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The Washington times., 1932-01-30
MOTOR OFFICIAL
OPTIMISTIC
BY 1. J. REUTER-
President and General Manager
Oakland Motor Car Company

President and General Manager
Oakland Motor Car Company
I am optimistic regarding the
outlook for the automobile indus
try. This optimism is based on
two simple but important factors.
First-The let down in busi-
ness has covered a two and one
half year period. 1t may con-
tinue longer but we are certainly
two and One-half years nearer
turn than we were in the fall Of
1929. That much is back of us.
The longer the curtailment lasts
the more certain we are that a
turn for the better is at hand.
In 1928, when predictions were
being made of a new era in in
veStment prices and of continued
industrial expansion. / was bear.
iSh. / was wrong as to the i'm
mediate future but the longer
prices went up the more certain
1 was that q turn was coming.
In the same way am optimistic
of a change for the better now.
SecOnd-The automobile driv.
ing public and the autOmOtive
industry are setting the stage
for turn in the business.
A Necessity To Life
Individual transportation is
such an important factor in our
everyday life, both personal and
business, that it is a necessity
next in importance to food and
shelter.
Present transportation is be-
ing rapidly worn out as indicated
by gasoline consumption. Fig
ures on gasoline consumption
show that Americas 26,500, 900
motor cars burned per cent
more fuel in 1880 than in 1929.
During 1881 the increase in fuel
consumption continued almost al
the same rate. Automobile pro-
duction in 1928 and 1929 reached
high peaks and the owners Of
these cars will be influenced to
buy the new products offered in
1882.
The industry has made ire
mendous progress during the past
eouopoI Uoop opC oVoI norc fO11r wears
old are comparatively obsolete
when the 1882 models are con-
sidered. The industry has made
remarkable advances in engineer
ing and style design and owners
of older cars must be diSSatis-
fled with those cars when COM
pairing them with the new de-
signs offered. The facts. there
fore, as to car usage and. car
values are favorable to a turn
in the automotive industry.
Expect Auto, To Lead
A great many students of busi-
ness look to the automobile in
duStry to lead American business
back to more normal levels, and
1 believe when recovery comes, it
will start with the automobile in
dustry, because that industry ap-
pears to offer the highest poten-
tial for recovery. Also, this indus
try is so complex and its ramifi-
cations so wide that its revival
would quicken the pace of bust
ness in general. AS circulator
of currency, the business of build.
ing and selling automobiles exerts
an even more widespread influ.
ence than either steel or railroads.
The Washington times., 1932-01-30
Goodbye Al Spring SQGe0kS

New patented Oilite Squeak-Proof Springs
on all three Of the new Fights give 4 softer,
more restfl ride in addition to having the
great advantages Of WeVSr sQueakinV, and
~svSr needing fabrication. Despite mud, water.
ice or dirt-these springs will not squeak:
Besides all Of these outstanding SuperiOrtieS,
ChrySler retains the following important basic
features-pioneered or popularized BY Chry-
sler and features OF Chrysler cars for years:
In the Fights, a 4-speed transmission with
The Washington times., 1932-01-30
AID FOR UNEMPLOYED

In an effort to keep the nation
at work building roads, Federal
aid funds for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1888, have been ap-
portioned in advance of the usual
two-year period. The net appor-
tionment for the United States is
sos. .875, 900, and these funds are
available to the States for imme-
diate application on projected
CONSTRUCTION.
The Washington times., 1932-01-30
Finer Safer Brakes

A definite new advantage has been added
to ChrysIer seIf-equalizinR Hydraulic Brakes
in the form Of new Centrifuse brake drums.
A steel drum with cast-frOn lining -perma-
The Washington times., 1932-01-30

CHRYSLER announces four new ChrySler
cars-a new Chryser Six and three new
ChrysIer Eighn-all with patented Floating
POwer!
That is the most important statement
that could BE- made about q motor c0r-tOr
Floating POwer is tie greatest ensjneerjne
develOtment of modern times.
Floating POwer gives Chrysler performance
a smoothness never before expected Of a
motor car. When driving at any speed, power
tremor is absolutely vibed O1t Of both frame
and body
The grea, flow Of Chrysler Power at all
speeds is incredibly smooth and soft and silent
Easiest Cars to Drive
In addition. to Floating POWsr. the new
Chrysler Automatic Clutch makes. driving
=. Oupremely simple. Nothing for your left foot
to do but be comfortable. You don't have to
touch the clutch pedal when starting from
standstiII, OF changing gears, or even when
using ISVGGS%s 4VuI AVOS - pCAIS$Ay lNSS
nothing to press; nothing to touch.
Gear.shifting really isn't gear-Shfting, in
the old sense. with Chrysler'S new Silent
Gear Selector When you release the Accel-
orator, you move the lever freely into place
in any direction, at any car speed. with no
more effort than moving a lead pencil. Be-
cause-when you move the lever to select
higher or lower speed, the transmission gears
are not revolving. They are at rest, discon.
nected from the engine BY the Automatic
Clutch, and disconnected from the rear wheels
BY the entirely separate Free Wheeling unit
behind the transmission.
You may. Of course, lock out both the
Automatic Clutch and the Free Wheeling
unit, and instantly return to conventional driv-
ing at any time or speed by simply pulling out
button on the dash. /, ..%'--.. ..~.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10

hope to preserve the eighteenth amendment are
swinging TO support Of reasonable modification BILL
in hopes-false, we think-that the fact Of beer and
wine may help to preserve the principle Of national
regulation Of personal habits and appetites
With this support, it appears likely that enough
votes can be obtained to override the threatened
Hoover veto.
But congressman in preparing the bill, should
keep the problem of federal finance uppermost ANY
beer or wine which is legalized must contain enough
alcohol to be palatable that is to attain large vol
ume sales.
This is business proposition. But it must re-
main within the constitutional limits of "nonintox-
eating" as long the eighteenth amendment re-
mains in the Constitution 1t must be assumed
that the courts will take the same reasonable view
of this definition as congress does.
The supreme court usually has accepted the
judgment Of congress on such legislative questions
of fact
The tax too, must be fixed at the point Of great
est return.
If this program is to have chance to help U.s.
1t must be enacted quickly. There is little doubt of
house passage Of the perfected bill before Christmas
but the attitude Of senate Democrats has been dis
appointing and dlatory 50 far.
Senator Joseph Robinson has announced that
the Democrats will press the bill to vote this ses-
sion after referring it to two committees Unless
these committees move faster than usual this is
too slow.
Every month lost in passing this biI-every
week-literaly millions of dollars lost to the
treasury.
The time is getting short already.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
DECEPTIVE DEATH RATES

In view Of the many expert warnings against
too liberal Interpretation of the surgeon-generars
mortality statistics of the last three depression years.
President Hoover, think, has done his suffering
country disservice in quoting them again on the
first page of his message to congress
Lest the Presidents buoyant optimism reflect it
self in a relaxation of the fight hunger and want
we commend to his attention and to others an edi-
toria printed in October in the Journal Of the Amer
lean Medical Association:
Persons who accept statistics at their face value
may be deceived by the excellent healtS record for
1882 which, on the face of official returns, persists
in spite Of economic depression and according to
some writer's partly at least because Of the depres
sion" warns this journal.
Then we are told to look for the hidden meaning
Of these figures. Industrial accidents decrease and
so do industrial diseases when work slackens. A few
sufferers from certain diseases will live bit longer
because of enforced rest.
Traffic accidents are fewer when streets are
empter of cars few to their benefit will eat less
and simpler food. But look out for the futurel
THE public must look much farther than merely
at a current figure for the ultimate effects of de-
preston" we read. "Just the European central
powers still are paying the penalty of manutrition
among their children so must we expect to expert
in the future some Of the effects of what eco
nomic distress, curtailed employment and enforced
economy doing to people today"
The journal warns particularly against malnutri-
ton among thousands of children relaxing of city
health Standards the neglect of needed dentistry,
surgery and sanitation the effects mental hygiene
from worry.
1T is not wise to be too optimistic about the effect
of business adversely on the public health" the
journal concludes.
We think that President Hoover and his medical
friend, Dr. Wilbur, have been unwise in stressing
these deceptive signs of national good health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
TIME IS GETTING SHORT

The beer and light wines bill before the ways
and means committee is something than an
attempt to crafty the personal tastes of majority
of Americans.
1t represents desperate effort to help put our
federal finances in order without resortng to more
burdensome taxes. It represents a praiseworthy
attempt by the house Democratic leadership to re-
spond quickly to the mandate of the election
1t, furthermore, is an effort to mitigate some Of
the evils of Anti-Saloon League fanaticism which
were written into our laws by vostead, Wheeler
and others.
All Of these aspects Justify the bills place at the
top of the congressional program.
Many sincere but nonprofessional drys who still
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

futility. Alas, all of us know how
true it is.
DUT it fairly may be asked, how
Id can religion-itself born, in
part at least, of fear-help us to
conquer fear? Because religion,
by its faith, by its insight, finds
in God and in our own souls,
power to rise above fear, defy it,
master it.
AS the old collect puts it, re-
ligion makes friends with One
who can rule and direct our
hearts," order our emotions and
thus reach to the roots of fear
and cast it out.
The Bible is the one book that
knows the human heart, knows
how to speak to it and how to
meet its deep need. All through
that blessed book two words stand
out like mountain peaks, Fear
Not" because it knows that we al
ways are in the presence of great
mysteries, to say nothing of the
often terrifying vicissitudes of
life.
Every voice speaking in the Bible
from the unseen tells us not to be
afraid of life, or death, or eternity.
Copyright, 1882, United Feature Syndicate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
lnything depicted by himl

in making the Seabury investiga-
ton a success. An ADLER leader
would have recognized the in
evitable and beaten skillful re-
treat, but Mr.. Curry appears to
be more of an optimist than a
general.
If he has failed to make any of
the possible plumbers, one is
forced to believe that it was be-
cause he was too busy to make
them ALL
First, Mr.. Curry tried to save
Walker. Then he tried to stop
Roosevelt. Then he tried to brow
beat the bankers and ignore the
taxpayers. just now he is trying
to balk the New York state legis-
lature, the President elect, former
Governor Al Smith and an obvious
majority of the people.
1t is tough, Of course, to see the
good old drag fading away, but
wise men do not hesitate to make
a virtue of necessity. Even the
boys down below realize that the
time has come for Tammany to
heed public sentiment, if it wish
es to save anything.
New York City is on the road to
refornl-not the kind that comes
in with one election and goes out
with the next, but the kind that is
brought about by intelligent legis-
lation at the hands of experienced
men.
The vote for Mckee, the at
titude Of Roosevelt, and the plan
OF Smith are more than signs:
they are pledges. The Seabury
investigation. has proved a WORTH
while investment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
Que stiOnS and
Answers

GLOW many votes did Nor
man Thomas, the Socialist candi-
date for President, receive in
1928?
A-267, APO.
Q-Give the comparative deaths
and births in the world daily?
A-Professor E. M. East of Har-
ward university estimates approx
mately 10000 births and 100000
deaths.
OWL the United States coin
gold for any one who presents
the bullion at mint?
A-Gold bullion in lots of 500
or more will be exchanged for
gold coin at the rate of S20.67183
per ounce fine gold without
charge.
Q-Can you give an idea of the
amount of brick and stone that
entered into the construction of
the Empire State building in New
York?
A-Ten million bricks; 1000
cubic feet of stone.
Odd Joe E. Brown, the movie
star. ever play professional base
ball?
Ale played professional base
ball when he was II, On the St.
Paul team, and later joined the
New York Yankees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
DedicationS Around Midnight

I've get about something at y o'clock
al gnt ano completely forget the morning
~ you put COCO deal of hard
gress into that cooperative yours he name escs e) and
n the free employment bureau led to
thing. - - ~ S ~ ~ 0N-S
your motives were pretty good
OF GhoW-of quality
not blaming for that particularly Something of personal vanity
and ego coddhng goes into most arduous adventures
1 won't even stress the
your 1a share Of hmeght thirst reminds that now
link were getnS somewhere
mace speech IN large hall about the brotherhood man thought
1 on 1at particular occasion spoke extremely
was up on my toes to
ana end hate and misery Indeed
LII cnIess to you that to weep $4,000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10

blood taken from patients with
measles.
Before any discovery is accept
ed as certainly established in re-
lationship to the cause of an in
fictitious disease, it is necessary
to grow the germ outside the body
and to reproduce the disease in
animals by injecting the germ and
to find the germ invariably as
ISOLATED with the disease.
None Of the discoveries thus far
made meets these conditions. In
few instances the investigators
claimed that they had the organ
ism, but others were not able TO
duplicate the work.
Scientific medicine is very jeal-
GUS of its science and does not
accept readily new announcements
until they are fully confirmed and
well established.
This is fortunate for the public,
since it has here a protection
against early exploitation of un-
established work.
NEXT: The early stage Of
measles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10


chums. Yet another stresses the value of mother
Illness We also are advised to assume the Gree
pose to be sirens, always ready for kissing.
The entire set of rules, I'm sure you'll agree,
is too much for any woman to master. We bog
down in quagmires Of counselings and are like
client listening to too many attorneys.
THIS being the case want to cheer the girls up
bit and to assure them that it does not re-
quire such gargantuan efforts to achieve good results
in this matter.
Men like to dominate they like to parade They
long for eminence and glory and riches and power.
They are fond Of being called by such resonant
titles as Admiral and Major and Honorable.
They want to be comfortable and well fed, and
they enjoy looking at pretty face. but above every
thing else they like to be listened to.
The only thing any girl needs is willing ear
Cold creams, fine dresses, narcels and manicures
may be helpful, but alone they can not turn the
trick listening attitude, slightly tnged with awe,
Is worth a dozen other wiles
For few men, even more than women, are soothed
BY the sound Of their own voices and are fond OF
giving forth their opinions and indulging in pro-
longed monologs. And for this sort of thing, an
audience is necessary, so why not be a permanent
one in the person Of wife?
The closed mouth and the open ear-this COM
blnation is the best matrimonial bait It never fails
10 land them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10

OF King Solomon in all his
~ glory, we read, in a book
which bears his name: Behold
his bed, three-score valiant men
are about it. They all hold
swords, being expert in war: every
man hath his sword upon his
thigh, because of fear in the
night"
But what is the value of the
wisdom of Solomon if he can not
sleep nights? Better to be David
at his best, who said: 81 will both
lay me down in peace and sleep;
for thou, LORD, only makest me
dwell in safety"
No, wisdom can not conquer
fear; because wisdom has to do
with ideas, judgments, reason, and
fear is thing Of feeling. In
the night, when even little things
loom large, the wisdom of Solo,
mon was defeated by his feelings,
his imagination, which he could
not control.
Only faith can conquer fear,
and when we lose faith, or let it
grow dim, as a psychologist told
us the other day, first we are the
victims of fatigue, then fear, then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
DiSillMSiop IN an AlZey

81 "hn the TEX was done met you alley You were
- large fa incident Won
o ASK how can we get of these things words into deeds?
you reached into back pocket
C .1g soae1Hlrg that looked supcousy like gin.
you let me down know
UNDERSTAND that
@ II you want people to take seriouy-and I'm sure YOU do
1 step Is to take off about FaIsaf
an amusing knight but he to any crsades w
Aoc asking you to
49, " people VINO complain because you attempt to bite off
time S VI your aoeSaries the once upon
'Nl's 4ou re StlI more malicious than mellow F y
sFia want from
f,r Of @ 1CS all right by quit being an occasional
~ - 0"' "oiG you mister for to baa
by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
Ten-Yea Holiday

A FEW years ago, a bishop, in
IA addressing the annual meet
ing of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, sug-
gested that it would be a good
thing for the world if science de-
clared a ten-year holiday.
According to Scott, that is just
what can not happen. Scott COM
pared civilization to a ship. The
commanding officers on the bridge
believe that they see rocks ahead
and are signaling the engine
room to reverse the engines.
The message which the engi-
neers send back is that the
engines have no mechanisms for
reversing.
A group of some fifty architects
it is an ironic comment on the
situation that they are unem-
ployed architects - have been
making 5000 charts for Techno-
cracy.
These show how, in industry
dILeT INDUSTRY, the introduction
of machinery continuously has
increased production and de-
creased employment. A bigger
output with fewer workers seems
to be the universal story.
Scott does, after a fashion, in
dictate what he thinks is partially
the way out. For one thing, he
is out-spoken in his opinion that
Russia has not .ound the way out.
He Jumps the Russian system
and the present American system
together and calls them both
merely variations Of the price
system"
A price system. as defined by
Scott. is one in which one COM
modify IS used to define the value
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
GIVE THAT JOB

The blizzard may remind you that you need
something fixed around your house, your store, your
factory.
You may be comfortable There are many fam
lies to whose members the cold wave means dis
comfort perhaps illness and certainly grave concern
There are many men who want only the chance
to earn a little money in this glad era Of Christ
mastide
If you have job, give it today.
Call the Emergency Work Committee III. TOTO.
It has lists OF men who need work Job is the best
gift Of the year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
Depression Is Cure

M COoCO 10 OWI =
lizard times have helped to
4 4 bring the truth home. When
people find it necessary to count
their cash, they become more
sensitive to all forms of extrava-
gance. At the same time, New
Workers would not be as wise as
they are today, or so ready to
listen to common sense, but for
the work done by this legislative
committee under the able direc-
ton Of its chief counsel, Judge
Samuel Seabury.
On occasion, it has seemed as
though the committee were taking
in altogether too much territory,
going out of its way to fish, and
piling up such a mountain of
detailed information as would
leave citizens hopelessly Devil
dered, but the result is more than
satisfactory.
The people of New York may
be able to recall very little of the
detail, but they are left with a
very clear understanding of what
ails the town. They are ready
to accept changes which would
have been repugnant to them
year ago.
The continuous exposure Of Of
f1cials who couldn't explain the
amazing incomes which they &C
l-YOuyIcd0nJ &c 11oxyi1ao -~oooix,oI
and who appeared much less ia
miliar with their jobs than how
to make money on the side, has
done it's work.
Il
CMrry's BlunderS Help
1T would be unfair to overlook
4 the helpfulness of John F.
Curry, titular head of Tammany,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
SCIENCE
Machine Age SpeedsUp
BY DAVID DIETz

TECHNOCRACY, a group of
4 engineering experts associat-
ed with Columbia university. is
bringing to close a twelve-year
study Of industrial. conditions in
America.
Recently I heard Howard Scott.
director of the organization, pre-
sent the work of Technocracy be-
fore an audience at the City Club
OF Cleveland which obviously was
disappointed because he present.
ed the picture of a situation and
not the solution.
But, in all fairness, one can not
quarrel with Scott and his asso-
ciates if they feel that their prov
lnce is solely in the field of in
vestigation and that the task of
Interpretation belongs to others.
Indeed, we must feel indebted
to any group of investigators in
any field who fairly and impair
TALLY will gather data for use of
the entire nation.
N@S PANSbtAS VI Ol4C WOl1u
Scott gives us is one in which the
world is headed in a certain direc-
ton whether it likes it or not.
That is the direction of scientific
progress.
More exactly, the world is en-
barked on a bigger and bigger
machine age. The machine has
thrown a lot Of people out of
work, and according to Scott, is
going to keep right on throwing
more people ont Of work.
The engineer is going to keep
right on building bigger and fast
er machines that are more and
more automatic until the day will
arrive when all a man will have
to do is to push a button and
start a whole automatic factory
into operation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10
It Seems to Me:
BY HEY WOOD ROUN

r WAS A years old this week and passed my
Il birthday quietly because the man said, Would
we please stop singing on account of the police
not liking to have so much noise coming out Of
the place after in the morning?
That rather put damper on the proceed
ings and when I got home there was just one
birthday letter. 1t came from an insurance
agent and he said that had reached time Of
life when I ought to give serious consideration
to the problem of providing properly for all my
loved ones. AND so I have decided to write myse
and rnnG rr-ich
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-10

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-With
4 = former Mayor James E.
Walker out of Office, Tamlnany
Hall yielding to the demand for
economy, and the state legisla-
ture preparing to revise drasti-
cally New York's city government,
the Seabury investigation comes
to a dramatic and effective end.
Few probes into civic affairs
have justified themselves so COM
pletely, or made