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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
BE WATCHFUL, BE FAIR

THERE were profteers during the World
war. and there will be selfshness, unfair
ness and greed while the nation makes war
or depression and unemployment
There were deplorable examples OF hate
and intolerance at home while We fought for
the worlds freedom in foreign lands, and this
new war will bring forth similar cruelties and
injustices.
The people have suffered for four years
and when they see an opportunity to end the
distress. some may lose their heads.
That's why a local organization is being
perfected to enforce the national industrial
recovery act in a fair. orderly, and sane
manner.
There must not be undue haste to act,
nor unnecessary slowness in taking action
False claims OF compliance should be ex-
posed. and profiteerins in the guise Of pa
triotism should be condemned.
Firms that add few clerks and then ad-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
Just for q Hondicop

A NTI-TAMMANY spe akers
L n might do well to 90 on the
stump blind-folded and to insist on
being turned about three times be-
fore delivering the first dart. other
wise, how could anybody miss?
never have known anybody who
was enthusiastic about O'Brien, I
am aware that he will get some
votes. but these will he delivered out
Of habit, necessity, or in the hope Of
fair rewards. Even the most ardent
Tammany man will admit in
private conversation that he regards
the standard bearer of his organiza-
ton in the present campaign as an
old do6o.
But Tammany Is cynical, and 1t
has decided to conduct a sort Of
psychological test. II is going 10
undertake to find out whether the
voting public Of the great and
glorious American metropolis Is not
Just little dumber than John
OBrien.
think Tammany is wrong. ! re-
fuse 70 believe that We are as bad
as all that Who wants some two
TO one on Fiorello La GUARDIAN
tcopyright 1893. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
Merely CONrtesu Gail

I'M afraid my face fell palpably
H. when I learned that here was
merely courtesy rather than ardent
support. The judge tried to ease
my disappointment by adding
When this cruel war is over. can't
we go somewhere some time and
have a drink? L know a speak
easy"
Your honor" I answered earn
eStly, Il know two or maybe three
and need we wait until after cleo
ton day?"
But my Democratic opponent was
being investigated at the time and
had to rush away to see Samuel
Seabury. while I was booked on
seven different street corners. That
was the last time We met informally
until after the ballots had been cast
and we both went down to defeat
Brodsky trailing by 600 votes and
Broun by bangup third, 5000 be-
hind.
During the next few weeks we
never met save in 1.-THE presence of
audiences, and at such times 1 barred
my teeth, shook an accusing right
hand in BrodSkys face and called
him. My rival-the candidate of
Tammany Hall"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
Lead Poisoning Dangerous in Industry

sorbing lead and also the degree and
severity Of Iced absorption.
Whenever a worker begins TO show
even a Slight change in digestive
powers, loses weight. or shows con-
siderable reduction in number Of
red blood cells and red coloring mat
ter in the blood, he is removed from
contact with lead.
The two major problems in the
handling Of lead in industry are
control of dust and of fumes. Now
adays there are suitable respiratory
masks and exhaustion devices and
similar mechanical developments
which aid in keeping the worker
away from lead.
In connection with these devices,
however. it is we'll that all factory
rooms be kept clean, that floors and
equipment be washed down, and
that under circumstances which do
not permit Of the use Of water
vacuum cleaning be applied.
Doctor Gehrmann points out that
dry sweepingS can undo all the good
accomplished by months Of careful
observation and sanitary control.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

was necessary to avoid changing the
time for opening. This added one
half hour to the maximum working
time.
Another large department store
pledged TO NRA indicated its sin
certify by instructing employees not
TO ring the clock or prepare for
work before seven minutes prior TO
the stores opening. am told. This
is abiding by the spirit Of recovery.
The chiselers-and their kind soon
will despair of unwise action-have
started their blood-sucking, but not
for long. They must remember the
age-old rule that tongues do wag."
Times Reader and Believer In Fairness.
Just a few lines in regard to the
new recovery act which 1t seems,
pertains to certain classes CT people.
Just what is the matter with our
mayor Of Indianapolis? Why doesn't
he do his part towards this great
cause and cut the police and
firemen's wages at least 25 per cent
and put these men on an equal basis
with all other labors?
They are no better than an ordi-
nary laboring man. Why set hours
and wages for every one else and
pass these fellows up? Take the
burden off the taxpayer Wake up
our little spineless mayor, wake up.
Our President has sounded the call.
now you profess TO be our leader Of
the Democratic party Of our city.
Let's have action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

T FAD is one Of the most widely
IL used substances in industrial
work Of all types. 1t is. however, at
the same time one Of the most
poisonous substances with which
human beings come in contact.
It may get into the body through
the digestive tract. through the
lungs, or through the skin.
Recently DR.. G. H. Gehrmann has
outlined the preventive measures
used in Du Pont plants to make
certain that employees are not in
jured by lead.
Before worker enters plant he
is given a complete examination,
including history Of his previous
working life. 1t must, Of course. be
established that he has not pre-
viously been in contact with sources
of lead poisoning.
Inasmuch as work in the vicinity
of lead may be dangerous. it is not
well to put into service any en-
ploye who already may have fairly
large amounts Of lead in his sys-
TEN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
President Hoover proposed to do it BY inches.

President Hoover proposed TO do It by inches,
and made matters worse In some respects
There seems to be no sufficient excuse now
for keeping American troops there for four
teen more months. against the will Of the
HaitianS. But at least definite time has
been fixed in good faith. The tricky provi-
sions by which the military occupation could
ment. which caused Haiti TO reject the last
treaty, are absent from the new agreement.
OF course, the American financial adviser
general and deputy are to remain But their
dictatorial powers are to be modified More
over. the American loan, which Is the excuse
for Haitian bondage is not to be extended be-
yond 1874. when retirement Of the outstand-
ing series will be completed
Unfortunately, the method used in putting
this agreement into operation is not as good
as the agreement itself It is, in fact, treaty.
AS such, it should be passed upon by the
American and Haitian senates
But 70 prevent the natural operation Of
democratic procedure, the two governments
have resorted to the device Of calling this an
executive agreement instead Of treaty. So
there viii be no need Of ratification
Obviously this is a dangerous precedent.
1t is a reversal Of the American constitutional
system Of checks and balances, a system which
must be maintained If the people are to have
voice in foreign affairs and the issues of
peace and war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

dangerous flying stunts? He'll come
to no good end, mark my words. His
poor pa and ma. I feel so sorry for
them
That sort Of talk. II goes on
among us most Of the time. When
ever there is a child in the commun-
ity who does not take kindly 10 the
habits Of his fathers, or conferm 10
customs Of the neighborhood. the
tongues clack and the prophecies re-
sound.
So let us give thanks for youth
adventurous, ardent. undaunted
youth, that refuses 10 be diverted
from its dreams by any muttered
discouragements Of an older genera
tien.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
1t Seems
to Me
= BY HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK. Aug. l2.-Forello
~ La Guardia has the right idea
I think, in organizing first and
talking later.
Most political campaigns are too
long. The telling point scored in
the middle OF August Is very likely
10 be forgotten on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in Novem-
Der.
I know what I am talking about.
because I ran for Office once and I
began running more than three
months before election day. In fact.
ran more furiously IN early Au-
gust than at any other time.
You see. I was the only per
son on the track. Some OF nv op-
ponents had not even been nom
mated. Or. if they were. they kept
the matter secret.
7 remember very well my first
meeting with my Democratic ad-
versary. Magistrate Louis Brodskv.
I was sitting in a small automobile
trying 10 think up some phrase or
word to use in my nightly rounds
when a man who was passing By
stopped and asked. Isn't your name
Broun?"
I leaped agilely from the car in
the hope that here at last was a
voter who could be converted to the
cause. In fact. as were shaking
hands, think 1 said, why not help
us TO turn the raScals out?' But
my new-found acquaintance replied
mildly, I'm your Democratic oppo-
nent, Louis Brodsky. I just wanted
TO say Hello"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
So They Say

I have no doubt that when pro-
hibition is repealed. the easy
money" men will be making it out
Of kidnaping.-Senator Copeland.
senate committee on racketeering.
Runaway prices would eat up con-
sumption power while it is aborn-
ing: we will not tolerate them. Nor
will below-cost selling do any good.
General Hugh S. Johnson, ma
tlonal recovery administrator.
One must be sane to think
clearly, but one can think deeply
and be quite insane. The scientists
of today think deeply instead of
clearly.-Nikola Tesla, veteran in
ventor.
The common people care nothing
for the beautiful; on the contrary,
they have a powerful passion for
the hideous.-H. l.. Mencken, author
and critic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

TINE other day Wiley Post came
L. back to Maysville. OKLA
hometown boy become world hero.
TWO Of the happiest people 10 give
him welcome were Mr.. and Mrs. w.
F. Post Sr., his parents.
Doubfsss they were delighted, but
also a little surprised. Parents
usually are aStonished when their
children perform spectacular feats.
I have no way Of knowing, but !
can imagine there have been many
times during past years when Papa
and Mama Post were plenty worried
over Wiley. Probably they have dis
cussed, with misgivings, his crazy
desire to f5yf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

vance prices 10 to 80 per cent are not aiding
the people or helping the cause.
Factories that have kept going during the
last four years, discharging no employees.
should not be censured If they can not add
workers at this time.
Business men who have paid fair wages at
all times should be recognized and given more
credit than sweatshops that are forced to do
their duty now.
This means that the prodigal son doesn't
deserve all the glory and all the good things
at the feast.
The. man who has been faithful 10 his
country and to his feliow-man when times
were bad should get some credit as well as
the one who Is forced to reform
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association OF Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

It also is desirable that employees
who are TO work around hazardous
elements should be amenable to
teaching Of cleanliness and sani-
tation. The careless, the irrespon-
sible and the smart aleck never
should be permitted to work in con-
tact with dangerous chemicals.
It is one of the rules Of this COR
poration that women and all appli-
cants under 81 years Of age are ex-
Guided from work with lead It
also is necessary that all those sub
ject to disturbances Of the bowels
be eliminated.
The blood must be studied, to
make certain that it is free from the
typical stippling appearance Of the
red blood cells commonly associated
with lead poisoning. In a well-regu-
lated industrial plant. examinations
are made every three weeks TO de-
termine whether employees are alb
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
Again
BY OLIVE ENsLEN-TTNDER

BY OLIVE kNSLEN-liNDEh
1t did not matter that I had said
No one could ever wake again
This fire Of passion thought dead
Within my heart, for the pain
OF dying love had been a part
OF death. And then you came,
And with a glance you start
The embers slowly burning into
a fame.
Once said. Away with love"
Never will I lift my eyes
To meet another. until know above
AL things. my mind dehes
All hurt. all tears. Now It can not
be until
Your love is gone, and my heart
lies still.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
A Woman's Viewpoint
by MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

II they are at all like the average,
they are disappointed because he
showed no desire TO settle down CT
the farm or some nearby town
where he could enjoy secure life,
where he could be somebody SUBJ
stantial in the community, instead
Of running around on barnstor!n-
ing trips.
THE neighbors, I daresay, often
l. shook their heads over that wild
Pest kid. Representations mostly
were on the side Of disaster. You
know how they go.
Why does he waste his time?
What does he get cut ef all those
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
Maybe 1t Wasn't Chance
have wondered whethe,

/ ALWAYS have wondered whether
l. 1t was mere chance which
brought the magistrate past our
campaign car upon that fateful
night. Perhaps there was design in
it. The meeting robbed me of much
necessary fire.
1 never had any trouble in de-
nouncing Ruth Pratt. or. rather.
Ruth Baker Pratt, as insisted on
calling her. Somehow, whenever I
get very mad at anybody. I always
take pains TO look up his or her
middle name.
With no more than a light touch
on the shoulder I could open both
eyes, shake myself a little and go
straight into a most scathing in
dictment Of Ruth Baker Pratt. Per-
haps 1t wasn't very effective. for.
after all, she was the lady who won
the election. But it was soul-sat-
isfying. just the same.
In the case Of Brodsky didn't
fare so well. I couldn't put my back
and shoulders into II when I de-
nounced him, because I always re-
membered that he had very pleas
ant manners and that he knew a
speakeasy. I don't think Ruth Baker
Pratt even knew a speakeasy.
l am not going TO run for any,
thing this year. II is possible that
1 never may run again. Nobody has
been urging me. But, like the old
fire horse, ! have heard the bell. I
would Ike 10 feel the harness
around my neck again.
There certainly should be no
great amount Of trouble in denounc-
ing Mayor O'Brien. The only thing
that might stay anybody's hand
would be the thought that possibly
attacking Mayor OBrien is a little
like cunning for tethered barn
doors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12
LESS IMPERIALISM

TN the new agreement With Haiti. President
Il Roosevelt shows how far he has advanced
from his old imperialistic policy as assistant
secretary Of the navy in the Wilson admins
tration. and also how much he has improved
the laundering Hoover policy.
American marines are 20 be withdrawn
from the Black Republic in October. 1884
They should have been Withdrawn years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

BY One Of Them.
WHY does not our building
w inspectors office force go
around and look at the many
dangerous stacks on buildings and
make them repair them? Look at
the stockyards stack or the Lieber
picture frame plant, Dietz Box
Company and numerous others, or
send a reporter along the Belt
railroad and see for yourself. Or
are the papers afraid to look out
and speak for the people Of In
dianapoiis?
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I may be just an ordinary citizen
unable to understand lots OF things
being done in Indianapolis and
other big cities under the recovery
program.
For one thing, fail to see how
a whole lot of these so-called big
businesses are going to help solve
the unemployment problem by cut
ting working time to flve-day
week.-Mrs. defeating the whole pur-
pose of the administration to make
jobs. So far as I can see-and I
have heard this matter discussed by
many in my position-the only ones
to benefit are the present employees,
who get the same pay and shorter
hours. The five-day week thus far
has not given employment to the
extent for which it was intended.
I have in mind one firm in Indi-
annapolis, the largest of its kind in
the world, which recently adopted
the five-day plan The result has
been what I Just have mentioned:
No more workers have been hired.
and the only ones to benefit by the
plan are present employees.
If this tendency becomes national
and is not halted by NRA, the whole
recovery structure is doomed.
Then, too, some firms seem to
have found a new loophole for this
so-called chiseling One downtown
department store, pledged to do our
part" under the blue eagle, issued
definite instructions to clerks and
floor employees to be on the floor"
at $3.50 a. m, one-half hour before
the stores opening time.
1t was explained that this rule
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

Promoter says rising amusement taxes will
kill boxing. We're not afraid Why even the
boxers haven't been able TO kill 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12


their vieios IN these columns. Make your
Limit them 10 $50 cords or less.J
letters short, so all can hare chance.
By NRA.
All praise to, The Times. At last
somebody has had the nerve to give
A. J. Allen, the paid trouble maker
of the Employers Association, the
exposure he deserves so richly. I
! suggest he and Willie Craig and
that other great engineer, Daniel
B. Luten, get together and have a
good cry.
By Friend:
I am subscriber for your paper
and want to thank you for the cam
paign you are putting on against
pollution Of streams. can't give you
my name, for reasons that I can't
explain. In other words, existing
conditions might get me in trouble.
But I want to ask you to examine
the little stream, Deer creek, which
flows through the Indiana state
farm.
All the sewage from the Indiana
state farm goes into this stream,
stream you can step across in
numerous places. This stream
hasn't been clean for years. About
a year ago they cleaned house at
the state farm and wagonloads of
fish were killed by the poison sew
age turned into the small stream of
Deer creek. This summer the chill
dren along the creek were daily
bathers in this terrible mess.
At Manhattan. Ind, just west Of
state farm, all the children swan
in Deer creek because it was ali they
had to swim in. This was taken up
with the State Fish and Game AS
ISOLATION about year ago cat the
time they killed all the fish, but
nothing developed.
II you will inquire from land own
ers. below (wesD Of the state farm.
along Deer creek, they can tell you
all about 1t. Just look at the water
and analyze it. think that will
be all that's necessary to convince
you. I'm for the Times 100 per cent.
I believe in your methods Of clean
ing up.
Hoping that you will go into this
proposition and promising you the
cooperation Of land owners along
Deer creek west Of the state farm
for five miles down river, I sin
cerely ask you to investigate the
situation. I am very sorry that I
can not give you my name. but I
don't think it would do me any good
around here.
P. S. Here are the names of land
owners along Deer creek, west; Guy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-12

Wright, Mark Lucas, w. Lucas
Lewis Roberts, o. P. Wright, Noah
Roberts, Mary Wright. Frank Daggy
F. M Roberts, E. L. Herbert, w
Brown, Asa Neese, Charles Harris
Lola Long, and others I can't name
who own land here, but live other
places.
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(Times readers are invited to cypress
their rietos IN these columns. Make your
Limit them 10 $50 cords or less.J
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
ChiIdren's Concert

The second children's concert
BY the National Symphony Or.
chestra under the direction OF
Hans Kinder will be played in
the Central High School audi
forum next Saturday morning,
December 2, at II a. m. The
woodwind instruments will be
demonstrated, and there will be
essolo on the English horn by
William Schnable, and a solo on
the bassoon by William Santucci.
In addition to the regular pro
gram, Mr.. Kinder has o "Sur-
prise" for the children.
The complete program follows:
"A Children's Overture, Quilter;
woodwind demonstration: Sara
bande Bach; Bardinerie, Bach;
Introduction to Act III, Tristan
und Isolde" Wagner: English
horn solo, William Schnable;
Dance Of the Mentions, Tchai-
kovsky; Mozart Concerto, bassoon
solo, William Santucci: everybody
sing: Comm Thro' the Rye;
Morning" Grieg; I'm the Hall
Of the Mountain King" Grieg.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
WEATHER UNIT
HAS FIRED 800

Nearly 500 employees Of the
q. 8. Weather Bureau have been
dismissed and a score of stations
discontinued in various parts Of
the country, as a result Of saw
ings Of $825,351 in the total ex-
penditures for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1884.
The action was neceSsitated by
a drop Of more than 100000 in
appropriations by Congress, it is
explained by c. F. Marvin, chief
Of the Weather Bureau, in his
annual report to the Secretary
of Agriculture.
Further personnel reductions
are not contemplated at present,
and most of the regular work Of
the bureau has been carried for
ward efficiently despite the les
Sened funds available,
The Washington times., 1933-11-24
JOHNSON SINGS
AT SUNDAY s
CONCERT

Brahms, Wagner and Tchai-
kovsky will figure prominently in
Sunday afternoons concert by
the National Symphony Orches-
ira, at 4 o'clock in Constitution
/. Hail. DR.. Hans Kinder has ar.
; ranged the entire second half OF
the program from Wagner's
music.
The preintermission program
includes: Tragic Overture"
Brahms); II Pastori" (PizzettD !;
aria from Carmen" LA Fleur
Que Tu M'Avais Jetee" (BizeO
Edward Johnson; "Nutcracker
Suite (Tchaikovsky).
After internission Wagnerian
compositions will be presented
VorSpiel to Act I, "Lohengrin; ;"
"sWaither's Preislied" from Act
M. "Die Meistersinger," Edward
johnson, and ride Of the Valky'
Ties."
johnson, a Canadian. studied
first in New York, and then
after having considerable success
as a concert singer, suddenly
vanished. He was discovered two
years later, singing in Padua
under the name Of Edouardo
di Giovanni (hiS own name,
translated into Italian). Under
this name he had gone to study
with the great Lombard1, the
teacher Of Caruso, and became
the leading tenor Of La Scale OF
the Costanzi, of italy. Since his
debut in Padua he has never
sung q secondary role.
The Washington times., 1933-11-24

Last nights performance OF
aida" by the International
Opera Company, at the Audito-
rum, was perhaps to a certain ex-
tent a glorified dress rehearsal for
the sixtieth anniversary Of the
first presentation Of the opera in
America, in New York city, No
vember 26. 1873, to be celebrated
here Saturday by a special matt
nee. The opera was composed on
commission from the Khedive and
first produced in Cairo, December
81, 1871.
The libretto by Marietta Bey,
Camille du Locle and Antonio
Ghislanzoni, is familiar to all
opera goers, and the music is
known the world over. Despite
our modern tempo the opera still
holds it's own in the list Of IA
vorites.
The cast last night included
as Aida, Ruth Coleman; Ra-
danes, Edward Ransome: Am
neris, Carmela Ponselle; Amo-