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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
RECOGNIZE RUSSIA NOW

With wars spreading in the far east and
South America and war threatened in Europe
the United States is adding to international
chaos and tension by failing to recognize
Russia.
The Roosevelt administration can not move
too quickly in this matter. The President
wants to cooperate for world peace That
cooperation will be dangerously incomplete I'M
less it includes Russia.
Russia is the key to the far east Russia
may be the balancing force between peace and
war in Europe. Russia is the only nation
which officially has offered total disarmament
Russia is the only nation still fighting for
Americas forgotten arms limitation proposal
Russia, like the United States, has everything
to gain by peace and everything to lose by
war. Russia wants to cooperate with us for
world peace.
And Russia wants to trade with u.s. We
virtually have killed her valuable trade Since
1880 our annual sales of $136OO0OO0 have
fallen off 88 per cent. New contracts amount
ing to upward of a billion dollars are possible
upon resumption of normal relations-and,
unlike others, Russia never yet has defaulted
on her commercial debts.
The biggest corporations in America have
dealt with the Soviet government for years
and found it trustworthy. Russia probably
is the most stable country and safest Gus
toner in the world today.
Our closed factories our unemployed mil
lions are desperately in need of the orders which
Russia can provide.
Immediate Russian recognition by the
United States would help American business
and world peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
$4,000 PER CENT PROFIT

In putting Uncle Sans federal house In
order and on a smaller budget, President
Roosevelt and his administration have the
difficult task of reducing expenditures and
continuing those functions of government
profitable to the people as a whole
Scientific research is one of the govern
ment functions least supported by political
lobby and most useful to the people, All
federal scientific research. for agriculture, in
dustry, health, shipping, and a thousand other
essential activities costs little more than a
dollar out Of every hundred spent by the
federal government.
Careful computations show that typical
scientific research expenditures by Uncle Sam
in the past have paid dividends to the public
of some so 900 per cent annually on the money
invested
If it is necessary to prune the fruitful tree
of science, for the sake of future generations
let us hope that trimming is done upon the
advice of those who know the intricacies of
science and its relations to the public welfare.
The National Academy of Sciences, by con-
gressional charter adviser to the government
on matters scientific, may be relied upon to
give, upon demand reliable and sympathetic
advice to those charged with balancing the
budget.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20

dense Of the liquor foes knows by this time
that prohibition and temperance have nothing
in common.
Great Britain, by a campaign Of education,
has reduced her consumption of hard liquor
and beer year after year, until the figure is
far below that of decade ago.
The United States can do the same. There
still will be enough beer consumed to satisfy
the brewers, and the drys will be that much
nearer the goal Of temperance, if only they
will temper their fanaticism with good sense
and aid in the educational campaign.
The hip drinker must be taught the error
Of his land herr ways He land she) must
be taught that the only proper way to drink,
If one must drink is after the fashion of the
French and Germans
They can sit patiently hour after hour,
over bottle of wine or two or three bottles
Of beer This may not be so profitable for
the house" but it's far better for the consti-
tuition, and your innards will last far longer.
So let's make our motto: Don't gulp Sip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
LESSONS IN BANKING

One of the things the national bank holi-
day did for us was to give us a little education
about the relative places which currency and
credit occupy in the economic life of any
community.
The ingenious way in which a relatively
small amount of actual cash gets pyramided,
through credit agencies. into a large amount
of working capital could not have been better
illustrated
1t was dramatically, and in some cases
painfully, proved to us that we can not do
business on a currency basis-not even
though the present supply of currency were
doubled or quadrupled. We must have credit,
and to have credit there must be complete
confidence.
1t is for that reason that the outlook to-
day is encouraging. Confidence has been
restored. We have had useful lesson in
what happens to us when depositors. and
bankers freeze on to their cash.
From now on the way to full business
recovery should be much smoother,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
ANOTHER BATTLE FOR BEER

Champions of beer have won their first
great battle, but ahead of them looms a con-
hict of almost as great magnitude
1t centers on the question: will the
American people drink beer?'
A swelling roar, "Of course we will" an
swers. But in that roar is as much noise as
fact.
Back in the days when foaming schoon-
ers slid deity across the bar legitimately
this was more or less of nation of beer drink
erS. There were hard liquor devotees galore
but the brew fans were in the majority. Could
we pick up where we left off when prohibit
ton became the law of the land, the prob
lem would not be such a battling one.
But times and tastes have changed rad
ically. In the old days of which the poets and
barroom baSsos sing so feelngly. the most
expert drinker was the one who could i'm
bibe the largest quantities and still stay on an
even keel Now, it appears, from cursory
examination of modern drinking bee, that
the one who goes OUT the fastest is the most
accomplished.
You can't 60 under with any great rapidity
quafing trimming beakers of brew. 1t takes
time and patience, and capacity also is a big
factor.
The younger set wants action and author
ity in its drinks. And alcohol with ginger
ale, or straight gin, turns the trick with amaz-
ing celebrity.
a city business man business not speci-
fed who shall be nameleSs here confdes
that he intends to sell beer when the lid comes
Off But" he adds, IN still sell something
stronger. because most of my customers will
demand it,"
So here is the second great battle that
the champions of beer face. The modern tip
pier must be re-educated And, strange to say,
no one can help more than the drys.
They have talked OF temperance. Here is
their chance to help achieve it. Even the most
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
MONDAY. MARCH 20. 1893
A BEER JOKER
"a ,cRIrTs.HowARp NEwsPAPERl

The chief value Of the federal beer bill is
as revenue measure at time Of debt and
deficit The only danger involved is that it
may be used by organized drys to delay ratif-
cation of the repeal amendment.
In this moment Of enthusiasm over pros
poets Of beer and more revenue, that fear may
seem far-fetched Nevertheless it is well to
be on the safe side.
Therefore, congress, before final enactment
Of the beer BILL should throw out the Borah
amendment. That amendment would prevent
the sale Of beer to minors under 16.
There are Two objections to this One is
that this further would involve the federal
government in a police regulation properly
belonging to the individual state The other
objection is that the prohibition of sale to
minors implies that the drink is Intoxicating
in fact
Clearly if 30 or 3O5 per cent beer is intoxi-
eating in fact the proposed law is unconsti-
tutional until the eighteenth amendment is
repealed; and, under those conditions. would
be declared unconstitutional by the supreme
court
why CROSS JnaC DrlQge before we get TO 1t?
Why worry about that now? For the simple
reason that the dry organizations already are
preparing definitely to test the constitution
ality of the statute as soon as it is passed.
The revenue emergency, which was great
enough to force President Roosevelt to re-
quest quick action by congress on beer, is great
enough to cause congress to use reasonable
caution in drafting the law so that it will not
be thrown out by the courts.
Congress should drop the Borah amend
ment, and then send the beer bill to the
White House for signature, so that it can
proceed with farm relief, unemployment relief,
and the rest Of the reconstruction program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
THOSE POSTOFFICE PENS

CHALK up one score to the credit of AS
- sistant Postmaster General Evans, who
has ordered 100000 new pen points for Uncle
Sans postoffice desks.
The inconvenience Of patrons of postoffices
because of improper writing materials has
been widely commented on for years." remarks
Mr.. Evans.
That is putting it mildly One of our
Oldest and most successful gags is the one
dealing with the scratchy unreliable and
suffering pen points provided by Uncle Sam
for his customers.
Its origin probably dates back to the time
OF Benjamin Franklin. Administrations have
come and gone but the postoffice pen has re-
manned unchanged.
And now we are to get new ones-a new
one each day for each pen, if necessary! Here.
surely, is minor but welcome triumph for
this new deal"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
M.E.TracySays:

TN economics as we'll as Nature, this is spring.
l. We have called on President Roosevelt to
| burn the refuse dig out the weeds and clear the
land for sowing. We are granting him unusual
power, to get the job done quickly and thor
oughy.
We are thrilled by the novelty of such an ex-
! pertinent, delighted at the prospect of action
| and, possibly little too optimistic for our own
good.
The nation is being modified, not to celebrate
an easy triumph, but for a long, hard fight. The
call for leadership, the willingness to grant die
| tatorial powers, the abandonment of normal
methods, originate in a general feeling that dis
ciplined cooperation has become necessary
! It's going to be rather tough on some of US,
especially those who have looked upon recovery
as including little more than safety for them
selves at the expense Of others.
We have taken steps which promise not only
a drastic revision Of financial industrial, and
political methods, but an equally drastic revision
of the prevailing attitude toward work and sac
rifce.
WE have tried to beat this depression by
w safeguarding the strong, while the weak
carried most of the load, and our idea of
strength has been institutional rather than per-
sonal. We have looked to the great organiza-
tons of private enterprise for help.
For three years we have permitted them to
dominate public policy and draw on the tax
payers, but only to find that they were power
less to overcome the effect of unemployment,
poverty, and distress down below
Now we must go to the bottom and rebuild.
At present, we merely are getting set for the
real task, Strengthening out our banking sys-
tenn, reducing governmental expenses, expand
ing currency, Hberating capital and credit for
! the greatest peace-tine mobilization Of men
and money in our history.
We are embarking on campaign of recon-
structiOn which seems bound to result in some
rather profound changes in our social. industrial
and financial alignment if it succeeds.
No one can observe the various moves Pres
/ ident Roosevelt is making and not believe that
/ he is setting the stage for stupendous operations
! Apparently, he is pursuing a we'll thought out
plan, in which the bank crisis had been fore
seen and considered, but which includes vastly
more.
Apparently. his great objective not only is
to provide work and increase buying power, but
to do so in such way will bring about con-
siderable decentralization Of industry and redis-
tribution Of population.
Apparently, he is looking for something bigger
than the completion Of a single project in the
development of Muscle Shoals Apparently, he
hopes to interest the whole nation in similar
undertakings, and thus divert its energy and
resources to a sounder purpose than creating
congested centers, with skyscrapers, subways,
and double-decked streets
What the President has in mind is con-
sistent with American traditions and perform
ances. 1t opens up a prospect like that our
grandfathers faced when they started out to
win the west. 1t gives us something worth
while to dream about and do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
Around the Turn

THE great ones of the world
Il have been the men who could
see around a bend in the road, even
though the turn was sharp and
hundreds of yards ahead Of them.
One bitter night in Moscow, many
years ago. a little man came furtive-
ly through the snowdrifts, looking
about behind him every now and
then to make sure he was not fol-
lowed. He stopped at a door in
side street and knocked in a curious
way, as if he had been ticking out
Geographic message.
He was admitted to an upper
room, and there Trotzky sat down
with Lenin. They talked until
dawn, and Lenin spread before his
associate the various things which
he would do in the remaking Of the
Russian state.
But, said Trotzky, you could do
InaC only II you were the absolute
dictator Of the Russian masses"
why not?" said Lenin.
The answer might have beenf
Because you have behind you not
more than few hundred followers.
Pitted against you is the might and
majesty of the car. His authority
Is backed up by the military power
OF an army numbering more than a
million men.
THAT power is reinforced by the
apathy and indifference Of hundreds
Of millions of workers, toiIers, peas
ants, men Of small position and men
Of great"
The answer would not have been
sufficient. Lenin's why not?" never
did meet any adequate reply, and
he did become the dictator of all
the Russias.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
1T MIGHT BE A BLESSING

CENSORSHIP in peace time, speaking in a
~ broad sense, is as much of a calamity
as it is benefit 1t has been used with poor
Judgment on many occasions in the motion
picture world. 1t has become a CHASTITY Joke
in the realm of books, with the cheapest
brand Of lurid fiction passing the barrier and
the classics being barred
But one Is inclined to wonder if censorship
or some more desperate remedy should not
be applied to the radio. The fever for clut
tering every program with an overdose of adj
vertising blah seems to have abated some
what, only to be followed by more alarm
ing ailment.
This disease seems to be growing more
virulent 1t is the wave of horror programs
which make the evening hideous and send the
children of the house to their beds with the
chattering filters.
From $50 to 9 p. m the living room Is
filed with the means and strangled shrieks
OF radio performers dying in tndescribable
agony, the gargled threats of gangsters talk
ing out of one corner of their mouths, and the
squalling of police sirens.
Father grinds his teeth back of the eve
ming paper and mother leaps Historically from
her easy chair as the carnage proceeds. But
Junior sits without sound, his face a study
in rapt interest, till the death rattle of the
last victim drifts away.
Then the spell breaks and he goes to bed
to dream of battle, murder, and sudden death.
and arises shrieking out of nightmare.
Maybe censorship is a blessing, if applied
to the proper spot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
A Woman'S Viewpoint :

never have known what it was to
be without the spiritual independ-
ence that paid labor assures, can
not comprehend the attitude Of
women.
Have we not" they ask, always
taken care of our women?"
In sense, they have. That is,
the individual American man has
assumed responsibility for the
women Of his household. But he
never has taken care Of women
as a class.
He usually has regarded her as a
mere adjunct Of the male, a sort Of
Lazarus at the Big Business feast.
He does not yet, it seems. think
of her as an American citizen, or
as contributor to national prosper
ity and progress, or as compile
ment, not just Of one man, but Of
men.
Future remedial legislation should
and must include women's problems.
And the quickest way to insure JUS
tice to male workers in this coun-
try is to see that there is no wage
discrimination against ome n
workers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Should this capsule be broken,
the lens is inf1ltrated with material
from the fluid of the eye; then it
becomes cloudy, and the person has
what is called traumatic cataract.
AS people get very old, the cap
sule gradually becomes less efficient
and the nutrition of the lens is in
terfered with.
AS the lens becomes clouded, it
gradually becomes cloudy from the
outside toward the center.
When finally the center becomes
clouded. it is exceedingly difficult
for the person to see. This condi-
ton is called senile cataract.
1t must be remembered that the
human eye is like a camera. 1t has
a lens; it has shutter, which is
the iris.
The pupil is the hole in the shut
ter trough which the light enters.
At the back Of the eye is the retina
or sensitized plate on which the i'm
age is cast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20

Most cases of cloudiness or cat
aract of the lens, such as have been
described, occur in people between
so and 10. The only treatment for
senile cataract is surgical.
There are no drugs, no drops Of
any kind, no exercise or treatments
which are successful in stopping the
slow development of a cataract.
Nevertheless, such methods of
treatment have been used by vast
numbers of quacks to get money
from people who fear approaching
blindness because of cataract.
There are numerous operations
now developed which are relatively
simple and which are quite safe in
the majority Of instances. More
over, good vision follows in 81 per
cent Of the operations for cataract.
After the cataract is removed, the
person wears what are known as
cataract glasses. These are made
so they help in focusing the image
properly on the retina.
Next-Behind the lens of the eye
eye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20

to the front seat of the band wagon.
always have been and expect to
be a Democrat, but no real Demo-
crat sanctions such rapine policy
of seizure by small group Of
whole states elective and appointive
authority. Yet you applaud rather
than criticise this administrative
action.
I am afraid the owners of your
newspaper made a mistake in re-
placing the old editor with an east
ern man, no doubt a believer in
Tammany politics, which now seems
to be the order of the day in IN
diana. You, new in the Indiana
political game, hurl yourself at the
feet of King Paul I and, with hands
in supplication, make your bid for
favors. To hell with such a news
paper policy
1 note where you attack the Jack
sons, McCrays and Leslies for their
shortcomings. Regardless of what
they did, nothing developed in their
official lives even to approach the
theft Of a whole state like McNutt
already has put over and with your
consent. Why don't you name some
one in the Governors Office as your
editor in chief?
Editors Note: Disguised
Subscriber is mistaken. The
editor is no Tdmmdny man,
but for nearly q decade has
U0ged 1Oar ON Tan1many. If
he has any real enemies IN the
aOorId they are to be found in
TammGny Hall.
This newspaper has dbro-
gated its independence to no
one. It merely believes that,
for the duration of the pres
ent economic crisis, people
should put aside partiSanShip
and follow their duly elected
leaders,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

with mob The raiders were caught, iden-
titled, and taken into court and fifteen mem
bers of the mob we're convicted, and heavy
fines and prison terms are now in prospect
for them.
Officers Of the law everywhere might well
make note Of this action. The danger Of
mob violence Of any kind would be extremely
small if the authorities everywhere were as
quick to punish such lawless outbreaks as
were the authorities at Long Beach.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20

CTORIES Of sweat shop wages be-
~ ing paid to women in metro
politan centers are enough to make
every decent American blush for
shame. But blushing unfortunately
will not help. Action is imperative
We must have legislation where
by minimum wage is assured every
worker, regardless Of sex.
Women are astonishingly patient
under economic wrongs, just as
they were for so long astonishingly
patient under matrimonial wrongs.
Within them has been fostered a
deep timidity.
To be exact, they are afraid of
men. Deprived Of sexual attraction
they always have been afraid OF
men, afraid Of the power that men
possess.
And well they may be, since this
power so often has been used to de-
stroy them. 1t is not strange that
women should lack self confidence,
or that they should feel inferior, or
that they should be willing to
work for less money, since they
worked for so many ages for moth.
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
When Does Time Come?

TOR at least two decades and 7
l. suppose it went back farther
than that-we have been thwarted
from adopting fundamental meas
ures by this plea of immediacy.
When times are pipingly prosperous.
everybody says, Don't rock the
boat
When there is a slight falling off
the tendency is to explain the mo-
ment is not propitious for theories
which are radical, although gen.
orally accepted. And in a time of
depression, we are told, That's an
very well. but this is a crisis. We
haven't got time to do that now"
And so we go on, year after yeaR
taking care of the 1888 crop. We
live in our economic behavior from
hand to mouth. and nobody yet has
been effective in getting to his feet
to say, Let's take care of the 1943
crop and the 1858 crop. Let us deal
not only with today's acute distress,
but with the potential poverty ana
want and misery Of fifty years
hence"
We ward off tomorrow's war,
while that Of the year after next
sneaks up on us. Although many
orators have told us that we we're
all in the same boat. we never have
risen as high as that conception.
The best we have been able to
achieve is temporary working
agreement that we are all on the
same raft and maybe it would be
good idea to ration out the biscuits.
We grab at the sixpence and let the
full moon of delight go down be-
hind the nearest hill. Indeed, we
are economic Omars and never heed
the rumble of any distant drum.
Alice of Wonderland complained
that it always was jam yesterday
and jam tomorrow and never jam
today. I think she was a carping
critic, for, as matter of sober
truth, there is no getting jam to-
day without preparing the pantry
shelves for tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
First and Last Steps

TDO not believe that Communist
l. technique either should or can
succeed in America, but I do believe
that our problems demand a Wiling
ness TO do a great deal more than
meet the immediate emergency.
have no patience with those Who
will not cooperate in helping to
solve Monday mornings crisis with
Monday mornings measures. Re-
forming drunk or a bank system,
the first step must be to get him or
it to stand up again. But the feeble
murmur of Where am u" is not a
complete indication that entire
sobriety has been restored.
A famous general once listened to
the recital Of the military success Of
an ancient leader in brilliant
battle. He nodded approVingly, and
then he asked, Yes. but what did
he do the next day?"
Copyright. 1893. By The Timesl