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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
NEW DEALS TEST TO COME

THE tremendous completely and almost
overwhelming difficulties involved in the
new industrial control plan grow more evident
each day. 1t is too early to say whether Uncle
Sam has bitten off more than he can chew,
but it is pretty clear that he has bitten of a
lot more than anybody ever dreamed of chew
ing before
Study the affair from any angle you
choose problems that look well-nigh unsolv-
able pop up by the handful The real test of
the New Deal has not begun 1t will come
very soon, and when it does it will bring the
old and the new conceptions of American
economies into conflict sharper and more
bitter than anything the country yet has seen.
With one hand the government seeks to
raise commodity prices and wages; with the
other it seeks to restrain the rise in retail
prices 1t plans to spend around S1OO,00OOOO
to get the south to stop production on TO-
100000 acres of cotton land
1t hopes to give industry most of the adj
vantages Of monopoly, but at the same time
to outlaw the disadvantages 1t seeks to union
ize all labor, but desires to avoid industrial
strife It wants the benefits of imitation with
out the disastrous consequences.
All in ALL it is beginning job so stupen-
dous that one gets dizzy thinking about it.
II has hundred chances to make mistakes
And yet, however easy it may be to point
out these mistakes however easy it may be to
say that the job is simply too big for human
ingenuity-it is as clear as daylight that moth
ing less than this could have been attempted.
We had reached pretty close to the jump
ing-of place, last March. The situation called
for drastic measures the temper of the coun-
try was, and still is, ready to support measures
even more radical than those which have been
adopted
The f1nanciers and rich industrialists who
are beginning to grumble about these new
restrictions on individual enterprise and the
profit motive ought to thank their lucky stars
that the program is as conservative as it is.
Hard as 1t may be, this new set-up simply
has to work 1t may look radical. to ewes still
focused on 1929; but the one certainty in an
uncertain world is that its radicalism won't be
patch on the radicalism of the program that
will be adopted if this program fails
The dangerous man today is the man who
puts obstacles in the way of this scheme. He
is inviting measures that would make this one
look like something cooked up by j. P. Morgan
& Co.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
The Test of Sanity

Out what is the test of sanity un
- der the circumstances? Is the
rational man the one who saws. n
will sit down forthwith and get td
work. or the fellow who answers
Time enough for one terrific lam
bOree?"
1 often have wondered Just how
much posterity has to do with cur-g
rent conduct. My guess is that it'll
enters rather slightly into most
mems minds Most of us are well
aware that we can't be Shakespear.
We are not going to fret too much
to be Bacon.
There are authors who are said
to live who survive in the world onlv
IN dim and academic way. You
can put stethoscope upon the cover
OF many classic and find no heart
beat.
In Max Beerbohm's short story.
'Enoch Soames," the poet sold his
soul to the devil for the privilege of
being projected into the British
Museum 200 years hence in order to
ascertain what men said about him
when he was gone.
I'd make no such bargain. for
never had any patience in research
work. l rate my soul much higher
than potential but most improb-
able footnote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
EXIT THE ATHEISTS

TT is possible to get two or three little smiles
u out of the news that the depression so
sharply has reduced the number of militant
atheists that the American Association for the
Advancement of Atheism is threatened with
extinction for want of funds.
This organizations annual report shows
that its membership has declined steadily
during hard times and that its income has
been reduced by one-half.
On the other hand the report complains
that church membership has increased con-
stantly all through the depression. so that
more than 100000 Americans today are reg
ular church communicates
And all of this, somehow, sheds an inter-
esting little sidelght on human nature It's
easy enough to be an atheist militant or
otherwise. when everything is going swim
mingly and every stock market furry increases
the size of your bank account
But when the bottom falls out of things,
and you find that you aren't quite as all-wise
and eternally lucky as you had thought-wel
atheism becomes nonessential luxury then
in short order,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

arisen out Of wider educational advantages
for women and out of general liberalization of
thinking.
But it has come also with the rise of the
poor to wealth and position Not that this
process had not proceeded throughout the his
tory Of this country and the world, but it has
proceeded upon an infinitely vaster front in
this industrial era Of multiplied national
wealth.
The rigid barriers Of an older and highly
limited aristocracy have broken down before
the deluge of new wealth pouring from ma
chimes
Into that deluge ladies have vanished and
upon its bosom women" universally have been
lifted to new dignity and a new freedom
and into new hope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
DANGEROUS BILLBOARDS

THE billboard long has been famous as a
nuisance Now it is becoming apparent
that it is actually dangerous, as well.
Col. Frederick S. Greene superintendent
of public works of New York state declares
that the billboard distracts the attention of
speeding motorists on country highways and
thereby causes traffic accidents
If sign does not attract attention, there
by distracting the driver from his business
of handling his motor car it fails in its pur-
pose" says Colonel Greene. I'm my opinion,
the more important objection to the billboard
is that it does cause accidents rather than
that it mars the scenic beauty of the roadside"
The logic of this remark is obvious. How
long, do you suppose will we continue to put
up with the billboard blight?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
JUST BAD DREAMS -!

CENATOR ROYAL S. COPELAND. chair
~ man of the senate subcommittee which is
probe racketeerng is quoted as saying:
1T is inconceivable to me that politics
Mould be involved in any sort of racket in
1ew York state
Coming from a New York senator, this is
naive enough. But not satisfied with such
expression of childlike faith, the senator went
on to declare himself certain that responsible
union heads do not favor racketeering in
their organizations
Either the newspapers have been carefully
kept from Senator Copeland or he never reads
court actions and judicial decisions pertaining
to troubles in labor unions
Maybe he never has heard of labor GEARS
or of union officials supposedly responsible"
but nevertheless ousted on charges of oppres-
sion and coercion.
The senator seems almost too trusting and
innocent to succeed on such job of inquiry.
1t will be a shame to destroy his fond illu
sions.
Nevertheless. We advise him, in the public
interest, to keep an eye out for both politics
and racketeering union heads as he strolls
down Racket Lane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
DARK AND BLOODY GROUND

A YEAR and month ago Kentucky mob
Stormed a Caldwell county JAIL seized
Walter Merrick, white man awaiting trial
Tor dynamiting, and lynched him
Under Kentucky law, it was mandatory upon
Governor Ruby Laffoon to remove Jailer
Jones. After repeated demands by the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union, Governor Laffoon
temporarily removed Jones. But he put Mrs.
Jones in charge of the Jail, pending a hearing.
According to the union Attorney General
Wootton, Commonwealth Attorney Grayot and
County Attorney Hardin all united to hush
up hideous crime" No attempt the union
says was made to search out the lynchers
AS was expected, Governor Laffoon reinstated
Jailer Jones.
The union reminds Kentucky that under
Commonwealth Attorney Grayots admins
tration there have been six lynchings in the
fourth judicial district. During that time no
man has been convicted for having partici-
pated in these crimes
Under such administration of the law.
Kentucky easily may live up to it's Indian
name 'popularly translated as "the dark and
bloody ground"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01

NTHEN is lady lady? Never! says Inez
W Haynes Irwin in her new book, Angels
and Amazons'
There are no ladies: there are only women
in the new world, she declares A lot of aris-
tocracy has gone over the dam since the turn
of this century when ladies were ladies In
the process woman has emerged into new
being.
The title or designation lady" "a very
pretty sounding world had many variations of
meaning, from that in Lady. Be Good" to
Lady Dalrymple" wife of the lord of that
name. Lady" implied aristocracy. social
superiority.
In smaller places it implied also refinement
or the possession of certain grace in carriage
and dress, or even goodness. It marked off
those favored by fortune or nature from those
less favored-the rank and file of women.
Once women wanted to be ladies' Now
ladies would like to be women, in common
cause of emancipation of the sex
Certainly this implies a fundamental de-
mocratization far SURPRISING the Importance
casually accorded the great change. This has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
The Hope Of q Good Press
THE only form of survival on

THE only form Of survival on
l. earth which interests me is the
newspaper obituary. I have a real
curiosity to know whether I'd get as
much as stick outside my own "a
per. In all decency, I'd expect a
good notice in my own.
just the other day Well-knoWn
syndicate writer, enormously was re-
ported as having been killed in an
automobile accident He came down
to his Office the next day extremely
irate. It wasn't the false report
which annoyed him, but the fact
that the shirttail concerning his
name and fame had been no more
than 80 words long.
And so. if I had a month to live
and s50,0O0-in cash, Of course-I
doubt that I would decide to paw up
my debts and get back in the poker
game. 1 would not cruise to Haiti
or play contract at Is cents a point
Instead, I believe I'd lay in a stock
Of paper and a few carbons and set
TO work to do something. Not for
posterity by a long shot. What do
I care about them? We've never
met.
I'd simply want TO have some
thing accomplished which might let
me rate the morning after the sad
event some small newspaper notice a
little better than a one-line reading,
"Ex- Dramatic Critic Exits
Copyright 1888. bv The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
SATURDAY. JULY /. 1898
INTERNATIONAL FOLLY
4 scRIPPs-HOWARD NEWSPAPER

ON the same day, the headlines announce
~ the breakup of the world disarmament
conference and declaration by Secretary
Claude Swanson that American policy favors a
navy second to none" The two are not I'M
related. They reflect the rising tide of nation
slism the loss of faith in treaties, the failure
Of governments to make good their grandilo-
quent pledges of international cooperation
The United States, on the economic side
especially, contributed to world chaos by its
debt policy and initiation Of a tariff and trade
war
But our hands cleaner than most Even
In the matter Of tariffs, our government of
fered a truce which the foreign governments
did not accept completely and in good faith.
And although at the moment we are blamed
for the destructive fluctuations Of foreign ex-
changes the currency depreciation race was
started by the British and French, who now
protest too much.
Despite the fog at London and murky re-
ports that Roosevelt policy is wrecking the
conference. one fact is clear: The United
States government is the only one making
serious effort at home to raise prices and to
increase mass purchasing power.
The United States is not responsible for the
latest failure of disarmament negotiations.
Year in and year out we have begged and
argued with the other powers to permit effec-
tive arms reduction. But always they block us.
At the Coolidge Geneva arms conference it
was the British tory government which re-
fused to go along. At the London arms con-
ference it was the French and Italians Now
it is the British, French and japanese with
Htlers Germany in the background.
Repeatedly during recent years this news
paper has warned the foreign powers that
they could not expect the United States to
go on begging for international cooperation
forever, that their stubborn nationalism In
time would provide a revival of American
nationalism. That time is approaching rap
idly if indeed it has not arrived already
America, with all her faults, has tried pa
tiently to prevent a costly and dangerous
armament race. Secretary Swansons decla-
ration of policy is official notice that if the
other powers persist in their refusal to reduce
ornaments the richest and strongest nation
in the world will begin large-scae prepara-
tions for war.
The decision rests with the foreign powers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
FOURTH OF JULY BLINDNESS

THERE is trouble enough in the world
n these DAYS without adding to it the trag
edy of children being blinded with dangerous
toys.
This is the plea of the National Society for
the Prevention of Blindness as July nears
The number of children totally blinded in
q year by fireworks and air rifles and other
weapons is not big figure at first glance Just
10 children year But the society is asking
the public to think of those 10 not as sta
tistics" but as 10 child victims whose homes
will be saddened tragically for years.
An extraordinary proportion Of the blind
ing accidents occur in the brief period around
the Fourth The number of children who
suffer not total blindness. but eye injuries of
varying degrees of seriousness runs to more
impressive hgure-75O to 1000 in this country
In year
More than 100 cities in the United States
have shown their awareness of the situation
by making ordinances restricting the manu-
facture, sale, or use of air rifles and other
dangerous weapons as toys, but surveys show
that the vast majority of local laws are not
broad enough to protect the children or else
are not properly enforced Moreover, boot
leggers in fireworks and firearms infest the
countryside around many towns that have
restrictive legislation
The society advocates that all articles
such as air rifles, cap pistols slingshots, darts,
other devices for projecting missiles, firecrack-
ers. torpedoes, etc. which are being manu-
featured for the toy trade should be eliminated
at the source by absolute prohibition of their
manufacture and sale"
In addition, it believes that adults hand
ling displays of fireworks. or explosives. or
weapons should be made responsible for pre-
venting minors from handling them
Such regulations, If enforced, would pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
It Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BROUN

NEW YORK. July II thought
1 it was sort of silly. but I went
through with it, just the same" said
Thomas Patrick Morris, indicted
Wendell claimant after a session
With the psychiatrists.
There seems to be some justice in
the assertion of Mr.. Morris. for.
according to the papers. one of the
queries ran: What would you do if
you had $4,000 in cash and only
one month to live?"
I should think it would be diff
cult for even the best mind to
frame an adequate answer. because
1t is Impossible to predict anybody's
conduct. even your own, under cir
cumstances which merely are spec
ulative
Thomas Patrick Morris answered:
I'd pay Charlie Mitchelrs income
tax That probably was scored
against him by the alienists. who
are not frequently rich in a sense
OF humor. It seems to me as good
as any other answer. except the
only fully truthful one. which goes,
L haven't the slightest idea"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
A Woman's Viewpoint /:

"0UR Movie-Made Children by
~ Henry James Forman, is a
book that presents facts that should
be considered seriously by every
American parent. Mr.. Forman has
ferreted out statistics about the
influence Of the moving picture upon
the modern child that are the re-
suit of a four-year research, and
truly alarming.
The conclusion he arrives at is not
surprising. The pictures are
tremendous force for the molding
of our childrens habits and lives
There is cause therefore for worry
when We consider that so many OF
them emphasize sex and crime.
This. then, is a problem for our
solving that no thoughtful person
can overlook.
But it may be that the worst
thing We have to fear is a fear of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01

imagine, and little girls, although
We had no statistics upon their
psychological processes, thought
good deal about love and sex. The
parents of a former generation wor-
ried in the same fashion over dime
novels and surreptitious cigarets and
white slavery.
We should, I believe, make every
possible effort to obtain better NOV
ing pictures, because if they hold
possibilities for evil. they hold equal
possibilities for good. But I despair
of perfecting them Or Of regulat-
ing them entirely.
And the movies alone can not be
held responsible for our delinquent
boys and girls They are the prod
ucts of our urban, sophisticated,
unwholesome, complex civilization
TAe movie, like many another dan
81 us the result and not the reason
e Ach civilization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
Absolute Rest Vital in Infantile Paralysis

tirely. In cases where some func-
tons have been lost entirely, re-
education of the muscles may be
used, to enable the patient to walk
and to carry on other activities.
It is important to guard against
too much fatigue Children should
not be encouraged to walk too soon
They never should be allowed to
stand in a deformed position If the
legs are too weak. braces may be
worn.
Exercise in water has developed
a great vogue, particularly through
the encouragement of President
Roosevelt The chief advantage is
the aid derived from supporting
the limbs by the buoyancy of the
water.
However. the swimming pool it.
self is not a cure for paralyzed
muscles It is the training given in
the swimming pool by competent
teachers that brings restoration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
Good Work or High links

I HOPE my own sanity never
comes under official examination.
for I would not like to face that
quiz. l might be a little tempted
to give pious answer and tell the
doctors that I would devote the
money to good works And in fact,
that might be the way it would
work out.
How can I tell? 1t would all de-
pend upon just what would happen
to me upon being told that 1 had
one month to live The first re-
action would probably be incredu-
lily, and naturally the victim would
want to know, DO you mean a
month like February or like
March?' Under the circumstances
the precise count of days would be-
come important.
In life it sometimes happens that
sentence is passed. Judges and ply
slclans are in position to make
predictions of this sort, but IN
spite Of their authority, I suppose
the defendant remains a little skep-
tlcaL He seeks another healer or
appeals to a higher court.
Prisoners in the death house
often keep their courage up to pitch
IN a surprising manner. The fact
OF extinction is not within human
experience, and so the mind rejects
1t. Something Will turn up. And
on occasion that something does.
In spite of scenes in plays. I i'm
aglne that doctors are a little charv
OF naming the day or the month or
the year. They prefer, "I think YOU
ought to know that you are a very
sick man. And they tell me that.
as a rule, patients are not per-
ceptibly shaken by even the harsh
est diagnosis.
There are ailments before which
men quail because they suggest pain.
humiliation, and a curious sort of
psychic degradation. But death it
self is not distinctly feared as long
as 1t waits in the wings.
Even l, a very timorous person.
might be much more afraid of pres
ent lightning than liver cacul-
lated to lay me by one year hence.
Or, for that matter, one month
away.
A month is so great a span. One
might write a deathless novel, com
pose an enduring poem. have his
heart broken or break that of some 4
body else within much less time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01

Bv A Small Home Owner
A N article in your paper a few
L N days ago set out that the tax
administrators now were facing a
problem that was battling and
serious, that with the decreased
revenues and the amount Of de-
linquent taxes, they would be un-
able to meet the budget proposal.
This was nothing more nor less
than a bit of advance information
that we would have higher taxes
next year.
1t is evident that this body never
has been able to face the fact that
the higher it makes the taxes, in
an effort to make up the short
comings of the previous year, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
BY Puzzled.

BY Puzzled.
During the 1882 presidential cam
paign, the voters were given to I'M
derstand that Franklin D. Roose-
welt favored recognition of the
Soviet regime in Russia. We we're
told that this would be done So
that American workers by the thou
sands would benefit, with this coun-
try getting millions of dollars in
trade.
Apparently Mr.. Roosevelt has
changed his views, now that he is
President. Nothing seemingly has
been done about the matter though
we are told the news from the Lon
don economic parley that the Amer
lean and Russian representatives
engaged in friendly conversation"
With millions out of jobs, it
seems strange that something is not
done to end this senseless break
with Russia. We seem willing to
deal with Mussolini, Hitler, and the
Turk and Polish dictators, as well
as with other rulers whose hands
are not so clean. So why not
Russia?
This inconsistency is harming
many Americans who could get
jobs if we renewed trade, diplo-
matte and credit relations with the
Soviet. 1t is well enough to talk
of domestic recovery, but why not
get a little foreign trade along
with it?
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various drugs to keep such patients
quiet. Warm baths help in bringing
about relief.
A recent discovery which al
ready has saved many lives is the
artificial respirator. In the past, any
child who developed a paralysis of
the muscles of breathing was likely
to die. Now there are machines
into which the childs whole body
may be put and its breathing mo-
tons kept up automatically.
Then as the infectious condition
subsidies, it is possible. through good
training and care, to bring about
a restoration of natural breathing.
Once the active disease has
passed, it is necessary to make a
complete examination of all muscles,
to find out which have become
weakened or lost their functions en-