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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
More Harm Than Good

EVEN judged by the most ma
H terialistic and militaristic
standards, his potentialities for
hurting his cause are much greater
than his chance of turning up any
thing of vital value. He is one of
the boys who make the nations of
the world SO exceedingly jittery.
1t is on his account that armies
must be kept to wartime strength
or beyond His plumbers give aid
and comfort to those who would
have the waters swarm with war
ships and the submarines lie under
the surface of the sea. For him and
his kind we build bombers and scout
planes.
Even if the secret agent never gets
caught, the nations of the world
know that he is on the prowl. His
soft-paddling footsteps are heard in
the palaces and in the mountain
passes. Rudyard KipGng sang his
praises and made him hero.
1t would be foolish to deny that
circumstances may demand of him
both shrewdness and personal cour-
age, but I wish somebody would
write a good adventure story show
ing him up in his true light as the
gnat of the nations.
The most pitiful part of it all is
that there really isn't any advan-
tage in the end for the countries
which play the game. If the King
dom of x has managed to get hold
of all the vital military secrets of
the Republic of Y, you can depend
upon it that Y is equally aware of
what is going on across the borders.
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|M.E.TracySays:

ON April %, 1916 fairly prominent and
~ and substantial citizen died at Stratford
on-AVon. The town was duly shocked. but not
unduly impressed.
Mr.. Shakespeare always had paid his bills
promptly, lived well, and minded his own bust
ness His business however, was something
OF a mystery to the home folk and had kent
him in London most of the time until recent
years.
1t had to do with play-writing and play
acting, the neighbors told each other in hazy
sort of way, and they wondered how he could
have made so much money at it.
Well, the bigwigs were pretty liberal to-
ward those who furnished them entertainment,
and Mr.. Shakespeare must have made quite
hit with them. 1t wasn't every man who could
retire at so and take it easy Must be some
thing to this theater game, after all.
Had any OF them read or seen Mr.. Shake
speareS plays? A few, perhaps bat not manv.
and those few hadn't found much to rave
about
TT took century for even the best minds to
l. discover that genius had been on earth,
and still another century for the world to make
| constructive use of his work
And now he is going out Of date again. as
part Of the ages which modern machinery has
made obsolete
We are all for experiences these days. with
Slight regard for anything which can't be re-
duced to a set of rules. We don't care for
philosophy unless it can be stated in formulate
or enforced by statute, or for psyche ANALYSIS.
unless it can be bought for so much a consulta-
ton.
Like Beethovens music, Mr. Shakespeares
work is too involved
We want things made plain and snappy. The
ignorance of the mid-Victorian era when they
read Shakespeare, makes us laugh. We are
enlightened, you understand even if we do
lack sense to govern ourselves and find it neces-
sary to reinvoke state paternalism
We acknowledge that Mr.. Shakespeare was
a great man in his time, but times have changed
How could man who never drove an auto
mobile know much about human character?
Why, we can carry one voice to half the
world, and with that triumph, who cares what
the voice has to say?
our ideas are being translated into power
~ speed and noise. If that is not enough
well translate them into dictatorship
Mr.. Shakespeare was the first great apostle
of individual thinking but how can we tolerate
individualiSm and regulate traffic?
We can not, Of course, as Lenin Mussolini
and Hitler are proving.
The Bill OF Rights, English revolution and
American concept Of liberty are all dead along
with Shakespeare, to let some folks tell it.
We are going in for controlled progress, with
prices, wages, and production stabilized by
governmental decree
Can we keep free speech and free press if
We do? You don't have to guess. All you have
to do is observe what is going on in Russia.
Italy, and Germany.
You wouldn't even have to do that had you
read Shakespeare faithfully.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
COMMUNITY FUNDS

COMMUNITY FUNDS and other charity
~ financing organizations throughout the
country very properly will be thoughtful over
the fact that Cincinnati's fund campaign, one
of the very few conducted at this time of year,
has got off to the poorest start of its history.
1t is well known now that tax funds and not
the community funds are feeding the hungry.
Sound effort to make people understand the
supplementary job of private social work has
been too largely suspended. 1t has been the
easy way to go after money on an appeal for
the hungry and the sick.
It is much harder to make people under
stand that vital supplementary problems of
care of the aged. of the mentally incompetent,
of the poorly socialized, of the orphan and
the deserted widow, of the undernourished and
the debilitated. lie almost as close to the heart
of a sound society as to actual feeding, cloth
ing. and housing of the needy
Re-education of the people in these essen
t.al social services viii have to be carried or'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
THE MOONEY TRIAL

DUT for its serious implications, the second
- trial of Tom Mooney in San Francisco
would be Gilbert & Sullivan burlesque. 1t is
a trial without a real prosecution, without state
evidence worthy the name.
On suggestion of an honest San Francisco
judge and at MONEYS request, the state is re-
trying Mooney on the last undiSmissed indict-
ment of seventeen years ago. A verdict of ac-
ouittal will not free the famous prisoner. It
only will publieize the great wrong he has suf-
fered through these years of Imprisonment.
How flimsy was the states case against
Mooney and Billings in 1916 is shown by the
attitude of District Attorney Brady, the pres
ent prosecutor. Mr.. Brady is unfriendly to
the trial because he believes Mooney innocent.
He indicates he will not even present the
transcript of the states old case. Being a
prosecutor, he is loath to go on trial without q
case.
Mooney was convicted on the word of one
man. The judge and jury in the first trial
now admit that had not Frank c. Oman ap-
peared at the eleventh hour with his eye
witness story, Mooney never would have been
found guilty. That the late honest cattle
man" has gone to his reward is immaterial
to the case; his testimony today would be
worthless
Even former Governor Young, who denied
Mooney pardon. called Oman nothing
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2s i9aa
SECRETARY PERKINS LEADS

NOV that imitation is in the ofing quick
passage of the short work week and
minimum wage bill is more necessary than
than ever. Just as labor suffered first and
worst in the defation period, so labor will be
the last to profit by initiation.
In the past the lag between the rise in
prices and in wages has been about two and a
half years. Unless that lag can be prevented
this time, mass purchasing power will not be
increased rapidly enough to lift us out of
depression.
AS Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
Tuesday told the house committee in her testi-
mony favoring the bill the object of this legis-
lation is to spread purchasing power Those
who expect imitation to bring prosperity with
out companion measure of this kind forget
that increased efficiency of industry and dis
placement of men by machines has resulted
In an estimated excess labor supply of about
four million
That is to say, even if industry were sud-
denly to revive to the 1929 level we still would
have serious permanent" unemployment
problem
The only way to solve this problem is by
spreading the work among larger number of
workers. 1t is the share-the-work idea which
has been approved by SO many thousands of
employers throughout the country
But, as we have learned by experience. I'M
fortunately the share the-work plan becomes
merely share-th misery system, unless I'M
scrupulous employers are prevented from max
ing low wages lower.
Without the minimum wage, the basic pur-
pose of the legislation from the employers
point of view namely, to increase mass buying
power and thus revive and stabilize business
is defeated.
All this was explained in the vigorous tes-
timony Of Secretary Perkins. She speaks not
only out of her own long experience as an
expert in labor and industrial problems She
speaks also for the business leaders who have
appealed to the administration for protection
against sweatshop competition in many in
dustries, which rapidly is driving reputable
companies into bankruptcy.
Of course there are short-sighted business
men who oppose this legislation, Just as there
are ignorant and selfish bankers who have
obstructed the Roosevelt bank reform pro-
gram. But in neither case should ignorance,
prejudice and fear be allowed to block the
nations progress up and out of depression.
The only employers who will be hurt by
this legislation are the sweatShops. 1t will
drive them out of business. That will restore
honest competition for the employer who pays
decent wages.
Mass buying power can not be created
merely by initiation controlled or otherwise.
After the country gets more and cheaper dol
lars, there still will be the problem of getting
those dollars into general circulation.
That must mean larger pay rolls The short
work week and minimum wage bill prepared
by Secretary Perkins not only is to safeguard
labor, but also to protect employers from
suicidal competition.
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Haunted World

IF any two nations could get to-
l. gether in a non-spying arrange
ment and really mean it and con-
vince each other that the compact
was on the level, much time and
energy would be saved. And also
some wars.
One of the best ways to bring
about a war is to, live in constant
dread of its coming and to bristle
with preparations for the event.
I wonder if 1t might not even be
a good idea to issue formal invita-
tions whenever new munitions fac
tory is being opened. The note could
be addressed to the various heads
Of espionage throughout The world.
1t might read: I'VE know that you
boys are going to be interested in
Our new plant for making shells. We
know that sooner or later you will
find out about it. And to avoid the
bother and the trouble of having
our workmen bribed and betrayed,
we are holding afternoon tea in the
assembling room from 4 to 6 on Fri
day afternoon. P. S.-Don't forget
to bring your cameras and sketching
pads"
Copyright. 1888. by The Tines
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/ dangerous, but, in the main, it is
no more strenuous or hazardous
than that of the citizen who takes
his chances in a highly competitive
society.
The military man is necessary to
our welfare, but then, we also are
necessary to his. Without the
civilian to sweat and slave, the SOL
der would not survive long.
And consider this: The only class
in the United States now enjoying
economic security is the military
class. While millions Of us suffer
malnutrition and even hunger, the
soldier eats well. While many are
clothed in rags, he is resplendent in
regimentalS.
While we go bowed under heavy
tax burdens, he walks erect, free
Of such loads. While we face with
fear a poverty stricken old age, after
duties done, he retires on a pension.
And there is still another ironic
prank played upon us by an unkind
fate. When really great war oc-
ours, the civilian is drafted and
must go forth to fight beside the
professional, and he usually dies
at the front long before the generals
get there.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine.

chemists, pharmacologists an d
others, went over the thousands of
remedies that are available in the
United States Pharmacopoeia and
in the National Formulary, and Sc
lected 200 to which the name Use
full Drugs" should be applied.
In this book it is pointed out
that alcohol is used externally to
harden and cleanse the skin; it's
astringent action permits it to serve
as counterirritant.
The fact that alcohol is strongly
antiseptic in concentration of 10 per
cent, gives it high usefulness in
surgery.
Internally, according to useful
Drugs" alcohol acts as narcotic;
excessive doses depress and para
lyze the central nervous system.
On the other hand, small doses Of
alcohol or alcoholic liquors produce
the state Of euphoria that has been
mentioned.
When a small dose is taken into
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
Peasant ANSWERS

BY II. C. Smith.
TUST a little answer to the Mr..
" Taxpayer who took such an
ignorant rap at the Governor of
Minnesota. 1t is plain to see he
is not of the progressive class that
is behind our President, who, to
date, be he Communist, Socialist,
Republican, or Democrat, has not
had passed or advocated single
law that was for your benefit, but
rather for the class Mr.. Taxpayer
calls peasants.
Better get in line, Mr. Taxpayer,
and consult your doctor, who will
advise you that you and the peas
ant are both human beings. Then
consult your minister, if you have
one, and ask him what the re-
quirements are to enter the king
dom of heaven.
Greed and selfishness seems to
be your God, and hell is full of
such people.
This is from another taxpayer
who belongs to the peasant class
and incidentally has his taxes
paid to date.
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the body, the breathing rate is
Slightly stimulated, the blood YES
sells are dilated, and the circulation
modified.
Alcohol also is burned in the body
and serves to a restricted extent as
a source of energy.
There are many records of expert
ments which indicate that alcohol
in large doses taken over long per-
iods of time may be harmful.
Because of its effect on the nerv-
Gus system, it may have a detri-
mental effect on precise mental
operations, such as are involved in
typerWriting or target shooting.
However, the depression or inhi-
bition Of the controls may speed up
some mental operations. Certainly
alcohol loosens the tongue.
Finally, there does not seem to
be any good evidence to indicate
that alcohol taken over long periods
of time in small amounts appre-
ciably shortens the life of any nor
NAL person.
Next-Differing views on the use
of alcohol as medicine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
A THIEFS MISTAKE

THERE always is something funny about
Il the errors of law-breaker and in these
days of weighty problems it is rather refreshing
to read of the lamentable mistake made by a
thief in Mineola, Long Island.
This chap was out to swipe some young
cedar trees from a roadside nursery. He was
to grab them, friend was to drive up in his
car, he was to jump in with the trees, and
they were to speed away.
It worked out-so the robber thought-just
fine. He grabbed the trees and ran to the
curb car slowed up, he tagged it, jumped
in, dumped the trees in the back seat, barked
step on it, Joe!"-and then discovered that he
had, by mistake, climbed right into a police
squad car.
The gentleman is now in jail, meditating on
his mistake.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

more than publicity-seeking romancer," who
was ninety miles from the scene of the crime
he professed to have seen. The other state
witnesses either have confessed or lied them
selves out of the picture.
Some day Mooney will be freed, whether
by United States supreme court order or by
pardon from a new Governor. 1t is impor-
tant for California and America that the
state courts pave the way by writing Mooney
down on their books as guiltless
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
It Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK, April 26.-I often
l have wondered just how much
useful information actually is gath
cred by the sort Of espionage which
the British did in Russia.
OF course, am not rating Eng
land as lone offender. although
it often has been said that its secret
service is the most elaboratelv Or
gained in the world However. it is
undoubtedly true that practically all
the nations have a willingness to
play I spy"
And these reports and maps and
photographs are stored away against
the coming of the great day. OBJ
yiouSly it might well be beneficial
from a military point of view to
know just where the enemies NUM-
ton factories lay and their capacity
for production.
But in the event of war a vast
amount of rechecking would have
to be done of these surveys. And in
any case I am staggered by the
price which so-called civilized ma
tons are willing to pay for the stuff
their agents dig up.
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TRUTH often is hailed as trea-
A. son. For this reason the
professional soldier has walked in
an aura of reverence. His person
has been sacrosanct. We have
spent a great deal of money ed
ucating him for strutting and then
have bowed the knee to his pa
rades.
1t seems to me, therefore, that
it is high time the civilian also had
a spokesman Because, while the
soldier defends us, we in turn sup
port the soldier. He is but one part
of the social and political entity We
call these United States.
He has his duty and important
as it may be, it is no more impor-
tant than ours.
There has been much loose talk
about the nobleness of the military
profession Some of it is, l think.
exaggerated. I would not take
away one jot or little of credit from
army and navy men, but it occurs
to me that these gentlemen are apt
to forget or overlook entirely the
rights Of the taxpayer.
They expect-u to be forever pat
ting them on the back and paying
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Counting the Cost
T DON'T mean just

7 DON'T mean just the cost of
l. running bureaus and depart
ments of espionage, but the fearful
toll eXacted in mutual hate and dis
trust and suspicion.
The foreign Office tradition is that
the head man never shall be in
formed as to the workings of his
country's spy system. Appropria-
tons for such work are not brought
in under that name, and there is
no opportunity for questioning or
debate.
And so when a critical situation
arises the distinguished stuffed shirt
who happens to be the titular head
of the department always is in
position to issue indignant denialS
and to declare with a straight face
that no such thing could have oc-
CURED, since he never issued a sin
gle order empowering any of the
captured agents to collect informa-
ton.
This is supposed to protect the
head of the foreign office. but it
seems to me that the system makes
sucker of him. He may spend days
and weeks and months negotiating
for some treaty or other with a
neighbor nation and then see all
his work blown into smithereens by
the careleSsness of a hired hand
who has allowed himself to be
caught with the goods.
And since espionage is a devious
thing INVOICING counter espionage
and counter counter spy work, the
secret agent always is under the
risk Of detection. He must deal
with crooks and swindlers and all
kinds of shabby and shady persons.
The net result would seem to be
that he is not only an international
menace, but actually a danger to his
own country.
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there does arise now and then just
complaints from those who receive
relief.
Lack of vision and lack of memory
have been hurting our nation. Our
forefathers fought that we might
enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness" which rights embrace
the right to work and to share in
the wealth created by labor of hand
and brain.
Industrialists still insist on taking
all benefits of improved machinery
and scientific knowledge, which are
the products of labor. Senator Wal
colt says to throw the unemployed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26
Strange Girl
BY EVE STANTON

BY EVE STANTON
Back Of the ages, where the
centuries slept.
Once I have touched your hand and
kissed your hair,
Brushed lips to lips, and ever silent
kept.
A tireless vigil, while you slumbered
there.
Once you were blind, and only knew
the touch
And once I only whispered in the
night.
Ever your eyes were closed, and
loving much
I was your patterned vision, and
your light.
You will not know my face, nor
see my eyes
Shining with recognition through
the years,
1t will be yours to gaze in swift
surprise
To see a stranger suddenly in tears,
And you viii never know such eyes
as these
Have been your vision through the
centuries
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26

Alcohol May Benefit or Harm User

This is the second of three articles
by DR.. Fishbein on the new liquor pre-
scription law and the use of alcohol in
treating disease.
TT should be understood, of course,
l. that the use of alcohol in the
elderly convalescent or in the suf-
ferer from pulmonary tuberculosis
is not life-saving.
That term is reserved for such
effects as are brought about by
diphtheria or scarlet-fever antitoXin,
by digitalis, by arsphenanline, or by
other remedies with specific actions
on certain diseases.
DR.. Roger I. Lee mentions, as an
other example of case in which a
little alcohol or spirituous liquors
may be desirable, early stages of pull
monary tuberculosis, when slight
fever, distress of the body, and con-
seriousness Of the nature of the ILL
ness makes life appear drab and
unwelcome.
Some years ago a committee of
the council on pharmacy and chem
istry of the American Medical ASso-
citation, Oody composed of Spe-
cialists in various types of disease,
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A WOman's Viewpoint ::
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

them compliments, but they seldom
reciprocate.
WYE train. educate, and support
w the professional soldier and
sailor. In turn he is supposed to
guard our interests on land and sea.
That is his job. Sometimes it is
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Que tiOns and
Answers

q = = - " - -
Q-When was the last draft
made in the Civil war?
A-Dec. 19, 1864. Orders we're
issued stopping all drafts, April IL.
1865.
Q-Is the bite of tarantula
dangerous?
Alt is painful, but not dan
gerous, being more mechanical
than venemous. and inflicting a
wound that bleeds freely.
(Which is the most northern
coal-producing state?
A-Montana.
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So They Say

A few years ago any one who had
pair of white spats and love
nest on Park avenue could become
banker.-F. H. La Guardia, for
mer congressman.
Christians are supposed not mere
ly to endure change, not even to
profit by it, but to cause 1.-THE
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26

Don't know how Premier Macdonald and
President Roosevelt will get along, but as for
Herriot, we presume he can be depended upon
to be quite franc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26

Conductor Stokowski has presented con-
cert by an invisible orchestra. All right for
music lovers, but how about us fellows who
keep awake at concerts only by keeping our
eye glued on the kettle drummer?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26

Two-thirds of the human body is water,
says medical report. Some smart fellow will
probably have it incorporated any day now,
and sell stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-26

University of California scientists achieved
a temperature of 1851 below zero. They can
get still worse one if they will put ther-
mometer beside Mrs. Ella Boole while she
reads reports of the success of the 80 beer,