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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
DANGERS IN RECOVERY ROAD

A S the great depression of the thirties
n sinks into what we all devoutly hope will
be its final coma, it is instructive to look
back at the deathbed scenes of former de-
pressions and see how they compare with this
one.
BY one way of looking at things they are
all much alike.
In former times, as now, the upward turn
began before people realized it. Commodity
prices began a slow, but steady climb, security
prices advanced, scattered factories began to
put men back to work people started buying
things again-and then, the first thing any
one knew, we we're out of it and there was a
clear road ahead again.
That seems to be very much the way
things are working out now But there are
one or two differences, and they modify the
whole picture in way that it is impossible
to ignore.
In the first place no previous depression
led to such far-reaching and drastic action
by the federal government. We never have
before had anything like the new farm bill,
the industrial control bill, and so on.
No previous depression forced us off the
gold standard; none ever caused so much
power to be given to the President.
Secondly the international situation is diff
ferent. Never before did the climax of hard
times in America coincide with such near
approach to chaos in international relations.
The London conference, with all that it i'm
plies is new thing; the problems of dis
armament. international debts, world peace,
and treaty revision give to our emergence from
this depression an entirely new face
Last of all, it is true probably that never
before have we been so thoroughly disillu-
sioned-with our leaders, with our institutions,
and with ourselves. We have called in ques-
ton the basic features of our national life.
Radical as our recovery program may seem,
it is mild as milk compared with what the
great mass of people will demand If recovery
Is delayed along the way.
We are coming out of it in a different way
than we did other times. To say that we
always shall go on in the old paths simply
because we always have recovered before"
is to talk complete nonsense
Everything is profoundly different Only
by recognizing the extent of the difference
can we find our way safely through the next
few critical years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
Forbidden Fruit

COME psychologists believed that
Obeer never could compete with
ardent spirits because of the fact
that forbidden things are more ap-
pealing. The curious condition OBJ
tanning in New York state has met
this objection. Only the other day
I sat in speakeasy. and to the next
table there came a customer who or
dered beer. The waiter seemed
shocked. mo beer" he said, but
I can give you Scotch or rye"
What! No beer?" said the man.
mo beer replied the waiter I'VE
have no license to sell beer, and I'M
der Mr.. Mulrooney's ruling we can
obtain none. We can not sell it to
you. Don't you understand that
would be illegal? How about a
highball?'
The customer got up and left in
high dudgeon. I followed him out,
and when last I saw him he was
ringing doorbells all alor~ the block,
trying to crash the entrance of some
place which would consent to sell
him legal beer illegally.
Copyright 1888. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

able that both man and woman
should possess some spunk. PLAY
ing the marty gets you nowhere.
Elsie Dinsmore and her silly little
tricks are as incomprehensible to
today's 10-year-old as the Einstein
theory.
And I hope the time soon will
come when we shall not think it
necessary for any home to be domi-
mated by one all-powerful PERSONAL
ity.
Individuals capable of rational
thought, and who use their reason
ing for social problems and indus
trial perplexities, should De capable
Of adjusting their love and matri-
monial difficulties with justice and
intelligence. I'll go farther; I'll say
they are.
Marriage is a mess. not because
We can't make it a success, but
because we've never tried TO do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

transferred from the present prohibition
bureau to internal revenue; the enforcement Of
the dry law is turned over to the new division,
to be handled there by few hundred field
men and state directors.
These two bureaus were the Peeping Toms Of
the unlamented postwar era. The first piled
up an intolerable record for snoopery wire
tapping, intimidation, and hair-trigger gun
play. The second was famous for its equally
Objectionable red hunting forays
1t will be the hope of liberty-lo loving Amer
leans that With the going Of these two bureaus
will go the spirit that created them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
THE STATES CAN HELP

THE national recovery acts mighty promise
- of progress should not encourage a re-
taxation of the winning fight for state laws
having the same general purpose.
Ailing industry needs two crutches, fed
eral and state.
The federal government is preparing to
function as a big brother to industry and
labor in creating planned order and abolish
ing unfair practices. The states should con-
solidate gains made under this project.
This legislative season has been marked
by impressive steps in social reform. Of the
twelve states which have ratified the child
labor amendment, seven acted this year. Of
the twenty-five which have adopted old age
pensions, nine acted this year Of the fifteen
states that have minimum wage laws for
women and minors, six adopted their codes
this year and three more are considering bills.
This season saw five states limiting the
hours of women and minors in industry, four
states passing anti injunction laws. six states
regulating the sale of prison goods twenty
states considering jobess insurance.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins sees
in the recovery act "a proving ground for Sc
cial legislation by states" In conferences this
summer she will urge labor leaders and So
cial workers to keep up their fight and to
adopt standardized labor codes.
Times are hard now. When times get bet
ter, it would be well to remember that
when the devil was sick, the devil a monk
would be;
When the devil got well, devil monk was he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

Inasmuch as germs thrive IN
warm weather, it is important to
watch the water supply. Water
taken from streams should not be
used for drinking without boiling.
Extra precautions should also be
taken with milk whenever it is pur-
chased in bulk instead of from a
dairy company which maintains
suitable pasteurization and control
of bottling.
The amount Of water taken into
the body in hot weather should be
increased. because more water is
evaporated from the surface of the
body and used up in the body's
metabolism than in colder weather.
Because Of the tendency to elimi-
nate water to maintain the body's
temperature, there is a tendency to
small hard actions of the bowels.
The taking of extra water will help
to relieve this condition.
NEXT: Dangers of poison ivy and
similar plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
It Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BRoUN-

NEW YORK. June II. = In the
L ' light Of much more weightv
problems, one distinct achievement
OF the Roosevelt administration has
received less than its share of
praise. refer. of course, to beer.
Once upon a time was an ar
dent wet. but my interest in the
matter waned. since it seemed so
slight a thing with which to be
concerned in a world so monstrouslv
out OF gear. Moreover, there was
the fact that as far as self-interest
went prohibitions hand lay very
lightly upon my s." lder and that
OF my neighbor.
Il was and is difficult to grow
passionate about the evils of en-
forcement at a time when that
branch of governmental activity has
dWindled to nothing larger than a
mans hand. With the palm up, I
may add.
How can even the most conse-
Grated crusader weep into his high
ball and complain of the tyranny
which condemns him to aridity?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

public are concerned, this has re-
manned a deep, dark secret. Or
would this disclosure be discon-
certing to the judges program?
1nasmuch as Judge Garvin gave
up $4,000 a year job to take
on this receivership, we believe
the information requested would
be interesting to all of us. Or
is that asking too much of the
Judges searchlight of publicity?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
My Guests
BY NJ. B. NJ.

BY VI. B. NJ.
Step softly-you who walk upon my
porch;
Some honored guests are there;
Do not disturb them by a football
harsh
This splendid, royal pair.
A pair of cardinals! They occupy
The honeysuckle vine;
And hid their jewels there-not
fearing me;
These friendly guests Of mine.
No more-that flash of beauty on
my porch:
And now-Walk you will;
Ny guests are gone; and left an
emptiness
That all else can not fill.
Another spring; my red birds have
returned
The old, gray porch to cheer;
I wonder if they KNOWN some
strange way
A welcome awaits them here7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
M.

TINE appropriation of more than three bill
Il lion dollars for public work is an essential
feature of the industrial recovery bill. Some
people regard it as the most essential No one
expects congress to repeat it, however, much
less make it a regular item of the budget. Why
not take similar attitude toward other features
of the bill?
President Roosevelt is graphing with an
emergency. He was elected for that purpose.
His campaign centered on the idea that some
thing drastic had to be done. When he as
sumed office, he made no bones about telling
the people that he would do his best to give
them the kind of leadership for which they so
emphatically had asked. But the Presidents
thought is one of relief rather than revolution.
He is not Mussolini Or a Hitler.
To put it bluntly Mr.. Roosevelt is tackling
the depression in about the same way that
Woodrow Wilson tackled the war, nobilizng the
power of the country just as quickly and just as
effectively as he can.
The stupendous program he has formulated
may lead to certain changes in our financial and
economic system, but much of it is bound to
disappear with the situation it was designed to
meet.
The country elected him because it had
decided that normal methods were unsuited to
the abnormal conditions which existed.
TURNING this proposition around, is it not
l. absurd to assume that the abnormal
methods he is proposing would suit normal con-
ditions?
Whatever others may think, the President
has illusions on this point.
Undoubtedly, he sees room for Improvement
in many branches of the government, but his
immediate objective is to get the country back
on its feet, to rehabilitate buying power provide
work and re-establsh business in any and every
possible way
Roosevelt is leading fight to beat depres-
sion just as Wilson led fight to beat Kaiserism
He is striving first of all to obtain unified, force
full action.
Wilson did not visualize himself as die
tator, though he called for and received dicta-
torial powers. Neither does Roosevelt
An emergency requires dictatorial power, but
as an emergency, not as an excuse That is
where the American differs from the European
attitude.
p OOsEvELT is more typical American
4 than was his orthodox unacceptable pre-
decessor.
This countrys outstanding tradition is fex-
Utility of mind Its government was founded for
no purpose more distinctly than to make that
possible
We have created dictatorship almost over
night, but without altering or violating the Con-
stitution, and it is not the first time
When the task in hand is finished, we can
return TO our knitting
Some people, especially those who make the
wish father to the thought, see permanence in
every new idea, even though it obviously is in
tended to serve a temporary end. They are as
shortsighted as those who can see nothing good
in new ideas.
In considering what will be left of the 1888
legislation when the emergency It was designed
to meet is over, let US remember what happened
to most of that designed to win the war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
A Woman's Viewpoint :

.nNE does not meet half so many
" neglected wives in the mag
azineS these days. The pious old
girl is not nearly so popular as
she used to be-
Once upon time there was no
literary formula so successful as
that which had for a heroine the
down-trodden, doormat kind of
woman, the unselfish mother type.
who always was being imposed ON by
the family and who trotted her feet
off waiting on them. counting her
self fortunate if she could be re-
menlbered in their prayers.
We shed freshets of tears over
her kind in the old days. Now, we
only want to give her a good, big
shake.
Certainly. distinct change of SEN
timent has been registered. Ad-
mirable as the long suffering ladies
of the past may have been, the pub
lie has lost patience with them. We
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON -

have come round to the sensible
conclusion that if wife is neg
lected and abused, it's two-thirds
her own fault.
.
A Nd I think we're right, al
1 n though I am forced to admit
that the ladies have much the best
of everything these days, at least
in the best sellers. Man now is the
misunderstood, the down trodden
individual. AS he thrives in the
magazines, he is the loveliast of
worms
And so long as girls and women
make up the majority of magazine
readers, and this vicarious power in
the pulps gives them thrills, just so
long, I suppose, will man remain a
worm-on the printed page.
In real life. however, it is desir-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
So They Say

I don't want to be other than
hopeful about our future, but I GER
tainly think that as a great power
England eliminated in the nine
tenth century-Dean Inge, Lon
don's Gloomy Dean"
I should no more call relation
which is taking place from abnor-
nally low price levels imitation than
I should call a man a mountaineer
when he is coming up from the
cellar.-Sir Josiah Stamp, director
Of the Bank of England, in address
at Chicago.
Africa is the only peaceful, quiet
continent, without tyrants, without
dictators, without danger of revolu-
ton or War.-Guglielmo Ferrero,
historian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

This is the second of q series of three
articles on summer health hazards
A FTER r-exposure to sunlight
L n as hazard in summer, the
next most important source of trou-
BILE is food and water.
In the first place, one should be
careful not to eat too much in
summer. Fruits and vegetables are
the most valuable bases for the
summer diet.
However, no one-sided diet is safe.
Every diet suitable for health and
growth must contain protein, carbo-
hydrate and fat, mineral salts and
vitamins in suitable proportions.
Milk and milk products should
form the basic substance in diets
particularly for children in sum-
mer, as well as in winter. How
ever, it is much more difficult to
keep milk satisfactorily in summer,
and parents must make sure that
refrigeration is adequate, that the
milk is pasteurized properly and
clean when it comes to the home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
Home BreV
A ND when thev

A ND when they talked of beer no
"A wild light came into my eyes.
The beverage so long had been de-
MED me that I all but had forgot
ten its bouquet. To be sure. I had
tried some unfortunate experiments
in home industry and sampled the
brew put out by the semi profess
SIGNALS
But as careful liver I felt shat
must reject these connections and
return to something like gin, since
there the difference between the
good and the awful is but a hairline
distinction
Beer became no more than a
memory Of bright college years. I
felt that it was an addiction which
never could be recaptured in matur-
ity. 1t was like long cheer, with
Team! Team Team!'' at the end.
1t was missing the last trolley and
riding back to Harvard square in a
hack. Indeed beer was my lost
youth, and even an act of congress
could not restore it.
At least so I thought. until 1
heard the sound of the big white
horses tramping the pavements in
the early dawn I felt moved by
both patriotism and nostalgia, and
1 resolved to give the stuff chance.
I knew it would require character
to take up again where I had left
of so many years ago
But I have character. I never
would have become a beer drinker
in the first place but for an iron
will. Back in the days of my school,
ing it was bitter and appalling. I
was all of IL Or 10 before I could
tolerate beer save as a chaser.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

Cereals are likely to be less in
demand in the summer, as are also
carbohydrates in general. Many
persons attempt to avoid hot foods
during the summer.
However, the eating of cold meals
regularly soon clogs the appetite,
and the cold plate of meats and
vegetables should be considered a
summer delicacy rather than rou-
tine item.
1t is particularly important to
make certain of the sources of food
supplies while travelling or in camps.
Every bit of food and drink dis
pensed in any camp or sold to
travellers should have passed a
proper food inspection.
It is safer for the traveller to de-
pend on well-packaged foods than
to take chances on uncontrolled
food purchased along the road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
CUBAN ACTION AT LAST

WITHIN a few weeks the Roosevelt adj
w ministration seems to have made more
Roadway toward an eventual settlement of the
Cuban problem than had been achieved in
the preceding four years Even though all
that has been accomplished so far is an agree
ment by the Machado dictatorship and the
revolutionists to accept mediation by the
American ambassador, that is a beginning
Credit for this apparently goes both to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

A-That name has been applied
to the battle of Lookout mountain,
which occurred Nov. "a, 1863.
Q-What kind of climate has
Panama?
Alt is entirely tropical, with
warm days and cooler nights, the
temperature varying from 68 70 95
degrees. The seasons are divided
into wet and dry.
Q-What is the displacement of
large United States submarine
when submerged?
Approximately 1850 tons.
Q-What American city leads in
the production of iron and steel?
A-PittSburgh furnishes Is per
cent of the nations steel and 20
per cent of the pig iron.
Estate the value of American
imports and the exports of 1882.
A-Imports, 81, 322 ,665, 900, and
exports, S1,bl Oh ,UUU.
Q-Are the native inhabitants
of the Philippine islands Amer
lean citizens?
A-No.
Q-What is the derivation of
boycott?
A-Captain Boycott, the first
notable victim of the system.
Q-How long is the coast line of
Florida?
A-Twenty-five hundred and
thirty statute miles.
Q-Has there ever been a race
driver who drove the entire 500
mile race without stopping for any
reason?
YeS-Dave Evans, in Diesel
car, drove the full race, without
stopping, in 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

a nd when the bell rang for this
L n second lap, I found that I
must start my education anew. At
the first sip I thought to myself,
And is this the stuff over which
good Democrats bled and died at
the Chicago convention" The rule
which helped me may be Of aid to
you. Take one bottle every morn
ing before breakfast After the
first week or so you won't mind so
much. Within a month conversion
will have been attained
Some of the complaints made
against beer are we'll founded. It
has no perceptible effect in stealing
away the brain or quoting any
other disturbing symptoms. Prob
ably you will never hear any man
say: I've just been in a terrible
automobile crash. I think my leg is
broken, and I'm sure my wife's
mother has been killed. Quick
give me a glass of beer"
And yet it does have an effect in
soothing minor tribulations. The
other day I lost, temporarily, the
title of champion golfer of the
Hunting Ridge Tom Thumb Coun-
try Club and one bottle of beer
was enough to wipe out the dis
grace and the venom In fact. I
went right out and took the title
back again.
1t has been customary for most
newspaper photographers to refer
scornfully to what the law allows.
They profess to believe that modern
beer is not up to the standard
known when we were very young.
Frankly, if my memory serves, there
is no great difference.
Just what the brewers did to keep
in practice I don't pretend to know,
but it seems to me that certain de-
voted experts must have remained
constantly in training till the great
day came.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
Questions and Answers

O-Give the number of daily
births and deaths in the world.
A-Professor E. M. East of Har-
ward university, estimates that
10000 are born and 100000 die
daily.
Q-What is carbon-monoxide?
Alt is produced by combustion
of carbon in a limited supply of
air. Coke, coal, gas, gasoline, all
give off this poisonous gas under
certain conditions.
GLOW should letter to the
King Of Siam be addressed?
A-His Majesty, King of PTa-
jadhipok, Bangkok.
Q-When did the Battle of the
Clouds occur in the Civil war?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
BALM IN GILEAD

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS executive order
4 for government reorganization heralds the
early passing of two bureaus at Washington
that never will be missed. One is the bureau
of prohibition, the other is the justice de-
partments bureau of investigation for all the
departments.
The function of issuing permits Is to be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17
What's the Pan?
lore Than One Deposition

BY More Than One Deposition
While Judge Cox is airing out
the affairs Of the Meyer Kiser
bank so thoroughly, why doesn't
he give us some information as
to the salaries paid Judge Garvin
and Walter Myers as receiver and
attorney for receiver? AS far as
We depositors and the general
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

Dr. E. A. Hoopton of Harvard announces
plans for survey to determine if American
people are growing taller. Seems like now is
hardly fair time to make the test, since
most Americans have been pretty short for
the last three years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

Dispatches say the London Economic con-
ference is veritabe babel Of tongues, with
delegates speaking English. French, German,
Spanish Russian, Chinese and other Ian
guages. The difficulty, however, lies in trying
to get them to talk turkey
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-17

Goldfish, says a scientist at Chicago's
Shedd aquarium, are just as happy when
being fed by stranger as when being fed by
their owner" Any fisherman can testify, how
ever, that a lot of other fish seem to object
to being. fed by his hook.