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Union it is not found beside an abundance
of wheat and corn. person willing to do
useful work will be able to secure food if there
is any available"
The volume concludes with a forceful and
logical chapter urging the immediate recog-
milton of Russia.
One Of the most common of the thread
bare arguments against the Russian expert
ment is that it is contrary to human nature.
This archaic thesis is obliterated by Profess
sor Harry F. Ward in his penetrating book.
In Place Of Profit: Social Incentives in the
Soviet Union"
Professor Ward, for some fourteen years a
close student Of Russian conditions. went to
Russia TO live for year to discover what new
drives the Russians have introduced to take
the place OF the old profit potives He finds
that the basic effort of the Russians is to ar
rive at a practical solution of the alleged con-
f1ict between the interests of the individual
and the group.
Ihey seek to do this through a compre-
hensive improvement of the material and
cultural conditions of the workers 1.-The dom
mating fact is that self seeking must take on
some aspect of social serving to get anywhere"
Professor Ward ruthlesSly snlashes "a num-
Der of basic American illusions in regard to
Russia. Far from subscribing to the notion
that every man is entitled TO an identical So
cial reward, the Bolsheviks actually denounce
and combat equilatarianism They recognize
that skilled labor and scientific achievement
are needed greatly and can be provided only
by special reward to persistent effort and high
ability
Further, every commune, factory, village
and consumers organization completes with
every other in the effort to produce more strik-'
ing results in the way of realizing the social
ideals of the Bolsheviks
Ella Winter MRS. Lincoln Steffens), in the
best book of its sort in the English language,
Red Virtue: Human Relationships in the
New Russia" points out with equal thorough
ness and vividness the way in which Russia
has altered human nature with respect to
various types of social adjustments.
Frank sex education and freedom of di-
vorce practically have eliminated prostitution,
lowered the divorce rate and solved sex prob
lens in a more rational and satisfactory
fashion than in any other great state in hui
man history, she says.
The pena, system, based upon reformation
rather than punishment, is unique in the
modern world. Sums and congested dwelling
districts are being wiped out. In spite of the
strain and stresses and the rapid changes,
there is less mental disease in Russia than in
the United States per capita.
Such is Russia in the year 1888. To with
hold recognition is sheer folly. If we wish to
combat it, the proper procedure clearly is to
surpass it's achievements
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BOYS AT WORK

THE remarkable effect of employment and
open-air life upon boys is being revealed
in the preliminary training of the Presidents
new reforestation army.
The report from Fort Slocum, at New
Rochelle, N. Y, says that 1,79O recruits there
have shown marked increase in weight, color,
and morale within a week
1t would be hard to say how much of this
improvement in health and spirit is due to
regular hours good grub, and out-of door exer-
else and how much to removal of the ogre of
insecurity The latter must have a great effect
Through these 100000 boys and men who
are put at conservation work the country is
certain to receive marked stimulation toward
recovery. Happiness is infectious
From the work camps some of this elation
will sift back home and tighten hearts there
1t will leaven little the whole loaf of Amer
lean depression and encourage success in the
Presidents new move to get industry going
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SWEET ADELINE

DEER comes back and reporter finds the
IL man who wrote Sweet Adeline"
You get the impression that such songs as
this wrote themselves, grew up like folk fables,
that no man could have concocted such uni
versaly owned thing.
Ask any man or college student who over
glasses of beer chimes out in the strains of this
old tune who the author is and he would blink
as much in establishment that the piece should
be associated with an author as in lack of
knowledge as to who that author is, or was.
The author of Sweet Adeline," as the re-
porter reveals to us, was Richard Gerard. But
Richard Gerard is Richard Gerard Husch spe-
cial clerk in the New York city general post
Office, happy father of five children.
He still sings with gusto and longs for
Broadway. But six mouths are six mouths
when feeding time comes-and You know how
much big-heartedness there is on Broadway"
Sweet Adeline . for you pine . >"
That beverage over which some of the tallest
pining was done, itself pinned for, is back
Hearken now TO those vibrant strains, not so
vibrant in the last thirteen years.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

members of his family as well as his lesser
goods and chattels.
Now We have got past that, and because two
oewildered immigrants in small town hadn't
become adjusted to the new viewpoint. the
states attempt to save their daughters life
seemed to them cruel, high-handed, and deeply
unjust.
And for those Of us who are sitting on the
sidelines, there is an interesting parallel to be
drawn
What else was this stubborn, heart break
ingy, confused attitude on the part of the
John Vasko family than last fare-up of the
rugged indvidualsm of the old days?
There was time when it was none of the
states business how a man chose to rear his
children. 1t is only recently that the higher
duty and responsibility of the state has been
recognized.
This poor immigrant shocks u.s. today; our
grandfatherS would have called him hero.
And we are beginning to see, now, that this
tension Of societys responsibility spreads into
many fields. Not only has society the obligation
to step inside the family circle on occasion;
it must interfere in many other matters with
which it never before concerned itself.
In sheer self protection, it must interfere
with mans private business It is getting
ready, now, to regulate the amount of food
Stufts man may raise, if he be a farmer;
to say how many hours his employees may
work, and what pay they shall get, if he be
manufacturer; to say what he may do with his
money, if he be flnancier.
1t has to do these things, and many more
like them, because the old individualistic sys-
tenn does not work any longer
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MUSCLE SHOALS YARDSTICK

VOTES are nearing in both houses of con-
gress on the administrations Muscle
Shoals bill.
Prosperity for the Tennessee valley will
not, as some apparently expect result the
minute that President Roosevelt signs the
shoals bill. This is a longtime program of
immense scope, involving economic planning
in the entire river basin.
It's provisions for identification, at cheap
rates, of the farms of the valley; for cheap
power for states, counties and municipalities;
for experimenting in the manufacture of plant
foods, have deep significance.
It's reforestation plan will take time, as
will the carrying out of its provisions for i'm
proving navigability of the stream.
But before long, with the government
operating the Muscle Shoals hydro-electric
power plants, and those at Cove Greek, We
will have for the first time a chance to
some private companies that are based on in
fiated valuations immense and unnecessary
bond and stock issues.
Within the last few days. power company
officials, while giving every evidence of being
convinced that the Muscle Shoals bill finally
will be enacted, have been conjuring up the
same old bogies to brighten the house mill
tary affairs committee against government
operation
These phantoms were laid successfully we
think, by the testimony before that same COM
mittee of Senator Bone Dem, Wash), whose
recent years have been devoted to fighting
the power interests of the west.
The administration expected its titanic
plan to bring some opposition; congress might
as we'll expect the same
But neither should be in the least deferred
in enacting the shoals bill.
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noble or even truly kind to keep
ones dog in an adoring mood.
THUS, all these eloquent tributes.
Il these beautiful outbursts upon
the fidelity of the mastiff to his
master, have their source in the
same urges that cause a man to
cry into his beer-self- intoxication
and self-pity. They are forms of
emotional indulgence that permit
men and women to feel noble.
How wonderful I am" speaks the
inner consciousness to itself. land
nobody appreciates me except Fido.
Nobody understands, nobody loves
me. Boo-hool Excellent. indeed
is this animal that recognizes my
true worth
1t seems to me that certain maw-
kish and often maudlin dog lovers
miss entirely the significance Of the
beautiful relationship between man
and beast.
For when man has made himself
entirely worthy of his dogs adora-
ton, he also will have gained the
love of his human fellows, who often
are as capable as any dog of re-
spending gratefully to kind treat
ment and affection.
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PAINLESS EXECUTION

TINE death recently of Dr. Alphonso Rock
l. well passed almost unnoticed But this
man. a distinguished physician and scientist
put his mark on his generation in a way as
striking and as bizarre as that of old Dr. Gull
lotin of France la1r it was Dr. Rockwell who
invented the electric chair.
Oddly enough, DR.. Rockwell himself was not
In favor of capital punishment. But the cleo
trio chair was devised as a reform.
A more humane method of taking life than
the gallows was sought, and Dr. Rockwell-in
collaboration with two other physicians and
Thomas A. Edison-was given the thankless
job of finding one
The electric chair was the result. 1t claimed
its first victim in 1890 Since then it just about
has become the standard instrument of eXecu-
ton in the United States.
And Dr. Rockwell, who diSapproved of the
law which his invention served, must have
been glad that the public was not generally
aware of what he had done.
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10. 1898.
GOOD SOLDIERS

THE annual war over the army budget is
- on again. Since the days of Harding
every President has charged up the hill
against excessive army appropriations, only
to back down in the face OF a barrage of
army propaganda and political pressure.
In the Coolidge administration the Presi-
dent was provoked into public warning that
the military was trying to usurp the civil au-
thority of government, President Hoover did
not get very far with his economy plans.
Now President Roosevelt and Budget Di-
rector Douglas actually are going to cut
$1440OOOOO from the $685. 900 war depart
ment budget-a reduction of about $4,000 600
from nonmilitary, some of which will be re-
placed in the public works budget, and 500
100000 from military expenses.
And again the same old cry goes up that
the administration is destroying the army
This cry can not be taken seriously The
wartime records of President Roosevelt and
Director Douglas are too we'll known for the
public to believe that these men are trying
TO wreck national defense.
Moreover, army waste and extravaganza
no longer are a secret. In the name of eff
fciency, if nothing else, much of the dead
wood should be eliminated This is common
knowledge among officers, though few have
the courage to say so publicly. Major Cen
eral johnson Hagood with bravery and ac-
curacy has stated the case He says:
I'VE can GET better organization for less
-. We have too many bureaus already and
we could spare six or eight of them with adj
vantage to the national defense and to the
Joy of the taxpayer. &. l have twice as many
staff officers, clerks and orderlies as I need
but I can not get rid of them under the
existing setup"
Now that the civilian branches of govern
ment have been reduced so draStically, the
military men should be good soldiers enough
to take their fair share of economy without
whimperng AS they know, in the federal
pay roll reductions for the period 1924
the total military cut only per cent,
compared with 10 per cent decrease in the
total civilian pay roll
While the civilian personnel was reduced
for that period II per cent, the military per-
sonnet was cut only O4 per cent.
Considering that much of the proposed
reduction proportionately will come out of the
national guard, citizens military training
camps. and reserve officers training corps, the
regular army should be the last to protest.
It's commander chief President RooSe-
welt, is making the cuts regardless OF protests,
and the public is back OF the President. Not
only a less expensive, but more efficient,
army is likely to result.
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|M.E.TracySays:

T Unless all signs fall this country is on the
~ verge OF decentralizng movement, made
possible not only by the invention and discovery
of certain mechanical devices, but by the normal
reaction OF people weary of dancing to an old
tune.
We have had a glorious time building sky
scrapers and crowding into cities but how can
we make effective of the auto, radio air
| plane, and other contraptions which enable the
individual to travel about or sequester himself
without losing touch with the world, if We con-
tinue to do so?
Besides the prospect of getting out of doors
has peculiar charm after our extended whirl
with the STIFFNESS and discomfort of congestion.
Architects probably are right in assuming
| that the skyscraper craze is over and that new
style of construction is just around the corner
a style which will leave more elbow room on the
one hand, and serve the needs of increased
| leisure on the other,
Science virtually has destroyed the compelling
reasons for janlming factories, office buildings,
and apartments into the smallest possible space.
1t no longer is necessary for workers to live
within walking distance of the MILL or for heads
of firms to be so close together that they can
drop in for chat.
WHAT real purpose does the telephone
| w serve il we make use of it to talk across
the hall Or across the street? Of what advan-
tage is the radio if we still must dwell within
1
the benefit of autos if we employ them to fol-
low Old Dobbin's beat?
We have been freed Of many limitations, and
it is incredible to suppose that we shall ignore
it. Isolation has ceased to be the dread conse-
quence of living apart that it once was.
The young man who goes thousand miles
away from home today is not compelled to bid
his parents or the world he knows good-by. He
can occupy cabin on some western mountain
side and still get the report of prize fight as
it proceeds in Madison Square Garden.
To the same extent that machinery has re-
duced the hours of essential work, it has in
creased the possibilities of leisure. The real
problem is to take proper advantage of the
| latter.
We have been playing with most of Our great
innovations thus far, but the time has arrived
realize the new freedom they promise.
| WE have done very little by way of read
w justment to the new agencies of travel
and communication. Our social and economic
life still is dominated by traditions of the rail-
| road and kerosene lamp era.
We have only vague conception of how
much better we could live if we really tried, of
what stupendous changes electricity broadcast
ing, and combustion engines make possible.
The barriers that formerly separated urban
farm rural life have been swept away Except
as one enjoys the crowd there is no longer any
| distinct gain in herding together. Suburbs can
| be extended enormously, factories can be moved
into concert hall by the mere turn of a button
and neighbors can keep in close touch with each
other, though their houses are fifty miles apart
And work you ask? Well, what about the
privilege of rebuilding a nation, of making this
country truly modern?
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:: The Message Center ::

Times readers are inUited to cypress
their viet0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or less.)
BY r. ]. A.
Since Governor Paul v. McNutt
first announced himself a candi-
date for office, he has made numer-
out promises about what he was
going to do for the people of In
diana.
Some of those promises have been
fulfilled-Some of the others may
be carried out-but there are two
things for which the Governor can
claim full credit.
He has succeeded in doubling the
luncheon expenses of the average
beer drinker and he has periled the
states chances of throwing off the
Anti-Saloon League yoke, which has
CALLED it these many years.
realize that the words average
beer drinker" may be construed by
a variety of mathematical processes,
but I think it is fair to call the
average beer drinker" one who en-
joys about three bottles of beer and
a sandwich for luncheon. Three
bottles of beer and a sandwich will
average so to rs cents. That's just
about double what the average Of
flee worker and professional man
is accustomed to spending, for they
usually eat their heaviest meal at
dinner.
Upon no grounds save those of
politics can one justify price of
20 cents for a bottle of beer. In
Louisville, one can buy shell glass
of beer for nickel Beer is cheaper
in Illinois. In fact, beer is cheaper
almost any place in the United
States than it is in Indiana If I
am wrong, I would appreciate a
correction.
The writer of this letter, long a
reader and admirer of The Times,
was present during one of the de-
bates on the present beer law in
the house of representatives and
was appalled, at the meretricious ar
guments with which the admins
tration leaders met the claims of
the draught beer bloc.
Most of the defense of the Gov
ernors beer bill came from Repre-
sentative John F. Ryan, Terre
Haute, who wet nursed" it through
the public morals committee, of
which he, was chairman.
Ryan actually had the audacity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
RUSSIAN RECOGNITION

IN his policies with respect to most aspects
l. of domestic problems and general interna-
tional relations, President Roosevelt has
moved with an amazing and gratifying
uromptness Not few have however been
disappointed by his delay in recognizing Rus
STA. Every week of delay postpones the estab-
Ishment of highly desirable commercial rela-
tions with the U. S. S. r.
There just have appeared three splendid
books on Russia, all indicating that if there
is any state which should appeal to the
apostle of new deal" it is Russia.
Professor Jerome Davis of Yale university
has been mentioned widely as the possible am
bassador of the United States to Russia in case
of recognition. He and a group of experts,
most of whom earlier had travelled widely in
Russia. visited that country to study aspects
of contemporary Russian civilization.
The results of their Investigations have
been brought together by Professor Davis in
an absorbing and authoritative volume on
"The New Russia: Between the First and
Second Five-Year Plans
Whatever we think of Russian economics,
the book pictures well-organized and dy-
namic society which has attained stability and
has achieved more remarkable results, con-
sidering the obstacles imposed, than any other
society of our day. Professor Davis points
o,1t that thus far the Russians have not even
attempted to establish Communism, but have
aimed to introduce comprehensive system
of state Socialism.
Russia now stands between the first and
second hve-year plans. The first was devoted
primarily to the rapid mechanization of in
dustry and agriculture. The second aims to
produce a classics society.
Russia may have devoted little too much
energy to mechanical development at the ex-
pense of the provision of sufficient food;
nevertheless. IF there is hunger in the Soviet
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Prepared Positions

A ND yet he isn't what you might
L n call well-integrated PERSONAL
ity. When he ventures a sock to the
jaw, he likes to be backed up by
respectable society. After all, he did
go to Russia accompanied by Lady
Aston, and he gave his American
lecture under the auspices of the
most thoroughly stuffed-shirt or
ganiZation available.
If Mr.. Shaw had been wholly free
Of unresolved complexes,. he would
have announced merely that at such
and such an hour he would mount
soap box in Union Square and talk
to whoever cared to come. Instead.
he let himself in at the back door
Of the Metropolitan Opera House.
George Bernard Shaw is a great
man. The fact that he made a.
poor speech in New York takes
nothing away from the fact that
candida" is the greatest comedy
written in our generation and that
saint Joan" and "Androcles and
Inc Lion are no slouches, either.
But if this were an easier and
more comfortable universe. he and
every living newspaper man might
nave sat together comfortably in
circle and said in unison. This is a
tough world for us authors"
Copyright. 1893. by The Tires)
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So They Say

Particularly young girls do MOI
realize that real charm is the charm
of reserve, quiet dignity, and beauty
suggested rather than inflicted. -
Maurice Chevalier, movie actor.
knowledge, to be of use. must
grow. The explorer is merely the
vanguard, the scout, in that small
army Of investigators who open new
paths for human progress.-Lincoln
Ellsworth, explorer.
There is considerable doubt as to
whether the Russian government is
attempting to overthrow other gov
ernrments. - Senator w. E. Borah,
Idaho.
The stress of economic conditions
has brought to the division many
people who never before had time
to read.-Dr. E. H. Anderson, direc-
tor of the New York public library.
There are a few bad-mannered
men who are successful, but only a
few.-NeWton D. Baker, former sec
rotary of war.
SPANS greatest contribution to
the world has been cultural.-Pre-
mier Azana of Spain.
The 80 wine will satisfy the av-
erage taste.-H. F. Mouquin, New
York wine merchant.
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was as sincere in his desire to i'm
prove the lot of Indiana as the
President is in his labors for the
nation.
The state is gagging on the politi-
cal plumS which have been showed
down the collective Indiana throat
and 20 cents a pint beer doesn't
help to wash them down.
On June 6, Indiana goes to the
polls on the important question of
retaining or rejecting that farce that
is dignified in the Constitution as
its eighteenth amendment. Indi-
ana may vote wet June 6. If it
doesn't Governor McNutt can add
the why's and wherefores and find
that his administration gross mis-
handling of beer may have played
an important part.
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EXTENDING POWER OF SOCIETY

THAT tragic dispute of Hastings, N. Y in
u which man and his wife barricaded
their doors to keep their infant daughter from
being taken to hospital for a life-saving
operation, is thing that could have happened
at no other time than the present.
few decades ago the mere notion that
any one might try to override parents wishes
about child's welfare would have seemed
uncomfortable.
The tradition of endless ages still held good
until very recently-a man could do what he
liked with his own, and his own" included