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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
KENTUCKY GENTLEMAN

IF there is one thing in which a Kentucky
l. senator takes pride it is in the dignity Of
the senate. And if there is another, it is his
courtesy and consideration for the ladies-God
bless emil
In the person Of Marvel Mills Logan, junior
senator from the Blue Grass commonwealth,
these splendid attributes have, perhaps,
reached their finest flower. Let us tell you
about it;
Some time ago the ladies of Louisiana,
wearied by the ill-smelling antics of their fshy
Kingfsh, wired Senator Connally, chairman
of the senate subcommittee named to investi-
gate the Louisiana election, to ask why the
subcommittee was not doing same
Chairman Connally, at home in Texas, was
preoccupied with the problem Of next years
campaign. The other members of the sub
committee, who had received copies of the
telegram, likewise were too busy to reply.
All except the chivalrous son Of the south
to whom this little piece is dedicated. Senator
Logan never is too busy to serve the ladies.
He saw instantly that they were placing them
selves in danger-in danger, indeed, of affront-
ing the dignity of the senate. He rushed to
their rescue. He wired:
Attribute your telegram of Sept. 10 to
ineXperience or ignorance or both. Therefore,
I hope that the committee will not proceed
against you for contempt. But do not offend
again."
The dictates of chivalry thus having been
satisfied, we are certain Senator Logan will
allow the ladies to go their own headstrong
way. withdrawing his protecting arm from
their frail shoulders. He will not quarrel with
them. He will not even deign to reply to the
scorching Geographic response which his kind
ly meant admonition called forth. ct really
was a pip, the ladies' telegram to the senator)
No, the senator will turn his attention to
that other thing closest to his heart-the
dignity of the senate. AND that is all to the
good. For the senator will find that somebody
in Louisiana, besides the ladies, has been max
ing a monkey of the senate. He will find that
his esteemed colleague, the king scuttlefish,
has been doing just that. And won't the
senator be sore! AS he looks further and fur
ther into the matter, as he reads the record of
the ~contemptuous conduct Of Huey Long and
his friends before the senator's own sub
committee down in New orleans, the abuse
poured upon his gentle colleague from Ne
braska, now dead, in response to courteous
senatorial questions, the senator is going to
get mighty upset.
He is going to insist that the committees
experienced investigators be sent down to
Louisiana right now to begin preparing the
way for a real inquiry when the subcommittee
reaches New Orleans next month. Which is
what is being asked for by the ladies-God
bless 'emI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
Except When Pinch Came

THE man from Idaho was
l. equipped with almost every
qualification to. lift him high as e
political leader. He can deliver an
grafton and also talk plain sense.
Although known for many years as
a liberal" the safe and sane" no
longer tremble at the mention Of
his name. Indeed, like all the rest
Of the politically minded, they SIM
ply don't pay any attention. 1t
would not be fair to mark him as
one who has been all things to all
men. He merely has been versatile
enough to please very many.
I believe his tragedy is glandular.
In time of stress he lacks adrenalin.
When the alarm sounds, down the
pole, with a great whoop, slides
William E. Borah. That is as far as
he yer gets. Having done that
much, he goes back to bed again
and lets others fight the fire.
If there remains a role for him
to fill in the days to come I'm afraid
it will be that Of a strict constitu-
tionalist. Such folk never have been
loved very much, and they are not
likely to win enthusiastic approval
Just now. A strict constitutiOnalist
is a man who waits until some vital
and necessary measure is almost
ready for adoption and then hops
in with the news that it clashes
with section something-or-other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
NJ. E.TracySays

THE political tangle in New York City grows
Il complicated, with fusion hopes high and
prospects for a third party good. Frank J. Prlal,
running as an independent candidate for comp
troller, beat Tammany in the recent primary.
That leaves him a regular Democrat, but an
anti-organization man. AS he frankly says, he
owes nothing to Boss Curry and the machine.
PriaI's victory brought out the latent spirit of
revolt in a clear light. Many New Workers now
are ready to admit that Tammany is not the
invincible thing they supposed. Among others,
Joseph v. Mckee is wondering why he allowed
somebody else to steal the show. Mckee, you
remember, became acting mayor when Jimmy
Walker resigned last year.
For one reason or another, he was not accept
able to the bosses, so they sidetracked him with
trades and promises which he swallowed like a
good little boy. He knows now that ne could
have beaten them had he stuck, and it makes
him not only sore but ambitious.
ATOW that a more courageous man has
~ broken the ice for him., Joe Mckee would
like to run for mayor, and quite a few misguided
friends are ready to encourage him. I say mis-
guided" advisedly, since nothing worse could
happen at this particular moment.
The New York stage is set for a fusion tr1-
umph over Tammany. An independent, or third
party movement, with a man like Mckee at its
head, easily might spoil this prospect. Such a
movement would draw strength from fusion, be-
cause the Tammany support has dwindled to
that hopelessly blind following which can not be
reached or persuaded.
Tammany's one hope lies in a split OF the
opposition. If only two parties go to the polls,
La Guardia will be the next mayor of New York.
This is due to several circumstances. First, the
Seabury investigation revealed an unwholesome
amount of corruption and incompetence. Sec
ond, the refusal to economic has brought New
York City to the verge of default. Third, the
special taxes which the O'Brien administration
obtained legislative permission to impose are
very unpopular. Fourth, President Roosevelt
will give Tammany no help.
IT is fair to say that high taxes probably have
i done more to turn the average New Yorker
against Tammany than any other single factor
of discomfort, but largely because OF the story
back Of them.
Compared to other municipalities or private
business. the Tammany-controlled admlnistra-
ton of New York City has shown little DISPOSE
ton and less talent for cutting down expenses
Time and time again newspapers or volunteer
committees have pointed out how money could
be saved by abolishing useless jobs, consolidating
departments and lower excessive salaries, but to
no purpose.
The Seabury investigation seems to have i'm
pressed everybody, except the bosses and their
henchmen, who have proceeded on the old as
sumption that it would soon blow over" and
that the machine must be kept well creased, re-
gardless Of how taxpayers suffered
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:: The Message Center ::


nizing at last that the workers are
also the customers, found it neces-
sary in the interest of capital to
attempt to improve conditions for
the laboring class. This is an un-
usual step, but by no means a radi-
cal one. In fact, the ruling class
had no choice in the matter.
The fundamental idea of social
ism is that production should be
carried on for consumption purposes
only, with a complete elimination of
profits. While working towards this
end, the socialists, in the meantime,
do their utmost to relieve the Suf-
ferings of the unfortunate victims
of a cruel system.
While these humanitarian efforts
of the socialists ~outwardly appear
similar to the principle ideas of the
IRA, the motive is vastly different.
The tale of the wolf in the grand
mothers bed, and Little Red Riding
Hood is also the tale Of the MIRA
and the workers. 1t becomes more
and more evident, that the loudly
advertised aims of the NRA are
pointing in one direction, and the
actual proceedings in the opposite
one.
To Mr.. Brisbane and his follow
ers, including Governor Eli, I want
to point out that the NRA is not
socialism, and that socialism never
has been tried anywhere except in
Russia, where it seems to work fine.
To those who might reply that
communism is not socialism, I will
say, that economically it is, politi-
cally it is not.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
Proper Child Training Always Useful

time in nurseries and diet kitchens.
In the diet kitchens she is taught
to be clean. to measure accurately,
to prepare vegetables and all of the
special foods eaten by infants.
She also learns the simple points
of first aid and hygiene and the
elements of sewing for the baby.
Later each Of the trainees is given
actual practice for a period of
three weeks in the care of the baby.
One of the most eminent authori-
ties in this field, Sir TRULY King,
who is credited with having
brought infant mortality rates in
New Zealand down to the lowest
of all in the world, has this to say
about the child's first six years:
Every child is more or less
made or marred before the ordi-
nary school age Of 5 to 6 years.
These years are of far greater
formative and constructive impor-
lance than the next sixty years, not
only from the standpoint Of bodily
form, physique and freedom from
disease, but also as concerns the
mind, moral nature and whole fu-
ture habits and character of the
individual"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
THURSDAY. SEPT. %. 1898.
SCHOOLS NEAL COLLAPSE

THE next session Of congress probably will
be asked to vote something like s6O,OOO,-
600 for the relief Of the nations public schools.
When the question comes up for debate we
likely are to get a look at one Of the most
critical phases of the entire depression.
In a way, the whole usine is a sample Of
what happens when an irresistible force meets
an immovable object.
The irresistible force is the schools need
for money-a need that simply must be met.
TIL immovable object is the fact that thou
sands Of cities and counties simply haven't got
the money and can't possibly get it. In con-
sequence, the problem becomes one Of the
great number that is being tossed on the re-
ceptive lap of Uncle Sam.
Superintendent Charles A. Lee Of Missouri,
head Of a committee of education officials ap-
pointed to present the schools case to con-
gress, lists a few Of the ways in which the de-
preston has crippled the schools.
This year will see 10000 fewer teachers on
the job in America than were employed last
year-although the NRA has released at least
0 10000 boys and girls Of school age for further
study. Teachers pay has been reduced, on the
average, by 20 per cent. In some regions the
cuts are as high as go per cent.
Half of all the teachers will get less than
$500 for their years work. Some actually are
getting less than s35 a month-the day labor
wage in NRA codes. In many localities schools
Will be in session for only three or four
months. Many high schools have had to go
on a tuition basis, which means that thou
sands of youngsters won't get the education
they are entitled to.
on the other hand, there is not a city nor
q county in America that is not pressed for
money. Tax revenues have fallen of, both
because of the depression and because Of an
tiquated tax systems.
Furthermore, we are beginning to hear a
wave of propaganda in favor of still further
economy in the schools-propaganda backed,
for the most part, by wealthy individuals who
have far less reason for complaining about
school expenditures than the ordinary middle
class citizen who pays his taxes without a
whimper.
It is a critical situation. The school sys-
tenn is in the process of collapsing, and it Is
supremely important that the collapse be
averted. If no one but Uncle Sam can do 1t,
If looks very much as if he would have to dig
down in his pocket for whatever funds may be
needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BRoUN.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-I wonder
~ what's become of Senator Bo-
rah.
I spent almost a week in Wash
ington, and in that time the names
of many were mentioned with ad-
miration. indifference and complete
adherence. But Borah. who once
doomed so large in every political
discussion, seems to be completely
forgotten.
OF course, I know that the SEN
ator was i'll during the summer. but
he now is restored to health and
yet not to articulation. 1t may be
that when congress convenes as
winter rolls around this year the
voice of the gentleman from Idaho
again will be heard in the land.
Perhaps it is premature to place
him among those who have been
trampled into dust by the march Of
time. To my taste Mr.. Borah has
been for years incomparably the
best debater in either house. Henry
Mencken had a strange preoccupa-
ton with Jim Reed and insisted
that if those two statesmen v e
had clashed it would be a battle of
the Titans. Fairly small fry are
left for Borah's big-gun attack, and
even so 1 doubt that there will be
any bombardment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28

s4oo. 100000 set aside for state roads should
have been expended during the present sum-
mer season. Now much Of the construction
will have to be delayed until next spring.
The number of men put TO work has been,
in many cases, trivial compared to easily
could have been achieved. For example, only
10000 men are employed on roads and road
supplies where, at least, 100000 already might
be at work. It was said that 5000 men would be
at work at Muscle Shoals by July l. Scarcely
anyone is employed there today.
These delays, with respect to the public
works programs, have postponed the revival
of the capital goods industries upon which re-
covery actually depends. Reliable figures in
dicate an alarming decline in business of this
sort since July. Steel has dropped from 81
per cent of capacity to approximately 40 per
cent. If these industries are allowed to go
into another collapse, the NRA will never save
the capitalistic system.
Mr.. Flynn believes that one major reason
for Mr.. Roosevelt's amazing sloth in pushing
public works, is his fear Of petty scandals.
It will be we'll to remind him that a thousand
petty scandals could not react possibly so I'M
fortunately upon his administration as the one
great scandal Of failure to restore prosperity.
I know of no irst-class economist in this
country who believes we can restore prosperity
unless we spend speedily at least S., 1000, 900, 900
on public works to make available a large
reservoir of effective purchasing power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

in this occupation for many years
with a surety of a good home life
and an important influence upon
BOYS and girls of the future.
1t is pointed out that the girl that
takes such training first should be
healthy, because parents do not
want to trust their children to
delicate or unhealthy people.
The girl must be practical. She
must have not only a sentimental
love for children, but an enthusiasm
for the work balanced by steadiness
in her character and attitude.
Many of the British schools de-
mand the equivalent of our high
school education before a girl may
enter for this occupation. Some of
the schools limit themselves to the
care of children from birth to the
age of 2 years, whereas other schools
train the girls for the care Of the
children up to II years of age.
In the school that specializes in
the care of infants, the student first
learns general principles, then spends
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28

was a time when any
l. woman thought herself quite
capable of taking r of a child
and helping to real it.
Now so much has been learned
about child training, about proper
nutrition in childhood and similar
subjects associated with the devel-
opment of the child, that the care
of the child has become a distinct
profession. There are in this coun-
try, as well as abroad, so-caled
mothercraft schools and other or
CARNATIONS for training women in
this special vocation.
Once upon a time the position of
nurse or governess was considered
among the mental occupations, but
today it is recognized that the
proper training for this work is use
full regardless of the future plans
of the girl who undertakes it.
AS was pointed out recently by
Miss Liddiard, leader of this form
Of education in Great Britain, if
the girl marries after having had
this training, she becomes a COM
petent and careful mother; if she
does not marry, she may carry on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
Criticism

BY w. Wheeler.
Much has been said of the MIRA
and much has been done by the
administration to speed up en-
ployment through the NRA, but I
feel that many of our employers
in this fair city are falling short
Of their duty, both to the NRA
and the welfare of our citizens.
I am referring to the many
buildings in indianapolis and
their employees. 1 do not think
a 48-hour week has helped the
janitor or maintenance man. It
has reduced his hours very little
and in many cases they receive
less wages and no new employees
added to the pay rolls. There
are employees who risk their lives
every day in helping main
tain these buildings and who
receive no consideration whatso-
ever from their employers. They
are supposed to be under the NRA
but yet they work many long hard
hours and receive from $3.50 to
1920 a day. These men + the
window cleaners. May better days
come to these men through the
NRA.
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T AM thrilled with joy to e all
i these gay young spitires of girls,
making faces at men and at life.
Because I think that the delicate
sensibilities of the female have been
very much overestimated in the
past. AS virtues, I mean.
A bad woman may be a disgrace
to the community. but a sensitive
one is a misery and a woe. Nothing
can be said or done that is not mis-
construed by her into a personal
slight or insult. She keeps her feel
ings wrapped in cellophane and
danger signals you against handling
them roughly.
And she always gets her way. If
you really want TO meet the person
who never gives in, but who suavely,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
A Lack of Ammunition

A GOOD debater must be pos
IN sesSed of something more than
a facility for marshaling argu-
ments. He must have something to
talk about. Borah seems to have
run out of convictions. He can not
be moved to any p%yrotechnic en-
thusiaSm for some of his Owl favor
ties. A few days before Idaho'S
vote on the question of repeal the
senator vas approached by the
newspaper men and asked to eX-
press himself on prohibition. Be-
yond saying that he vas still in
favor of it William E. Borah VEN
tured nothing, and there is nc rec
ord that he made any laSt-minute
attempt to stump the state in favor
Of a lost cause.
And yet not so many years ago
he offered to die or run for PreSi-
dent for the sake of the VolStead
act. At the time it proved unneces-
Sary for him to adopt either method
Of pleasing the public, and now he
is taking the new dispensation Bit
terly but lying down.
1 never have felt that this partic-
ular progressive was a very valiant
champion of minority causes. All
too often he has left his fight in the
gymnasium. On many occasions he
has manifested the greatest eager
ness to capture an issue for his very
own and to defend it Singlehanded.
But again and again the perform
ance has been put off or has seemed
hal f-hearted. Indeed, as often as
not the Boise Bruiser will not be
found in the ring at all but repre-
sented by some preliminary battler
who has been drafted at the last
minute as a substitute.
Mr.. Borah swings a mean towel,
but he can't seem to let his right
hand punch go when he is himself
a principal. He can feint an oppo-
nent into knots, but just as the big
slam seems all set the domesticated
bull Of the pampas taps lightly with
his left and dances away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-28
Memories

BY BERTRAM DAY
1t was a place just occupied by two,
Who sat in meditation by a tree
And near a silver stream that
threaded through
The fields in ripping waves OF
melody.
No spoken word, expression through
a smile
Told everything-it was a mystic
dream,
A quiet mood, another blessed while
IN paradise, with happiness SUI
preme.
From out the silent Great Unknown
was heard
Soft loving music strange and
glorious:
But still more strange that hearts
without a word
Could truly vibrate so victorious.
Oh, memories of music and Of thee.
Dear countenance. that shone in
love for me.
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matrimony. Her voice may drip
with sweet sentiments, her tears
spout forth like a fountain and her
tongue be oiled with saccharine, but
she is more terrible than an army
with banners, more destructive than
a plague of locusts, more devouring
than a scourge. She'll wear you
down. She'll eat you alive. You will
be more completely in her power
than a fly in the clutches of a spi-
der. For deceit is her middle name,
and her heart is a well of selfish
ness.
For help, cooperation and sports
manship give me the virago any
time, somebody who is ready to go
I'd the bat with you on an issue, agd
gets things settled and done wi n.
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their rieaCS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze q chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or leSs.)
BY John A. Friend.
This is an appeal to the veteran
who, if sound, must saw himself,
and in behalf of all disabled vet
Grams who have had their pen
sionS taken from them and face a
winter of despair and hunger. I
ask you to publish this for their
benefit.
After each war, dozens of vet
eran organizations spring up, but
only two of any Importance survive
the first ten years. The Civil war
had it's G. A. r. and its Confederate
Veterans; the Spanish war, its U.
S. w v. and the V. F. W., and the
World war, the Legion and the
D. A. V.
All the abOve-named have certain
requirements for membership, but
all lead to a common cause, "the
betterment of its members in regard
to pensions, hospital treatment,
grants and bonuses"
A man who had nerve enough to
join the service in time of val to
defend his country should now have
nerve enough to join his respective
war unit and help defeat the ele-
ment who wish to destroy his birth
right. Every disabled veteran, re-
CARELESS of what war, is entitled to
a pension liberal enough to care
for him and his from a grateful
government.
Within the last year, veterans
have been deprived of their pen
sions, men totally disabled with
families, men thrown out Of hos
pitals on cots and clad only in I'M
derWear. Veterans have been lam
basted from coast to coast by men,
bers of the Economy League.
They are helpless to defend them
selves and will seek relief only
through the united action of the
veterans of all wars and their re-
spective units. These war organ
izations need members and finance.
Every ex-service man is needed on
the rolls, and all must fight for the
repeal of the infamous economy act.
AS a member of the v. F. W.,
American Legion, D. A. ", and First
Division Society, I appeal to you
one and all, join up tomorrow in
some active veteran organization
and help remove the stain placed
upon our flag by u%ngrateful and dis