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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
REVOLUTION IN POLITICS

ONE Of the things that may be changed
~ almost beyond recognition by the times
we now are living in is the good old Ameri-
can game of politics
Even before the new deal, it was COM
mon saying that it took highly trained ex-
pert to tell Republican from Democrat
with the naked eye. Today the situation is
even more pulling
sample of the confusion is to be found
in the matter of tariffs.
The Smoot- Hawley tariff act, passed by
Republican congress and signed by a Re-
publican President, was target for Demo-
cratic oratory almost from the day it became
law. 1t figured in the campaigns of 1880
and 1892 Democrats beat their breasts and
called on the heavens to witness that this bill
was throttling trade. Many got themselves
elected on that issue.
And what have we now, with Democratic
administration?
About the only thing the last congress did
in connection with the tariff was to increase
the Presidents power to shut out foreign
goods through the flexible provision. The
whole doctrine of economic acknowledgements
President whose party traditionaly opposes
that doctrine-has been pushed forward to a
greater extent than at any other time within
a century
Furthermore, it is reported in Washington
that actual embargoes will be laid under the
new price-raising policy The maligned
Smoot- Hawley BILL far from being too high
seems to be too low.
If all this is confusing, it is not more con-
been happening
Certainly it is no stranger than to see the
party which always stood for states rights
and a minimum of interference by the fed
eral government putting forward program
under which the federal government has more
power than the devoutest follower of Alexander
Hamilton ever dreamed of giving it.
AS result of this scrambling of the eggs,
it is not so hard nowadays to tell Republicans
from Democrats. A Democrat, it seems is a
chap who looks like Republican-and vice
versa. And the scrambling process is by no
means over.
The memorable logic of events is twisting
our politics out of all the old forms What
we are going to have when We get through
is a complete mystery.
The one safe bet seems to be that an ex-
tensive realignment of political thought is be-
ginning to take place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
FIRST COME I"

ME ms and outs of the financial dealings
INDUCED in by Albert H. Wiggin, while he
was head of the Chase National bank, made
highly instructive reading for us ordinary folk
who never were bank stockholders and are
only the most modest kind of bank depositors.
Mr. Virgins personal corporations which
traded in the banks stock on the market
did very well indeed, it seems They made q
profit, in fact. of something like $4,000, 900.
The banks affiliate corporation, however.
which also traded in bank stock, made only
$156oO0. Mr. Wiggin explained to Ferdinand
Pecora, senate investigator, that there was
difference in the way they operated and the
statement is not at all hard to believe
All this, perhaps, is really no concern of
ours. But it is enlightening, someho~,. &C a
glimpse at the way things were handled be-
hlnd the scenes in the gay b3v-n times mat
preceded-and helped cause.-the crash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
M. E. Tracy Says:

THE dream of dollar so we'll managed that
1t Will buy the same thing at the same
price yesterday, today and forever drags us into
deep water AS a general proposition, we don't
want to buy the same thing. What we want is
something new, something different something
oetter. Inc machine age has taught us more
than how to pep up production It's greatest
| contribution is an itch for change and novelty
just now, we are all het up over the kilo-
"aCI-nour rate, but suppose somebody were to
stumble on practical method of producing cold
light? Would we give a whoop about what the
local company charged for electric illumination?
Our grandparents haggled strenuously over the
price of sperm oil, tallow candles and kerosene
lamps. Our great grandparents drove hard bar
gains over oxen, spinning wheels and laid-down
butter price index for 1870 or even 1900
would mean little in this good day
Many Of our major industries and common
commodities were not in existence fifty wears
ago Modern civilization owes vastly more IN
substitution than to its capacity for turning ont
more OF a given product. We couldn't live as we
90 without tin cans and refrigeration They have
reVoIuUonlzed the kitchen, the grocery store the
hotel and the marketing system
CHANGE has been our chief stock in trade
~ Can we abandon it and continue To nro-
gress? ~ -
lime was when men could talk about pro-
uucIlon ana consumption of given commodities
as though they were fairly well stabilized when
people looked for little in life except 81 much
10 eat wear and provide shelter and fuel
mat tlme has passed unless indeed We arc
prepared to interfere arbitrarily with the natur
al processes Of human development Our great
neld OF endeavor, as well as adventure. Our great
lie IN utilizing the machinery at hand bEt in
oeVlSlng different and improved machinery Our
greatest Joy comes from the triumph of human
ingenuity over limitations with which We were
previously surrounded.
we nave reached a point where the nro,i
SION OF sheer necessities should present M rroh-
Ien1' Where we should be able to give all neonle
enough to make them safe and comfortable &c
lar as food clothing, shelter and warmth arc
concerned. "'e
NTE have more than an ADEQUATE s,,onlv for
W existence wants, if it were properIv dis
trlbuted. In order to make sure of it's nroner
distribution planned economy is not oniv do
sirable but essential But let us be carefu, IN
distinguish between existence wants and emo
tlonal wants The latter are not to be under
estimated or dealt with in such a wav as re-
tards their upward pull
Planned economy will prove tragic failure
unless it leaves the door wide open for those
activities and enterprises which rest on change
unless it encourages that spirit of yentlreson1e
ness and pioneering which has created such a
gulf between the twentieth and eighteenth
century.
AS a matter of fact the real blessing of this
machine age consists of the time and energy it
has liberated for experimental and educational
work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
BOOTLEGGING IN HERITAGE

THE bootlegger is a product of modern
times He originated in the United
States, but he has a way of appearing in al
most any country where people want some
thing which is prohibited by law. His latest
appearance is in Germany; and there of all
things, he is peddling- grandmothers.
1t happens like this: In Naz Germany
man hardly can hope to get job unless he
can prove that he has "untainted Aryan
blood way back to the third generation
Consequently there is a huge demand for
family records to prove that ones grandpar-
ents were suitably Nordic.
A lot of people aren't eligible for such docu-
ment; others are eligible enough, but have no
papers to prove it. So there is brisk bust
ness in forged papers. For price the Ger
man bootlegger will help you prove that your
blood is strictly German-gentile for three gen.
erations back
OF all forms of bootlegging the world has
seen, this surely is one of the oldest
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THURSDAY. NOV. ?. 1888.
NEW DEAL FOR BUTLER ?

THE most recent row at Butler university
- is Of far more importance than whether
or not Dr. Walter Athearn made good pres
dent. 1t has raised the question of whether
any educator can efficiently and successfully
run the institution if he is to be mere puppet
of three local trustees
We do not think so We predict that the
trustees will have a difficult time persuading
any first-cass educator to succeed DR..
Athearn unless they give evidence of a distinct
change in their meddlesome policies. Trustees
are intended to advise, not to administer.
The best proof that Hilton u Brown,
Hugh T Miller and Emsley w. johnson, the
three trustees who dismissed President
Athearn, are not competent administrators
lies in their handling of the present difficulty.
If they had a good case against DR.. Athearn
they should have stated it. College presi-
dents should not be laid off like piece workers
in a southern textile mill.
It is patent that there is something seri-
ously wrong with Butler. Only few years ago
its academic standing was dragged in the
gutter by charges that the institution was
merely a racing stable for athletes. little
later the president resigned. Now comes the
Athearn case.
Surely the local trustees, who apparently
make puppet Of the university president, can
take little pride in such a record. Butler en-
joys exemption from local taxes This exemp-
ton means higher taxes for every property
owner in the city. Therefore the taxpayers
have a right to demand that the institution
be run along liberal and useful lines 1t must
not be pocket university at the mercy
of the whimsical conduct of few men.
Hilton U. Brown is a distinguished citizen
with an admirable record as a newspaper man
and an educator If he wishes to administer
Butler let him move his office to the campus
and assume the title of president He has the
power Now let him assume the responsibility
or turn it over to a first-class educator and
then let him alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
BELATED, BUT WELCOME

DUBLIC applause for the actions of Albert
H Wiggin former board chairman of the
Chase National bank, isn't being heard in any
very great volume these days But there is
little doubt that general approval has greeted
his action in giving up the contract by which
that institution retired him on life pension
Of 100000 a year.
This pension, to be sure, was an affair be-
tween the bank and Mr.. Wiggin. Yet the
business OF a financial institution of that size
is, to great extent, the public's business. too
and considering the various revelations made
before the senate investigating committee, that
100000 pension was thing the public could
not swallow without great difficulty
In surrendering his right to it. Mr. Wiggn
displays for public opinion regard which
might. quite profitably, have been displayed
a good deal earlier in the history of his rela-
tons with the Chase bank
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I Dripping of the solution must be
controlled; preferably the floors
should be covered with sawdust
which should be removed daily.
While rubber gloves are helpful
to workers, they are not a complete
protection, since the solution runs
down the arms and over the gloves
and since it finds its way inside
the gloves. Therefore, the gloves
and boots, instead of acting as pro-
tectors, actually may serve as COM
pressors for holding the solution
in contact with the skin.
If long gloves up to the elbows
are worn and if hip boots are used,
these possibilities can be avoided.
1t is advisable, however, that work.
ers take shower baths daily on leav-
ing the work and that arrangements
be available for washing the hands
frequently during the work.
Many preventive ointments have
been developed Ordinary vaseline
or lanolin may be rubbed thor
oughly into the hands before the
work is begun and cotton moist
ened with vaseline can be placed
in the nostrils. Irritations of the
skin from chemicals, of course, are
treated best by removing the pa
tent promptly from contact with
the irritant, by applying various
antiseptics until the secondary in
lection is cleared up, and then US
ing soothing ointments to promote
healing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

lions. Moreover, exposure to rather
concentrated materials may result
in formation of ulcers which pene-
trate deeply and heal with difficulty.
One of the most serious forms
Of attack on the human body, how
ever, is Inflammation of the mem
branes which line the nose. When
ever an ulcer occurs in these mem
braneS, it is serious, because it may
penetrate through the tissues, with
a resulting secondary infection and
with serious effects on the body as
a whole.
So general has the use of chro-
MUM become and so frequent the
injuries resulting from it, that one
Of our largest insurance companies
has found it advisable to issue a
bulletin for information of the
public concerning the hazards and
the best methods of prevention.
Of great Importance is some
means of ventilation which will
draw off contaminated air and the
DUST arising from the processes in
the rooms in which chromium is
used 1t is important that strict
cleanliness be established when
ever articles are transferred from
a vat to tank or to the racks in
which the material is held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
Chronic Acid Endangers Health

XXTHILE you are admiring the
w bright chromium fittings on
your automobile, consider the men
who make them. Some of your golf
clubs, too, may be chromium plated,
some of the plumbing fixtures in
your home and other household
hardware.
Chromium also is used in manu-
facture of safety matches, in photo
graphic work, in printing, in the
dyeing industry, in the manufacture
Of colored glassware, in the rubber
industry, and in many other proc
eSseS,
So you see that large body of
our population is affected directly
by this single metallic element. Only
lately, however, have health author
tiles been able to awaken the pub
lie to the hazards in these indus
tries.
Chronic acid is the substance
used. In chromium plating, low
voltage electrical current is passed
through the chronic acid solution
and this causes the chromium to
be deposited on the metal
The workers in plants in which
chromium is employed come into
contact with the chemical through
handling the dry material through
moistening their hands in solutions,
or through being exposed to vapors
or sprays arising from the solutions.
The matter is of interest to health
because this substance may be ex-
tremely irritating to the skin and
may bring about severe inf1amma-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
Binding Up Old Wounds

1T is perhaps irrelevant to note
L that for almost the first time
within the memory of any man now
alice Colonel Mccormick, of the
Chicago Tribune. and Mr. Hearst
are on the same side It is also a
little strange to find Mr.. Hearst's
economic and political opinions
| nesting in hospitable spot on the
front page of the New York Herald
| Tribune.
The charge of William Randolph
I Hearst is that NRA is delaying re-
covery. He has written:
IF industry is stimulated to re-
cover or even allowed to recover it
will fulfill in due time all the re-
quirementS of the NRA."
And later on he adds, The NRA
is simply a program of social bet
terment, nothing else, and industry
can accept and endure this program
only after it has recovered-not
before"
Now, if I understand these State-
mentS correctly Mr.. Hearst is say
ing that prosperity must come first
at the top and that when bigger
and better dividends are in sight
the employers will see to it that
the benefits are passed along to
the employees. Industry has made
note and filed it away The no..
tation reads, Don't forget that
something must be done about So
cial betterment in due time"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
Questions and Answers

CIVIL a solid steel ball sink to
the bed of the ocean?
Ayes; because the specific
gravity of the ball is greater than
that of the water, at any known
depth.
Q-Can a game be patented?
A-Game apparatus can be
patented, or a design patent can
be obtained on a game board. The
rules can be copyrighted, and the
name Of the game may be regis
tered in the trade mark division
of the United States patent office.
Q-When did the bow and ar
row originate?
A-Their origin never has been
traced. Flint arrow heads of
Aurignacian culture date back,
according to anthropologists, from
$4,000 to $4,000 years, and proba-
bly, arrows without stone points
we're used for unknown ages be-
fore that.
GLOW many persons commit
ted suicide in the United States
in 1881?
A-20,088.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02

TTNHAPPILY, the most signifi-
~ cant foreign news of last
month was not displayed in the
newspaper headlines. It was, never
theless, in point of Importance to
future history, worthy Of an extra.
Here it is.
The British Labor party, in its
convention, pledged Itself not to
participate in war hereafter and, if
necessary. to adopt a general strike
to prevent hostilities.
This is the voice Of the people.
To me. it sounds more like the voice
of God than any authoritative
statement that may have is ued
from His self-styled prophets who
are European leaders.
Peace is by no means dead
issue. Amid the general clamor of
the belligerezts it sometimes may
seem to be, but out of the martial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02

of q few men who hold the purse
strings of the institutions funds in
their hands and who dictate every
policy to the administration.
No honest man would say that DR..
Athearn was a "do-nothing" or that
he was incapable. He certainly
helped Butler university regain her
self-respect in educational circles.
His conscientious efforts for the
betterment Of the university, as he
saw it, led him into difficulty.
One of the highest tributes which
can be paid to him is to recognize
that he was not docile enough to be
president of Butler university. The
best that may be said Of the direc-
tors is that they were acting within
their rights. Their action certainly
was not courteous or considerable
and hardly fair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02

Harrison and Lawrence Stallings
and Beverly Nichols, the last Of
whom has just published in America
Cry Havoc" which is a damning
indictment Of our lack of common
sense in this MATERIAL these and
hundreds more work constantly
with tongue and pen for peace.
Though the sword is mighty, the
pen is mightier still, and mightiest
Of all is the typewriter. 1t will con-
tinue to be so long as men can read
and reason.
The British Labor party, I take
it, loves England. Its expression is
the finest Towering of patriotism,
because only thus can Britain's pow
er and existence be preserved. For
the time has come at last in human
history when the warrior is not the
savior but the destroyer Of his
country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02

tHer Ctet0S m these Columns. MAKE your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to ESQ aeords or less.)
BY Student.
The dismissal of DR.. Athearn has
brought an issue before the public
which long has been a source OF diff
ficulty to the successful progress OF
Butler university.
DR.. Athearn had the courage to
say that every one who was &C
quainted with conditions at Butler
knew, but kept to himself because
of fear or Indifference. For a num-
Der of years, it has been quite ap-
parent that the board of directors
acted upon the assumption that the
president of the university should
have no ideas Of his own unless, OF
course, they were Identical with the
ideas of the downtown office.
It must indeed have been rather
surprising experience for the board
to meet up with an "incorrigible"
personality who refused to have his
hands tied and ''be good"
Regardless of what the faculty or
the student body may think of the
policies of DR.. Athearn, regardless of
what attitude they may take toward
the man personally, it seems i'm
possible that they should uphold or
tolerate the interference of the "big
boys" downtown in matters of edu-
cational policy of which they know
nothing A university which &C
cepts the dictates of board whose
interests in the institution are pri-
marily, if not entirely, financial and
political, certainly will not gain the
respect of the educational world.
The action Of the board of direc-
tors in this case Substantiates DR..
Athearn's statement that real con-
troll was vested in a small commit
tee housed in a downtown Office"
and that this committee was the
absentee landlord which dominated
the policies of the university, and
that the academic policy must con-
form to the downtown policies of
the university or trouble ensue."
Butler university is at the mercy
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A Woman's Viewpoint ::
BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

uproar there is always to be heard
the cry of those who believe that
peace is a finer cause than war. AS
form of encouragement, remind
yourself that they are TO be found
in every nation, big and little, un-
der the sun.
Books continue to pour from the
presses of every country. Books
that contain information, facts,
statistics, about the frightful fu-
tility Of war: books that infame the
imagination while they remind us
Of the devastating economic and
emotional reactions that followed
the last world catastrophe.
r.
CTORM JAMESON and Vera
- Britain in England; Henry
Barbusse and Andre in France;
Eric Remarque and the SWeig
brothers in Germany; Charles Yale
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E. H. ,SOthern
BY James P. Voorhees,.

BY James P. voorhees,.
Memories of the days when E.
H. Sothern-popularly called-and
I were actors of small parts in the
John Mccullough company per-
sist in claiming utterance. Aside
from the greatness of Sothern's
merit as an actor, was his thor
ough loyalty as a citizen of Amer
lea. After several years separa-
ton from active work on the stage
I found myself in Washington
occupying a place in the govern
ment. Mr. Sothern had not for
gotten uor earlier association, and
when 1 brought to the attention
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:: The Message Center ::
your right

Of the congress the bill to accord
national consideration to the the
alter, Mr.. Sothern's response was
immediate and spontaneous. Ad-
vanced in fame, merited place at
the head of his profession, he was
unStinted in his advocacy Of
American recognition, and most
generously gave me a place in his
recollection of old acquaintance
ship. Throughout his life, I re-
call, he retained an ethical value
for the American recognition,
which already had spread to Eng
land, reviving the movement there
for the state theater, and later as
a memorial to Sir Henry Irving, to
England as Mr. Sothern stands
to America today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02

Q-Is alcohol ever used in ther-
mometers in the place of mer-
curry?
A-Sometimes it is used, espe-
cially for temperatures below the
freezing point of mercury, which
is 40 degrees below zero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
Gods Gold
BY MARION NEAL.

BY MARION NEAL
God saw the autumn wind sweep
down
Upon the lonely country way
To steal the flowers from natures
crown
And snatch from trees their leaves
50 gay.
God saw the roadside cold and bare,
50 where the common people trod.
Each pathway cleaned with treas
ure rare
When He gave them the golden
rod.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BRoUN.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2-These are
~ extremely critical days for NRA
and it seems to me that great con-
fusion still exists in the minds OF
many people as to the purposes OF
the act.
Through the prestige Of the Presi-
dent and through the extraordin-
airy personal appeal which General
johnson has for most of the writ
ing men in Washington the eagle
made a superb take-off. In the
early days of the flight the oppo-
nents of NRA, although powerful
and numerous, were not articulate.
But now they have come out
fercely and frankly in their oppo-
sition. To be sure. there have been
attacks from several sides from the
very beginning. but the important
foe of NRA is large scale business.
William Randolph Hearst argues
against NRA. and 1t seems to me
that he is utterly wrong and COM
mendably frank in the statement Of
his position.