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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
It Seems
to Me
: By HAYWOOD BROUN :

NEW YORK, June 27.-The cop
L is a curious person and most
gravely misunderstood. Much after
the manner of Mr.. Lecky's strange
woman. he is blasted for the sins of
the system.
He is the first and most prevalent
symbol of law and order. and no
body really likes law and order. no
matter what you may hear in the
commencement orations. Pull over
to the curb" or Move on, there"
never rings pleasantly in the ear.
have seen policemen behave
very badly, and I have seen them
show not only great courage, but
superb tact. I grant that this lat
ter quality is not exactly rampant
on the force. Courage is. Even in
its most corrupt days and phases,
the force in New York always has
had its heroes.
In the last few years the job of
being a policeman has become in
creaSingly arduous. The growth of
radicaliSm has imposed new and diff
f1cult responsibilities A veteran on
the force was signing for the good
old days. THE way things now
are" he complained, somebody
sneezes in Asia Minor and two cops
get hurt in Union Square"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
A NEW ERA DAWNS

A GREAT nation at work, with essential
4 toll incidental to the creation of a new
civilization in which culture will be para
mount, was predicted by Miss Frances Per-
kins, secretary of labor, in an address recently
in New York
1--WE recognize" she said that our mass
production system can not go on unless we
consciously build up the purchasing power of
the people who work in this country, and we
are recognizing that out of the building up of
this purchasing poverty artificial or other
means-may come blessing beyond anything
we in our generation have ever dared to- dream
of.
"Our activity in the production of things
we need in the mere earning of living is 60
ing to be incidental to the production of those
great civilizing institutions, which, thank God,
we have now become people powerful
enough, a people intelligent enough, to have
and to share with ALL
Therefore, she declared, the ~people who
take profits as investors are going to be salts
fed with smaller returns and larger wages to
the productive forces, to unity the country and
to create the new civilization Of which she
speaks.
All this is not in any sense visionary It
actually is the necessary basis of recovery.
1t is highly encouraging that President
Roosevelt has in his cabinet persons who
eagerly preach the doctrine of the new day
while organizing its realization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
MOLEY CARRIES THE BALL

THE sudden departure of Assistant Secre-
= tary Raymond Moley for the London con-
ference, after dramatic last-minute- con-
ference with President Roosevelt off the Mas
sachusetts capes. is the sort of event that
ought to appeal deeply to the football fan.
1t all looks. somehow, very much like that
tense moment in which the coach sends in
his star quarter back to save the game.
The team seems to have been webbing a
bit. 1t has been getting its signals mixed, over
at London; it has been missing tackles. and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
No Fun for Police

THERE are many more pleasant
- police assignments than play
ing stooge to baccalaureate sermon.
How would you like it if you lost
your day off by being sent to Lewis
ton stadium to listen to patriotic
exhortation by Governor McNuet
of Indiana?
Plenty of police would rather have
an evening at home than trail
around under the responsibility of
seeing to it that DR.. Robinson
doesn't lose his umbrella. If you
got a cop alone for fifteen min
utes off duty, don't think it would
be too dresdfully difficult to con-
vince him that the little man with
the big police whistle is q very silly
sort of person to be running a col
lege.
But the cop upon whom extra
duty has been imposed naturally is
going to be little cranky in the
first place And his temper doesn't
get any better when people surge
around him saying, Down with the
cossacks!" A cop, even as Ibsen's
Nora, is before all else human
being.
fCopyright. 1888 by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
Loan Shark EUiI

BY Disguised.
1T CERTAINLY is a pleasure to
Il be able to read the classified
add section of The Times with
out being "grinned at" by a dozen
or more loan shark advertise
mentS. OF course, those who think
know why the nearly total abb
Sence of loan shark advertise
ments exists. The Times is the
only indianapolis paper that calls
a spade spade, and knows that
interest at the rate of AZ per cent
interest was crime even in the
days of Nero. Ancient history
mentions usurers charging 40 per
cent interest in those days, and
also states that they were out
lawed by society and prosecuted.
A recent bank failure hearing
developed the fact that two diff
ferent persons were drawing 5000
a month each out of the petty
loan concern, although their serv-
ices at the same time were paid for
at high rate by the bank. This
thousand dollars came from peo-
pie in dire and desperate circum-
stances, and, of course, was only
a small part of the total profit
made. One has to be in an awful
state of mind to place himself in
the clutches of the loan shark. I
know from personal experience. Z
This is the main idea I want to
express. This country and state
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
Diet Is Not Related to Cancer Cause

XXTHILE it is true that the
w medical profession does not
know as yet the cause of cancer or
any certain method for relief ex-
cept early diagnosis and surgical
removal or treatment with radium
and the X-ray, there are certain
facts that have been we'll estab-
lished.
In the first place, it has been
quite we'll shown that cancer is
not contagious The person who
has it does not easily transmit it
to any other, person, and it is quite
safe to be in room with person
who has cancer or to attend him
as one attends person with any
other non-contagious disease.
1t is fairly certain that diet is
not in any way related to the
cause of cancer or to the relief
from cancer, All sorts of tests and
studies have been made, but with
negative results.
Proponents of whole wheat have
urged that the eating of refined
foods causes cancer, and another
group says that eating food cooked
in aluminium utensils causes can
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

The muscles of her mind already
have toughened in her battle with
circumstance. Her soul has been
steeled with patience, and she long
since has learned the virtue of cour-
age. In many, ways, therefore, she
is fitted for the role of wife.
And so I believe and hope that
the boy and the girl who decide to
tackle the hard job Of marriage
now have a good chance to win.
Given only few lucky breaks, they
should be successful.
From the very start they will have
to Cooperate in all their efforts.
to stand by each other. to pull to-
gether. Like their forefathers of
old, they are building their homes
upon the wreckage of fallen civil
iZation.
Theirs will be the job Of making
new world. We, who are unworthy.
wish them luck and godspeed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
:: The Message Center ::

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their>cietcs IN these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or Iess.)
By H. L. Seeger.
The South Bend News Times let
out big howl over the fact that
IS billion out of 81 billion of the
American income of 1882 went to
support local, state and national
governments. In normal times, the
national income of 90 billions COM
pared to 81 billion in years of
Sweatshop wages and starvation
prices does not place a burden on
the public that demands every type
of public service from care of chill
dren to building of battleships.
Something for nothing is, of
course, the great American sport.
That is why Wall Street gets the
suckers and shears the sheep. Tax
payments are not a tribute, any
more than railroad fare is for trans
portation, but many want to ride on
a pass when it comes to taxes.
The inability" of the capitalistic
machine to keep income up to the
normal 80 billion distorted the ra-
ito of public requirements to pri-
vate income; this can not be bal
arced by cutting off public needs,
but by raising national income to
where it belongs and distributing it
so that both private and public bills
can be paid.
Of course, when the kitty" got
practically all the chips in the ma
tional income poker game, the game
went haywire.
1t is easy to rave over public ex-
pense and maintain silence on the
gouging of wages. We do not live
so far apart that destruction of
normal life does not affect all of us.
The functions and services of the
public rendered for taxes are far
above the values rendered in the
normal channels Of business, dollar
for dollar.
We have tolerated the greed and
stupidity of our economic machine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
and will defend to the death your right say vOare

have for the last thirteen years
fooliShly tried to prohibit beer and
liquor, for the questionable reason
that it is harmful. Is anything
more harmful to a family than
to borrow money at ~ per cent,
when the very fact that the
money is borrowed proves the need
of better financial management?
The only form of prohibition we
need in this state is the prohi-
bition of loan shark activities.
Why should a person be allowed
to wreck himself financially when
a little sober advice from the right
source would show him that it is
foolish, and So very expensive?
Let the state set up a department
for this purpose and loan money
to people at decent rate of in
terest.
The loan shark money really
comes from banks which loan mil
ionaires money at 6 per cent and
then reach the pauper by going
through the loan shark office at
AZ per cent. Let's stop this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

THE last four years have been
particularly hard on lovers. In
many instances, marriage was out of
the question in a jobleSs universe.
And that is the crueleSt tragedy that
has come out of our bloody war
game and the mad orgy of gambling
that followed it.
The couples, however. who do
manage to marry these days prob
ably have a better chance for hap
piness than those who stepped of
during the era of Coolidge prosper
ity. They are beginning as their
fathers and mothers began-on
nothing. And nothing is a good
point to work up from. Because life
for them will be for while a bitter
economic struggle, they may muddle
through to permanent marriage and
lasting love.
The girls who marched to the
altar decked in white satin and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine

Ger. There is not the slightest
scientific evidence to support
either of these points.
Experiments on mice have shown
there are certain hereditary factors
in cancer. However, there is no
scientific evidence that under the
conditions of human marriage there
is any tendency to perpetuate can
Ger in certain families.
In other words, so far as the
human being is concerned, the
hereditary factor does not seem to
be very important.
Among other common conditions
possibly related to cancer is con-
Stipation, and the drinking of alco-
hol. There has been some ques-
ton as to whether or not the in
crease in smoking may not be asso-
ciated with cancer of the tongue.
and it has been urged that the
drinking of exceedingly not drinks
may serve as source of constant
irritation and thus tend to the de-
velopment of cancer of the stomach.
Absolutely established is the fact
that neither mental worry nor ex-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
Cop and Communists

T THINK that the average po-
l. liceman is justified in being a
little puzzled when he is called out
to mill around with men and wom-
en- bearing banners inscribed De
fend the Chinese Soviets." 1t is
not altogether unreasonable for him
to say, why fight with me. buddy?
haven't done anything to the par
leS you refer to. 1 haven't even seen
Chlnaman all afternoon"
The complications of radical poll
ltlcS are so intricate that the av-
erage patrolman sometimes grows
confused as to the ms and outs of
the Lovestone movement and Mr..
Fosters party. If you ask him to
explain just where A. j. Music
stands or what is the position of
Edmund Wilson, he probably would
funk the examination. But. so
might Edmund Wilson, for that
matter.
Both sides have agreed on a sim
pllflcation of the problem involved.
To the cop anybody who gets up on
a Stepladder to make a speech is a
dangerous red and will bear watch
ing. The radicals, on the other
hand, have agreed that all cops
are coSsacks. But this short cut is
too easy to be true and causes
clashes which are sometimes I'M
necessary.
Apparently the invitation to work.
ers of hand and brain to unite never
has been construed broadly enough
to include the cop. And yet he is
as proletarian as the next one. He
certainly is exploited, and there new
er has been a police force in which
more members profited by graft
than suffered because of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
ORGANIZED LABOR'S NEW DEAL

ORGANIZED LABOR'S NEW DEAL
A MONG the tremendous changes which
L N were slipped into our national set-up al
most unnoticed along with the industrial con-
troll BILL none is much more significant than
the new DEAL given to organized labor.
Even organized labor itself hardly seems
as yet, to realize what a sweeping new charter
this bill has given it. But not more than
glance at the new system is needed to con-
vince one that the whole face of the labor
situation has been changed most profoundly
overnight.
fair sample of the change can be seen
In the bituminous coal industry.
Here is an industry which has been about
as essentially disorganized and competitive
as any in America. 1t has witnessed some of
the most appalling struggles between labor
and capital; it has written some of the uglest
chapters in American industrial history.
Today while the operators are splitting
into two camps in their attitude toward the
impending governmental supervision the
United Mine Workers of America are working
feverishly to unionize coal miners in every
producing state.
President John L. Lewis is quoted as saying
that 10000 new members already have been
enrolled Union organizers are circulating
freely in certain West Virginia and Kentucky
fields which they never before even were per-
mitted to enter.
Thus before the main items on the indus
trial recovery program have had time to get
their heads above water, organized labor
seems to have made long strides toward win
ming a battle fought for generations.
Unionization Of the coal fields, with its
accompanying improvement in the distressing
conditions under which the miners have to
live. is in a fair way toward being accom-
plished as a mere by-product of a larger
struggle
It would be hard to overemphasize the i'm
portance of this. We have moved so fast and
so far recently that we are quite likely to go a
long way beyond the most advanced OF the
old-time detectives before we have realized
that we are started.
year ago complete unionization Of the
coal fields looked like Utopian dream. Now
It bids fair to be a mere incident in pro-
gram that is infinitely larger and more daring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
A Woman's Viewpoint ::
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON


orange blossoms, with a dozen ele-
gantly gowned bridesmaids, and who
ended their honeynoons in opulent
apartments with several servants to
do the housework, have, in many
cases, travelled the road to Reno.
Their names are writ large on the
divorce court documents.
They were victims of false pros
peEity, just as certainly as many a
maid, denied her home and husband
now, is victim of the depression.
The cards were stacked against them
=
RUT the latter, who has wealth
- cred some hard times on her
own. probably will make a better
life than the one who has known
only comfort and ease. She's vi
against a hard proposition, but un-
derstands her situation In a meas
ure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
The Thief
BY MARGARET E. BRUNER

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER
An April day brought loneliness
Almost beyond belief;
I marveled at the miracle,
Unknowing that a thief
Came stealthily to rob me
My Joy was all too brief,
For beauty faded when I saw
A strong man bowed with grief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

fumbling and showing other signs of dis
organization.
And now the new quarter back, after
final conference with the coach, dashes out
to take his place in the lineup. What viii
happen next? A new drive for the goaI-a
new solidarity and a new form Of teamwork,
new bit of strategy that will prove irresist-
ible? We can all hope so, at any rate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

long enough. We hope to control
ahd guide it through the industrial
recovery act. Failure there will
spell the end of private ownership of
industry and will compel social own
ership to produce and distribute the
products of industry.
Dollars represent only the share
of the products in terms of dis
tribution. This sharing must meet
every public and private need for a
decent standard of living. That's
Americas Job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

Washington dispatch says United States
treasury's conscience fund" just has passed
100000. There's nothing in the record, how
ever, to show that the latest contribution came
from j. P. Morgan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

Weathering storms off the Atlantic coast
must have been easy for President Roosevelt,
considering the storms he has weathered in
Washington since March T.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

Ex-PreSident Hoover has been named IL
orarlan at Stanford university, which leads
one to wonder if his long experience in try
ing to balance the budget will prove of value
in his new job of keeping the books.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

Job-hunting college graduates should not
become discouraged. John D. Rockefeller's
grandson just has succeeded in finding job
with the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

presidents office to be air cooled"-wash-
ington dispatch. Another step in the admin
istration's movement against sweat shops, we
presume.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
Daily Thought

He that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth unto the Lord; and that
which he hath given will he pay
him again.-Proverbs, 1871.
A RICH man without charity y
N rogue; and perhaps 1t wouIq
be no difficult matter to prove gfiao
he is also a fo0l.vE1eldipR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

Stenographers have long been accused of
being careless about their spelling, but most
of them are very careful about their figures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
The indianapolis Times

"a sCBIPPs-HOWARD NEWSPAPER
hOf W. hoWAkD President
TALCOTT POWELL Editor
EARL d. BAKER Business Manager
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27

Graft, of larger or smaller pro-
portions, seems to be widely accepted
as a more or less inevitable Incl
dent of government. - President
James Rowland Angel of Yale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-27
So They Say

Most teachers of French in our
senior high schools would have to
have an interpreter in Paris-Dr.
George Willard Frasier, president of
Colorado Teachers college.
We have substituted the "alfreSco''
method of international discussion
for the corner cupboard type that
so long ruled and ruined the world.
D. Baker, former secretary
of war.
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The Washington times., 1933-02-27
R|TCH|E BUDGET
.. Up THIS WEEK

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-Two
major measures sponsored by the
administration will come before
the General Assembly this week
for action.
The most important is Gov
ernor Ritchie's budget reduction
plan, which has been presented
to the senate finance committee
and the house ways and means
committee.
Members of these committees,
It was said, favor the reduction
and will report the budget favor
ably.
The governors plan for distri-
button of gasoline tax revenues
also will be voted upon, with
little opposition expected.
Another meeting of the special
senate committee investigating
affairs at the University of Mary
land was called for this week,
but in view of the fact that
under the budget the university
appropriation is cut 40 per cent,
1t could not be determined if the
committee will continue its inveS-
tigation.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
HEARING ON CAS-
VALUE DELAYED

Hearing before the Public
Utilities Commission on the val
uation of properties of the Wash
ington and Georgetown Gaslight
Companies was adjourned until
April 3 today after preliminary
meeting of the commission.
The continuance was granted
on motion of Stoddard M.
Stevens, counsel for the COM
panies, who explained that the
death of William H. Blood, jr.,
chief valuation engineer for the
companies, had delayed gather
ing of data.
Mai. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman of the commission.
suggested that engineers for the
commission and the companies
confer before hearing in order to
reduce the number CT controver-
sial subjects to be presented to
the hearings.
William NICK. Clayton, chair
man of the public utilities COM
mittee of the Federation of Citi-
zenS Associations, was assured
engineers would confer only on
matters of fact.
Mr.. Stevens said the COM
panies expect to prove that their
holdings are worth, roughly, $780,
100000, but added their data is
far from complete.
The Washington times., 1933-02-27
LOWER RENTALS
SEEN LIKELY
To ENSUE
Believe Committee Will Ask
Action Leading to More
Moderate Scale

The Senate District Committee
will meet tomorrow afternoon in
an effort to complete its District
rent report based on evidence
accumulated since early last sum-
mer.
The report will probably discuss
what action the committee be-
lieves is necessary to bring about
a reduction in local rents.
The committee will also con-
slider bill authorizing the
Recorder of Deeds to increase
fees charged in his office.
The meeting will be the last
session of the committee at this
term of Congress and when it is
again called in the future Con-
crosses it will be under the direc-
ton of a new chairman.
Senator Arthur Capper (RO of
Kansas who has served as chair
man for many years will be re-
tired from that post when the
Democrats take control of the
Senate after March 4. Senator
William H. King CD of Utah
will probably be his successor.