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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
A MAJOR PROBLEM

WE have been told so often that the pend
ing industrial control bill will open a
new era in American life that the words inst
ABOUT have lost their meaning And instead
OF gaping vacuously at this prospect, it might
pay us to look into the problem of over
production and see just why this bill, or
something like it, is such a vital necessity.
We all know that overproduction is largely
responsible for our present ills What we
frequently overlook is the fact that over
production is inevitable under our old system
Without an all-inclusive control from the
top, there is no way of preventing it.
Take for example, the case of an indus
trialist whose firm is engaged, say, in the
manufacture of plug hats.
There are perhaps two dozen other firms
in the country making plug hats Altogether.
working at capacity, they can turn out some
100000 plug hats year. Only 100000
plug hats can be sold in one year. The ma
ton has a greater plug hat-producing ca
pacity than it needs
But our individual plug hat maker hardly
can take that into account when he plans
his years production. He only can look at
his last years figures, cast weather eye at
market conditions, and go grimIy ahead to
market his own quota
If he cuts his own production in half,
because of the excess capacity of the produc-
ducing industry, one of his rivals gets the
sales he should have had.
And if he gets all of his rivals together
and agrees with them that all shall produce
at third of their capacity so that SURPRISES
can be avoided and fair prices can be main
tanned, the whole lot of them is liable to
prosecution by the federal government.
This little fable could be applied to nearly
every large business in the United States
Unless there can be united action in each in
dustry, with Uncle Sam sitting in to see fair
play and protect the rights of consumer and
employe, there can not be an end to over
production.
Our fondness for free competition was
justified in the old days of scarcity. Over
production was almost non-eMstent then;
when it appeared. rarely, it always adjusted
itself sooner or later.
Now, however, unlimited production of
practically everything is possible. Under such
conditions, free competition is a curse rather
than blessing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
WHOSE CRUCIFIXION?

THERE are a number of stable obstacles
= in the path of realizing new deal this
side of some radical overtTn. Perhaps the
most insrmountable of all is the difficulty
one finds in inducing any considerable number
Of substantial business men to face facts reso-
lutely and to recognize clearly their own real
economic interests.
The other day number OF the more i'm
portant industrial and financial figures gath
cred in one of the most attractive cities of
the east Present also was famous American
Journalist and novelist, who happens to be
resolute and veteran liberal He was ques-
toned as to the sentiment of the business men
of the town relative to the Morgan investiga-
ton. He replied unhesitatingly that they
viewed it in a light most hostile TO the senate
committee and to Mr.. Pecora.
In short" said he, they regard it as moth
ing less than the crucifxion Of great and
noble benefactor of human society"
The city to which reference is made is re-
mote from Wall Street with respect both TO
geography and to economic traits. Therefore,
~ is hard for many Of its inhabitants to discern
INST wherein and to what degree they have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
MR.. HOWE'S BLUNDER

MIR. HOWE, President RooSeVelt's secre-
AZ tary, has not made a happy explana-
ton of his part in the forestry kit scandal.
The uncontested facts are these:
Basil OConnor, friend of Mr.. Howe and
former law partner of the President, sent
Mr.. BeVier head of New York firm, to Mr..
Howe with letter of introduction.
After talking with Mr. BeVier Mr.. Howe
sent letter to Director Fechner Of emergency
conservation work. stating
1T has come to my attention that toilet
articles for the men Of the conservation corps
=. can be purchased in the form of a kit
containing more items and of much higher
quality at a considerably less price than they
would cost if purchased singly, or if procured
through the war department. -. I have seen
the inferior articles referred to- and have
seen the kits of superior articles If you
feel that you are in need Of specific authority
for taking this matter into your own hands,
this letter will serve the purpose"
AS a result of this Howe letter, Director
Fletcher contracted for 100000 BeVier kits at
$1.4O each, which the quartermaster- general
of the army says could have been purchased
elsewhere for IS cents or less
Neither Mr. Howe, who signed the letter,
nor Mr. Lowery Of the budget bureau, whom
he requested to dictate the letter for him.
seems to have made any investigation to
ascertain that the BcVier kit was of higher
quality or cheaper All they had apparently
was the sales talk of Mr.. BeVier.
Mr. Howe's defense is that his letter was
not intended to influence the letting Of the
contract, but merely to give Director Fechner
such authority and discretion. The Howe
letter however. obviously did influence the
contract, and on the face of it hardly could
have done otherwise.
No one suggests that Mr.. Howe personally
profted by this deal. Nor is the issue merely
whether the government lost 100000 or
Sl5O,OO0O through technical error of a gov
eminent official.
Why should the Presidents secretary well
come government contract seekers with or
without political pull? Why should he inter
fere with the regular government purchasing
machinery set up to prevent political favorit-
ism and graft?
Why should he have or express any opinion
on the relative merits of merchandise sup
posed to be passed upon by nonpolitical ex-
perls? Why should he-if so unwise as to
participate in such transaction himself
draw in the President by permitting the Presi-
dent to sign hasty approval?
The most charitable answer to these ques-
tons is that Secretary Howe has been guilty
of an inexcusable blunder. We hope the adj
r1inistration in its effective work will not be
embarrassed ny such laundering in the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
: Consider Mimi

1T is my own experience that the
a better sort of music creates an
afterglow Of cheerfulness. When I
observe what happens to poor Par
sifal I come away saying to myself,
u guess I have no reason to COM
plain" And even among the more
florid Italian composers the end
result is one of elation. After sit
ting up with Butterfly, I can not
dignity my own tribulations as COM
pletely tragic.
But Secretary Woodin has been
identified chiefly with music of the
lighter sort, and I do not quite I'M
derstand how he finds in this field
an easement for our griefs. While
I come out of grand opera more or
less buoyed up for the next twenty
four hours, musical comedy general
ly leaves me in a state of complete
collapse.
These tunes devised for the null
titude do not leave me with any
sure conviction that God is in His
heaven and that all is right with
the world. Pippa passes, but the
brother who wants to know whether
I can spare a dime always is at my
elbow.
OF late the regulators of the radio
have decreed that there shall be
no more sad songs along the ether.
And yet I know nothing quite so
mournful as the fugitive and unsuc-
cessful crop of cheer-up ballads.
rather would hear the frankly
sad notes of rumbling hearses in
some popular variation Of the blues
than be informed that the singer
again is putting money in the bank
and that as far as he's concerned
the world is hotsy-totsy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
THE REAL LESSON

THAT sheaf Of letters and teEegrams re-
ceived by Senator Carter Glass, denounc-
ing him as crook and defender of rack
eteers." represents the flying spray from
mounting tidal wave of public indignation
over the Morgan disclosures.
When a man Of Senator GLASS; standing
can receive such letters, it is pretty obvious
that the waters are getting rather turbulent
and the rising of the wave brings to our pub
lie men two chances to make disastrou.
mistakes
They can, first of all, fail to recognize the
waves force-in which case, if they let them
selves get in its way, they are apt to get
soaked thoroughly.
Second, they can fail to guide it into
useful channel, letting it, instead, dash it.
self out impotently on the beach tin a fine
smother Of harmless foam.
There isn't much danger that the first
mistake will be made Even the blbndest of
men must realize that these Morgan revea-
lions have stirred the country as it. has not
been stirred in years.
The real danger is that this fine force of
public anger will be permitted to tdissipate
itself uselessly so that, when the tunnult sub
sides, things will go on pretty much as they
did before
That is the mistake that is apt to be made
if we let ourselves grow undUly indignant at
Mr.. Morgan personally.
This investigation is not, fundamentally,
an attempt to uncover rascality; it Isl not an
attempt to ferret out those whom Theodore
Roosevelt used to call -'nalefactors of great
wealth" and throw them in jail
If its only result is to make us demand
that some man should go to prison and that
another man should resign his Office, then it all
will be wasted effort.
It's true value is that it is revealing a ire
mendous and powerful invisible government
by insiders" who are free from public con-
troll, who make their own rules, and render
their accounts to auditors of their own
choosing.
The real villain in the piece is a system
and not a set of individuals. If the tidal wave
of public indignation can be directed against
the system, then the Morgan invest tgation
well may prove one of the most valuable I'M
dertakings that congress ever has tackled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
IM.E.TracySays:

a CIRCUS midget on j. P. Morgan's knee
"a was exceptional enough to arouse wide
spread interest but disgust mingled with
amusement after the initial shock.
Whether the incident was of any adver-
Using value to the circus, it has served to Gre
ate sympathy for Mr.. Morgan and to belittle
one of the most important hearings ever held
In this connection, it is pertinent to observe
that the great object sought by congress is
not to enlbarrass or torment great f1nancieTS,
but to discover defects in the existing law so
they may be corrected.
Mr.. Morgan is not trial He has not
been accused of doing anything illegal. The
senate committee was not instituted as grand
jury.
Purpose of this hearing is to examine the
nations financial structure, with special refer
ence to private banks and investment houses.
II
EVIDENCE has been developed concerning
L. practices and methods which appear UNI
desirable and unsound to average people. This
is a matter of general custom, rather than per-
Sonal conduct. The remedy lies in legislation,
rather than in prosecution.
The larger purpose should not be obscured
Or sidetracked by incidents and revelations of
a personal character.
Entertaining as it may be to behold big
business men on the griddle we must not allow
our appetite for thrills to. interfere with such
an essential undertaking as modification of the
banking and income tax laws.
The government, rather than ]. P Morgan,
is on the carpet. The government is chiefly
responsible for practices and privileges exer-
cised by him and others like him.
In his place, most men would have carried
on business about the same way, would have
lived within the law, as interpreted by counsel
and let it go at that. Private bankers are
not responsible for the laxity of our state de-
partment with regard to foreign securities, for
the capital gain and loss provision Of the in
come tax law for the custom of promoting
enterprises through favored friends.
THEY have taken all possible advantage of
l. their rights and privileges, which is only
human. It is the government, however, that
determines how far they can go in this respect,
and it is the government that should be held
responsible.
Mr.. Morgan has made lots of money for
himself and his partners. At the same time
he has run bank in such a manner as should
make the American people feel Inundated be-
cause Of what has happened to thousands Of
state and national banks.
If his rights and privileges are restricted,
it Is not because Of failure on his part, but
because their unlimited exercise represents a
danger TO our political and economic structure.
Obviously, this can not be done in the wis
est manner if envy. thrill hunting and other
shallow emotions become dominant.
Circus press agents and stunts which go
with their trade have no place in an investi-
cation such as now IS going on at Washing
ton They only serve TO divert attention and
create false sense Of valltes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
Magic of Comparison

THEERFULNESS is engendered
~ chiefly in me by hearing Of
those who are worse off rather than
by being reminded of the lucky ones
of this earth. I care less for the
song Of the victors than the ballad
Of those who have gone down to de-
feat.
And it is my impression that in
this respect I stand with the many
and not the exceptional few. Only
the other evening a connoiSseur in
the newer developments of Amer
lean music took me to a spot where
he said could hear the most recent
torch song and that I would find it
an authentic MASTERPIECE. 1t seemed
to me that my informant had re-
ported correctly.
But the ballad in question had
nothing to do with anybody's good
fortune. 1t seems that a certain
young man, to get to his own dom
icile, had to pass the house of a
young woman who once loved him,
but subsequently had lost her lik-
Ing Tor the said youn gamn.
Over and over again he reminds
her that if he passes her home it
is only because it is necessary for
him to do so to reach his own
abode. He has abandoned all hope.
and he has no desire to poster her
with unwelcome attentions. He
merely wants to get home.
The juxtaposition of the two
dwellings is merely an unfortunate
circumstance which opens old
wounds in his breast. OF course.
upon the most cold blooded scrutiny
it would seem that the young man
might have gone two squares north
and approached his own residence
from different direction and in
this way avoided the necessity of
passing the house of the girl who
cid not want him any more. But
perhaps they both lived on a blind
alley and there was no way out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
It Seems
to Me
: BY HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK. June civilian H.
l Woodin, the song writer who is
acting as secretary Of the treasury
between dittie5, received an honorary
degree at Syracuse and made
speech in which he declared that
music is needed to Danish depres-
sion in the United States.
Unfortunately. the reports on The
address are fragmentary, and there
IS no indication as to whether Mr..
Woodin referred to the old masters
or to the more recent melody kings.
I never have made any close
analysis Of The effect Of Wagner,
Beethoven, or Bach upon the resi-
dents Of upper Broadway. and the
Bronx. 1t IS entirely possible that
after Tristan dies of love and null
tlple contuSiors the average listener
leaves the opera house swapping his
fingers and humming TO himself,
We all need little hot-cha."
And it may be that Beethoven
caused the vfolins to keep in mourn
full numbers for no other purpose
than to inspirit the average house
holder into saying. Well, I'm tell
ing you he Can Just wait for the
rent"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
RECREATION'S VALUE

THE tremendous usefulness of public
recreation grounds in a time when
economic depression gives lots of people more
leisure than they know what to do with is
graphically shown in figures just issued by the
National Recreation Association.
Slightly fewer than 1900 of the 1854
directed play areas supported by l,O12 cities in
the United States and Canada were visited by
more than 27O,OOOOOO adults and children
during 1882. Attendance at outdoor play
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08

ciated with insufficient food, there
usually is diarrhea, as we'll as
symptoms of collie, vomiting, and
the formation of gas.
Whenever such symptoms occur
in an infant and there is continued
loss of weight, the mother will dc
we'll to consult a doctor and get
suitable information as to proper
diet.
Children who have not been
sufficiently fed are especially liable
to infections and sickness, because
mulnutrition makes them unable tc
resist conditions which more salts
factorily fed children are able tc
overcome.
In the case Of older children, un-
derfeeding may be due to the de-
sire of the child to get to school or
time, to hurry out to play, or to q
general lack of appetite because OF
failure Of the food to appeal to its
wants and desires.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
Feeding the Child Is Battling Problem

TINE mother who is concerned
i with the problem of feeding an
infant constantly is between the
Scylla of overlooking and the
Charybdis of underfeeding.
In recent years, more has been
written against overlooking than
against undertaking. There seems
to be no question that overfeeding,
particularly Of milk, may lead 10
failure to gain in weight and diff
culties of digestion, particularly
when the milk has not been modi-
fed properly by addition of sufh-
Gent sugar.
If the proper balance is main
tanned between the amounts Of sugar
and protein in the mixture and the
total amount of material fed, this
condition will not develop.
The average infant requires about
IL ounces of milk for each pound
of body weight. 1t is well, however,
to bear in mind that no two infants
are exactly alike, and therefore it
is not possible to generalize greatly.
In recent survey DR.. George j.
Feldstein points out that the dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
A Woman's Viewpoint ]: ::

that we are naive in our govern
mental policies, hypocritical in our
business ethics, and stupid in our
nationalisms.
Yet these voices raised to shout
aloud humanity's inert submission
to the commonplace. the vulgar, the
false, are our real benefactors, our
st. Johns preparing the way for
prophets preaching new philos-
ophies, when the old will serve US
no longer.
Champions Of truth as they see
it, they are the yeast that leavens
the dough Of cultures and civiIiza-
tons. Without them we would de-
generate into mass of sycophants,
crawling before DULLES, Of fools
groveling before greater fools.
At any cost, the freedom Of ideas
must be preserved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine.

orders resulting from undertaking
are likely to come on insidiously,
and therefore parents may not no.
tice these disorders until the synp-
toms are serious.
When child fails to gain weight
satisfactorily, there is not only a
failure to grow, but there is a likeli-
hood of some consumption of its
own body tissues to make up for
the deficiencies in its diet.
It is for this reason particularly
that infants must be sufficiently
fed.
The child requires material not
only for energy, but also for growth.
If an infant is not getting Suffici-
ent food, it is likely to be restless
and to cry after each feeding.
If it is quite weak, it may even
be apathetic and fail to cry. Asso-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
A StrikeOut

By A. E. F. Disabled.
TINE genial prestigiditator who
confuses us so delightfully."-
from his dais in the White House
has stepped out of character for
the first time. We expected better
craftsmanship out Of public
servant who went to our national
game for an analogy to explain his
acts.
Sometimes I hit the ball, some
times 1 strike out, but I'm always
in there trying" Well, Franklin,
old boy, you sure struck out when
you attempted to treat service
connected disability cases in the
manner you did. And not only
that, but your attitude, as ex-
pressed by Mr.. Howe from the
White House, was about as
petulant as could be.
Congress attempted to allay the
not unwarranted fear of thou
sands of eX-service disabled BY
insuring them that their pensions
would not be reduced more than
, Is per cent. These men have Serv-
ice connected disabilities they
have a just claim. They are not
gold brickers. To reduce them IS
per cent would be gross injustice,
but hell, Franklin, you are not
even satisfied with that reduction.
Of course, that's you, Franklin,
and you're much above that sort
of thing. But, for the love of
Mike, lose gracefully and don't
run to your mother (the alleged
public, as interpreted by a kept
press when congress attempts to
right a wrong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08

a ND now Indiana, by vote Of almost 2 to
/, joins the wet parade.
The Hoosier state was listed, with Kansas,
as che Of the nations dryest. It was the first
large doubtful state to vote on the repeal issue.
Into Indiana the drys hauled their biggest
guns for Tuesdays test. Dr.. F. Scott Mcbride,
the Anti-saloon leagues generalissimo, Bishop
Cannon, and others transformed the cities and
back country
Indianas wet victory, following a 4 to l
landslide in neighboring Illinois, probably fore
shadows repeal majoriHes in the six other
states voting this month, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Hampshire West Virginia.
California, and once-arid Iowa. The score
today stands 10 to 0 for repeal by states, to l
BY population.
In July the drys take their stand south of
the Mason and Dixon line. They are massing
their shattered legions in Alabama and Ar
kansas. The repealists hope that President
Roosevelt will make an appeal in behalf Of the
United States treasury that so urgently needs
the half billion dollars of revenue expected
from the tax on legal spirits. If the drys lose
also in the south the fight will be about over
In addition to the ten states that have
voted, twenty-one others have fixed their
election dates and the governors of six more
have been given power to call elections this
year If thirty-siX out of these thirty-seven
vote as have the first ten, it will be possible
for America to record the end of a discredited
experiment by Christmas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08

CERTAIN American students in
~ England have assembled to pro-
ncunce sentence upon George Ber-
nard Shaw. They have branded him
a menace to civilization.
What boshI Irritating as the
Shaws of the earth may be, they
are the truest, perhaps the only,
friends of mankind. Without the
constant criticism to which they
subject US, We probably would sink
into an ocean of smugness, and
drown in our own complacence.
Nothing is so deadly as state Of
mind that compels mans perpetual
admiration Of himself and his kind,
because humanity moves onward
through dissatisfaction and unrest.
on the feet Of nonconformity and
revolution.
To keep us Fnoving forward, or
even in a circl 4 you ike that bet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-08
At Dawn
BY MAXINE PETERS

I've seen the dawning Of a summer
day
Pink tipped with carmine, flushed
with coral light,
Vanquish the mantled darkness of
the night
And drive the hosts Of Hecate away.
I've watched the clouds like sheep
at play,
Gambling on a field Of blue and
white;
I've looked upon the eagle in his
flight;
And loved the God who fashioned
him that way.
If every one who lived upon this
earth
Could only see with his two mortal
eyes
Its beauty, not the evil we create,
Sin would end. The world would
have rebirth
If all earth's beauty We could re-
alize;
Beauty we feel. we can not desc