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I IKE the war from which it sprang this de-
IL preston calls forth clamor for America
to take the lead. Ours is the only nation that
can do it, they say, and human nature, if not
good Judgment, compels us to agree.
But there are two kinds of leadership, one
OF Which guides by example, while the other
takes command and assumes responsibility
We made it possible for the allies to win by
jumping in with both feet by hurting such
masses of men and money against the German
lines left no doubt of the result.
We accumulated the wealth and developed
the power which enabled us to render such eff
fective aid largely by Winding our own business.
1t was our first adventure in direct meddling
with European affairs and we have yet to learn
just what anybody gained by it.
What we accomplished not only for ourselves,
but for other people, before the war compares
quite favorably with what we have accomplished
since.
WE strive to console ourselves with the
w thought that we couldn't keep out of war,
that it marked a change in the tide of world
relations, and that, whether we preferred to do
so or not we had no choice but to join the fray.
The same thought persuades us that we have
no choice but to continue and that, though we
can keep out Of the League Of Nations we can
not avoid becoming involved more deeply in
European affairs.
We move from one conference to another in
a sort of hypnotized trance, always hoping for
better results, but generally emerging with in
creased perpleXity and disappointment.
In time we may learn the ropes, but we have
not been trained to play the peculiar kind of
diplomatic poker which has been Europe's great
indoor sport for the last five centuries.
Meanwhile, we have shown what we could do
by playing our own kind of diplomacy, not on
this side of the Atlantic alone, but for people
everywhere.
The United States made steady, constructive,
inspiring progress up to the end OF the World
war.
EVEN though the World war represented a
IL definite change of policy on our part, it
still left us square with the past, since we were
in a position to re-establish our former attitude
of aloofness or accept the new order.
Instead Of making g straightforward choice,
We stood "fust on one foot, and then on t'other !"
We wouldn't sign the Versailles treaty or join
the League Of Nations, but We would get mixed
up with the reparations controversy.
Now we are about to undertake some more
pow-wowing with the idea of leadership in the
back Of our heads. and with European states
men lying awake nights over schemes to put
us in a position where We can't avoid assuming
it, especially with regard to debts.
We won't enter a general conference, but we
will talk with each government separately, pro-
vided tariffs and similar matters are included.
That is not as clever as it looks. after the
boys from abroad find out what We want or are
willing to concede, they can get together if and
when they feel like it.
There just isn't any halfway business about
this new order of international cooperation.
We either accept it or we don't.
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nerve to change their relationships.
The pain passing along the sciatic
nerve may be constant or come at
intervals. 1t frequently is exag-
gerated by exercise, so that rest is
a good prescription.
Some times it is found that the
patient has been sleeping in bed
with sagging spring and mattress.
A change to hard and firm bed
brings about relief in these cases.
Of special value in many cases is
the application of heat in the form
of baking, the use of the electric
current in the form Of diathermy
to produce heat, and sometimes the
application Of massage.
Since the causes Of sciatic pain
vary, no single form Of treatment
is applicable to all cases.
The physician, therefore, is likely
to study the condition carefully and
to apply the methods that seem
most suitable to individual cases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-22
| Make a Coat
BY MARGARFT E. BRUNER

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER
A coat that long had known but
Sights and jeers
Hung Imply in my closet, out
of date,
Yet wore the look Of one who
seemed to wait
For recognition after lonely years.
The cloth was fine, but I confess
that fears
Assailed me when I sought TO re-
instate
Its shapeless bulk, yet I must
needs create
A thing to shield me, so I piled
the shears.
I shipped the thread at every seam
and band,
And brushed it, darned each rent
before I pressed,
Then placed the pattern-cut With
careful hand,
Worked late and early With no
thought of rest, =.
And though I wear It bravely
everywhere,
I know the flaws and threadhare
spots are there.
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in the school Of the soldier, and It takes a
long time for the pupils to graduate
It is stated that it takes from one to three
years to fit a recruit for actual combat service
General Hagood thinks this is all wrong
He would teach rockies to handle their guns
in the field first and let them learn the other
stuff later; and he asserts that it ought to
be possible to fit rookie for active service
in no longer than ten days.
His battalions doubtless would be sorry
sights on the drill field; but he says they
would be able to fight acceptably-and that,
after ALL is the main job of the soldier.
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So They Say

If Christ were to rise again, he
would be our leader in our strug-
gle against Marxisrn and interna-
tionalism-Dr Wieneke- Soldin, in
the PruSsian diet.
If nothing is done and we can't
get any money either from the state
or federal government, the only
thing to do is declare martial law
and take the things needed.-Gov-
ernor Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota.
The United States is the only civ
ilized country that permits the
working of women and minors in
all-night shifts.-Governor Joseph
B. Ely of Massachusetts,.
I bear my fate with resignation,
for the Lord knows what he is do
ing'-EX-Kaiser Wilhelm Of Ger
many.
We must resist the return of this
liquor traffic with all the fervor
and power at our command.-Sen-
ator Sheppard of Texas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-22
DARROW's BIRTHDAY PRESENT

CLARENCE BARROW processes to have no
~ faith in the human race. His own deeds
contradict him, for he just has marked his
seventy-sixth birthday anniversary by saving
the life of 18-year-old Russell McWilliams and
the honor of Illinois.
1t was his volunteer pleading with Cover
nor Horner's pardon board that won COM
mutation for the youth, about to be electro
cuted for having. killed while drunk.
Mr.. Darrow hates injustice and cruelty,
whether Of individuals or society. Particularly
he hates capital punishment.
There is nothing" he says "in the history
OF the world that ever so cheapened human
life as war, and next to that the indiscriminate
killing of men by the states. If the state
wishes its citizens to respect life, it should stop
killing them"
Our birthday wish is that Mr. Darrow live
long enough to see the end of legal killing in
his United States.
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necessary to the progress of civiliza-
ton, while the undesirables general
ly escape.
n n
HOWEVER, if we exercised some
IL common sense in promoting
this theory, We might convert the
most ardent peace lovers. If wars
must go on, so populations can re-
main at dead level, why not put
the criminals in the front line
trenches and follow them with the
morons?
This is just as reasonable as any
other plan for national defense. We
have to feed the criminals, anyway
so we might as well use them.
Or, if it's merely nuisances we
want to get rid of, we could slap
the politicians into training camps
and give them the opportunity to
defend their country with more SUBJ
stantial weapons than words.
And can you imagine anything
more inspiring than a squad Of city
ward heelers going boldly forth to
face the enemy barage2
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FAVORED GROUPS MUST GIVE

TINE time is just about ripe for Americas
Il ex-service men to look about them and
inquire irreverently, When are the rest of
you birds going to step up and take your
medicine?'
The eX-Service men took theirs first The
federal budget had to be cut and cut heavily
Out of the payments to eX-soldiers came $780,
900. The service veterans naturally enough
fought against it; but once the law went
through, they took it, on the whole, like men,
At the time the country had lot of praise
for an administration that dared to defy such
a well-organized and powerful lobby. 1t was
remarked widely that however much merit
there might be to the veterans claim for spe-
cial attention, times were extraordinary and
the interest of the nation as whole must
be put above the interest of any single group.
That was all true enough. But the ex
service men are entitled to wonder now, when
some of the other groups that have been en-
joying special privileges are going to get SINH
lar treatment
So far, these groups have shown no in
cnnation to get out of the way of the admin
istrations recovery program.
tariff protection are not falling in line on the
plan to give the President blanket power to
discuss lowering of trade barriers with Mac
Donald, Herriot, and the other foreign states
men.
The United States Chamber of Commerce
and the public utility groups are fighting to
block the administrations Muscle Shoals
scheme.
Certain bankers have slowed down reform
measures designed to protect the small de-
poSitor and the small investor. Other fnan-
cial leaders are trying to delay the federal
blue sky" regulations.
Real estate interests are reported antagon-
istic to the governments plan 20 include cheap
housing in its vast public works program.
Each of these cases, when you get right
down to it, is not unlike the case of the vet
Grams bloc and the economy bill.
The veterans bloc finally had to yield; and
in the main, when that time came it yielded
with good grace.
And the veterans now are entitled to ask
when these other blocs are going TO take their
cut, too.
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SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1893.
THREE CURBS ON CRIME

INTERESTING and informative indeed is
the analysis of city crime, It's causes and
the methods used to combat it, in statement
by Chief Mike Morrissey, rounding out his
second year as head of the indianapolis police
department.
He gives credit to the return Of beer for
reduction in number of arrests. He foresees
future diminishing of shocking crimes which
have stained the pages of city history during
the prohibition regime. His views and his
figures well serve to refute the arguments Of
dry leaders that the highways would be strewn
with wrecks and the streets Uttered with
DRINKS when brew came back.
Of special interest is the chiefs emphatic
declaration that the police radio setup has
been major factor in curbing crime and
keeping the city free of gangsters who have
made life perilous and hideous in so many Of
our large population centers.
The average householder takes the police
radio cars for granted, as just another part
of the citys equipment like the fire engines
or the ash wagons.
He rarely takes into account the fact that
all night long these cars are roaming his
neighborhood protecting his life and property
He gives little thought to the speed with
which they can answer call. compared to
the time it took beat man to reach the
scene under the old system.
But the thug and the crook know and they
fear the radio cars as they never before feared
any police agency. They know that they have
only seconds to operate and make their get
away where once they had minutes or hours
third point which Chief Morrissey
stresses is juvenile crime. tits not the gang
sters who are our main crime concern; it's
the youngsters" he says.
Youths who often go hungry and have no
money for amusements of any kind naturally
become enbittered. They do not steal from
choice, but they must eat From petty thievery
to fill their empty stomachs, they grow holder
and rob that they may have money for hec-
tic entertainment.
And here the chief strikes a point that
city officials should take to heart
Boys need plenty of fresh air and Or
ganized play to take their minds off their
troubles" he declares. Good outdoor sport
and popular idols like Lindbergh and Babe
Ruth do more to break down juvenile crime
than million cops can"
Juvenile recreation centers are the answer
to this Every dollar that the city can afford
to spend should be so expended on public
Fairgrounds. They may be the means Of
keeping scores of lads away from lives of crime
in the years to come.
Beer, public Fairgrounds, and police radio
cars-a strange hookup, but an effective one
in battling crime, and every good citizen
should say More power to them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-22
Sciatica Affects Longest Nerve in the Body

THE sciatic nerve is the longest
l. nerve in the body. It comes
from the lower portions Of the
spinal cord and passes down the
leg.
Sciatica is name known to many
people who have suffered with
twinges of pain through this nerve,
but the condition often is confused
with rheumatic pains of various
types.
Drs. W. M. Craig and r. H.
Ghormley find that pain in this
nerve may be associated with a fall
or a strain, that it often appears
after exposure in the rain, wading
in cold streams, working in damp
mines or similar experiences.
OF course, pain may be developed
along such a nerve by thes growth
Of tumor in it's vicinity, by pres
sure on it due to changes in the
blood vessels and by disturbance of
the spinal cord in the area in which
the sciatic nerve arises.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-22

T LIKE George Bernard Shaw.
L Sometimes I do not agree with
what he says, but I love the bold
ness with which he makes his as
sertions.
Mr.. Shaw is not a pacifist. He
thinks we are foolish to try to out
law war and offers a good reason
for his opinion.
War" he said, while he turned
up his nose at our most cherished
exhibit-New York City, is a meth
cd of killing people and a great
many people ought to be killed"
That, it seems to me, is an honest
and fortnight statement of fact.
1t is, indeed, most excellent def
milton, although most of our mill
tarists never mention it.
Some of them, who perhaps cher
ish more romantic illusions about
humanity than Mr.. Shaw seems to
do, are shocked at its bluntness.
But few can find fault with its
truth.
It is hardly necessary to point
out that the chief and only benefit
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BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. She
Health Magazine.

There also may be changes in the
bones of the spinal column sur
rounding the nerve roots which may
be associated with pain passing
along the nerve.
1t should be understood, of
course, that it is not possible to
manipulate the spine in such way
as to affect the relationship of these
bones to the nerve.
During good many years various
forms of treatment have been de-
veloped by the medical profession
for sciatic pain.
It is possible to inject into the
nerve various substances, includ-
ing sedatives of various types, which
effect the passage of sensation.
1t is possible to put the tissues
at rest through the use of casts and
to manipulate the tissues around the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-22
TRAINING NEW SOLDIERS

HAVING spoken his mind With refreshing
"A frankness about faulty organization in
the war department, the useful and outspoken
Major General johnson Hagood is now pro-
posing a radically new system Of training
army rockies.
At present. as everybody knows, the new
recruit spends weeks and months just in learn
ing how to do squads right. The intricacies
Of parade ground maneuyers. the manual Of
arms and SO on make long primary course
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The Message Center : :

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their cieUS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze chance
BY Paul Millspaugh
Unemployment is the most seri-
GUS problem confronting the Ameri-
can people today. Steps have been
taken to remedy this desperate stu
alton, and some of them have been
highly successful, while others have
failed completely. Unemployment
should be dealt with fairly and
squarely and worked out in a sys-
tenatic manner
For instance, I know Of dozen
different cases where several mem
bers of the same family are work
ing every day. Many of these peo-
pie are paid well for their services
and only few Of them have de-
pendents other than themselves.
One or two members of a family
working steady and paid an aver
age wage should provide an income
sufficient to take care of their fam
lily, unless it is unusually large.
I say unto you, is this fair to a
nation boasting twelve or fifteen
million unemployed men? Men who
tramp the streets daily in search
of work, only to return at night to
endure the cries Of their hungry
children? Bread and butter liter
ally is being taken out of the thou
sands of hungry children's mouths
by families who already have more
than sufficient means.
If this is fair to our unfortunate
men and women who are unable to
procure work, then allow me to say
that justice no longer prevails. It
is high time that our governments,
whether they be federal, state or
local, take this injustice into hand
and see that it does not continue
in the future.
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Verdict of the South

CPEAKING Of Scottsboro, I read
- an interesting column in the
Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser. The
writer. Walling Keith, was Defend
irg the verdict against Haywood
Patterson, but he did take occasion
to review the editorial opinion of
other southern states, and it was to
a surprising degree unfavorable.
Speaking Of other opinions, he
said, Mr. Broun has an idea that
all humble beings are always right,
while the ruling classes are forever
wrong"
If that were true, it would be a
very high compliment. I do think
that, but haven't always been good
enough to live up to it.
Still, in the Scottsboro case
hardly can be accused Of having
plunged in with undue haste. The
blame lies quite on the other side.
I am much too belated a joiner.
And have had time to read in de-
tail the complete record of the first
trial and most Of the second.
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Que StiOnS and
Answers . i.

Q-How many American troops
served in the war with Spain?
A-280, 564.
Glow many persons are re-
ceiving pensions for service in the
war with Spain?
A-According to the last report.
there were 916,541 veterans, &c.
802 widows and minor children
and dependents of veterans and
532 nurses, total of 233.875.
Q-Are any Of the states entire
ly self-sustaining?
A-No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-22
HELP THE MUSIC CAMPAIGN

THIS week in Indianapolis is marked by
the annual membership campaign of the
indianapolis Civic Music Association, when
the budget for the fall and winter season of
concerts is built up That it will be success
full is assured by the energy of the officers and
members of the club who are working to that
end
Several years ago the club adopted wide
spread system Of guaranteeing financial sue
cess of its concert seasons by a cooperative
plan of memberships. Lovers of music are
asked to become members of the clubs and pay
dues Of SIS a year. This payment entities
them to seat at every concert, and no tickets
are sold at the box office.
If the club enrolls 500 members, it's fund
will be $4,000. If it enrolls 1000 members, its
fund will be $4,000. The hope now, as the cam
paign near its end, is to enlist 1900 to 1900.
The more members enrolled. the more and
better concerts can be presented The club
undertakes no expense beyond the sum in the
treasury and therefore can sustain no loss.
The plan is in successful operation in 257
American cities.
There is nothing exclusive" about this ar
rangement. The Indianapolis Civic Music
Association will welcome any one who applies
for membership.
Despite adverse conditions, attendance at
concerts Of the last season was large Indi-
annapolis is music loving city and is generous
In its patronage 1t is to be hoped that the
music club will increase its membership ap-
preciably in the present campaign and by en-
larging its fund provide a concert season of
exceptional interest.
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a Good Officer

By Passerby
have observed more than
once the kindness of Traffic Of
ficer Logue, at the corner of Mar
ket and Delaware streets, espe-
cially to older folks. Only this
morning an old gentleman fell on
the street, and this officer asked
a man who was parked on the
street nearby if he would drive
this old man where he wanted
to go.
I think it only proper that a
word of praise be given him, as
it is so seldom that we see an
officer, especially a young one,
who is anything but gruff.
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Too Mich Connection
\ YOUNG lady who is a 7

A YOUNG lady who is a Tam
L n many district captain fol-
lowed me on the platform, and
when she had finished I still felt
that I was pretty good speaker.
But the next to be called upon was
William L. Patterson. the secretary
of the I. L. D. and the ComnYlnist
candidate for mayor in the last
New York election.
Patterson had been talking not
more than three minutes when 7 de-
cided that would have to go to the
foot of the class and start all over
again.
First of all, he took up the Tam
many representative, and when he
was done with her, no young lady
remained, but only little chow
mein. Next he turned to what
had said, and, even though I felt
and hoped that he was pulling his
punches a little, I got into the frame
of mind where 1 was willing to say,
I'll gladly take twenty years and
call it good bargain if only can
beat the chair"
Patterson knew better than that,
He was in deadly earnest, but, even
in that mood, there still remains an
unconscious devotion to technique
of talking He kept right on
through his applause, and so it
mounted higher and higher.
I noticed one middIe-aged woman
in the gallery, and whenever he
made telling point, she would leap
foot in the air And when she lit
again, she would leap a little
higher.
Even now I would be better
speaker if it were not for my vaso-
motor system. I get a sinking SEN
sation when I think am about to
be called upon. The chairman or
the POSTMASTER says, I'VE have the
great privilege and honor of having
with us tonight one of the mos" -
and begin to perspire.
1t generally turns out that he
doesn't mean me. but the alder
manic incumbent from the Fifteenth
district and then I sit back and
wait to go through the whole agony
all over again. But I'm going to
conquer it. I don't intend to be a
schoonkle all my life.
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again. Wisconsin, Indiana. Pennsylvania, Ore
gon, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Utah have
acted once more to secure for workers the
rights that should be unquestioned.
other states. should follow quickly. The
issues are too well known to require more de-
bate.
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A Woman's sViewpoint ::
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUS,

war ever confers upon a nation is
to get rid of the surplus population.
Unfortunately, however, it hap
pens that the individuals destroyed
are likely to be the very ones most