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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
A BURLEsQUE ON CRAFTSMANSHIP

state which has inscribed the names of Morton,
Kern Ralston and Beverdge on the rolls Of the ma
tons legislators looks on aghast at the spectacle of
Senator Arthur Robinson posturing grimacing, and
rantng in the halls of congress.
A senator by accident, Roblnscns sole ambition
is to prolong the mishap and the agony OF his con-
stituents Not for the good of the country but only
for publicity and continuance in office does the senior
senator from Indiana daily strut into the calcium
glare with his buffoonery.
He makes his stand on two ssues-no limit to al
lowances for veterans and prohibition forever.
Robinson opposes any equitable adjustment of the
veterans problem, based on fairness and justice
and the nations ability pay. He appeals only to
prejudice and cupdity his sole thought being votes,
votes votes In his mind not the future welfare of
the country. He thinks only of the campaign of 1884
and grasps desperately at issues of straw
The drive to pass the beer DILL undoubtedly will
find Robinson Haunting the smrched and tramped
banner of the AntI-SaoOn League at the forefront
of the small army of dupes who still cling to the
fallacy that prohibition is a sacred
A plant tool of the moribund Khan and the last
gasping Anti-Saloon League, he went into great
office as the pawn of man who now is serving
life sentence in Indiana state prison and Cover
nor who evaded stripes by pleading the statute of
limitations.
His career in the senate has been one Of which
his sponsors well may be proud-a burlesque on
craftsmanship From his inglorious entrance to the
present moment he has made his state laughing
sstock and there seems to be no bottom to the pit
of asininity which he constantly is descending.
s In the house of representatives Louis Ludlow,
an estimable diligent gentleman withal is misrep
resenting his constituency. The congressman from
this district consistently has chung to his Anti-Sa
loon League affiliations and voted dry on every test.
wise politician knows the trend of public opn-
ion before the public itself knows which way it is
veering Ludlow apparently does not qualify as
wise politician. The handwriting on the wall spells
certain defeat for him when the state goes to the
polling places in 1884.
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only to Latin America and then in the senate was
held up to die - the closing days of the session.
Need for the authority now desired by President
Roosevelt is obvious. The only real opponents are
munitions makers and prohteers. They no longer
should be allowed to dominate our foreign policy.
So long as we have high-sounding treaties out
having war; but go on selling to aggressors with
which to break those treaties there will be no peace
An embargo should be international. The other
neutral nations can not act effectively without U.s.
The President should have full authority to embargo
arms shipments when in his judgment, it is neces-
sary to the preservation of international peace and
the safety Of the United States
A measure debated at such length by the last
congress and having the Endorsement of successive
Presidents of different parties should be passed very
quickly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
THE FOREIGN FRONT

In the midst of his successful struggle with such
domestic problems as banking beer, budgets farm
and unemployment relief. President Roosevelt finds
time to act in foreign affairs.
The time is past when America can save herself
alone. Any one who doubts this should recall that
most of our depression problems spring in part from
the World war. If our concentration on home
problems caused us to neglect foreign relations and
such neglect led to another war, We would gain an
inch and lose mile.
With prospects of general more acute now
than at any time since 1918 the President is trying
to increase American cooperation with other ma
tions to strengthen the world peace machinery He
has revived the arms embargo resolution and has
instructed one of his ambassadors to sit with the
far east advisory committee of the League Of
Nations.
Ours is one of the few major governments in the
world lacking power to ban shipments of arms for
war purposes On three different occasions con-
gress has authorized presidential arms embargo to
Latin American countries and China, where civil
existed or threatened.
Several Presidents have used that power. But
the authority for an embargo against one or more
bellgerents in an international does not exist
here.
President Hoover shortly before leaving Office,
appealed to congress for embargo power in co-opera
ton with other large exporting nations This reso-
luton first was amended by the house tor apply
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16

TINE question of whether you or
L I agreed with it in whole or
in part or not at all is irrelevant
to this argument. We know, OF
course, from historical records
that Lincoln read in a low voice
and that the words were heard by
only a few persons in the crowd.
There was not even a good press
for the Gettysburg speech. 1t
caught and fired the imagination
of posterity far more than it i'm
pressed the people to whom it was
addressed. And SO, although it
remains a masterpiece in Ameri-
can literature, it hardly can be
classed as an effective speech.
But even if Lincoln had trump
eted his words to the furthest man
on the fringe of the not very con-
siderable crowd, he had 40 chance
to gain the immediate effect
which was within the potentialities
of Roosevelt'S appearance and
which he grasped, beyond all
doubt.
The number of persons who
tune in on any particularly i'm
portant radio event is a matter
of guesswork. 1t is distinctly pos
sible that more people heard the
last Dempsey-Tunney fight than
listened to our President. But in
the early afternoon Of March 4,
1888, Franklin D. Roosevelt had
his millions, and at the moment
he still has.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

WHY'" pertly asks a correspondent ARE you
w always crying up the merits of the small
town? If it has any advantages over the city, will
you be kind enough to name them to me?"
That gives me sufficient material for a thesis.
But space being limited, shall mention only one,
the most important.
A small town is the best place to keep track of
a husband. This you will admit, should be strong
point in its favor for women who seem these days
to spend most of their time and energy stalking
the sneakng spouse.
Don't let me deceive you however. The small
town, even the country crossroads is not 100 per
cent perfect in this respect. Husbands have been
known to walk right off 16O-acre farm from which
one could see for miles in every direction and when
they have turned up weeks later they usually have
brought back a true confession" story.
DUT compared to city, the small town is far
- more easy to comb for the missing male. The
automobile has complicated things bit during later
years. but the advantage lies in the fact that one
knows every other woman in the community and is
able to judge of her S. A.
Suspicious dart can speed Immediately to its
target. And the neighbors, friendly and alert to
ones interests always ready to bring in infor-
nation. Besides, in fifteen minutes at most you
can get to the spot where your husband is sup
posed to be-
city, on the contrary, offers tremendous diff
cultes for this feminine task. Once man plunges
into the morning mob he's gone for the day Al
though the chances are that he is hard at some pro-
sale Office work, he can elude you in hundred
coverts, and has ample opportunity to keep any
number of amorouS trysts
To be sure, the thing works both ways The big
CITY, it to me- is rather tough place for the
faithful wife, but can see its advantages for the
sort who like to play around bit themselves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
It Seems to Me

NEW YORK, March 16.-There
4 y is a distinct and ironical
possibility that in the annals OF
American history the late Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt will bH identi-
fed as the gentleman who hap
pened to be the fifth cousin OF
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
And since nicknameS such as
Honest Abe and Old Hickory have
served to perpetuate certain OF
our Presidents, I will not be at
all surprised if school children OF
several generations hence remem-
Der our present chief executive as
Radio Frank.
It is far too early to attempt
any evaluation of the success or
wisdom of a new administration,
and at the moment I am not
discussing so much the Judgment
of President Roosevelt as his ca
pacity to put over his program.
A few who heard his first inau-
gural have compared it to Lin
coins Gettysburg address. AS a
piece of English prose there is no
comparison whatsoever. And 1
have no doubt that many an
American address has been ami
mated by a deeper economic I'M
derstanding and a more specific
exposition.
And yet I boldly declare that
Franklin D. Roosevelt's first in
augural was the most effective
political speech ever delivered by
an American.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Volcanic Action

PROFESSOR FORBES believes
i that the present surface fea-
lures of the moon are all such as
would come about from the ex-
tensive volcanic action in COM
paratively recent geological time.
Such volcanic action would be
brought about by the melting of
large masses of rock below the
moons surface as a result of heat
from radioactive processes.
Examining the moon with a
telescope, we see that its surface
is marked with rugged mountain
ranges, broad, fiat plains, and
thousands upon thousands Of vol
cano-like craters.
These craters are thickest in
the mountainous regions, but
fairly common upon the plains.
Professor Forbes advances the
view that the great circular plains
represent huge outpourings of
lava from the lunar depths.
He takes the view that if the
lunar features had resulted from
the contraction of the moons
mass billions of years ago, they
would be different in character
He says that all the moons
features seem to be the result of
expansive, explosive processes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
SCIENCE
Moons Face Studied
BY DAVID DIETz

A CLOSE watch upon the
L n features of the moon to
check the possibility Of changes
taking place in them is being
urged by many astronomers. This
is the result of a theory advanced
bv Professor V. S. Forbes of the
University of Cambridge, England.
The old view of the moon was
that the surface features which we
now see took shape when the
earth's crust still was in a molten
condition.
1t was assumed that since the
moon was much smaller than the
earth that it must have cooled
much quicker.
Professor Forbes takes the view
that the features of the moon as
we see them are comparatively
Young, as age is reckoned IN
geology and astronomy.
They may have formed only
few hundred million years ago in
steady of several billions years ago.
He believes further that the pres
ent state of the moons surface
does not represent the end, but
merely one stage in the evolution
of the moons face.
He bases his theory on the belief
that the rocks of the moon are
much richer in radioactive mate
rails than are the surface rocks OF
the earth and that consequently
the interior of the moon is far
hotter than the interior of the
earth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
DUTY VS.. POLITICS

All senators and congressman ought to ponder
deeply over the remark made the other day by
Senator Ashurst of Arizona Senator Ashurst re-
marked that he had been threatened with political
execution" if he voted for the veterans compen-
sation economy BILL and he added:
Il have made the discovery that it is not abso-
lutely necessary to the perpetuity of the republic
that I be re-elected to the senate"
There is truth that every member of each house
ought to keep tackled up on the wall where he can
see it all day long Every member gets threatened
by lobby every so often frequently he has a
creeping feeling that the lobby is perfectly able to
carry out it's threat.
But he has higher duty than to get himself
reelected. Like Senator Ashurst, he ought to be
able to recognize it now and then.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

it? "The great practical point, ="
says the same authority, lis that
worry can be understood psyche
logically, and eliminated scienti-
fically."
No doubt; but lot of big words
90 not help us to do it. After all,
maybe the hint which Stevenson
gives us is more definite and
practical, as we'll as more simple.
For consider; his words are real
ly a prayer, taking their cue from
the Litany, and prayer is the best
weapon for fighting wurricoes and
all their ilk. If you do not be-
lieve it, try it.
Long ago the Psalmist said, Il
sought the Lord, and He delivered
me from all my fears" If we take
our religion seriously and actu-
ally use it, there will be no need
for the psychologist and his
mouth-filling words.
A renewal of spiritual faith
would heal most of our nervous
ills, and, best Of all, it would put
the quacks out of a job and on
the dole.
Copyright. 1888. by United Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
by Haywood Broun

the inaugural. 1t was the sort of
entrance which even an actor in
his widest and most fantastic
dream never could have con-
ceived.
And I have no intention of TAX
ing anything away from the sin
cerity Of the speaker when say
it was the greatest performance
ever have heard. In fact, say
this as one who disagreed radi-
cally with some of the utterances.
Progress toward the kind of
world we ought to have always
has been impeded by the fact that
in America we speak of the state
or the government as something
far away from us and alien. What
do you think they'll do?" is ia
miliar phrase. 1t is hard to get
people to put the I'VE" into ma
tional problems and administra-
ton.
And that has been the secret of
the extraordinary success of the
recent appeals of Roosevelt. Any
body who is even reasonably good
in front of q mike has had the
pleasant experience of OCCASION
ally getting letters from people
who said: Il felt that you were
talking directly with me. 1t was
as if you had come into the room"
Franklin D. Roosevelt came into
many rooms.
Recently newspapers have print
ed a number of contributions from
plaintive Republicans who wrote
asking, why is it that congress
has been willing to do certain
things for Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Amateur Doctoring Bad for Eyes

the upper lid is turned back.
1t is impossible to turn the up
per lid back safely while the per-
son is looking up or moving the
eyeball constantly.
With practice, skill can be de-
veloped in turning back the up
per lid. This then is studied care
fully.
IF the foreign substance is not
i seen, the physician then looks
at the surface of the eyeball,
changing the light so as to catch
the reflection of any foreign sub
stance imbedded in the cornea.
OF course. the competent physi-
clan has means of anesthetizing
the surface of the eye and Of
avoiding injury to it in the remov-
al of foreign substances.
He is careful not to introduce
infection. and to follow up the
removal by later inspection, to
make sure that no untoward re-
suits are occurring.
Secondary infections may bring
about ulcers which will destroy
the sight Of the eye. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Gets Second Wind

ONCE I believe in democratic
~ government, I think that there
is something heartening even to
us of a sharply opposed political
and economic faith in the fact
that an American President has
been able to dramatic himself as
a person reporting directly to the
voters to whom he is responsible.
have heard it said-in fact,
I've said on occasion-"Oh, you
can't do that by legislation. 1t
takes too long. The process is too
cumbersome, and even after you've
got it they'll give you a fight"
And now I am beginning to be-
lieve all over again that no eco
nomic or political right can be
denied to a united and aroused
people once their imagination has
been captured.
know that Roosevelt is going
to stop very far short of the goal
which 1 desire, but, at least, he
has done much to establish tech
nique by which vast change may
come. I see distinct possibilities
in the radio revolution.
Copyright. 1888 by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16

A MOTHER fairly common type
L n of injury to the eye is the
burn by causticS of one type or
another, such as lime or acids.
In industry. it is well to follow
certain rules for ali workmen who
happen to suffer injuries to the
eye:
l. Under no circumstances
should an unframed or inexperi-
enced employee attempt to remove
any foreign body from the eye.
2. Immediately after an acct
dent, the eye may be bathed with
suitable mild aSeptic or sterilized
solutions, preferably weak solu-
ton of boric acid made with steri-
ized water.
3. The eye should be covered
with sterile bandage, moistened
with this solution.
f. The person whose eye is in
volved should be sent Immediately
to the physician who is in charge
Of such cases.
THIS brings up the question Of
l. removing foreign bodies from
the surface of the eye. There are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
So They Say

All through history men were
the masters, women the interiors.
Now they are nearly equal-but
men still have them licked-Sin-
clair Lewis, novelist.
The greatest possibility for
real relief will be the inspiring of
new confidence among the peo-
pie in their banks.-Arthur S.
Dewing, Harvard finance profess
sor.
Women's duty is exactly the
same as mems duty. The time
is one that requires courage on
everybody's part.-Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
There is no such thing as a
necessary evil.-Dr. Arthur Irving.
economist.
The day of clipping coupons to
realize big annual incomes is Just
about done.-Fiorello La Guardia,
former representative from New
York.
The newer schools are filled
with the philosophy Of a closer
relationship in society, and the
public schools will have to take it
up sooner or later.-Walter w.
Petit, New York social worker.
A member of congress is forced
to decide whether to be a glori-
fed office boy for his constitu-
ents or Observation-Disclosures Tyd-
ings of Maryland
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16

ON a rather terrifying page,
~ which may have meant
music to his ear, Robert Louis
Stevenson offered the prayer;
From witches, warlocks, and wur-
ricoes, good Lord deliver u.s."
Witches we have heard about, out
they are no more. WarlockS are
just wizards in another garb, and
they have also vanished. But
what on earth are wurricoes?
AS best we can make out, wur-
ricoes are the causes and occasions
of worry, bIgbears, phantoms of
The mind, dragons of dread, hob"
COLLINS that have no reality eX-
cept in our fancy.
Yet, fictions though they are,
they ravage our hearts, darken
our homes, spoil our joy, menace
our health, and ruin our useful
neSS-these peSky Wurricoes!
All the woes wrought by wicked
ness and sickness, put together,
do not equal the misery we bring
on ourselves by too much fear and
too little faith.
On his 10th birthday, Dean
Inge said that he had had a lot
of trouble in life, most of which
never had existed at all. 1t seems
that when the supply of trouble
does not equal the demand, we
manufacture it.
y y
TTOW, then, are these busy,
II bothersome wurricoes to be
dealt with? mo one should sit
down under worry" says noted
psychologist; every one should
act the part Of st. George and
kill the dragon"
Exactly; but how are we to do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

hundreds of superstitions as to
how this pest is done.
They concern sneezing, rubbing
the other eye, and similar meth
DDS. 1t is much safer to rub the
other eye than to rub the one in
which the foreign body has lodged.
In most instances. rubbing tends
to push the foreign substance
farther into the eye.
People who understand how to
remove foreign bodies are exceed
ingly careful to make certain that
their own hands are clean, and
that every instrument or other
material used in the process is
clean or steriliZed.
The eye itself must be handled
with the utmost delicacy. The per-
son first looks upward so that
the lower lid of the eye may be
pulled down and carefully studied.
He then locks downward while
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Questions and
Answers .

Q-Is there a premium on a 25-
cent piece dated 1894?
A-No.
Q-Was scrip issued in 1902
Ayes.
Q-Can married mans wages
be garnisheed in Indiana for a
doctor bill Of seven years stand
ing?
A-Four judges in the county
courts have held the garnishee act
invalid.
Q-What country has the great
est number Of cattle?
A-British India. In 1880 there
were 154,629, 900 head.
Q-Do Americans require pass
ports to travel in Mexico?
A-No.
Q-Is there a magnet for gold?
A-No.
Q-Name the king Of Italy.
A-Vittorio Emanuele III.
Q-What is Cubism?
A school of art characterized
by the formation Of squares or
cubes in obtaining perspective.
Q-What countries are the
largest producers of platinum?
A-RuSsia led in 1881 with APP
proximately 100000 troy ounces
and Colombia was second, with
44,31l troy ounces.
Odd the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation pay a dividend on its
preferred stock in october, 1892,
and January 1893?
A-No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Mann Policies Must Be Reversed

THE prices that the dollar has dropped somewhat
result drops further prices will continue to rise they
must, to set the for recovery.
The mposby Of bringing prices up without cheapenng money
should have recognized long this the hope OF
anything like full liquidation of public and private debt
We raising national
through what those boom
debt contracted only long
revolutionary
Many the policies we have been pursuing and still regard as
sound must be reversed The ncng which only adds to
employment must and the wu depression Of wages made pos
write off mortgages bonds obligations whole
through period Generalization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
Radio IN Politics

ITO be sure, other Presidents
Il and political leaders of re-
cent years have availed them
selves of the possibilities offered
by a national hookup, but can
think of no one who has been as
keenly aware Of the power of this
force or as proficient in utiliz-
ing it.
1t is true that circumstances set
a very dramatic background for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16

from about 200 degrees above zero,
Fahrenheit, to about 400 below
zero.
This must cause expansion and
contraction of the surface rocks
with consequent cracking and
crumbling.
This process, if it has been 60
ing on for 2,OOOOOOOOO years,
would have Obliterated the sharp
ness of the features which we see.
he believes.
His theory that the moon may
be more radioactive than the
earth is supported by the fact
that the moons surface appears
to be composed Of the kind of rock
that is likely to be highly radio
active.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-16
This Is War-dnd So Treated

THE President invoking because this because
methods
and problem that without
sacrifice
the campaign by deceivng ourselves the diff
cues ahead continuing the ridiculous habit Of
them slogans and catch phrases.
holiday that
to break them scrip issued to overcome shortage
placed embargo the
exhaustion
Technically gone off the gold standard resorted
imitation, the
in