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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05
THURSDAY. OCT. 5. 1891.
THE LABOR ELECTIONS

THE NRA elections in local factories have
Il resulted in a draw for the American Fed
'eration of Labor Employees Of the P. F.
Mallory Company rejected their brand new
company union for the A. F. of L. Workers at
the Real Silk, by 2-to-1 vote, decided to con-
itinue their own independent union and en-
phaticaly refused A. F of L. afiliation.
There can be no doubt that J. F. Dewey,
NRA supervisor of the elections, conducted the
voting and counted the ballots in fair and
impartial manner There can be no doubt
that Mallory and Real Silk employees have
made a clear-cut decision.
Indianapolis struggling along the steep
road to recovery, has watched with growing
anxiety the dark cloud of labor troubles rolling
up during the summer. For time it looked
as though the city might be beset by a storm
of strikes.
Industrial warfare is bad for labor, bad for
capital and extremely bad for the community.
Prompt and just action by Mr. Dewey has
Cleared the air. The losing sides in both these
elections are bitterly disappointed, but they
will accept the inevitable. The winners must
take care not to let their victory make them
arrogant
Good craftsmanship is all that is now
needed.
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BORROWING TO PAY

THAT delightful air of utter unreality
Il which hangs over most of the war debt
discussions seems to be investing the latest
phase of 1.-THE renewed effort to get settle
ment of the British American debt.
One of the suggestions for instance, is that
the debt be settled by payment of lump sum
equal to about a tenth of the capital value
something like $3.50, 100000 But it is added
that if this were done, Britain would want to
borrow money from the American public to
make the payment. bond issue would be
foated in>the United States, and with the pro-
ceeds England's debt to the United States
would be paid
One might inquire playfully, if such bond
issue would get by under the new federal blue
sky law; or one might ask just what the sense
is in this business of borrowing money from
the left-hand pocket to repay loan made
from the right-hand pocket. Either way, it all
looks sort Of unreal
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
OPTIMISM NOT MUCH HELP

CUICIDE has tragic quality all its own,
~ unlike that which attends any other form
Of death.
Relatives and friends are not only left to
mourn a departure from life; they are forced
to think that life itself, through some mis-
chance had got so unendurably difficult that
the strongest of all instincts the instinct of
self representation, had been killed.
Robert E. Farley, former president of the
New York state Rotary Club, was found
hanging from rafter in his home the other
day. And what gave his death a peculiarly
tragic quality was the fact that only three
years ago he had written, for the Rotary Club
magazine, code for living.
In it he included these rules:
Don't worry-smile; laugh it off; serve
with sacrifice; do it now and have peace;
relax-ease mind, nerves and muscles: do not
get out of poise; get next to God and stay
there; think of the things that make you
happy and not of the things that make you
sad"
1t was a good code He had it printed on
them constantly. And somehow when things
went very badly wrong the code seems to
have been broken reed. There are philoso
phies that will carry man through almost
any dependency this one, apparently, wasn't
of that kind
And one is moved to wonder if the code
did not, perhaps, share a little too greatly in
a very common American fault-the habit of
persiStently looking only on the bright side of
things.
Such admonitions as laugh it off, and
think of the things that make you happy"
are very fine when all ones troubles are
minor ones. But most of us aren't lucky
enough to have only that kind of trouble
Sooner or later we get badly bumped; and
when we do we are apt to go under unless
we have learned how to look the very worst
in the face without f1inching.
We are, or we try to be- nation of opti-
mists. 1t has made us likable and a friendly
people. But it has also left us vulnerable to
sudden shocks. The best preparation for
trouble is the readiness to know the worst,
to accept it, and to plug along in spite of it
not laughing it off, but grimly accepting it and
making the best of it.
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Q-To whom should one apply
to redeem a Fourth Liberty bond?
A-Division of loans and cur
rency, treasury department, Wash
ington, D. G.
Q-What is the area and popu-
lation of Vatican City?
Area, 1887 acres; population,
census of April Is, 1882, 1,006, of
whom TIC we're citizens of Vatican
City.
O-Give the derivation and
meaning of the names Meek" and
"Gottlieb"
A-Meck is a German family
name derived from a locality,
Nickel, Eiffel, Germany. Gott-
lieb is also a German family name,
and means Gods Love"
O-What is the nationality of
Rudy Vallee?
Ale is an American of French
and Irish descent.
Q-Who was Mary Pickford's
leading man in "Coquette?"
A-John Mack Brown.
Q-From what college did Her.
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REAL EXCLUSION

THE Asiatic issue has become question of
whether we are more interested in real
exclusion or in going out of our way to affront
another nation needlessly.
Representative Dickstein of New York
chairman of the house immigration committee
reports that at least 1000 japanese and
Chinese are being smuggled into the United
States annually in violation of the Shortridge
exclusion amendment of 1924. Passed over the
protest of Japan as of President Coolidge and
State Secretary Hughes Japan, of course, has
no part in its enforcement.
Now, says Chairman Dickstein, he hopes to
promote an agreement with Japan by which
it would cooperate to stop smuggling in re-
turn for the repeal of the Shortridge amend
ment and the extension to Japan of the quota
system.
Under the quota system, not more than 1876
Japanese and los Chinese could be admitted
annually, as against 1000 annually that Chair
man Dickstein says now are being Struggled
into this country.
Experience under the "gentlemen's agree
ment" to prevent Japanese immigration, nego-
tiated by President Theodore Roosevelt,
showed that Japan can, and will, control emf
grafton according to her agreement.
What can the stirrers-up of racial preju-
dice say for themselves in view of the situation
disclosed by Chairman Dckstein? They al
ways have insisted that exclusion was their
sole aim. Then let them support the Dickstein
plan, which would reduce emigration of Orien-
tails from 1000 to 29O year, and, at the same
time. remove a source of friction and strife in
the Pacific.
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IN. E.TracyS Says:

ID EFERR1NG to the Unexpectedly large num-
IN Der of disputes that have arisen between
capital and labor since NF2A was instituted, Ed
ward P. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor,
says:
THE question is do we want to settle these
problems in a democratic way, or do we want
dictatorship"
One could write book on the issue and not
make it any clearer.
1t was the hope of those sponsoring the new
deal that workers and employers would cooper
ate for the common good, if provided with the
right kind of machinery.
To this end, business was subjected to Ger
tain restraints on the one hand and granted
certain privileges on the other.
VX7HILE obliged to accept codes with hours
Wv and wages specified, business was per-
mitted to form associations and make trade
agreements on a scale hitherto not allowed.
The right of labor to bargain collectively was
recognized, but not without safeguarding the
individuals right to bargain for himself
Under the national recovery act, workers
have the right to form or join any kind of a
union that suits them, but, and this is point
that will eventually come to play more of a
part they don't have to join a union and they
can't be coerced into doing so.
The government is doing everything possible
to leave industry in private hands not only as
to management, but as to the settlement of its
internal problems, but it has not turned the
field over to irresponsible leadership.
WE might just as well face the realities
w bound up in this package and not kid
ourselves with lot of half-true slogans.
The government has not exposed every work
er to the necessity of joining union, nor has
it abrogated its authority to intervene.
The stage is set for dictatorship, if dictator
ship becomes necessary, a type of control by
which the government could supersede every
business and trade union in this country
The President has been given authority not
only to accept codes but formulate them and
to see that they are carried out
Leaders of labor and industry have it within
their power to determine how far the Presi-
dent must go.
What the country wants is a return of those
conditions which make work possible and living
comfortable. This calls for an increase of buy
ing power at the bottom, which means an in
crease Of the number of steady jobs.
Nothing is gained by putting 100000 men
at work one week, if 100000 go on strike the next
Nothing is gained by guaranteeing better
wages and shorter hours if unwise leaders use
them as a pretext for provoking unnecessary
trouble.
The government has provided boards of medi-
tation to handle complaints and disputes
Strikes are unnecessary, unless or until these
boards fail.
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS

TINE concentration of public interest on
Il economic recovery and the realization of
the New Deal must not distract our attention
entirely from the basic human and social prob
lens which plague us. depression or no de-
preston
DR.. Richard C. Cabot, the eminent and So
cially-minded Harvard physician, writes pleas
antly and in dignifed fashion on the prolego-
mena to social ethics in The Meaning of
Right and Wrong" The admirable urbanity
of the book is, however, purchased at the price
of some loss of realism. There is little effort
to come to grip concretely with the more
pressing issues of right and wrong, which,
through our failure to solve them, prevent us
from enjoying a life of sanity, decency and
goodwill One would certainly expect from
doctor some reference of adulterated drugs,
poisoned foods, birth control abortion and the
like.
For long time criminal justice embodied
the supposed vengeance of the gods quite as
much as the avowed justice of man. DR..
Ranulf examines the evidence in Greek litera-
ture for the rise and spread of the belief that
the gods punish human offenders for their
earthly deeds in The Jealousy of the Gods
and Criminal Law at Athens" These matters
are not devoid of practical interest even for
today. Many of Our current crimes have
purely religious and superstitious content, and
the fact that we have twelve men on a jury
is to be explained by the old views of divine
vengeance.
George w Wickersham once said that the
less impressive than the savagery inflicted
upon criminals by society. James R. Winnings
book Behind These Walls is a most impor-
tant and convincing exhibit in the case against
society. There have been plenty of books which
have tried 10 convey TO the outside public some
notion of the crushing and demoralizing char
acter Of convict life in prison Those who be-
leve the prison is more human than the whip
ping-post or that Sinclair Lewis exaggerated
contemporary prison evils in Ann Vickers,"
will do well to read this gripping and discon-
certing volume.
Most Of our attention in recent years has
been devoted to crime and crime repression in
cities. We have been interested in gangsters
and racketeers and in the formation of spe-
cial groups to mitigate their impact upon ur-
ban life. Nevertheless. about A per cent of
the country still is rural and conditions reat-
ing to crime in rural areas can not be neglect
ed. Bruce Smith has made an excellent and
clearly presented survey of the agencies for the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BRoUN.

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-"AS Thou
L sands Cheer" is just as good as
the critics said. This new show by
Irving Berlin and Moss Hart is, if
memory serves me, the best revue
I've ever seen.
But having said this much, I wish
to attack one phase of it bitterly.
The enterprise at the Music Box
gives aid and comfort to some no
tons which may in the near future
ruin the finest Towering of the
American drama. Naturally, I refer
to our native musical comedies and
revues.
Because Eugene O'Neill sings sad
songs it has been the custom of the
literati to point to his products with
pride. Things such as the various
"VanitieS. Scandals and "Follies"
have been received with enormous
enjoyment, but because they were
good fun it has always been the Gus
tom Of the critics to treat them with
condescenSion. In my own ancient
days as a reviewer it was always the
rule for the first-string man to
select the so-called straight" show
if it happened to conflict with a
musical.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05
The Elm
BY AUSTIN LANES

BY AUSTIN JAMES
love to sit and look at trees
And hear them singing to the breeze.
I love to watch them swing and sway
And listen TO the things they say.
1t seems to me a lovely tree
Is just as human as can be,
You see I watched an elm last night,
That's why I'm positive I'm right.
Some trees are staid and some sedate,
While some are crooked-others
straight,
Some trees are cold, quite true TO
form,
But my old elm is nice and warm.
It has heart as pure as gold,
I know it-never need be told,
It's certain-this old friendly tree
Has got a heart, the same as me.
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LET THE BOY ALONE

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT JR., now a
student at Harvard, seems to be learning
what an unenviable position that of Presi-
dents son can be. John Coolidge, trailed
across the Amherst campus by secret service
man some years ago. learned the same lesson,
and it's not the pleasantest lesson youth can
learn.
Young Roosevelt planned to go out for
football. He drew his uniform, started out
on the feld-and saw such a crew of photog-
raphers awaiting him that he turned back
and surrendered his outfit. Then he decided
to try for the crew-and again the photog-
raphers were awaiting him. This time he
threatened to punch one cameraman in the
nose
It's natural of course, that the photog-
raphers should be eager to get lots of pic
lures of the lad. But it's a foul break for
the boy himself. He has a right to normal
life at college-the pleasant obscurity that
is every young undergraduates birthright.
1t isn't fair that he should be denied it just
because his father is President of the United
States.
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aggressive action that all of us, men
and women together, shall have to
match if We set up any decent social
order.
Until women have rights, men will
never have them. You may be quite
sure Of that. There will be the few
on top and the millions suffering at
the bottom. Because justice should
and must protect. not a sex, but all
humanity. And it is humanity with
which women are now concerned.
The individual man also may feel
treasured. He will get a squarer
deal from the militant ladies than
he ever had from the mousy home
body whom his chivalry crushed
into the straight jacket of m~ptal
servitude.
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Questions and Answers

bert Hoover graduate, and what
degree did he receive?
Ale graduated from Stanford
university, California, 1895, with
degree of A. B. in engineering.
O-Is chewing gum classed as
candy?
A-No, it is classed as "confec-
ton"
Q-Does the Fox Theaters Cor
poration own the Roxy theaters?
AIN March, 1927, Fox Thea
tiers Corporation acquired con-
trolling interest in Roxy Circuit,
which in turn owns a majority of
the common stock in the Roxy
Theaters Corporation.
Q-Where and when was Will
liam Henry Harrison born?
A-Berkeley, Va, Feb. 9, 1773.
Q-Who invented the "Yo-Yo"
toy and when?
A-The "Yo-Yo" toy has been in
existence for many years. Fill
pinos are credited with coming it's
present name When the duke of
Wellington played with one, Eng
lishmen called it a quiz" Most
dictionaries, however, stick to the
old name Of "Bandalore." The
Bandalore was known to the
ancient Greeks. 1t is represented
in more than one vase painting
as a child's plaything, and one is
preserved in the National Museum
at Athens.
Q-On which finger should a
birthstone ring and signet ring be
worn?
A-Birthstone rings generally
are worn on the third finger of
either hand Signet rings may be
worn on the little finger or the
third finger of either hand.
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BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

for the rights of all people. 1t is
not women but the race that &C.
cupies their attention.
Il =
WET the militant feminist, who
\ disappeared some time ago,
and who is often vilifed, does, I
think, deserve a good deal more
credit than she gets. That belliger-
ent, vociferous, clamoring person
was necessary link in the slowly
forged chain that will some day
safeguard mankind. She was torch
bearer, even though a pestiferous
one, and her era marked complete
change in human thought.
Feminism was not so much a sex
revolution as it was an evolution in
mental attitudes. a step forward In
progress. And 1t set a standard Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05
A WOman'S Viewpoint

TINE editor of the Columbus Citi-
l. zen, a friend of many years,
calls me militant feminist. To-
day this is rather a dubious compli
ment, but like it.
1t does, however, carry with it
certain unpleasant implications, and
so wish we might have son1e other
title-we women who still believe in
ourselves and who try to make the
gentle men believe in us. Actually
the militant feminist is as dead as
Mr.. Hoovers farm board.
In her stead we have a new kind
of individual who is saner and a
more experienced somebody, and
whom we might, for want Of a bet
ter name, call a militant humani-
tartan.
Those who fought for their own
rights have nov taken up cudgels
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turned too early to practice or COM
petition.
An examiner who is investigating
the physical condition of men who
propose to go into athletics must
be exceedingly careful to find out
what previous illnesses the man has
had that might have left perma-
nent troubles.
For instance, scarlet fever and
other infectious diseases may dis
turb the kidneys. An infected throat
may be associated with rheumatic
disorders and with infections of the
heart.
An ear that has been infected
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Physical Examination Need of Athletes

may continue to discharge and by
discharging be a constant menace
to life and health. tuberculosis in
a very mild form may not be visible
or easily detectible and yet for such
men to undertake athletics might be
fatal.
The examiner studies not only
the height and weight of the indi-
vidual but the state of nutrition
in relationship to the height and
weight. He looks also for signs of
any of the complications of diseases
that have been mentioned. He ex-
amines the groin particularly for
the presence of rupture, because
such a condition may be seriously
aggravated by the strain of sport.
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:: The Message Center ::


good. If they want to cut any ones
allowance, let them cut these high
paid office holders that are more
able to stand a cut and not take it
off of poor old people who are not
able to work for living.
There are a good number of COM
petent people in this county that
can handle these Offices and would
be glad to have them at one half
the salary they are paid now. Every
old person that we have talked to
declare if the old age pension is cut
he is done with the present party
for all time to come and is ready to
fight any cut of their pensions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05

| (Tfmes readers are invfted to cypress
their UietoS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze a chance
Limit them to ESQ cords or leSs.)
There are millions hungry, other
millions half naked all over the
world and our government spends
hundreds of millions cutting down
production of food and cotton
Why? Because we do not know how
to distribute. An explanation of
that may be asked on the Judgment
Day. The problem is not to do away
with machinery, which is mans
greatest blessing, but to change sell
fish human nature that can but will
not distribute what the machines
produce.
France developed an idea that
NRA must borrow. French workers
in certain key industries, fathers
and mothers, will receive extra pay
for every child in the family. This
is expected to increase the income
of three and a half million workers,
enabling them to take better care
of their children. If that is Social
ism, it is the right kind. That is
making use of Christian teachings
and according to st. James that
kind of faith has works and is not
dead as faith without good work is
void.
BY Tired Husband.
By what right had Indianapolis
big brave minions of the law to
enter South Side Turner's Monday
and break up the party of tired
husbands" who we're out for little
fun? Did the police have a search
warrant?
OF course, there will be a GER
tain element in this goody-good city
who will get up in the pulpit Sun
day, raise their voices high and draw
forth a few amens and, best of all,
easy money from few church
members.
Too much reforming -Indianapo-
lis-too many cod liver oil diSpen-
sers. Such things go on among the
rich and are unmolested Poor
devils put it on and get raided.
was there just to see what it
would be like. 1 saw many of my
friends and many church members,
too. But why raise hands and howl
about perdition? You can't take all
the fun out of life. and if you do,
husbands will be pretty hard to live
with.
By Jay Long.
Would like to call the public's at
tention to an association recently
formed by band of Indianapolis
contractors who call themselves
general contractors, whose only pur-
pose is to cut wages in this locality
and to create hardships on the
working man.
The building tradesmen entered
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into an agreement with these con-
tractors in January, 1882, duly ap-
proved and signed by these men
Said agreement was reduction OF
20 per cent of the then existing
wage, with the understanding that
when material raised, wages would
raise accordingly. Now material has
raised, also the cost of living.
This wage cutting association not
only refuses to live up to its agree
ment but demands another 20 per
cent reduction and refuses to let the
men work only at a wage set by
the dictator. Surely this wage
cutting can not be in line with our
President or the NRA.
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TINE chief value of examinations
i made before any student c~s:es
UP athletics is to determine whether
he is fit for the type of athletic
competition that he has selected. 1t
serves also to protect him from TAX
ing part in sports in which he will
be in opposition to stronger COM
petitors.
The medical examiner may ad-
wise the inexperienced, unframed
student against taking part in such
athletics as long distance runs, hard
basketball games, football or row.
ing.
Finally, a medical examination
helps to prevent the development of
staleness and protects the man who
has been injured from being re-