Of wire and
of gold, and rubber bands, and must
be done slowly and carefully, SO as
not to destroy the teeth in the proc
ess. 1t is a speciality within den
tistry which concerns the ordinary
care of the teeth.
It is no longer necessary for any
girl to appear in public after she
has grown to mature age with teeth
crossing over one another, or with
protruding snaggle teeth that gave
so many women a comical appear
ance in the past.
Science in this way does much for
human happiness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Let's Admit Realities

Z IKE Mr.. Hoover, there are mil
Il lions who believe that no emer-
gency is big enough 70 warrant any
change of habit, or method, espe-
cially in the operation Of a govern
ment; that no emergency is big
enough to teach us anything; that
the breakdown Of an old machine,
or an old system, simply indicates
repair.
There are others who believe that
there comes a time when it is nee
essary to break away from tradi-
ton, when the old remedies no
longer are adequate, or effective, and
when people must try something
new, regardless Of the risk.
Up to 1917 we never had sent an
army to Europe, or contemplated
such a thing as possible.
Up to 1929. we regarded the post
war prosperity as permanent.
Up to last winter, we assumed that
this depression was only repetition
of past experiences, and soon would
respond to the good old cycle theory.
For the last ten years We have
Rugged the illusionment that Soviet
Russia would collapse, Mussolini be
put out Of power, and Germany
would pay her debts according to the
Young plan, Dawes plan, or some
other arrangement.
We have gone blithely along, rails
ing tariffs, denying Russia recogni-
ton, and declaring that, no matter
what happened, we were going to
get what European nations owed us.
Wouldn't we do better to accept
some Of the realities, admit that GER
tain changes have taken place. and
try something different?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
A Bitter Brew

So we are not going to use beer to balance the
budget-this year.
The 22sto-1ss vote of the house of representatives
Monday against legazing and taxing of 275 per cent
beer makes a bitter brew for our automobile makers
and for other essential industries and individual
taxpayers. It means they will have to bear heavy
special burdens, imposed in the billion-dollar tax
bill.
It is bitter brew for the millions who now will
or else concoct well they their own yeasty
beverages.
But speakeasy proprietors and bootleggers now
collecting IS to IS cents glass for their beer well
can celebrate the vote Even after dividing with
corrupt police and politicians, that leaves neat
margin, more than they would collect on 10 or IS
cent legal, taxed drink
The net result is that absolute, fanatical prohi-
bition is with us for a few months more
But the vote of Monday shows also that the end
is near In addition to the 1859 who voted FAYE"
ten indicated by vote-canceling pairs that they
favored the bill This is thirty-nine short Of abso
lutte majority. On the vote switch Of only thirty
votes would have brought the Hull-O Conner bin up
for passage.
Indignant voters should be vigflant now, for the
vote formally opened an "alib season. for the 228
ultra-drys.
Immediate action by both party conventions for a
reasonable change in the present intolerabe sys-
tenn is the next step. After that quick action by
congress should follow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Corrections Needed

A SUCCESSFUL effort to wipe
IA out the slums neceSSitates the
correction of unecononic practices
which lead TO retrogreSsion of COM
munities. the committee says.
Correction" it was held, must
take the form, of scientifically di-
rected change, based upon accurate,
reliable data. One of the first steps
is to discover and identify more ex-
actly the anti-economic procedure
involved in community development
and change.
THE evil social results which &C
company the house building process
do not directly affect those who can
afford to occupy and maintain high
standard housing.
Excessive subdivision Of land into
building lots, Of which vast
quantities remain unoccupied, was
called a particularly costly handicap
to the community.
1.-THE purely speculative sub
division should be compelled to give
way to those who carry through to
final completion the whole syn
thetic process Of land subdivision
and construction Of utilities and
dwellings.
THE technique Of site planning
and housing already has made great
advances. Projects have been COM
pleted in this country and abroad
which are invaluable demonstra-
tons for guidance of the architect
and others in undertakings yet to be
launched"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

hungry and to clothe the naked, it
must assume more functions. 1t
must take on powers and provinces
which are not in accord with the
tradition Of either the Democratic
or the Republican party. 1t must
become, if not wholly Socialist, at
least socialistic.
But if Franklin Roosevelt meant
to say that he favored any huge
project of public works or unem-
ployment insurance at government
expense. he neglected to mention it.
I'm normal times" he continued,
eve all hope that some way will be
devised to avoid any increase in
governmental functions, but in what
you might call exceptional times like
these certain functions must be
maintained"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-In looking over the
items in the Noblesville Daily
Ledger Saturday evening, noticed
an article with the following head
lines, in big type, Voted Three
Times in One Day" And this gen.
tleman is one of the highly re-
spected citizens of our county.
The first thought that entered
my mind after reading this was
the expression I heard repeated
after the Civil war. And that was
when there was an election he5s!
in the county, the returns from all
over the county would come in with
the exception Of Washington town
ship.
These were held back until it was
decided how many more votes we're
needed to carry the county for GER
tain candidates. After that, the
result would come o. K. That was
not considered a secret in those
days.
The G. o. P. always has posed
as the party Of patriotism, but
where the patriotism comes in is
hard for me to tell. When a boy
of is or II years Of age gets on
a horse and rides over the town
ship and votes three times in one
day and at the age of 81 years
boasts about 1t, what can be ex-
pected Of the generations that are
to follow?
The question in my mind is, are
our young men now entering the
political arena being trained to pull
of such stunts2 We hope not. And
also we expect 10 see the day when
the political trickster and schemer
will give way to an upright genera
ton, instructed in the principles
laid down in the Declaration Of In
dependence. G. d. THINNER.
Editor Times-"A clamor for a
pardon has been set up in distant
centers, where the people know abb
solutely nothing about the merits
Of the case"
The above quoted nonsense is
from a Star editorial, disparagins
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
IRISH SHIP TORPEDOED
May "A

ON May "a. 1918. the Irish
~ steamer Inniscarra was torpe-
doed and sunk by a German sub
marine as it was on its way from
Fishguard to Cork. Thirty-seven
members of the crew we're reported
lost at sea.
Important British victories in
East Africa were announced. This
gain was taken to mean that Ger
man rule in Africa was at an end.
A German attempt to bomb Paris
was nipped in the bud by French
anti-aircraft guns, only one plane
reaching the city. One person was
killed and twelve injured on the
outskirts of the city by bombs
dropped.
China and Japan signed a naval
convention regarding the advance
of japanese troops and the use Of
ships in connection Herewith in
Siberia.
A previous agreement regarding
Japanese troop movements through
Russian territory was amended and
affirmed.
It was announced In Washington
that Costa Rica had declared war
against Germany on May %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Architects Want Nel0 Method
Of Building Homes to Elm
mate Waste and UnsightIi-
ness.
A MERICA needs a new method
n Of building homes and develop
ing communities. in the opinion Of
the American Institute Of Archi-
tects. In keeping with this view.
the institute is launching an ex-
tenSive study Of the subject.
The institute declares that "the
traditional. inadequately controlled,
purely individualst, and COMPETE
tive process Of house building IN
America Is wasteful and productive
Of harmful social and economic re-
suits to the community" so has
authorized a scientific inquiry into
the nations housing problems.
The inquiry will be directed ito
the economic processes Of commu-
nifty development and change so
that there may be discovered. first,
the unsound economic causes of
blighted areas and slums, and, sec
ond, what constructive economic
measures can be found to rehabili-
tate the blighted areas and erida-
cate the slum areas"
The institute acted on the rec
concentrations Of its committee on
economics of site planning and
housing, of which Frederick Bigger
Of Pittsburgh is chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

the thousands Of distinguished men
and women who seek to put an end
70 the unjustified imprisonment Of
Tom Mooney by corrupt, California
capitalism.
The editor Of the Star knows that
his statement is untrue; he knows
that the growing movement in be-
half Of Mooney is founded on the
closest study of the evidence and
absolute proof Of Moneys limo
cence.
The Wickersham report was the
report Of specialists; it is easily
available to the editor OF the Star;
why hasn't he read it. There must
be congressional records on his
desk; admirable summaries Of the
case are to be found therein. offer
ing another excellent opportunity
for learning the merits Of the case"
Let him use them.
No one needs to 60 TO California
TO learn the truth about the
Mooney case. although many de-
tenders Of Mooney have. All the
information needed is available in
newspaper files and in the public
library. EUGENE STANTUN.
537 South West street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Can't Just Wait for Break

THE mess we are in calls for
i more than merely tiding things
over until favorable break occurs.
The cooperation about which Presi-
dent Hoover talks is not self~start-
ing.
A great, complicated system has
broken down. Even those who
thought they understood it are be-
wildered. The government is the one
institution in which people have
implicit faith. The government
must take charge.
Balancing the budget is desirable,
not to save public credit, but to
make possible the use Of public
credit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
BY Dir. MORRIS FISHBEN,
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association. and Of HyEeia. the
Health MAGAZINE

WITHIN recent years a new
w speciality had arisen in dem
tistry and in medicine, called ortho-
dontia. The word means straight
teeth"
AS explained by DR.. Frank A.
DelabaTe, it means literally to ar
range crooked teeth in a more har-
monious anG symmetrical curve, so
that they will function better and
improve the facial appearance.
1t is. Of course, necessary to real
ize that back of all health is proper
nutrition and growth. Unless the
child has a diet which contains a
sufficient amount of calcium, phos-
phorus, vitamins A, G and d par
ticularly, it is not likely to have
good teeth.
Unless the baby teeth have been
controlled suitably and well taken
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Easy Mastery of Che Obvious

Governor Franklin Roosevelts Atlanta speech is
clear statement Of what is wrong as it is obscure
on what should be done
Our basic trouble was not an insufnciency Of cap
tal' he said 1T was an insufficient distribution Of
buying power-we accumulated such a super
abundance Of capital that our great bankers were
wing with each other, some Of them employing ques-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Daily Thought

For have no pleasure in the
death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord God: wherefore turn your
selves, and live ye.-Ezekiel 1882.
Repose and cheerfulness are the
badge Of the gentleman-repose II
energ.-EmerSon.;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard 10 their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

Pussyfooting politicians are the Of the coun-
try says an editorial writer Well at least that's one
thing which has not changed since 1929