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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
ONE HUNGRY MAN ROBS ANOTHER

THERE are times when fixing the blame for
= human actions is a task almost too COM
plicated for human knowledge.
Consider, for example, this little story from
Cleveland.
In that city there lived an unemployed man
who had a wife and five small children. He
couldn't get a job and he had no money, and
the food supplies furnished him by an over
taxed city welfare department didn't provide
his youngsters with the sort of diet children
ought to have.
So, in his back yard, he started a vegetable
garden. Since he couldn't find a job, he
could put in all his time on this garden, and
he developed a pretty good one.
He developed a lot of fine tomato plants,
which was a good thing, because his children
needed tomatoes
The he began to notice that marauders
were visiting his garden at night and looting
it. His tomato plants were torn up. The green
stuffs that were to make his children strong
and healthy vanished.
The gardener stayed up nights to watch.
One dark night he saw a prowler crawling
through his fence. He raised a stick he had
and dubbed the prowler on the head with all
his strength.
The prowler collapsed, was taken to a hos
pital; a little later he died, and the man who
had tried to defend his garden was put in jail.
And it developed that the prowler himself
was a jobless man who had been driven almost
frantic by his need for food.
: Now how are you going to weigh out the
blame in a case like that?
Technically, the man who owned the garden
committed manslaughter, at the very least.
Technically, the man who lost his life was
a sneak thief of the meanest variety.
But the man who welded the club simply
was trying to defend the right of his children
to get the food they needed; and the man
who tried to steal simply was obeying the de-
mands of an empty stomach-which are about
the most imperious demands any mortal ever
hears.
Assessing the rightful portions of blame in
a case like this seems to call for more wisdom
and understanding than most of us ever will
possess.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
THE BABES LEGS QUIT

DABE RUTH says the old legs won't stand
ID the strain any more. and that he's
through as a ball player.
This is news as sad to millions Of fans,
especially to the youngsters, as it must be to
the Babe himself.
But it does not mean that Babe is through
with baseball. Even though he a take his
regular turn in the outfield and in the batter's
box, Babe is too valuable a man to be chased
of the field entirely.
Some major league team unquestionably
will want him as manager. The publicity value
of such a connection would be m It
would mean lots of money at the gate.
Different talents are required for perma-
nent success as manager than the talents
required for seeking homers. Whether Babe
Ruth has those talents remains to be demon
strated, but there is little doubt that he will
have a chance to put on the demonstration
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
DAY IS GONE

ECONOMIC nationalism is the by-product
IL of an emergency. Each country is forced
to put its own house in order for the same
reason that individuals must do so when the
village or town in which they live has been
wrecked by a hurricane.
But economic nationalism is no more in
harmony with the modern world than any
other kind Of self-centered nationalism.
Humanity has gone too far in the develop
ment Of international trade and exchange to
turn backward. Whether We like it or not,
We have made ourselves hopelesSly dependent
on one another. not as members Of any race
or as citizens of any nation, but as inhabitants
of the earth.
The rubber on which We Americans ride
so smoothly over our concrete highways comes
from foreign lands. SO does the coffee with
which ne begin the days work and the tea
with which We wind it UP.
The tin can which plays such an important
part In distribution and preservation Of foods
owes its existence to British and Bolivian
mines. n mica in our electric fuses and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02

fixtures comes largely from India and Can
ada.
Life. even as lived by the humblest people.
no longer is circumscribed by home production.
We have made it so for the sake Of greater
comfort ard convenience. Now we must accept
the responsibilities it implies; must play fair
with those on whose labor We depend.
The peace movement and all that goes
with it originated in rather than
poetry. The men who visualized it for us we're
not dreamers. but interpreters They OWNED
the greater forces which were molding public
policy and shaping the course Of statecraft.
Human progress as made possible by the
steamship. wireless, cold storage, cultivated
taste. and a thousand other things will not be
baked by old-fashioned ideas OF patriotism
and politics.
international trade has placed the best
products OF every land at mans disposal. He
has found them to his liking, and he will not
be denied the blessing they represent.
Depression has forced the people of most
countries to get along with as little as they
could, but hat merely is making a virtue Of
necessity. Under no circumstances should it
be regarded as the keynote Of a new order.
We are doing what We must for the i'm
mediate present, but it is not what we would
like or intend to do later on.
We have adopted economic nationalism for
the same reason that a man ADOPTS economic
individualism when he has little to sell and
less with which to buy. We are concentrating
on domestic problems for the time being be-
cause it looks like the quickest way to get
back on our feet.
The basic theory of restoring busines in
this country rests on the assumption that peo-
pie will buy the good things of life just as
soon as they are able and that it is the
governments first duty TO do what it can to
make them able.
That theory goes for the whole world, be-
cause trade, insofar as it serves to promote
civilized life, has become a worldwide affair.
Eventually we must apply the same principles
to foreign business that we now are applying
to domestic business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
I Am Almost SOrru

WET there is a distinct split in
Il my emotional reactions. Even
though there may be something in
the suspicion that Senator Long
represents something less than the
full flower of the chivalry of the
old Southland, he is far from being
a mere red clay clown. He is, for
one thing, an excellent lawyer. In.
addition, his economic notions are
by no means as fantastic as his
critics would have us believe.
He was not, he is not, and he
never will be the ideal personality
to urge the Democratic party to
turn to the left. But since no more
than a handful of the senators are
Of that persuasion, Huey Long has
served a useful purpose.
I trust that the fact that Huey
Long is Objectionable after the third
or fourth round Of celery tonic will
not become all mixed up with the
merits Of the capital levy. The vot-
ing public is likely to jump in just
that way. The curious notions which
William Jennings Bryan held in re-
gard to evolution did not compro-
mise the integrity and resolute
Brightness Of his attitude against
war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
SATURDAY. SEPT. 2. 1898
BUSINESS ADVANCES

MONTHLY business reports are promising.
4EA The blue eagle is putting men back to
work. Pay rolls are increasing. Merchants
are moving goods. The farmer is beginning to
rise. Business activity, which leveled off dur
ing the last month in the normally slow sea
sonal period, is increasing again.
But We are not out Of the hole yet-not
by a long way. There still are an estimated
Il. 10000 men out Of work. Increased cost of
living last month Offset higher factory wages.
Here are some Of the figures:
Fmplovment-An increase Of 1912 per cent
in July over June in manufacturing plants
and 10 per cent in July over February. &C
cording to the national industrial conference
board survey. American Federation of Labor
figures show 237 per cent of trade union mem
bership unemployed in August, compared with
241 per cent in July and 26.6 per cent in
March. upon which it is estimated that 2,033,-
600 men and women have gone back to work
since March.
Purchasing Power - Although purchasing
power Of average weeSy factory earnings was
1873 per cent higher in July than in February,
the conference board finds that the July gain
of 36 per cent in earnings was offset by the
33 per cent rise in cost of living.
A similar A. F. of L.. report, based chiefly
on government statistics, uses 1929 as 100 and
concludes that labors purchasing power, which
dropped as low as 400 in March, had risen to
46.7 in July, increasing national purchasing
power $500, 900, 1000.
Standard statistics estimates that farm
purchasing power for 1888, including govern
ment subsidies. will be about s2,OOO,O 900, 1000
greater than last year.
Another hopeful sign is the United States
bureau of labor statistics report that the retail
prices of food. which jumped 8 per cent from
June Is to July Is, slowed down in August to
an increase of less than 2 per cent.
Wholesale prices for all commodities, using
1926 as 100, we're only 696 per cent on Aug.
26. compared with 69.2 per cent five weeks
earlier.
Only as mass buying power ou~tdiStances
price rises can we climb out of the depression,
and that calls for full cooperation for higher
wages and shorter hours under the blue eagle
codes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02

Q-What is the greatest velocity
attained by a man falling from a
high altitude?
A-Numerous experiments con-
Quoted by the experimental de-
partment of Wright field of the
army air corps disclose that a man
falling from any altitude never
attainS a velocity greater than 118
miles an hour.
Q-What is the check off sys-
tenn in industry?
A system whereby, through
agreement, the dues to a labor
union are withheld from the
weekly pay of the members of the
union by the employer, and paid
direct into the union treasury.
Q-What is the origin of era
vat?
A-The word is from the
French "cravate," a corruption of
"Croat." The name was applied
by the French of Louis xIV's time
to the scarfs worn by the Croatian
soldiers in the royal regiment.
usually of linen or muslin, with
broad edges of lace. They be-
came fashionable throughout
France and England where they
were known as "cravates." When
various forms Of neckwear for
men were introduced, the name
for the scarf was continued, and
it has survived in the word era
vat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
CHICAGO FIGHTS BACK

ONE bit of news which has gone almost I'M
noticed in the last few weeks is the fact
that Chicago seems at last to be making a de-
termined effort to get her notorious under
world under control.
During a three-week period ended Aug. 26,
more criminals were sentenced to prison in
Chicago than in any similar period in Chi
cagos history. 1t took the courts just one
day to convict the murderer Of a policeman
and sentence him to death. All in all, 207
thugs were sent of to prison.
1t would be easy TO get too enthusiastic
about this, of course. Neither Chicago nor
any other American city permanently will
solve its underworld problem until it tackles
such problems as poverty, poor housing and
political corruption. which created the under
world in the first place.
But it at least is encouraging to note thai
Chicago is at last handling her criminals with
out gloves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
STORM WARNINGS IN P. R.

IF Postmaster General James A. Farley, the
Il patronage administrator-in-chief, is COM
PEELED to clutter up the government service
with political appointees, he might at least
confine himself to this country and give the
outer territories a better break. Puerto Rico
is a case in point.
To Puerto Rico as Governor, he sent Rob-
ert H. Gore. Governor Gore has been in hot
water of one kind and another ever since.
Now he is in washington, presumably answer
ing some of the many complaints in the island
against him.
But whatever the troubles of the new Gov
ernor, the responsibility for the latest patron
age battle in the island seems to rest with Mr..
Farley. Two American ladies of the deserv-
ing hungry Democratic type want the jobs Of
commissioner of immigration and commission
er of education.
For the last twelve years the commission
ership of education has been filled ably by
native educators. DR.. Jose Padin, the pres
ent commissioner, has a record of achievement
and distinction. The Puerto Ricans properly
are proud of him and very much agitated by
the Farley plan to kick him out in favor of
the patronage lady.
More is involved than the educational sys-
tenn Of the island-whcih in itself is impor-
tant enough. Popular protest has made it a
nonpartisan political issue in the island in
volving the good faith of the United States
government.
There are large and growing movements
for a free state status or independence. We
have told them that they must develop and
prove their capacity for self-government be-
fore they are granted greater autonomy. They
consider their educational system the testing
ground for this.
Thus the alleged effort TO wreck their uni
versity and schools with the Spoils racket is
seen as undermining their political rights and
future.
The Washington administration will dc
well to recognize this Puerto Rican storm as
something more than the customary bubbling
of the old patronage pot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
1t Seems
to Me
- BY HAYWOOD BROUN.

NEW YORK, Sept. "A black
~ eve is not necessarily a dis
grace. Better men than Huey Long
have worn these badges for virtues
sake. In my own case I remember
four. And I think there we're a
couple Of others.
And vet I think the political
career of the gentleman from
Louisiana has ended. He was able
to talk himself out Of those green
silk pajamaS in which he greeted
the visiting admiral. but receiving a
sinner is something else again.
Senator Long has been shown up as
a fake. For several years he has
been Storming about with challenges
to fisticuffs. And now it turns out
that he is One Round Huey."
I have a personal interest in the
matter, because it was reported to
me at the Democratic convention in
Chicago that the Kingfish was going
to knock my block off if we ever
met. That summer I was slightly
out of condition. But even so Huey
couldn't have done it. And the new
Belligerent Broun would tear him in
two.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
Golden Glow

BY MARY B. MOYNAHAN
While Summer lingered-seeming
loath to go,
With backward glance, she started
in dismay;
For, she then caught a glimpse Of
autumn near,
And murmured, Il must hasten on
my way"
An answering echo sounded from
the trees,
AS listening leaves responded vita
a sigh,
mo longer we may dance at your
We feel the sting Of frost-good-
bye goodbye"
Still, Summer paused and
smiled, "Ill leave these flowers
For autumn's gown-her colors I
well know"
And there, beside a crimson rose,
she tossed
With hurried hand-a patch OF
golden glow!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
LOYALTY IN MELTING POT

THERE came to this desk the other day a
copy Of a slovak newspaper, printed in
McKeesport, Pa, for circulation among
Sloyaks in American industrial cities.
To the eyes of a native American it had a
strange, foreign appearance. 1t bore the
name of "Samostatnost," it was printed in
an incomprehensible tongue, and it seemed
to be just the sort of publication that some
times makes a 100-per center wonder if the
national melting pot ever is going to Ameri-
canize our f~oreign-born citizens.
But the editorial page proudly bore a large
NRA eagle; and under it, in English, there
was a double-column editorial which summed
up the aims and policies of the r pro-
gram as well as the most devout patriot
could wish.
In it the editor undertakes to tell American
Slovaks what they can do to make the pro-
gram a success. His remarks are worth
quoting.
First" he says, Franklin D. Roosevelt
is set to re-establish a truly fair balance be-
tween American employer and American en-
ploye, but it stands to reason that such ire
menUOuS REIMBURSEMENT can uOC De QOIlG OV6r-
night.
Therefore, let us give him our faith and
confidence. that in due process he will do SO,
and our understanding that it must be done
gradually.
Second, the least we car give to a daring
fighter, like our President, is our confidence
and trust that he will win, and what he helps
us to earn, let us throw it back into circu-
Iation, that more and more of the little fell
lows, like we are, shall have a chance to earn
md spend again and in so doing this nation
might go full speed anew, in full production
and in full consumption.
$50 we print today in our masthead the
sacred insignia of the MIRA"
If our foreign-language newspapers are
printing advice of that kind, the Hooper
center can stop worrying right now.
You might be able to smooth out the word
ing of that editorial a little, but you couldn't
improve on the general spirit Of it if you tried
all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
More Bitter Jokes

OF course, it may be that SEN
~ ator Long was too preposter-
GUS a person to be effective, even
in the PRONUNCIATION of certain x
cellent ideas. And yet he has never
been quite so p%reposterous in public
office as Mr.. Mellon. I do not mean
to suggest that "the greatest secre-
tary since Alexander Hamilton" was
in the habit Of becoming involved in
public brawls. The joke of his par
ticipation in the government was
rather more subtle and far NOR
tragic.
Indeed, I hope that I am mis-
taken in assuming that Senator
Longs political career ended alb
ruptly down the stairs and second
door to the left. 1t is a pity, off
course, that he did not take more
literally the word generally printed
in gold letters upon the portals Of
retiring rooms for men.
Still, even if there is any sus-
picion that possibly the legislator
from Louisiana is not in the strict
est sense a gentleman, he has fought
some good fights on the floor Of the
senate.
Personally, I'd blow him to one
black eye. Or even a couple.
Copyright. 1888. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
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into effect would not benefit the
taxpayers n whit.
The insurance companies de-
mand a certain number of men to
comprise the department, to Sc
cure the low rates which Indian
apoliS enjoys at the present and
the vacations are arranged so
that they do not add any to the
tax burden in any way, being
spread out in such manner that
no more men have to be en-
ployed.
For this mans special benefit,
it would be we'll to inform him
that the police and fremen have
been cut Is per cent. So, to sum
it all up, the brother is enjoying
the lowest fire rates that could be
procured, due to efficiency of the
fire department; there is no Or
gained crime or racketeering, due
to the ~alertnesS and modern
methods of a we'll trained police
force. So it would be much more
advisable for him to find some
thing else to howl about, rather
than an Investment which is
yielding him a hundred cents on
the dollar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02

THERE are some forms Of butter
i flies which can eat only one
specific kind of leaf and which eat
nothing else. 1t is simple, as DR..
j. M. Hammil points out, to decide
what is the right diet for an insect
of this character.
The human being, however, grad
ually has accustomed himself to a
diet as varied as his circumstances
permit.
BY such a varied diet the body
may obtain all necessary substances
essential for nutrition. Even milk,
perhaps the most perfect of any sin
gle food, is deficient in one or two
particulars.
People who believe in eating only
raw foods, who believe in getting
back to nature as much as possible,
argue that primitive men were more
healthful than civilized men because
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
Diets Far More Varied Than in Old Days

Obviously. price is a factor with
some families, so that these sub
sist largely on carbohydrate foods,
such as cereals and bread, and are
unable to obtain the more expensive,
but much more beneficial, foods,
such as milk and green vegetables.
An adequate diet must contain
protein, carbohydrate, fat, various
mineral salts and vitamins, and all
these substances can be obtained
only by a rather widely varied diet.
And regardless Of whatever sub
stances are contained in the diet,
green vegetables and milk are
always essential.
If the person who desires a wisely
balanced diet will eat any foods
that he likes and then take a
sufficient amount of milk and green
vegetables with it he probably will
come out satisfactorily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-02
Opponents Limited

7 DO not intend to fall into the
l. error of announcing a willing
ness to meet all corners. There are
a number of people who could shade
me. Some of this I know by theory
and a little by personal experience.
But Huey isn't barred, and some
day I am going to catch up with
any one. of the numerous letter
writer's who threaten to bif and
maui me, and then I hope to spike
the ugly rumor that on my Shout
ders has fallen the mantle of Ed
Dunkhurst, the Human Freight
Car.
In the early spring of 1915, at
Marlin, Tex, 1 wrestled a good five
minute draw with jim Thorpe of
the Giants. That was quite a while
ago, but it all evens up, because in
those days I was not leading the
clean life which I recently have
adopted.
I do not like Huey Long. I think
he lacks intellectual integrity. I
even think that there have been
SGdI6 GOVeIIOTS VINO OulQ DullQ
public roads a bit more economi-
cally. Nevertheless, it is a sad and
a bad thing to see the Kingfish
diminish in the political scheme
merely because he forgot to duck.
The true story of the cause Of
the alteration is not likely to be
printed. Rumor has it that the
gentleman from Louisiana entered
SO jovially into the carnival spirit
that he was unable to distinguish
between a rowing traffic officer and
a fixed post. Still, other men have
been punched by constables and
managed to live it down.
1 car not pretend to believe that
it is all a capitalist spot. 1t must
be admitted that a black eye for
Huey Long is not only valid, but
also engaging, news. It is almost a
reporters ish-fulflment dream. I
can think of few better stories with
the exception of success in COM
municating with Mars or two black
eyes for Huey Long.