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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
FREIGHT TRAIN NUISANCE

HUNDREDS of motorists in Indianapolis,
principally those who must drive to their
homes on the west side of the city. are Won
dering what has happened to the city ordi-
nance against trains blocking crossings
In the last few years. and especially in the
last few weeks since the freight business again
has picked up there apparently is no effort
made to control the traffic-train situation.
A few drives to the western part OF the city
which would require crossing the tracks at
Belmont and Holmes avenues convinces most
motorists that the freights have the situation
we'll in hand.
The motorist halts his auto. Then. as the
cars on the tracks are switched back ard
forth he finally turns of the motor The
line OF autos, by that time, has increased 10
more than a dozen
Apparently the track is going to be cleared.
But, about the time one expects 70 be able to
drive on, another cut OF freight cars comes
rolling along
Not many days ago one motorist had his
windshield smashed when the gate dropped
suddenly at one crossing, caught him APP
preaching the tracks.
BY the watch some of these freight-auto
tieups last twelve or fifteen minutes Blowing
of auto horns serves only to irritate quieter
motorists who wait patiently, and arouses the
ire OF the switchmen.
While all this is going on. the driver of the
auto his wife and children sit in the car that,
by now, is surrounded by pillows of smoke
They listen to squealing cattle being side
steel wheels All in all. it becomes most IN
pleasant outdoor pastime on a summer eve
ming
But, checking back, it appears that the city
ordinance on the question really is not lost
It just isn't needed. Offhand, there is no
recollection Of the prosecution OF any railroad
company for blocking street crossings these
last few years.
The city ordinance reads:
ANY person in charge of any locomotive.
motor car, car or train OF cars on any steam or
electric railroad. who shall leave or permit TO
be left such locomotive. motor car. car or
train of cars standing so as TO obstruct any
street or sidewalk for any greater length of
time than three minutes. or occupy the same
in switching or for other purposes while such
train is moving. longer than the time above
specified, shall. on conviction be fined in any
sum not exceeding 500"
There's the law. Why isn't it enforced?
Probably. after fire apparatus or an ambu-
lance is held up at a crossing and there is
pressure brought to bear. the matter will be
solved. Or perhaps. some ordinary citizen
may have the nerve TO come TO the front for
his rights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
THE BLUE EAGLE HOME

THE American housewife. because she buys
u most of the goods sold at retail. can in a
large part, make or break the administrations
recovery program. If the housewife does not
buy those products and from those stores
displaying the Blue Eagle. the work OF the
national recovery administration will be
meaningless. Additional costs Of farm prod
ucts and industrial wages must be passed on
10 the same housewife who has been asked to
cooperate. She deserves protection from un-
due price increases. The administration in
tends that she shall have IT,
She is willing TO pay more If it goes TO
farmers and labor. but not 10 profteers The
enlightened merchants and manufacturers
realize that it is 10 their own interests TO pre-
vent profiteering. 1t is only the INSCRIPTIONS
minority that has TO be thwarted.
Instead OF waiting until abuses create scan
dals that would threaten the whole recovery
program. the administration has set up
machinery to prevent prohteering. The ONCE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
MONDAY AUG T. 1888
COAL MINE CHAOS

Il NE strike Of coal miners in western Penn
sylyania for union recognition at time
when President Roosevelt is trying to unite
employers and workers for concerted assault
on depression turns attention forcibly to that
unhappy industry
Differences between mine owners and
workers are perennial, and so deep-rooted thai
their peaceful settlement apparently is i'm
possible The present strike is much like many
many others that have preceded it There is
trouble over pcketing and the presence of
strkebreakers. the militia has been sent into
the coal fields TO keep order; there have been
outbreaks Of violence.
And while this is going on at the mines
further evidence Of the chaos in the indus
try is furnished by the preparation of half
dozen or more fair trade codes by different
groups Of operators for submission TO NRA.
The operators have been unable TO agree on
principles for general application to the in
dustry
Distress in the coal mining industry be-
gan before the depression became general.
The number Of miners employed has stead
lily decreased. partly because use of substi-
tutes has reduced the demand for coal and
partly through introduction Of machinery and
improved methods
The American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers recently estimated
that in nine years $500 miners had been
replaced by machines $4,000 by improved
methods. and that l495OO had been thrown
Out OF work by decreased demand. Miners
in 1880 numbered 100000.
Government figures showed working min
ers last spring were getting an average of
46 cents an hour for twenty-four hours a
week making their earnings sll a week En-
poyment was third less than in 1929 but
pay rolls were three-fourths less. Suffering
was acute and widespread
What to do with this large body of work
ers VINO can not find places in their own in
duStry and can not be absorbed by other in
dustries is a national problem. Congress had
IN mind the coal mining situation more than
any other when it authorized expenditure of
SIS COO 900 to provide subsistence farms for
displaced workers
Similarly the lot of operators has not
been happy one during the period in which
demand for coal has been steadily shrinking
All factors combined have produced a
problem that may require more federal inter-
vcntion than has vet been attempted The
stabilization of an essential industry is nee
eSsary for economic reasons, and conditions
among miners cry out for attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
STITCH, STITCH
stitch. stitch, stitch,
In poverty, woe, and dirt"


A CENTURY has passed since The Song of
the Shirt" startled England into realiza-
ton of the brutal conditions under which
clothing was manufactured Americans who
think of it at ALL at the present time probs bly,
have vague idea that much has been done
70 better conditions in this country
The United States department of labor
has completed a study of the shirt industry
in nine Of the principal manufacturing states
It reports that half of the 10000 workers
studied receive less than s74O for a week
In Delaware the median for workers was $3.50
a week; in Maryland, $780, in PENNSYLVANIA.
500.
Shirt making has been shifting from large
cities 10 small towns to get cheaper labor,
the survey showed, and also, apparently to
escape regulation of hours. wages and work
ing conditions Some Of the shirtmakers-al-
most all of them women-were working 57Ia
hours a week.
In one Pennsylvania establishment 80 per
cent Of the workers were under 10 years CT
age In the shirt industry, as in coats and
suits and mems clothing, a great number Of
contracting establishments are found where
the work is farmed out and responsibility for
labor is avoided Wages averaged s6.4O in
contracting plants as compared with $3.50 in
manufacturing plants
The national recovery administration can
put an end to these conditions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
Ole Swinnin'
Ole
BY MALO TOPMILLER

BY MALO TOPMILLER
Thar's time in ever life
When a teller gifts a passion,
JUS be dom somethin' difer'nt.
Tho he knows it means a lashin'
Fer tn pTankin'
What's a spankin'
When yer bankin'
On a lotta fun at splashin'
In tn ole swimmin holel
Ma tells pa; an mas pas law
Then she begins a-choosin'
Tn facts o. Twin out . pa:
An III things tibet she's confusin'-i
Pas s-Winkin',
Mas ablinkin.
And I'm a-thinkin'
Bout tn fun tibet I'm a-losin'
At tn ole swimmin' hole.
Pa admits thet its too bad.
I never seen my pa so mad:
III take a walk with this here lad,
An teach him what's tn good firm
bad"
Pa tells ma.
But IL was pa
An me tibet saw
tn fun together tibet we had
In tn ole swimmin' hole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
WHAT OF THIS MAN?

NTHAT does the New Deal mean for the
W man who has passed the 50-year mark.
OF even the man Of rs years?
Despite the multiplicity of problems that
oonfronts those seeking national recovery. the
worker who is too old" for the high speed
pace OF the present day should not join the
ranks Of the forgotten men
In Fl WAYNE canvass has been started
to obtain $4,000 signatures favoring modifica-
ton of a state law which it is claimed bars
men more than IS from industrial Jobs. Lead
ers declare that insurance regulations keep
older men out of factories
In this connection, it is interesting TO study
the story of a man who walked into The Times
Office today. He is man of fair education,
gained in the lower grades of public school and
through reading since he left the classroom.
He's Sc now, with his wife as his only
dependent
7 vent TO work when was -" he says
"and I've worked with machines ever since.
know the insides and the outsides of ma
chimes like scholar knows book.
I worked eighteen years for one of the
oitys biggest industries. Then I was en-
ployed at another large factory in a superin-
tendents job for time.
Then came the depression and the bar
because of my age. For two years I've had no
Job I've tried selling candy and other things.
but I'm not much OF a talker. So I'm out and
I stay out
He declares that at every place he has
applied they won't hire a man even over 40.
NO one is wanted who has a touch of gray in
his hair" says this luckless worker.
i am in the prime of life and no one has
& right 10 deprive me of the right to work" he
concluded.
What can be done for this man? What
can be done for the thousands like him?
In many trades most of them in fact, men
over 20 or even over SO are at the peak of their
ability far more competent than workers who
have nothing to recommend them but their
youth Il is to these men that those guiding
the New Deal should give serious thought.
. They have the right 10 work and to live and
to be valuable members Of the community.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
Red but Also STUFFED

IN order TO prove this the COM
4 nuniSt party in New York has
dug up as its candidate Bob Minor
am not going to contend that Mi
nor is quite up TO the high standard
set by his Tammany rival or even by
Mrs Whitmans entry. but when
ever n show is held for stuffed
shirts, Bob has an excellent chance
Of receiving honorable mention.
even if he fails 10 get the blue rib
bon. He is. in fact. a sort Of red
ORyan.
Mr.. Minor qualified with high
honors when last heard him. There
was a meeting at the Rand schooi
TO protest against the expulsion of
students from City college who had
been disciplined for taking part in a
pacillst demonstration and impeding
the umbrella shots Of Or. Robin
son. II was such a good cause that
partiSanS from many camps came TO
speak at the meeting.
Since the Rand school is con-
Sidered enemy territory By the
Communists. Bob Minor entered the
hall gingerly and sat apart from all
his fellow speakers. Most of those
on the program were students and
jhey spoke intelligcntly and warm
" about the fight they had to face
under the harsh rule of a Wngcistic
faculty. And while the session was
on, Bob Minor sat taking notes
reams and reams OF them.
To my horror when he was called
up 70 speak ne carried his theis With
him and read it from beginning to
end. Il was. admit. an original.
He MADE no reference to ANYTHING
which had gone before. Wen. let's
be fair-in his opening sentence he
mentioned the College Of the City of
New York Just once. From there
he leaped to the American marines
IN Haiti
He eXpounded Karl Marks theory
OF interest and at the end Of the
first hour raised both hands Cra-
maticaly and shouted. What we
need Is not words, but action"
There were several other c. c. N. y.
meetings in the next few days but
Mr. Minor, the clarion crier for ac-
ton, abSented himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
LANDMARK ON WAY OUT

ID EMOvAL Of Landmark from the Mile
IN Square seems assured as the city coming
board meets this afternoon to consider petit
ton for razing the Denison hotel at Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio streets.
For sixty-three years the old hotel has
held its place on the downtown corner and
for as many years ii has been known through
out state and nation as one Of the city's
famous hostelries
It is shame that the building must be
sactihced by its owner. Norman a. Perry,
because of present business conditions and
not because the city is progressing TO such
extent that an Anticipated downtown hotel is
ready for replacement by modern structure.
The building has lived its life. II has beer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07

extremely red it may be desirable
TO keep the head raised.
A person who has tainted should
have plenty Of fresh, cool air, cold
water applied TO the face or chest
as stimulant TO recuperative ac-
ton. Sometimes the inhalation Of
smelling salts serves 70 stimulate the
breathing Of the patient and in that
way to aid his recovery.
The usual frst-aid remedy, found
in most family medicine chests. for
attacks of fainting is half a tea
spoonful Of aromatic spirits Of am
monia given in water. A. person
who has tainted should be kept quie.
and recumbent until fully recovered
II permitted to get up and walk too
soon serious results may follow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
1t Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK. Aug. This year
! y seems TO be season for
stuffed shirts IN politics When Her
bert Hoover went down 20 defeat 7
had the hope that perhaps the de-
bao.e marked the end Of this curl
GUS sort of type casting.
Mr. Hoover was. OF course.
thirty-Second degree Stuffed-sh.r..
but since his rise and iall We have
seen the emergeuce OF several hun
dred-percenters Mayor OBren is
a rare specimen lie meets every
requirement
This must account for the strange
quality Of some Of the men men,
toned as his opponent. General
Organ can meet the mayor IN his
own field and almost match him.
A stuffed-Shirt is person VINO
doesn't know what IL is all about.
but still insists on going through the
motions.
The fraternity is extremely demo
cratic in that it includes members
Of widely varying political and eco
monte belief Stuffcd-shir can be
either radical or rcactionary. or any
where IL between.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
A Woman's Viewpoint

THE only thing don't like about
l. the industrial recovery move
ment is the military insignia with
which it is being decorated.
A good many people. I feel sure.
are skittish about getting trapped
again into the sort OF emotiona ism
they once suffered and that can. as
they know. proceed so quickly from
fever TO delirium.
I hope, therefore. that those of
us who are completely and honestly
in accord with the Presidents plan
can think up some other words and
phrases TO describe and gain In
terest for il.
Militaristic terms will frighten of
lot OF good Americans. They
know we actually did not have CO.
operation during the war epidemic.
What We called cooperation was
coercion. And out Of that coercion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07

IS constructive rather than de-
structive: helpful instead of harm
full. II means to give succor.
support and hope 10 the common
man, whereas militarism has only
offered him death and despair
Why then must We think of our
selves as an army carrying banners
or bayonets2 Let's visualize our
selves. instead. as workers massed
together to construct a protective
dixie that will keep out the food
waters now threatening TO engulf
US, with the President and his aids
as our efficient directors.
The titles Of war will not serve
US now. Our faces are set in another
direction, toward unselhshness and
amity. And the cause in which We
have enlisted is a thousand times
more worthy than any for which
the drums have ever sounded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
Dizziness Ascribed to Numerous Causes

IF the sense Of dizziness merely
l. comes and goes and yields quick
ly to proper hygiene such as suit
able attention TO the diet, the di-
gestion, the action of the kidneys
and correction of disorders of Wis
ion, one need not be disturbed.
However, if dizziness is repeated
again and again it may be due to
insufficient blood supply to the
brain, insufficient action Of the
heart. tumor growing in connec-
ton with the semi-circular canals
or some hidden disturbance else
where.
A feeling Of dizziness and faint
ing, if repeated. demands careful
scientific study. OF course. some
people faint more easily than do
others, Some faint with the slight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Of the consumers counsel Of the agricultural
adjustment administration is prepared to
supply weekly quotations on warranted price
increases for food and textile commodities
which 90 into the household budget
Mayors in more than 5000 cities have been
asked TO orgarize nonpartisan consumers
committees TO prevent price abuses.
If the consumers counsel can supply these
committees with adequate information, the
American housewife intelligently can challenge
unfair price increases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

est emotional shock. Some people
faint at the sight Of blood, others
faint quickly from exhaustion.
weakness, a blurring Of vision, a
failure Of circulation so that the
face becomes pale. and the pres
ence Of cold perspiration. The mo-
ment person faints he should be
placed fiat on the back and his
head lowered.
The color of the face is an indi-
Gator to some extent Of the blood
supply TO the brain. If the face is
pale the head should be lowered un-
til the color Of the face improves.
If, on the other hand. the face is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE

A SUPREME court for business is needed
during the war against depression That.
in effect. is what the President has in his new
super-board Of mediation.
It's job is twofold 1t will settle strikes in
the period before individual codes are com
pleted. It will arbtrate differences under the
codes In the sense that an Interpretation of
a law or code often becomes a virtual law
making process, this new board will have
much more power than the usual arbitration
board in labor dispute General Hugh John
son. recovery administrator, predicts that the
arbitration board will be kept very busy
1t will be.
But that does not mean the country is
threatened by general industrial warfare The
coal and steel industries, where workers have
been terrorized recently are exceptions Those
particular Mellon and Morgan companies have
long anti-labor records. 1t is neither fair nor
accurate 10 Judge industry as whole by its
worst elements.
Industry as whole has been remarkably
alert, intelligent and patriotic in cooperating
with the national recovery administration
SO has labor
The fact that the employers advisory board
Of NRA and the labor advisory board agreed
unanimously on the personnel for the new
board Of mediation is typical of the spirit Of
teamwork between capital and labor
The motive IS not so much q sentimental
-across-cl ass-barriers emotion as 1t is
hard, cold reasoning that the alternative of
recovery is disaster for all.
If this cooperative spirit continues on the
part of industry and labor, the work of the
mediation board in settling strikes and lock-
outs should not be heavy. But there prob
ably will be vast field for this board in pre-
venting friction by clarifying codes and rec
ommending notifications where iniustices
exist.
Mere existence of such tribunal to near
their case is one Of the greatest boons which
could be bestowed upon workers in anti-union
plants where the boss is a kind of combined
Mussolni- Hitler, from whom hitherto there
has been no appeal.
Judged by its personnel. the new board
merits public confidence, just as it has been
received enthusiastically by President Roose-
welt. Senator Robert Wagner of New York
as neutral chairman, is a happy selection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07

in trying to devise ways and means
to evade its far-reaching possible
ties, no one need doubt the ultimate
success of the purpose. Worrying
about red ink in the ledgers can
not help the righteousness of the
movement. There are 10000. 900
men and women who have oeen in
the red for two years.
BY oil Dealer.
The blanket code does not seem
to cover the entire bed. particularly
in the oil business. If you will
take look around you will find
that the small companies and
dealers have up signs of the MIRA
but can you find any big firms. and
some of the other larger companies
and larger Independents? No.
If this is to have teeth in it. as
promised, let's see something done
about this. We certainly can't
have much confidence in the work
ing Of this thing when it is not
made to apply without favor-or is
it fear?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-07
Keeping the Franchise

II took me quite little while TO
Il get any understanding Of what
the speech was all about. Then I
realized that to Mr.. Minor a call 10
the platform is something like
a notice summoning a student 10
a quiz. II IS Mr.. Minors notion that
he Is being asked TO pass a regents
test in the quality Of his Marxianism.
He is deathly afraid that some one
VIII accuse him of not being ortho-
COX, and so he spends several ago
nizing hours before each address
examining up on the catchWords.
New York City will be very lucky
i Mr.. Minor condescends to men
ton II as much as once during his
coming campaign Unless all signs
and portents fail. his appeal will be
purely theological. Like another
Billy Sunday, he will dish out the
Communist brand Of raspberry pie
in the sky for the delectation of
very hungry men and women.
l think this is a pity. for the
Communist party has fought effec-
lively in many good causes. It de-
serves all the credit in the world for
what it has done in the Scots
boro case. Il has been a very
effective agent in sharpening the
night Tor adequate local relief.
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BY MRS. WALTER FEsGusox

there grew up menaces as the ma
tional councils of defense which. by
and by, Matched out the malodorous
Ku-Klux Khan and a good many
other unjust and ugly offspring.
We can't endure that sort Of
thing again We must not have this
noble endeavor bear any resem-
blance to the 1918 episode. For the
simple reason that We are now try
ing to get ourselves out of the mess
that militarism got us into.
THIS recovery plan is a recovery
= from war and It's after effects
and not, let us hope. an easy way
of sliding again into a belligerent
frame OF mind. For that reason it
deserves new names since il Is
entirely different in purpose and
aim from military movements. It