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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
THE MARKS

THE mark Of age lies on the legion that
was the flower Of Americas youth in
1917" Thus United Press comment upon the
great American Legion parade at Chicago
One hundred fifty thousands men marching
in the streets Of Chicago who, only sixteen
years ago. were in the flower of youth and are
now marked by age. They should be in the
prime of life and showing no marks of age
that would warrant sympathy. The material
part of them should exhibit none of times
ravages during the sixteen years since they
were taken in the flower of their youth and
devoted to human slaughter.
1t isn't the sixteen years of time following
the Towering of youth that cause these
veterans to bear the marks OF age" War ex-
perience has engraven in their spiritual being
marks of age. war destroyed the bodies of
comparatively small number of the two mil
lions of our youth whom we consecrated to
that foreign war.
1t left, in the vast majority of the survivors
Of that conflict, wars marks--low appraisal of
human life, weakened regard for the rights
Of others, gnawing regret over the wasted
visions of Towering youth, and, in many cases,
downright atheism. Wars marks are those of
age, age of the spiritual man of even 80 years
may have spirit and character that obscure the
marks Of age. But, not if war slaughter has
been his business in the flower of his youth.
1t takes war to stamp ages marks upon the
character and spiritual attitude of men by the
time that scarcely forty wears of life hava
passed over them. In no particular does peace
escape paying heavy, deadening and sad
tribute to war.
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WEDNESDAY. OCT. Il. 1898.
THE WAR ON CRIME

The three-day conference on crime abate-
ment, opening Mn Washington under
auspices Of the United States Flag Association,
will have the benediction Of country harassed
by a peculiarly ugly outbreak Of robberies,
kdnapings and killings.
We do not know where the association gets
its figures, for lack of accurate crime statistics
has been the bane Of every American penolo-
gist. But if they are anywhere near the truth
they make terrible picture. We hear that
every year $4,000 people are murdered; 1900
kidnapped; 100000 assaulted and $4,000 robbed
in this land Of the free. The annual dope
bill is two billions; racketeering costs twelve
to eighteen billions annually; crime prevention
and punishment costs thirteen billions A
Scarlet army" of 100000 criminals makes war
on society, and 1t Is increasing.
We trust that the anti-crime crusaders
delve deeply into this battling problem, and
urge remedies less obvious than the usual
clamor for harsher laws and punishments.
Contributing to crime in America are social
evils as we'll as the perversity of bad men and
women. There are such crime breeding in
f1uences as politically dominated police and
courts; the unholy wedding of privilege and
crime; a tumble of forty-nine separate sys-
TENS; police inefficency; false economy that
closes schools, libraries and recreation centers,
a public cynicism made more serious by reve-
lations of legal crime in high places. And
there are those evils that the new deal is try
ing to neutrality-suspicious. insecurity,
hunger, hopelessness, wretched slums.
We need not accept crime as normal, nor
bow to the invasion of its ruthless army. We
can and must fight it. But we must fight
it with intelligence and understanding as well
as with passion.
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Straight From Shoulder

THESE are serious times, so don't
l. try to kid us. If you get up in
open meeting and pretend an en-
thusiasm for John O'Brien you will
not convince us, yourself or even
John. 1t just isn't in the cards that
a man Of your intelligence should
actually go for SO palpable a dumb
bell. And don't try to get by merely
by making a speech in which you
tell us that Mr.. O'Brien leads
beautiful home life and is personally
honest.
That isn't important. I could say
exactly the same things about my
Aunt Maria, and think she would
be very little better than O'Brien as
mayor.
AS for Mckee. you knew him
when. Give us the lowdown and all
the dope. The same goes for La
Guardia. 1t won't do to say that you
can't support him because of party
loyalty. Your party's split like
kippered herring and the time has
come for everybody to. unmask and
tell the truth and the whole truth.
Like other people, you have your
personal whims and jealousies. and
1t is perfectly fair for you to state
them in explaining your choice
among the candidates. Nobody has
a right to say that you must be for
that man or this, but I don't think
the citizens Of New York are expect
ing too much if they ask you to an
swer as fully as possible a couple Of
simple questions. who, Alp" and
why, ALP"
Copyright 1888. by The Times)
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THE PAY-OFF BEGINS

EXPERTS on the problem of crime. some Of
l. them of the most pronounced wet affilia-
tons and prejudices have predicted that the
end of prohibition will be followed by a crinl-
inal orgy without precedent in American his
tory. The kidnapping epidemic seems to be
forerunner confirming this prophecy-which
in one way partakes of dry argument. Most
of those who feel that we face an unpre-
cedented crime wave believe that repeal is
necessary and that We must take our chances
on the crime matter.
The basis for future crime orgy has been
laid comprehensively by the developments Of
the last twenty years. It is a law Of social
psychology, formulated by Gabriel Tarde and
others years ago. that the socially inferior tend
to ape the socially superior. The latter capitu-
lated pretty thoroughly to the prevailing
something for-nothing' psychology of the
era Of speculative finance capitalism. Free
booting in railroads. banks, utilities, receiver
ships and other heightened racketeering be-
came shockingly frequent
1t was inevitable that, sooner or later, We
would succeed in "Americanizing" the small
fry-especially the foreign small fry. Their
ancestors, If they lived in this country, usu-
ally had made an honest living conducting
shoe-shining parlors. clothes-cleaning estab-
nshments. fruit stands. restaurants and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11
Remembrance
BY FRANCIS II. INSLEY

BY FRANCIS ii. INSLEY
1t never was your wont to shrink
from sorrow
Encountered on the pathway of
delight;
You cherished beauty, CARELESS of
the morrow
That was so soon to bear 1t from
your sight.
You could not fear the darkest,
loneliest night
Once you had seen the stars, how
ever dim,
For all the flaming winter skies
were bright
Within your dreams as any
cherubim.
The deep wine foaming to the COB
let's brim
Is merry with the song you loved
to sing,
Of shadows poised on quiet foun-
tain'S rim,
OF music in the full heart Travelling.
This was your magic: that the
world is fair.
For laughter lives though death goes
everywhere.
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So They Say

Repeal of the eighteenth admend-
ment will not constitute a panacea
for all the ills to which mankind is
heir.-Jouett Shouse, president, As
ISOLATION Against the Prohibition
Amendment.
One of the most astonishing de-
lusions Of mankind today is the
idea that happiness is associated
with moral looseness.- Henry
Emerson FoSdick, New York.
I cannot help but wonder at times
whether there is not certain
amount of hypocrisy involved in our
scientific pretenSes.-Prof. Arthur
w. Kornhauser, Chicago university.
There is no choice to American
business between intelligentIy
planned and controlled industrial
operations and a return to the gold
plated anarchy that n asqueraded as
rugged individualism. - Donald
Richberg, general counsel of MIRA.
7 believe that for the moral and
political prestige of the nations, it
would be advisable to place an en-
barge on conferences. - Premier
MusSolini.
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FREEDOM is AT STAKE

A LBERT EINSTEIN'S statement in London
L n that modern life will not be worth living
unless the liberty of the individual is preserved
comes to us with especial force just at this
time.
Professor Einstein points out that the
powers which seek to suppress intellectual and
personal freedom are stronger now than they
have been in years without such freedom,
he reminds us, there would have been no
, Shakespeare, no Goethe, no Faraday no Pas
teur, no Lister; we would not have comfortable
houses. or railway trains, or protection against
disease, or books; most of us would lead a dull
life of slavery just as under the ancient
despotisms of Asia.
Now this assault against freedom is sue
ceedng not because the mass of mankind
suddenly has become convinced that freedom
is worthless, but because the terrific pressure
of economic calamity has forced people out of
the old grooves.
In Russia, in Italy, and in Germany free
dom has been discarded because it has
seemed that only ruthless despotism could
straighten out the tangle of modern life and
Fascist and Communist, alike, share that
belief They differ only in their ideas about
who should be the despotS.
And all of this becomes especially sig
nificant when viewed against the background
of our present recovery program in the United
States.
What is being attempted here is an ex-
pertinent quite as far-reaching in its poten-
tialities for mankind as the experiments Of
Stain and Mussolni. We are trying to find
some way of settling the almost insoluble
economic problems of the twentieth century
without resorting to despotism at all; trying
to straighten out the crossed wires of pro-
duction and distribution on the one hand and
to preserve individual liberty on the other.
1t is an enormously difficult job. Three Of
the greatest nations of Europe already have
given it up as utterly impossible. Other ma
lions are drifting slowly to the same conclu-
sion
If the freedom of the common man is to
be preserved in the world, the job will have to
be done in the United States And it is moth
ing less than that which is at stake today in
our vast recovery program.
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Eyes Reveal Tendency of Passing Years

the time when the changes in the
eye come on. He found that the
person whose eyes change more
slowly is likely to live longer than
the one in whom these changes
come relatively early after middle
age.
If you have passed middle age
and your eyes have begun to change
you should see a competent physi-
clan as soon as possible, to secure
lenses which will aid vision. The
artificial glass lenses help to take
the place of the actual lens within
the eye which has begun to fail in
its power to function.
Nowadays eyeglasses have been
improved so tremendously that it is
possible to obtain a set which will
permit vision at different distances
and which are at the same time
slightly and comfortable.
You'll find that eyeglasses not
only will benefit your sight, but they
also will lessen the wear and tear
on your body coming from eye
strain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11
One of the Ugly RumorS

EOR instance, there is a prevalent
l. impression that you will make
one or two speeches in favor of John
P. O'Brien, but that these addresses
will be perfunctory. This isn't
time for anybody to be perfunctory,
least OF all, you. Nor will New York
be silent if you maintain discreet
silence and embark on a long fishing
trip. After all, Al, you never were
much as a fisherman. I shouldn't
think fish would be any particular
treat to you
Very probably many embarrassing
personal problems beset you in your
decision as to what stand you should
take in the forthcoming election. If
you will pardon my saying so, it's
been a terrible pity that you are so
temperamentally committed to being
an organization man. And wrapped
in there with your virtues you have
another terrible failing. You call it
loyalty"
But now, Al, in all comnonsense
you must put certain limits on that.
The organization owes you a great
deal more than you owe it,. You owe
most Of all to the City of New York.
You've settled that obligation in
part, but it really is a debt which
never can be paid in full.
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ter grid himself for the fray and
help put a stop to it," Otherwise
Socialism will wreck our nation.
Socialism works by arraying one
class against another. It's object
is not peace but war, and war of
the worst kind-civil war. Here is
another quotation taken from Jack
London's book, Might and day,
tirelesS and unrelenting, they labor
at their self-imposed task of under
mining society" That's good de-
scription of Socialist activity.
Mr. Fink's effort to create the
impression that Socialism is founded
on the teachings of Christ is fine
specimen of propaganda. Karl
Marx is the founder of Socialism
and his doctrine concerning religion
is this: Religion is the opium of
the people"
Socialism is founded on atheism.
1t is anti-Christ. Our ancestors
crossed the ocean to found nation
where they and their posterity
could enjoy both religious and poll
tical freedom. This article is writ
ten in defense of those wise and
just principles and against our
worst enemy-Socialism.
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IN. TracySays:

MIRA or dictatorship" says President But
L y Ter of Columbia, which sounds all right as
a slogan, but which narrows the horizon of
political possibilities beyond good sense.
Conceivably we might have both Or neither,
when it comes to the final showdown.
Let us keep in mind that we are trying to
meet an emergency, that we are very much up
set mentally and that it will be time enough to
talk about permanent changes, if any seem de-
sirable, when We get out OF the woods.
Codes, mediation boards, and virtually forced
unionization appear necessary as the bases of
temporary cooperation, but riveting them into
law should not be undertaken without more
mature thought
War hysteria led us into prohibition, and
we have spent thirteen years not only regretting
it, but trying to find way out
Depression has resulted in similarly dan
gerous state of mind. We are in a mood to grasp
at most anything which promises relief. That
is perfectly natural, but it should not be mis-
taken for clear or Unconditional thinking.
WHAT men or nations do when desperate
w is not necessarily good for normal times
When a city is threatened with fire, there can
be question about dynamiting whole blocks
of buildings When New Orleans seemed likely
to be inundated by the Mississippi, engineers
cut the levees and turned the torrent in another
direction.
Just because NRA appears to offer quick
road to recovery is no reason why it should be
regarded as made of concrete, why it should
be accepted as unalterable in order to prevent
the advent of a MuSSolini
For people who have faith in discovery and
invention, we are altogether too strong for nail
ing things down Give the future and human
ingenuity little chance.
No nation has done exactly what we think is
wise in meeting the depression and none has
found perfect remedy There is still room for
America to be original even if NRA fails to
look good as permanent system.
NTE have tried and abandoned several ex-
w periments without smashing the republic
and it is possible we could do the same with
this one.
The idea that just one plan stands between
us and dictatorship is to say the least, childish
Even if forced to accept dictatorship for the
time being would it necessarily follow that we
had accepted it for all time?
Of course not no more than that an opera
ton means the patient must spend the rest of
his or her life in hospital
We are dealing with abnormal conditions
which means that we are obliged to seek alb
normal remedies
President Roosevelt has prescribed what
looks like good medicine. but he is not adver-
Using it as a cure-au or telling us that we will
go to the damnation bow-wows if We don't con-
tinue taking it for all time.
He says very frankly that If it fails to work
he viii be the first to try something different
and he has given no intimation that he regards
dictatorship as the one and only alternative.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

But the tendency of various cells
in different parts of the body is to
replace themselves at certain inter-
walls. The change that takes place
in the eyes after middle age in
creases slowly but steadily to about
so years of age, when it remains
fixed.
The chief change associated with
middle age is the tendency to see
well at a distance, but not so well
when looking at objects near by.
But these changes in the eyes are
similar to other changes taking part
in the body as whole.
The lens of the eye in the child
is elastic. This facilitates accom-
mediation Of the eye to see at va
riouS distances. But the elasticity
Of the lens gradually disappears with
age.
An investigator compared the
length Of life Of various people with
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but that the dull grind Of domes-
ITCHY, the monotonous routine of
housework wears them down and
brushes out their inner fire.
Every man who possibly can af-
ford it should, I believe, arrange
for his wife to spend week &C.
casionally at some good hotel, where
she need not cook her own break
fast nor make her bed.
No doctor could sell her a better
comic, and she could never find such
an excellent beautifier in any shop.
It would save the expense of break
downs, operations, even funeral ex-
penses. Moreover, a preservative
for the disposition is always a good
investment for any home. And never
fear, gentlemen. Giving the wife
a week of, with pay. means that
she would be back on the run in
about three days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11

XXTHEN you find you can see bet
w ter at a distance than close
by, and the type in the telephone
directory seems to be smaller than
ever, it's a sign that middle age
has crept up on you.
For investigators have found that
the eyes reveal the first tendencies
of the passing years. Women be-
gin to complain of greater difficulty
in threading needles, and bookkeep-
ers find figures blurring before their
eyes along toward evening.
Presbyopia is the scientific term
for this natural weakening Of the
sight. The term is derived from
two words meaning "old man" and
sight" The condition is not a
disease, but it represents a gradual
change in human tissues which
comes on with increasing age.
Your body is living organism
which passes through a definite
cycle, and all the cells of the body
pass through their own individual
cycles.
The tendency Of the human Or
ganism is to live some seventy years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11
AN ORCHID FOR UNCLE SAM

TT may be quite true that our diplomatic
l. representatives in Cuba have not been very
successful lately in estimating the strength
of the various revolutionary factions there
But it does seem that our state department
as a unit deserves a few bouquets for the
patience with which it has handled very
difficult situation.
We have come to realize that American
intervention in Cuba is a thing to be avoided
as long as is humanity possible. 1t is to be
avoided, if for no other reason because it
would hamper American interests in Latin
America as a whole. And the state depart
ment has done a pretty good job of holding
off,
Under all ordinary precedents, We long
since had ample excuse for intervention. so
far, however, our marines have remained
aboard ship and our naval guns have been
used for nothing more serious than target
practice. The responsible officials in Wash
ington deserves good deal of praise for their
intelligent forbearance
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TO-DAY we have an extraordi-
L. nary communication.
my husband" it reads. lis CIV
ing me $1,000 and a years leave Of
absence"
To a pessimist this may sound as
if there was a rift in the matrimo-
NAL Lutte, but we are assured that
such is not the case. 1t is only that
for a number of years this couple
planned a twelve-month. vacation
together. Now circumstances you
can readily surmise have made the
husbands going impossible. but the
generous man insists that the wife
should have her reward. And so
he makes what is, I consider, a truly
magnificent gesture. In fact, he
sets up a revolutionary precedent.
The wife gets what we may call
q Sab5atical year, a period whel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-11
To o. First Citizen

TITO a great many of us you are
J. the first citizen Of the City. OF
New York. Mayor James ]. Walker,
an acquaintance Of yours, was in
the habit of making speeches, when
ever he got in a tight place, in
which he proclaimed the fact that
he loved this town and that he
wouldn't stand by and hear anybody
abuse it. You haven't gone up to
the housetops to proclaim your af-
lection and therefore we accept it
as deep and sincere.
And I think that even though you
may be that way" about New
York you're not blinded to those
things which are desperately wrong
with both our municipal mechanism
and much of our municipal per-
sonnet.
I don't suppose there has been
any city election within the last
sixteen years in which you couldn't
have been mayor practically by ac-
clamation if you had only said the
word. Certainly your political
friends and your political foes are
now in complete agreement that you
are the greatest expert on state and
municipal government now resident
in these United States.
So it is natural that we should
turn to you for advice and counsel
at this time. But in spite of these
bouquets it might as well be said
frankly that we don't want it unless
you are willing to speak with COM
plete candor.
There is, regret to say, a GER
tain feeling that things you would
say in private conversation about
municipal affairs would not be ut
tered by you in a public speech.
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BY Mrs. Sidney Critser.
I understood this reforestation
plan was to help the poor people
who have no work and have to
have help from the trustee. Why
is it then the boy that went for
us can stay in there four months,
then have his money transferred
to his uncle, who is working for
the Big Four railroad, making
around Sc a day, and his wife
keeps two boarders at Sc each?
We have two small children. They
have none. Is this what this
country calls justice to the poor
people? Why not let the married
men go to these camps. There's
plenty of them who would be will
ing to go and send their money
home to their families.