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The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
Government by Amateurs
An Editorial

We do not believe that the legion seeks to do
so, but Governor McNutt hurts himself and
that fine organization by conduct which per-
mits this impression to get abroad.
These, we think. are the outstanding la
bilities in any appraisal Of the present state
administration. Note that they are all exactly
the sort of mistakes that political amateur
might be expected to make. They are blunders
which may prove to be serious, but which do
not demonstrate dishonorable intent. Poor
judgment and not poor ethics caused them.
Consider the assets in this appraisal
l. A complete absence for ten months of
ministratons. There have been runors of
graft Dut we have been unable to find the
slightest proof
2. Reorganization of the state government
Formerly the mechanics of government were
cumbersome and expensive with many dupli-
cations of function. Now its structure is
workable.
8. The return Of the public service commits
sion to the people. For years Indiana has been
under the heel of the power trust because of
an unWholesone alliance between the utilities
and the politicians That situation has been
changed and if you don't believe it has, ask
any utility man. The state now has a chance
for reasonable rates and more industries
4. An honest and vigorous campaign to
eliminate stream pollution, which has grown to
such proportions that most of the waters of
the state are open sewers.
5. A liberal policy regarding labor The
working man should not forget how for years,
he was bedeviled with injunction and hustled
about by police
6. A saving to the taxpayers in the first
nine months of 1888 of $9, ,427 321.89 and a re-
turn to local taxing units during the same
period of 100000 more than last year
These are real assets. They bespeak a sound
constructive point of view, They will pay dvi-
dends not only to present but to future gener-
ations.
Take a sharp pencil, forget political clap
trap and balance the McNutt books. Does the
result show that the present administration is
a solvent, going concern? We believe it does.
We think, however, that it can only continue
to succeed if the Governor and his associates
jealousy guard their amateur standing as
politicians.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
THE MONTEVIDEO CONFERENCE

CECRETARY OF STATE HULL and tho
American delegation leaving today for the
Montevideo Pan-Anerican conference probably
VIII have very little, if any, smooth sailing
World conditions. which contributed to the
failure OF the London economic conference last
spring also may help to wreck this one.
Under the circumstances it would have
been better to postpone the Montevideo con-
terence second time. But this is easier said
than done, when so many nations are involved
ana while face-saving considerations impress
some governments as important.
The President, however is irving TO escane
some OF the rocks on which the London con-
ference piled up. At that meeting it was
known in advance that no agreement was
possible on tariff and monetary questions. but
1t was hoped that a harmless though impress
slve formula might be worked out which would
satisfy public opinion and disguise the funda-
mental disputes.
instead, the conference cracked-up in
very harmful manner with all of the powers
including our government, jointly responsible
for making bad international situation worse.
Now the same tariff and currency stabiliza-
ton issues which caused the trouble at Lon
don are also on the Montevideo program. But,
having learned from the London experience.
the President is endeavoring to eliminate these
questions from the agenda-which doubtless is
the next best thing to postponing the con-
ference altogether. AS the President ex-
plains it:
Internal economics in nearly every country
concerned have made necessary certain tenn
porary policies regarding a number of i'm
portant phases of economic and trade con-
ditions which obviously will render impractical
BILE at this time useful conclusions as to some
items on the old agenda"
He lists specifically such matters as cur
rency stabilization, uniform import prohibi
tions, permanent customs duties and the like"
This newspaper agrees with the large num-
Der of persons here and in other countries who
believe that international monetary stabilza-
ton and tariff reduction are essential to world
recovery. But it would be absurd to attempt
such Stabilization until the United States and
Great Britain, the two chief nations. have
reached the points in their internal economy
where joint action is possible Therefore it is
both honest and expedent to postpone the
monetary and tariff questions at Montevideo.
In addition to the communications problem,
the most important issues remaining for the
Pan American conference will relate to- peace
and intervention. The United States will be
embarrassed seriously by its non-recognition
policy in Cuba, the unrest in Puerto Rico, and
the protest against our dictatorship in Haiti
Perhaps during the three weeks before the
opening of the conference the United States
government can remove these barriers to Pan
American cooperation and peace.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
IN THE PUBLIC CAUSE

MADAME ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-
4VA HEINK fell i'll in San Diego the other
day, and the news story which told about it
added that "she was near exhaustion from
work in the NRA campaign.
And you might know somehow, that if this
gallant old lady suffered from overwork it
would be because she had been exerting herself
in a public cause That's the kind Of person
Nine. Schumann- Heink is
Americans still can remember how she
threw herself into war work. Up and down
the land she went using her magnificent voice
and her marvellous personality TO weld public
sentiment into loyal unit.
This year she has been doing the same sort
of thing-giving of herself, without stint at
the call of her country
That she may have the speediest sort of
recovery will be the hope of every American.
This land holds few finer or more lovabIe
characters th~- rr--o ~-A.------,v-rIoink S.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
A MISCONCEPTION

MTHEN Stanley Baldwin. former prime
W minister to England, declared the other
day that the American Constitution has
broken down and that Americans today are
practically under a dictatorship" he ex-
pressed a misconception which his distance
from the scene of action makes quite under
standabe.
What is much less easy to understand is
the fact that there are some people on this
side of the water who share in that miscon-
ception.
In part, this miSconceptiOn represents
genuine bewilderment over the puzzling things
that have happened since last March. In
part, also, it stands for one of those syn
thetic dead cats which General Hugh S.
Johnson has been talking about. Either way,
it deserves a little straight talk.
If we have a dictatorship today, it only
can be said that it is by all odds one of the
queerest and most unrecognizable of dictator
ships ever erected anywhere
Every single thing that is being done today
is being done as a result of the vote of the
peolpe of America, either directly or through
their representatives
The President was put into office by pop
ular vote. The powers he exercises were given
him by vote of congress. The whole frame
work of emergency legislation which we call
the recovery program came through congress.
And that is only half OF it. A new congress
takes office in January. 1t can if it chooses,
repeal every paragraph of this legislation.
If it diaspproves of what the executive has
been doing, it can render him impotent.
1t has the power to throw him out of Office
If he steps over the boundary of the execu-
tive's proper sphere.
On top of that, it is an obvious fact that
success of the new deal depends first. last and
all the time on popular support. The minute
the public at large disapproves of it, the cards
go back into the deck.
program which appeals for the volun-
tary cooperation of millions of people is not
the sort of thing a dictator can shove down
a country's throat.
Why is all this worth saying since it is so
obvious? Because we are beginning to hear
frequently of late and because most of it is
a cloak of selfish opposition, which prefers not
to appear in its proper guise.
This is not to say that no one can oppose
the recovery program. 1t simply means that
any such opposition must rest on the right
foundation.
There are plenty of reasons for criticising
the Administrators acts-but this dictator
ship business is not one of them.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
M. Tracy Says:

DRESENTATION of the Swope plan at this
l. time is of little significance except as it
reveals the ultimate choice which NRA will
compel the American people to make if con-
tinued long enough.
Nationwide organization of industry, such
as is visualized under present plans, preSumes
virtually absolute control by one of three agen-
cleS-labor, employers, or the government.
Control of industry by employers through
nationwide association, or even a group of af-
filiated associations, would force a similar set
up on the part of labor. In the same way.
control of industry by labor through anything
like nationwide association would force in
duStry to organize.
1t requires no straining of the imagination to
realize that such condition would develop a
cleavage between employers and employees such
as we have never known in this country and
such as our entire system of government was
designed to avoid. 1t would divide the people
into two great camps, with an inevitable Strug-
gle for mastery, and with farmers holding the
balance of power.
THE only alternative to this state of affairs
would be government control, and it is very
doubtful if government control providing it
went far enough to be effective, would be one
whit less repugnant to American tradition.
Obviously, we have reached a point where
definite decision would be made as to whether
or preliminary step to permanent changes in
our form Of government and social order
In this connection, it is only fair to assume
that NFeA contains certain factors of reform
which might well be made permanent and
which could easily be adapted to our traditional
business and political methods but it can not
be made permanent as a whole without leading
us into virtual revolution, without destroying
that liberty of action and independence of
thought which have played a major part in our
national life thus far
THE case of Henry Ford furnishes a vivid
illustration of how those in authority un-
der such system as NRA can deduce the right
to exercise powers and privileges.
I hold no brief for Henry Ford or the atti-
tude which he adopted, but I do hold a very
strong opinion that the constitutional provision
which protects him and every other citizen from
being injured by public authority except by due
process Of law can not be set aside without en-
dangering our whole system Of government
If Mr.. Ford had violated any law and the
government knew it, he should have been prose-
cuted If he had not violated any law neither
the government nor any official in the govern
ment should have threatened him with a boy
colt.
Our forefathers feared too much government
tai authority for that very reason.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
SATURDAY. NOV. Il. 1888.
TAX STRIP MINING
"a sCRIPPs-HowARD NEWsPkPER)

INDIANA is sustaining heavy losses in tax
i revenue because Of strip mining. The gi-
gantic steam shovels Of such miners are eat
ing away huge sums which should be applied
either for public Improvements or for the re-
duction Of the general tax burden.
The situation is peculiar If a man builds
factory and then expands it for greater
profit certain proportion of that profit re-
verts to the state. His tax assessments in
crease because he has improved his plant.
Precisely the reverse is true Of the strip
miner. The bigger his steam shovels the
greater his production and the more his profit
but the nature Of his operation reduces tax
assessments upon the land which he exploits
for personal gain. After he has taken out the
shale, coal and clay the property is nothing
but mass Of spoil banks and ditches 1t
has no taxable value.
The remedy for this inequabe situation
is easy. Place an occupation tax on the strip
miner Mine companies will argue that this
would be an unwarranted interference of
government in private business. They will
contend that they are being deprived of prop
erty without due process of law
Such arguments are without force. Long
ago the United States supreme court decided,
in the Oliver Mining Company VS. Lord case,
that state might levy an occupation tax
upon the mining Of iron ore equal to per
cent of the value of the ore produced during
the previous year.
None can question the right of Indiana to
make special regulations and levy special
taxes whenever the natural resources of the
state are concerned
Bound reasoning does not permit what is in
effect a subsidy to strip mining. The public
interest should forbid the wanton destruction
of tax values by any industry unless that in
dustry makes a commensurate return for the
damage it does to the taxpayers as whole
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11

treated like any other needy person,
he is approaching a point where he
is in danger of doing grave in
justice to the combat soldier.
The Presidents is not the final
word-it can not be. There are
many destitute and hungry who
went to the war in good health and
returned to broken lives, though
they bear no physical evidence of
cruel and devastating wounds.
1t is a plain fact that the man
who served his country in actual
conflict abroad is entitled to consid-
Grafton above the man who did not.
They are not equals in what the
nation owes them and no policy,
political or otherwise, can make
them so.
The combat soldier or trench
rat" seems now to be the forgotten
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
It Seems
to Me
by HEYwooD BROUN=

NEW YORK, Nov. livery
IN sincere wet owes a debt Of
gratitude to North Carolina
OF course it was a hopeless fight.
but down in that country lost
causes always have been honored
and eSpoused. North Carolina
there she stands Strutting her
slogan in the face Of the avalanche
Millions for moonShine but not
one cent for tribute"
Unfortunately, il can not be said
this time that the boys were away,
but I think that all the boon COM
panionS must have taken leave Of
their senses when they allowed the
reformers TO jam this repeal down
our throatS The only hope is that
it never may be enforced
On the night when prohibition
died I observed a number of roister-
ers glorying in the folly of Ohio
and Pennsylvania and tossing of
toaStS to Good old Utah!"
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

illary gand, located under the jaw;
and the third is the sublingual
gland placed under the tongue.
From each of these glands, tiny
tubes pass into the mouth carry
ing the saliva.
Saliva is an odorless, opalescent
fluid which contains a very small
amount Of salts and some engines
useful in digestion. Mucin, which
is in saliva, gives it a ropy character
and has the advantages Of being a
protective coating for tissues Of the
gaStrointeStinal tract
The most important constituent
Of saliva is a ferment which has
the power Of digesting starcheS and
changing them into sugars.
The amount of saliva varies at
different times. You know how
your mouth waters when you smell
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
Saliva Retention Is important

OUTSIDE the fact that it is a
" dangerous disease spreader,
splitting on floors, on streets, or in
other public places wastes a very
useful secretion of the human
body.
Therefore, for your own healths
sake, don't spit. Don't lick postage
stamps if there is any other way
of moistening them. And don't
moisten your thumb to turn the
leaves of pages or to count paper
money.
Saliva, which is spit, or sputum,
as the doctors call it, really is one
of the most important gland prod
ucts in your body. Your digestion
depends, to great extent, on the
free flow of this substance.
The fluid is secreted by glands
in the tissues around the mouth.
There are three salivary glands on
each side.
One is known as the parotid
gland, which lies just in front Of
the ear; another is the submax-
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11

taste, or see appetizing food. Your
mouth also becomes dry when you
are frightened greatly, when you are
overheated or under the influence of
various emotional changes.
The parched throat associated
with embarrassment or anxiety is
explained by the fact that the
effects of these emotions on the
nerves stop the flow of saliva.
In addition to its value in diges-
ting starchy foods, saliva helps di-
gestion in other ways. By moisten-
ing food, it reduces it to a softness
which permits it to be swallowed
Moreover, the mucin present in the
saliva helps to lubricate the pas
sages down which the food must
pass.
Dry foods are not particularly
appetizing to the taste and. there
fore, food properly moistened
reaches the nerves of taste and
helps in this way to create appe-
tite.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
A Prayer
BY FRANCESCA

BY FRANCESCA
God, make me beautiful, so when
his eyes
Behold my face, they will not
turn aside,
But seek my own, and find therein
my soul,
And knowing it, he may be salts
fed.
The petulance that mars a smile,
l pray that Thou wouldst please
erase
And leave with me, for just awhile,
A loving kindness in its place.
I do not ask of Thee a wound'rous
beauty,
To make hearts slaves. or king
doms fall or rise
But only this, Dear God, I pray you,
Make me beautiful. at least in
his dear eyeS
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
Progress Blocked
By a Times Subscriber.

By a Times Subscriber.
Is it any wonder there is SO
much crime going on when We are
in the midst Of it? Is it less Grim
inal for the bandits of today to
enter banks and kidnap persons
than it is for these different or
carnations to steal by not pay
ing taxes, putting it on the home
owners shoulders, causing them
to lose their homes or depriving
them of what rightfully belongs
to them in order to meet these
taxes, while these colleges, club
houses, lodge buildings, hotels and
churches which are able to pay
taxes go free? You have to be
we'll fixed to enter college and the
majority Of these other places.
1t is no wonder things are as
they are today while such robbery
as this is going on. All the NRA
signs in the world can not bene-
fit until we get some NRA in the
hearts of these people. Until then
we can not progress.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11

BY FairpIay.
1 work for my stew with the broom and
And spray all the beds Just to pay for
Sometimes I'm a native, sometimes I'm
wOp
Who finds here refuge secure from the
cop.
Here at this place, I am not a
favored one" I am not a member
of the staff" and have no desire
to be. The ofttimes, onerous duties
of these gentlemen require of their
services more hours each day than
I care to give for the difference in
rations, which is negligible. An ex-
convict, released from Indiana state
prison to face an economic situa-
ton more disheartening than the
penal servitude which left. 1 have
no special love for the bosses" I
have no special interest in further
ing the puny and asinine efforts of
society in establishing the charitable
institutions which 1 despiSe.
I do, however, possess and always
shall hold sense of honor, justice
and fairness. Prejudiced and un-
reliable reports to the contrary not
withstanding. am by contact COM
PEELED to the private conclusion and
impelled to the open confession that
these splendid qualities are here
predominant in both management
and staff
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
A Woman's Viewpoint ::

excellence, and he'd probably be the
sort who would throw the radio at
his grandmoUher's head anyway
You can't do anything for such
people.
Another encouraging item in the
usefulness of these programs tends
to eliminate all alarms about a sur
plus of leisure. The stodgy old pro-
fessors, you know, have been warn
ing us about that, but it's obvious
that none Of them keep radios.
No one in this great broad land
need to be bored or idle for a sin
gle minute this winter. Enter a
radio contest. There are at least
$500 going on, all Of which you
can get into by the simple method
Of buying something. The way the
cash prizes are flung around we've
got money to burn.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11

TINE radio as a source of cheer
l. during depressions seems to
have been underestimated If what
we need is more morale, more op-
timism, more faith in our own eX-
cellence, then it may be truthfully
said that the radio is a great help
in the recovery program. 1t brings
us gobs of sweetness and light and
happy laughter.
The announcers are so poppy and
their wares are just too wonderful,
while the lifting voices Of the ladies
who urge us TO try ABC face pow
der, cake flour or cleaning fluid.
drip with good will toward every
body. The most mundane objects
take on a aura of spirituality that
is bound to be helpful Canned
beans are not just canned beans,
they are celestial ambrosia, while
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

aspirin is presented to us in the
aspect of a chocolate bonbon. One
almost longs for headache.
=
THE ether resounds with the
Il voices of those who are anx-
icus to tell us some kind Of glad
tidings. And the examples Of CO.
operation and kindness they set us
are indeed splendid The unseen
audiences are invariably generous
with their applause for the artists.
Jokes that leave the hOmebody as
grouchy as ever, tickle them pink.
The simplest pun sends them of
into screams of laughter and foot
stampings.
Only a confirmed old meanie could
fail to perk up little at all these
evidences Of love and kindness and
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
Que S tiOns and
Answers

= = II = W = Z y
Q-Can the Governor of Penn
sylvania serve two successive terms?
A-No.
Off an alien has his first
citizenship papers but fails to OBJ
tain his final certificate is he still
a citizen of his native country?
Ayes.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
Deaths Hand dt Feast
T SAT alone and listleSSly ordere

T SAT alone and listleSSly ordered
l. a rickey merely to conform with
the customs of the country. In
side I seethed with resentment.
These needless folk were dancing on
the grave Of one of Americas most
precious libertieS-the liberty to be
illegal. I deny and resent the right
of some Mormon on top of far
away mountain to tell me when and
where and just how shall do my
drinking. Good old Utah!" indeed
The regulations which are to be
adopted with the coming Of legality
are not definite as yet, but every
body from jim Farley up seems to
agree that the saloon, which we
have enjoyed for the last fifteen
years, must go.
What do they mean by the word
'saloon'?" I asked young man who
has done a great deal Of research
into the probable effects of repeal.
1T will mean" he said, "the abo-
lition of the bar Regulations will
undoubtedly provide that you must
sit down in order to drink hard
liquor. It is also possible that in
purchasing a drink you must order
some sort of minimum meal. There
will be, I assume, an opportunity
during a short period in each day to
purchase bottled goods at some sort
of dispensary, but drinking on the
premises will be forbidden. You
must take your bottle home. Nat
urally, liquor will be scarce and eX-
pensive. During prohibition all the
good rye and bourbon have been
consumed. The tariff on cham
payne and all foreign wines will be
practically prohibitive. Very little
will be allowed to come into the
country"
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-11
Daily Thought

Ye are the children of the Lord
your God; ye shall not cut your
selves, nor make any badness be-
tween your eyes for the dead
Deuteronomy, 14:1.
EXCESS of grief for the deceased
IL is madness; for it is an injury
to the living, and the dead know it