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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
HISTORIANS FAIL TO PLAY FAIR

a SERIES OF crumbling clay tablets, which
were put into the Persian archives at
Persepolis twenty-four centuries ago and
which we're discovered there recently bv DR.
James Henry Breasted, Chicago university's
famous archeologist, may add a brand-new
chapter to one of the most interesting parts
of ancient history
These tablets, as far as they have been de-
ciphered, seem to give the Persian version of
the famous invasion of Greece which came
to disaster in the battles of Marathon and
SalamiS
We know all about those battles already,
of course-from the Greek side. Dr. Breasted
hopes now however, to get the Persans' side
of it, too; to look at the diverse face of one
of the most famous military campaigns in
all history.
Doing this may give us new kind of his
tory and, in the end, we may get an entirely
new idea of that momentous struggle on the
shores Of the Aegean 2,4O0 years ago
History, which pretends to be impartial,
is pretty one-sided. Every great struggle, like
this between the Greeks and the Persians, gets
NSoSAAOCQ Ny I41e F4CLOIS. LIE IOSSrS nOC only
lose the war; but they lose their chance to
present their case to posterty.
We are all taught in school that it was a
very fine thing for the race in general that
the Greeks beat the Persians Why? Well,
chiefly because it was the Greeks who wrote
that chapter in world history.
The PersianS never got chance to tell
their side of it. A few years hence, when the
cuneiform Inscriptions on these ancient tablets
have been deciphered, we may have different
slant on things
1t is a pity that similar discoveries can not
be made for other great contests. 1t would
be enlightenlng, for instance, to have Car
thaginian description of the great Punic
wars; to read of Cortez conquest of Mexico
in the writings of an Aztec historian to get
contemporary Indian rajah's account of
Britains conquest of India.
History is full of might have beens"
Usually we take it for granted that things
happened for the best. Looking at the losers
story might, in more instances than one, give
us reason to adopt a new attitude
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
TOMATOES AND PATRIOTISM

ONE of the queerest cases the indefatigable
" American Civil Liberties Union vet has
tackled would seem to be that of the labor agi-
tator at Monticello, N Y, who has been
accused of defiling the American flag
This agitator was addressing May day
meeting, suitably befagged and decorated.
when group of ex-service men decided to call
a halt to things.
They showered the speaker with ancient
eggs decayed tomatoes and such like; and the
charge against him says that he used an
American flag to wipe from his face the stray
bits OF squashed tomatoes and trucking eggs
which took lodgment there
His defenders retort that he wiped his face
with a handkerchief as man should, and
that the flag was def1led by the flying missiles
themselves. But even if the charge against
him be true it is a little hard to get very in
dignant about it.
man who gets an unlocked tomato omelet
in the face is going to wipe it off in hurry,
and he is likely to use the first thing that he
can lay his hands on.
One feels that this man wouldn't have been
arrested if his accusers had had sense of
humor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
ANOTHER PEACE TREATY

the signing Of treaties could assure peace
there would be no more danger of war
With loud trumpeting, the British French
German and Italian governments lust have
initiated Mussohnis four-power pact. Ac-
cording to II Duce, peace in Europe now is
guaranteed for ten years.
just why another treaty of this sort is
needed is not clear. 1t reaffrms the no-war
obligations of the four powers under the
league covenant, the Locarno treaty the KEEL
logg BRAND pact, and the no-force agreement
signed last winter
If those earlier pledges Of the powers are
any good, this new pledge hardly is needed
If the other pledges are worthless, this new
est one can not be much better.
In European capitals it is said that the
real purpose of this pact is an attempt to
save the faces of the powers which are at
the moment Wrecking the disarmament con-
ference. Whether this is true or not the new
pact contains a clause virtually predicting the
failure of the disarmament conference.
If the four European powers are entirely
sincere in their hgh-sounding peace profess
sions it is difficult to understand why they do
not remove some of the causes of war at the
arms and economic conference instead of
writing another treaty of congratulations.
Unless the basic economic conflicts and
armament races are ended. war will result.
regardless of all the general treaties
OF course, if the powers really want
general peace treaty with teeth in it, Presi-
dent Roosevelt nas offered them one. Last
month he suggested a aggression pact
which would define in violation Of treaties
That specific provision would close the loop
hole in the kellogg and other no-war
treaties
But the chief imperialist powers Great
Britain and Japan, are proceeding to block
progress in that direction. When the Lon
don government replied to the President last
week it did not even mention his proposal
for a on-aggression pact. Now Japan has
replied, and it likewise completely ignores the
proposal.
Thus latest evidence of Japans militaristic
policy follows not only her war of conquest
against China but also her warning that she
Will not renew the quota limitations of the
Washington and London arms treaties
Apparently the European powers and
Japan do not understand that their anti
peace policies, if continued inevitably will
force the United States into big navy pro-
gram
Japan and Great Britain have nothing to
gain and much to lose by making the most
powerful nation in the world revert to the
old reliance on military and naval prepared
ness for war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09

material to the retail outlets. Den
mark, which has no natural re-
sources, maintains a high standard
of living in land that resembles a
few sandy counties of our gulf coast
region, by running business for and
by the people in co-operatives.
The standard of living and educa-
ton in Denmark would be a source
of wonder to our uniformed indi-
vidualiSts. This all proves that in
/ duStry >can and is run profitably by
the people, for the people, instead of
for the EXPLORERS and, income tax
evaders. In Indiana, many CO.
operatives are run by farmers and
the volume of business they do
shows a steady increase, because
capable and honest people always
are available, in spite of the beliefs
of those who scott at Socialism, be-
cause Of human nature
This country is sipgularly back
ward in. regard to co-operatives,
knowledge of governments and
political theories. An Indiana mem
Der of farm cooperative might
throw up his hands in horror at the
word Socialism, although the CO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
PATRIOTIC BONDHOLDERS

Tor weeks Senator Homer T Bone of
Washington state has been urging his
resolution to instruct the treasury to call
upon holders of government bonds voluntarily
to submit lower interest rates in behalf of
governmental economy. Sympathy with the
idea has been expressed at the White House.
According to Senator Bone. if interest rates
on the more than s8OOOO 900 Liberty Loan
bonds were cut down to the 2 per cent paid
depostors in postal savings banks the diff
ference would finance all carrying charges
on the great public works program and do
away with the necessity of levying new taxes.
He points to the experience of England
that resulted in saving enough to complete
the balancing Of the British budget Frances
experiences in conversion were satisfactory,
although her methods smacked of wartime
coercion more than of peacetime persuasion.
American holders of government bonds
have suffered less than any other class. They
have had security, they have escaped taxa
ton.
If the government called upon them in
the name of patriotism, the great ma jority,
no doubt would accept lowered interest rates.
as have the investors of England and France
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
FRDAY. JUNE 9. 1893
SAVE THE SWIMMERS

HEATH turks in unsuperused swimming
- pools It struck last night in Eagle
creek and widow and four children today
mourn for husband and father who lost his
life when he sought relief from the heat in the
waters Of the county stream
With the temperature around the IS mark.
Thousands OF city residents are taking a chance
with death and disease by swimming in nearby
creeks, ponds quaries, and in White river
They are taking these chances because city
pools Will not be opened until June Is
City officials declare that they do not have
the money to finance opening before that date.
They can not pay life guards and other en-
plojes needed at the pools before that time
with their present appropriation they assert.
This seems to be time for emergency
measures to save lives and prevent the spread
OF disease They city chemist should take steps
al once to test the water at the Twenty
sixth street beach and make certain that is fit
for use by swimmers. With this assurance. it is
certain that enough volunteer life guards
could be enlisted to safeguard the thousands
who would flock there for relief. serving with
out pay for the period of the emergency
The same measures could be taken at War
fleigh, as soon as waters recede sufficiently to
allow use of the beach.
Sheriff Charles Sumner also could perform
great service by authorizing protection for
swimmers in Eagle Greek and it is certain that
there, too, enough volunteer life guards could
be obtained to make swimming safe.
The weekend is near. The peril is real. The
city and county officials should act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
GOVERNMENT AT IT'S HIGH"
1R /. Duffus. in June Harper'sl

tR L. Dufus, in June Harper'sl
CONSIDER the scientific agencies, which
~ can be found in almost all the depart
ments They are full of men who are building
roads into the future. In stuffy little Offices
in laboratories smelling of chemicals and of
decaying organic matter, these devotees study
the habits of insects, the diseases of poultry
human beings, and livestock; they test soils
and seeds, they weigh the earth and the stars
and when called upon, as Paul de Kruif glow
ingly has related. lay down their lives in a
rather casual way for the service of mankind,
In these men, who are not really govern
ment at all, government in Washington seems
to me to reach its highest Joint. Their line
goes cut through all the earth; they map and
sound; they set up instruments in jungles and
on bleak mountain tops; their advenNlres,
homely and heroic. would I'LL many volumes.
bit shabby they lunch in groups in cheap
restaurants, drive battered cars or else walk,
live in little apartments or in dingy houses
over on the Virginia side, complain humorously
rather than bitterly when the federal auditors
cut out of expense accounts items that audi
tors. not being scientists, can not understand.
They frequently are overworked, usually
compelled to get along without some of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
TakAoq 0uerzthe Talk

A AND so when we met, in spite
IA of my idolatry, I took over the
conversation. Perhaps took over" is
too mild a term: I'had full nelson,
a body scissors, and an arm lock on
that conversation. Two excuses can
be made for me- We went to see
Take Chance. and when Mitzi
Mayfair began to kick her left ear
with herIrfght instep Mr.. Huxley
seemed pleased and remarked dur
ing lull in the talk, you do these
things in America with so much
vigor." 80 much vigor," he added.
Whatever the reason, the fact is
that Mr.. Huxley was not heard
again that evening. I recounted for
him the history of Shoot the
Works" described my experiences
while running for congress, outlined
the plot of my new novel, and told
the mule story. A little after mid
night he tOld me that he was an
early riser.
Il went home and reread "Enoch
Soames." Thereupon I sealed nv
mouth with adhesive tape, threw
myself face downward on the bed
and cried myself to sleep. I never
am going to talk again. I'm done
with casting swine before pearls.
Copyright. 1888. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

Extremely thick eyebrows and
eyelashes also are likely to be in
herited. Especially interesting is
the inheritance of freckles. Freckles
are much commoner in fair than
dark-haired children. To some ex-
tent, the tendency to freckle is in
herited.
Practically every museum and
Sideshow is likely to exhibit an
India rubber man. In such cases
there is not a change in the elastic
tissue of the skin, but in the con-
nective tissue which gives rigidity.
In the most definite examples. the
skin of the chest can be pulled out
from five to six inches and then 90
back to its natural position. Most
OF the cases seem to occur in men.
These cases are not sufficiently
frequent to make it possible to say
to just what extent heredity PLAYS
a part in their development, but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
Premature Grayness May Be Inherited

A BRITISH specialist in skin dis
L N eases recently has given much
attention to those forms Of skin dis
order that are inherited. The num-
Der is considerable, and the studies
OF inheritance tend to explain
many conditions.
Apparently the color of the skin
and of the hair, the distribution
and amounts of the hair on the
body, and the straightness or curIi-
ness Of the hair are associated with
certain factors in the human con-
stitution.
The occurrence of a streak of
white hair, either in the center or
on the sides, is a common feature
in many families The time at
which the hair begins to turn gray
and the nature of the grayness also
seems dependent on inherited fac
tors.
Apparently people who are pre-
maturely gray are likely to transmit
it. On the other hand, any one
in a family with premature gray
ness who is not himself prematureIy
gray is not likely to transmit it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09

operative idea is considered more
radical than Socialism. Again, there
are moral people who believe that
Fascism is a good form OF govern
ment, never realizing that Fascism
lis the last stand of the exploiters
against the ever growing demands
for a cooperative society.
Perhaps this is all due to the
fact that writer's like Tracy will tell
his readers that radicalism believes
in dividing up and that thei masses
have been subjected to a barrage
of propaganda. that they are living
in a country where diamonds are
lying around in the backyard.
John A. Simpson of the Farmers
Union said at the Continental Con-
greSS of Farmers and Workers that
"a conservative is a man who wor-
ships dead radicals" We might add
that many "a conservative weekly
Worships the worlds foremost rad
ical, Jesus Christ. and Eemains a
conservative, not because of seifishI
ness, callousness or lack of courage.
but because he is sheltered from or
has kept his eyes closed to the
plight of fellow-rne =
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Companions
BY MARGARET E. BRUNER

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER
4 passed a stranger on the street
today,
His faithful dog walked closely
by his side;
Both looked as if their thoughts
were far away,
Remembering fields and forests
deep and wide.
While many others thronged the
thoroughfare,
Of all the crowd I saw but just
these Two,
Who wore Joy no one else could
share:
An understanding friendship,
staunch and true.
The man was free from any artful
pose,
|. Yet walked as if protected by a
shield,
As though he had the strength Of
one who knows
Some spltnoOr which TO others is
concealed.
Their image lives and fingers in the
mind:
The emblem Of calm, abiding
trust;
It seemed they had put of and left
behind
All worldly cares as trif1es less
than dust.
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:: The Message Center :

(Times readers are uUited to cypress
their CielcS in these columns. Make Vour
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ qoords or IessJ
BY F. S. Rogers
M. E. Tracy recently said in his
column that "the weakness of radi-
calism lies in the tact that it swirls
largely around the idea of dividing
the loot already garnered." Loot no
doubt is the correct term in the light
of recent Investigations, but the
dividing up is news to the well-in-
formed Socialist.
How, asks the radical, are you
going to divide up wealth, when all
wealth is perishable? Buildings must
be repaired, food perishes, and no
wealth exists that does not require
labor, either instantly or eventually.
to keep it from deteriorating How
are you going to determine who gets
the cabbageS and who gets the.
steamships, if it is matter of divid-,
ing up?
The only way, say the Socialists,
that wealth can be divided is the
equitable division of the daily wealth
produced, based on a mans skill and
usefulness, and not his cunning or
callousness, or because he picked a
parent who could leave him well
fixed, financially.
Until the people own the natural
resources and essential sources of
production collectively, there never
vii! be a balance between produc-
ton and consumption. There are
those who scott that there will be
graft and ineff1ciency in such indus
try comparatively owned and oper-
ated, because there is graft in poll
tics, whenever it uses government
agencies for the old spoiIs system.
which the two old parties like so
well.
But, according to John T! Flynn
and Barron, who are considered
very capable business writer's, graft
in politics never could compare to
graft in business. Then again it al
ways has been big business which
has been willing to pay the price to
corrupt the governments to obtain
special privilege.
That the people can operate their
own business efficiently and honest
ly is proved by the co-operatives of
European countries. The co-opera-
tives of England do billion dollars
worth of business year, handling
products from the sources OF. raw
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09

never an admirable individual. And
for my part, I want him to show
emotion, as well as to feel it.
Else, ashamed of his sentiments.
he will make haste to disguise them
and so do nothing to mitigate or
improve the conditions that have
stirred him.
The tough body, impervious to
blows, may be something for men
TO covet. But to strive for the tough
mind. insensitive to surroundings.
lacking the imaginative quality that
alone lifts us above the beats. This
is to have fashioned ones self into
something less than man.
When we deliberately train emo
tionalism out Of our boys, we de-
liberately train them into something
that is callous, vicious, and un-
worthy the high place we hold il
the scheme of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09

one instance is reported in which
a father and his son, eight years
OF age, both had stretchable skins
There are also, frequently, ex-
traordinary changes in the develop
ment of finger nails and toe nails
IN families. Likewise, unusual de-
Velopments Of the teeth occur.
In some families the teeth develor
early, and this tendency seems to be
inherited, so that cases are on record
in which infants have been born
with teeth already developed.
There are numerous records of
infants born with tails. In one case
a girl with very short tail at
birth finally developed an appen-
dage so long as to prevent her from
sitting down with comfort.
An investigation showed that her
mother was normal, but that her
mothers mother also had an ap-
pendage Of this character.
There was also family in Aus
tralia in which the father, a son
and two daughters all had appen-
dages similar to tails seen on ami
mails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09
Becomes Better Man

A FTER that, of course. every
L n thing was easy. Nobody would
be interested in hearing a recital of
my later .triumphs. After all, H. G.
Wells was known only for his nov
els at the time 1 gave him an
hours talk on how history should
be written, and I was unaware that
the gentleman to- any left was the
largest wheat grower in America
when i held. a dhlnefGparty all but
spellbound with a discussion of the
factors which,. determine the mar
ket price of grain.
And but for a recent incident I
might have gone on chatting until
my deathbed, where my last words
probably would have been, Now let
me tell you doctor AS it is,
I have decided to quit compensat-
ing and to brush up on my stam-
mering
A meeting with Aldous Huxley
has made a, better man of me. For
many years I have been of the opin-
ion that Mr.. Huxley writes Just a
little better than any one else now
alive. And do not think he need
worry if there is talk of body snatch
ing among the newer graves. AL
dous at1lRley is shy and diffldent
man who does his compensating in
novels, short stories and essays.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-09

Q-Name the ten largest cities
IN the world i'm their ordeF. =.
A-London, New York, Berlin.
Chicago, Paris; Shanghai, Osaka,
Buenos Aires, Moscow and Toxic.
=. Q-Do United States, minis is
sue proof coins?
: A1They are no longer issued.
Q-To what country and when
was the first transatlantic sub
marine cable message sent?
August J, 1853, from Amer,
lea to Ireland.
Odd Louisiana ever have. a
Negro governor?
A-Pinckney Benton Stewart
Pinchbeck, Negro, was lieuten-
ant-governor of Louisiana 1887.
and acting governor in 1872. "
Q-Are women eligible for the
office Of President Of the=United
States?
Ayes.
Q-What disease causes the
greatest number of deaths in the
United States?
A-HeaFt disease.