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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
of the Wilson congress seem "fadeout" by
comparison.
BOOKS BURN; THOUGHTS
ENDURE

Is almost like going back into the middle
ages to read Of Germanys attempts to
put the torch to all books which do not con-
form to the notions Of Adolf Hitler
Those bonfires. dotting public squares from
one end of Germany to the other, may have
seemed to the Nazis like the beacon fires of
new day, day in which everything non
German" is to be destroyed
In reality, they marked the camps of an
army engaged in the most hopeless of all lost
cause.-the attempt to make force triumph
over the ideas of men
1t has been tried before, over and over
again. Roman emperors and Spanish in
quisitors have tried it. Russian cars and
French kings, courts civil and relgious-and
it never has worked
Books have been burned and their authors
have been burned, all the resources Of great
Kingdoms have been enlisted TO stamp out
ideas that rulers did not like; and nothing of
permanence has ever been accomplished
The fight against a book against an idea,
against song, is one fight in which ultimate
defeat is written in the stars.
When a man gives book to the world
provided that his book has real meat in it
and not just tale told to amuse idle minds
he contributes something which his fellows
will use as long as it contains anything of
value for them.
book is the embodiment Of dream, the
clothing in words of vision, the incalna-
ton of an idea; and it is one Of the ironieS
of existence that such things, utterly lacking
in material substance, are among the worlds
inperishables.
To be sure, you, can take the book and
burn it. You can take the author and burn
him. too if you like; you can send soldiers
into homes and dispossess any people you ind
reading the book or talking about it.
But you accomplish nothing, aside from
adding momentarily to the worlds stock of
pain and its list of heroes. History will re-
member you only because you tried the i'm
possible.
And the thing you fought against will go
on working, as long as there is any work for
it to do.
Your bonfres will die down and their ashes
will grow cold; but the flame that was the
book itself will keep on burning as long as
men anywhere need its light
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Left Hand and Right

FINDER the circumstances, we
~ have the almost fantastic stu
alton in which one arm of the city
government carts furniture down to
the sidewalk and expels family,
whereupon the disposSessed are ex-
pected to go to another department
of that same city government. with
the dim hope of being put back in
again in some other place.
Moreover, the cat and mouse
quality in the administration of re-
lief has resulted in the filling up
of the poorest types Of tenement
houses. The owner of the worst
slum tenement is the only one will
ing to take the risk of taking in
the dispossessed, because his prop
erty is in such condition that even
one months rent is so much vel
vet
In addition to the empty apart
mentS Of the city, there also are
the huge number of hotels which
are for the most part very slightly
annoyed by the presence of guests
in recent months. If the federal
govrnment is going to hire marginal
farm lands to raise the price of
wheat and keep the farmer from
losing his home, I see no reason
why it should not also take over
marginal apartment houses and
hotels and insure the industrial
tenement house dweller Of some
place to lay his head.
Some may object that housing
should be matter for the munich
pality of the state. Others may
urge that the whole thing ought to
be left to private initiative.
Private initiative being what it
is, I see no great hope from that
quarter, but, whatever method is
used, it certainly is not beyond hui
man ingenuity to house everybody
in any community which has grown
real estate poor through vacancies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
WHERE BLAME BELONGS

THAT Pennsylvania politician who criti-
n csed Mrs. Clifford Pinchot for joining a
demonstration by striking sweatshop workers
seems to have got his argument bit mixed.
In his criticism, this politician protested
that such demonstrations seek to arouse class
hatreds" and asserted that their leaders are
trying to array classes of Americans against
each other"
The obvious retort, of course, is that it is
the sweatshop itself and not the demonstra-
ton against it, which does those things.
If class hatred is springing up in sweatshop
centers, one can hardly wonder at it; but it
hardly seems intelligent to put the blame,
not on the sweatshops, but on those who pro-
test against them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Bell Methods
BY Another Bell Employe.

BY Another Bell EmpIoye.
I want to thank Bell Employe"
for his letter of May II. I hope
the company doesn't find out his
identity-nor mine, for the COM
pany does a. lot of ''pussyfooting"
on the employees. 1t has to do this
to protect its methods toward its
workers. What the company may
mistake for loyalty on the part
of its employees is simply their
helpless obedience because the
company holds the whiphand as
jobs no longer exist for the dis
satisfied. Our company organiz-
alton meetings for the workers
are a grim joke because company
officials have an ironclad power
of veto on any suggestions to
their disliking We sit at these
meetings and listen to "hooey"
and we are supposed to believe
that the company decisions we
are forced to accept are in &C
cord with our own views.
The company is making profit I'M
fairly when it cans" an employe
rather than reduce dividends. The
majority of stockholders are much
better off" than the wage earn
ers. There is a lot of difference
between just reducing the income
of stockholders and cutting off
entirely workingman's sole
means of support.
But the company promises to
do more kicking out" Gf it is
forced to reduce rates. instead of
reducing dividends, as other COM
panies have done. I know I am
lucky to have job, but didn't
appreciate it when my friends
were discharged for the sake of
dividends.
I have read in magazines where
Socialists speak Of the "exploita-
ton Of workers. I am beginning
to understand the meaning of
this phrase.
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Mothers Dan

A ND so a vast acreage Of shell
"A tered space is left to mice and
moths and whatever stray ghosts
there may be. while men and women
trudge mean streets seeking some
place into which they can go from
under the stars.
It doesn't sound very sensible
And it isn't getting any more SEN
Sible, for with the diminutiOn of re-
lief funds Commissioner Taylor has
announced that it no longer will be
possible to supply even the needieSt
with funds for rent.
With a due appreciation Of that
gentleman's difficulties, it does not
seem to me that the policy Of public
welfare has always been dictated by
inspired wisdom. I am told by
Mary Fox:
The procedure during the whole
winter has been that when a fam
lily was actually on the point of evic-
ton, a check would be ISSUED by
the home relief station to enable
the family to get another flat.
L have known of families" she
adds, who have hunted a week be-
fore they would find a landlord who
would take them in once he saw
the home relief check The land
lords position was: If take YOU
in, will have to keep you and your
family for several months, at the
end of which time it will be necessa-
ry for me to pay city marshal 81
to Sc to get you out. I'd rather have
an empty flat than accept some
body as a tenant who offers one
months rent for three months oc-
c1IDancV'
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

in the effort to get hollseholders to spend a
few hundred dollars apiece in fixing up their
places, but the one difficulty all of them run
against is the shortage Of financing.
Only the people with money in the bank
have been able to buy repairs to their homes.
and this number has been reduced sadly by re-
cent events in the banking field Even these
people practically have had to buy their re-
pairs for cash, because of the inability of
dealers and contractors to carry them on time
payments.
The cost Of what financing has been avail
able for home modernization has run as high
as Is per cent.
Here, surely, is a department of the con-
struction industry which the administration
we'll might turn to for immediate stimuIa-
ton. If the government is to lend for new
construction can it not lend with equal safety
upon existing property?
No long and complex engineering studies
would be needed to start the work Of mod
ernlzlng Every man knows what he would
ike to repair or rebuild or add if he knew
where he could get the money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
The Message Center : :

confidence, sacrificing months of
interest on their original deposits.
Many years ago, raw rumor
started a great run" on the So
ciety for Saving, one of the oldest
and best banks of Cleveland, Of
which my comparatively young
friends, Myron T. Herrick, later the
famous ambassador to France, was
the head.
There we're lines Of anxious de-
posters from the banks entrance
for four blocks, mostly wage-earn-
ers, hOuse-help and others Of mod
crate means. My meeting Herrick
led to this little dialog, which yours
truly never forgot after he became
able to make a bank deposit
Cousin Myron, they seem to He
seriously raiding your bank"
Cousin Paine, they are. We are
paying and will pay every dollar
demanded" They, with smile,
Herrick added: 1T looks as if our
bank would gain something like
$4,000 through interest sacrificed
by those depositors you see in line
there"
Verify, It's an i'll wind that blows
no sound bank good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Club Feet Can Be Treated at Birth

proper use of the foot has made the
correction permanent.
In curing club-foot, the competent
orthopedic surgeon is likely to man
ipulate it so as to get it in proper
position and to hold it in place by
suitable bandages, adhesive straps,
plaster Paris casts, or braces.
After the correction is established,
massage, exercise, and modification
Of the shoes tend to hold the feet
in proper position and to maintain
suitably the healthful condition Of
the tissues.
In some instances it is impossi-
BILE to control club-foot by manipu-
lative measures and the use of casts
and braces alone.
In these cases it may be necessary
to perform surgical operations for
readjustment of the tissues or even
complete reconstruction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

THE pet theory by which girls
Il are bred for marriage runs
something like this: Give in to your
husband in small things and you
can gain all the large victories
while he does not realize it.
In short, cheat him, if possible. I
find that a great many things we
tell young women about training for
wifehood are equally ignoble and re-
fleet small credit upon us as honor
able members Of an intelligent
society.
Besides, this idea, grand as it
sounds, doesn't work. There always
are plenty of occasions when the
woman, too. must give up the big
victory. And why not? Is it de-
cent code that teaches us to win the
notable trays while husbands are
content with petty conquests?
What's more, 1 do not think we
can build up enduring relationships
upon any rule that the husband al
ways must be given his head in
trivial affairs. In marriage, as in
life, it is the sum total Of little
things that makes up the vast load
Of wrong that by and by becomes
unenal rable..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
It Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BROUN

NEW YORK. May 16.-The tene-
L Y ment house department lust
has made a survey which shows that
New York city has 1,4Ol,O7S apart
mentS.
That is a great many apartments,
and I suppose they range from
twenty-four rooms, with balconies
and roofs, down to alcove, bedroom,
and bath. 1t is not surprising to
learn that there are more than
enough to go round. According to
the recent census, POI 900. or little
more than IA per cent, are without
present tenants.
With such a wealth of equipment.
it is curious that one great city of
New York should be faced with a
housing problem. But the plain fact
Of the matter is that. even though
vast armies of halls and kitchen
cites and diving rooms yawn for
even so much as the echo of hui
man foOtstep. each day the mar
shaIs men make their rounds and
carry through evictions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
A WOman's VIEWPOINT ::
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

Most of the tragedies of life grow
out Of tiny and seemingly unimpor-
tant incidents that rasp the nerves
and ruin the disposition. I venture
to say that more women have lost
the love of husbands by nagging
about inconsequentials than by any
lack of the solid virtues.
And a woman always can forgive
one brutal unfaithful incident more
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Cats Epitaph
BY MARGARET E. BRINFR.

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER
II in some far-off, future day
A strangers feet should pass this
way,
And if his gaze should seek the
ground,
Wondering what lies beneath this
moundt
Know that a cat Of humble birth.
Claims this small portion of the
earth.
But I thought not Of pedigree,
When. like child, he came 10 me,
A lonely waif whose piteous cries
Were mirrored in his frightened
eyes.
And so I beg that you will not
Defame or desecrate this spot
By ruthless act or idle jeer,
Though but cat lies buried here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

sufficient treatment by competent
physician will bring about cure.
The chance of cure depends on
the age of the child when first seen,
the type of degree of the deform-
ity, the persistence Of the treat
ment, and similar factors.
Active treatment may be neces-
sary for months and care and SUI
pervision for years.
The first treatment for club-foot
usually is applied at birth or during
infancy. The object is to correct
the deformity as soon as possible
and to maintain the correction until
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
So They Say

German education has been
purged of smut and dishonesty
Student Leader Guitar after Ger
man book burning spectacle.
I will not wear knee breeches.-
Robert Worth Bingham, United
States ambassador to Britain.
The government can produce EVIL
dence that Martinova has been dis
tributing radical literature-John
Northup, immigration inspector,
at deportation hearing.
Prohibition officials have esti-
mated that the annual consumption
of bootleg whisky as a beverage has
been about 1O0,OOOO00 gallons
Harold Jacoby, distiller.
In modern industrial development
we have largely lost sight Of the
fact that the primary reason for
industrial enterprise is to furnish a
livelihood to workers-Donald r.
Richberg, counsel for railroad labor
organizations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

A BOUT rs per cent of club feet
a present at time of birth are
of the type in which the toes point
downward and inward.
This occurs once in a thousand
births; IS per cent are in males,
and in ST per cent Of cases the dis
turbance is present only on one
side.
The exact cause of club-foot is
not known, but it is said to be due
sometimes to wrong position of the
child previous to birth. In previous
centuries such children were per-
mitted to go crippled through life.
Nowadays this is not tolerated, be-
cause it is realized that early and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Moth and Rust Corrupt

a ND Sunday was Mothers day,
n festival devoted to sending
flowers or candy to the appropriate
relative.
But in any case there were q
great many mothers of the east side
and elsewhere who found that their
token of the day was an eviction
notice. There are thousands of
families which do not even answer
knock at the door for fear 1t may
be marshal.
And 201,406 apartments are va
cant. Who says that man is a rea-
sonable being?
Copyright. 1888 by The Time0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

(TimeS readers are inrited to eTprsSs
their UietcS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to $50 qcords or le88.J
BY J. E. Garnett.
May I express my sentiments in
regard to an item that I saw pub
lished in your paper, stating that
Indiana bakers are intending to
raise the price Of bread l to 10 cents
a loaf?
I think that 10 cents for pound
of quality bread is fair price. Here
are few Of the things that it takes
to manufacture bread and put it on
the market:
1t takes the money, building,
machinery, electricity, fuel and wa
ter. 1t takes the ingredients for
the bread. In the bakery there are
several departments, maintenance,
stockroom, bakers, wrapping, check
ing, order clerk, garage, trucks, sales
and office. Figure how much it
takes to operate the departments
and see how much it would cost for
you to manufacture a loaf of bread
Some people think all you do is
buy bushel of wheat, cut it open
and dump it out, and there is your
bread.
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BY r. F. Paine.

BY r. F. Paine.
If bank depositors took on con-
fldence as easily as they scare over
hearsay, bank operation would be
smooth and comfortable and, right
at this time, there would be no
necessity to urge the folks to buy;
and you will feel an uplift in pros
perity when the folks with deposits
go to buying with spirit.
Nothing so well demonstrates the
sheepiness in many folks as does a
run on a bank.
Late last month, with two of the
city's big banks still in paddock
holiday" unfounded rumors started
run" on the Cleveland Trust
Company. When his lobby became
pretty we'll filled with pale-faced
depositors, the banks president an
nounced that the bank would re-
main open for Withdrawals for two
hours longer Next day Cleveland
Trusts business was normal.
But the depositors who withdrew
their money had lost three months
interest on their deposits in a per-
fectly sound bank.
During depression" of twenty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

years ago, baseless rumors started
depoSltors after their money in
big Cincinnati bank. Hundreds
went down the street five or six
blocks and re-deposited their with
drawals in branch bank Of the
very bank in which they had lost
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Questions and
Answers

Q-From what college was Her
bert Hoover graduated and what
degree did he receive?
Ale was graduated from
Stanford university in 1895 and
received his A. B. in engineering.
Q-What country has the
largest area?
A--The Union Of Socialist So
Wet Republics has land area of
8,l44,228 square miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

New law permits physicians a ninety-day
supply OF liquor for patients After twelve
years. at last the reward of patience.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Wearing a top hat in Vienna now makes
one subject to arrest In America it only makes
one subject to jest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Modern office boy no longer takes after
moons OF to go to grandmother's funeral.
Granny now insists on going to the ball game
with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Story of the frying-out of Greece in three
words: Alexander, Constantine, insult.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

hoover drove the bonus boys out of Wash
ington with bayonets and gas. Roosevelt nlans
70 orlve them out by Offering them work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Woman stood up in the house gallery the
other day and yelled, "You can't spend what
you haven't got" That never bothered con-
gress-they can spend what the rest of us have
got.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Works Program Due Next Week saws
headline Hey! We thought they'd already
given US the works.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16
Daily Thought

The vine is dried up, and the fig
tree languisheth: the pomegranate
tree, the palm tree also, and the
apple tree. even all the trees of the
field are withered: because Joy is
withered away from the sons OF
men.-Joel lip.
THERE is chord in every human
l. heart that has a sigh in it if
touched aright.-Ouida.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

If love is really what makes the world 90
ROUND perhaps that's why SO many of the
young folks are dizzy at this time of year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

This is the last of three articles by
DR.. Fishbein on ailments of the feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Illinois supreme court rules the state sales
tax invalid. Illinois citizens reported saying
they hope it never RECEIVERS at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

--latest figures indicate that $11 600 Oo0 ooo
of the $22OCO,OOO,oOO in gold mined since 1892
can not be located. People are so careless!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

President Roosevelt may not make a hit
every time he comes to bat, but his average
so far is certainly way above 80.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

The neighbours daughter says she's crazy
to get riding habit But what she really
needs is the walking habit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Funny, but no matter how much girls hate
each other these days they always seem ready
TO make up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

II wine is mocker, as the Scriptures say,
then the new 80 wine will be pretty hollow
mockery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-16

Latest style dresses have rows and rows
OF hooks and eyes. Getting ready for ma
tion-wide hookup.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-26

put themselves under Nazi discipline.
They began corresponding with the
Nazi center in Munich, and agreed
to submit to the will of Hitler. in
return for the right to organize in
America as his official American sec
ton.
Garage Worker Tries and Fails
George Stoltzenfels, garage
worker, was given the task of Or
ganizing these groups and establish
ing discipline in accordance with Hit
ler's "a points. Stolzenfels turned
out to be rather timid fellow, with
out enough of the brass which the
Nazi whip for America would need
to have. He never attempted to
organize the groups outside of New
York, and soon he gave up his task
in New York as well.
He turned his command over to
another worker, Paul Manager, who
had more of taste for Nazi rowdy-
ism. He had great ambitions to
establish the famous Prussian dis
cipline among his followers, and he
entrusted the job of organizing a
strong-arm Storm Troop to one of
his lieutenants named Meyer, another
admirer of the Prussian goose-step.
Both Manager and Meyer had diff
ncult time of it, however, until Hit