The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-25
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Editor Times
r AM loath to criticise the re-
Il ligious convictions of any one,
but the panacea proposed by the
Rev. Mr.. Cartwright in The Times
of Oct. 10 is pitiably ridiculous.
If we must wait for economic
justice until the gangsters are con-
verted to Christ by the church
methods now in force, we are lost
beyond hope.
Our troubles are mainly economic
and material, not spiritual. A
gangster may be, and often is, a
Christian, so far as membership in
some of the 242 different sects goes,
and the word gangster should in
clude all political crooks in high
places.
This conversion idea reminds me
of the words of the Master, in Mat
thew %, especially the fifteenth
verse: "Ye compass sea and land to
make one proselyte, and when he
Is made, we make him two-fold more
the child of hell than yourselves"
Get a man properly converted and
he ceases to menace vested rights Of
property, and meekly submits to
economic injustice as from God"
Christ fed the multitude with
material bread and died martyrs
death for his principles, which in
cluded the "neighbor as himself"
His modern followers, with few ex-
ceptions. preach conversion" and
vote and work for an economic sys-
tenn that starves millions of neigh
bors" and little children in the
midst of plenty
D. e. LUNSFORD.
Editor Times
A LETTER in The Times of Oct.
IA 10 by ex-soldier and railroad
man concerning Mr.. Hoovers rail-
road plan for relieving the unem-
ployment situation.
This gentleman is extremely for
tunate to be working for the Penn
sylvania railroad, as that is the only
railroad know of which has made
any effort to spread employment.
am a furloughed Big Four tele-
graph operator and belong to the
brotherhood, but they have made
no effort to spread work in our de-
partment. Had they been interested
hundreds of men could be put to
work on a flve-day basis.
The Wabash railroad, one of Mr..
Hoover'S heaviest borrowers, still is
working its operators seven days a
week, also the G. e. O., B. & O., and
other large railroads. If this work
was spread among their furloughed
and extra men, thousands could be
put to work five days a week
throughout the United States.
Mr.. Hoover has said he does not
wish the wage scale lowered, but
1t did not take the railroads long to
get a reduction in wages last Febru-
airy. When they started agitation
for a further reduction, Mr.. Hoover
told them to keep still till after the
election. If he is elected the whole
country soon will learn what regard
he has for the laboring man.
FURLOUGHED.
n
Editor Times
T WOULD like to ask the city's
Il Republican newspapers if they
really think that the American
people are so ignorant that they
can make them believe everything
they print in their papers about
Hoover.
would like to ask those papers
If they can name one manager of
any big firm who is being kept on
the job when the owners business
continuously is drifting away.
Every firm employs manager
who is wide awake. one who always
is looking for new business, one
who is economical. What has this
to do with Hoover? 1t has this
much: We, as Americans, are the
employers of the United States, and
we employ manager, and we
call him President, to run the bust
ness of our country for our bene-
fit. We give him our support, our
financial aid and resources, and we
employ him for four years, and ex-
pect him to make good. I think
the American public is not so dumb
as to be fooled by the press that
upholds him.
Let's give Roosevelt a chance, as
employers of this large corporation
called the United states of America.
ANDY MADDALENA.
Editor Times
1T is my understanding that rail-
Il road companies are limited to
ten minutes in holding pedestrians
and motorists at any crossing while
they are switching their cars.
Here is an example of how they
adhere to this rule: Sunday, Oct. Is,
1892, on my way to st. Francis hos
pital, / arrived at the crossing on
South Sherman drive at 1920 a. m,
taking prepared food to a patient
for his dinner, served at 1870. At
HAS, the crossing finally was
cleared for traffic and I proceeded
on my way to the hospital, arriving
there a half hour too late for din
ner and the food consequently was
wasted.
Again on Monday night, Oct. II,
another trip to the hospital at the
same crossing, I again was con-
fronted with the same condition.
After twenty-five minutes got out
of my machine and spoke to one of
the railroad employees, told him how
long we had been waiting and in
formed him of our destination.
The railroader offered no help,
but the very intelligent reply: so
you are on your way to the hospital,
are you'll" Visiting hours at St
Francis hospital close at $50 D. m.
and We did not succeed in getting
across the tracks until 500 D. m.
A READER.