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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Parties and Platforms

While the organization Of political parties Is Of
some interest to partisans the independent voter
viii look with attention 70 the platforms which
the two dominant parties VIII adopt this year as
contracts with the people.
The recent primaries suggest that a majority OF
the people are demanding that something &c done
about prohibition Increasing numbers con-
WINGED that Volsteadism is failure. They want re-
lief from intoeraoo crime conditions that have
as a result 81 the experiment in attempting 70 make
people good bv law. They want relief from the added
tax burden which has come from The impossible snd
Ineffective gestures a. enforcement
VIII either Or both q the parties dare to openly
declare their position on this question: Or wil they
leave that field u Ward Hinor and his Liberty party
10 promise to repeal tho Wright bone dry law in this
and to add the weight Of influence 70 the aa-
tional drive for repeal Of the eighteenth amendment?
A declaration for a referendum on this question
viii not satisfy The people want action They know
that the referendum is at best a slow process and
probably. as Scott Mcbride OF the Anti-saloon
League frankly says. a legal impossibility.
The one referendum that would count would be the
submission Of repeal amendment and the election Of
delegates 10 convention chosen 10 pass this
one question divorced from ali other matters
Tho people also demand real relief from tax bur
dens not only in The way or substantial reductions
in the cost of government but redistribution OF
the burdens that win permit the farmer to escape
peasantry and the home owner to retain title to
mis- castle
The people viii demand specific pledges as to the
manner In which taxes are 70 be redstribued. Two
years ago the Democratic party pledged Itself 70 the
principle Of income and corporation taxes That party
won IT made an honest but futile effort to redeem
its pledge 1t was thwarted by those who arc quite
content with things as they arc.
The demand for easy path to public ownership
OF utilities and an end to the present regulation
is growing The independent voters will look with
on any weasel words in regard to this ques-
ton
Relief Tor the iobless is even more important. Al
most majority Of the citizens Will be personally in
teresed in this question by the time the legislature
meets A definite program to care for this public
problem IS demanded and necessary.
Have the parties the courage 70 meet these ques-
tions franAv and openly?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Thinking Is Simple

A VERAGE people think simply.
I y Most Of their ideas and con-
ceptions are derived from a few
fundamental rules.
For instance, they regard stealing
as wrong, even when called honest
graft" They do not see how a gov
ernmment can get out of the hole
by spending more than it receives.
They find it hard to understand
why the beer they drink should pay
no tax, while a check, a stock
transfer or the mortgage on the
old home carries a government
stamp.
BY the same token, they see no
reason why they should change
their minds because some mailman
happens to shoot a public official
They are Mortified, to be sure, and
expect the law to function promptly
and effectively, but they refuse to
connect such an event with the
principles OF tariff, or taxation.
Politics would be a much more
constructive force than it is if par
tisan leaders recognized and appre-
ciated the basic sources of public
sentiment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Pension Grab
FROM rhe Baltimorc sur


While the immediate cost OF the Rankin pension
bi1 passed bv a practically unanimous vote IN the
house. would not be more than slo0O00OO year the
hill sets precedent that is likely to add heavily dur
ine the next decade to the expense Of our already
burdensome World war pension system
The bill is founded upon the idea that widows and
children Of World war veterans entitled TO federal
pensions. regardless OF whether the husbands and
fathers died from illness contracted during their
military service or from causes arising ten years after
the srmistice.
In this particular bill the application Of this
rrinciple is restricted somewhat by a requirement
that persons having incomes Of more than $500
year viii be ineligible for pensions under It's pro-
visions
But this Limitation in matter Of practice does
not Offset the fact that as matter Of principle the
bin recognizes the right Of the dependents Of former
soldiers and sailors to be supported BY the govern
ment.
Recognition Of this principle would create at one
fell swoop a whole new group Of claimants on the
1areess OF the federal government and it would bring
into view much more favorable group Of potential
claimants whose numbers would be sure to increase
as the years decimate the ranks Of our former SOL
diers and sailors
This principle has. TO be sure, been adopted afte-
long delay with respect 70 veterans Of al for
wars It's adoption with respect to World "
erans therefore is not without some superficial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

Federal authorities without delay should consider
the numerous busy factories working three shifts
to make rebels out OF Americans TIE busiest center
Of this profitless industry appears to be southeastern
Kentucky, nov turning out more Communists than
coal.
on Sunday there returned from that terror-ridden
region four clergymen, representing committee OF
twenty-one New York ministers They had gone there
on invitation Of Bell county authorities to see for
themselves.
They did. They returned certain that "a sena-
soral investigation should be made
We are convinced" the committee reported that
there have been widespread violations OF civil liberties
and that adequate steps have been taken to bring
the perpetrators thereof to justice"
The pastors found county authorities admitting
that all rights withheld from so-called reds" but
that no sharp distinction is made in the definition
Of subversive opinions and activities"
Delegation after delegation Of disinterested Amer
leans has braved abuse and violence to pubcize Har-
Ian and Bell county conditions. Reporters have been
shot students insulted writer's like Waldo Frank and
Theodore Dresser beaten, arrested, or deported.
Today another group headed by Arthur Garfield
Hays sponsored by the American Civil Liberties
Union and including lawyers professors and authors,
is en- route to that battle-ground OF civil freedom.
On Thursday they will seek protection Of a federal
Judge to whom they have applied for an injunction to
restrain coal field officials from interfering with their
mission.
At a special hearing in Washington Wednesday,
speakers will urge upon a senate subcommittee pass
age of the Cosigan-Cuting resolution to authorize
senate investigation of the Kentucky coal fields
1t obviously is needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

6vECRETARY WILBUR is quoted
- as saying that Governor Judd
OF Hawaii has found an adequate
sol ution for a difhcult problem" IN
committing the sentences Of Lieut..
Ma ssie and his associates. For the
first time in many months / am IN
almost complete agreement with a
meanber of President Hoover's cab
met
1t. might have been a good idea
to let the sentences run a little
longer than one hour, but few, ]
believe. were in favor of vindictiye
penalties for the group concerned
1t sta~tles me to learn that this is
not en- ough, according to the point
of view Of many representatives and
senator's.
Seemingly, official Washington
scarcely will be content unless gold
medals ;are struck Off for the Ameri-
can contingent which decided 10
take territorial law into their own
hands.
I do not know whether any sort
of federal pardon would be consti-
tutional, but, aside from the legal
problem involved. such action would
constitute a grave error in policy.
It is one thing 10 say that the &C
tons of lieutenant Massie were
Understandable
With that I am quite willing to
agree. But it is quite another to
suggest that they we're admirable
and should stand as a model for
naval conduct in our insular posses
Sims
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

hcation. But the mere fact that have authorized
such gigantic pension grabs in the past does not
mean that We have been right to do SO.
On the contrary, the great pension payments to
widows and children Of Civil war soldiers have con-
stituted Of the most serious abuses Of pen
sion system. They have led to much moral msrep-
resentation and have sadded the public reasury with
a burden OF expense which the taxpayers ought not
to have been required TO pay.
In view Of all that We have done for the veterans
Of the World war, including the bonus payments and
the liberal provisions for dependents Of those who
died from causes arising out Of their military service.
the proposal 10 initiate similar payments to the de-
pendents OF the 100000 World war veterans appears
even more Objectionable.
To authorize pensions Of this unustihable charac-
ter would be bad at any time. To authorize them at
the very moment when the federal government is
50 O00000O0O in the red and when congress is reIuc-
tant to levy new taxes and to economic is unpar-
donabe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTEB FERGUSON

NE bridge-playing woman comes in for more than
\ her share of criticism these days 7 feel moved
to rise in her defense. Those who know her realize
that most of the censure she gets is not deserved
There are women, as well as men. who are born
with the gambling instinct 5ridge is an outlet for
this passion.
For these there is little to be said Their faces
soon grow hard and set they lose the social suavtes
and finally become the curse of all hostesses But they
are the victims Of their natural impulses and 20
wrapped in the spell of chance even as the politician
goes wrapped in the spell of his own oratory
There are however, other multitudes Of women
who play bridge to escape reality 1t is sort of drug
10 which they turn for relaxation and forgetuness
Do cares encompass them, do husbands grow cold do
children worry do creditors camp upon the doorsis?
Then an occasional afternoon Of bridge is very good
means OF gaining escape from their woes.
A ND it is by no means true that women who play
n contract do not engage in altrustic enterprises
This, indeed. is basest SANDER
Most Of them work at various community projects
and besides that. take excellent of their homes
husbands. and children.
Bride is only recreation for them. They learn
its rules all sensible persons should who 90 in for
any game. Naturally, they bring to its problems the
same concern and senses that they would bring to
their other occupations. And why not?
For bridge. if INDUCED moderation. can be bene-
fetal 10 the players They learn TO concentrate upon
the question before them. They learn the value OF
putting aside for while the small worries that annoy
them They learn to use their heads and to play fair
Finally, they learn that the fun is in the playing
rather than the winning
dare say many woman has become a better
wife after she learned contract At any rate she finds
out that the cards be stacked against her through
~ fault Of her own her partners, and that IN life
\ bridge il is sometimes wise 10 sit still and pass
sometimes one has TO take Ions chance 10 win
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

be made to him. There is no rea-
sonable reply.
Clarence DaITow declared: "A
jury Of a hundred million people
rendered its verdict in the Kahaha-
wal case. unhampered by foolish
and absurd rules of law" 1t
seems to me that Mr. Darrow was
correct in his assumption that the
sympathy of the millions did not go
out to Lieutenant Massie.
am also in agreement with the
distinguished advocate in his con-
tention that legal codes contain too
great a swing toward punitive rene
dies and take too small an account
Of human values.
But if our present procedure is to
be broken, I would have it moved
toward a great capacity for mercy
and understanding within the law
than any license to the individual
TO square accounts upon his own
volition.
I am afraid that official Wash
ington and the unofficial millions
are not passionately interested in
Justice, either abstract or con-
crete. Mrs. Fortescue and Lieuten-
ant Massie are figures far more
sentimentally appealing than the
bitter rebel who sits within his San
Quentin CELL
1t is Moneys misfortune that he
is not personally a particularly lika-
bic person. Even some of his par
tisans are ready to grant in pri-
vate conversation that they do not
warm to him a great deal as an in
dividual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

Vacations Are Aid to Child Health

insects and physiologic formations
in every part Of the country.
The child may collect specimens,
preserve them in cases or in books,
make sketches. and in similar ways
have fun and learn at the same
time.
One of the chief advantages of
a vacation is the opportunity 1t
affords for teaching children OF
fairly well-to-do families how to
live simply and without great ex-
pense.
The child used to being waited
on. to sophisticated meals. and to
every possible attention may learn
easily during its vacation how to
take care of its own clothes, how
to wash snd dry dishes, and even
the elementary aspects Of cooking,
and enjoy the whole procedure as
vacation fun. instead Of disagree
able tasks that some one else does
at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

great thrill and provide everything
that a vacation can provide.
The child who gets the opportur
nifty to raise rabbits or chickens or
building something outdoors during
the vacation months, provided there
is available a large yard, also will
get everything that a vacation can
supply.
Particular Importance attaches to
change of companions or environ
ment during the vacation season.
If family consists of Older and
younger children, both groups will
have better vacation if permitted
to be apart.
A vacation offers great oppor-
tunity to teach new things pleas
antly The beginners of biology
are best learned in vacation time.
Nature books arc available which
provide good guides to flower beds,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Questions and Answers

Who are the Governors of Cali
fornia and Washington? To what
political party do they belong?
The Governor o. California is
James Rolph Jr. THE Governor Of
Washington is Roland H. Hartley.
Both are Republicans.
State the total number Of colleges
and universities in the United States
and che total male and female
enrolment.
There are 1915 colleges and uni
versities, with 563,244 men and $780,
1877 women students.
How many representatives has the
state of New York in congress?
Forty-three.
Is an alien seaman who has his
first papers an American citizen?
He does not become an American
citizen until he receives his final
papers.
How many pupils in colleges and
high schools in the United States
are taking military training?
The total is l27667.
How old is Twenty Grand? Is he
eligible to race in the 1882 Kentucky
Derby?
Twenty Grand is 4 years old, and
since 3 years is the age limit in the
Kentucky Derby, he IS not eligible
to run.
What relationship did Mary,
queen of Scots, bear TO Queen
Elizabeth of England?
First cousin, once removed. The
grandmother Of Mary, queen OF
Scots, was a sister Of the father
Of Queen Elizabeth.
What is the history Of the famous
Hope diamond?
Presumably it was cut from q
larger stone purchased By Louis
XIV. II was lost IN l792 and IN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
PIacino of Sink

NtNGlAt@ w OiAtN
ONE of the most important
" of kitchen planning is the plac-
ing Of the sink under a window, .
Forshee continues.
In many kitchens it has been
the policy OF the architect or the
home owner to put the sink some
place where it would be out Of
sight" he says. This idea is conf
pletly wrong.
The washing OF dishes and other
articles is one of the most disagree
able operations woman is called
upon to perform.
If the sink is under the win
dow, there will be more light avail
able and the disagreeable task may
be made more pleasant by the per-
sons being able to look out Of the
window and having her attention
distracted from her task
The washing Of dishes is for the
main part a mechanical operation
and the average woman viii appre-
ciate being able to have a CHEEKY
atmosphere in which to do this
work, rather than to stare at a
blank wall or down az a pan Of
dirty dishes.
Assuming that the entire kitchen
equipment and appliances are cleo
trical, as in the modern home they
must be, the refrigerator and range
should be placed as far apart as
possible.
Here again work tables or shelves
should be placed beside the cleo
trio refrigerator and electric range,
to save time and trouble in carry
ing articles from and placing them
in these receptacles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
SCIENCE

BY DAVID DIZZY

Drudgcry for Housewife.
ENGINEERS have good news FOR
L housewives. Most Of the kitchen
drudgery can be eliminated By more
scientific design Of kitchens.
The day OF emancipation for
women from the drudeery Of
kitchen work is dawning, relic. from
countless hours of mental and ply
seal fatigue spent in the prepara-
ton OF food is coming through the
facilities Of modernized equipment
and its scientific arrangement, says
Frank ForShee, designing engineer
Of the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company.
Forshee has spent the last
twenty years studying and design
ing kitchen equipment.
Most kitchens need 10 be better
designed. in Forshee's opinion.
We think that We are safe in
saving that nine out o: ten kitchens
more than five years old. and three
out OF five Of the modern kitchens
could be improved 100 per cent by
Encouragement of the kitchen APP
planes and a slight adjustment IN
the placing Of the shelves and cabi-
nets" he says.
In the past in 30 per cent Of
the cases. not enough lighting. not
enough ventilation. and not enough
table space with which to work on
has been allotted to the housewife. T
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

DUBLIC sentiment is not the
L weak, capric ious thing that
politicians would like to have US
believe.
According to their gospel, it can
be affected by every little wind that
blows. can be moved by brass bands
and torchlight parsdes, or thrown
completely off the track by some
unexpected shock.
The average campaign is built
around such nonsense, especially in
these United States.
Our tradition reeks with incidents
that have altered the country's
course.
II Burchard had not shouted,
rum. romanism and rebellion" We
say, If Henry Clay hal not writ
ten that letter to a FTuscaloosan
named Miller, If Hughes had not
given Hiram Johnson, the cold
shoulder, and so on, Things would
have been different.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10

Sensational EUcuts Seldom
Bring About Quick or Pro
found Change IN Public
Sentiment.
NEW YORK, May TO- - Had
= France swung to the right in
Sundays election. most people
would have accepted Doumer's as
sassins4ion as the cause. Many, in
deed, expected such a result. Satur-
days papers we're filed with hints
and suggestions that the tragedy
was almost sure TO cause a change
in public sentiment.
The French people failed to play
their part. Instead Of growing cold
and conservative over night, be-
cause an alleged Communist had
shot their president. they voted
about the 50 me as they did a few
days before.
That is not exceptional. San
sational events seldom bring about
2 quick or profound change in pub
lie sentiment, unless they have a
direct bearing On some question at
issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
I ahle SnaCe

THERE are a few major arrange
4 ments that might be thought
Of first, as they will save much time
and many unnecessary steps, For
shee says.
There always should be table
space next to the cooking platform
and wherever possible. he con-
tinues. Additional table space
should be obtained on either side Of
the kitchen sink even where a
drainboard already is available. A
short explanation Of why this is de-
sirable may help TO clear my point.
The kitchen planning may be so
arranged as to resemble pro-
duction line in a modern plant.
Dirty dishes can be brought in.
placed on the table beside the sink.
They then Will be put in the sink
to be washed. placed on the
drainboard, and when wiped stacked
on the table adjacent to the drain
board, thus completing one Of the
most disagreeable operations Of the
housewives work without taking UNI
necessary steps to cabinets or places
where the dirty and clean dishes
may have to be stacked prior TO the
washing and putting away in the
cabinets.
Drawers placed all the way down
to the floor make for inefficiency
and physical taxation. If the cabi-
net extends to the floor, the drawers
should be followed by a cupboard
which will take the lowest position.
ANY housewife can tell you that
it is much easier to put in and re-
move articles from a cupboard than
a drawer when it is placed IN
very low position,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Know What They Want

IT is a paradox that, while Demoo
L racy rests on the theory tina
people are fit to govern themselves
politics within democracy soon
adopts the theory that they are
totally unable to Judge whether the
government is good Or bad.
II is absurd, Of course, to suppose
that average people have either
the time or ability to understand
the more obscure details of public
administration, but that should not
be taken to mean that they are
unable to tell whether they are get
ting what they want
Neither should il be taken to
mean that what they want is either
impossible, or wrong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Man Called Mooney

1T is peculiarly unfortunate that
i the Massie case and the attend
ant Communication should have fol-
lowed so closely upon the heels Of
Governor Rolphgs action in regard
to Tom Mooney. There is, Of course,
not the slightest connection be-
tween these examples Of the func-
tioning of American justice, save
the accident of time.
Nevertheless, people are going to
say that it is easier to obtain a
pardon for a navy man, who adj
mittedly slew another man, than
for worker who palpably was in
nocent of the charges brought
against him.
And if anybody says that in my
presence, I have not the slightest
idea of what adequate answer can
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-10
Bet on Freaks

BECAUSE Of the part freak
ID occurrences are supposed to
have played, we bet on them as
OF major importance, and not only
bet, but try to produce them.
Nine-tenths of our political energy
runs to the propagation of catch
phrases, wiSecracks or iroonse-
quential plays 10 embarraSs the
other side.
II has come to be taken for
granted that public sentiment is
nodded by such bunk, that the
average voter is too dumb to know
whether the government is being
wisely or honestly administered
and that he can be reached 0nly
with whoopla