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inminence of Russian recognition, that we
have grown skeptical.
President Roosevelt's failure to resume nor
NAL relations with Moscow Immediately after
taking Office in March has been one of his few
major errors.
Perhaps the Rooseveltian policy is to bring
about recognition gradually. At least that
is one Interpretation of his purpose in includ-
ing Russia in the list of nations to which he
sent his world peace plea and in now treating
the Russian delegates at London as human
beings.
But no good purpose is served by delay.
Either we recognize Russia or we do not AS
long as we do not, we shall continue to deprive
ourselves of much-needed and valuable trade
and we shall continue to encourage unrest in
the Far East and eastern Europe.
Senator George w. Norris and others
place the figure of waiting Russian orders
for American goods as high as half billion
dollars Not only does Russia offer market
for our surplus industrial and agricultural
products, but a market that pays for what it
buys. Russia is the only country which has
not defaulted one cent of commercial obi
cations
The idea that we should not recognize
Russia because we do not approve of its form
of government is obviously untenabe so long
as we continue to recognize Hitler's Germany,
Mussolini's Italy. and militaristic Japan-to
mention only few.
Of course diplomatic recognition has moth
ing whatever to do with approval of the form
Of foreign government, which is the ex-
elusive business of the inhabitants of that
foreign country
With SO many problems of American foreign
policy apparently deadlocked at London and
Geneva, the President should welcome the
opportunity to dispose of at least one problem
by immediate and unconditional recognition
of Russia
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IT'S IN THE AIR

CALIFORNIA and West Virginia, the far
- west and the near south, voted for repeal
by to l majorities. The repeal score by
states now stands Is to 0.
Since neither state was claimed by the
drys, the results surprised nobody. San Fran
ciscos Is to l wet majority was expected.
Southern CALIFORNIA; vote to repeal and also
to lift the state ban on race track betting
was more significant
Los Angeles long has been the Elsie Dins-
more of American politics There prospered
the Rev. Bob Shuler, the bewitching Aimee
and other pulpiteers of the helfre school
There until this summer ruled Mayor Porter
famous for having refused to toast Frances
president in a glass of champagne while he
was guest Of the French republic Self
righteousness and reaction held dominion for
years over the City of the Angels.
Suddenly Los Angeles turned 1t went
Democratic for the first time It ousted
Mayor Porter and named instead a public
ownership liberal. 1t voted to rescind the
state dry enforcement act and on Tuesday
sent in 100000 repeal majority
That the pervading winds of tolerance have
swept this Anti-Saloon League fortress proves
that they are more than zephyrs In the
words of Goethe "the air of freedom blows"
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THE CITY DEFICIT

CONSIDER the job Of Mayor Reginald Sui
- Ivan. For months he has battled to give
indianapolis a business-like administration.
He slashed expenses to the bone He has
kept the citys finances on an even keel.
In all of his quiet, yet strenuous effort
he has not deprived the people of one essen
tial city service. Despite the tremendous funds
1t has been his duty to handle not one breath
of scandal has touched him or his aids
Despite all that he has done an unex-
pected shrinkage in tax returns has brought
the city government squarely up against a
deficit variously estimated at from 100000 to
$500OO0
1t is going to be well-nigh impossible for
the mayor to make both ends meet without
eliminating some city services and Gripping
others. People are going to be inconvenienced
There is no help for it,
They should bear with the mayor He has
a hard task to perform if Indianapolis is not
to go the way of Chicago. He has made an
excellent record and he merits public conf
dence even though circumstances will force
him in the coming weeks to do some unpleas-
ant things.
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A TRAGIC ATTITUDE

THE japanese emperor's statement to Roy
n w. Howard that America and Japan
must find way of continuing urbroken their
friendship is welcome and encouraging de-
velopment
Not often in the last decade have any
strong, definite steps been taken on either
side of the Pacific to keep these two nations
on friendly terms.
On the contrary, America and Japan have
drifted slowly but surely toward trouble 1t
is an open secret that the officers of both
navies look forward, without the slightest
doubt to a conflict; and that attitude, on
each side, has trickled down slowly and had
its effect on the mass of the population in
each country
The fact that both America and japan
would have great deal to lose and very lit
tie to gain by such war seems to have made
little difference. We have gone on fearing
it, expecting it, preparing for it; and if we
continue in that attitude long enough we
eventually shall get it.
But how tragically foolish and wrong it
would be!
AS Count Uchida told Mr.. Howard:
In the matter of trade the two coun-
tries are bound by mutual interests that can
not be severed without disaster to both. japan
is your best customer in the whole Orient.
while the United States is our best customer
anywhere.
Il believe this economic bond which will
grow stronger as its Importance is understood
better, will be intensified as American trade in
Manchoukuo expands, as it will in the near
future"
Looked at from that angle, this American
japanese war takes on peculiar aspect
Every time we let off a gun at the Japa-
nese we would be killing customer. The
same would be true of the guns the Japanese
let off at U.S.
Each nation would be striking deadly
blow at it's own commerce, its own prosperity.
with every blow at the other The end would
be mutual disaster.
This hands across the sea-" talk is usually
bunkun. When there is a solid commercial
foundation back of it, however, it means
something There is such foundation in the
case of America and Japan and it is due to
grow larger and solder in the near future.
Aside from these entirely practical con-
siderations, is the fact that war is both flu
tile and foolish anyway
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JOY IN PALESTINE

DALEsTINE weaves a spell over those who
l. go to visit it, Now returns Molly Picon,
loved Jewish theatrical star, from Jerusalem
to New York. telling of "a perfectly happy
zion-a Jewish homeland where there is no
unemployment, no misery no financial crisis,
nothing but the sound of the builders hammer
and the songs of happy children"
Acting thrives, the actors working in the
day and rehearsing and presenting their plays
in the evening. Former American professional
men till the SOIL with no wish Miss Picon de-
clared, ever to return to western industrialism
and Zion has become the center for Jewish
writer's, who work amid a growing accumula-
ton of schools, libraries and cultural centers
Only recently the death of the famed
Cantor Josef Rosenblatt revealed his realiza-
ton of his desire to die in Palestine, where
he had wished more than any other place
to live
The idyllic, bucolic process of carving a
new center of racial civilization out of arid
earth making the soil blossom and the people
sing amidst their simple surroundings has a
particular appeal to individuals Of an idealistic
turn of mind.
A locality and movement so infused with
the jealous spirit of communal creativeness
and enjoyment deserves to succeed. Its fail
ures should only serve to give poignancy to
the achieved pleasures.
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:: The Message Center ::

(TiHes readers are inUited to cypress
their UietCS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
BY The American Humane Association.
The American Humane ASsocia-
ton and societies for the prevention
of cruelty to animals are making
a plea. national in scope, to pre-
vent abandonment and neglect of
animals and pets during vacation
periods of the summer months.
Many owners of pets, finding it
inconvenient to arrange for their
care or shipment while vacationing
turn them loose in city streets or
along the highways on their jour
ney.
Hundreds of thousands of ami
mails are abandoned each summer
in this way. Much needless suffer-
ing is caused. All owners of pets,
who otherwise can not provide for
them are urged 70 get into touch
with local animal societies. These
societies will attempt to find homes
for unwanted dogs, cats and birds,
and failing to do SO, they will be
destroyed humanely, to prevent suf-
fering.
1t is a somewhat common prac-
tlce for owners of cats and dogs to
leave them behind or liberate them
along the road when starting on a
vacation. This is a practice of ex-
IRENE cruelty, for such abandoned
animals are almost certain to suffer
from thirst, starvation, or resulting
diseases.
Some folks have a superstition that
to humanely destroy an animal or
to turn it over to an organization
equipped to do the work properly
will bring them bad luck. It is a
misdemeanor SO to abandon an ami
NAL and is punishable by fine or
imprisonment or both, but we are
appealing to human kindness to
prevent this wholesale suffering
among dumb beasts, by turning
them over to animal societies.
By L. G. D.
The taxpaying public, as well as
the beer-drinking public, is interest
ed in the draught beer situation. It
seems that this might be good
time for Governor McNutt to come
out plainly and tell why he is TAX
ing no steps to give us key beer,
now that the repeal convention is
over.
A nickel glass of beer would be a
boon to the thirsty citizen these tor
rid days and it is certain that it
would mean great deal more rev.
enue to the state.
Let's hear from the Governor on
this subject.
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COMPANY UNIONS

A ADMINISTRATORS HUGH JoHNsoNs
4 warning to employers seeking to evade
the industrial recovery law by forcing workers
to join company unions is timely and crafty
ing.
The recovery administration is getting
disquieting reports of the sudden activities of
such employers. particularly in the coal.
hosiery, and steel industries The reports dis
close that in Kentucky coal towns miners are
being evicted and their furniture thrown out
of company houses for refusal to join company
unions
Organizing workers in the full-fashioned
hosiery mills of the south and Pennsylvania
are reported to have been fired. The Carnegie
Steel company has formed what Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins calls a war bride
groom" one of many company unions hur-
riedly formed to evade the collective bargain
ing clause in the new act
This company proclaims that this plan
shall be and remain in full force snd effect
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Gestures of Generosity

THE radio chiefs are rather fond
Il of these gestures of generosity.
Mr.. Thomas had no chance of being
elected, and it looked well to culti-
vate the appearance of impartiality.
But the time ceded was a gift and
not right. fear both Greeks and
radio executives when they come
bearing gifts.
The radio today is keen rival of
the newspapers, and this condition
is unfortunate, because with very
few exceptions broadcasting in
America is decidedly reactionary in
its tone. Edwin G. Hill, one of the
most popular of American broad
casters, is constantly on the con-
servative side and bitter in his COM
ments on all who criticise Morgan
or any fact or factor in the status
quo.
He has been extremely effective
in keeping alive the antagonism
against the recognition of Russia.
Mr.. Hill was and is a superb re-
porter. 1t may be that the opportu-
nifty to editorialize has gone to his
head. Many of us city room bos,s
have been affected in this way. But
l am not saying that the side for
which Mr.. Hill fights should not be
represented. There need, however,
be no campaign for that. 1t always
is represented.
I am merely contending that lib
sral and radical thought on the air
never gets the same opportunity.
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The one fixed law of life is change.
Even adults, though they alter little
in their outward form, are not the
same individuals they were five
years ago. They do not cherish the
same beliefs nor follow the same
customs.
Our ideas, our ideals, our concepts
OF life ever are shifting, flowing.
changing.
Thus, it is only possible to keep
our babies in memory. They exist
nowhere else. Life buries them in
evitably, irrevocably, and our own
hearts are their tombs. There they
are part of us, as they we're when
we bore their flesh in our physical
bodies.
And it may be that the mother
OF the baby who is dead keeps that
baby more securely, more truly than
We ever can be said to keep our
living children.
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1t Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BRouN

NEW YORK. June 2e-Things
I are happening today which
should shake faith of the con-
stitutional fundamentalists I am
not thinking particularly of what
the supreme court may do in pass
ing on various phases of the Roose-
Welt program. The factor which I
have in mind is not even mentioned
in any article or amendment.
And yet it is grayely important
in the functioning of the American
government of today. Our fore
fathers fromed a system divided
into to executive, the legislative,
and the judicial branch. They over
looked the radio.
The President is off the air at the
moment, but in a single Sunday
night We had General Hugh S.
johnson expounding the recovery
act and Louis McHenry Howe ex-
planning the President. On several
occasions there has been the
suggestion that Franklin D. Roose-
welt might take to the ether to force
a rebellious congress into line.
1t may become necessary from
now on for every great state
document to begin with the an
nouncement, This is not a tooth.
paste or a cigaret hour"
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

during the term Of the national recovery act
and thereafter it may be terminated by the
management"
These tactics are in open violation Of the
new law, which specifically declares labors
right to collective bargaining through repre-
sentatives Of its own choosing.
mo employe and no one seeking employ
ment shall be required to join any company
union or to refrain from joining, organizing,
or assisting a labor organization Of his own
choosing" the law reads
The government lets down some of the
antitrust bars to encourage stronger en-
ployers trade associations. BY the same
token, the government will protect the work
ers in forming genuine unions
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Freedom of the Air

DUT, in all seriousness. the in
- creasing Importance of the
radio as political instrument
should cause concern as to the or
ganization of the industry itself.
Men have bled and died for a free
press.
1t is true that certain types of
opinion find their way into print
with no little difficulty, and yet it
fairly can not be charged that
severe repression exists today, since
even the revolutionary Communist
party has its daily paper, which cir
culates freely, although not extern
sively.
The very least than can be said
about the state of the press is that
it is much more free than the radio.
have yet to hear even the mildest
sort of Communist utterance over
a network.
Most people are likely to reply to
this, And that's very good thing,
too" But before or after they make
reply, 1 wound ask for two minutes
of silent cogitation If it is pos
sible to deny one group access to the
air, the same ban might under GER
tain circumstances be extended to
any other
was talking the other day to
South American revolutionist who
seized power in his native land, but
was unable to hold it, II made
mistake" he admitted. Il got the
arsenals, all right, but I forgot to
grab the radio"
Far short of any act of calling out
the troops it is comparatively easy
for one group to control the radio
in America. During political cam
paign it is customary for the great
chains to be ever so Scrupulous in
the giving or the selling of time.
Norman Thomas as Socialist can
didate for President has on several
occasions been granted a free hook
up. He didn't get as much time as
the Republicans or the Democrats,
but he got some.
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Phone-RIley b5s1
THURSDAY. JUNE 20. 1888.
SENATOR ROBINSON AGAIN
A sCRIPPs-HowARD NEWS,

SENATOR ROBINSON AGAIN
EVERY good Democrat is pleased to hear
that Senator Arthur Robinson is planning
to run again. They feel that his nomination
would mean certain victory for any candidate
they choose to run against him
1t is unnecessary to review the senator's
record at this time. Macbeth's phrase, Full
of sound and fury, but signifying nothing"
about sums it up. True, Senator Robinson
has furnished certain amount of amusement
to Washington
But 1t is type of entertainment too much
In the manner of the late Senator Hefiin. 1t
is outmoded and has no place in the modern
scheme Of things Personally We had rather
listen to jug band any day.
The Hoosier senator is not even a good
guesser. He is so out of touch with Indiana
that he actually thought his constituents were
dry! He SO misjudged the people that he be-
heved the bonus should be passed and actually
introduced measure that would have plunged
the country into bankruptcy wrecked anv
chance of new dear' and possibly led to
the collapse of civilization as we know it.
That is strong statement but the bank
holiday showed people how close this modern
world was to collapse. Had the operating
budget of the nation not been balanced Presi-
dent Roosevelt would have been completely
stymied in all his plans.
Senator Robinson undertook to prevent
this budget balancing by foisting a bonus
scheme upon the empty treasury, on the one
hand and preventing the collection of revenue
from legalized beer on the other.
If the man was insincere in proposing
such mischievous legislation his action must
have been taken merely in the hope of snar
Ing the votes Of a few bigoted drys and a cor
porals guard of unthinking veterans
If he was sincere then his thinking on
matters of grave public importance is shall
low, to say the least. In either case. the gen.
tleman has long ceased to be credit to In
diana or an ornament to the United States
senate
The government of the United States has
been built on the two-party system. Each
party should strive to nominate men we'll
fitted to the Offices to which they aspire There
are several Indiana Republicans eminentlv
fitted for the senate. If their party re-
dominates Arthur Robinson that would Just
be carrying a joke too far
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Questions and Answers

Q-Is the expectation of life for
Negro males in the United States
greater or less than for white
males?
AIT birth, the expectation of
life for white males, is 1898 years
and for Negro males 40.14 years.
Q-Where should one GO to ap-
ply for an old age pension?
Apply to the county COM
missioners office after July l, 1888.
Estate the amount of the
gold reserves in the principal
countries of the world.
A-The total estimated reserves
on Jan. 81, 1882. we're $11,915,-
100000, of which the United
States had $4,O74,OOO0O0. On Feb.
%, 1888, the estimated stock in
the United States had declined to
$3,808,o00,000.
Q-Does the Constitution put
any reSCrlCCiOn upon Cne lnnaO1-
tants of the District of Columbia
with respect to voting?
A-The Constitution restricts
the selection of presidential cleo
tors to the states, but congress
could provide for local elections
in the district without violating
any constitutional provision.
Q-Are both members CT the old
comedy team Gallagher and
Shean" living?
Awkward Gallagher died in
May, 1929; but AL Shean is living.
Q-Name the governor-general
of Bermuda, and state when and
by whom he was appointed.
A-Lieutenant- General Sir T.
Astley-Cubitt was appointed gov
ernor- general in 1881 by the king
Of England.
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Disease Spread by Poorly Washed Dishes

An investigation in Montreal
showed that the use of boiling water
is probably the most important
step in the washing of dishes, and
that dishes washed in a properly
operated mechanical dishWasher
and permitted to dry in the air con-
tanned only one-tenth of the num-
Der Of germs found on dishes
washed and dried by hand.
Obviously, the types of disease
most frequently transmitted in this
way are the cough, cold, and respira-
tory diseases which constitute today
the chief type of infections attack
ing human beings.
If every person who sees obvious
violations of good sanitation in the
handling of dishes will make com
plant to local health authorities.
much of this type of disease trans
mission will be avoided.
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IN most large cities rules are
- established by health depart
ments relative to proper cleansing
of dishes and glasses used at restau-
rants. soda fountains and other pub
lie eating places.
In the case of an epidemic in
Madison, Wis, in 1909, forty-one
people developed typhoid from eat
ing food served in dishes which were
wiped and stacked by waiter who
had typhoid fever, but who was not
sick enough to be in bed.
Investigations have been made re-
peatedly of walters. dish washers,
soda fountain clerks and others en-
ployed in the handling and serving
Of food. Often, careful study re-
veals a considerable number of
cases of tuberculosis and of venereal
diseases capable of transmitting in
directly through utensils.
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A Woman's Viewpoint

+ MET a woman the other day
l. who still i sorrowing for her
24-month-old De.by, dead now these
ten years.
During all that time she has
nursed her grief while her family
and friends have tried to distract
her mind from an almost continual
contemplation of her loss. But.
filed with some false sense Of 10y
atty to the dead, she never has per-
nitted her mind to wander long
from sad retrospection. Death, she
declares, is the cruelest of all enc
mics.
But in that, think, she is wrong.
Life is in reality far more cruel to
us than death, and though they
live, our babies die daily to us. The
family circle may remain unbroken,
yet the children we loved yesterday
are not the same children we pos
sess and adore today,
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by MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

The sweet prattlers quickly be-
come the long-legged 1O-year-olds
and, before we realize it, these in
turn develop into gawks Adde'S
cents Then, too soon, they are
young men and women, with never
a faint resemblance to the tots
they used to be.
q n
TIME, in its passing, takes from
l. us something precious. some
thing rever to be. recaptured, every
moment. The small beings who
rushed so joyfully to our arms and
to whom we symbolized security and
never-wavering love, gradually
move away from us, their mothers,
INTO larger and widening orbits
Of life.
Reluctantly, sadly, yet bravely we
must watch them depart. They go
forth to fulfill Their destinies, what
ever they may be.
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The Daisy
BY MARGARET E. BRUNER

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER
The garden flowers look dull and
dry,
Despite my constant care,
They have no power to defy
The suns fierce, whitening glare.
But yonder by the railroad track
In soil like desert sand,
The daisy seems to feel no lack,
It's hard to understand.
Unless some special providence
Protects this wayside bloom,
And shields the flower Of intlocenos
From drought's impending DOOM