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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
NIRA'S ORATORS

IN theaters and other places Of public
L amusement speakers are coming out now
as they did in the war days. Volunteer
votaries of MIRA. they extol her aims and
exhort to cooperation in the recovery pro-
gram.
Patriotic arrangements are eager to do
their bits. The speakers can do great deal
of good. They can do more good the better
chosen they are for their ability to hold an
audience and to enthuse it,
1t is especially necessary that they have
personal magnetism, skill, and ability to catch
attention quickly and hold it. since the
speeches are made between acts The audience
is naturally inclined 10 get up and drift to-
ward the smoking rooms
When a speaker is abandoned by a good
part Of his hearers NIRA is snubbed. MIRA
is very proud lady. 1t will be best to treat
her accordingly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
THE POWER PROGRAM

THE Tennessee Valley Authority has an
nounced its blanket power policy. It's
u,timatum to private interests which have
battled the entrance Of the federal govern
ment into the power business for twelve years
and more.
This is a progressive document that marks
another milestone Of the New Deal Under
it the government intends 10 serve with cheap
power al! within the Tennessee river basin who
want it. Under certain conditions it will 60
outside the basin area. and whether il does
or not Will depend upon the private power
companies themselves and the rates they
charge their customers
The government policy sets al rest all
apprehension that might have existed regard
ing its future course. The Tennessee Author
ity backed BY the President intends 70 carry
out the Roosevelt Norris Muscle Shoals act
IN spirit and letter.
The business Of generating and distribut-
ing electric power is q public business" says
the official statement. Private and public
interests in the business Of power are Of a
different kind and quality and should not be
confused.
The interest Of the public in the widest
possible use Of power is superior to any pri-
vate interest. When the private interest and
this public interest conflict the public interest
must prevail"
But at the same time the government does
not intend ruthlessly to destroy investment in
private power companies. The effect Of its
operations upon private public utilities will be
considered in framing decisions although this
Will not be the determining factor.
The most important considerations" saws
the Valley authority, are the furthering of the
public interest in making power available at
the lowest rate consistent with sound financial
policy. and the accomplishment of the social
detectives which low cost power makes posi-
Bile"
The statement of policy specifically saws
that under special conditions IVA will be pre-
pared to transmit power outside of the
Tennessee river area and among these special
considerations would be "unreasonably high
rates for service" furnished by private COM
panies and failure or absence of public
regulation to protect the public interest"
Upon this policy functioning chiefly at
first within the river basin. IVA will supply
that long-awaited federal yardstick by which
private power costs will be judged.
This means, eventually, lower power costs
everywhere
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
GOVERNMENT RESTORED

T>HE real significance Of the amazing pro-
gram now being attempted at Washing
ton lies less IN what actually is being done
than in the spirit which is moving the chief
performers.
To understand It, all you need to do is
cast your memory back TO the heyday Of the
boom. when James w Gerard named sixty
four men who. he said were the real rulers OF
America
Few people Quarreled with his list at that
time Some felt that his list OF big indus
trisstS hnanciers and promoters wasn't
quite long enough and others felt that it
was little too long. but that the country's
destines actually were in the hands of a
small group Of very wealthy men hardly
any body denied.
Paste that list up against the background
+ the NRA program and It takes on diff
ferent aspect. For. If Mr.. Gerard named the
zeal rulers Of the country for us the ad-
ministration is naming the man from whom
the rulers take their orders: and that man
seems 10 be none other than our old friend
Uncle sam himself
bic government" in the United States. good
deal Of this talk vas bunk but there was
plenty Of solid truth back Of it.
The rise o. induStrialism and the growth Of
financial influence somehow had switched
the keys Of real power away from the elected
representatives Of the people and into the
Offices Of men who acknowledged no public
responsibility.
What We are engaged in now IS not mere
" struggle 10 restore buying power, get
people back 70 work and end the depression.
We also are trying 70 put the control over
our own desJinies back where il belongs
in the hands OF men at Washington who owe
their place 70 the expressed will of the
electorate.
II is one Of the most important and far
reaching programs ever instituted in all the
history OF the republic
!. Il means that the American democracy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25

DUBLIC attention Is 50 concentrated on the
spectacular aspects Of the recovery drive
that q number Of exceedingly important new
deal undertakings receive less notice than they
deserve for instance the federal power com
mission decisions to survey and plan hydro
electric development and to investigate the
cost Of transmitting and generating power
Rivers and streams OF this country con-
tam power resources that are inexhaustible
If the forests are preserved Unlike oil and
coal and most other natural resources. there
is no danger Of exhaustion or shortage in
case Of emergency
If the rivers are developed with regard 10
p general plan. their hydro-electric potential
ties should be enough for every possible need
in the future
So far cams have been built in hit or miss
fashion. regardless OF whether construction at
that point would foreclose utilization Of an
ether drop in the river a little above or little
below
Though the national need for hydro-electric
planning has been less apparent than the need
for planned production Of oil the power com
mission has had vision enough to foresee
day when this viii be extremely important.
It's survey has nothing to do with public or
private ownership Of power resources, but
should enable it to grant permits wisely on al
streams in which the federal government has
an interest
The second part Of the power commission
program is no less important No accurate
figures ever have been available disclosing
cost Of transmission and distribution of power
This great blind spot has made regulation
Of utilities almost an impossible task Po4yer
generation costs approximately mills klo-
watt hour while the average cost to consumers
is cents a kiloWatt hour
L IS not at all remarkable that consumers
have been curious as to where the rest of the
money they pay to power companies goes. A
variety Of charges have been made concern
ing it
The power commission proposes 10 explore
this no mans land and learn the secret if
it can. Utility companies should welcome the
inquiry. because II transmission and distribu-
tion are found to be as costly as they always
have claimed much Of the complaint against
regulation with its companion demand for
public ownership probably would subside
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
1t Can Be Orerdone

MOT all this new-found energy
~ and zam and sense Of self-as-
surance is useful I'll have 70 break
training pretty soon and dull this
fine edge Of condition before some
body pops me right in the nose
l have a slight feeling that I am
becoming what is called just a wee
bit inSufferable
And 10 doesn't always work to my
own advantage For instance there
was that meeting with Secretary
Ickes A newspaper friend IN Wash
ington said I think ! can arrange
it for you 10 talk 10 Ickes. Most
Of you New York reporters have
been pretty dumb about him When
he was appointed to the cabinet all
that the editorial writers could
think of to say about him was that
he was friend and associate OF
Senator Hiram Johnson
Ickes is a person IN his own right.
He was the man who carried on
the fight against Sam insult A.
time when Sam was a tough baby
10 be fighting With the possible
exception Of Frances Perkins. Ickes
is the best member Of the cabinet
OF course. he's terribly busy but
If YOU come over 20 my house for
dinner I think you'll have a chance
10 listen to him for a few minutes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
AMERICA AT POLO

INDIANAPOLIS polo fans, rapidly increasing
in number. note with interest the EaSrs
loss Of ascendency in the sport IN the Chi
cago games ending in last Sundays triumph
for the weste-ners. polo became Anericanized.
The process began with the sporadic growth
Of polo playing in Texas and California and
various other parts OF the country. Finally
Californian Eric Pedley. by the power Of his
playing was granted a place on the interns-
tional team.
But Meadow Brook seat Of American
polo, continued supreme by force Of its gifted
playing and its deep rootage in the past Of the
game Tommy Hitchcock Americas lone ten
goal man, led not only as great player but as
a man to whom Americas and the game pres
tge counted more than the exclusiveness Of
Meadow Brooks representation of America in
international play Hence Pedley's chance and
triumph.
Meantime. Cecil Smith. hailed as the great
est Of polo players after his Chicago victory,
and RUDE Williams, Texans and ex-cowboys,
had appeared on Long Island. These gradu-
ally mixed in Long Island playing and grew
in skill and ability at team work
The victory Of the west over the east in the
three Chicago games was an Americanization
Of polo in another sense also-the westerners
rode American ponies, while the fasteners
were mounted on Argentiniar ponies, mainly
In the next International games players
drawn from such diverse sections as Long
Island. California, and Texas. will constitute
the team, with the mounts predominantly
American. America is Matchmaking an ex-
citing sport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
City Residents Get Inadequate Sunshine

ments inform the public as 20 the
exact amounts Of sunshine available
and the hourly variations.
IN those cities in which 1t is quite
clear that the public Will not have
adequate sunshine, substitutes such
as the use Of ultraviolet rays from
various types Of lamps. distribution
OF cod liver oil and Of substitutes
for cod liver oil such as concen-
trates and tablets. and irradiated
FOODS should be used generally BY
the public
However. these measures disre-
gard the pollution Of the air b.
smoke These are problems for
engineers who must take I'D the
question Of electric heating and
smoke consumption with new viqor
realizing now that the menace OF
smoke Is an increasing one and
likely 70 develop great harm for
people generally unless more drastic
action Is taken
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
1t Seems
to Me
- BY HAYWOOD BROUN :

NEW YORK Aug Is Possibly
' II merely is my own imaeira-
ton but it seems TO me thar -
Gently there has been more bell.r-
erency than usual in The column
That might be because there are
so many things worth being be.ac-
ent about az the moment But 7
attribute it 70 an outdoor life. early
hours and my increasing proficiency
AZ co4
There's nothing Ike a clean hit
20 make you cranky and ready 10
Ci-o OF, 'hc heads Of all who are NOT
in complete agreement with volr
point Of view There have been
times when this strip was miserao.t
menacing With ms own hand 7
have condemned myself and con
tcSsed 70 fraiities and the onrush
OF old age
Recently I haven't felt Ike that al
all Instead l look at columns all
ready dated by the passing 81 two
or three days and exclaim 10 NV
self. Il certainly was pretty good
when wrote that"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
Attacks Unions
Bv a TaNpaver

Bv a Taxpayer
XXTHEN organized unions try
w to tell our government how
TO spend taxpayers money I think
1t IS time for the taxpayers TO do
something about it. Why should
any man be paid s112i2 an hour
in these hard times when there
are hundreds of men Just as ca
pable Of doing the work and would
be more than glad TO get 40 cents
an hour?
Is it because they pay a GER
tain amount of monthly dues TO
get a little card? When these
union laborers 90 TO dipping their
hands into the public pay roll it
IS time to call a halt. Eighty
cents an hour is a fair wage these
days and as a taxpayer I would
like 10 make that much myself.
When man gets so weak he
can't think and talk for himself,
l believe it is time for the state
TO build an institution and put
him in it. Why should he con-
tribute TO some ones nice salary
to do the talking for him? I be-
lieve in men working together for
their own protection, but not to
the tune Of demanding an exces-
sive wage scale when the poorer
working class Of people has TO pay
their salary.
If our government is to be run
this way. why not make a divi-
sion Of union and nOn-union la
borers instead Of Democrats and
Republicans? If this was the
case I believe the unions would
find their place and stay in it.
I am Democrat and have faith
in our present administration and
firmly believe that at the next
meeting of the state legislature
the unions should be taken out of
our government. thereby saving
some of the taxpayers money that
otherwise would be spent for an
excessive wage scale.
Live and let live should be our
motto. instead Of letting one fell
low have all the money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
Meeting Secretary Ickes

T WENT. and nv friend had pro
Il duced Secretary Ickes accord
ing 70 agreement He said I'm
pleased 10 meet YOU and that was
the last heard from the key man Of
the cabinet
The newspaper man sitting Just 10
his right made some statement with
which ! was in complete agree
ment Ordinarily. I would have let
II pass but had hole-in-one
feeling in my heart. and I spoke I'd
and said sharply. You talk ike
blame fool When did he sell out2"
Repeatedly answered my oppo-
nent.
Repeatedly isn't an answer" I
insisted Il asked YOU. when did
he sell out2' And 50 H. ragged for
ihree-quarters Of an hour. and pres
entity Mr.. Secretary Ickes was say
ing. I'm so sorry 7 must BE- loav-
ing 50, all I got out 81 The meet
ing was the impression that the
secretary Of the interior is On ex-
cellent listener.
7 think 7 need 20 be taken down
peg. Half a dozen pegs wouldn't
hurt. I must find somebody who
can beat me over that course By
the way what is Hagen doing with
his Week-ends2
CcprriTr' 1893. b~ Tht Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25

THERE seems TO be no doubt that
L human beings gradually are
losing their contact with sunlight,
particularly those who live in cities.
Progress in prevention Of pollu-
ton of the air BY smoke and dust,
according to Dr. F O. Tonney has
not kept pace with other advances
in the control Of factors affecting
the public health.
For example. protection of the
public in relationship TO food, va
ter and milk supplies is now fairly
adequate
Every one realizes that the breath
ing Of smoke-h filled air and the
breathing Of Gust and SCOT into the
lungs can not De a healthful proc
ess; vet it goes on daily and little
if anything. is done to eliminate this
source Of irritation.
Evidence has been accumulated in
several cities indicating that babies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25

another. They're out for a good
time and they have It. A good
many frankly admit boredom al
functions managed by women.
And why not, since so many times
the atmosphere crips with self-con-
sciousness and strain. and nobody
could feel pleasant, natural or re-
laxed2
A man never notices whether his
cup and saucer match-hes con-
cerned with the kind Of coffee ne g
getting He is quick 70 sense the
inner welcome and TO discount outer
show Hospitality comes from The
heart and you can not learn the art
merely By following rules.
Because they have forgotten how
to play, women as a general thing
are poor hosteSses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25

There is no visible reason whv
the outside brewers can not estab-
liSh depots here as in the past. de-
livering half barrels at SO. unless
their greed and political graft
should prevent it.
I will give our illustrious ring
master Governor full credit for the
commendable things he has done.
I supported the straight ticket with
the exception Of The now wet. dry
tomorrow Ludlow.
II leading Democrats fail to in
fuence Paul v McNutt 10 come
clean on the beer, the party will
cape into a blank future in Indiana
Who Of us wants our speck Of in
tellgence insulted by such a fellow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
Sun Shadows
81 CHRISTIE RTnOIPH

b1 thhlS lie RUDOLPH
Most glorious sun-god that races
across the SUBMITS Of The SKY
That firts with dawn and warns
the breeze among the trees.
You tenderly Kiss the flowers where
ardorOus colors lie.
l watch your rapturOus iga- re-
treating al MONDAY.
You give birth 70 calm and v.s,.ul
afternoon.
see the blue % morning ghost
like and silent. creep away
Beam forth in all YOUR glorious
splendor. for death Is soon.
Where peacefulness and beauty lie
FORGING with the fall Of night
Ny embittered heart Goes almost
cry.
When the moon sends forth en-
trancing light
What viii you Go. oh. sun. when
rain and darkness come?
Alas, most powerful one. the day IS
done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
DANGEROUS TRUCKS

THE accident in northern Indiana in which
= numbering auto truck sideswiped an
improvised bus, caused the death of number
Of people and then sped of without stopping
hardly will strengthen the hands Of the truck
men in their perennial dispute with the rail-
roads for freight business.
II emphasizes the way in which heavy
truck can be menace on the roads. Because
Of the width Of IT'S body and because Of the
momentum which its bulk gives it, the truck
can create serious traffic hazards on a main
highway.
The fact that this particular truck driver
chose to run away sitter the accident simply
calls attention 10 the looseness of the control
which the public exercises over the trucking
business.
Meditation on these points is likely 70
create 8 public sentiment favorable TO the
railroads in this argument about who should
set the short-haul freight business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25

Times readers are in rifed 20 cIprcss
their rieirs IN these columns Make rour
letters short. 90 all can hare chance.
Limit them 10 ESQ cords or TESS
BY a Democrat
As my native state again is con-
verted into laughing stock Of
America and a large three ring cir
Gus with our famous McNutt crack
ing the whip as ringmaster, both
the Democratic and old Hoosier
spirit impel me to express myself
Twenty years ago a half barrel
Of good beer was delivered TO me
for $3.50 OF this amount. 81 40 was
applied on license. Beer was brewed
in those days at production cost
Of 80 cents a barrel.
Now We have beer. so McNutt
informs us, and YOU people of my
state just be patient and all will
come right. This day we learn that
city beer can be obtained at the
brewery for ST a half barrel. Ouch!
Beer from neighboring states is
sold through importers and whole
salerS. increasing the cost, trans
portation included. totaling So a
half barrel. or exactly the double
OF the state tax OF $50. If almost
100000 has been derived from the
beer tax in four months what will
the illegitimate profits of the ma
chine amount to in four years?
Poor old Leslie buried himself so
deeply in political oblivion that an
energetic vulture could not now
scent him, simply because Of the
thousands he blew in statehousa
cleaning and printing auto drivers
licenses To me it appears that St.
Paul will cause poor old Harry G.
to hibernate far from home. for
who wants to be a piker? If the
beer setup Of Indiana is not strictly
graft, will some bright minded in
dlvidual clearly explain?
A twelve ounce glass. containing
seven ounces of beer and five Of
foam. for a dimel Yes. Paul is
serving the working man, by milk
ing him at a milking machine.
bringing blood from the COW after
all milk is gone
The nome brewmaster produces
good beer for 2 cents a quart. SELL
ing it for IS cents a bottle. TOO per
cent profit, with neither license nor
tax. Could it be possible that the
home brewer is content with 500
per cent profit. quietly placing a
nickel for each bottle on the grape
vine conveyer headed Tor Capitol
and Washington streets? In We
oiden times some g,adiators used
dOuble-edged swords. Well, well.
what chance has 4 legitimate dealer
selling twelve ounces for 10 cents
with real beer at Is cents a quart?
Beer at ST a half Darrcl at the
brewery simply means So held out
for importer WHOLESALER and freight
This SO would pay Old dge pensions
for all over 65 years OF age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association Of HyEeia. the
Health Magazine.

can not be protected from ricketts,
solely by means of winter sunshine
in most Of the large cities
Even in summer. the amount Of
rays coming through seldom is ade-
quate and apparently there are only
few hours in the day when suffl-
Gent sunlight comes through 10 be
Of real service in the prevention Of
ricketts,.
DR.. Tonney who has made a sur
yey Of the situation, suggests that
studies be made in several cities
10 determine the exact periods
when sunshine is sufficient for the
prevention Of ricketts,.
He recommends education Of peo-
pie dwelling in cities as 10 the
health value Of the out-of- doors. He
suggests also that health depart
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-25
: A Womans Viewpoint

IT'S rather queer that women have
Il become our social arbiters. since,
generally speaking. they have very
little natural aptitude for enter
tanning. IN their chosen role-that
OF gracious hostess-most Of them
are flops.
To be sure, they keep up with
all the latest fads and read Mrs.
Post with religious regularity and
labor like troopers al the job But
few OF them have mastered the one
important rule for making guest
comfortable and happy-let him
alone
Like slaves under the yoke, We
women sometimes carry out gra-
ciousness around as a heavy burden.
Convention instead Of hospitality
prompts our efforts.