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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

Governor Roosevelt Is One of
Those Typical Americans
Who Has Had to Fight
EUery Inch of His Way
UpUGrd.
NEW YORK, Nov. Tt is not
L Virtue that the American people
have swung away from President
Hoover without knowing or caring
much about the man who viii take
his place. OF necessity, his record
became the big issue in this cam
paign. That is true Of any public
official running for reelection.
The fact that President Hoover
has been discussed more widely than
Governor Roosevelt does not mean
that the latter is a forgotten man"
as the New York Herald Tribune
seems to think.
Governor Roosevelt has not failed
to make distinct and favorable i'm
preston on the public mind. His
energy as candidate. coupled with
his efficiency as chief executive Of
New York, are not overlooked.
He will enter the White House
with as good a background as Presi-
dent Hoover had four years ago. He
will not enter it with the handicap
of being advertised as miracle
man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Appeals to Heart

TT is probably true that Governor
Il Roosevelt has appealed to their
intuition more than to their in
telligence. He certainly has not
lulled them to sleep by droning end
less statistics by which they are
perfectly well aware they could be
deceived.
He has talked to them from the
heart, rather than from the head,
as Wilson was wont to do, and they
appreciate it.
The American people are hungry
for things above and beyond the
ledger They have walked up to the
realization that such things are
necessary, and nothing has done
more to wake them up than the
dismal failure of the last three
years.
They are not looking for miracles.
All they ask is little horse sense,
and by that they mean a little
spirituality mixed with the hard
headed side of life, to give it the
proper balance, a little pep talk now
and then, such as sales managers
and football coaches know how to
make, a little encouragement to 20
out and do things, a little mag
ination to break the drab monotony
OF their worries and cares.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

Fortunately, there are other avail
able methods for treating many of
these conditions, so that the avail
able radium may be reserved for
cases of cancer which require it
most.
In 1929, III, 500 deaths we're re-
ported as due to cancer. The only
single cause OF death which exceeds
that from cancer is heart disease,
with 245,000 deaths.
The number of deaths from can
GER per 100000 people has risen
from 63 in 1900, to 1874 in 1920, and
to 961 in 1929.
This does not mean an actual in
crease in the rate of cancer in
volvement, because the number of
people living to advanced years has
become much greater since 1900.
It does mean, however, that more
people are living longer and hence
dying from cancer.
Since radium is becoming of in
creasing importance in the con-
troll of cancer it is estimated that
at least fifteen times as much ra-
dunn could be used advantageously
as seems to be available in this
country at this time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

more than we can consume and our
export trade is the only outlet for
our surplus. If this source is stif1ed
because we invite trade reprisals
from the foreign powers through
obnoxious tariff laws, then the life
blood of American industry becomes
CONCEALED to point where finan-
cial blood TRANSMISSION becomes
necessary. Mr.. Hoover and the
whole Republican party hide back
of that fact.
Mr.. Hoover is seeking reelection
by making promises that for the
last four years have been violated.
Why does he wait until election to
make promises? Why hasn't he
accomplished the things he is now
talking about, during his four years
in Office?
Mr.. Hoover proudly states that
the "nest-egg" idea of Mr.. Roose-
velt's is old. He claims that the
Republican party has laid the egg
and it in turn already has Matched.
If that is some Of the Republican
performance that they so proudly
display, it only goes to further in
dicate the abject ineficiency. Of
party that is cropping around in the
darkness, trying to show the pub
lie where their efforts have been
so highly successful.
If the past administration had
been such a huge success, Mr.. Hoo
yer would not have to go around
the country trying to sell the people
the idea Of that success. I ask you,
why have Mr.. Hoover and the Re-
publican party waited until election
time to go out and accomplish
things? The answer is obvious.
Votes.
Mr.. Hoover claims that the oper-
alton of home loan banks will be
effective by the end Of this month.
Why was it necessary to wait until
hundreds Of thousands Of people
had lost their homes by foreclosure
until such relief measures were
taken?
Personally, I have been a Repub-
hcan al my life. but a change wosld
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Just Every Day Sense
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Ut IS not surprising that the American voter is
lethargic The wonder is that he has sense enough
left to vote at all For campaigns usually deprive us
of what little reason we normally possess.
We get so excited that we seem to degenerate into
a bunch of bowling, prejudiced, unthnking fanatics
And the very fact that America is able to survive
these periodic outburss of political insanity is posi-
tive proof to me of her enduring stability
The individual who loves and believes in his coun
try has his faith sorey tried during election years
and how frequently they roll around In 1892 for
instance, he has heard that if the Republicans get
in again, the nation is doomed.
Then he listens in some G. O. P. oratory and
learns that if Mr. Roosevelt is elected we are headed
straight for the bow-wows because Democrats have
not been endowed by God with the ability to run the
government. The Divinity bestowed all these quail
hcatonS upon Republicans
Discouraged, he tunes in on Socialist and finds
out that, no matter what happens on Nov. 8, with
either of the two parties in power, may resign
ourselves to destruction.
ONLY a being impervious to alarms or totally de-
~ void of intellect could Withstand such dismal
just shrink away to nothing and pass entirely out Of
the picture.
1t would, if people believed politicians So the
voter must not take his campaigns or his balloting
too seriously he would be without any belief in the
future
which would be his ultimate fate if he accepted all
the dire predictions he hears
The truth is that we probably shall muddle along,
no matter who wins loses. If we did not believe
this in our hearts, industry never could survive
paigns.
AS it is, they offer the best evidence of our in
ability to run government affairs with any degree of
good sense or intelligence. There can be no doubt
that they greatly retard industrial social and moral
progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
HEALTH SERVICE
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE --
Radium Scarcity Is Cancer Handicap

and there is one state in which no.
body has any radium available.
The figures indicate that alto
gether ITO individuals, companies
and hospitals own 124.7 grams of
radium and it is estimated that
at least 117.4> grams more are re-
quired for normal uses in this
country.
In France, the government es-
tablished fifteen radium centers in
various parts of the country and
allotted to them about 31.5 grams of
radium.
In England there are about twen-
ty-f1ve grams available and the gov
eminent has recommended that at
least twenty-four additional grams
be acquired.
There are, of course, several
conditions which are treated with
radium and radium preparations,
but the main condition in which
radium is used is cancer.
The other conditions in which ra-
dunn is used are those involving
the lymph glands and the blood
which, in their effects, resemble
cancer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Fought His Way Up

.TTIS nomination was not handed
4 4 Governor Roosevelt by an adj
ministration in power, with a wealth
of public patronage to mobilize.
His career was not made and cut
out for him by an amazing twist Of
fate.
He is one of those typical Amer
leans who has had to fight every
inch of the way, and he has had to
fight a grave malady, as well as the
usual handicaps.
Most men in his position would
have given up and played invalid
long ere this, but Franklin D. Roose-
welt is made of better stuff. He has
played the game like a man, and
out of the struggle and pain this in
volved he has learned a sympathy
for his fellow human beings, which
no amount of bought and paid for
relief work could develop.
This has not gone unnoticed by
the American people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Views of Times Readers

Editor TimeS-PreSident Hoover
seems to be looking for cover in his
statement that twenty foreign coun-
tries were in the throes of a de-
preston before we were. What
happens in foreign countries should
not be used as political excuses to
cover what has happened in this
country.
The fact remains that during Mr..
Hoover'S tenure of Office absolutely
nothing has been done to terminate
the widespread depression so
prevalent in the United States. Mr..
Hoover mentioned, or "a t h er
stressed, in his Cleveland address
what the Smoot-Hawley bill did to
our imports. He completely forgot
to mention what that bill did TO
our exports, which suffered a stun
ming blow Immediately on passage
of the Smoot- Hawley bill. The di-
rect result of that blow was an an
nual loss of hundreds Of millions
through a decrease in production
lI1db Cd1AlC III Vic WdkC VI lllE OD-
noxious bill. Our decrease in pro-
duction due to this drop in exports
was the result Of our decrease in
employment.
AS the condition became worse,
and our unemployment situation
became acute, our imports started
to drop, for the simple reason that
a nations imports depend on that
nations employment stability, and
when that stability is jeopardized,
home production and foreign trade
falls of. Mr.. Hoover deity states
that our decrease in imports was
due to the Smoot- Hawley tariff bill.
I maintain that this bill crippled
the export trade, which in turn
crippled us to the extent that we
were, and still are, unable to buy
either at home or from abroad.
If we can export goods from this
country, we would still have the
smoke of production belching from
the factories over the length and
breadth of the good old U. S. A.
Exports mean imports, for If we
can earn, we can buy.
Remember we can produce far
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Hoover Not Trained

DRESIDENT HOOVER neither
l. had held, nor ran for, an cleo
tive Office before he was chosen
President. Governor Roosevelt ran
for the vice-presidency twelve years
ago and twice has been elected
Governor Of New York.
President Hoover's connection
with public affairs previous to 1928
was as a subordinate carrying out
other mems programs. He was in
experienced IN the field Of prac-
teal politics. He had not been
trained to so out and battle for
support in the public forum, much
less to obtain what he needed from
a hostile legislature.
Governor Roosevelt not only has
been through all that, but has
shown how well he could get along
on his own. His political sagacity
has been forged in the school of
hard knocks, and his humanitarian
ism comes from something better
than big fund provided by other
people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Questions and
Answers

What word means reading char
acter from the expression of the
face?"
ProSopology.
How long are pOstOffice money
order records kept by the pOstoffice?
They are destroyed after three
years.
Give the date of the AshtabuIa
bridge disaster?
Dec. 20, 1876.
Where and when will be the next
Olympic games be held?
Berlin, in 1886.
When was the Panama railroad
opened?
In 1855.
In the event of the death of a
presidential candidate before cleo
ton, how and by whom would a
new candidate be selected?
Just as a state and county COM
mittee may meet and fill vacancies,
as has occurred in many instances,
it is presumed the national COM
mittee would function in the same
manner.
Why was the Socialist party
Ia
hOma? Why is this permitted in
any state?
Some Of the states have a pc
tition law. If there are not enough
names to petition, any party may
be ruled OF the state ballot. In
the case Of the state Of Oklahoma.
infringement of minor techni-
calities Of the law also were
charged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

And just as naturally it will again.
If Herbert Hoover came here in
2032 he would be just as startled as
if George Washington was set down
in Washington, D. c., in our present
year.
Won't Be Same Place
IN fact, I think that Mr.. Hoo
4 yer might take the changes more
to heart. I rather think that they
will be more extensive in the next
hundred years than ever before.
Moreover, Washington, although
man of decidedly conservative ten
denotes, did have vision enough to
comprehend that each age must be
a rule and a law unto itself. None
of the elder statesmen went to the
length of urging a political system
nodded for all time.
The facts Of history are against
Mr.. Hoover. He can not escape
from the fact that SOME of our
most highly honored heroes were
men who said, ''This thing may ex-
ist, but it isn't good enough. 1t
must be changed"
There is nothing in "the Ameri-
can system" which suggests that
the best patriotism is firm re-
solve to stand with King Canute
and shout defiance to the flood tide.
Copyright. 1882. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
CINCE the time when Monsieur
~ and Madame Curie found that
a substance which could be taken
from uranium minerals possessed
a high degree of radio activity, and
thereafter isolated this substance,
which is now known as radium,
both the scientific world and the
public have been extremely inter-
ested in the nature of this sub
stance and in its possibilities for use
in treatment of disease.
Radium- containing ores, as point
ed out by DR.. R. R. Sayers, chief
surgeon of the United States Bu-
reau of Mines, now are found in ten
different countries.
Because the amount of radium
in the whole world is not exceed
ingly great, and because the sub
stance is recovered with such great
difficulty, it is extremely valuable.
Approximately 10000 people now
are treated annually in this country
with the available radium.
There are five states in which not
one hospital has radium available,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

be in order, so I'll change TO a
party platform that has potential
qualities and discard the platform
Of the past that has proven in
capable, inefficient, nonproductive,
evasive and unqualified for the sue
cessful operation of a great gov
eminent.
We do not want two chickens
for every pot, nor two cars for each
garage; that represents an unful-
filed Republican pipe dream. What
we do want, however, is just a good,
old-fashioned Democratic normalcy.
SO. regardless Of past Affiliations,
voc for Frank n Delano Roosevelt.
LEON A. PERKSIE.
Antlers hotel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
PEACE ENJOYS MEET
Nrryg. -. - -

November 7
I'm Nov. z, 1918, the German
~ peace ENJOYS crossed the front
and were taken to Marshal Foch's
headquarters. The allied armies,
however, continued their drives.
The American troops entered Sc
dan. French soldiers east of the
Disc and north Of the Aisne pushed
forward ten miles. capturing 100
villages that had been in Germanv's
possession since the early months
Of the war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

ne asks is fair chance for better times and better
government.
And there is a good chance for better times and
better government if the Democratic party puts into
action its liberal platform and if Roosevelt lives up
to his generally progressive pledges
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
Daily Thought

Thou shalt come to thy grave in
a full age, like a shock of corn
cOneth in his season.-Job 5:26.
Death to the Christian is the fu-
neral Of all his sorrows and evils,
and the resurrection of all his joys.
-Aughey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

TTERBERT HOOVER, President
Il of the United States, blandly
and dogmatically spread before his
public in the Madison Square
Garden speech theory of Ameri-
can political philosophy which is
not supported by our history.
He accused Franklin D. Roosevelt
of wanting to change 1.-The Ameri-
can system" Now, anybody who
has followed the speeches of the
Democratic candidate must be
aware of the fact that, for good or
i'll, he is not minded to make any
sweeping changes whatsoever.
But at the moment that is not the
point which interests me. am
taken up by the conception OF a
nation which has proceeded from
the very beginning upon one single,
clear and consistent conception Of
government and its functions.
I doubt that this would be a
healthful thing for any nation, since
it would suggest stagnation rather
than life. But in any case it is a
most inaccurate picture Of Ameri-
can development.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
.HE Perkin medal. one Of

GEORGE OENSLAGER was born
NJ in Harrisburg. Pa, on Septs
25, 1878, and educated in the public
schools of that city. His father was
a jeweler and watch maker.
Oenslager entered Harvard with
the ambition, SO he conf1ded years
later, of becoming a second Edi-
SON" But ne found the study of
chemistry so interesting that he de-
cided to follow it.
The science of chemistry still was
young in those days and his friends
warned him that "he would Starve
if he persisted in becoming a chem
ist" Nevertheless, he stuck to it.
He was graduated from Harvard
in the class of 1894, but continued
postgraduate study until he had
obtained his masters degree.
Then he entered the pulp and
paper industry, remaining there in
chemical research for about ten
years.
In May, 1905, he became a chem
list with the Diamond Rubber Com
pany. In 1906 he started work to
find a means by which the cheaper,
wild rubbers could be made to vul-
canize as rapidly as those Of high
grade and also to produce a good
finished product.
His researches resulted in the
present. day methods of using or
ganic compositions as acceleratoT&
in the process Of vulcanization.
These acceleratorS, as they are
called, so speeded up the process
that rubber tires and other rubber
goods could be vulcanized in only
a fraction of the time formerly re-
quired.
They also resulted in production
of rubber products with longer lives.
A Distinguished List
TIME roll Of winners of the Perkin
l. medal in past years is a cat
alog Of distinguished chemists who
have helped make the modern in
dustrial world what it is today.
Here are the men and their accom-
plishments:
J. B. F. Herreshoff, improved
chamber process for sulphuric acid; I
Arno Behr, corn products; E. G.
Acheson, carborundum; Charles M.
Hall, manufacture of aluminium;
Herman Frasch, refining Of petrol
Gums.
James Gayley, dry air blast for
manufacture of iron. John w. Hy-
att, celluloid; Edward Weston, cleo
trodeposition of metals; Leo H.
Buekeland, velox paper, bakelite
and other synthetic resins; Ernst
Twitchell, organic su1fo acids; Au-
guSte j. Rossi, titaniurn steel and
other titanium alloys; F. G. Cottrell.
recovery of helium from natural gas
wells.
Charles F. Chandler, educator and
expert in industrial chemistry; Will
lis r. Whitney, research director Of
General Electric Co.; William M.
Burton, high temperature process Of
cracking petroleum under pressure.
Milton G. Whitaker, manufacture
Of alcohol, ethyl acetate, acetone,
other solvents; Frederic M. Beckett,
extraction Of rare metals from ores;
Hugh K. Moore, electrolytic process
es for chlorine and cautsic soda: r.
B. Moore, achievements in field Of
helium and radioactive elements.
John E. Teeple, manufacture Of
acids; Irving Langmuir, accomplish
mentS in field of low pressures, con-
duction and radiation of heat; E. c. '
Sullivan, special glasses for heat re-
slstance; Herbert H. Dow, produc-
ton of chlorine and alkali; Arthur
D. Little, pioneer in application of
research TO industry; Charles F.
Burgess, the dry cell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

A lot of people beginning to believe that the
college to which they should send their boys and girls
is the electoral college.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07

How many daily newspapers are
there in the United States? 4
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-07
SCIENCE.
-RY DAVID DIETZ.

Pioneer IN Development of
Accelerdtors in Rubber
Industry Is Gjven Perkin
Medal.
THE Perkin medal, one Of the
Il most coveted awards in thS
world Of chemistry. has been
awarded to George OenSlager of the
B. F. Goodrich Co. laboratories at
Akron. Oenslager is one OF the ma
tons foremost chemists.
He was the pioneer in the develop,
ment Of so-called "accelerat tors or
ganic substances which speed up
the inflammation process of rubber
tires and other rubber goods.
1t is estimated that this method
has saved the motorists of the ma
ton $50, 900. 900 a year by producing
| longer Lived tires.
The award was made by a COM
mittee representing the Society Of
Chemical Industry, the American
Chemical Society, the American
Electro Chemical Society, the Amer
lean Institute of Chemical Engi-
neerS, and the Society de ChimieN
InduStrielle of France.
The medal will be presented to
Oenslager at a joint meeting of
these societies in New York on jan
6, 1888.
The medal was established in 1906
by Sir william H. Perkin, famous
chemist and one Of the pioneers Of
the synthetic dye industry.
Among previous winners Of the
mccall are E. c. Acheson, who de-
veloped corborundum; Leo H.
Baekeland, the inventor Of bakelite,
velox paper, and various synthetic
resins; and Willis R. Whitney, dis
tinguished director of the General
TIactY-io laboratories