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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
TEN THOUSAND A YEAR

THE United States still leads the civilized
n world in homicides according to DR..
Frederick Hoffman, New York insurance
statstician.
Basing his estimates on reports from 1870
cities DR.. Hoffman finds that in the five years
ended in 1881, 51,2O3 Americans met their
deaths by homicide, This means an annual
harvest of 10000 lives
This reyel of killings can be halted In
twenty one cities last year there was not one
homicide Boston, with population of 100000,
had a rate of only % per 100000. Southern
cities generally make a sorry showing with
rates running above so per 100000
To curb this countrys murder mania, two
steps appear to be essential: Better law en-
forcement and disarmament.
In England justice is swift and certain, not
necessarily harsh. Here it is sluggish and I'M
certain, and because Of its inef1ciency it i'm
poses harsh penalties which juries refuse to
carry out
All but eight states have the death pen
atty, yet the last census shows that for our
approximate 10000 killings in 1880, only 155
persons were executed We need more scien-
tlflc detectlOn better COORDINATION between
the states, Speedier trials.
Disarmament at home should go along with
International disarmament. 1t is too easy to
get firearms. Although two big mail order
houses have discontinued sale of pistols, all
sorts of firearms can be bought at pawnshops.
Many cheap pistols are smuggled in from
abroad. There should be stricter federal,
state and clrv measures
The sale of machine guns should be stopped
completely. The Hobbies Of arms manufac-
turers that have blocked such measures in
the past should be swept aside by the force
of public opinion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
An Amazing Man

ME announcement that beer
Il would be served in the White
House bore only Mrs. R0osevelt's
signature. The President didn't sign
t. Perhaps he was too busy He
has been in Office just a month and
ne has done so many things that
the suspicion is growing that he is
oripletS.
What will he do next? What can
he do next? His Whirlwind OPERA
Slons up to date suggest the story
OF the circus daredevil who sought
an engagement from a blase book
ing agent. The daredevl's act was
plunge of 200 feet on horseback
into a blazing cauldron. yeah
But what do you do for an encora?p
The President is making it tough
Tor those who are to follow him
INTO the White House. He is doing
precisely what he told the voters
was going to do if they elected
him.
The President has DEVELOPED so
greatly in popular esteem since he
has been on the job that the people
even are beginning u concede that
perhaps he really feels that way
when he smiles chat smile of his.
For some reason this has been a
subject Of acute national cont~o-
Versy. Citizens have gathered in
agltated knots from Mono to Nam
tucket to ponder the battling ques-
tlon What makes Roosevelt
Smlle?' they demand to know. IF
not the most serious. this becomes
the most general criticism against
the nominee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
RAILROAD WASTE
THE Presidents railroad plan. to

HE Presidents railroad plan, to be sue
cessful, should include some means for
the federal government to compel where
necessary, the readjustment of topheavy
financial structures.
Mr.. Roosevelt recognizes this, for he made
the same point in his Salt Lake City campaign
speech. The Interstate Commerce Commission
recognizes this And congress, at the behest
Of the past and present administrations,
passed last session a new bankruptcy act to
provide means for financial reorganization of
the roads.
Either the proposed federal co-ordinator
should be authorized to force reorganizations
where necessary, or, as Mr.. Roosevelt earlier
suggested, this same force should be applied
through the Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton.
In Salt Lake City, Mr.. Roosevelt advocated
that the government announce its intention
to stand back Of the railroads for a specified
period" and that its help be definitely con-
dltioned upon acceptance by the railroads of
such requirements as may in individual cases
be found necessary to readjust topheavy
financial structures through appropriate seal
ing down of fixed charges
The Importance of forcing reorganization
is two-fold Not only will it put the carriers
on better financial basis, but it will tend to
strengthen railway credit, and thus the posi-
ton of railroad securities held by so many
insurance companies and savings banks.
The new bill will not be sufficient if it
merely authorizes the proposed railroad CO.
ordinator to eliminate wasteful practices and
services of railway operation. 1t also should
furnish the means for eliminating financial
waste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
TEMPERANCE

EUROPEANS are fond of saying that
H Americans are extremists 1t is charged
that under our skies virtue became puritanism,
vivacity broke out as jazz, conviviality sank
to debauchery Whether this is just or not,
certainly so far this young nation has fallen
short of the Roman ideal of everything in
moderation
The return of legal light beer and wine
gives us the chance to prove that We have
grown up.
Naturally, the prodigals return is being
celebrated with proper JUNCTION. 1t need not
be the signal for a saturnalia of beer swilling,
brawling and devilry. In the days to come
we should settle down to learn the art OF
drinking-or abstain altogether
In older countries, people rarely drink beer
and wine TO excess. The mugs and goblets there
are emptied as part of the meal, and the meal
itself is social function Because they have
learned temperance. they have not had prohi-
btion. Excess breeds a counter excess.
With our increasing leisure We, too, may
take time to eat and drink together, and, per-
haps. recapture the fading arts of convNsa-
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financially. But they are in the minority.
Bonds totaling something like SIS 900, 900 900
are outstanding in American cities, towns and
counties and congress is being asked either
to Jet the cities enjoy a two-year moratorium
or to set up plan whereby principal and
interest on this stupendous debt could be
scaled down.
The situation represents one of the most
pressing problems the nation has to face 1t
also stands as a monument to two misfortunes
to the depression itself, which lessened mu-
nicipal revenues and increased municipal ex-
penditures and to the era of nigh, wide, and
handsome spending which preceded the de-
preston.
That this tremendous load Of debt can be
carried through the recovery period is ex-
tremeIy doubtful. moratorium a general
revision, an epidemic Of outright defaults
one of these or a combination of all, seems
to be in prospect
But suppose that happens, and that pros
perity eventually returns, with our city treas
urles in solvent condition once more What
then?
Shall we begin anew the free-spending
habits that brought on this trouble? Shall
We contir.>e 10 put up with the inefficient,
graft-ridden, politics perverted type of city
government that caused so much of this vast
debt load?
If we do we shall prove that the depres-
sion has taught us nothing
The one great truth that this crisis has
made obvious is that the ordinary kind of
city government in this country is too ex-
pensive to be tolerated any longer. If we are
smart enough to learn by our troubles, we
shall insist on having a new kind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
LABOR'S PROGRAM

THE program suggested at the recent con-
u ference of labor leaders and economists
with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins is by
all odds the most ar-reaching and daring of
its kind ever seriously considered by the Amer
lean government.
A IS 900 900 900 bond issue to provide 2,OOO,-
900 jobs, a national law providing for the thir
ty-six-hour week in industry, strict minimum
wage regulations, abolition of child labor, COM
plete recognition of labors right to organize
here, surely. is a program which ought to
satisfy the most radical
Whether it stands any chance of adoption
is something else again-as, also, is the ques
ton whether it would work if it were adopted.
But the mere fact that the administration gave
it a sympathetic ear is a profoundly significant
Development
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
|M.E.TracySay

THE great Jewish boycott, tolerated" by Hit
Ter and conducted" by his crowd is Signi-
flcant not for what it accomplished, but for what
it reveals
Germany has not found dictator but
crack-brained fgurehead who lacks courage as
well as sense of value
After all the frothing and bombaSt it was de-
cided to restrict the boycott to one day. and that
day was Saturday. More appropriate still, the
day was April l, which custom has dedicated to
fools.
Unless the German people have been struck
dumb by misfortune, their failure to get the
point is inconceivable.
They have been victimiZed by a bunk artist
and so have the rest of US.
This new luminary is not a star but merely
bit of burning gas. Even the Jews over-esti-
mated his heat
is turn loose mob that itches for excitement
GERMAN Jews are not threatened with any
VI we'll thought-out scheme of persecution, but
with the promscuous attacks of half-baked pre-
JUDGE which the man who has jumped himself
into power lacks the ability to guide or the CUTS
TO prevent.
Adolph Hitler has shown his number in fig
ures mile high. He is just an imitation of
Mussollni and very cheap one.
His own balderdash, as well as that Spouted
by henchmen like Dr. Gobbels leaves no doubt of
how completely the windbag has been debated.
We find ourselves dealing with a stuffed uni
form rather than leader.
We find grandstand phrases for the crowd
rather than carefully considered plans.
First, Hitler lost his head over the protests
from abroad, and then lost his nerve to do what
he said he would at home.
Tor the moment, impulsive prejudice can be
= depended on to save him. but this shadow
boxing for the entertainment of German Ku
KluXism only discloSeS his weakness and fore
tells his downfall.
He will last Just as long as shrewder men
can make use of him and no longer. They prob
ably are wondering right now whether he won't
collapse too soon.
Meanwhile, many German Jews have suf-
fered unJustly, and the chances are that more
are going to suffer The pity of it is that those
responsible have nothing in mind except to make
Roman holiday for a horde of political hang
ers-on
The campaign is not even intolerant in
sense OF determination or deliberateness. but
| merely an undlgested manifestation of brutal
unthinking horseplay. There is nothing deep or
purpoSefu back of it, nothing to challenge that
curious kind Of admiration which grows out OF
horror or hate.
1t is merely an incoherent upheaval of mob
psychology, and Adolph Hitler, man of the hour
lacks the intelligence to recognize it as such
Adolph Hitler should take a six-week course
either at Rome Or Moscow. and learn the diff
ference between what is necessary to indicate
leadership and what constitutes pandering to
temporary waves of prejudice
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.: The Messare Center :

Times readers are inrited to cypress
their vietcS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to $50 1cordS or less.J
BY a Speedway Fan.
Steve flanagan, indianapolis
annual visitor before the Speedway
race, is in town to stay. Steve
comes back from a winter in Flor
ida and few weeks up and down
the Atlantic seaboard, to say moth
ing of the states he visited en- route
to indianapolis.
And Steve, as usual, brings some
thing with him. 1t is the word
that an entire nation, as far as he
is able to learn, is pointing to In
diana as state that's doing some
thing.
To quote Steve:
Indiana is the hottest place in
the country right now Every place
I've been they're talking aoout in
DIANA and what it has done since
the first of the year under the new
administration. It's locked on as
The state, and plenty is expected
of it.
But there's one thing about the
entire situation that 1 can't under
stand. With all the outside praise,
find, after getting into the state,
that you Hoosiers are only luke
warm. What's the matter here?"
There's a question to be followed
by another:
rs there anything wrong?"
Maybe, after two months in the
city, handling publicity for the AL
nual speed derby, Steve will be able
to see if there is anything wrong
and answer the questions himself.
BY F. C. Mccormick
This free translation is interest
ing just at this time.
Then one of the twelve, who was
called Judas Iscariot, went into the
west and said, What are We willing
to give me, and 1 will deliver him
unto YOU And they weighed unto
him thirty pieces of silver Mat
thew 6:15-16
When, therefore, they were gath
cred together, Plate said unto them,
Whom will We that 1 release unto
you. The liquor dealers, or Jews,
who is called Christ And they
said, The liquor dealers. PLATE
saith unto them, What shall I do
unto JesuS? They all say, Let him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
SACRIFICES FOR SCIENCE

TT often has been, remarked that the great
l. discoveries of science frequently have to
be paid for in human lives. Of nothing is this
truer than Of the X-ray.
A recent cable from London points out that
fifteen scientists are dying, in various parts
of England, because of the work they did to
develop and adapt this great boon for the use
of mankind.
They are dying by inches, painfully but
because of their courage and devotion, the lives
of great many other people have been and
will be saved.
Furthermore they have helped to rid the
X-ray of its dangers. 1t can be handled safely,
now. Scientists henceforth will not have to
make such sacrifices
The history of human bravery holds few
brighter chapters than this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
It Seems
to Me
BY JOE WILLIAMS
Batting for HeyWood Broun)

THE RooseveltS must be awfullv
l. nice people. They are going
to. serve beer at the White Houss
to any one who desires It."
The Presidents wife has made an
official announcement to this effect
adding that while she doesn't in,
dulge in alcoholic syrups herself
she never would dream Of imposinf
her individual convictions on othc,
people.
such frankness, coming from the
wife Of the President. is both UNIQUE
ana refreshing. It bespeaks
WholeSomeneSS Of spirit that is not
always to be found in presidential
or lesser households.
Unimportant in itself. the CUES
ton nevertheless embodied diplo-
matte perils of a character that
might have caused a less Fortnight
person to chart much different
course.
No doubt. the Ella BODIES will be-
dc ply panied TO learn that tho
wife OF the President of the limited
States has come out publicly for a
cold glass of beer at the dinner
table, and they can be counted
upon to say as much. if not more
when the dear ladies set together
as representatives Of 10000 600
American mothers-or is their ia
vorite nun-b0r in this stenciled
threat so 100000?
Mrs. Roosevelt Just doesn't seem
to mind what the Ella Bodies think
or what they may attempt by wav
of political retaliation. It is quite
evident that she believes in being
herself. To her the social graces
seem to mean a bit more than the
sentimental support of a group Of
earnest old fussbudgets from Des
Moines.
The Ella Bodies never will be able
TO comprehend a woman of Mrs.
Roosevelt's cahber anyway. Her con-
ception of tolerance and temperance
is slightly different. Also her theory
that the next door neighbor is en-
titled to life of his own widens
the breach beyond all hope of COM
promise.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Moreover, - must be remembered
that only men in apparently per-
feet health are permitted to engage
in the occupation of railroad en-
gineer.
At the request of the Union Of
Locomotive Engineers, Drs. Munk
and Spiller examined 100 members
who suffered with heart disease,
most of them complaining of sud-
den attacks Of shortness of breath,
with the typical pains and symp-
toms of angina pectoris.
AS has been previously mentioned
in these columns, attacks of angina
pectoris are increased when the
person is under strain or nervous
excitement.
These facts are of special i'm
portance because of the nature Of
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a VERY lively resentment grew
L up against the gentleman be-
cause he persisted in greeting his
fellow citizens with a frank. dis
arming smile. There wasn't a great
deal to smile about at the time. but
whether funeral frown would have
made him a more acceptable or a
more substantial candidate is de-
batable.
1t is quite probable that an ex-
tended survey Of such matters
would reveal that more than one
important world problem was solved
without any direct assistance from
the fighting face or the clinched
jaw. The magic of the makeup
box will create these shams Just as
readily as the professional smile.
1t turns out that the President
has genuine zest for living and
for doing things and that his smile
merely mirrors a buoyant, optimis
tic soul. The eXcitements of battle
the tremendous responsibilities. and
the wide opportunity for action are
st1mulants to him Apparently he
is happiest when he has to pitch
with the bases full.
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dark hours for making whoopee. But
it hardly is necessary to remind all
parents and most of the children
that this is not 1928. and that only
night watchmen and street cleaners
and actors can get along by spend
ing all morning in bed
The guy who wants a job has to
be like the bird after its worm-on
the spot early.
Here, then. is a reform that I
recommend to all those excellent
folk who have run out Of causes.
We're worn down with trying TO be
urban. so why not go rural for
change and get in a little rest?
Can't we begin dancing at 9 and
quit at l so papa can get at his
apple selling on time and 16-year-
old Johnny can work his arithmetic
and mama can have the wash out
before noon?
The last three years have proved
that we're all hicks and suckers
anyway. so why keep on trying to
high-hat ourselves?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
Heart Disease Takes Heavy Engineer Toll

TT is recognized generally that the
Il occupation of railroad engineer
is one Of the most nerve wracking
in which mankind participates.
1t demands constant attention,
with the mind alert, the periods of
work are long, and the circum-
stances of the work arduous.
Two German physicians have ar
alyzed the causes of death among
railroad engineers, and discovered
the, amazing fact that twenty-four
engineers had died suddenly while
on duty. within one and a half
years.
Moreover, of all the deaths of en-
gineers, $50 were due to heart dis
ease-13O suddenly and 100 gradu-
ally. This constituted 36 per cent
Of all causes of death in this occu-
patton.
BY contrast, only 16 per cent of
the male population over 20 years of
age dies annually in Germany from
heart disease.
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the occupation of the men studied.
All of the locomotive engineers
stated that the great watchfulness
and the feeling of responsibility as
ISOLATED with their jobs are a. con-
slant strain on the nervous system.
This strain is accumulated in
tensely for a considerable period if
a locomotive engineer has been as
ISOLATED in any way with an acct
dent.
The alternate periods of day work
and night work make good sleeping
habits difficult to establish and in
terfere to that extent with suitable
rest.
Finally. there is a tendency for
locomotive engineers to put on
weight, because the Job permits lit
tie exercise.
1t is characteristic that the fire.
man usually is lean and slender, but
he becomes fat just as soon as he
is promoted to locomotive engineer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07

lawful, every one will be perfect,
Tor every law against crime enrageS
pcOp,e and makes wicked criminals
Of them But Plate washed his
.lan-,5 of the whole matter, saying.
I will not consent to the sheddine
of innocent blood Then all the
vets shouted loudly and said, Their
blood be on us and our children.
And it was even So From the
Ancient Book Of the Vets, 13:7-13.
Milton, Ind.
BY Mary Z. Porter.
Some of US who remember with
sorrow the old saloon, feel very sure
the fight now on is not between the
vets and drys, but between good ana
evil. We recall in 1920 how we went
70 the rescue mission and there,
without rancor or malice, sang
praises to Coo for Kidding our tair
nation of the foul saloon and its
~ ,,41 Lent, Lne cafe ana tne wine
IONS.
we felt then, as now, that God at
.a1C nau anoWered me payers o. a
mul,I.uue OF lnnOcent sufferers, over
:; -,~4-ca of ABOUT $50 years, since we
became a nation. we hear UvC-
The laO4o ana through the press
mat tncre are al least three Inen
IN the United States who cau them
selves priests and Preachers, who
aoVOoate the return OF alcoholic
beverages.
We wonder if they willeopen theil
places Of worship Friday and in
vite those who wish to celebrate
The return of such liquors? VIII
they preach from the text, Cursed
is the man who glveth his neigh
Dor drink and maketh him drunken
&lso, or the one which says, Mo
~.runkard shall enter the kingdom
of heaven"
W., WHO feel that each of lis is,
in some measure, our brothers keep
err are waiting TO see.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07

IN any case, the Republicans no
4 longer have a monopoly on the
Roosevelt background. Hyde Park
seems to be just as fertile a field
Tor craftsmanship as Osyter Bay. It
Is not impossible that history NAV
remember the Big Smile with lust
as much affection as the Big stick.
How will this new deal in old
names affect young Teddy? Unt.3
Franklin Deiano came aIong. N
was the fair-haired Roosevelt of the
national political arenas. BY de-
grees the Republicans had built him
up until he was about ready to 90
on for main bout He had a grand
fghtlng name-but much Of its DO
litical exclusiveness has been LOST.
The only disturbing cloud that has
appeared on the Presidents horizon
SO far has come in the form of a
slogan AS right as Roosevelt"
Copyright. 1893. BY The Tines
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Boy Lost
BY LIONEL WIGCAM

Forever after this, I shall condemn
April, and every tree that felt her
tears.
And every tulip root and ionouil
stem.
Never again, say, shall any wears
Bewildered poisoning confuse this
breast,
Nor little crocus fingers tense this
throat,
Nor acknowledgement leaf rouse
interest:
April shall find me armored and
remote
There was an April when I doubted
not,
And stood enchanted where le
spring uncurled,
Every greening taste upon my
tongue,
Every new and dazzling color shot
Into my heart, But oh, how soon
the world
Matured how long I fingered
very youngl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
A Woman's Viewpoint

T HAVE no particular kick on day.
l. light saving, but why stop there?
For the American parent as we'll as
the American working man deserves
consideration, and he will not get
it until something is done to move
the dance hour back to 9 o'clock,
so THAI not only the wornout adult,
but the kids, could get to bed some
time before dawn.
There is more wailing over this
silly habit of beginning all social
festivities around the middle of the
night and less done about it than
anything else know.
We started off on this topSy-
turvy plan mainly because we were
on a prosperity jag and the entire
United States wanted to behave
like the upper social register Of
New York City. The Lord knows
We have paid for our ambition
Because, whatever may have hap
pened to Manhattan's -Four Hun
dred, the rest of us just naturally
have to get to work. And we can't
do that by dancing until 3 o'clock