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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
CART WHEELS

ONE phase Of the Roosevelt silver policy
~ has been neglected in the public forums
so far. 1t involves the silver dollar-nice big
satisfying cart wheels-that are expected to be
put in circulation.
In the east these are practically unknown,
and more's the pity. if you should ask
westerner. They are wonderful for the baby
to play with, and the baby can't swallow them
as he can dimes or quarters. They have
comforting jingle in the pants pocket-and if
anything about the act of spending can give
satisfaction, it is the act of tossing silver
dollar down on the counter to pay for salts
faction received.
There is one real objection. They're heavy
and wear out the pants pocket if one carries
too many Of them. But this can be overcome
(a) by spending the money, and Cb) by carry
ing them in ones vest pocket. Vests a. pres
ent don't wear out nearly so fast as the rest
of ones suit anyway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
ANOTHER COUNTRY WAITING

CABLES from Toxic report that American
~ business men in Japan are organizing a
movement for American recognition of Man
choukuo.
Such a step, they assert, would enhance the
chances for American commercial expansion
in Manchoukuo. They believe that our rec
ignition of Soviet Russia is evidence of q
realistic" policy in diplomacy and they would
like to see a little of that realism applied to
affairs in the far east
1t is not altogether hard to sympathize with
this point of view. Japan got Manchoukuo
in ways we did not quite approve, maybe-but
the fact remains that she got it, and there is
every indication that she will succeed in keep
ing it for years to come.
To recognize the fact formally might pro-
mote American trade; it also might help to
ease the tension in relations between America
and Japan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
THE BEST FACE-SAvING

ONE of the things we like best about Presi-
~ dent Roosevelt is the way he reverses a
decision when he is convinced that he has
been wrong. He does not seem to be troubled
much about that bane of politicians, face
saving. Perhaps it is because he is smart
enough to know that the way to save face is
to wipe out the damage done as quickly and
graciously as possible.
His foot slipped the other day when he
instructed his delegation at the Latin Ameri-
can conference in Afontevideo not to vote for
the treaty guaranteeing equal nationality
rights to women-an instruction which appar-
emily was not approved by Secretary of State
Hull and which certainly was not representa-
tive OF public opinion in this country.
Following protest from many sources the
President took another look at the question.
Then, without any hemming and having he
cheerfully changed his policy.
There is no doubt that necessary congress
sional action will be taken to make the treaty
effective.
This incident is not an isolated case. Mr.
Roosevelt changed his mind on outright re-
peal Of prohibition. He withdrew his unjust
regulations for administration of the veterans
economy legislation. There have been other
instances.
At any time this would be a pleasant trait
in President. But in a national emergency
when courageous experiment is the only way
out, and when mistakes are inevitable the
ability to correct blunders quickly is one of the
most important attributes of leadership. In
reversing his Montevideo policy the President
demonstrated that quality
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
INFLUENCE NOT FOR SALE

FOB selling and allied forms of graft are be-
- ing watched by several high officials in
Washington.
The department of justice has two such
prosecutions under way. 1t is said to have
evidence against other men who maintain
Washington offices from which they pretend
to dispense influence for consideration
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes is hunting
down fixers who claim to have special power
to get his approval for public works admin
istration projects. He posts a persona non
grata" list and his subordinates are instructed
not to deal with the alleged culprits He has
dismissed PWA field officials on charges of
offering influence"
Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins and
Chairman Fahey of the Home owners Loan
Corporation also are taking action in such
cases.
All of this is exceedingly wholesome and
desirable, provided the accused get a fair
hearing.
Indeed if this policy were extended so that
original placements in jobs would not require
SO much political clearance" it still would be
better
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
M. E.Tracy Says:

pEGLNNING the first of January, the Naz
H government Of Germany will undertake the
most sweeping campaign of sterilization ever
| conceived. 1t has been estimated that more
than four hundred thousand people, about
equally divided between sexes, will be arbitrarily
prevented from reproducing offspring by due
| process of law. Seventeen hundred primary
courts have been established for the purpose.
| each court consisting of one judge and two ply
SicianS. Above them will be twenty-seven SUI
prene courts the composition of which remains
| to be announced.
The decree creating this vast establishment
provides that all persons suffering from nine dis
eases which have been declared incurable and
hereditary shall be hailed into court. The right
of appeal to a supreme court is guaranteed, but
its decision will be final
Experts calculate that Germany contains
two hundred thousand congenital idiots, eighty
thousand shizophrenatics, twenty thousand
maniacs sixty thousand epeptics twenty thou
sand hereditary blind and deaf, twenty thousand
physically deformed, and ten thousand heredi-
tary alcoholics, all of whom are fit subjects for
| sterilization.
TINE cost has been computed at 20 marks a
= man, so marks a woman, which involves a
total expenditure of at least fourteen million
marks about five million dollars at current
exchange rates. This, according to Nazi the
oristS, is cheap price for the gradual elimina-
than one hundred million dollars a year to
maintain.
All physicians have been ordered to report
such cases as are properly subject to steriliza-
ton, within their knowledge. Persons who re-
gard themselves as unfit, well as parents or
guardians Of such persons, can make voluntary
application. Such applications however must
be based on the ground of unf1tneSs. No appli-
cation will be accepted for the object of birth
control
EXCEPT for the age-old human tendency to
Z abuse power to take advantage of the
which promises gain, the experiment is sound
From every standpoint, it is desirable tc reduce
or eliminate the element of chronic detectives
which burdens and handicaps humanity. How
far officials can be trusted to exercise such
sweeping authority is more debatable.
Take, for example, the QUESTIONABLE by which
German agents and doctors are supposed to
test people with regard to idiocy Among others
are the following questions: What form of state
do We have now? What are the German post
age rates? What are the capitals of Germany
and France? Who was Bismarck and Luther?
Who discovered America? Why are houses
higher in the city than in the country? What
is boiling water?
Beside these questions there are others in
volving problems in simple arithmetic, moral
views and opinions as to the future such as
many intelligent people would find it difficult to
answer especially to the satisfaction Of pref
ludieed court or determined prosecutor.
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So They Say

When I first knew this horse
show, We came here as gentlemen,
not as crashing cads.-The Duke of
Deyonshire.
One of the most important ele-
ments Of predatory crime is the
manner in which some members Of
The bar cooperate with the under
world.-United States Attorney
General Cummings
Prohibition has ruined more peo-
pie in this country than ony other
item-Oscar of the Waldorf.
Any one with as much sense as
two gray geese knows that through
out the length and breadth of this
land there can be no more delicious
dish served up at a Thanksgiving
or a Christmas dinner than roast
sucking pig.-Former Unites States
Senator Atlee Pomerene.
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TUESDAY. DEC. 20. 1898.
LAND HUNGER

a MEFICA may build the worlds largest
cues raise skyscrapers to the heavens
turn rural civilization into nation of stool
and concrete in 100 years. but it can not crush
from mems souls the primal ache for natural
living near the soil
In MS first annual report Secretary Har-
oio Ickes Of the interior department describes
new back-to-the-land drift and the stems
the government is taking to maize this hap
pier adventure than the piling up of peope
into cities
Besides seeking to make farming itself
more profitable. the Roosevelt administrator
has launched an experiment in regulated set
tlement Of unadjusted families upon the land.
But, instead of settling them on big farms, as
the reclamation service has done the division
Of subsistence homesteads is settling them in
suburban areas near factories where wages
and small farming can be combined to make
decent income.
Out of SOS, 900 revolving fund the gov
eminent hopes to finance 10000 families on
small garden farms such as European coun-
tries have attempted on bigger scale. So
far three such projects have been announced
in Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia
The response to the new plan is both in
spring and depressing. It proves how poig-
nant is land hunger, for projects totaling
more than $4,OOOoOOOOO have been urged upon
the government. Appeals have come from
every state. Often 1000 letters day pour into
the division. All of this proves how made
quate present machinery is to meet the great
need
Doubtless congress will be asked to in
crease this revolving fund. If So it should set
up an expert settlement mechanism, such as
the reclamation fund has had These families
from the cities, the depressed coal belts, the
logged-over timber regions, the copper and the
poor land areas need sympathetic technical
guidance.
If there is anything worse than the slums
of cities and small towns, it is a rural slum.
Families that have failed in the city should
be protected from perhaps worse failure on
the land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
1T ISN'T DONE

A FOREIGN colleague once said to us, do
"A you know what your country most needs?
It's bit more of the English idea of it isn't
done"
He then went on to point out some things
where our country perhaps regards it smart"
to cheat or chisel. He discussed prohibition
and some of our attitude toward sports for
instance
We often have pondered on his remarks
The Englishman may be a trace snobbish
about his observation, 1T isn't done" but in
the last analysis his code makes for gentle
manly and ladylike conduct; in other words,
it's code of ethics in itself.
The Englishman, for instance, thinks the
man or woman who gets drunk publicly is
an outsider" that is not a gentleman or
a lady and not fit to associate with those
who play the game"
We had the idea, before prohibition.
During prohibition, excuses were made for
the man or woman who drank to excess
1t even seemed poke to many if Bill or
Mary got tight" There was little or no
revulsion of feeling about alcoholic excess
We are sadly in need of a new attitude
toward drink Not only do we need to re-
gard the drunkard or the drunken person
as an outsider but we need to acquire new
standards of regard for the law.
The slogan, make it smart to be legal"
viii help US; and likewise we can profit be-
yond measure if We get the idea, ut isn't
done" meaning making pigs of ourselves with
liquor or any other indulgence. --~4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26

TN all our talk about motherhood,
Il we still beat about the bush. We
evade the main point and cover up
our evaSions with elaborate phrases
that mean nothing.
Be sure of this: Only the happy
wife is the good mother. And when
you have said that, you have said
everything necessary upon the sub
ject.
For one does not become an ex-
emplary parent by memorizing rules
or following regulations. Only by
setting an example do we attain any
measure of perfection in this diff
ficult profession. Motherhood is a
way Of life, nothing less.
Therefore the woman who Is fool
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There is no need to delude our
selves about it. The responsibility
rests heavily upon the woman, but
it rests thrice heavily upon the man.
For the wife who has known real
love and who has, even for a little
while, drunk deep from the we'll
springs Of married bliss, will be the
understanding, the tolerant, the wise
mother. Having walked upon the
heights, she never again will be the
slave of petty woes or fanciful tribu-
lationS.
Hence the first qualification for
fatherhood is that a man shall be,
insofar as is possible, a good hus-
band. That done, he may safely
leave the rest of the job to his wife,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
A Woman Viewpoint
: By. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

ishly sentimental and ruins the
existence OF sons and daughters by
her too ardent affection is the woin-
an, you may be sure, who has en-
dured Illustrations in her marriage.
Insofar as her husband has failed
her she will expect too much Of her
children. When life disappoints she
seeks refuge in the carefully built
harbors of parental love.
GO, if we truly desire that children
- should have the proper start in
life, we must set ourselves to the
task Of building happier homes. 1t
is only out of happy homes that well
rounded, normal and wholesome in
dividuals come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26
TheGift

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
1t wore no silver wraprfags,
No cord nor tinsel t3appings,
No card nor seal;
No merry holly tissue,
No ribbon, decked Gods issue
Sent forth to heal,
Yet stars there were, and carol
bands,
When that gift left its makers
hands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26

By A Young Reader
am a young man who never has
known want, my parents being well
able to care for me if I should let
them, but 1 don't do so.
I never have before written let
ter to your paper, which is a. fine
one, but this time it is to bring to
the front great injustice being
done in our county.
The CWAs is a great and noble
gesture on the part Of our President.
But couldn't it be more fairly taken
care of?
1 know a Spanish American war
veteran, and what terrible war
that was, who has drawn a small
pension since from the government,
owns property, has a truck and a
pleasure car, who is working on a
CWA project, while the destitute
men Of this community are turned
away, along with the high school
graduate Of five years ago who has
no work and nothing to occupy his
mind
Now, why all the graft and ia
voritism that is so evidently shown
as to make your growing citizens-to-
be become utterly disguised with
the whole mess?
Thank you very kindly if you will
read and publish this.
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:: The Message Center ::

Times readers are inrtted to cypress
letters short, so oil can hare a chance.
Limit them to $50 toordS Or less.)
BY Will H. Craig.
Why is it that you become so het
up over the Butler university con-
troversy? I am not familiar enough
with the facts to pass judgment,
neither are you. But as a general
proposition, believe that private
ly endowed corporations like Butler,
have right, through their accredit-
ed trustees to manage the institu-
ton and not turn the whole bust
ness over to president and his
professors.
The weakness in our educational
system is that trustees surrender
their responsibility and duties to
theoretical educators, Who as Pres
ident Coolidge said, never handled
pay roll or ever had any practical
experience.
You howl about the taxpayers
losing money on account of the
trades of land by Butler. Is not But
Ter an asset to Indianapolis and the
state without a dollar from the tax
payers Of the state?
Why don't you turn your guns on
the state school trust or octopus?
Why don't you give your readers, or
| allow some one else to give them in
your paper the following facts?
That Indiana university did not
ask for cent for seventeen years;
that the Constitution plainly says
no money shall be appropriated ex-
cept for the common schools; that
the octopus has grown from a sup
port of $4,000 in 1867 to $8,00O,0 900 in
1888; that the doctrine of Jefferson,
Equal right to all, special priv
legeS to none" is repudiated in
state appropriations of SO a head
for the 100000 common school chill
dren and $500 head for the ia
vored few in the universities; that
there are 1900 officers and teachers
on pay roll at Indiana university
and Purdue, one for every four stu
dents; that President Bryan of In
diana university draws $14,500 sal
airy, lives in a 100000 state mansion.
has one secretary at $1,000, and
needs nothing but stenographer.
That Purdue is spending or vast
ing several hundred thousand dol
lars a year in extension and expert
mental work to teach farmers how
to raise bigger better crops, while the
federal government is spending hum
dreds of millions to reduce farm
ers' crops; that while the Methodist
and st. Vincent hospitals are self
sustaining, that the state pays large
sums for its hospital annexes of In
diana university at Indianapolis;
that the Indiana medical and den-
tai colleges were self-Sustaining be-
fore being taken over by Indiana
university, they now are grafters on
the taxpayers; that while there are
5000 idle teachers in Indiana, our
two state normals and a teachers
training school at Indiana univer-
sity are taxing the people to grind
out more.
There are scores of other things
the people would like to know, but
are denied the privilege as the state
press generally is hog-tied to the
state octopus. Are you fair enough
and liberal enough to publish this
article? If not, return copy and give
excuse for not printing it.
BY R. Springer
just read an amusing letter by
Mr.. Harper who seems to think the
KentuckianS and TennesSeeans built
the limited Statas hu Themselves
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every sidI

agreement with him. There are pitfalls on
every side.
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Both Right
By orie ]. Simmons.

By orie J. Simmons.
Your Dec. editorial Aluminium
and NRA" suggests an opportun-
ity for your paper to perform a
public service, with news value.
You say THE Aluminium Company
of America controls the virgin
supply of aluminium on this con-
tinent."
Yet the dictionary says of alum
mum "It is the most abundant
metallic element constituting one
fourteenth of the earth's crust"
1t occurs widely in the form of
cryolite, corundum, bauxite, dias-
phore, gibbsite, alunogen, alum
mite, turquoise, wavellite, lazulite
and many silicateS, as kaolin, field
spar and mica.
No doubt you and the dictionary
are both right. But the dictionary
being published first, you have
paradox to explain in connection
with your article Why not get
technical man to write an illus
trated article, SO you can show
the tories just how the MELONS
have all the aluminium cornered.
AS it stands, your article doesn't
make sense with the dictionary.
for freedom and not over a drink OF
whisky on Christmas day. Tsk! Tsk!
Maybe I'm wrong.
The HoosierS are well represented
in history ard wars. Remember the
famous Rainbow Division of 1917-13
I am not saying that Indiana
made America. I am just stating
that she helped forty-seven other
states do it. AS for spending money
on French girls across the sea, that
doesn't help this country now.
BY Harold Miller
This economic disease has pro-
duced a new quota of Economic
Chart Inspectors" Economic be-
havior is charted like a fever pa
TENTS temperature. Our economi;
animal seems to have distemper, sc
we follow the charts for signs Of
decline in the fever. We delight to
check the external phenomena
rather than search for the organic
disorder which causes the disease
We continually hope that there will
be less violent manifestations result
ing, and that industry will return tC
the feed trough.
Our industrial kicking bronchc
has not been broken to harness fo1
purpose or destiny. The void of in
telligence which causes these violent
irrational motions must be har-
messed and subjected to social con-
troll for the general welfare.
We can work out a plan wherein
every worker and every process and
equipment for production and social
progress will be utilized at its ut
most
Surely we know now that all &C
ton brings reaction, and that only
intelligent action and plan can pro-
duce what we desire but lack de-
termination to secure.
What right has any individual OF
group of individuals to block the
expanding realization of a more
abundant living. To Illustrate the
development of sane social order
to preserve fancied individual rights
as opposed to the general welfare, is
the basest of ambitions. To chart
the curves of social progress, not to
follow the charts, is the greatest
need of our social structure. A COM
prehensive plan must be organized
on national scale by Uncle Sam.
BY L. d. Dodd
We now are celebrating the ami
versary of the day when the Savior
of men came to our world The en-
richment of human life by His life
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26

BY R. Springer
I just read an amusing letter by
Mr.. Harper who seems to think the
Kentuckians and Tennesseeans built
the United States by themselves.
Now don't get angry. I just want to
enlighten you to the fact that this
nation is made up of forty eight
states. They all have done their
part to make this a great country.
This country is sick right now and
it needs the help of every citizen to
make it well again.
You say Kentuckians fought the
British in 1776 because they knew
the British had good whisky. I al
ways thought that war was fought
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-26

By L. D. Dodd
We now are celebrating the ami
versary of the day when the Savior
of men came to our world. The en-
richment of human life by His life
and teachings are marvellous. What
if we could remove with one stroke
all the benefits which we now enjoy
because Of the Christ. If we could
wipe out with one stroke all the
blessings which have come to man
kind through Him In art, music,