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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
CHALLENGE TO LABOR, INDUSTRY

TN a time like the present the horizon Is
fairly cluttered up with signs and portents.
None of these is much more significant than
the sudden epidemic of strikes-an epidemic
that has broken out in the last month or so
and that is giving the federal doctors one OF
the busiest seasons they will ever have.
Whatever else these strikes may mean,
they at least prove that industry no longer is
: stagnant. They didn't put in an appearance
during those dull months when were at
the bottom of the depression They're COM
ing now for a number of reasons but chiefly
: because things are picking up. Men don't
strike when the plant is closed down for lack
of orders.
And the strikes present-to a nation which
already has a century's supply of problems
TO settle in a few months-a new problem;
one that carries a double barreled challenge,
one barrel for industry and the other for
labor.
1t is a challenge that must be read in the
light of the NRA program. The national
labor boards ruling, which emphasizes the
fact that the law guaranteeing the right OF
collective bargaining means exactly what it
saws. is part of the background for these
strikes. ana IL COnOlIlOIS ltleI SASAhiSdAOC'
First of all. the problem challenges the d.
rectors of industry 1t is a test Of their spirit
of fairness, of their willingness to cooperate
in the tremendous experiment of the new
deal Labor has gained a great victory in
the industrial recovery act; the industrialist
who seeks reprisals and wants to put labor
in its place" is piling up trouble, not only for
himself but for the entire country.
Secondly the problem challenges labor
itself It puts upon labor the necessity of
developing some broad-gauge statesmen. 1t
calls on labor to take the long view of things,
to exercise patience in places where patience
comes hard, to get rid of the racketeer and
the self-seeker.
Both Of these challenges must be met. The
present outbreak of strikes could, if I'M
checked. lead to a catastrophe situation. 1t
can. if the leaders of the contending forces
meet the test with intelligence and patriot
ism. be the forerunner of a new era in
American industrial history. an era in which
both sides can profit as never before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
Concerning Adolf Hitler

TONCERNING Hitler. my friend
~ writes: He is not like the per-
son pictured by most people in New
York. He has everything but brains
God knows he is courageous and
sincere. and, if it makes any differ
ence, an asCetic in his private life.
And what a knack he has of making
people worship him.
by the way, if you see Winchell,
tell him he is absolutely wrong
about Hitler. If he's effeminate,
then so is Jack Dempsey. Even the
correspondents over here, who
rather dislike Hitler, laughed up
roariously when I told them the
Winchell legend.
1T is a very amusing Show-the
whole business - if you don't lose
your temper and keep your sense of
humor. Such stupidity on such
large scale is something to marvel
at. And sometimes you marvel so
much you forget to get sore.
Its a musical comedy country,
all right, Haywood, and you should
come over. But bring your sense of
humor or you'll end up by being an
international incident, and God
knows we have enough work here
without getting you out of trouble"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
It Seems
to Me
: By HEYwOoI BROUN

NEW YORK. Sept l9-I have
IN just received a letter from a
friend of mine in Berlin. I know
him to be a reliable and a swell
newspaper man.
If you hear any one say" he
writes. that the stories from here
about prosecutions are exaggerated.
hit him one for me. The trouble is
We can't print half the stories We
know to be true. AS soon as you
print an atrocity story. the govern
ment asks you. Can you prove it?'
Usually, proving 1t means naming
the Jew or Socialist or Communist
involved. And if you name him,
it means probably death TO him.
The censorship here is the worst
in the world, because when the CEN
sor refuses your story he doesn't
tell you about it. Two of lis fen
over a lovely story which we had all
by ourselves, and very proud Of our
baby we were, too. We wrote it
and sent it and few hours later
cOmplacently told our colleagues
about it. They, being more eau
tiCus, toned the story down. The
next day we got queries from our
offices asking up why the hell we
didn't have that story
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
IM.E.TracySays:

THE question of repeal has ceased to be in
l. terestng Every one knows the answer, es-
pecially since Maine voted. The psychologlcal
background is not quite so clear. BY what mental
processes did we get into the jam and by what
mental processes are we getting out OF 1t? That
riddle has some bearing on the future.
It is impossible to review our antics with re-
gard to liquor during the last twenty years with
out suspecting that they originated largely IN
emotionalism Even the present attitude con-
tains too much sentiment. Sound as 1t may be
to get rid of the eighteenth amendment the way
we have done it bespeaks neither poise nor
studied conviction.
Except as President Roosevelt may give us a
program, we have little idea of how the liquor
traffic will be handled. In two months or so the
lid will have been removed. Authorities IN every
state are well aware of this, but how many have
prepared to meet the situation in thorough
going, practical way?
TN most states the prospect OF revenue over
L shadows every other consideration, but the
problem can not be solved that basis. In spite
of all that has been said in its favor, liquor still
is Intoxicating, and weak people are going to get
drunk.
Of even greater consequence a return of the
old-fashioned licensing system would mean little
save the return of the old-fashioned politics,
with a liquor ring in every large center ana
liquor lobby in every state capital
Maybe we have no choice but to set the CLOCK
back and write of all the experimenting as
total loss But if that is DONE we shall step
right into the temperance movement again,
though of course with some modification.
The point is that we are not approaching
repeal from constructive standpoint Too many
people accept abandonment Of prohibition as
enough They think they are going to be happy
and satisfied once the law is annulled, but they
won't.
IF the pressure for revenue results IN too hgh
l. taxes, bootlegging will go right on, with the
rackets and gang rule to which 1t has led.
Liquor interests will be obliged to organize and
lobby for their own protection Politicians will
line up either with one or the other - maybe
both
People who look on repeal as solving all the
difficulties would be disappointed with such
conditions and would go in for another crusad-
ing spree. That is one thing we should avoid if
possible The good old game has endured long
enough, and thus far it has brought nothing that
could be described as a satisfactory method Of
handling liquor.
Possibly, there is no satisfactory method, but
we can not admit as much without acknowledge
ing such weakness and inability would dis
qualify US for tackling most any job. If we can't
solve that problem. what problem can we solve2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
To NRA
BY JOSEPH b. ADLER

BY JOSEPH b. ADLER
No matter what your opinion may
be,
You should never condemn until
you see,
That you have proof of what you
say,
For you may be sorry at some
later day.
It is very easy to create a debate,
So much easier still to publicly
state,
Something which may not be so
true,
So try to be careful, twixt me
and you.
Mira is now the great cry at issue,
And some regard it just thin as
tissue;
But there are many not able to see,
They could do no better for you
and me.
It Is so very easy to make noise,
While assuming great dignified
poise,
And criticise the very good fellow,
But usually we find such critics
yellow.
Some critics stick to the old road,
And no matter how hard TO carry
a load,
They still persist in same old cry,
While thousands for bread and
milk die.
If brain of critic is so productive,
Why doesn't he plan idea con-
structive,
To create prosperity on this shore?
Else keep his mouth shut for ever
more.
Any innovation that's started today,
Will cause many arguments in
every way;
Impartial advice should be respected
While politics here should be re-
jected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

VESTEDAY I was shocked anew
4 by the knowledge that I live
in a strange and different world
from that which I knew in child
hood. The 9-year-old boy in our
family looked up after a grave study
Of the evening newspaper and said:
Mother. do I have to go to the
circus tomorrow"
Behind the question I discerned
a faint unwillingness to disappoint
his elders. He Sensed that TO us
the circus still was great Ameri-
can institution. But it is no such
thing to him.
Then I remembered how the peo-
pie used to come for miles, with
children heaped in wagon beds, and
great hampers of food, and hay
tied on behind for the horses: how
the hired man and the hired girl
went, too. and everybody was ex-
cited and happy; how huge the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

screen for them, and the marvel
Gus mechanical King Kong tearing
his thunderous way through five
reels make stiff competition for
any side show.
Moreover, nearly every stable
town has its ZOO, where lions sleep
through long afternoons and mon
keys cavort in their cages. And the
comic strips-do they not bring
clowns into our front doors every
day in the year.
But my generation will see with
regret and sorrow the passing of the
circus. 1t seems sad to know that
before another three decades have
elapsed, its glory will be entirely
gone! Good-by, shrill calliope,
good-by, dear clown May the
spirits of all the children you have
made happy cheer your way into OBJ
| livion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
A Woman's Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

elephants loomed and the chills
raced up and down our backs when
the lions roared, and how our sides
ached with laughing at the painted
funny clowns.
1T was the greatest day Of the
Il year-circus day. Nobody missed
it. And from the moment the gaudy
posters went up until they finally
we're tattered and obliterated by
rain and wind. we children lived it
first in anticipations, next in
wondrous reality, and then in fond
memory.
Perhaps we should not regret
the change too much. The movies
now give our children all the
thrills we used to find under the
big tent. Frank Buck captures live
animals for them in tie jungle;
Tarzsn lives in splendor upon the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

BY Abner Dillon.
In regard to an article in The
Times Sept. Is, quoting Mike Nor
rissey calling pushcart men, push
cart thugs" I wish to say that 1
have a pushcart which I use in
going through alleys on ash collec-
ton days, trying to make a few
honest dimes to feed a family of
eight.
The trustee basket which I re-
ceived is insufficient to feed all of
us. We so called "pushcart thugs"
are suffering enough humiliation
without being called thugs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

improvement is beyond me. At no
time in the last 100 years had the
condition of the farmer been so dis
tresssing as in the roaring twen-
ties" The same can be said of the
coal miner and workers in many
other fields.
To be sure the fifty financiers"
who ran the country were showing
profits Of from five to fourteen
millions yearly; the international
bankers had evaded their income
taxes, and enough of the upper
crust" were buying and selling on
a rising market to give them the i'm
preston that the millennium had
come.
Give the administration chance,
Mr.. Former Supporter, even if you
do not see the ultimate objective,
and keep hoping that recovery does
not stop with any level of the
roaring twenties."
have been reading your columns
for years and I think your Read
ers' View" column is all right.
I want to say this about sema-
phore leaning posts" so-called by
one of our police officials. I say,
put them back on the intersections,
so the motoring public can tell what
to do.
have noticed innumerable driv-
ers bawled out for mistaking one
signal for another. They can't help
it sometimes, especially on a three
way intersection, where it is hard
to tell which way the officer is
standing. If the traffic is heavy, a
driver can't see the officer at all
and on some noisy corners can't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
I Wouldn't Like 1t
XXTELL, I'm not going, because

NXTELL, I'm not going, because I
w am pretty sure l wouldn't be
amused. My sense of humor is not
very extensive one, and 1 think
that months ago the proper time
went by for somebody to step up
and say, Adolf, it isn't funny any
more"
The German situation has almost
a macabre quality 1t offers the most
curious mixture of cloWniShness and
downright cruelty which the world
has known within our time. I see
no silver lining in any of the clouds.
But ii is just barely possible that
the world may learn to accept the
fact that the greatest vice in any
government or public leader is STU
pidity. 1 think cruelty is a first
cousin. The two qualities generally
go together.
Even now have not lost sight of
the fact that there could never have
been a Hitler but for the Versailles
treaty. L remain dubious as to the
efficiency of putting greater pres
sure upon a land already gone
slightly mad. The ancient asylum
technique never worked we'll for in
dividuals. I have small faith in it
as curative for nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
So They Say

An industry which has been given
the privilege of preventing unfair
price competition must assume the
responsibility also of preventing I'M
fair wage competition.-Frances
Perkins, secretary of labor.
I am not accustomed to talk much
publicly about public affairs.-Gov-
ernor Murray of Oklahoma.
The law of equal freedom has
been evoked by the President.-Her-
bert j. lilly, Philadelphia merchant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their rietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 40ords or less.J
Times Reader.
I have been reading about the
work program in The Times and 1
would like to express my opinion
on it.
There are several things about
this that I can't understand. They
are as follows: How is a man 60
ing to pay rent on that kind of
wages? How is he going to buy
coal? How is he going to buy
clothes for his family? How is he
going to pay his taxes that are lined
against him?
1 am a working man myself. I
am like any other man. I like to
make at least a half living. If some
of these men who fix the prices on
what the Iaboring man has to work
for had to live on the same wages,
they would say that basket from
the trustee would be just as good as
their low wages.
BY G. J. B.
It's hard for casual reader OF
The Times to understand the pres
ent attitude of many of the former
supporters of the present admins
tration. No one denies that mis-
takes have been made. In TACT,
common sense would indicate that
in so many ventures into untrieo
fields some would prove mistakes.
But the administration is doing
everything in its power to better
conditions and everything indicates
that progress is being made.
Now, why is it necessary for "for-
mer supporters" to criticise every
move the administration makes?
For my own part, I do not feel sure
that the destruction of hogs, cotton,
wheat, wool, ETC., can be justified
economically, but on the other hand,
can not believe that the men adj
vocating and directing this destruc-
ton are either crooked or imbeciles.
Other so-called former support
ers' seem to be afraid that the ad-
miniStration will make too much of
a showing in the present emergency.
One critic seems to be satisfied with
economic conditions at the 1926
level; more advocate the level of
1929
Just why the economy program
should be called off at first sign of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

fairs on all fronts-economic, political. mill
tary.
1t is absurd for us to continue our left
handed dealing with such an important power.
We have everything to gain and nothing to
lose by immediate recognition of Russia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
SUbc0nSciOMs Exploration

INTERNATIONAL attitudes must
n take on something of the more
modern psychiatric methods. Not
much can be done about Hitler until
he is completely more understood.
both here and abroad. The con-
ditions which brought about his &C
Cession to power are the very things
which must be changed in order to
slide him out.
1 have felt for many years that
the accusation of war guilt has come
to be almost clot on the German
brain. It is difficult to understand
how Germany can maintain both
Hitler and self-respect. But the
truth of the matter is that the sue
cessful nations in the war did their
very best to take away from Ger
many all self-respect. Unfortu-
nately, they succeeded.
I think they should give 1t back
to Germany. In exchange, of
course, for Hitler, a bird dog and
a couple of left-handed pitchers.
Copyright. 1888 by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
BY H. r. Wagner.

BY H. r. Wagner.
NRA represents a new theory in
social and economic REIMBURSEMENT,
and it will be a godsend for the
working class, whether in factory,
business or office.
The profits of industry will be di-
vided justly among those who &C
tually produce and conduct the in
dustry and the investors who own it.
The profits of business will be
handled in somewhat the same
manner-better pay and better liv-
ig conditions for the workers and
a safe and profitable investment for
the investor.
Every American, whether work.
er Or investor, should support this
great movement 100 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

even hear the whistle, Some driv-
ers are partly deaf, too, but none
of them blind.
AS far as the "hick" element is
concerned, how about the "robot"
cops all over town. with one or two
"eyes" missing most of The time,
causing CONSERVATION among driv-
ers.
I, for one, am in favor of the
semaphore so I can tell what is
what, without having to guess what
to do. think senaphores speed up
traffic and I think all drivers should
have a say which they would rather
have. So come on, all you drivers,
and send in a request to the safety
board, whether we want semaphores
or a raving scarecrow, waving his
arms in the breeze.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

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Evening star., 1933-08-20
The DoPhins Liked It

MUCH has been said about the power OF
W. music to sway the fierce animals, and
50 ON, but it fell to the lot of Arion, poet
and musician Of early Greece. to charm the
fish.
It was about 900 years before the birth Of
Christ so the story by Herodotus, the Greek
historian relates it, that Aricn was returning
from highly successful tour Of neighboring
countries tour which had accumulated for
the noted singer and poet comfortable for
tune
Sailors aboard the boat covetous of his
wealth, OF which they became aware. decided
that they would rob him and slay him, that
none should know Of his fate. Informing him
Of their intention. they gave him his choice Of
being stabbed TO death or leaping into the sea.
He chose the latter course, but requested first
that he be permitted to sing one more song.
It seemed small request to grant but it
spelled ruin for their project Taking his harp,
Arion sang so mournful a dirge that the dol
phins were attached to the boat When finally
he had completed his song he flung himself
overheard and a dolphin alongside took him on
its back and swan on ahead with him, landing
him at his home port far ahead of the boat.
Arion reported his experience to the prince.
who at first laughed at it, but later called for
an investigation. When the boat landed It
was searched and Arion's story proved He re-
covered all his gold and the sailors were
severely punished.
Evening star., 1933-08-20
POSERS

I iERE are eight chances for you to show
I ! how much you know. OF course, If you
don't know much they are merely eight chances
to learn something new!
/. In what country is the Sphinx located?
2 What are the cities at the end of the
Panama Canal?
3. Who was the first signer Of the Declara-
ton of Independence?
S. In what poem was John Alden proni-
nent character?
g. Who invented the pendulum?
T. Can you name two extinct volcanoes in
the United States?
g. What substance makes leaves green?
ANSWERS.
/. Egypt 2 Colon and Panama. g. John
Hancock 4 In South Australia. S. In Long
fellows THE Courtship of Miles Standish."
g. Galileo 7. Mount Hood and Mount Shasta
g. Chlorophyll.
Evening star., 1933-08-20
N S{k{S 81 R9YS PXSE S$f ! 5:
RIDDLES

Riddles have existed ever since Biblical times,
ard in those days the person who could solve
them was considered very wise indeed. And
we'll consider you pretty wise If you can guess
the correct answers to the questions below:
l. Is mistletoe a vine or tree?-Austin
Prater.
q Why does a Russian soldier wear brass
buttons on his coat and q japanese soldier
steel ones?-Susie
g. What did Adam and Eve do after they
were expelled from Eden?-Elaine Small
f. Why is pig in a parlor like house on
fire?-Marjorie Boyd.
s. Why is the letter like honeysuckle?-
Virginia Lee Pfaffenberger
ANSWERS.
l. Neither; it's an excuse. 2. To keep MS
coat buttoned g. They raised Cain. 4. Because
the quicker you get it out, the better. s. Be-
cause the B follows it.
Evening star., 1933-08-20
J A G K 8 O n

Bahead to squash and get to harry. Behead
. boaSd and get lean or slim.
Evening star., 1933-08-20
Farm Exports Far Doecn

IUCH has been said, generalidng, concern
IVl ing the loss Of foreign markets for agri-
cultural products. That this loss Is vital
factor in the low prices which have prevailed
for some years may be seen In the figures. In
1919 nearly 16 per cent Of the farm output
went into foreign markets Last year only
81 per cent
Evening star., 1933-08-20
Y'he TaKer

The man who had been everywhere had
been talking for hours about his adventures.
'once." he began q new story. II saw . man
eating tiger"
That's nothing" interrupted weary hearer.
"Once saw q man eating rabbit"
Evening star., 1933-08-20
Not Yet

Johnny Ito Jim, bis way home from
fishing on Sunday afternoon)-Did you get
,nything?
Jina-Nope. I haven't been home yet.
Evening star., 1933-08-20

In the sentence below, the missing words are
similar in pronunciation, but different In SPELL
ing Can you fill the blanks correctly?
With q Of his hand, the lawyer
aeEeed to examination Of the witness.