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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
NO ROWDYISM NEEDED

THERE is something extremely ominous
- about that little story from st. Louis
telling how a mob seized a small-scalc res
taurant owner who had failed to sign the
NRA agreement. beat him, and forced him
to kiss the blue eagle emblem
Nor is the story made any more refreshing
by the victims assertion that the attack was
inspired by his business competitors who
wanted to force him TO raise his prices for
meals.
Only an alert and aggressive public opinion
can make success of the NRA campaign
That goes without saying. But public opinion
that boils over into acts of rowdysm like this
Is worse than useless.
There are other ways Of reaching slackers
If our support of the campaign degenerates
into lawless mob spirit. the blue eagle will be
a curse and not blessing
Let us hope devoutly that this affair in ST.
Louis will be recorded as an isolated incident.
We must not let it, even in a small measure,
become typical of our effort to enforce the
NRA program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
A Woman's Viewpoint

THE same post brings two letters
l. one from the Atlantic. the
other from the Pacific coast. They
recite similar problems.
Jon" is a man married to a
woman much younger than himself.
&C. A. L." girl OF IS. is in love
and engaged to a boy of o. What
do I think about their chances for
married happiness, both inquire.
Well. I think the very best thing
to do is to forget there is a prob
lem.
Tradition has trained US TO be-
lieve that tie man so situated has
little to fear, and the woman much
Either theory could be wrong. We
should remember that the life span
for both sexes has been increased
tremendously, and that women who
are not now obliged to drudge at
physical tasks and to bear too many
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
According to Karl Mara

EIRST of all. it must be pointed
Il out that the Daily Worker is
not like other papers. 1t is a Gu
rlous caricature of what Upton Sin
clair once called the kept press.
The mavericks who fare none too
well IN the columns OF the conserv-
alive publications are the sacred
COWS OF the Worker.
1t is quite frankly a propaganda
publication. Although lively. the
reader has a curious sensation q,
having read fifty editorials in rapid
succession after perusing those items
set forth as the news.
You see. the news is not renorted
II is interpreted The editors en-
deavor to class angle" all happen
lngS in every quarter of the globe
once. so the story goes. Bob Minor
Threw a bulletin over to one OF his
rewrite men and said. Here's a
news flaSh-collision between n lin
coin and a Pierce Arrow. Glass an
gle that. will you?"
But this assignment hardly can
nave been as difficult as the lob al
lotted to the radical sports commen-
tator who is asked to write about
the big league baseball races in
terms OF the class struggle. He is
making a brave try.
Already he has expressed the
opinion that Lou Gehrig's record Of
consecutive games is all a capitalist
plot. Babe Ruth IS fading. he notes
ana the rapacious Mr.. Rupert must
nave an attraction to draw Gus
toners through the turnstiles
Sports writer's" he observes
whose bread, and butter it is IN
create mythical figures. come TO a
realization of his sterling qualities {.
Almost there is the suggestion that
Mr.. Morgan has called Mr.. Rookie
teller on the telephone to say. 'Uohn
we had better build up Lou Gehrig
or the capitalist system is done for"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
Travel Flight Is Amazing Hysterical Ill

A T recent meeting of the
L y American Medical Association,
considerable interest was given to a
report by DR.. L. H. Ziegler of
condition called hysterical fugues.
For hundreds of years the nature
of hysteria has been recognized by
physicians. During historical con-
ditions, various functions of the hui
man body are diSordered.
Many of the usual activities of
everyday life are disturbed, so that
there are queer performances dur
ing eating, sleeping, working, re-
Numbering, listening, or talking.
The word 'fugue" comes from a
Latin word meaning flight The
chief manifestation of a hysterical
fugue is the fact that the patient
leaves home and makes a journey
that cannot be justied by any rea-
sonable motive.
After the attack. the person who
has been affected wakes up on an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
INTELLIGENT ACTION

THE Tennessee Valley Authority's decision
TO split its duties into three general
divisions and assign one member of the board
OF directors to each will simplify and make
more efficient its expanding operations.
In this connection. it is fortunate that to
Director David E. Lilienthal has beer allocated
the performance of all the Authoritys duties
regarding the power phases of the develop
ment. Lilienthal has the experience which
qualities him for this particular division of
IVA work, as well as the deep interest in
providing cheap power in accord with the act
Assisted by well-chosen group of men who
also have the same deep interest in the
governments power development of the
Tennessee, Lilienthals efforts should succeed
This division of duties among the three
IVA board members does not mean that
individual directors will formulate the policies
for their separate programs. But in the act
itself the IVA power policy is set forth in
broad terms, and the job of Lilenthal and the
board will be simply to act. putting this policy
into effect.
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Suppose some selfish shark had
asked you to do it. What would
your answer be, and how hot under
the collar would you feel?
And by the way, it's funny how
flour, bread, potatoes, milk. meat,
eggs, butter, as we'll as haircuts, have
all gone up in price. Market reports
and paper talk that nothing has
raised in price is q lie, for I have
taken my few pennies $50 do my
neighbors) and hunted for lowest
price and we know whether prices
change.
How does it come that the NAL
lory company just has found out
it has human beings working for
it? Now Mallory is sobbing and cry
ing how much he is going to do for
them. and they can join a labor
union, but must ask him first. He
shows more damnable nerve than
the steel trust.
And that statement from a num-
Der of companies as to As years age
limit. That is a deliberate lie. Did
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21

children for their strength do not
age so rapidly as they used to.
q
TIVE man can take comfort in
l. the thought that any husband
with his wits about him can make
woman happy if he gives some
intelligent thought to the task. First
Of all he must keep his ideas supple
To fail to comprehend the youthful
point Of view is the one fatal over
sight.
Pleasure and gayety are necessary
TO the individual who is below 40.
Therefore, the only objectionable
sin that can be committed against
a younger mate is the attempt to
enforce upon him or her the Gus
toms and thoughts of age.
The husband who keeps his
mind and his pocketbock apen. cnl-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
1t Seems
to Me
: By HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK. Aug. Al. - The
~ Daily Worker. official organ OF
the Communist party in America.
has introduced a sports column and
is about TO start a comic strip.
Since other newspapers have fea-
lures of this kind. you may ask.
Well. what Of lt9" All can say
is that these innovations may mean
a revolution among the revolution
aries. These may we'll be straws in
dicating complete change in the
radical movement in this country.
In the first place. 1t marks a de-
parture from strict MarxianiSm.
The Good Gray Socialist never once
mentioned the funnies in any Of his
works will yield to more pro-
found scholars in the movement.
but l doubt If he ever expressed
himself on the subject Of the Giants
or the Yankees.
And when a Communist starts
out on an enterprise without the
support OF texts from book and
chapter. there is no telling what
may happen TO him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21

condition is such as to make it at
tract much attention. It is DIR.
Ziegler's belief that the hysterical
fight is caused by conflicts of tenn
permanent in the home and the de-
velopment of personal problems of
considerable magnitude. which the
patient is unable to solve.
1t was interesting that two of the
patients had on an earlier occasion
been associated with occupations in
which travel and adventure are
common.
It is, Of course, easy for the aver
age person to suggest that the per-
son who makes such a fight is
putting on or malingering. but
physicians know that these condi-
tons actually do occur and that it
is highly desirable in such cases
TO make careful study of the con-
dition. and to explain to the patient
the nature of the attacks and there
by, in most instances. to bring about
cure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
DON'T NEEDLE IN CUBA

THAT the United States government nan
died the Cuban situation during the re-
volt with great skill and restraint is admitted
even By the most unfriendly critics Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Secretary of State Hull, and
Ambassador Welles. especially the latter. as
the man on the job. deserves praise, not only
from their own country and from Cubans. but
also from Latin Americans generally who have
had cause in the past to be suspicious OF
Yankee diplomacy.
X is 10 ha hoped. however, that this initial
success viii not lead United States officials
beyond their depth in Cuban affairs.
Reports that Ambassador welles is assist
ing the new Cuban government to negotiate
strike settlements. and that the Washington
government and its agents are planning
basic reconstruction of Cuban finances and
economic system, are disquieting
Obviously. economic problems of very
serious nature are at the bottom of Cuba's
troubles. Obviously, also. the dictatorship by
private American capital over most of Cuba's
economic life is at the root of many of her
difficulties.
Perhaps the American government could
provide a new deal for Cubans quicker and
better than the Cubans themselves and per-
haps not. But that is not the question.
The only way fer Washington to run Cuba
Is 10 annex the island. Since that-fortunately
is ret our policy. the United States govern
ment should not NEEDLE in Cubas domestic
affairs. We have our hands full at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
M.E.Tracy Says:

MACHADO having resigned the presidency
1vA OF Cuba and fed, We are spared the dis
agreeable task OF considering the immediate
possibility OF intervention but the problem of
restoring order and prosperity to Cuba has not
been solved, by any means.
The disestablishment of an unpopular rule
especially with the influence of this government
to help, was not difficult
When the army turned him down. Machado
had no choice but to quit. Just how much The
army was moved by fear of American inter-
vention no one knows 1t is doubtful if even
those lew leaders who decided the issue could
tell whether they were more alarmed at the
prospect of civil war or at the prospect of
American interference
Ihere certainly was a great clamor about
what the United States might do if Machado
did not get out.
A CCORDING co our conception of constitu-
L uonal government, the Machado regime
represented an usurpation of power but that is
true OF many regimes now in existence Indeed
Machado's idea of how to run country is
rejected in many capitals. If military support
were Withdrawn. more than one dictatorship
would collapse
Rule in Europe has become largely matter
OF black shirts, brown shirts, and red shirts
while the news is full of hints and insinuations
winch forecast the appearance of other colored
shirts
Machado made the mistake of irving to be a
Mussohn or Hitler, instead of Lincoln or an
Ooregon. Like many other people, he fell for
the notion that democracy had become obsolete
ana tnat dictatorship, no matter how ACQUIRED
or maintained, was essential to the new order.
his operations were too close home. however
ior us to stomach. While we and it possible to
appiauo the efficiency of oligarch and despot
across the Atlantic, Cuba is near enough 70
otiilg out the rutnlessness and injustice of such
scheme
II Machado had been in Sardinia or Crete
where American investments are small ths
chances are that he would have made no stir in
TINS country. The chances are that we would
nave spoken OF him as an iron man" or q
oeneVolent overload" or, perhaps. "go-getter.
N7E have. as a matter of fact. talked In,
W OF nonsense in gorifcation of despotisms
ana relationships which have arisen in a world
supposed to be safe for democracy. We have
thought much more about their seeming ability
to run trains on time than about their obvious
supposed 10 be safe for democracy. We have
free press.
We have excused regulations and conditions
in other lands which we would not tolerate for
one momeint in our own. Out attitude in this
respect has helped to create Machados
More than one American has talked about
obviously needed reforms in such way as 10
create the impression that the people of this
country were ready TO scrap their system OF
government. or. If not quite that, that they were
willing to see the principles and ideals on which
it rests strapped by other people
Men like Machado naturally are misled The
United States still is the United States and all
that its people are doing to rectify political and
| economic defects is being done under and by
virtue Of the Constitution Of the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
A FeaO Familiar Echoes

MI n. EDWARD NEWHOUSE is
Iva the new recruit who will I'M
dertake to give a Soviet slant TO
the world of sports. l find his COL
umn entertaining, but less radical
than had expected. He is not
really SO very different. To my ear
ne sounds quite a lot like Bill Me-
Geehan or Westbrook Pegler on an
of day.
And / fear that he skirts c.)se 10
heresies which may involve him in
an investigation by the Central
committee. He has discovered for
instance, that Babe Ruth possesses
an Intangible thing called color"
This is not brand new finding
put 1t Is startling when it comes
from a Communist.
l doubt if Kari Marx would an
prove. Those of us who believe in
the inevitability and the imminence
OF the cooperative commonwealth
nave gone around assuring ourselves
mat the individual doesn't matter.
IL would be a pity to have so well
rounded philosophy split upon the
nuik Of Babe Ruth. And vet he
doesn't seem to fit neatly into the
scheme. Mr. Newhouse records the
TACT that a home run by Lou
Genrig is less thrilling than SINH
lar blow by the Babe.
Lou may drive in more runs and
mt for higher average and vet II
doesn't seem to matter The ugly
ana discordant fact of human per-
sonality disturbs the equation.
An exception, from a scientific
point Of view, does not prove a rule
instead it skaters it. Given one
Babe Ruth and it may be necessary
to start all over again.
l won't go so far as to saw that
ne has knocked Karl Marx out of
the box, but he has the old bow in
there bearing down. Utopias will
nave TO allow for variability within
the mass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

unknown road or in some strange
place.
AS long ago as 1895. physicians
listed three chief symptoms as typi-
cal of the fugue:
/. An irresistible impulse to travel.
2. The fact that the travel is &C
complished without any accident
and in an intelligent manner.
8. When the patient wakes up, he
has complete loss of memory as to
what occurred during the fight.
Readers will remember a recent
case of this character, involving
Colonel Raymond Robins, who left
his home and was found some weeks
later without any memory of the
time that had passed from the date
Of his disappearance until his dis
covery.
The dramatic character of this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21

EtUhNfS SfG MAAtN ~ APf COG
their rieics in these columns. Make your
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or less J
letters short. so all can hate chance
BY an Old Times Subscriber.
Your editorial few days ago as
to a man over IS years no doubt
covers many more mems present
conditions. My own case is some
what worse. possibly.
I was out Of school at IL years
and bound out. Wages were paid
TO my mother until I was 81. Little
savings and insurance money from
fathers death amounted to S3,700
All this was lost in bank failure
in 1893 Started to save again and
again. Six hundred dollars was lost
when bank failed in 1900. Then
tried building and loan and to buy
home. Put savings in three dit
ferent building and loans and paid
for home. Also bought securities as
recommended by one of Indian
apolis' supposed-to-be strongest
banks, now closed.
Have been employed by only two
companies for thirty-two years tthe
first one selling 10 the Second .
Carried insurance and pension for
years, which is all lost now as there
was no way to keep up payments
Today. with what saving I have
made, I can not get enough each
month to buy food or pay taxes.
And this is what the man said
yesterday when I handed in the
employment card under the NRA.
When he noticed the age, which
was in the fifties. he said, Those
over Is and disabled will not get
jobs" So I guess wasted my time
as well as ink filling out the card
Kindly refer to your editorial,
Warning" Thursday. Aug. 10, third
paragraph. first three lines. You
told the exact truth, except one
word, minority" If you had said
majority" it would cover the condi-
tions nearer as they exist. This view
is not only the writer's, but his
neighbors', and many others talked
with.
What good has it done for me and
my neighbors to have lived as good
tax-paying citizens who know We
can not get anything from our life
savings to buy food and to see some
lose their homes because they can
not get money to keep up pay
ments?
oh, yes; we could sell building
and loan savings (but not bank pa
per- at SIS on the s1O0 to keep from
begging, and many have had to do
this. But put yourself in our place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
CARRYING MODESTY TOO FAR

ME excessive readiness of some peoples
modesty to become shocked occasionally
is very hard thing to understand.
Kentucky's highway commissioner seems
to possess modesty which. to put it mildly.
is very touchy. He learned the other day that
workers building highways in Kentucky have
been in the habit of stripping to the waist
while on the job. and he promptly issued or
ders that hereafter they must keep their shirts
on. adding that any man henceforth guilty of
such "vulger immodesty" Is to be fred at once.
All this one would think, Is carrying
modests . bit too far. 1t gets hot. under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
Romance fingers On

A ND even the most case-hard-
4 n ened and realistic radical NAV
be forced to admit that the ont
NODDED word romance" still oper-
ates when there are three men on
base and the Babe advances swing
ing three bats.
Moreover I feel that the Soviet
sports columnist has so far missed
the Cincinnati Reds. Not on account
OF the mere accident OF their for
tunate nickname, but because here
are tne true proletarians Of the big
leagues.
AS long as there Is a cellar the
Reds will be in 1t. They stand as
the symbol Of the oppressed and
the disinherited When the revolu-
ton comes, it must be that the Reds
VIII eat strawberries and cream.
Copyright. 1893. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
Music in Night
BY CHRISTIE RUDOLPH

b1 CHhlSIIE RUDOLPH
My eyes see the reverie of the stars,
At distant places,
In scattered spaces,
Otter a shadow devoids the beauty
Of Mars.
Afar from the earth. and yet so
near,
They illumine the night
With their virginia. light,
So transient and serene they calmly
appear.
Vaguely at times cloud hangs low,
Dimly they fade
Through darkness evade.
A quest from the heavens, they
must go.
While music above fills the air.
Reaching my soul
My heart enfold.
Daring to breathe or speak. not
there.
Yet breathes ne'er q word. but
aaaaSic laa6t EaxA
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tivates consideration and under
standing. and who never fails to
hand out pretty phrases need have
no fears Of losing his wife.
AS for the girl-her problem, al
though it may be more difficult. is
by no means hopeless. She should
let her birthdays slip far into the
background of her mind while she
determines TO get and give all the
happiness possible right now.
The present is ours to make the
most Of. and 1t is a shame TO ruin
1t with worry over what may turn
out to be wholly imaginary fears
for the future.
The person who gives love and
tenderness and hard work TO a mar
riage, Is pretty sure to make sue
cess of 1t. Live today: let the far
of tomorrows take care Of them
Se2EA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
:: The Message 'Center ::
say your right say

you notice they all had comment?
Their view on the subject and the
string to all their views was, if
commanded, they might take on
one over IS. but apply for work and
see how they will get around it. Not
direct refusal, but come around
again" and each time the same
thing, nothing doing today, but
come again.
Reporters are all right and get
what they believe TO be facts, but
the man out of work. no matter
what age, gets the cold shoulder,
not a drink out of the cool drinking
place. or cigars from the boss.
Thanking you very kindly for TAX
ing up your valuable time, as I
understand you have now to do six
days work in five. Luck to you and
The Times-the only paper we have
which has talked for the underdog
as far as it. I suppose, possibly
could.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

the Kentucky sun, and a man toiling on the
highway would seem to have every excuse for
discarding his shirt
1t does seem as IL passersby who chance to
see such toiler could be asked to endure the
jar which it might give their delicate nervous
systems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21

Dancing masters meeting at New York re-
Gently introduced new step called 'the Mira"
IN honor OF the NRA movement. Probably it
is one in which everybody is supposed to put
his best foot forward
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
BY A Booster OF the MIRA.

BY Booster OF the NRA.
I am a great supporter of the
NRA and I wish to know why some
people who have good jobs and
money in the bank are the ones
who get the best breaks.
I know of cases where married
women have steady positions as
we'll as their husbands and they
keep them. which deprives a single
girl of work when she has to sup
port her parents.
These matters should be investi-
gated and married women should
not be employed by employers when
husbands are working.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21
BY W. F. williams. Columbus.

by w. r. Ntiiiams, Columbus.
wish you would place this sman
item in your editorial sheet.
Now. when all our darling allies
are refusing to pay their debts. what
tough spot it puts our super-pa-
triots in, those who made such a
righteous cutlery against the Rus
sian workers who refused to pay
debts which they never contracted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21

Movie actress plans to dance the cancan
IN forthcoming production. Probably Just
an expedient to help her keep well-prescrved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-21

BY 4. b.
Don't you think this NRA propo-
sition should start with the poorly
paid institution employees and men
working on state highways? Men
and women are working twelve hours
a day. seven days a week, on small
wages plus 20 per cent cut since
October, 1882. 1t looks like some
body in the statehouse is overlooking
a good bet.