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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-20
TIE INDIANAPOLIS TINES
MAKING A CASE

THE states this year are building up fine
Il case for the enactment by congress next
year Of a federal anti-lynching law.
To the grewsome record of recent lynch
horrors. Tennessee has added another.
Negro, accused of attacking a white girl was
found hanging from cedar tree near Column
bia, his dead body riddled with bullets The
appalling brutality Of the latest lynching lay
in the fact that this mob victim had been ar
rested and then freed by action Of the grand
jury which found no evidence against him!
How many innocent men and women are
lynched may be judged from a report Of the
southern commission on the study of lynch
ing. The report found that out Of twenty
one persons Iynched in 1890 two certainly"
were innocent, eleven others spossibly" were.
Mobs are not deferred by questions Of sex,
color or locality They are not deferred by the
innocence Of their victims.
TenneSsee's latest lynching her third this
year, runs the national total for 1888 to
California, Maryland and Missouri this year
have joined the lynch states.
Some believe that the federal government,
under present laws can intervene to punish
Iynchers in states where the law breaks down.
In brief just filed with the encouragement
the National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People cites congressional
act of 1870 making it nisdsmeanor for an
officer of the law to permit an inhabitant Of
any state to be deprived of the right to person
or property. The citation was in justification
for plea for the federal government to pun
ish the sheriff of Tuscaloosa county, Alabama,
for failure to prevent a double lynching last
August. The brief says:
"a government which can invade sover-
eign foreign state to protect the lives of its
citizens and exact reparation for deprivation
of their rights abroad, yet can not, or will
not, through lack of official courage to en-
force the written law, protect its own citizens
within its borders, Indicates to the mob"
Regardless of conflicting interpretations of
existing law, the fact that the federal gov
eminent has not felt free to act hitherto is
sufficient evidence of the need for federal
anti-lynching law.
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ished at what they have been
through. Less fearless hearts would
long ago have been daunted and
damned.
In short, if you want to see the
race at it's very best. get yourself
one of these magazines and your
opinion Of your kind if you happen
to be a credulous fellow, will rise
like the 1929 stock market. 1t will
do your heart good to know the
almost insuperable difficulties over
which the stars have climbed to
fame. Sweetly human they are, Of
course, but inspiring withal
These publications are our Nc
Guffy readers; slightly glorified,
modernized versions Of the Rollo
books. Each little lady in the con-
stellation is as noble and almost
as put upon as dear Elsie Dinsmore.
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M. E.Tracy Says:

TIME people of this country Wish Cuoa "eN'
THAT is one reason why they went 10 war
with Spain and why, when the result Uullleo
ont to be favorable, they insisted on lnoepello-
ence for Cuba. Their attitude toward Oupa
never has been dominated by senlsh lnOeIeSCs'
Such mistakes as they nave mage ai0 'i"00"'40
TO perfectly good intentions
The American people have assumed tnaV tlley
could do a better job for the Cubans tnan tne
Cubans could do for themselves 1ncloehUa1ly'
thew have been afflicted with the same aSsump-
ton regarding lot of other folks.
The resultant meddling has created very
false impression, not only among Ouodl4S' o"O
throughout Latin America.
Latin Americans find it hard to understand
why we should be rneddling SO much with their
affairs unless we have some DEFINITE opJecU IN
view-an object that means commercial pront
or political prestige.
OUR altruisn, if such it can be called, mas
~ failed to strike a responsive chord. 1t has
involved too much violence on the one hand
and too much imagination on the other
Hundreds of Nicaraguans, Haltlans ana Cu-
bans have lost their lives, or been Obliged 10 nee
because of American meddling, while the sur
vivors have failed to get the expected nenentS'
In other words, what latin Americans see
in our policy of interference is lot OF nag
waving drum beating and saber-rattling which,
has meant little of advantage to them
It was our hope Of course that the habit OF
revolution would be discouraged and that stable
government would gradually evolve, but our
thought was wrong.
We have not succeeded in exporting our
ideals in battleships Neither has the mission
airy work of our marines borne lasting fruit.
90 we come to a parting of the ways. Shall
- we go on trying to supervise Latin American
affairs, especially in Caribbean countries. or
shall we give the people down there a chance
to work out them own salvation?
Shall we continue to assume that self-gov-
eminent can be pounded into people, or concede
that it requires a background of sef-training
and experience? Shall we persist in being mis-
understood, or, as President Roosevelt puts it,
adopt the role of good neighbor?
A good neighbor may see how the family
next door could do lot to improve things but
if he is really good he keeps his mouth shut,
refrains from interfering and seeks to influence
that family by setting it the right kind OF
example.
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Prayer

By HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
A prayer for the healing powers
Of rainl
The washed orange red of bitter
sweet;
Smell Of damp green turf at my
feet.
Trickle Of rain from maple trees;
Soft timid echoes from falling
leaves.
A papaw lifting velvet cheek;
An orange leaf sailing on a turbu-
lent creek.
Odor Of crushed, wet, black earth;
Beauty transcending from sudden
birth.
A violet mist curtain atop a hill;
God is beautiful; God is still.
Poplars bent in green curved line.
God is an artist; God is kind.
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BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

For instance, would you believe
that some of the most poised stars
on the screen today were once con-
suned with self consciousness That
many Of the glamorous creatures
we gaze upon with envy at one time
could not enter a crowded room
without blushing to their ears?
They suffered terribly. and look at
them now.
MOT only do they take care to
.AN be always right, we. are in
formed, but they know they are
right. And what confidence that
does give one!"
From these juournals we. gather,
too, that most of our favorites came
up through dark valleys Of misery
and unhappiness. Even the little
-20-year-olds-weI, you'd be aston
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SOciety'S DutY

"A messy i business rs b bp4ma @Grd ana
are not particularly charming,
either, and the failure of the law
is no worse in one case than in
the other. I do not recall having
read any expressions of horror bv
any leagues of writer's or Whatnot
over any one of the hundred rou-
tine murder cases of the last few
weeks the victims of which were
certainly no less wronged than the
two young men who were lynched
in San jose.
And as for societys duty to it.
self, Of which I have been seeing
many excited reminders in the pa
pers, I would say that society has
the same duty to prevent indivi-
dual murderers from killing 1000
people year, which is quite a
crowd Of people, considered as
crowd at a ball game or prize fight
and equal to the population of many
an important American town.
L am surprised to hear unkind
comments on the facial expressions
OF the men and women who wit
messed the lynchings in San Jose.
because the faces in the pictures
which happened to see were about
the same as might be seen in any
crowd Of people. People who have
faces should not get personal about
other peoples faces.
l have seen many a fashlight
picture Of distinguished gathering
at a banquet which did not quite
catch the real nobility Of character
Of those present. As a test I would
cut out some Of the San Jose faces
and some faces from a crowd at a
ball game and crowd at a great
disaster and challenge any one who
perceived such dreadful degeneracy
written in the faces at San Jose to
tell me which were which.
Copyright, 1893. by United Features
syndicate Inc.J
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The LdIU'S Business

7 THINK it would be a fine idea
l. to do something important
about the prevention of murder and
I believe, moreover, that as murder
is abated in the U. S. A, the prob
lem of lynching will abate in pro-
portion because people will come to
regard the punishment Of murderers
as the laws business and not some
thing which they sometimes have
to attend to personally lest it go
altogether unrebuked or be only
mildly punished.
And in my opinion, which is based
on some experience around courts
and police stations, the best way to
go about this business would be to
clean up the learned and sly pro-
fession of the law which has taught
murdererS that they can get away
with murder.
1t would be a mistake, too. to as
sumo that the slippery little shyster
who hangs around the county Jail
or the courthouse is the only mas
ter Of the tricks by which the muir
49, - ~ ~ OtCNCN0 d4lQ lIlG DGOJlc,
who are not uniformly bright, are
finally driven to such evaporation
as broke out in San Jose. I have
IN mind one case in which a poor
family who we're in a position to
give evidence against a rich man
accused OF murder, suddenly and
quietly, LETT for a foreign land and
remained abroad, living we'll enough
on no visible means Of support until
the trial was over end the defend
ant was, of course, acquitted. It
never seemed probable to me that
this poor family just happened to
find the money for a long trim
abroad. On the contrary, I put two
and two together and arrived at
one OF the reasons why people some
times behave as they wouldn't if
LAWYERS were Otbary1yico
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Fair
Enough
by wEsTBRooK PEGLER


A MONG my souvenirs Of a re-
L n cent furry I have an invita-
ton to Join an organization called
the Writers League Against Lynch
ing. This one was in the mail at
the time I wrote a piece regarding
the lynchings in San Jose, Cal. l
did not intend to accept the invi-
tation. but I assume that the de-
cision as TO this now has been taken
out Of my hands because the
Writers League Against Lynching
has. expressed great irritation over
my tactleSS remarks on the subject
The sort Of league which would
prefer to join. anyway, if I were a
joiner and committee man, would
be league TO prevent the murder
Of legitimate citizens. I think there
is a much more urgent need for
this prevention than for the pre-
vention Of lynching because my
almanac tells me that about 1000
persons lost their lives by homicide
in 1880, which was the last year on
which the book had statistics.
whereas only twenty-one were
lynched.
So I reckon that if the Writer'S
League Against Lynching really
wants something to get Mortified
about this homicide rate would be
just dandy for the purpose.
According to this league, murder
is murder, whether it is done by an
individual with unlawful intent or
by a mob Of emotional people who
may believe that they are serving
the law. So if a mob has no right
to take a human life, then neither
has the individual murderer who
kills about $50 victims to every VIC
tim of a mob. Moreover, It Will
have to be conceded that all the
victims Of homicide were innocent
parties under the law and that their
assassination constituted a serious
invasion of their constitutional
rights.
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There's Hone
By Mrs. Clara Thurston.

By Mrs. Clara Thurston.
To Broken Hearted Mother: In
answer to your letter in The Times
Dec. 16 why don't you make a
personal visit to our Governor.
You said in your other letter you
had written him.
And as for this Mrs. Trook, who
is making you suffer, she will get
hers later, for there is a God. I
have my opinion Of any one who
would not let a mother see her
sick daughter.
I wish you and your darling a
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. Hope you get to see
your girl and boy on Christmas.
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that is supposed to protect this town
and its citizens can not find any
thing else to occupy his mind and
time except to detail some police
men to go out to the state fair
ground and close the Valuation
every few days. If they really
were injuring the people Of this
town, then well and good. but in my
opinion, they are hurting no one at
the Playground, so why should they
be interfered with?
Dives, denS and what-not thrive in
this town because of the fact that
certain so-called big shots in this
burg like to be entertained by this
element, but for me, have no use
for the big shots or dives, either.
Let us try to get this town out
of the class Of some Of our other big
burgS like Podunk and Hick Skillet.
Now, in my estimation, this burg is
in that class and will continue so, if
some changes aren't made real soon.
BY NJ. Nc.
I think the closing Of this Walk
athon at the state Playground is the
most ridiculous thing I ever heard
of. After those poor contestants
have walked all these hours, they're
not allowed to finish. They all
have a reason for winning this
money or they wouldn't have stuck
in it this long. The trouble with
the officials in this city is they will
stop something that is decent and
good entertainment at q price peo-
pie can pay, yet they will let these
burIeSque shows run full force, and
believe me, they certainly put on
some indecent shows for the high
school boys and some not out of the
grade schools.
If you ask me, their time would be
better spent if they investigated
these shows and let something de-
cent run. They do wear clothes at
the Valuation. They have worse
burlesque shows here than they do
in larger cities, because the chief is
too busy closing valuations and
such.
I wish you would please print
this, as I am a reader Of The Times
and have been for several years.
BY Orie Simmons.
Your Dec. 8 statement in Shabby
Treatment" that no other group
(than engineers is so absolutely
indispensable in modern life, is in
error. Take Edison, for instance.
We do not need him today. We need
more statesmen to sell the inventions
he produced. A vegetable vendor is
needed every day, year after year,
an engineer builds a bridge, then
the bridge (and not the engineer)
is useful.
The writer is an engineer who
devised for employers many Won
derful things; the world today
needs statesmen, and does not want
them to knock on the door. Be
fore the automobile is manufac-
tured, the engineer is king. But he
is out of a job as soon as the draw
ingS are on paper. Then the draw
ings are king. We all know the
man who has wonderful invention
not yet sold. No, engineers have
neither the training nor the ability
to help either themselves or any
one else in an economic or a po-
litical jam. We need politicians
and statesmen there.
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BY A. L. G.
just wondered if any of you had
any suggestions to offer or any So
lutions for the problem that con-
fronts me as a widowed mother of
a boy 18.
He is a high school graduate and
a good boy. He is strong and able
to work and does work when he can
get it. The question at hand is this.
He lives with his sister in another
county, who can not afford to keep
to pay rent, buy groceries and
him, as they can not make enough
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-20
DAILY THOUGHT

He disappointeth the devices Of
the crafty, so that their hands can
not perform their enterprise.-Job,
SIP.
NEW are so wicked as to take de-
4 light in crimes Improbable
Dryden.
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So They Say

Our experience has taught us
there is no use spilling blood to get
a little part of any country-Georg
Schmitt, newly arrived representa-
tive Of Germany'S Stahlhelm IN
America.
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A ffteen-mile railroad in Ohio is believed
tn he the shortest in the country. Hnph'
There are other railroads so short they cant
nav the interest on their bonds.
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The only sound money that interests all OF
TIC is the kind that rings true when you PUNK
it down on the counter
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Some scientists still believe that perpetual
motion is possible. The perpetual attempt at
it is proof enough
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-20
THE LAST ROUNDUP"

CTILL the popularity Of THE Last Round
- Up" continues. SO hungry were the peo-
ole for good songs that they can not get
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Dancing masters OF the country call for
Champagne waltz" in honor of the new free
dom 1t should be something like the old
time Hesitation"
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BY John Smith.
It seems to me conditions have
reached a climax in this so-called
city Of ours when a person can not
go out and enjoy some Of the pleas
ures of life unless first consulting
the city council, Chamber Of Com
merce and other organizations
headed by some of our highly
praised nitwits, and last but not
least, that most noble stuffed-shirt
chief of police.
Apparently, this very noble chief
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-20

Two Russian balloonists report oxygen in
the stratosphere almost as plentiful as on
earth. That's reserve supply for our lectur-
erS and politicians.
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wholly disappve your

(Times readers are invtted to eppress
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to ESQ Uords or Iess.J
By James F. Miller.
I recently renewed my Subscrip-
ton to The Times and am glad to
say that the renewal was for only
a short time as I was not aware at
the time of the change which had
been made in your paper.
1t was hard to understand why
your paper should adopt such a
narrow view Of public affairs in
general? But I thought nothing of it
until I read your editorial on
Professional Fees" in the issue Of
Dec. II
After reading this ill-advised
brain storm I began figuring it out
and I did not have to read other
than the editorial page where
found The Times had different
editor than Mr.. Gurley and I sup
pose the change was made for the
same reason other chains change
their managers. To get more bust
ness which in your case, is adver-
Using.
Judging from the policy of your
paper at this time, my belief is that
if the legal profession went in Tor
advertising and The Times had a
chance of getting some Of the bust
ness we never would hear a peep
from Ye. Editor but would get
bouquets instead of bricks.
I note you say nothing about fix
ing the prices you charge for legal
notices, which constitute the major
expense in many types of legal &C
ton. Are you biased because of the
scarcity of legal notices or is it be-
cause the man who serves time in
the Canadian jail is newspaper
man?
When newspaper men forget their
duty to the public in their zeal Tor
advertising business they should not
cry around about freedom of press
when they are afraid to use what
freedom they have for fear Of Of
Tending some prospective advertiser.
I don't think you have the nerve
to print this in your Message Cen
ter but you are welcome to if you
have.
BY Times Reader.
What has the NRA done for you?
Well, it has done plenty to the en-
ployes of the street railway COM
pany. I wonder if Mr.. Chase could
live on $1440 a week, keep a family
and try to meet expenses. With
Christmas coming, think there will
be quite a number of their help who
will have to make an appeal to the
Santa Claus fund if the children
have any Christmas at all. That's
something we never had to worry
about before, but under the NRA
a married man with a family can
not live on $1440.
Then they publish In the papers
eighty new trolley cars. How can
Mr.. Chase do it, the public asks.
Well, the employees know how he
does it. He has cut the hours, also
wages, under the NRA and makes
progress for the company and him
self.
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clothe their two children who are of
the ages Of 5 and 7, and send the
oldest child to school, and I only
make $3.50 a week.
They moved about seven months
ago to their present location, and,
according to statements from the
trustee, they have not been located
in present county long enough to
receive help from either the Red
Cross or the trustee.
They are not asking for anything
only an opportunity to support
themselves.
This young man in question is of
pleasant personality, willing and
anxious to work, and is a depend
able, honest and trustworthy boy.
Is there any one who might be
able to give this boy work, that he
may be able to support himself? If
so, am sure if you will get in touch
with The Times, they will, as they
always have been, courteous enough
to notify the boys mother.
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By L. C. NICK.
Being a devoted reader of dear
old Heywood's column, I received
quite surprise this evening at the
appearance of Fair Enough" in
place of the usual ut Seems to Me"
My spirits sank when I saw this
man Pegler had rooted my idol from
his customary location. But, out of
habit, read the column. Haywood
has been unusually brilliant in the
last few weeks, and my guess is
after this flying start of Pegler'S,
he had best remain so.
I take it this removal was in the
nature Of promotion. I sincerely
hope so. Haywood has served his
apprenticeship alongside the Mes
sage Center long enough.
Imagine his humiliation viewing
one of his best in such close prox-
unity Of one Of those controversies
on the merits Of Kentucky and
Hoosier husbands and wives.
This alone should serve as a
stimulus for bigger and better stuff
from Pegler, remember how long his
predecessor languished.
Westbrook will have to grin and
bear it and hope for the time when
adult education will have advanced
to the point where he will be con-
tent to let his column remain on
the extreme right of the page.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-03

or veto the measure he did say
there would be action on the bill
Assurance was obtained, however,
from sources that are unquestioned
authority, that the bill will be sign
ed. There is a clause in the act
which specifies that it shall become
operative at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing of the day following its approx
al by the Governor and this will
legalize the sale of beer at 8 o'clock
tomorrow, if said bill passes. It
further privides that licenses
shall be issued by the State
School Tax Commissioner who is
Pierre S. DUPONT. Manufacturers
will be taxed $500 and in addition
will have to pay three cents a gal
lon for every gallon manufactured.
Distributors will be taxed $3.50 and
in addition three cents a gallon for
every gallon they handle. Retail
ers will be taxed S1O0 and dispens-
ers will have to pay tax Of 500.