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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
THWARTING JUSTICE

IF you would like to know about one of the
L lodges which enable crooks to escape pun
ishment for their rnisdeeds, consider the plight
of Mrs. Clara Ait of Chicago.
Mrs Ats home was robbed in 1928
Twenty times since then Mrs. Alt has gone
to court prepared to testify against the men
who have been charged with The crime, and
each time the case has been continued so
that Mrs. Alt has had the fun of going to the
courthouse twenty times for nothing.
The other day new hearing was sched-
uled. Mrs. Alt was on a women's committee
to welcome Mrs Roosevelt to the worlds
fair, so she didn't 90 to court. She was sent
for and fined $40 for staying away.
If you can think of any system of court
procedure better calculated to help the crook
defeat justice, there are plenty of slippery
lawyers who would be very glad to hear
from you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
THEIR UNIMPORTANCE"

IN Mexico recently nine young army officers
were arrested and charged with sedition for
fomenting military plot against the govern
ment. Instead of lining them up against an
adobe wall and filling them with lead, the
government released them because of their
youth and unmportance.
The strength of the Mexican government
is SUCH War Minister Quiroga said, that it
can afford to dismiss the charges against these
misguided officers"
On this side of the Rio Grande we arrest
farmers for criminal syndicalism," call out
troops to quell strikers, keep innocent Mooney
and Billings under lock- endow rebel doctrine
with power by depressing it.
Is America a weaker state than it's smaller
neighbor republic?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
A THANKLESS JOB

WHATEVER may be the upshot of Gerard
W Swope's suggestion for administration
of the NRA program by American business
men, it at least serves to call attention anew to
the fact that being a prophet is a pretty
thankless sort of job
1t was several years ago that Mr.. Swope
first suggested to American business men that
they would eventually have to devise some
means by which the national economy could
be run according to plan.
At that time Mr.. swope outlined a tenta-
tive framework for attaining that end The
leaders of industry read it, remarked that it
was very pretty but rather impractical, and
went back to their knitting.
And when Mr. Swope remarked that if bust
ness men didn't cook up some such plan them
selves the government would sooner or later
cook up one for them, they looked the other
way and began talking about their golf scores,
or something.
Now Mr.. Swope stands as prophet whose
prediction has been fulfilled; and if he had
added an Il told you so" to his most recent
proposal, no one could have blamed him.
Our ideas have changed in the last couple
of years. When Mr.. Swope first suggested his
plan, it aroused only sort of academic in
terest. Now it is live issue; and the interest
ing thing about it is that the nation has almost
unanimously accepted its underlying principle.
This principle is common to Mr. Swopes
plan and to the existing NRA set-up as well.
And it u.s. simply, that some sort of widespread
cooperative control mas got to be instituted
over the nations business and industrial life.
for the sake of the individual business man and
for the sake of the nation as a whole
Our present regime vests such control pri-
marily in the federal government; Mr.. Swope's
plan would vest it primarily in a council of the
business men themselves. To be very blunt
about it, your choice between the two schemes
will depend largely on whether you think the
business community can be trusted.
But the important thing is that the prin-
ciple of unified control has been accepted
When Mr.. Swope first raised his voice,
hardly anybody would listen to him. Now his
underlying principle is taken for granted. The
only difference of opinion is about the best way
to put it into practice.
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THURSDAY, NOV 9. 1888.
RECLAIMING $500, 100000

THE new civil works administration. an
nounced yesterday by President Roosevelt.
is bold and apparently necessary national
relief move.
Under it s40OOOO0 900 will be taken from the
public works administration funds and poured
into quick but socially useful federal and local
projects All local work relief administrations
are to be absorbed into the CIV" and between
now and mid-February the government and
communities will be spending s2OO,OOoOOO a
month on new projects not in conflict with
previous public works plans.
The new plan means that 100000 men will
be taken from the relief rolls at once and given
thirty hour-a-week Jobs at prevailing local
wages And 1000 600 more destitute will be
given part time work at increased wages.
The President is proposing to do more than
keep his promise that no home shall feel hun
ger this winter If the plan works it should
substitute jobs for charity 1t aims to free
from the humiIating dole system some two
thirds of the 100000 families on relief and
offer their bread winners useful jobs Event
ually, it will put 100000 additional Americans
on a work-relief basis. Ask any Prospecting
man out of work what this will mean to him.
Unless we remained satisfied to make men
dicants of millions this move was unavoidable
Private charity has its limits. Local public
relief funds are low. Six state governments,
including rich and once-proud Kentucky, are
receiving their entire relief from the federal
treasury. In some localities relief standards
are an invitation TO disease, riot and crime
It is hoped thai before another winter
private industry can absorb the bulk of these
needy and that the states and communities
can make themselves solvent enough through
economies and tax reforms to assume their
share of relief. The federal government can
not carry the entire nations relief burden
indefinitely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
GRIM HUMOR

IT begins to look as if Henry Ford-or Who
= ever writes his public statements for him
had descended to the level of cheap wise
cracks in his disagreement with the NRA.
This business of instituting weekly layoffs
to bring his employees within the thirty-f1ve-
hour week average will hardly arouse any
loud cheers; and the accompanying explana-
tion-that 1t was done lin compliance with
the new prohibition against work in this
country'-is nothing less than indefensible.
If Mr.. Ford were deliberately trying to
create public sentiment which would support
any move by General johnson to crack
down" on him, he could hardly adopt more
effective course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09

Times readers are inrited to cypress
their Uietcs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or less.)
BY Grant w. Hawkins
do not wish to impress any one
with the fact that I am a student
of history, but I have had some
training along that line. In all my
historical training, beginning in the
grades and ending in university,
was taught that Maryland always
proudly referred to itself as, "The
Free STATED"
Recent happenings in Maryland
have led me, along with many
others, to doubt the veracity of
that statement. The happenings
that refer to are the two lynchings
that have occurred in Maryland
within the last two years.
The pitiful part about the last
lynching was the fact that it could
have been avoided. The prisoner,
Negro, had been moved from the
scene of the alleged crime to more
secure place of Imprisonment.
However, on the advice of the
local judge and the states attorney,
he was returned. Later a mob gath
cred, overpowered the police, broke
into the Jail, dragged the man into
the street, and committed their
CHASTITY sin.
1t is charged that there were ap-
proximately 5000 participants in
this grewsome affair, yet the states
attorney for the county said that
he could find no evidence of suf1-
Gent Importance to give to the
grand jury.
Judge Robert B. Duer went to
the Jail while the mob was in its
incipiency. He addressed the per-
sons who were there and told them
that he knew almost all of them.
Notwithstanding all that, the states
attorney insists that an investiga-
ton had not turned up a bit of
evidence.
In the authors humble opinion,
such gross inef1ciency on the part
OF public official should not be
allowed to pass unnoticed. On the
morning after" Judge Duer said
that he was deeply grieved. Gov
ernor Albert Richie said that he
was shocked beyond expression" I
wonder if these gentlemen were ex-
pressing pure sentiment or if they
were just uttering so many words.
We shall be able to tell by later
developments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09

.CET ready to revalue your diet,
NJ with return of beer and legal
wine and whisky in America, if you
are at all disposed to sample these
liquids at any time. You'll discover,
very quickly, that alcoholic drinks
add quite a few calories to your
energy intake.
For instance, for every pint of
beer you drink you will have to play
handball for half an hour or walk
four miles to take off the excess
likely to develop. A fairly large
drink of whisky corresponds in food
value to three hard-boiled eggs.
Very few people who take high
hall or two, remember that the
amount of extra calories they absorb
is equivalent to those in from three
to six hard-boiled eggs.
The average person needs about
$500 to 5000 calories daily to meet
his needs for energy and growth.
You get that amount of calories
from fairly good breakfast, a light
luncheon, and a glass of milk and a
piece of toast about 5 o'clock.
If, then, you attend a banquet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09

By Butler Student.
In spite of the fact that I object
to the unnecessary activities of
Butler students in regard to the adj
ministrative affairs of the uni
versity, I feel that I must express
myself in regard to certain items
that appeared in your paper.
The first is in regard to the called
meeting of the junior class in the
Campus Club, Tuesday, Oct. 81. Your
headline and report that appeared
under it seemed to indicate that the
group was set on protesting the
busting" of the president.
If that was the purpose for which
they met, that purpose was changed
before the motion to adjourn. You
fail to mention the rousing applause
given the speaker who suggested
leaving the administrative affairs to
those delegated to care for such
matters, and who also appealed for
support of the acting president.
Your report states: "a student
in the rear of the crowd interrupted
Dean Putnam; Isn't it true that in
1880 the registration here dropped
one-third because of Buffers in
eligibility for the North Central?"
Even though you say that the
dean replied that the decrease in
enrolment was not entirely due to
that factor, you fail to say that he
also replied that the enrolment did
not drop one-third, even though it
dropped some and continued to do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09

OPPOSITION to the NRA was to
~ be expected. We also should
have been prepared for that oppo-
sition to take the form Of grave,
learned and frequent references to
the Constitution.
That such opposition emanates,
in the main, from those who have
stable incomes or substantial prop
erty interests, is neither startling
nor strange, because it follows the
procedure of all such leadership in
every great national crisis.
The court mobiles in France in the
seventeen hundreds, and the aris-
tocrats of Russia two centuries later,
invoked the same high power and
thought themselves safe so long as
they could hide behind throne.
But thrones fall-and so do con-
stitutions. Against the slow. cumu-
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So They Say

Let me give solemn warning
DO not trif1e with the NRA blue
eagle. In the confusion of early
DAYS, a man may get away with 1t,
but the day of reckoning against an
aroused public opinion is sure
General Hugh Johnson, NRA ad-
ministrator.
I'VE never taken a drink in my
ufe-laugh if you want to, but I've
offered 100000 to any one who can
prove that I have, and there aren't
anv takers.-Tex Guinan, night club
hostess.
An annual income of 100000 is
a sure symptom of social disease.
Rev. G. w. Tinsley Of Cresson, Pa.
Don't build air castles; build a
cottage instead. Don't live with your
in-laws.-Rev. Ralph E. Stewart of
Columbus, O., in advice to newly
weds.
didn't know my head was worth
10000 marks.-Professor Albert Elm
stein.
A Judge is as much affected by
his predispositions and prejudices
as any one else, and the necessity
of a unanimous vote of twelve is
some protection-Arthur Garfield
Hays, attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
MORTGAGE RELIEF

THE new report of the Home Owners Loan
Corporation shows increased govern
mental activity in getting mortgage relief out
to the estimated 100000 debt-stricken families
of America for whom this help is available.
But its tempo still is slow.
This great federal corporation has had four
and one-half months in which to operate. 1t
has fund of ZOO 100000 for home mortgage
relief Up to Oct. 81 only 1890 individual loans,
amounting to $9,795,529 had been completely
paid out.
1t is true that tentative approval" has
been stamped on 98,445 applications, represent
ing urban homes appraised at $277, 755, lao. But
this represents the merest beginning of nego-
tiations.
There is hope of more speed from the re-
cent change of chairmen. Chairman John H.
Fahey is a Boston merchant and former presi-
dent of the United States Chamber of Com
merce. Doubtless he will attack the big prob
lem less hampered by political considerations
than was his predecessor, Ex-Congressman
William F. Stevenson of South Carolina.
During the week ending Oct 81 more than
1000 loans were paid out While this is a much
better showing than in previous weeks it
means that at that rate almost ten years would
be required to get actual aid to the half
million families.
The staggering burden of mortgage debt on
American homes is congealing buying power
and retarding recovery. The sooner it is lifted
the better for everybody.
The government could help by doing some
thing more to support its corporations mort
gage bonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
Here Are Some PuSzlerS and Their Ans7CerS

President must sign all bills that
are to become law, and any bills
that he does not sign, automati-
cally are rejected.
Q-When was the dual mon
archy of Austria Hungary founded
and when was it dissolved?
Att was established in 1867,
and was dissolved Nov. IL, 1918.
Q-what is the letter postage
rate to Italy?
Alive cents for the first ounce
or fraction and 8 cents for each
additional ounce or fraction.
Q-Bo Americans require pass
ports to travel in South America?
Ayes.
.Q-Who was the first signer of
the Declaration of Independence?
A-John Hancock.
Q-How many senators and as
semblymen are in the New York
legislature?
A-Fifty-one senators and $50
aSSemblymen.
Q-Through what city does the
Manzanares river flow?
A-Madrid, Spain.
Q-What is Hello" in Spanish?
A-Que tai.
Q-Can any one subscribe to the
Congressional Record.
Ayes. The superintendent Of
documents, government printing
office, Washington, D. c., accepts
subscriptions.
GLOW many golf balls are sold
IN the United States annually?
A-Sales in 1880 were 1870, 064,
~, fYand ~ &c IA TOT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BRoUN=

NEW YORK. Nov. e.-"That."
~ said a man, indicating needle
point some hundred feet below, is
the Chrysler building
We we're standing Just below the
mooring mast of the tall edifice
which is administered by the Silent
Warrior.
1t surprises me that Al Smith mas
gone backward in philosoph.c in
sight since he cast in his lot with
The Empire State. 1t was III my
mind to suggest that nobody should
ave voted Tuesday without first
ling carried to that lofty turret
I'd looking down to see the city as
whole. Perhaps it is not a good
-dea.
Al lives in a room with a view,
and the best which he has been able
to make out Of it seems to be, An,
what's the use"
From his particular cloudbank APP
parently ali the candidates were
gray. AS a mere transient on the
summit of New York's highest Alp
my reactions were entirely different.
1 could see one or two public
squares in which enough citizens
we're gathered to register as tiny
black speck. Viewed from such
lofty perch, it is quite true that
party lines are not particularly evil
dent to the naked eye.
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so each year thereafter. May
suggest also that the student who
asked this question was not in the
rear of the crowd" but rather, was
very near" the presiding officer.
Your editorial on The Case Of
DR.. Athearn" later, leaves the i'm
preston that three gentlemen are
responsible for all that has taken
place. If you refer to DR.. Athearn's
letter to these men (see Times,
Tuesday,, you will see that these
three represented a large group,
the board of directors.
The greatest favor that you and
the students of Butler can do is to
leave the administrative affairs OF
the university to those upon whose
shoulders these responsibilities rest.
But, if you must print something,
please see that you have the cor
rect information, if you would mold
public opinion.
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the word epopt.


A-One to whom the secrets of
any body of mysteries is known;
one of the initiates.
Odd General Grant ever
practice law?
A-No.
Q-How long is the Ohio river?
Al ,283 miles.
Q-what is the area of the
state of Ohio.
Al ,040 square miles.
Off the rope broke when
prisoner was being hanged, would
he be set free?
A-No. He would be hanged
until dead, and in most states his
death must be certified by ply
sician.
Q-What is the origin of the
term "Naz?"
Alt is a contraction of the
name of the Nationalist Socialist
party, of which Adolph Hitler is
the head.
Q-Is the President prohibited
by law from leaving the country
during his term of office?
A-No.
Q-Do bills passed by a con-
greSs automatically become law if
the President does not sign them?
A-During a session of congress,
the President has ten days in
which to sign or veto a bill, and If
at the end of ten days, he has
taken no action, the bill auto
matically becomes a law. But
when congress adiourns sine die,
and its term has expired. the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and Of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

and partake of one or two bev-
erages, you probably will have to
exercise all the next day to get
rid of your excess energy.
The amount of food actually
consumed at any good banquet, at
which one or two beverages are
available, is enough to demand a
tremendous amount of exercise
for its disposal
It has been calculated as equal
to climbing a fairly high mountain
six times, running five miles, walk
ing thirty miles, or sitting thirty
hours in a cold bath.
If you have a tendency to put
on weight, you ought to avoid
banquets as you would a plague.
Unfortunately, the persons one
sees at the speakers table at most
bsnquets already have accumulat-
ed sufficient avoirdupois to make
them sit two feet from the table.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-09

Q.-What countries of Europe
belonged to the Triple Alliance"
and what were the provisions of
the compact between them con-
corning attacks from countries
outside the alhance2 Why did
Italy withdraw at the beginning
of the World war?
Am alliance between Ger
many. Austria and Italy was
formed in 1882. The compact
provided that, if either Germany
or Austria should be attacked by
Russia, each power must assist
its neighbor with all its forces.
If. however, the attack should
come from any other power. the
ally was pledged merely to OBJ
serve neutrality. AT the outbreak
of the European war in 1914. Italy
refused to join Germany and Aus
tria, claiming that it was not a
defensive war contemplated by
the Treaty of Alliance. After
several months of fruitleSs nego-
tiations, Italy. on May 3, 1915,
formally withdrew from the
Triple Alliance. She afterward
Joined the Allies.
Q-Give the inclusive dates of
the Civil war, the war with Spain
and the World war.
A-Civil war, April II, 1861, to
May 20. 1865: the war with Spain,
April 81 1898. TO Aug. II. 1898;
the World war, July %. 1914. to
the armistice on Nov. II. 1918.
The United States officially en-
tered the war on April 6, 1917.
Where is the Unknown Soldier
of England buried?
AIN Westminster abbey, Lon
don
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Repeal Brings New Food Problems

Recently, Professor E. c. Dodds,
weu-known British authority in
body chemistry, estimated the
amount of additional calories taken
into the human body by the drink
ing Of alcoholic liquors.
His comparisons are made with
relationship to the game Of squash
racquets which, like handball, is an
exceedingly active game, with con-
siderable demands on energy.
A person who plays handball or
squash racquets for half an hour
uses up about 300 calories, he dis
covered.
This is equivalent to the taking
of about two slices of bread, well
buttered. 1t is equal also to the
taking of two dry Martins.
Maintaining a certain and con-
slant weight is matter of physio-
logic bookkeeping. You use up a
certain amount of Galleries. If you
take in that amount and little
more, you are likely to keep your
weight stationary.
If, however, you exceed that
amount, you are certain to put on
excess weight.
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A Storm
Y OLIVE ENsLEN- FINDER

BY OLIVE ENSLEN- FINDER
A raging storm holds me entrancedI
the fierce
Crash of thunder rolls like drums
of doom in far
Lands. Its fingers, tipped with
lightning, pierce
Deep into my soul to awaken it,
and leave ajar
A door that has been tightly closed
to me
For centuries untold. I feel a
restless power
Stir in my being, that pleads with
me to see
The things life meant for me to
do In this hour
Of storm these things I know, and
call on
Friendly gods to give me courage,
and eyes
That see within this realm Of
thought ere it is gone.
But though I strive to enter, a
shield defies
My feeble dreams, and as earth
nestles falling rain
SO do sleep in LIES strong arms
again.
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A Woman's Viewpoint {:

pared to be credulous about its
worth to himself.
All the talk Of the technicians
leaves him cold-as cold as his
shaking bones were during four de-
preston winters. All presidents
leave him numb-as numb as pow
erty has made his heart All edi-
torial, oratorical, and political dia-
tribes about the danger that will
come from deserving the old ways
are meaningless to him, as mean
ingless as the words he has listened
to for so long: There is no work
for you"
Let US not deceive ourselves with
much talking. His constitutional
rights are of secondary interest to
the average American citizen. He
wants to know where his human
rights have gone.
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TNrretS of the Fen

IT is an exciting thing to see some
l. building squirt up to the sky. The
closer you get the better it looks.
And yet you can not escape the feel
ing, Look at the millions who have
been left behind within their sharp
and deep-cut ruts."
I did not know single man
among our potential mayors who
could bring back the deer and the
antelope to Manhattan island Not
one of them could make the leaves
endure after the frost has fallen.
But chose the man who had the
broadest and the brightest vision Of
the magical city.
Personally I wasn't at all dis
suaded when he was called a radi-
cal. If the fine dream was to BIZ
made good in any part, then we had
to give this sweeping task to some
one who was not all wrapped UP in
conservative caution.