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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
CLEAN UP POLLUTION

TINE NIcNutt administration has ordered five
l. Indiana cities to spend s7O65, 900 on sew
age disposal plants This is good news No
right-minded citizen. Republican or Democrat
can possibly condone the unspeakable pollu-
ton of the states beautiful streams.
State conservation and health departments
have swung into action in recent weeks to
wipe out this disgusting condition, which not
only ruins the streams for sportsmen but
which also menaces the health of every In
dianian. When Governor NTcNutt's regime is
history this work of his undoubtedly will go
down as a major achievement.
Now is the time for municipalities to act
AS an unemployment relief measure the fed
eral government has made funds available TO
them for public works. The local federal
works board has set aside s23 900 900 to enable
cities to eliminate stream pollution All the
communities have to do is apply for their
share before Jan. l.
There is no doubt that the cities will be
forced to act in the near future whether they
use these federal funds or not The citizens
of this state have too much regard for de-
cency to permit the present medieval meth
DDS OF sewage disposal to continue.
Only such backward nations as China allow
gigantic pits Of filth to be poured into their
rivers. And such streams, after generations
of abuse, have become nothing but reeking,
unsightly carriers of epidemics. Indiana never
will pass such a heritage along TO its future
generations.
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STILL TAGGING

IF the social sciences only could catch up
L with medical science. this ought to be a
pretty fair sort of world before very long
Dr. George w. Grille of Cleveland, a medi-
cal man who sees visions and dreams
in the laboratory where he examines the
riddles of life and death, told the recent con-
gress of the American College of Surgeons
that the human race will be much finer and
healthier outfit inside of century.
Doctors then will prevent disease rather
than cure it; indeed, the doctor who has to
treat a disease will have to confess that he
has failed in his duty of preventing its in
ception.
Such plaques as diphtheria, typhoid small
pox malaria, and typhus will be eliminated;
tuberculosis. diabetes and most diseases Of the
heart will be mastered; cancer and. the social
diseases will be reduced sharply, and child
birth will be made safe
And yet Dr. Grille does not believe that
this healthy race of 2033 A. D. will be very
happy one. The race, he believes, Will be
technology. The pace Of day-to-day living
will continue to increase so that there will be
more disorders of the mind and the nervous
system than ever before.
This bit of prophecy seems to indicate that
We have mastered Just about every science
except the simple and homely one of con-
Quoting everyday affairs so that human be-
ings can be happy instead of unhappy. We
can conquer the toughest problems the physi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
BY DIR. MORRIS TTsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

situation as it comes without too
much stress is likely to live longer
than the one who literally tears
himself to pieces over every trivial
disturbance.
The most unhealthy Of all emo
tons is worry. 1t is especially bad
because it is well known that worry
never helps any situation.
1t is far better to try to do some
thing about every situation over
which you worry. If it is such a
matter as sickness or death, In
which no amount Of brooding OF
worry can be Of help, it is best to
accept philosophical view Of the
situation and try to be helpful by
taking over as many Of the duties
and responsibilities and other asso-
Citations concerned with the sick OF
dead person as can be assumed.
Many a person has taken himself
out of the worry associated with
the loss Of some one beloved by as
Stunning charitable, social, or similar
constructive work for the good OF
the community.
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cal world has to offer us. but We can't seem
to solve the simplest riddles Of human nature.
We ride in airplanes and automobiles in
stead Of springless ox-carts of primitive man,
We tunnel under mountains and dam up
rivers and cure disease and weigh the stars
and send out voices across the seas. But when
it comes to the business Of getting along with
one another, and giving every human being a
decent break in life, we don't seem to be very
much wiser than the citizens of Augustan
Rome.
The great untouched field before US today
is the field Of human relations. The great
problem is the one Of putting our triumphs
in the physical sciences to work so that they
can provide the greatest good for the greatest
number
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
M. Tracy Says:

COINCIDENT with the opening Of debt ne
" gotiations, British cabinet ministers begin a
campaign to create sentiment for sterilization
of the dollar. 1t sounds lofty and practical but
its objective is to lay the groundwork for horse
trade.
In spite of the fact that President Roosevelt
has barred the discussion Of currency reforms,
the British are determined to link them with
debt settlement.
Walter Runciman's declaration that England
is the strongest financial country on earth finds
a sardonic reflection in the simple fact that she
can't pay her bills. 1t finds an equally sardonic
reflection in the Sstriving and straining to OBJ
tain an agreement by which the dollar will be
stabilized.
The British are very much worried by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's tactics especially since he can
pursue them much further than he has because
Of the authority conferred on him by congress.
They would be very glad to raise their offer of
100,0OO,000 pounds as cash settlement, if by so
doing they could be assured that the United
States would not mess up their schemes in the
future by devaluating the dollar
FURTHER than this, the British are pc
culiarly anxious to establish most cordial
relations with this country. They realize that
they soon may need our moral if not financial
support. None knows better than they the des-
perate character of the game which is now be-
ing played IN Europe or the grave consequences
to which it may lead any moment None knows
better than they how completely American SEN
timent has soured on European credit, or how
faithfully President Roosevelt's chilly attitude
reflects public opinion on this side of the At
lantic.
But instead of coming clean with their re-
grets and perplexities, the British fall back on
their old habit of plausible propaganda. To be-
gin with, they insinuate however, strong their
government might be financially it would be
much stronger if Uncle Sam had not played
monkey shines with his currency.
THEY assert that America has not only failed
l. to make her proper contribution to the war,
but that she has greatly increased the trials and
tribulations Of a hard-pressed world in order
to further her own ends by manipulating the
value Of money. Thus, they develop thesis by
which they hope to drive us into a corner and
make us glad to promise sterilization in ex-
change for bigger payment on account.
They forget, however. that the payment Is
on account, and that no settlement that they
are prepared to offer can square it. They for
get that they are offering us what amounts to
neither more nor less than Reputation and that
in spite Of that financial strength" about which
Mr.. Runciman boasts, they are defaulting on
large portion Of an honest debt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
ICKES-MARGOLD CENSORSHIP

THERE are times when government bureaus
have confidential information that should
be kept confidential. For instance, when the
petroleum administrative bureau is preparing
to fix prices, its deliberations might well be
kept confidential until price schedules are
agreed upon.
But for the chairman of the petroleum adj
ministrative board who is solicitor of the in
terror department, and for the cabinet officer
in charge of that department to forbid gov
erment workers in two bureaus even to talk
with members of the press is nonsense.
Knowing their records, we are amazed at
the new gag rules just issued by Solicitor
Nathan r. Margold and Secretary Harold
Ickes of the interior department. Not content
with merely attempting to keep confidential
information confidential, they have signed an
order addressed to the departments legal
staff and to workers with the oil board which
includes this rule:
mo oral interviews are to be granted to,
nor shall any conversations be had with, any
members of the press under any crcum-
stances"
This certainly does not bespeak any great
confidence in their assistants upon the part
Of the solicitor who drew the order and the
secretary who approved it.
Attempts to censor or gag the press have
no place in this country; not even when only
two small bureaus of the government are con-
cerned
Particularly, they have no place in this
Democratic administration whose head has
made every effort to give the people the facts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

VOU may recall the story of the
i highly emotional young man
who was told to eat an apple every
time he became worried or fright
ened. One day he stopped at a
hotel and, on entering his room at
night, he found the chambermaid
had hanged herself there.
The man rushed down to the
hotel desk and cried:
"a chambermaid has hanged her
self in my room. For goodness
sake, give me an apple, quick!"
Of course this is an exceptional
example, but it points to the neces-
sity of controlling your emotions
by finding some outlet for them
In the case of the hotel guest, it
was eating apples.
In your case, it may be counting
to 100 before expressing anger, or
walking off worry and unsatisfled
desires. In any event, it is impor-
tant to control and direct your emo
tons before they get the better of
you, since proper control of the
emotions is necessary for the best
mental health.
Unpleasant incidents occur In
the lives Of all Of us. The man
who trains himself to take each
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
: A Woman's Viewpoint {:

tradition is the greatest obstacle in
our recovery program.
That, and the distrust Of our lead
ership that has been growing slow
~ in the minds of the people,
through long years when betrayals
were many. Who can measure the
harm We have brought upon our
own heads by our negligence? We
have elected demagogues and in
competents and nit-wits to Office so
long; We have let poor old Uncle
Sans business strictly alone; we
have been fooled so many times,
it's no wonder we are suspicious.
We shall accomplish our economic
recovery. We've got to. But while
we are doing it, it is to be hoped
We also shall accomplish greater
end. Renewed and rightly placed
trust IN our Washington leaders
will be the greatest boon the gods
could grant Us sr- A-l..-vl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

TINE other day I attended a
l. meeting, the purpose Of which
was to make women NRA con-
scious.
The organization for recovery
has been set up. Everything is ready
to go. It only remains for the pub
lie to move forward. In this move
ment, the consumer is the impor-
tant figure. And Mrs. Housewife,
as usual, is the one cog that must
slip into action if the entire ma
chine is to run smoothly.
The business and professional
woman is also a vital part Of the
buying public, but her experience
in industry has taught her the
value Of cooperation. She knows
that unless she does her part she
may be responsible for the failure
of the greatest economical and
-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
HUEY WALKS OUT

Tor some time it had been apparent that
L the United States was getting out of step
with Senator Huey P. Long, The other day, at
a state fair in his own louisiana the Kingash
came right out with the staggering truth
Huey amt backing the President The NRA
"aint done nothing" The new deal is a lotta
you know what.
I'm running my job" stormed the wash
room hero and Roosevelt amt got nothing
to do with me. The difference I was elected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

without his help, and he couldn't have been
elected without the help Of Huey P. Long"
And when Kisses and boos greeted this
modest utterance he offered to prove himself
right by giving his critics doses Of castor oil
and laudanum.
Amt It too bad that Huey is agin' the gov
ernment9 But maybe America can pull
through without his help.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
: BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

spiritual endeavor America has ever
made.
1t is the home woman who is
slowest to act, and to whom so
many appeals are being voiced.
She has less social conscience than
any other group. One easily can
guess the reason. Hasn't she heard
so often that her place Is right at
home looking after household mat
tiers? In many instances she has
forgotten, If she ever knew, that
the security of her household de-
ponds upon the stability Of the So
cial structure.
q
CONSEQUENTLY, at this very
~ moment we are obliged to bat
ter down the tradition that mar
RED vemen must have nothing to
dc via business or politics 1ha
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
Hilltop
RY MARION NEAL

BY MARION NEAL
A hilltop is the place for me.
Scattered far by all winds free
All my cares are snatched away
Leaving to me the lovely day.
A hilltop is a place 7 love.
Summer rain; fresh from above
Steals away all trace Of toll,
Leaves the fragrance Of new TILED
soil.
A hilltop holds a world Of charms.
Oft times I cradle in its arms
And doze and dream meath sunny
skies.
A hilltop is my paradisel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

we can make out of those poor
unfortunates who already are handi-
capped in making good.
Let's brand them. Why not COM
pulsory horizontal stripes for street
wear? Yea! though We are inef-
fcient and unable to capture our
headline felons," let's have venge-
ance by the assassination of these
rebuilt characters ntor at hand.
Even though we wreck the lives
of q few blameless wives and chill
dren ca mere trif1e) let's have some
body's blood now.
By E. B.
The calamity bowler" is abroad
in the land. First comes young
Lloyd Claycombe before the
Women's Republican Club. laboring
under the impression that he can
tear down all the great work Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the NRA have
done since March 4. His efforts
remind the writer of mole hill try
ing to push over mountain or a
gnat Juggling at an elephant.
Next comes Jim Watson, the per-
petual candidate, in a yelled speech
at Chicago, telling our great Presi-
dent what to do, and none Of which
he ever did or ever tried to do in
his service in congress. Jim is q
great statesman out of congress and
a great fizz in congress.
Next comes Mr.. Groninger, erst-
while corporation lawyer chow the
people love such lawyers) in a TRADE
against Capitalization of power in
the state administration If Mr..
Groninger knows the history of his
country, he should know that the
Republican party and all its ante
cedents back to Alexander Hamilton
have been the party Of centraliza-
ton.
Next comes the Irvington (Stand-
pat) Republican Club, that thinks
it can tear down our great Presi-
dent. This is the club that, in the
last campaign, had one Of its mem
bers read a political speech of the
late Bob Ingersoll before it, and, by
so doing, adopted the speech as part
of its creed. Bob Ingersoll was the
arch in1del who spent his life try
ing to tear down the Christian re-
ligion. This shows the extremes to
which parties can go, and this, in
classic Irvington.
But none Of the above can wrest
from our great President the love
and loyalty the people have for him.
The people do not forget.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

BY South Side Resident
I noticed in last weeks paper,
and also today, about free lance
garbage collectors.
I would like to say to Maurice
Tenant if he would have his COL
lectors take all the garbage out of
our cans, they wouldn't lose so
much. They leave half of it..
They throw your can halfway up
your yard or spill it in the alley.
I'm getting tired Of buying
garbage cans because Of bad treat
ment. If the collectors can't take
it all, then let the fellow have it
who will take all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BRoUN=

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Phn S.
IN Hanna, editor Of the Chicago
Journal Of Commerce. said in adj
dressing conference Of mid
western newspaper publishers:
Would anybody have dreamed the
time would come when a govern
ment official would stand up and
talk about boycotts and cracking
down on employers who differ with
politicians about the method Of
bringing back recovery2"
The easiest answer to that query
IS to ask another question: Would
anybody have dreamed the time
would come when there would be
more than 100000 men out Of
work in the United States?"
Apparently, the bitter enders
against the new deal are finding
many recruits among the ranks Of
publishers. Only the other day that
venerable editor. Senator Carter
Glass, came out with a statement
saying in effect: Nobody is going
to tell me how to run my busi-
ness
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
It Just Isn't So

LEAR has been expressed that the
Il American Federation of Labor
is striving to bring reporters into
its organization and that any such
alliance would mean a coloring Of
all news in the interests of
unionism. I might reply mildly that
this would be partial atonement
for the fact that in certain publ
cations the coloring at the moment
is all the other way.
But it is silly to debate an issue
which has not arisen. I am in a.
position to state Of my own knowl-
edge that the A. F.. Of L. is making
no effort to organize newswriters.
There is a reporters union in
Scranton and one IN Milwaukee,
but these are not Of recent Gre
alton.
A well-known labor leader told
me: Il don't think reporters unions
are good things. If you don't mind
my being frank, it has been my
experience that you newspaper men
haven't the cooperative spirit.
You'll rat on one another in way
printers wouldn't think Of doing"
Publishers are human beings, no
better and no worse than other
men. In cruel and competitive
world in which business has not
been so hot they want to keep costs
down as much as possible.
But why don't they say just that?
Why not call perfectly normal
thing by its right name? Why wrap
self-interest in the American flag
and call it "the freedom Of the
press?
Copyright. 1888 BY The TimesI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

basket system was fair, adequate, or
satisfactory.
How badly the baskets failed to
meet the needs of the unemployed,
only the committee can testify.
Wherever complaints were made,
the committee called, and not con-
tent with rumor, personally in
spected baskets, sampled coffee,
and tested weights. A senli-official
follow-up by a newspaper repre-
sentative about three months later
disclosed a decided improvement in
quality and quantity from which it
would appear that the work of the
subcommittee had not been en-
tirely in vain.
Let us, therefore, in approving
the discontinuance of basket relief,
not forget to voice our appreciation
for the work of that little group of
fact-collectors who represented the
unemployment relief committee of
the Central committee of South
Side Civic Clubs and other civic
leagues, also the recipients Of bas-
kets who so patiently and cheer
fully co-operated.
By Owe sadists."
Society calls for bloodl Let's all get
together behind Councilman George
Henry's registration ordinance to
help our police. They need it. If we
are not able to wreak vengeance on
those who lead the police on the
proverbial wild goose chase, why not
those near at hand who have at
some time strayed from the So
called straight and narrow way?
What grand opportunity for black
mail. Think of all the "stoolpigeons"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21

crimes readers are mt1teG 70 cypress
their Ufetos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so oil can haze chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or Iess.J
BY Fl. L. Seeger.
High priced dollars the American
people are forced to buy today with
their labor, and the products Of
labor, in order to get an exchange
medium for other products, are the
basis of the collapse Of industrial
production Short weight on the
scales, short change in trade, and
gh-priced dollars all have the
same effect, except that in the first
two instances we have legal redress
by arresting the offenders while in
the last case we surrender, with the
laconic attitude of a martyr, and
call the game of cheating with
changing money values, sound
money.
Our national debt structure of
203 billion dollars, built on the
former 500 billion paper values, now
rests on a 201 billion physical value.
Our money earning power has fallen
so per cent. Either our earning
power in money will have to increase
so per cent or the debt structure
fall so per cent.
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Daily Thought

For I was envious at the foolish
when saw the prosperity Of the
wicked.-Psalms, 1873.
A RROGANCE Is the outgrowth
n Of prosperity. -Plautus
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By James II. Foster.

by James II. Foster.
This is the charge of the basket
brigade! The South Meridian
Street Civic League, as stated re-
Gently in Mr.. Kirch's letter, did
originate and sponsor the objection
to the basket system in unemploy-
ment relief. Mr.. Markun officially
has given his commentator to the
to the disseminating Of this practice,
but what about the privates who
actually obtained facts and data
as to the system used last winter
by the township trustee?
In the winter of 1882, under the
auspices Of the Central committee
Of South Side Civic Clubs, a sub
committee of delegates from all in
terested civic clubs was formed to
Investigate the basket system, not
with a view of finding fault or
criticism, but to ascertain whether
or not numerous charges of abuse
in the system were justified. That
the state board of accounts in an
audit conducted upon the petition
of this committee found nothing to
condemn, speaks well for the
financial integrity Of the trustees
Office but does not prove that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-21
A NEGRO NEW DEAL

ME new deal is a new deal to Negro work.
- ers on the Mississippi river levee system
Grave charges of peonage stirred the SEN
ate last session to vote an investigation But
along came NFA and the public works admin
istration. The latter has stipulated that prof.
ects to which it lends money shall be built on
thirty-hour week. minimum pay scales are
provided; protection for labor in other ways
is demanded.
Now War Secretary George Dern has told
the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People that in all other war depart
ment work done under contract, he will in
sst that contractors live up to the codes of
their industries.
This means justice for the Negro. Mr.. Dern
and Mr.. Ickes deserve praise.