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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
MR.. MORGENTHAU'S MISTAKES

MR. MORGENTHAU, the new acting
4VA secretary of the treasury, has been in
vited to the little White House at Warm
Springs to talk with the President Pre-
sumably the President has few things to say
to him about his first few laundering days in
Office
First he tried TO gag the press But as a
result of immediate protests he was forced TO
lift the censorship, at least in part.
Second. he tried to get funny about DR..
sprague's resignation and serious charges
against the administrations monetary policies.
Instead of making dignifed and able answer
TO the Sprague attack. he contented himself
with a wisecrack to the effect that 1.-The sun
will shine and the birds will sing tomorrow.
Then in a rather snap-judgment house
cleaning of the treasury department he named
as his most important assistant. who is to take
over the fiscal policy functions of the under
secretary. a Wall Street banker whose firm has
made VIGOROUSLY bad foreign bond deals, Mr..
Earle Baile of J. and W. Seligman Company.
Now he has Cancelled the recent appoint
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
NO TIP FOR WAITER?

NTHEN Grover Whalen, New York Citys
W NRA administrator, suggested the aboli--
ton of tips for walters as the best way of
agreeing on wage scales under the restaurant
code he touched on a reform which probably
would appeal to both wage-earner and the
public.
Most walters. it seems safe to assume
would prefer to work for a regular and ade-
quate wage rather than depend on the gen.
crosby OF the people they serve. Most din
ers. undoubtedly would be glad to get away
from the need of pouring out steady stream
of dimes and quarters.
But it is little hard to see how the step
would work out. The expenses of reStau-
rateurs would be increased very materially
and prices on the menus inevitably would
60 up Are we ready for such rise. just
now?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

guard Democrats of Shelby county.
All pick and shovel men are taken
on through the trustees offices in
the various townships in Shelby
county.
The old guard Democrats in Shelby
county are q bunch of sOreheads,
and are poor sports, as they can't
lose without crying about it, weep
ing and Wailing because they can't
run things for their own benefit,
which they have done for the last
twenty-five years or better.
Some ones friend must get the
good jobs, and it might as we'll be a
friend of Mr.. Greenlee's as any
body elSe's friend, such as John Day
De PREF or Pearl Hungerford, or
Gordon Thurston. Records will show
that some member of the Thurston
family has been on the public pay
roll for years. Why not give some
other family a chance?
AS for Mr.. Arbuckle there isn't
a better, bigger hearted man in the
state of Indiana and he treats all
the men under him alike. And 1
insist that Pearl Hungerford is just
hungry for some more public money
which he does not need, take it from
me, and I am telling you.
Please publish this if you dare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
Postoffice
BY ELINOR LENNEN

BY ELINOR LENNEN
Today ignored what yesterday had
taught.
He came up boldly to that frosted
glass
AS confident of claiming what he
sought
AS that the tyranny of time would
pass.
Hope less persistent might have
learned defeat
From disappointment, but Antaeus-
limbed
He fastened back, to hear the clerk
repeat
The formula, None here, his hope
undimmed.
His life was bounded by that win
dow frame
Marked e to H" It might be
earth or heaven
Whose opening he awaited, with his
name
Rolled on his tongue, each morning
sharp at seven.
He asked so little, in his genteel
pride:
One post-marked envelope, which
life denied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

the ability and opportunity to make
their own living, which puts a new
aspect on the matter. Not very
many Of them are willing to die of
broken hearts these days. They're
too busy with interesting occupa-
tons to pine away over a man.
Sometimes they get even by 60
ing out and having escapades of
their own, which although it may
not be in strict accordance with the
code, is a deal more sensible than
crying ones eyes out over unappre-
ciative philanderers. Marriage might
be simpler if We stopped trying to
manage our husbands and did our
best with our own hard job of liv-
ing. The real difficulty is caused
by the fact that in our eagerness
TO be loved much, We never learn
how to love in return.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BRoUN=

NEW YORK. Nov. 24.-Frantic
~ arguments 60 on and charts
and graphs are presented to show
that things are better, much worse
or lust the same 1t all depends
upon the chart maker. the news
paper in which the design appears
and whether you have the blame
thing rightside up.
I read with avidity all the &C
counts of what is happening in Iowa
and in the mill towns of Massachu-
sets, but as far as first-hand testi-
mony goes all I can say is that
Broadway has already felt the touch
Of recovery.
Nothing could possibly have been
sicker than the New York stage
Just one year ago. Practically all
the playhouses had gone back to the
Indians or the savings banks. When
ever anybody saw a light in any Of
the theaters he Immediately called
The police and informed them that
mothball burglars we're on the ram
page once again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

ment Of the brilliant tax expert, Dr. Harold NJ
Groves, Of Wisconsin.
No one doubts Mr. Morgenthau's loyalty to
the President and his good intentions as
public servant But much more than that is
needed at the treasury department in these
critical days
Just because he knows little about finance
and is inexperienced in government, just be-
cause the Roosevelt policies are meeting
opposition, the acting secretary of the
treasury should watch his step.
When he hides his department behind
curtain of secrecy, he destroys some public
confidence.
When he brings in Wall Street to run his
department. he destroys some more public
confidence.
When he suddenly drives out Of Office
leading liberal specialist in tax reforms, he
destroys still more public confidence.
When he tries to belittle the sincerity and
strength Of the public protest of such persons
as DR.. Sprague he has little public confidence
left to destroy
The job of the acting secretary of the
treasury is to build public confidence. We do
not believe there is any Roosevelt policy that
needs hide in The dark and perhaps Mr.
Morgenthau will learn that with experience.
Meanwhile, he will have an opportunity to
discuss his mistakes with the President, who
is no amateur in the art of government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
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FRIDAY. NOV. a.. 1888.
HIGHER INHERITANCE TAX

ONE of the unpleasant jobs Uncle Sam will
have to take on in the near future is the
task Of finding new ways to get money
Nobody likes the idea Of higher taxes. No
body denies that mounting tax rate is bad
Tor business. Nobody, rich or poor, gets any
particular kick out Of paying his taxes.
But nobody, on the other hand can look at
the vast sums that are being spent these days
without realizing that some new sources of
revenue will be necessary in the not distant
future.
Never before, save in wartime. has the
government spent at its present rate. This
money can't be picked out of thin air
All Of which brings us up to the latest
declaration of Senator George w. Norris of
Nebraska, who urges heavy stifening Of the
inheritance tax by the next congress.
Here is an idea which cuts two ways. Not
only would it provide the government with
badly needed money; it could be made into a
weapon to promote that more equitable dis
tribution of wealth which seems to be one of
the goals of the era now beginning
III COISlueIIHB an inheritance TAX, IL would
be well to get clear picture of the exact
nature of the things it would be expected to
accomplish
Such law" remarks Senator Norris,
Should allow a liberal exempton-an ex-
emption even large enough so that the bene-
hciary might live the remainder of his life
in luxury-and then it should be increased
by progressive steps so that the residue of the
fortune would be passed back to the people
through this method of taxation, and thus be
returned to the government"
Every man who manages to lay aside a
little surplus has the right to seek to pro-
vide for his children. That should be posi-
BILE under even the stiffest sort of inheritance
tax law.
But the idea Of preserving a vast fortune
intact through generation after generation.
and preserving with it the great power that
goes with extreme wealth, handing wealth
and power down to those who have done
nothing to earn them-that is something else
again, and we properly can keep it in mind
in framing our law.
There need not be any soak the rich"
tinge to such step. Uncle Sam needs every
dime he can get; the country as a whole
needs to do something about the congealing
of great wealth in the hands of a fortunately
born few. Both goals can be reached through
sane revision of the inheritance tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

rs a woman noble, sanity crea-
- ture or just plain fool if she
forgives an unfaithful husband?"
This question from Wife of Five
Years" merits the politicians an
swer, yes and No"
Everything, you see, depends upon
the kind of husband one has, and
nobody except the wife is the fair
Judge of his character, while she
alas. always is prejudiced in his
favor.
1t pays, I think. to try and forgive
as often as possible if a man is
worth worrying about If not, and
you can realize the truth, bid him
an everlasting adieu.
I suppose the whole question re-
ally hangs upon how much you love
him. If your wifely alteration is a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

TINE devils grip" is an unusual
Il infectious condition known to
medicine for more than fifty years,
in which the patient is seized sud-
denly with an excruciating pain in
the side, the back, or anywhere in
the area of the chest wall.
Records do not show any fatal
cases of the disease to which this
name is given. The exact cause of
this condition is unknown, as is the
method of its spread. The doctors
call the seizure epidemic pleuro-
dynia."
When the pain is affecting the
victim, he finds it difficult to
breathe and there may be a slight
fever.
The pain lasts from four to
twenty-four hours and may appear
occasionally during the next one or
two days. Thus the condition does
not appear to be a serious one, al
though while it lasts, it is disturbing.
The first epidemic in this country
was described in Virginia in 1889,
but the condition had been de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
More WdIkdthOn

By Times Reader.
I think it's terrible the way this
town complains about things. It's
not that the Walkaton is injur-
ing any contestant. It's just cut
ting down show business. And DO
you think it is fair bargaining TO
issue an ordinance such as you
have? I'm a fan. 1 can take my
two babies, go to the Walkaton
for 15c or Csc and enjoy myself
to the utmost for as long as 1
care to stay. If I go to a show,
which 1 seldom do, have to hire
some one to keep my babies and
pay more admission price. Don't
the citizens have anything to say
about what comes to this city?
When 1 was visiting relatives in
another city, my folks showed us
a very enjoyable time by taking
us to beer gardens. In most places
admission was free or very
small cost and you paid for beer
and danced free. q do not drink
beer, but the rest of the party
did, When a place like that
opens here, they try to run 1t
out of town.
Why don't the officials look
after criminals and let entertain
ment alone?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association and Of HyEeia,
the Health Magazine.

scribed previously in Scandinavian
countries. The epidemics thus far
reported in the United States have
been again in Virginia in 1923, in
New York during the same year,
and in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey in 1924.
So far as is known, the epidenics
have been confined to these areas.
Probably the disease passes from
one person to another, although
there is some evidence that the con-
dition may be passed from one per-
son to another by an insect.
Accompanying the pains that
have been described, there may be
signs of mild infection, headache,
chills, loss of appetite, and similar
symptoms, but the pain of this con-
dition and its localization are so out
standing that it attracts more at
tention than all the other symp-
toms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
:: The Message Center ::


BY A Reader.
Some time ago a suggestion was
made by certain members of the
400" who live in the east, that ad-
ministration of the NRA was fail
ing. These eminent gentlemen pro-
pose that the solution of the prob
lem should take the form of a gov
erning board composed of great
leaders in business. They argued
that big business must admit de-
feat, and set it's own house in or
der by administration of a policy
or plan embodying all the good
features of the NRA modified in
such a way that their toes would
not be stepped on so frequently.
Now that is the best idea that has
come forward yet in favor of the I'LL
innate success of governmental
control of the economic life of the
country.
Soon after such an administration
was established the more radical
element of the country would have
every man and his brother imbued
with the idea that big business"
again owned the country, and that
the reign of the industrial feudal
overlords had at last succeeded.
The reaction to the administra-
ton of such a policy might we'll be
the fastening of the day when COM
plete specialization of the nations
business would be a fact Such a
policy might be accepted in the old
world, where governmental pater-
nalism takes the worries away from
the peoples minds and they have
been educated to accept it. To my
way of thinking, the only way such
an idea can be put over safely in
this country is for the government
to do it, for the average man feels
that he at least is part and parcel
of the government. He would re-
sent even a SOcialiStic order admin
istered by the 400 outside of the
United States administration.
To give the administration of the
NRA over to such a group of in
dustrialists simply would be giving
the calf more rope. The calf,
usually hangs itself I say, let the
big shots have it for while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
THE FEDERAL EXAMPLE

ID ECENTLY, President Roosevelt, hearing of
~ new evidence, phoned the District of Co.
lumbia jail and halted an execution within five
minutes of the time a Negro murderer was to
have been sent to the chair. The incident
brought out what his intimates long have
known, that the President is strongly opposed
to capital punishment.
The federal government has led the way
toward sane penology in building model
prisons and treating prisoners scientifically. 1t
should lead the states in the abolition of legal
killing Eight states find they can get along
without hanging casing or electrocuting their
murderers. Other states would follow if the
federal government demolished it's electric
chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
M. E.Tracy Says:

T IKE hundreds of other people, Professor
- Alan w Blair of the University of Alabama
wondered whether the bite of the BLACK widow
spider was poisonous Unlike them, however he
decided to find out in the only sure way That
was to let one bite him.
After two days in the hospital, where he SUI
fered intense pain and where his blood pressure
became dangerously low, he is ready to give
f1rSt-hand information on the subject
Outside of the courage shown by DR.. Blair,
his experiment contained several valuable les
sons. He began by trying the spiders bite on
dogs, cats, guinea pigs and mice, but with results
so varied as to prove little. The dogs and cats
were not affected. The guinea pigs were made
sick The mice died. That suggests the diff
Guilty of discovering the effect of drug or a
poison on humans by trying it out on lower
animals
From time immemorial all men have been in
terested in the bites of venomous insects and the
effect of deadly drugs. Generally speaking, how
ever, they have waited for accident to prove
what would happen, or have been content to
trust rumor Only few have had the hardi-
hood to expose themselves for the sake of
science.
TITHRIDATES, King of Pontus is said to
1N1 have experimental on himself with poisons
until he thought he had become immune to
every one then known.
bitten by scorpions until the venom had little or
no effect
Several physicians, like Agrimonte and Reed,
deliberately have inundated themselves for the
sake of finding out what caused the spread of
dangerous diseases, or what remedy was most
effective
Norwegian doctor allowed himself to be
inoculated with tissues taken from lepers on no
less than fourteen separate occasions.
Well, people take such acts as interesting but
unimportant. People who find themselves close
to death because they trusted some belief that
wasn't true, or because of an accident they might
have avoided, take them very seriously.
THOUSANDS are alive today because some
Il crusty old doctor or earnest student had the
nerve to risk his life.
The world owes a much greater debt of
gratitude to such men than is commonly sup
posed.
They not only face danger, but face it with
the clear realization that it might prove fatal
and with plenty of time to think it over That
takes more courage than it does to risk death
on impulse or with a great crowd
Professor Blair, for instance had been expert
menting with the black widow" spider for
eighteen months, and had just as good reason
to believe that the mice which died offered as
reliable evidence of what would happen to him
as the dogs and cats which lived If you don't
believe an act like his required courage. try it
yourself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
MINDS CHANGE FAST

ONE of the oldest things about American
~ life is the way in which direct reversals
in public feeling can take place in relative
ly short time
Consider, for instance, two of this years
developments prohibition repeal and Russian
recognition.
Since the fall of Kerensky, America has not
recognized the Russian government and there
is very little question that that policy was
popular one with the rank and file of Amer
lean citizens.
Any suggestion that Washington was pre-
pairing to resume relations with Russia
would, until comparatively recently, have
brought forth storm of protest.
1t is the same with prohibition. The law
came in for a good bit of criticism to be
sure; yet as recently as 1928 a presidential
candidate who ran on wet platform was
showed under overwhelmingly.
And now-prohibition gets repealed in jig
time by huge vote, and Washington recog-
nizes Moscow without creating ripple.
The American public can change it's mind
fast when it wants to.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

By Pick and Shovel Man.
A word on your editorial in Nov.
20 issue on Pleas Greenlee and your
article in issue Of Nov. 10 is false,
as there are Republicans as we'll as
persons of all political faiths work
ing on the jobs in question.
This big rumpus about nothing
is Just a move of the old guard
Democrats who are trying to make
a comeback at the expense of some
poor devil who is trying to make an
honest living by working on the
state roads.
John Day DePrez sent a man out
with a note signed by him request
ing that he be put on as foreman,
but he did not get it, as he had not
had any experience on road work.
All straw bosses have had experience
as they must know how to grade a
road, the same as foremen in any
line must know the business or he
wouldn't be worth a nickel.
AS for Pearl Hungerford, he
simply is sore because his team was
taken off the road and poor mans
team put on. Mr. Hungerford is
one of Shelby countys wealthy
farmers, and besides has a finger in
large bank and other business in
and around Shelbyville.
am just one of the pick and
shovel men on the road, and there
hasn't been any one ask me what
my political faith is, and 1 don't be-
lieve you can find man on the job
who has been asked, that question.
I think The Times would do we'll to
do a little investigating before COM
ing out with such an editorial, I'M
less they are fighting for the old
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
: A Woman's Viewpoint
BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

O&s AARSs w AL Il En- GRO
poor, pale Pickering flame you prob
ably always will be more angry than
hurt. But if it is a gorgeous, con-
Stunning, flaming bonfire of a love
you will go right on forgiving-and
that's about the only thing you can
do in a world where heart affairs
are always in such muddle.
=
I'VE known women whom I
4 thought plain fools for pardoning
delinquent husbands, but time has
proved several of them right. Later
years found them far happier with
reformed mates than whole squads
of divorced ladies.
Fortunately the girls Of this GEN.
fury do not have to endure many
masculine lapses from virtue. They
possess youth and good looks and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
Art and Miss Yurkd

A ND speaking of sacrificing all
N for art, there is Blanche Yur-
ka, who nightly stands on her head
and sings an aria from Puccini in
order to provide a rousing curtain
for the second act of Spring in
Autumn. Not enough has been
heard of this pleasant light comedy
by Martinez Sierra, who wrote The
Cradle Song I like Miss Yurka s
performance and that of Richard
Hale. Mr.. Hale is dimly related to
me, but I see no reason why this
should be held against him. As a.
matter Of fact, also liked enor-
mously Miss Carol Stone. who is
no relation at all but daughter Of
Fred Stone, and the youngest of the
family to step out into her place in
the spotlight.
But at the moment my nomina-
ton for the most engaging per-
Torrance by any player current
along Broadway is Miss Polly Wal
tiers of She Loves Me Not"
Copyright. 1888 by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
Daily Thought

Keep thee far from false mat
ten; and the innocent and the right
eouS STAY thou not; for I will not
justify the Exodus, 23:7.
MENTAL stains can not be re-
1V1 moved by time, nor washed
away by any waters.-Cicero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

Mayor OBrien of New York is to get
to be fired with that amount of money?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
Ice Pack Breaks

GENERAL weeks ago there were
~ indications that perhaps New
Workers were crawling out of their
igloos again. AlOnI about the mi1~
die Of September I saw an old gen.
tleman standing at a box office win
dow trying to convince the treasurer
that he actually wanted to buy an
orchestra seat for cash and that the
currency which he proffered was not
Joe Cook gadget which would
squirt water in his eye the moment
he undertook to accept it.
Isuppose the first actual ice-break-
ers were Sailor, Beware!' Hold
Your Horses" and LAS Thousands
Cheer" Mariners embarked on these
ventures came back to report that
they had managed to crunch their
way through the pack and that on
the other side of the bergs they dis
tinctly say human life. Skeptics
suggested that what these explorers
took to be college boys intent upon
two in the third row were merely
polar bears or dramatic critics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24

Nudity and cheap peep shows will be
barred from the Chicago fair next year, Off
Gals announce. Once again, no nudes is good
nudes.