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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Don't Be Frightened
country"

In every city of this and other states, the threat
IS being made to workers that the election of RooSe
velt will mean the end of jobs There is only the
faint promise that the reelection Of President Hoo
yer will bring any additional work and then only in
the future
This attempt to coerce the votes Of workers, en-
poyed and unemployed. constitutes threat against
the very foundations of self-government.
Worse than this, the threat is idle and based on
nothing but the hope of coercing votes.
II any evidence were needed it is furnished by
the Wall Street Journal the organ of finance which
always speaks for the once heralded big business.
That spokesman for money says that things will
be neither as good as hoped nor as bad as feared.
In other words, the election will have no immediate
effect
In an editorial under the caption "The Soil VIII
Remain" it appeals Of course. for the defeat of
Roosevelt But every working maa who may be
trembling under the cesr of los e jobs g Roosevelt
is elected should read shis frank ecnfession that
the present campaign Of coercion is false. The
Journal says
Governor Roosevets reply to President Hcover's
Iowa speech contains the Of his real appeal
to the voters OF that appeal it can be said that 1t
unquestionaby expresses the candidates sincere con-
yictions and, therefore, not be dismissed as q
mere vote-getng device. Also addresses itself di-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Isn't Radio Wonderful

Thursday night the Republican national commit
tee dug into its jeans to hurtle through 10000 miles
Of air the Hoover speech of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
stationed at Manila. The idea, of course was to let
American voters know that young Governor Teddy.
and not Governor Franklin D. is T. RS eldest and
his spokesman.
But how unlike the thunder of Theodore the
First were these cheerful thoughts from the other side
of our widest ocean:
I'VE have had within the memory of those now
living, or their fathers but little real trials in the
United States as never have known what
other peoples have suffered we feel that our suffer-
ing has passed belief and could not be worse =.
I'VE still are infinitely the richest of the nations.
Our government rests on the frmest foundation
We have had no great industrial disorders There has
been no government dole The United States is
still American and is going to stay So That is the
issue in the campaign we will fight it out on those
lines"
long way for such little thoughts to travell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Patriotism

great crowd in Boston Thursday night
that had come to laugh and cheer and shout
with its political idol, Al Smith, suddenly
was stilled by an emotion too deep for ex-
preston.
The following passage in the gallant for
mer Governors speech--a brief declaration
that is certain to live in the literature of
patriotism-was the cause:
There can be no bigotry, there can be no
resentment in the Catholic heart. Let us
not forget that. We have been taught, and
it is impossible to divorce ourselves from it,
that our first consideration is this country.
1--WE were taught in our elementary
schools that Almighty God himself made this
country and hid it behind veil for centuries,
until civilization was able to take advantage
of its great natural resources, that the
United States may be open to the world as a
haven of refuge to the downtrodden, the
poor, and the oppressed of every land.
"It is in that way that we view this
country"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28

hiccoughs; that a chew of tobacco
is antiSeptic; and that asafetida
carried around the neck will ward
off disease.
There were actually 5 per cent of
teachers in training schools who be-
lieved that asafetida used in this
way would ward off scarlet fever
and measles.
One Of the most significant OBJ
servations made in this study was
the extent to which ordinary adVer-
Using convinces teachers as well as
the public generally.
Seventy-nine per cent of the
teachers believed that a pain in the
back indicated kidney trouble; 81
per cent thought that exercises
would correct failing eyesight; 81
per cent believed that q widely adj
vertiSed antiseptic, which has about
the antiseptic efficiency of strong
salt water, was a powerful gerni-
eide; and many others believed
other statements made in food and
drug advertising that really are
without scientific foundation.
Apparently, formal schooling has
failed to marked degree in elm
mating faith in. d-fashioned SUI
perstitions about health, and mod
ern advertising is serving to intro
duce some new superstitions that
are even worse than the old ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28

You say agents of employers and
medical investigators state that the
person who aims to guide others as
to vocation must be concerned not
only with the working hours, but
leisure as well,
Rome gave the workers bread for
food and circuses for entertain
ment during their leisure hours.
BUT today working hours and
leisure is social question to be
demanded by the workers for his
Or her improvement. Under the
present scheme of capitalism, COM
fort and leisure of a worker is de-
termined by the amount of wages
he obtains.
If you had suggested that social
diseases, which are greatly prevalent
today because of unemployment
and congestion, are being made a
medical racket, for financial gain,
by your association members, should
be stopped forthwith, and that
doctors comply with the law in re-
porting cases to the public health
and inspection department, and had
you recommended quarantine the
same as for other contagious dis
eases, then your article would not
have been in vain.
A WORKING MAN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Superstition Is Rife in Schools

students are subject to many erro-
neous beliefs, showing that such
misconceptions were not eliminated
in grade schools.
He found also that women are
more likely to be Influenced by SUI
perStitions than are men and that
boys and girls from rural communi-
ties know more superstitions and
are more influenced by them than
those from the cities.
He developed a test which includ-
ed 125 superStitions regarding foods,
diet, infections, the special senses,
injuries, ventilation care of the
teeth, tobacco and similar subjects,
and submitted the QUESTIONABLE to
teachers in training schools in vari-
GUS states, asking them to indicate
their opinions as to whether the
statements made were true or false.
Some of the statements included
in the test were taken from the ar
ticles on superstitions in the health
field previously printed in these
columns.
For instance, there is the common
belief that kidney disease usually
begins with a pain in the lower
part of the back; the idea that a
blind person has better sense of
touch and hearing because the
strength that was in the eyes went
to other organs; the belief that
seven swallows of water will cure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Cost Is IneaICuIabIe

D USSIA'S form of government
N has no bearing on the situa-
ton except as it precludeS trade and
commerce in accordance with sound
international practice.
The fact that American exporters
and importers have been trading
with Russia for the last decade sug-
gests that there is little cause for
worry on that score.
About all that stands in the way
of recognition is some $4O0, 100000
in damage claims and a watertight
mind at Washington.
Meanwhile, the cost of our policy
toward Russia is incalculable. It
has deprived our manufacturers of
a great and growing market, has
kept thousands Of our citizens out
of work, and lost us a natural ally
in the far east.
Russia comes nearer to agreeing
with our point of view on disarm-
ament than any other European
country. Russia's interests in Asia
force her to regard Japanese agrees
sion in the same light that we do.
Russia looks to our commercial,
industrial and engineering methods
for guidance.
Why shouldn't we be open minded
on the question of recognizing her?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Just Every Day Sense
By Mrs. walter Ferguson

BLESSINGS be upon the head of all kinds souls
- who write to newspapers Just at the moment
when life seemed totally bereft of ideas for columns
came the postnan.
letter from Westville, o. arrived and the woman
VINO wrote 1t is agitated and angry, and well she
may be. share her rage and herewith hammer the
typewriter in defense of my maligned SEX
She sends cartoon in which male voter is beset
on each side by an ugly old woman, one of whom is
labeled False Rumor" and the other Malicious
Gossip"
She reminds me that women should resent the
fact that we always are pictured as meddlers and
vulgarians and gossiping busybodes.
We should. What's more, we do. For we have
been given several bad regulations founded wholly
upon falSehood This gosSping charge is one of them
I do not deny that women enjoy talking about
their neighbors do deny that they enjoy it any
more than men do. And it hardly can be true that
political gossip emanates from women, since we are
not yet in position to invent such tittle-tattle.
All the whispering campaigns, the ugly differences
and the malicious lies have been first created and
then disseminated by men.
THE idea that women have an overweening fond
i ness for tearing down the regulations Of their
friends is one of the venerable relics handed down
to by generations of who like to accept trad-
ton as truth and who laugh out Of turn
The love for gossip is shared equally by the sexes
and when realize that most wives get all their It'd
bits Of talk from rowing husbands, must admit that
- not be accused Justly Of greater frailty in this
respect.
IN cities mems clubs are breeding places of sala-
cious stories and lively tales Of the misbehavior Of
the great and near-great and the neighbors. In
small towns the barber shops and pool halls are
hotbeds Of spicy scandalmongerng. And it is inter-
estng to note that today our most prominent dis
penser Of gossip is a man, Walter Winchell.
The tea table ladies may be good at it, but they
are utterly unable to compete with the gentlemen
who spend good deal of their time in conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-Working people are
viewed by some as being all Drawn
and no brain, but when a medical
man attempts TO qualify for direct
ing the destiny of laboring people,
his opinions become public, and are
subject to the criticism of working
men and women.
DR.. Morris Fishbein in his article
entitled, Many Persons Untitled for
Jobs" quotes from local and foreign
authorities, and not in the first per-
son, but I take 1t for granted that
he believes that his quotations are
true-that SO per cent of our work
erS are in jobs not suited to them.
On this point it is granted, at the
present time throughout the United
States, under made work commit
tee direction, men who are COM
petent and qualified artisans and
tradesmen are forced to work-be-
cause of want-two days for bas-
ket of groceries, on catch-all Jobs.
Formerly this work was done by
common labor.
Who can qualify to correct the
workers defects? Certainly not a
medical man" Only the worker
can qualify for determination
and improvement.
Your proposal is to not employ
workers unless they have the medi-
cal o. k. Of physical requirements.
You state decaying teeth will consti-
tute potential hazard. Shall I as
sumo you propose to buy and sell la
Dor by looking at their teeth, their
physical structure, try their speed
by running marathon race, finger
print EN-? Then you would say
Mr.. Working Men, go to the en-
ployment Office and be signed I'D
for mass production"-not so good.
doc.
The three girls illustrated in the
laundry, two being fast workers one
slow-the slow one showing facial
distortions and disgust at dirty.
filthy linen. Well she is made to
my liking of resenting human filth.
especially when sent to a laundry,
placed in q washing machine, with
the garments Of other people.
You should Sdmire her, as I do,
and not consider her as an in
efficient and slow worker, but a
judge of filthy garments coming
from unthoughtful people to. infect
a healthy worker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
1t Went Too Fast

A S soon as possible I lifted him
L n back TO the firm and stable
ground and briskly started to walk
away from the scene Of his harrow
ing experience.
1 thought he wanted to get. as far
away as possible, but after few
steps I noticed that he was not fol-
lowing me. Instead, he was hurry
ing back to the merry-go-round as
fast as his legs would carry him.
Perhaps" I thought, "he plans
to discipline his will and purposes
to ride that merry-go-round once
more because he is so much afraid
of it" I once read book like that
by H. G. Wells called THE Research
Magnificent"
But the tiny tot was no Wellsian
hero. He howled louder than be-
fore when I tried to put him on the
camel again. I tested the possibility
that through some queer trick of
heredity 1t was merely the camel
which aroused his antagonism. But
he would not ride the fish. He
baked at horse and kicked the
shins of a unicorn.
Then ceased to interfere and be-
gan to watch. When the merry-go-
round started to whirl, H. H. B.
edged up closer and closer with a
look of the most intense interest I
have ever seen on any human coun-
tenance, if that could be applied to
the face of>a small child.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Indiana's Responsibility

The visit of the Republican candidate for
President and one Of the greatest Democratic
leaders of the nation on the same day has
but one meaning.
The political strategists Of both parties
believe that Indiana may possibly settle the
fate of the nation for the next four years.
Under such condition. it is conceivable
that the vote of the most humble citizen of
this state might determine the presidency,
and more than the presidency, the policies of
an entire nation.
The people of Indiana need no reminder
as to the duty of giving a respectful welcome
to the visitors.
The one brings with him not only an ap-
peal as a candidate, in which role he appears,
but also the dignity that comes with the
presidency, the most powerful of offices in
the world. The other is the executive of a
great state, an Office which commands equal
respect.
They come today as advocates of principles
of government; they come asking a hearing
from intelligent citizens; they bring the ar
guments with which they hope to persuade
the people OF this State
One of the unfortunate circumstances of
our political system is that they will have the
wrong audiences.
II would be fine thing for the nation,
fine for themselves, if they could exchange
audiences.
The vast majority of those who will listen
to President Hoover have already made up
their minds to give him their ballots They
will go with fixed ideas They will need no
argument, except perhaps to find added rea-
sons for their faith.
The great crowds which will welcome
Governor Richie will approach the gather
ing with enthusiasm. Their minds are intent
upon victory. They will go to shout approval
for his utterances. AS guide to intelligent
voting, the competing meetings offer little.
The speakers will talk to closed minds.
But there are thousands of others who
may be given an added sense of RESPONSE
bility because of the zeal of campaigners.
The competition may bring home the fact
that Indiana must answer for the future of
the country.
When political organizations become so
ardent, the independent voter should pause
before he casts his ballot.
Intelligence, patriotism, vision are the
demands Of the hour.
When one state may settle a great ma:
tional referendum, the situation is filled with
drama.
When one voter might possibly sway the
future, it is time for each man and each
woman to consult his or her conscience and
cast ballot with prayer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
IT SEEMS TOME BY H FE02%

MANY pleas, appeals, and piteous
4V1 proffers have been made to the
liberals during the present cam
paign. President Hoover, William z.
Foster, and Governor Roosevelt
have done practically everything for
the liberal except to define him
And that is a hard job.
Somebody ought to tell the liberal
just where he stands and why, be-
cause that is task we'll beyond his
own ability. Once I met hun
dred per cent member of that tribe,
but it was many years ago. He
happened to be my son at the age
Of one and half.
I discovered that he was liberal
early on Sunday morning while we
were walking in Central Park. We
happened to go near the merry-go-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Shut Door in Face

THERE are just grounds for
Il complaint against Russia, but
the Hoover administration has done
nothing to see whether they could
be removed. On the contrary, it
has adopted pose which virtually
closed the door in Russia's face,
and was almost equivalent to say
ing that any attempt on her part
to open negotiations would be re-
buffed.
The trade we have lost by pur-
suing such policy might be con-
sidered of no great consequence
were the policy justified.
The policy is not justified, either
by common sense, or by our own
traditions.
We have every right to demand
that Russia indemnify American
nationals for property damaged,
destroyed, or confiscated during the
Bolshevist revolution, that she &C
knowledge and pay private debts,
that she adjust her methods of
trade and commerce to interna-
tional usage, and that she refrain
from all effort to encourage polit-
ical disturbance.
We have no right to assume that
she won't meet such demand, or to
refuse her recognition as a result
OF such assumption.
1t would be just as logical for us
TO withdraw recognition of France
or England on the assumption that
they are not going to pay the war
debts.
Considering our practice in the
past, and what is called for by in
ternational usage, we are under OBJ
legation to find out what Russia in
tends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
1T is realized, of course, that chill
l. dren may develop superstitions
by contact with ignorant people,
and everything possible is being
done to overcome this unfortunate
situation, by proper health instruc-
ton in the schools.
1t is realized also that the coming
generation is likely to be better edu-
Gated in matters of anatomy, the
functions of the body and health
than have been generations of the
past.
Children in the formative years
are most impreSsionable, SO that the
grade school teacher has a far more
important effect on the mind of the
child than those teachers who meet
it in later years.
1t occurred to Paul Rhoton, of
Pennsylvania State college, to find
out to what extent graduates from
teachers training institutions are
equipped adequately to eliminate
misconceptions from the health be-
liefS of their pupils.
In a study of previous writings
on the subject, he found that SUI
perstitious beliefs are prevalent to
a surprising degree in this country,
and that high school and college
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Questions and
Answers

Where was Joseph Mckee, present
mayor of New York City, born and
educated?
He twas born in New York City
forty-three years ago and was edu-
Gated in the schools Of that city and
at Fordham university.
Is Governor Roosevelt Mason?
Yes.
What is the regulation distance
between the home plate and the
pitchers box on baseball dia-
mond?
Sixty feet six inches.
How much did it cost to produce
the motion picture 'Noah's Ark?"
How many persons were in the cast?
1t cost about $4,000 900. Ten
thousand persons were in the cast
and it was in production three
years.
Which animal has the highest
blood temperature?
Birds, which are perpetually in
motion, have temperatures, ranging
from 100 to l13 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28

The Hoover Administration
Has Made No Honest Effort
to See Whether Recognition
of Russia Is Advisable.
Says


NEW YORK, Oct. 2s-"At the
IN present moment, I am open
minded on the question of the rec
ignition of Russia" writes Governor
Roosevelt in a letter to Robert B.
Nixon Of Wayne, Pa.
The question is one that should
not be decided out of hand.
If satisfactory agreement can
be made regarding several points at
issue, there is no reason why this
government should refuse to recog-
nize Russia.
Weakness Of our present attitude
consists in the fact that no honest
effort has been made to see whether
recognition was advisable.
The Hoover administration sim
ply has been guided by blind
prejudice.
Russia has not been treated with
the respect and consideration which
this government usually accords 9TH
er countries.
Ever since the United States be-
came nation, it has proceeded on
the theory that other people had a
right to set up any form of govern
ment that suited them, and that
when such form of government &C
quired sufficient strength to be re-
garded as responsible, it should be
recognized.
The Hoover administration has
not pursued that course toward Rus
STA. 1t has not been minded,
even in a strained sense of the word.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
AUSTRIA URGES PEACE
Oct. %

ON Oct. %. 1918, Austria Hun
~ gary dispatched another note
to President wilson, urgently ask
ing that peace negotiations be
entered into without awaiting OUT
come Of exchanges with Germany.
The government at Vienna con-
coded all rights asked for the
Czecho- SIovaks and Yugo- Slavs,
and asked that the President
launch overtures with the allied
governments, with view to halt
ing hostiIities on all Austro- Hun
Earian fronts Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-28
Tower Telescopes

A T the Mt. Wilson observatory
L n atop Mt. Wilson, Cal, stand
two great steel towers, one rs feet
high and one $50 feet high. These
are the solar telescopes or spectre
photographs, invented by DR.. George
Ellery Hale.
With them, photographs of the
sun are made every clear day. These
include both ordinary photographs.
and photographs made in selected
wave lengths of light.
Similar tower telescopes have
been established in MANY parts of
the world, at Meudon, France. for
example, and at Kodaikanal India
The result is that the sun is nm
oer observation by one or another
OF these gigantic eyes during the
twenty-four hours of the day.
A photograph, taken in one wave
length OF light reveals the distribu-
ton Of gases in the solar atmo-
sphere, and other details of SIM.
spots and the like, which are OH
scured IN an ordinary photograph
by the bright glare of the suns
light. ''
Recently DR.. Hale perfected a de.
vice known as the SUPERINTENDENT
which makes it possible to observe
usually the details which previoIslv
could be photographed only with the
spectroheliograph. '-'
he mas installed the new device in
MS solar observatory in Pasadena
ana others are being installed in
many observatories.
Positions and areas of sun snotx
are recorded daily by a nunnbe,. ~
ooservatories, including the Mt. viii
son observatory, the United statev
naval observatory, the Perkins OBJ
s s,l,s the Harvard observatory.
and the Yerkes observatory.
The University of Zurich coS,
putes and publishes daily sun snot
number" which is a daily index 80
the spottedness Of the sun -