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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

and they put in some long hours.
too. They work while we sleep and
nearly every month it is some dona-
ton here or there, especially IL win
ter months when they give to char
ity.
Mayor Sullivan has complied in
every way toward economy and low
er taxes. He has been compelled by
people like you to cut police and
firemen and all city employees wages
twice and. under our Republican
mayors, Shank and Jewett, they re-
ceived a raise in wages.
I am for the NRA code 100 per
cent.
By L. Anderson.
There isn't anything wrong with
the mayor of Indianapolis, who is
one of the finest and Squarest to
occupy the Office, regardless of
politics.
The recovery act does not pertain
to state, city or county employees.
The taxpayers Of Indianapolis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
ANOTHER NAME FOR MURDER

TOR the lynching of two Negroes in Ala
bama and the serious wounding of a third.
the officials seem to have been partly respon-
sible. According to reports. the sheriff was
moving the prisoners from Tuscaloosa TO Biz
mingham without knowledge of the Judge
A lonely road was chosen by the sheriff
and after proceeding few miles one car with
deputies turned back, leaving only the sheriff
and two deputies to protect the three prison.
ers. When two cars carrying lynchers ap-
peared and demanded the prisoners, the
sheriff gave them up.
In the old days this was a common occur
renee. Fortunately. it is not so frequent now
on their oath to protect prisoners This &C
counts in large part for the decline in lynch
ing. In 1881 the figure fell to fourteen, and
last year to 10.
A mob is made up of towards Not many
mobs will go through with a lynching without
the active or tacit cooperation of the law
officers paid to combat mobs.
1t would be unfair TO blame Alabama for
these new crimes Public opinion in the state
is against lynching. Responsible groups of
citizens are trying TO stamp out this barbarism.
They are supported by many judges and law
officers. Last year there were no lynchings
in Alabama.
But. of course. the test here is whether the
state of Alabama catches and convicts the
lynchers and Furnishes the sheriff and his
deputies for failure to defend the prisoners
BY Furnishing the guilty. Alabama can help
In the solution of this nationwide problem.
Despite misinformation on the subject. lynch
ing is not limited to the south. or to Negroes,
or TO alleged sex crimes.
Last year two of the ten lynchings were in
the northern states Of Kansas and Ohio and
two of the victims were white men. OF the
alleged offenses-not proved. but merely al
legged offenses-of the mob victims. only one
of the ten was for attempted attack on
white woman.
The least offense is sufficient excuse for
lynchers or officers who put themselves above
the law. On Sunday morning the lynchers
killed two Negro prisoners. and that same
afternoon near Tuscaloosa officers shot to
death another Negro for alleged resistance
of arrest on a charge Of stealing chickens.
And on the same day these three Amer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

importance for the prevention of
ricketts,. For this reason most doc
tors prescribe five drops three times
a day for infants at two weeks of
age. increasing the dose after three
weeks to ten drops, and gradually
increasing it further after a month
so that two teaspoonfuls daily are
being given at three months of age.
From four months of age on, in
fants should receive three tea
spoonfulls daily.
These doses are not. however, the
amount Of cod liver oil recommend
ed for the treatment of ricketts, in
babies or for curing the disease.
II a child has ricketts, or the ten
dency to ricketts,, it should have
prompt medical attention, so that
suitable amounts of cod liver oil
or the right type Of cod liver oil
concentrates may te prescribed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

wouldn't stand for four shifts of
firemen, with taxes already high.
The salaries of police and firemen
have been cut twice.
The code is to put more men TO
work and to raise wages, not TO cut.
Their salaries are not much, not
according 10 other cities the size Of
indianapolis.
Uniforms, which are expensive, in
clude white and blue shirts, fire
coats, helmets, hip boots, night
pants and blue serge pants at $3.50
a pair IN which 20 hight fires. Some
times there is not much left after
a fire, either. Three pairs a year
don't last long
Firemen always are ready at
minutes notice 20 protect lives and
property or climb tree for your
pet cat. These men are subject to
call 365 days year. Several years
ago we used them the same as po-
lice to protect filling stations dur
ing a crime wave. They do duty
at flood times. LOO.
Don't envy them, for you wouldn't
have these jobs after the war, as
they only made 81 a day, while
others made $40. Indianapolis
couldn't get men to work on the
police or fire departments then.
We have one of the finest depart
ments in the country and the low
est fire insurance rates for a city Of
its size. Let us keep it this way.
indianapolis has paid her police and
firemen during hard times.
Firemen, for three years, nave
given l per cent of their wages to
maintain the soup kitchens, and
they also give TO the Red Cross and
Community Fund. Besides all help
by giving to individuals out of their
own pockets. They, too, have wives
and children at home. Firemen also
pay taxes and income tax. He
wouldn't get his check until he did.
Let us be fair to these workers.
They do thing that no amount of
wages could repay. have lived
near an engine house for years and
know their side of the story.
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|M.E.TracySays:

TN spite of accident. defeat and death the
Il stunt filters keep right on. When a fatality
occurs, we are inclined to rail at them, but when
they succeed, we are ready to applaud They
play Tor bigger stakes, however than are repre-
sented by glory or cash. They are perfecting
new transportation system in the only DOS
sible way
Men simply can't learn to fly by staying ON
the ground or by merely doing what has been
done before If machines are to be improved
they must test out new devices, try new methods
and undertake new adventures. The risk in
volved is nothing new. Most of our achieve
ments have been purchased at the price of
courage. Had men been afraid to die America
never would have been discovered or settled
Had they been baked by disaster. we would
not be enjoying the benefit of railroads and au-
tomobiles.
Twenty-four years ago Bleriot astonished the
world and won $4,000 by flying across the Eng
lish Channel Last week an airplane turned
out by his factory few from New York to Syria
IN sixty hours. If Wilbur and Orville Wright
had not taken their lives in their hands at
Kitty Hawk in 1908. there would be no Bleriot
no Rossi and Codes
II ACH pioneer takes up the work where some
II other pioneer left off, trying for new rec
ord. charting new course, testing out a new
mechanism.
IOilSlueTlIls IIaL IL was almost the universal
opinion that men never would be able to fiv two
generations back. we have made remarkable
progress, but it is more remarkable in what ii
forecasts than in what it leaves behind.
The fact that Post was able to circle the
earth in less than eight days may be accepted
as a faint suggestion of what average people
viii be able 10 do in years to come Notwith-
standing all that has been accomplished avia-
ton is still in an experimental stage
While most people can see its spectacular
side, they fail TO realize its possibilities as part
Of the work-a-day world We are still long
way from being air-minded
Meanwhile. it should be obvious that the air
offers the broadest highway ever discovered. and
1t should be equally obvious that enough has
been accomplished TO prove that it can be used.
DUT our TRADITIONS are deep upon us Like
II our ancestors who hesitated to cross the
Atlantic for 100 years and more We are in
clined TO be skeptical, or afraid Of what is new
We are afraid particularly of investing money
Youth could be depended on to supply plenty
OF pilots. If age would furnish the cash Age
however. prefers to play with stocks. buy gov
eminent bonds, or take mortgages
II youth had the bankroll aviation would
De much farther ahead than it is today and
the record Of disasters would be much longer
The probabilities are that we need the balance
which whiskered conservatism guarantees, but
II makes one impatient at times. The courage
displayed by our so-called stunt hiers stands
out in bright contrast to the timidity Of those
who need risk nothing but money!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
Virtues of Cod Liver Oil Long Known

nod liver oil also is recon-
~ mended widely for cases Of tu-
berculous type, though it does not
have any specific effect on tubercu-
losis. But cod liver oil aids the
food intake and supplies good guam
titles Of vitamins, and, therefore, is
especially useful in tuberculosis.
Cod liver oil has special value in
pregnancy, in which condition there
is an exceptional demand on the
mother TO supply calcium and phos-
phorus for the infant.
If the mothers diet contains a
sufficient amount Of calcium and
phosphorus as supplied by milk or
dairy products, she may take the
cod liver oil to aid the use Of these
materials by the body.
So important has cod liver oil
been found for growth and develop
ment, that today 1t is commonly
given to chickens, cattle and other
animals, as well as to man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
But It Didn't Hdppen
n INFORTUNATELY 1t {

UNFORTUNATELY it can't be
~ written, because nothing of the
sort happened. Nothing remotely re-
Sembling it happened The mem
bers of the mob" demanded the
prisoners, and the sworn guardians
of law and order surrendered them.
If any Of the blood. of the old
Confederacy was in the VEINS Of
Shamblin and his gallant deputies
it flowed sluggishly or it had turned
to dishwater. Stonewall Jackson
wasn't riding the roads that night.
There is no record that a single
shC was fired or that the sheriff
maze any fight whatsoever in de-
Tense Of Alabama. He simply turned
over his prisoners and went home
TO Tuscaloosa to get good nights
rest. I trust he had the courtesy TO
say TO the members of the mob"
before he left. L hope I didn't keep
you Soys waiting"
There probably is good reason for
sending destroyers TO Cuba. Law
and order are in sad way there at
present.
Copyright. 1898. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
THURSDAY. AUG. II. 1893.
TO STOP RACKETEERING

TWO outstanding suggestions came from
l. the early sessions of the senate racket
eering hearings.
Former Police Commissioner Murooney of
New York City recommends revival of the lash
and penal colony like Devils island. Warden
Lawes Of Sing Sing would centralize authority,
proclaim quasi-martial law and enact con-
stitutional amendment abolishing state lines
in dealing with crime.
Mr. Murooney's proposal, the outgrowth Of
honest indignation. is not likely TO be effec-
tive. England was using both the lash and
transportation in connection with brutal
criminal code in the year 1900. but her crime
rate then was far higher than it was in 1900.
when both had long been abolished. Devils
island for a long time has been regarded as a
blot upon French civilization.
The lash might be better than jails and
prisons for borderland cases. pending intro
duct.on of scientific methods of reformation.
AT least it would not produce the same degree
of Generalization, nor would it prove a school
in crime.
But for the members of organized criminal
gangs and intrenched racketeers. the whip
ping post would be about as effective as max
ing faces at Vesuvius during an eruption.
Warden Lawes' suggestion is more con-
structive The crime which counts today is
organized crime, and its repression must pro-
coed on an organized basis. Whether or not
state and county officials are supplanted by
federal agents. the latter should have COM
plete freedom to enter any community in the
apprehension Of criminals.
The notion of proclaiming martial law
against crime Will alarm many and it is GER
tainly nothing to be entered into lightly If
however. we can have it in war we can have
1t now if we need it. Criminals and racketeers
are more of menace to us than any foreign
enemy.
There need be no serious invasion of civil
liberties, for, the name implies, these are
not criminal liberties"
But suppose Warden LaweS is right and
that he could stamp out crime in the United
States in six weeks if he were dictator. We
would not be safeguarded against a new crop
OF criminals We can not always live under
MAJ Lldl law
We should shut of the supply of criminals
and the incentives to commit crime We
should put the idle and poverty-strcken to
work We should inculcate new notions of
obedience and civic devotion
This is no time for either moSsbacks or
historical folk. Organized crime and racket
eering call for far different procedure than
old crimes. like house prowling But they also
call most decisively for sense and science if
they are to be repreSsed.
Two things here are important. We must
catch the culprit Then we must segregate
or reform the convict permanently This
calls for better and cleaner prosecution and
police systems. and for scientific methods of
dealing with prisoners.
There is no place here for half baked bru-
tally. There is every need for trained and
deliberate intelligence.
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1t Seems
to Me
- BY HAYWOOD BROUN .

NEW YORK. Aug. 17.-American
" destroyers sped to Havana TO
protect. If necessary. the lives of
American citizens. pending restora-
ton OF nomal conditions Of law and
order by the Cuban authorities"
And on a lonely road near TuSca-
loosa an armed mob took two
prisoners from a sheriff and shot
them TO death. Since this comes
hard upon the heels Of the Scots
boro case. I am wondering Just who
is 70 protect the rights and the lives
Of American citizens in the state OF
Alabama
The sheriff. r. L. Shamblin. ad-
vances a curious explanation for the
outrage He blamed the interior
ence OF the International Labor De-
Tense" as being directly responsible"
for the lynching.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

lean citizens we're murdered in Alabama
without protection Of Law, the President of
the United States ordered warships TO Cuba
to protect American lives If necessary.
In no other civilized country in the world
is murder by Iynchers and racketeers men
ace as in the United States. 1t viii continue
until We realize that these forms Of murder
are not a menace to one region alone, but
menace 10 the nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

and We wouldn't want them TO be.
So, in spite Of modern efficiency, we
still like to loiter in the kitchen and
to spend a whole afternoon cleaning
out dresser drawers. or making a
batch Of fudge.
Home work has to have inspira-
ton behind il; therefore, We hate
TO be told we must not indulge our
passion for cleaning house at I'M
expected moments. or for moving
the furniture when the urge hits US.
Ny heart often has bled for the
overworked housewife. However.
I'm still opposed 10 Mama knocking
of when the clock strikes. The New
Deal is grand and all that. but I
have the feeling that well all be
better of in the long run with
Mother doing overtime. as usual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

THERE'S good deal OF talk
l. about shorter working hours for
the American housewife under the
NRA, but I imagine that's about all
it ever will amount TO.
Every time We begin a new ma
tional enterprise. the patient home
body is promised something. and, al
though she always gives her en-
thusiastic support. she gets very lit
tie relief. She's like the farmer.
Life for her is more promise than
pay.
But for that. we shan't blame the
President nor General Johnson. nor
the brain trust. nor any man or set
of men. It's Just our unfortunate
fate. Daughters Of Eve, you know,
suffering the consequences.
Somehow codes and time clocks do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
So They Say

Putting brandy in a mint julep
Is like putting catsup in iced
tea.-Irvin S. Cobb, humorist.
Prohibition Is on the skids. We
can't escape it and we might as well
not kid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. V.
Dalrymple, national prohibition d.
rector.
AL the reformers I have met
have a genuine itch 10 make the
world better. but they irritate more
souls than they heal and purify
The Rev. Charles II. Parkhurst. New
York.
can seei And look. look-the
flowers on the wall paperl-First
words uttered by E. A. Griswold.
"a. Of Dallas, Tex, upon recovering
sight after fifty years blindness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

BY HARRIET OLINICK
Life spells freedom
Only when you live alone.
In cell-like solitude
With grass and stone.
Life grants freedom
Only when you love with flesh,
Keeping the soul locked securely
In silken, self-woven mesh.
Life offers freedom
Only when you lean on no one,
Caring not II the struggle
Be finished. or even begun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
A Woman's Viewpoint
by MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

not fit into our scheme of life.
When the baby's formula must be
ready and papa yells for more PAN
cakes, We can't stop to worry about
whether we are complying with the
new deal. or just Laying along un-
der the old one. Codes may come
and codes may go. but housework
goes on forever. And we don't much
care. In fact. We rather like 1t.
r
WHERE going TO do our full
w share to get this country back
10 sanity and prosperity, but we
shall not commit ourselves too far
as TO rules that seek 70 regulate
how and when We shall put out the
wash or do up the dishes.
Homes can't be run like factories
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17
Daily Thought

For I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor re-
sist.-St. Luke 21:15.
II NOWLEDGE comes, but wis
IN dom lingers.-Tennyson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

Beauty expert says stocking tied tightly
under chin at night will improve the lines of
the face. A sock on the jaw, of course, has
just the opposite effect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

Just when the government gets busy on its
program to promote employment Postmaster
General Farley takes the other course He's
out to promote unemployment-and a lot of
it-among Republican postmasters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

(Tfmes readers are invited TO erpress
their Uieics IN these columns. Make Jour
Limit them to ESQ cords or less
By Indianapolis Fruit and Vegetable Assn.
Why is it that President Roose-
velt's administration is not being
backed up by local authorities?
Why is it that General Johnson has
to call the local people to hand al
most daily? According to the
News Of Aug. 9, General Johnson
wishes that employers stay open as
many hours as possible.
In view of this, why is it that the
local administrators of the NRA
and the various trade associations
are going contrary to the wishes Of
General Johnson and the President
Of the United States?
1t is about time that officials fol-
low the wishes of the President. The
spirit of the NRA is being violated
whenever any group sets an open
ing and closing hour. They are
misleading the people and are using
the newspapers to achieve their end
and di ~ General Johnson is warm
ing them.
BY Mrs. r. $. Turner.
I see in your paper time and
again where factories are not pay
ing living wages. And then I read
about all the crimes that are COM
mitted by boys from II to 20 years
old.
There are boys from II to 20 years
old employed by gardeners along
the Rockville road who work from
fourteen to sixteen hours a day for
rs cents day. Any boy II years
old or over surely. is worth more
than cents an hour.
Go there to buy something and
see the prices you pay-S1.50
bushel for cabbage; green beans,
S2.75 hamper; eggs, % cents
dozen. They charge enough for
everything, yet these young men are
worked for 5 cents an hour.
Why not let the public know about
these big-hearted men and maybe
they won't be able to sell so much
until they pay these boys enough
wages to live on?
BY Times Reader
Just a few words TO some fair
believers, as they call themselves, and
taxpayers. You surely don't
understand all you know about po-
lice and firemen's wages. If they
were paid by the hour as all other
labor is paid, they would make
pretty fair wage, but they are not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-17

Most traffic courts dispense justice Those
OF small town speed traps" however, merely
dispense with it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-03
EASTERN DISTRICT
WRESTLING MEET

A district wrestling meet will be
held Saturday, Feb. 26. at the Labor
Temple, Is w. 126th st. The meet,
sanctioned by the Eastern District
of the Labor Sports Union, is open
to all amateur wres5lers, Negro and
white. irrespective Of organization.
The meet is under the auspices of
the Vesa A. c., an L. S. U. club.
Wrestlers desiring entry blanks should
communicate with the Vesa A. G. or
Labor Sports Union, Eastern District,
at 6l3 Broadway, OF call the L. S. U.
Phone is STuyvesant 9-069G.
WORKERS TABLE TENNIS MEET
The unusual interest in table ten
mis- among workers is reflected in the
number Of entries for the annual
Labor Sports Union table tennis
(ping- pong tourney, to be held at
the Prospect Workers Center 1157
Southern Boulevard, Bronx, Feb. 8
and O. Feb. II there will be sports
program, followed by the finals Of
the ping-pong tournament. A dance
will wind up the affair. Players
wanting more information can get
same from the L. S. U. office. En-
tries close Feb. 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-03
Workers Club Will
Give Costume Ball i'm
Membership Drive

NEW YORK.-The Workers Clubs
have proven by their participation In
all campaigns that they are part OF
the revolutionary movement. and
that they develop their members in
the spirit of the revolutionary class
struggles.
The Clubs are at present conduct
ing drive for 1900 new members
and have already recruited 800 new
members.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Workers
Clubs will celebrate this accomplish
ment with a Costume Ball and Con-
cert at the Star Casino, 10Th Street
and Park Avenue. A program OF
choruses, drama groups, Red Front
orchestra and Mass Group, will be
carried through between the dances
in a new and novel manner. A
double band will play until morning.
All workers are urged to support
this affair, to Join the Workers Clubs
and help build up these proletarian
organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-03
18TH ANNIVERSARY FILM IN
LAST DAY AT THE EMBASSY

NEW YORK.-Today is the last
day to see the exclusive showing of
the complete fifteenth anniversary of
the Russian Revolution, featured at
the Embassy Theatre, Broadway be-
tween 46th and 47th st.
This is the great Amkino sound
film which shows, with an impressiv-
ness that no movie has ever i'm
planted, the tremendous enthusiasm
with which the Russian people have
embraced the new regime
On Saturday, Feb, A, the picture
WHITTIER Germany" concerned with
the tremendous question involving all
Europe. the tremendous struggle be-
tween the forces of Communism and
the capiCaIstic terrors of fascism, will
open at The Embassy. This film,
startling in its exposition, is one of
the most timely pictorial releases that
lovers of the realistic in pictures will
have the opportunity Of witnessing.