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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-15
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BY G. B. $.
Having followed your daily ar
ticles in regard TO pollution Of In
diana streams, I wonder if the peo-
pie of the state would be interested
in the real facts about the matter.
Prior to the McNutt rule, the In
diana state board of health was able
to control most of the stream pol
luton in the state, by use of trained
technical help, such as sanitary
engineers, water chemists and so
forth
Since the change Of administra-
ton, this necessary help has been
eliminated and replaced by such
people as civil engineers, mechanical
engineers and druggists who have
not the least idea of what it is all
about, although due to the fact
that they were henchmen or rela-
tives TO the officials Of the state
they had to be taken care of, even
at the expense of the taxpayers.
The head of the former food and
drug department is also a druggist
without the slightest conception Of
what the food and drug department
should do 10 take care of the needs
of the people, but he has retained
the former set of stenographers to
take care of his work for him, even
though some of them are Repub-
licans, so this druggist will have
more time for political issues.
If an honest check were made, you
would find more Republicans work.
ing in that department than Demo-
Gratis. due TO their pull with some
present Democrat official. If The
Times as well as the people of the
state of Indiana are interested in
pollution of state streams. they
might make it their business to in
vestigate the reason the present state
board Of health is powerless to act.
They also will find that L. A.
Geupel and B. H. Jeup. who recently
were appointed, were connected with
this department. a number of years
ago, and were Republicans then and
worked as such during two Repub-
lican administrations.
I understand that, prior to the
McNutt rule, employees of the state
board Of health were non-political
and retained their positions on their
merit. and even though McNutt said
he did not intend to replace tech
meal help where it would cripple
departments, he has changed only
that part in the state board of
health.
You should see and understand
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JOBS COME FIRST

THE Importance of the governments in
sistence that the current economy pro-
gram for the railroads must not at this time
bring with 1t reduction in the number of
railroad employees is shown by figures deal
ing with railroad employment during the
last two months.
Since June l. according to reports received
by Joseph B. Eastman, federal railroad CO.
ordinator. class l railroads have shown a net
gain in employment Of more than SIS 900 men
Any economy program carried out at the
expense of personnel would wipe out this
gratifying gain speedily and substitute for it
an actual loss. That such change would not
1T in at all with the general recovery program
is TOO obvious TO need stating
That railroad pay rolls are rising is a
cause for deep qualification. 1t is to be hoped
that this tendency can be continued.
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THE PEOPLE BACK ROOSEVELT

A MAN who is looking for straws to show
N which way the wind is blowing could do
a lot worse than to study those stories about
the thousands of letters President Roosevelt
IS receiving commencing him for the NRA
campaign.
These letters. mostly, are from people who
don't ordinarily sit down to write to the
President. Some of them are misspelled. some
5 of them are mere scrawls on bits of wrapping
paper with stub pencils some are formally
:, typewriter and some are on scented paper
There is no uniformity. They come from
everywhere and everybody. But they all agree
in one thing: Each is an effort by deeply
moved American citizen to tell the President
that the blue eagle campaign is crossing the
land like a strong, refreshing wind. and each
is a heartfelt pledge of support.
And the influx of these letters is possibly
the most important single symptom to be
found in all the land today.
/ These letters. that is to say. show how
deeply responsive the American people are to
this stupendous. complex. and pulling cam
paign against the depression
For the letters are not being written by
cranks or freaks They are coming from
ordinary people. men and women who do not
usually dream Of sending letters to the White
House.
The plain people of the country. who 60
voiceleSs year in and year out. are taking the
trouble to speak their minds
Not once in two or three generations do
the American people really become aroused
If an awakening is coming now-and this
flood Of letters hardly can mean anything else
it indicates that the nation is tossing into
the scales a united force Of a size and strength
such as America has employed only three or
four times in all her history.
No one could make a greater mistake than
to underestimate the significance of this
This is not Just another political move
ment. It is not Just another fad just another
safety valve for confused and inarticulate pub
lie emotion.
The blue eagle is the emblem of a drive
which has a united country back Of 1t: and
1t all makes one think OF General Johnson's
recent remark
God help the man or men who get in the
way of the national recovery program"
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say that they have been sick since
an attack of influenza. They re-
member that they were drowsy but
they never feel we'll and they are
likely to be called neurasthenic or
hysterical or simply plain lazy by
their families.
However, the condition is likely
70 60 on 70 the time when any one
can realize that these patients are
seriously Ill, since they begin 10 de-
velop symptoms like those Of Park
inson's disease, or the shaking
palsy
In this condition the face is
mask-like, the arms and legs are
held rigid. the movements are slow,
the speech monotonous, and the
thumb and forefnger move rather
constantly in pill rolling move
ment.
There apparently may be an over
supply Of saliva, with some drool-
ing from the mouth because Of
changes in muscles Of the face.
NEXT: Aftermath OF this disease.
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M. E.TracySa

ID ECOVERY along lines being laid down by
IN the Roosevelt administration presumes
elimination of strikes and lockouts. With the
government regulating hours, wages and work
ing conditions on a fair basis there is little
necessity for the more drastic aspects of col
lective bargaining.
For its own sake if not for the public good
labor is bound to accept the program in good
faith and do its share in bringing about those
results which can come only through steady
going cooperation.
To all ntents and purposes the recovery pro-
gram is designed to bring about the very i'm
provements for which organized labor has
fought. If it works, the toilers not only will
be assured larger share of the profits but their
essential rights
Outside of restoring business. it clearly is the
governments aim to establish an industrial
order which will make much of the squabbling
| between capital and labor unnecessary The
whole idea is too make steady work for people
by providing more orderly adjustment of all
difficulties
THE anarchy Of rugged individualism about
Il which we have talked so much includes the
strike and lockout as we'll as sweatshop COM
petition. Continuous work, old age pensions
unemployment insurance. and other safeguards
call for cessation OF the quarreling which has
characterized our industrial system for the last
half century
The new deal really is a triumph for organ
lied labor, but with the triumph there comes
an opportunity for changing its aims. attitude.
and outlook. 1t no longer is fighting to con-
vert the nation. to make business see the de-
STABILITY Of better pay. TO convince politicians
that mass buying power is the basis of pros
perity.
Organized labor has won its point The
fundamental principles of its program are being
written into national policy, with the govern
ment undertaking 10 see that they are applied.
Organized labor can afford to adopt vastly
more constructive role from now on, can devote
itself to the development OF craft efficiency. 10
the accumulation of funds for the benefit of its
members, to policy OF general betterment.
TIP to this time, organized labor has been
- compelled to fight for its own peculiar in
terestS to isolate itself, and adopt a more or
less antagonistic attitude toward employers
That was part OF the laissez-faire regime which
we thought it necessary to tolerate in the name
Of liberty.
With the end of that regime. a new order
comes into being. and the new order includes
labor well as capital
AS long as there were not agencies OF tri-
bunals TO which labor could look for fair play
II was obliged TO rely on its own power but
with such agencies and tribunals set up. it can
devote its energies to different and more help
ful detectives
There is no doubt that labor will be given
a greater voice in industry through the codes
which We are adopting. but ii will be voice Of
participation, rather than opposition, voice
OF management and efficiency, voice of re-
sponsibility, rather than privilege.
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Counterpart
BY AUSTIN JAMES

BY AUSTIN JAMES
Sustaining US in life in counter
balance
Ne'er too much gladness nor too
much Of gloom,
Ne'er too much hope 70 reach LIES
great ambitions.
But just enough 70 stay our way
from doom.
For every backward step we take in
failing,
A forward step must come TO carry
on,
For every sunsets glow We witness
fading.
Must find its counterpart in glorious
dawn.
For every hurt Of heart must be a
healing,
For every wrong that's done must
be a right,
Just as for every day Of brilliant
sunshine.
Must come the hours OF din and
darkest night.
And though a hate may Lnger in q
bosom,
Must come a love 20 start a life anew,
And though a discord on our ears
may tremble.
Must live a chord Of harmony that's
true.
And every fault in life must have
an answer
In quality of strength TO understand,
Death is not met by death, but yet
in living.
For counterbalance only holds the
hand
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

speeches. the teacher lectures, the
accountant adds figures.
DR.. w B. Stewart has described
the case of a child who became
infected while studying in a French
school. This child spoke French
for three days and then became
unconscious.
TN association with the primary
Il symptoms mentioned, there are
many other symptoms. indicating
that the nervous system has been
involved, such as paralysis, convul-
sions, tremors and similar disorders.
After the patient has recovered
from the first stage. which may
have been Slight. in fact so Slight
as hardly TO have had medical at
tention, comes the second stage Of
this disease.
In this the patients are weak and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-15
A Chance for the Eugle

A ND he is going 70 need all the
L N courage and the fighting fiber
Of his inspiration. He has thrown
down the gauntlet TO the most
powerful of all the American in
terests. Steel is stupid Coal is
cruel. Sugar is avaricious. and the
American Newspaper Publishers
Association IS SNUG. which is the
most, dangerous Of all
In fact, the press Of America.
when viewed in bulk. is sugar and
steel and coal It constitutes the
first line Of defense of all those who
are interested in keeping the sys-
TEN just as il is. OF course. there
is plenty Of honest journalism in
America There is some liberal
journalism but that is the excep-
ton
But boil them all together and
you have the Old Deal. which
means to lick the New Deal. what
ever it may pretend
When Paul Y Anderson. WASH
lngton correspondent Of the St
Louis Post Dispatch. saw the code
submitted by the newspaper pub
fishers he said This isn't a code
at all. It's a charter Of exceptions"
And that. 7 think, is a fair criticism.
The whole attitude of the publish
ers toward the national recovery
act in so far as it touches their
own business has been, But. of
course. you're not talking to us. are
you?"
/ was present when the general
stuck his chin out A newspaper
man said: I've been reading about
the newspaper code in some of the
papers Is there a code?"
Johnson took on his dark eagle
look and answered, One has been
submitted He paused to listen.
maybe, for the whirr Of the wings
and added, 1t isn't satisfactory"
It seemed TO me about as
dramatic a moment as Washington
has known even in these last busy
weeks, and vet by some accident
or other it doesn't seem 10 get
reported very generally It seems
TO me, as I remember. that il has
been considered news when some
other fellows code was turned
down
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WRONG COURSE ON KIDNAPPING

NEWSPAPERS carry a headline TO the
effect that "McGee's Doom Is Held to
Be kidnapping Curb"
II history teaches us anything on such mat
ters it is that the only important result of
the imposition Of the death penalty for kid
mapping will be to encourage the killing of
victims whenever the police get hot on the
trail of the guilty.
For one gangster who is condemned TO
death under such severe laws. there viii be
III kidnapped persons condemned to death
ra-leGally. The severe laws viii. therefore.
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It Seems
to Me
BIZ HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK. Aug. l5.-He looks
~ and talks exactly like Captain
Flagg in What Price Glory2" In
deed at the present time there is
a sag 10 his shoulders reminiscent
OF the magnificent performance Of
Louis Wolheim IN that scene OF the
soldiers weary return from the
trenches. Any5ody's first reaction
TO General Hugh S. Johnson must
be Here is one tough baby
But he's better than that. I think
he is a man who has met with a
nasty accident on the road 70
Damascus. Nor IS the Pauline ana
logy entirely fantastic. for General
Johnson has all the fervor OF
new convert 70 a faith.
He worShipS the Blue Eagle In
a press conference. he very seldom
speaks Of MIRA or NRA It is al
most invariably the Blue Eagle"
or sometimes just the Eagle" Oc-
caSionally he slips and calls it the
Blue Hawk.
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TalOHS of the HalCk
THIS deity Of General j

THIS deity OF General Johnson's
l. is a god quick TO anger. II
anybody cheats on a code. the Eagle
Will fly away and never come back.
And that means economic death
II almost seemed 70 me that I
could hear the flap Of the wings
and catch the CLINT against the sky
I'm certain that the general sees his
spirit control very plainly OF course.
he jokes about it sometimes.
A question was asked about a pub
lie utilities corporation which had
announced that MIRA was nothing
in its young life. since it was not
engaged in interstate commerce.
Johnson replied that sometimes the
Eagle flew so high that he couldn't
tell one state from another.
And that reminded hlm that he
used TO know a rowdy song about
Kansas and the state OF Iowa. He
mentioned the fact But when he
spoke Of death and the Eagle. he
was deadly serious.
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This is the second of three articles
on sleeping sickness"
NTHILE patients with epidemic
w encephalitis. or Sleeping
sickness" seem TO be completely
unconscious. there are recorded in
stances in which the patient who
apparently slept was aware Of every
thing that went on in the room.
The brain was affected in such
manner that the patient could not
speak or let other people know
that he heard what was being said
In association with the sCmno-
lence or lethargy, in many cases
there is a delirium in which the
patient may have emotional out
bursts. delusion. or periods of de-
preston
An exceedingly interesting phe-
nomenon is the development Of what
is called occasional deliriuEl," in
which the person who is affected
dwells constantly on the occupation;
the orator continually makes
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finer virtues Of their parents or
guardians the virtues that really
moulded their character-or they
merely may be paying themselves
fulsome compliments. I've met many
a one that seemed 70 praise him
self overmuch.
The miniature Simon Legree. in
any event. has done far more harm
than good with his lashings And
the verse I dislike most in the Bible
IS the one upon which the woodshed
theory Of punishment is based;
Whom the Lord Loveth He Chas-
teneth."
That verse has been responsible
for more sore bewildered hearts in
little children's breasts than any
other one thing perhaps, and used
too many times as an excuse for
cruelty.
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Fighting IN the Dark
THAT will be one Of the diff

THAT will be one Of the difficult
l. ties in the fight. The general
Is a pretty hard man 20 play down
in the headlines, but I have a feel
ing that in certain matters they are
going TO give him thunders Of
silence. The eagle is going to be in
there pretty much fighting by him
self
think it is as vital as any strug-
gle which is likely 20 come up dur
ing the entire NRA campaign Il
will take a lot of nerve. think
that if General johnson can con
vince the newspaper publishers that
they aren't sacroSanct, everything
else Will follow After that sugar
and coal and steel should be easv.
And so I say: Go to it. General
And don't forget TO bring your
eaglel"
Copyright. 1888. by The Tines
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A Woman's Viewpoint

VTERY many fine persons hold the
" opinion that an occasional
spanking does not hurt a child.
which is a wrong approach to the
question. The point is: does It
do the child any good?
I am one of an ever-increasing
majority on the negative side Of
that issue.
BY this I do not mean that the
man who paddles his small son IS
first cousin to the bully or the
brute. He only uses their methods.
So it seems TO me that the only
honest thing for men and women is
70 admit that spankings are first,
last and all the time, outlets for
parental anger. rather than efficient
discipline for the child.
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=BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

1t is easy. truly human, in fact,
to get so wrought up over the
naughtiness Of a small boy that
your fingers itch TO whale him. but
when you obey that impulse you
only have INDUCED in an emotional
spree. You were not really &C.
tuated by any noble desire 10 re-
form him
This is going 10 hurt me more
than it does you" when applied TO
woodshed sessions, probably is the
biggest lie man ever has invented.
No youngster ever was silly enough
TO believe it.
THEREFORE,, the individuals
l. who insist that the whippings
they got as children fashioned them
into excellent adults, overlook the
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this department to derive the real
knowledge of how it really is being
crippled.
If the people are interested, they
might pay them a call an find out
how little they know about the work
that formerly was done.
BY John Shelby
In working over our city. ! find
in most places Of business and
places of employment the NRA
sign and the slogan I'VE Do Our
Part" Just what does this slogan
mean?
AS I see IL, these places are not
entitled TO this sign unless they do
something to increase production
and the only way to do this is to
give some one job, else they are
not entitled to the NRA sign.
If every place in the city that
displays the NRA sign would give
some one a job, it would put thou
sands of men to work, and as I un-
derStand the Presidents message
to the public, that is Just what he
means-to make more jobs. I ask
that our director. Francis Wells,
look into this and see if he can find
out just how many are violating the
terms of the NRA. President Roose-
welt wants us to have work, not
charity. That is the purpose of the
NRA. 1 know that our officials Of
the NRA have a big job to look
after all the violators, but if some
one was punished and names made
public, it would put stop to vio-
lations.
BY Yours for the NRA.
I notice that the local repre-
sentatives of the NRA are not very
particular TO whom they issue the
emblems.
The case to which I refer is an
establishment which laid off one
employe and is working a man at
night eighty-two and one-half hours
a week for SIS. This amounts to
62-3 cents an hour
If the NRA is TO accomplish its
purpose. it should be more careful
as to who it allows to display its
emblem.
About a week ago your paper took
up the case of a contractor who
worked some of his men for 81 a day.
This was indeed a very small wage,
but imagine working a married man
with a wife and a child, trying to
exist on II cents day. That is al
most unbelievable, but it is fact.
Is this condition TO be tolerated
by the loyal supporters Of our Presi-
dent and your fair and impartial
paper? Conditions of this kind exist
throughout our city. 1t is our duty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-15

Wisconsin baseball team nicknamed "the
Red Sox" slept in the streets the other night
because it lost a game. The Boston Red
Sox however. continue to do their sleeping
in the ball park in the afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-15

Though Washington has set UP the NRA,
the RFC, the NAB. the IVA. the AAA and
many other agencies to aid business. mer-
chants report that much business still Is be-
Ing conducted under the lou plan
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Seeking TO improve economic conditions
among needy coal miners, new NFA code pro-
poses to transfer thousands of them to farms.
Well, THAT'S one way of getting the miners out
Of the hole.
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Norman Thomas statement that This
country just has passed through revolution"
should surprise no one. Everybody knows that
for there years we've been going around in
circles.
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New York writer has discovered that To-
cent Speakeasies flourish in Greenwich Village
Does that explain the origin of that famous
song, Brother, Can You Spare Dime?"
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Recent dismissal of 1900 federal prohibi-
ton agents throughout the country came so
quietly that the event passed almost unnoticed
even by the bootleggers.
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Unrest seems to be increasing among those
striking dairymen in upstate New York
Latest reports indicate that even the COWS nc
longer are contented.