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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-29

lively, I can not see why the
motorists will not take it upon
themselves to see that their cars are
within the law abiding condition.
The writer Just happened to be
within a few hundred feet of the
accident on Madison road Saturday
evening when the 9-year-old -girl
and grandmother were killed. In
fact, I personally placed my hand
on the Child's pulse and noted the
condition in which the two persons
were killed within a few second time
and all on account of a motorists
powerful non-adjusted headlights.
The glare Of such lights are awful
and I have stopped my car half
hundred times in order to allow
other cars to pass, otherwise I surely
would have collided with other cars.
Some Of the cars have only one
powerful light and that light can
be seen half a mile ahead: others
have two lights and piece Of cloth
over the left hand light; Others
have two lights, one 21CP and the
other 32CP and no attention given
as to correct adjustment.
There is a law controlling this
condition. Why is it not enforced? 1
am well aware that our police &C.
partment has its hands full as it is:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-29
Whisper of the Crowd

EROM his Office window Al can
a nod to any passing plane, but
the noises of the street, the words
Of the people and even their cries
come family to his easement.
For instance, We had but recently
city election of no little impOr-
tanCe. and since AL Smith ventured
no opinion 1 suppose it is charitable
20 assume that the matter was not
called to his attention. If Mr. Smith
had been informed that La Guardia.
O'Brien and Mckee were running,
l haven't a doubt that he would
have boldly declared himself for
Peter Stuyvesant.
As one who no longer cares to be
regular Just for the sake of regu-
'arity, Alfred E. Smith would have
delivered hammer blows to free the
C--y from the grip Of Tammany had
he but known what was afoot
In my heart there has been a
deep devotion to AL Smith. The
Apply Warrior was worthy of his
ttic. 1 am not saying, even now.
n he has let down people who
2 eyed in him He has let down
Irei E. Smith The Governor
d to say, Look at the record
WSs his battle cry in every argu-
1t In those days Al could make
q fact or a figure ring like a bugle
note.
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WHY CALL ON UNCLE SAM?

TINE last few months have seen federal
4 authorities moving swiftly and effectively
to strike at organized kidnapping gangs 1t
mas been pretty clearly proved that Uncle
Sans men can do better lob of rounding
up such crooks than local police can.
The result has been widespread agitation
in favor of extending the power Of federal
law enforcement agencies over all fields Of
crime prevention and detection.
Joseph B Keenan,. the assistant attorney
general under whose direction some of the
most spectacular anti-kidnaping drives have
taken place, recognized this not long ago, in
a speech in Ohio
There is increasing demand for the fed
eral government TO ignore the law and make
a cleanup" he said. President Roosevelt
even has been asked to declare martial law
and rout out the crooks.
This is unsound. Purely local crimes
can be suppressed locally, but someone
local-have become national because of i'm
proved transportation, and in these the gov
eminent can act But it is not going to vio-
late law and order to get al criminals for
violating the law"
The clamor for martial law and a MuSso-
Unlike drive on all fronts has died down
somewhat in the last week or so. But there
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A SYLVAN wall. behind which lay vast
rich continent, faced the Pilgrims as they
gathered about a fire to celebrate the first
Thanksgiving at Plymouth The social
frontiersmen today stand before a wilderness
within which lie possibilities for collective
weIl-being of which the Pilgrims never
dreamed
The old pioneers rolled back the frontier,
laid out farms and railroads, planted towns and
cities Depressions came but these were
only signals for new shouts of Westward HO
and further tricks toward cheaper land. Now,
as President Roosevelt has said. our last
frontier long since has been reached" The
first romantic chapter Of the conquest OF
America has closed.
Must America then settle down to the drab
and decreasing standards Of a static state?
The men Of vision and courage at Washington
think not. They see another untamed wilder
ness here in the United States. It is the So
cal jungle peopled by unemployed low-wage
farm and factory workers, under-nourished
children Behind its frontier are the mill
towns Of New England, the coal coves of the
near south, the copper gulches Of the west,
the city and rural Sums, the hants of the
underprivileged in every part of the Republic.
There are cities to be rebuilt. Of the ma
tons 100000 families 100000 live in unfit
homes
There are comforts to be brought to house
wives. American homes are equipped with
only 100000 sewing machines, 100000
washing machines. 100000 gas ranges. g.
ooOOoO vacuum cleaners. 100000 mechanical
refrgerators and 100000 electric ranges.
There are farm homes to be modernized.
OF 100000. less than 100000 have running
water. $4,000 have electricity and $4,000 have
bath rooms.
There are cultural enrIchments to dis
pense only 85OOO0O families own pianos;
100000 radios and 21,OOO,GOO private auto
mobiles. We need 1000 new rural schools, new
libraries and art galleries. more parks and
play grounds and public baths, adult educa-
ton
There are inventions vet to be popularized,
such as air conditioning OF homes and cities.
There are diseases to be conquered lands to
be restored to use. endless ways to make
Americas life richer
The fronuersmen of the new deal are driv-
ing into this wilderness.
As President Roosevelt has said. it is
"sobeYer. less dramatic task than the first
drive But, just IS the Pilgrims gave thanks
for their opportunity, so should We today be
grateful for ours.
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An Echo from ChicaqO

IN a famous verbal duel with Cor
L dell Hull at the last Democratic
convention. Mr.. Hull reminded Mr..
Smith that the prohibition plank
presented by the dry wing of the
party was almost the same plan
which Mr.. Smith had espoused in
1928.
Sure said al as nearly as I can
remember, but it took Cordeu Hull
four years to catch up with me.
Is this the same AL Smith who
now wants to go back to Grover
Cleveland? Indeed, Al seems
minded to 60 even further back.
What the people need today is
what the Bible centuries ago
described as the shadow Of a great
rock in a weary land "
This is, indeed. a weary land. but
the men and women grow weary Of
living in that deep shadow which
is cast by the existing order.
Al should have his desk moved TO
a window with an eastern exposure.
He has looked too long at skies in
which the flaming red dulled down
to green and purple and TO darkness.
And as the light faded he mas
thought Of famous fights in which
he dared the spears Of giants. And
does ne think that with him died
the impulse to take q. crack at the
forces Of greed and error which re
now dominates IS preferable to the
eXperimenters?
Look to the east, Al, and remem-
Der that the sun also rises.
Copyright. 1888 oy The Tines
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WEDNEsDAY. n. q -
THE MARYLAND REBELLION

CALTSBURY. MD is in rebellion against the
- state. Its citizens attacked state officials
and state troops driving them out of town.
The issue is no longer merely the appre-
hension and punishment of the Princess Anne
lynchers. The issue now is whether the state
Of Maryland viii re-estabHsh authority over
its rebellious citizens.
The duty of the Governor is plain. Local
authorities having faned-if indeed they tried
to prevent anarchy and wholesale violence
state troops should be kept there until the
reign Of Law is recognized and respected.
Whether state officials and police by their
inaction partly we're to blame for the Iynching
last month is still an open question. Never
theIess. Governor Richie deserves credit for
his belated attempt to use the power Of the
state to capture the lynch leaders protected
by the local authorities
But the fact that only four of the nine
lynching suspects were captured coupled with
the fact that the attorney general and the
troops yesterday retreated from the town I'M
der attack by another mob leaves a much
more dangerous situation than existed after
the lynching
BY yesterdays violence the mob spirit was
encouraged Lawless elements all over the
state viii grow
Maryland like any other state, is made up
chiefly Of peaceful and law-abiding citizens.
The purpose Of law is to protect the com
munity from the lawless minority. Governor
Richie can not compromise with mob rebellion.
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MEDIEVALISM TODAY

A UTHORITIES at Windsor, Ontario, seem
to have brought to light one of the most
depressing stories of the year in their inves-
tgation of alleged mistreatment of children
at juvenile aid home there
Reading the charges is enough to make
one heartsick. It is said that the children
were whipped, that those who didn't feel like
eating were stretched out on the floor and
fed forcibly, that fists and pieces of wood
were applied to tiny bodies, that children's
tongues were daubed with burning astrn-
gents
Every so often something of this kind
comes to light. Whether these particular
charges are substantiated is beside the point;
this sort of thing has happened before, often
enough to prove that homes for children not
infrequently get into the hands of people who
are shOckingly cruel
And the whole thing is almost enough to
make you lose your faith in human nature
OF all forms of cruelty. that which vents
itself on child is by all odds the most
horrible.
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discomfort, with his knees rafting
like castenettes While he walked be-
side a mother clothed in a wooden
skirt and covered with furs.
A child ought to wear enough
covering at all times. This does not
mean that the child is to be over
clothed, which will interfere with
the condition Of its skin and subject
it to a sudden change Of tempera-
ture when the clothing is removed.
1t does mean, however. that in
sufficient clothing Of the child leads
to OvereXpOsure and overeXposIre
is associated with illness.
Sharp changes in temperature are
alleged to be responsible primarily
for lowering OF resistance and
catching Of cold. Unfortunately, the
ajority Of men dress rather heavily
and are fairly comfortable outdoors,
whereas women are likely to cover
their somewhat scanty garments
with heavy coats and furs.
However. when they come indoors,
the women find the amount CT
covering insufficient and demand
high temperatures in the room,
while the men suffer because of the
excess clothing they wear in a tenn
perature satisfactory TO women
workers.
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M. E. Tracy Says:

| IRON the dawn of consciousness, men have
L longed to get up in the air. They have
climbed trees. scaled mountains and built
towers. Looking on heaven as above, and hell
| as below then ambition was to rise. No doubt
birds on the one hand, and volcanoes on the
other, had something to do with this idea.
The discovery that men could become avi-
ators easier than they could become angels has
served to switch the motivating source of their
ambition from religion to science. However,
they still seek far-fung excuses for pursuing a
perfect natural road to adventure.
Just now, it is the cosrnic ray that calls for
an ascent into the atmosphere. the thought
being that this ray holds the secret Of creation
1t is based on phOtOnS, according to one theory
and on electrons, according to another. If on
photons, the universe may be regarded as repro
ductlve and dependable. If on electrOnS, the
universe may be regarded as having been pro-
duced by an explosion and as likely to blow up
THUS we come to another parting of the
ways, in which mans mastery of the great
problem is visualized as depending on some
single discovery. and thus we send our balloons
/ into the air. not for the sake of accommodating
little more knowledge which might prove help
ful IN our struggle for existence, but in an
effort to fathom infinite wisdom
Meanwhile we have not been able to scale
the highest hill on earth after ten thousand
years of striving, or dig a hole two miles deep,
or find out why millions of people in the most
| civilized country on earth should 60 hungry
with a surplus Of wheat, pork and other food
stuffs on hand.
I am not arguing that trips into the strato-
sphere should be discontinued They repre-
sent type Of pioneering and adventure which
IS very important They may lead to inforrna-
ton which can be translated into human COM
fort and conveniences. They reveal oportuni-
ties which appeal to the courage and anbi-
ton Of youth We can well afford to encourage
and promote them. We also can we'll afford to
ignore some Of the illusionments which are
being paraded as justifying them
A the late E. {. Slosson puts it. we live on
n an isolated island with self-preservation as
our all-important task and with every sort of
exploration as desirable not only because of the
increased knowledge it promises but because of
its stimulating effect on human character
1t IS enough that the stratosphere remains
an unknown region. and that We have limit
less field in which TO pioneer. It is enough that
nothing prevents us from going higher than
we have except lack OF ability. and that there
IS every reason to believe We can attain new
heights with improved devices
The notion that we can not solve small and
intimate problems without first setting the
world right or figuring out the origin Of the
universe has become something Of a nuisance
What We need is to become human, to recog-
nize our limitations and admit that our lob is
not to initiate the Diety, but to help each other
along very rocky. pathway,
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Editor Journal of the American Medi
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

not unbearably warm. and tempera-
ture of rs to Sc as pleasant.
However, when the temperature
in the room is 60, it seems cold, and
40 to so degrees is very cold. There
are few people, indeed, who can
stand exposure to freezing tempera-
lures on the naked skin.
While you are at work at desk
or in shop you expose about 20
per cent of your body surface to
the air The rest Of the body is
covered with clothing and the tenn
perature under this clothing usu-
ally is about 95 degrees.
1t long has been recognized that
you can accustom yourself to colder
temperature by exposing gradually
more and more of your body to the
cold weather
For some time there was fad
Of having children go with their
legs barred during the cold weather,
with the idea that this would &C
custom them to the cold and make
it much harder for them to each
colds. Many child suffered acute
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remains the underlying issue: Would it be
profitable for US to reorganize our entire sys-
TEN Of police work and put much larger
share Of it in the hands Of the federal gov
eminent?
The facts Of The situation make this look
very attractive in many ways. Every citizen
Of good-s.zed city is familiar with the way
police talk about known gunner" "promi-
nent racketeers,7 the so-and-so gang" and
SO on. without accompanying their words with
action.
The contrast between this frequent admis-
sion Of police helplessness and the efficiency
with which federal operatives strike at gang
sterism is too striking to overlook.
Yet the problem is far from simple Fed
eralizing our police would call into question
our whole system Of local government. The
home rule" principle we are so fond Of GER
tainy would suffer The movement might
carry us good deal farther than We would
wish to be carried.
Back of it all there lies the simple fact
that local police force can be made just as
efficient for combating local crimes as any
police force needs to be. The one thing that
prevents it from reaching this eficiency-in
the vast majority Of cases-is politics
In the long run. We shall get the kind of
police work We want when we get honest,
decent and efficient local government. If we
do that we won't need to call on Uncle Sam
for help.
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FROM THREE LEADERS

THREE liberal Americans in the front line
Il Of the fight that won us repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment agree with the Scripps-
Howard newspapers that the next great bat
tie must be waged against bootleggng and
bootleggers.
Alfred E. Smith, with his rare gift Of driv-
ing home the point in few words. says;
The people now have the opportunity not
only to be law abiding, but to help their
country by increasing the taxation revenue
so that the budget can be balanced, Realiz-
ing that the government needs more revenue
and that he can do his part only by buying
his supplies legally, no good citizen will pa
tronize a bootlegger after repeal
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, whose mobilizing
of American women in the cause of repeal was
one of the big factors in the victory, now APP
peals to the men and women Of the nation;
To lay on the shelf the drink conscious
ness engendered by prohibition, to help forrnu-
late laws that will drive the bootlegger and
the racketeer out Of business and then to live
up to those laws explicitly"
Newton D. Baker whose report as member
of the Wickersham commission back in 1880,
began with the words In my opinion the
eighteenth amendment should be repealed"
now recommends great hberalty with re-
gard to beer and light wines and rigid non
political, incoTuptible administration of the
dispensing of hard liquor" and declares:
With that as a basis education in tenn
perance is possible and in the long view edu-
cation must supply the answer by gradually
transferring more and more conduct to the
area Of voluntary compliance"
These three leaders voice, we think. the
reasoned convictions and purpose of millions
of citizens of these United States as the day
draws near when repeal becomes effective
Bootleggers must go; speakeasies must go;
surrepttious, intensive" drinking must 90.
Thirteen years of ever deepening disgust at
these things should be enough to teach any
civilized people lasting lesson.
Patriotism, revenue needs, good citizenship
and good Sense-all combine to urge Amer
leans to buy alcoholic beverages only openly
and lawfully, in that spirit of voluntary
compliance" Mr.. Baker rightly holds essential.
Make it smart to be legal!
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A Little Off the Record

A ND there is no evidence what
L n soever that Al looked at the
record before he prepared his open
letter to the Chamber of Commerce
Of the state of New York. He wrote
that piece while he looked out his
tower window and gazed at the set
ting sun,
IF I must choose between the
leaders of the past writes Al. with
all the errors they have made ana
all the selfishness they have been
guilty Of and the inexperienced
young college professors who hold
no responsible public office but are
willing to turn 13O.O0OO0O Ameri-
cans into guinea pigs for expert
mentatiOn, I am going to be for
the people who made the country
what it is
Now, the first person to say "ba-
lcney' to that would have been ex-
Governor Alfred E. Smith It might
be well to remind the Ex-Governor
OF an appointment which he made
to the state labor board When
he appointed Frances Perkins peo-
pie said exactly the same thing
which Al is saying now about in
experienced young college profess
scrs.' She was "a woman" "a So
cial worker" "a radical "a wife
who kept her own name" "a vision
ary' and "a theorist."
Al and Miss Perkins worked to-
gether on some very experimental
labor legislation. Chambers Of Com
merce hOllered their heads off. The
legislation was passed 1t worked.
BY now it is accepted.
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1t Seems
to Me
BY HEYWOOD BROUN.

NEW YORK. Nov 29-Gc7d-by.
L y Al. take care of yourself
L am too old now" writes Alfred
Emanuel Smith, TO be regular just
for the sake Of regularity"
And to indicate the violence Of his
repugnance against things conyen-
tlOnal. respectable and upholstered.
Mr.. Smith has written an open let
Ter to the Chamber of Commerce Of
he state of New York denouncing
experimentation
Moreover, in order to pound home
the fun extent of his rebellious pro-
grCssiviSm. Al Smith has come out
lock and stock and barrel for Grover
Cleveland.
I still want to feel that Al is more
liberal than some of the other lead
ers and pubhcistS. I try to console
myself with the thought that. after
all, Walter Lippmann has come out
for both Hamilton and jefferson,
and that Carter Glass is probably
grooming George Washington. Yet
it isn't age but solitude which puts
AL out OF action. He has been liv-
ing too long in that ivory tower. It's
a long way from Oliver street up
to that mOoring mast imbedded in
the clouds
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Am Answer

BY Orie J. Simmons.
w Williams, in his letter, Nov
Ii, did me a favor For once,
there is a collectivistic argu-
ment with only one flaw, so I
can answer it without being two
or more fellows at once. He as
sumes a pair of rugged individ-
Ualists,' after getting married,
pooled their money and got a COW.
Rugged individualists wouldn't
have pooled their money. One of
them would have gotten a COW
con credit, paying half DOWN
and paid out by selling milk to
the other. Or each of them
would have bought goat, or q
calf apiece, if they were willing
to wait a while for milk. The rec
ord shows the baby did not ar
rive until about the time the
calves had become mich COWS.
Come again, Mr. Williams. 1 solved
that one.
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The Brave
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
Always men have leaned an ear
Alert to catch war bugles blast.
For home and loved ones!" In the
past
This cry has caused strong men to
cast
Aside their laboring tools and tear
Forth to do battle.
I'm just a woman, yet think
Men yearn to go. Awake, asleep,
They start at war-dawns very
peep
We are the brave, who stay and
weep.
It's too small glory to fix the sink
And watch the cattlei
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gone to great deal of trouble and
expense to manufacture his mis-
cries, and he is migrate indeed when
he accuses the divinity Of any petty
desire TO increase them.
Yet this year our stupidities
noticeably are less than they were
last year. The fund of our social
justice is increased. Such a fact in
itself is sufficient reason for thanks
giving. Tremendous heroic things
have been done in the name Of hu-
mainly since November 1892. with
in these United States. Millions Of
men idle last year now are working.
For this alone, if for no personal
qualification, We should sing unto
the Lord new song"
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A WOman's Viewpoint

IT'S the time Of year when We be-
L gin to hear questions as to the
why Of Thanksgiving.
To the skeptic the celebration
smacks Of superstitious piety; to the
peSsiniSt it serves to call attention
to our economic miseries. Only the
senumentalist still finds a good word
for it, and most Of us remain senti-
mentaists in spite of everything.
If this holiday, long cherished by
our fathers, had its inception in a
sincere desire to express gratitude
for blessings that man can in no
wise obtain for himself, then there
is never a year when We reasonably
can neglect its observance. And in
this one, least Of all.