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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
Take Those Funds

That any member of the legislature
should even hesitate to divert at least half
of the highway funds to other uses during
these days of depression is almost unbe-
lievable.
Yet under pressure and propaganda and
perhaps worse OF the members of the COM
mission, senators are acting more than
suspiciously about this one ready remedy for
tax relief.
That the members of the board are at
tempting to hang on to the expenditure of
these funds is explainable only on one theory.
The members want to spend the money.
They are presumed to act only for the
benefit of the public theoretically, the more
money they spend the more difficult is their
work. None of them is suspected of being
glutton for labor.
That fund, collected by tax on gasoline
and automobile licenses amounts to more
than twenty millions of dollars every year.
Most of it is paid by people who live in cities
and work in cities. Gasoline used on farms
pays no tax.
The cities are in need of funds to repair
streets. If the funds were used by the may
ors Of cities, many men could be taken off
the bread lines of charity and given work.
More than that the city taxpayer would get
some of the necessary relief that may en-
able him to keep his home.
Yet because these four members of the
highway commission find it very pleasant to
spend these millions Of dollars and hate to
give up whatever advantage comes from
that function, senators are being told that
they can have useless roads built at public
expense for the benefit of themselves or
their friends
The attitude of the highway commission
itself should be warning to any honest leg
islator who wants to do something for tax
relief and for unemployment relief
That attitude at the present time is an
argument for the abolition of this board and
the setting up of a new organization for
whatever road building or maintenance may
be necessary-an organization of experts in
stead of petty politicians who plot with law
makers.
Those funds must be diverted to cities
Every consideration of justice demands it.
Every consideration of the taxpayer de-
mands it. Every consideration of the unem-
ployed demands it.
To hesitate is to invite suspicion.
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miracle, and while others intent tinkerng with
local adjustments this statesman shows that nalf-
way measures are not enough in this crisis.
1t is impossible to refute his statement that in
ternational ornaments debts and tariffs are major
cause of this depression:
The great dominating forces contributing to our
present catastrophe have been international or if
not wholly international, have been of such nature
that their effect was international E.
NO clear and permanent solution of the farm
question, the unemployment problem, devastating
taxes, unbalanced budgets be hoped for it seems
to me, until of or all these international prob
lens out of the way. Not until then will trade
revive, commerce flow in its accustomed channels,
and the monetary systems Of the world which have
been disaranged and broken up, again assume nor
NAL operations .
I'VE are compelled to consider these international
problems therefore, not things incidental or dis
tant but as things which reach down to and affect
for better for worse the welfare of the on the
farm stunned by the startling and persistent fall
of prices the laborers seeking work. the merchant
waiting for buyers of the goods on his shelf"
Borah concludes, virtually every leading eco
nomist has reasoned before him. that "the cancella-
ton Of debts in connection with, and part Of
program including the settlement of other war prob
lens" would reopen the channels Of trade
This program is not open to the charge of senti-
mentality or hazy altruism. It is clear case of help
ing the other fellow to help ourselves 1t is not I'M
conditional or Utopian. Once before we Cancelled
six billions of war debts-only to have Europe spend
that saving on more ornaments
The proposition now is to trade debt reduction or
cancellation for settlement of the armament prob
lem and other causes of catastrophe.
We repeat that other American politicians now at
lacking this charter of business revival yet will ac-
cept the inevitable-just European politicians in
Lausanne at last accepted inevitable cancellation of
reparations.
But will these Republican and Democratic OBJ
structioniss move before it is too late? Will they
play partisan politics because of the November cleo
ton?
That is the danger.
Senator Borah does not exaggerate when he warns
the nation:
Delay is hazardous. Sixty days of depression in
the latter part of 1882 will be more devastating than
six months in the latter part of 1890 If the upward
trend does not start before the cold winds of De-
cenber conditions will be nothing less than appalling
I'VE should enter such conference, where there is
SO much involved, without any limitation and with
no other objective than aid in the preservation of
modern civilization"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor TimeS-It seems to me that
the citizens and taxpayers of In
diana are ignoring an opportunity
to help themselves and are stand
ing by silently in not urging upon
the legislature in special session, to
abolish the public service commits
sion and return the management
of the utility problems to the local
city councils and local governing
boards.
The public service commission,
if it has done its level best, must
admit failure in equal comparison
with the great experiment to force
the nation dry, or the noble expert
ment to force the nation dry, or the
noble experiment to create a
wealthy class of prosecutors with
the Wright bone-dry law.
The proof that the public service
commission has failed is the enor-
nifty of its own machine and the
vast force Of engineers and technic-
lists, who, along with the public
service commission, have agreed to
disagree on the great problem of
rate structure, and yet have not de-
termined whether there will be a
gateway system or a straddle the
fence system.
1t certainly is pertinent, and if
the commission is abolished, the To-
cal governing boards can save thou
sands of dollars to the consumers
and taxpayers.
The stock and bond holder of the
utilities is hopelessly lost. His Sc
curities have been reduced to
scratch and there is no hope for
him in the future. Therefore, the
retention of the commission could
be of no value to him. It would
only bide the evil day when he
must change his securities to wall
paper.
If sufficient strength can not be
mustered to abolish the commission,
at least some provision should be
made for the appointment of
small committee, not more than
three in number, who can present
the facts to the general assembly in
1888. LEE WHITEHALL.
Attica, Ind.
Editor TimeS-The United States
was an opportunity for the Amer
lean Indian, but he could not or
would not accept it; such is the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
Senator Gene

Colonel Gene Tunney we read, is being groomed
for senate seat by Democratic bosses of Connect
cut This is interesting, if not exciting.
We often have thought that the United States
senate was getting too rough. We don't mean rough
as in the old days, when Congressman Brooks
knocked Senator Sumner cold We mean things such
making faces getting on each others nerves, or
even splitting infintives.
The senate needs refining influence. The
champ from the shades of Old Eli could pour the oil
of concord by settling the unseemly quarrels be-
tween Senator Ashurst and Ham Lewis over Shake
spearean quotations.
He could set the example of gentlty to such blunt
fellows Pat Harrison or Jim Couzens. He might
even make the Louisiana Kingfsh' eat out OF his
hand.
So send him on to Washington. There's too much
fighting down there now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
Just Every Day Sense
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

CONCERNED as we may be over the current I'M
~ employment situation we should be traitor to
every principle Of justice if we failed to cry out
against the movement that seeks to drive the married
woman from industry
To sacrifice principle to expediency never has bet
tered the condition of honorable men It will not do
in 1882
It makes no difference what you may believe about
the duties OF wife. The right to work is an inalien
abe human right and no state nation that believes
IN Justice and freedom can fout its truth
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness wrote
Thomas jefferson in that document we claim tn
cherish-the document this movement now seeks tn
defy 0-N' "
We are to deny, either by law or the force of plb
Tic opinion the right Of the married woman to work
then we may as well rescind for all women everv
oCner right For the implication of such tyrannical
measure may be vaster than we now can realize.
And you can not take away such a privilege with
out trampling into the dust all other privileges all
other prerogatives, all other liberties To vote in
country where you have not the right to a lob in
deed would be farce upon freedom
seems to me that this question is momentous and
tar-reaching, and vital as was the question Of
the right to worship God according to the dictates of
the individual conscience
1t Is as fundamental as the question of taxation
without representation 1t involves humanity as
seriously as did the fugitive slave law
IL Is as important as many other issues for which
men and women have died in the past
It is for such rewards as this that women have
nelped TO build world in the wilderness that the
bones OF our grandmothers whten the site of every
american frontier-for this sorry ruse of BUYING a
husband in exchange for she sights Ct citizenship Of
trading human liberty for love?
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Tonic for Nation
TINE people almost had come to

I'LL PCOP4S o@AA1O0O A4eNA OOA4AS w
l. believe that the organized
minority which put prohibition
over was unbeatable, and that they
had no recourse, except nulliflca-
ton. What occurred at Chicago,
especially in the Democratic con-
vention, came like tonic to the
bewildered, discouraged masses of
this country.
1t affected their whole outlook on
life. At last, they felt, there was
a real prospect of freeing them
selves from this incubus of mis-
guided idealism, this noble expert
ment which had scattered, poison
gas all over the map.
They felt there was some hope
of putting half a million men to
work, or raising half a billion in
new taxes, and, at the same time,
destroying the treasure chest of
lawlesSness, disorder and political
corruption.
1t would be a terrible thing if the
people of this country were disap-
pointed, if the Republican straddle
turned out straddle and the
Democratic pledge brought no re-
suits.
1t would more than wipe out the
gains already made, and nothing
we could do for European nations
would offset its bad effect.
Belief that something definite
soon would be done to stop the
greatest smuggling game ever
staged, to restore dignity to the law,
to relieve oppressive tax burdens,
and give honest business a better
chance to be honest has gone a
long way toward reviving the spirits
of this country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
See Prohibition as Cause

WV OiIlDlllOll 90 OOQOO
DROHIBITION ana the unsound
Il conditions to which it has led
are associated definitely with hard
times in public opinion.
You can't get it out Of the aver
age citizens mind that political
corruption, disrespect for law and
gang rule have a direct bearing on
the existing situation. Neither can
you get it out of his mind that the
eighteenth amendment and Vol
stead act are to blame.
One could sense a distinct clear
ing of the atmosphere, even when
the Republicans straddled, and a
real buOyancy when the Democrats
came out with their simple,
straightforward plank for repeal.
The American people have ceased
to think of prohibition as moral
issue. Its utter failure as a temper
ance move long since has turned
their attention to its economic as
poets. For the last few years, and
particularly since the depression set
in, they have thought of it as
source of crime, graft, and racket
eering.
They have tried to figure out
what the futile attempts to enforce
it were costing, and how much rev.
enue the government was losing.
They have become aware of its
bad effect on the administration of
justice and it's worse effect on social
customs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
Colonies of Bacteria

TINE new view may be summed
Il up as follows: Many bacteria
apparently go through variety of
forms. Some of the forms may be
invisible in even the most powerful
microscope.
Coupled with this is another point
Of view even more revolutionary. It
is that the real unit in microbe
phenomena is not the individual mi
crobe or, bacterium, but a colony
Of bacteria.
According to this view, the bac-
terial colony is pictured as sort
of very primitive, or primordial
plant. A plant, it will be remem-
bered. is made up Of great collee-
ton of cells.
Since each bacterium is cell, Ii
is possible to think of colony Of
bacteria as very primitive plant,
held together very loosely and with
out definite size or shape.
This point of view means that an
explanation Of bacterial growth
must be sought in the behavior Of
the whole colony, as we'll as in the
behavior of the individual bac-
terium.
These new points of view began
to take hold two years ago when
DR.. Philip Hadley Of the University
Of Michigan was, to use his own
words, sufficiently foolhardy" to
summarize the observation of Lob
mis- and others who held similar
views. and to add to them his own
observations.
"Hadley's paper released a flood
OF conf1rmatory reports" DR.. Man
waring tells us.
The dissertation Of a score or
more Of pure bacterial strains into
two or more variations which differ
in appearance and behavior now ia
a well-conf1rmed fact, DR.. Manwar-
ing says.
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case of the present legislature. I
have attended several sessions so as
not to make a snap judgment. One
recently climaXed the situation.
Poor laboring men, ignorant of
parliamentary procedure, and with
but slight understanding as to what
franchise voting means, stood out
side demanding a multitude of
things, but, above all, if given work,
they would have been fully salts
fed and gone home, if it could be
called such, rejoicing.
Inside the massive dome of our
executive and legislative building
were assembled the legislative pow
ers and intellectual genius of this
Indiana's most outstanding as
sembly An honest motion by a
somewhat enfeebled member that
each reach into his "jeans" to the
extent Of five bucks"-to use the
dignif1ed and yet colloquial express
sion of the chair-and thus assist
in the relief Of the somewhat hope
less journeynnen (these unem-
ployeO.
Another, more of the yokelry
type, suggests that said peoples
representative should also collect
the Five bucks" then yet another
more yet of the yokelistic collection
there assembled also suggested that
said man, if unable to collect,
should himself fork up" five for
those not forthcoming. Thus so on,
and so on, until noon recess.
While still in attendance, I over
heard a man, evidently of the soil,
say, "a good thousand farmers with
second growth, twenty-four- inch
hickory bludgeons, and nothing but
bread and water for them could do
more with that august" (rather
july body than six extra sessions"
Well said for a commoner such as
you and I, and the November voter.
H. L. B.
Editor Times-While driving in
Ben Davis on the night of July 20,
I was stopped by the state police
for driving with only one headlight
on my car. I was told to have it
fixed and since I was broke" it was
impossible to do so.
I told the arresting officer Of my
financial conditions and he told me
that I did not have any business to
drive a car if didn't have enough
money to have light fixed. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
Questions and
Answers

Were Gene. Tunney. and Polly
Lauder married by civil or re-
Hgious ceremony?
Two ceremonies we're performed, a
civil ceremony performed by Signor
Brofferio, specially delegated by the
Governor Of Rome, was followed by
religious ceremony, performed by
Msgr. Joseph A. Breslin, vice-rec-
tor of the American college in Rome.
When were artificial porcelain teeth
first introduced in the United
States?
They were made in France as
early as 1774, but we're not intro
duced into this country until 1917,
when DR.. A. A. Plantau arrived in
Philadelphia from Paris.
How long are patents in force in
the United States? Can they be
renewed?
Patents run for term of seven
teen years. An extension can be
granted only by special act of con-
gresS, and seldom is allowed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
child Isis Certain measures of spe-

child lists certain measures of spe-
cial Importance in this regard.
First of these is to improve the
general condition of the child by
providing a good dietary and open
air life, exposure to sunshine and to
artificial sources of ultraviolet rays,
use of physical exercises, teaching
of cleanliness of all portions of the
body, and elimination of infections
in teeth and throat.
The next group Of measures aims
at reducing the risk of infection
through avoiding contagion, by
avoiding contacts with those in
fected, and by controlling toys,
books, linens and other materials
which have been in contact with
the sick.
The third group of methods in
wolves specific methods of disease
prevention, such as vaccination and
incubation against such conditions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
HEALTH SERVICE
Contacts Increase Child Diseases

as diphtheria, scarlet fever and
smallpox.
Apparently the child's ability to
resist disease may be influenced
largely by the type of hygiene men,
toned.
1t is necessary to make certain
that the child obtains the requisite
number of hours of rest and of
sleep, and particularly enough time
in the sunshine and the open air.
If the child's ability to resist dis
ease is to be maintained, it must
not be weakened by chronic infec-
tons. Therefore, enlarged or in
fected tonsils and adenoids should
be removed early.
Nose and throat of the child
should be inspected regularly, to
discover at the earliest possible mo-
ment any chronic infection or OBJ
Struction that may require atten-
ton.
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MiCro-M idgetS Found

nISINTEGRATION of many bac-
- terra into almost invisible
micro midgetS," no longer is
questioned seriously, DR.. Man
waring continues.
He adds that MANY terms have
been suggested for official indorse-
ment, indicating the theories now
oelng put forword in microbe study.
These include life cycles" hiber-
mating phases" "conjunctions. and
"primordial reviSions."
That the bacterial colony and
not the individual bacillus is the
essential physiological unit or
microbic growth is probably the
most radical of these suggestions,
the colony pictured as a primordial
multicellular plant" he saws.
Purposeful differentiations. or
derby life cycles, resting stages. in
tegrations and even coniugations
thus would become logical. con-
yenlent explanations for reported
data
Another extremist hypothesis of
more IMAM passing interest is the
current suggestion that many highly
parasitic micro-o organisms have lost
their primordial anatomy, and now
can multiply only under the in
huence Of certain plant hormones,
engines or other growth-stimulat-
ing factors"
1t will be seen at once that these
new points of view call for the de-
yelopment Of a new technique in
bacteriology.
Most obvious Of all it the necessity
OF being able to recognize a given
type Of bacteria in all its various
phases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-.

Revolutionary Points of Vie1C
Advanced IN Ne10 Study of
Bacteria.
NTOw you see it and now you
IN don't, the familiar claim Of the
magician and the three-shell ex-
pert of the midway, threatens 20
become the basic fact Of bacteri-
ology.
This probably is the most spec
tacular phase Of the revolution now
taking place in the science Of mi
crobe study.
The older students Of germs, as
pointed out yesterday, regarded
bacteria as miniature animals or
midget plants.
Consequently they applied tbs
same ideas TO them, and regarded
each microbe as a definite sort Of
creature, having at all times fixed
anatomy.
But, as DR.. w. H. Manwaring,
professor of bacteriology at STAN
ford university, points out, there
are other ways of regarding bac-
terra.
Every animal starts life as fer
tilted egg cell. This means, there
fore, that the great variety of cells
found in the tissues Of any living
animal all evolved from an original
fortified egg cell.
Now bacteria are one-celled or
ganisms. Might it not be possible
to find this same variety in the off,
spring of any germ?
AS a matter of fact, the posi-
biltiy of that being the case first
was suggested in 1916 by F. Lohnis
and others. But the world Of sci
ence in general was unwilling to
believe that bacteria might show
the variety and change Of form that
such theory involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-26
GERMANS IN RETREAT
T.xTw- 90


NN July 26, 1918, the German
~ retreat from the Marine salient
became general over front of near
ly forty miles. following the defeat
given them by American and French
forces.
The French announced the oc-
cupation of Villemontoire and Main
de Massiges during the days fight
ing. American forces took Oulchy-
le-Chateau.
The fifth national congress of
Turkestan proclaimed Turkestan a
republic and announced an alliance
with the Soviet republic of Russia.
Czecho-Slovakia forces in Russia
continued their offensive operations,
taking Simbirsk, 600 miles east Of
Moscow.
The new government Of the
Ukraine abandoned It's claims to
Bessarabia and resumed diplomatic
relations with Rumania,
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Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
NXTHEN the child begins to walk
Wv about, to visit it's friends and
its playmates, it begins to be ex-
posed to greater extent than
formerly to various infectious dis
eases.
The infant may be we'll protected
by its mother against contacts with
other children. Prevention Of con-
tracts may, on the other hand, be
extremely difficult with the older
child.
The committee of the League Of
Nations which has given special
consideration to the problem of pre-
venting disease in the pre-school
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600, and why is it that a county
snerlH can retire for life after serv-
ing one term in Office? How MANY
more officials Of various capacities
receive commissions I do not kroW.
put II what is done insofar as the
treasurer and sheriff are concerned
Is any indication Of payment to
other political job holders. it takes
no ability to see where the taxpayers
money goes.
Why is it that such laws are uer-
mitted to exist? This accounts to
a big graft on the public and should
be stopped at once.
Why cannot your paper force the
issue by insisting on behalf of the
citizens that such discrepancies be
corrected Immediately? AS the voice
Of the public, you can do much to
bring about the necessary changes
and l am only expressing in part.
the general feeling and opinion on
government management.
What can and do you intend to do
ABOUT 1t? S. H. ERIKSEN,
Room 80, Union Station.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

This is the third of three articles by
DR.. Fishbetn on health for the pre-
school child