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The Washington times., 1933-06-26
Ship Board COunsels
In Private Practice

Chauncey G. Parker, general
counsel Of the United States
Shipping Board, and E. Cortlandt
Parker, assistant counsel of the
Shipping Board, have resigned
from their positions, it was
learned today. They will both
enter the general practice of law.
The Washington times., 1933-06-26

0U COAC SN4u
mines.
The former
h e a v y
W e i 6 h t
boxing cham
pion isn't 60
ing to buy
the mines
at least, not
yet W he
might invest
a little. He
said:
Boxing is
still the one
thing I know
mnSk ahnnfO
The Washington times., 1933-06-26
THREE RINGS STOLEN

A wedding ring and two din
ner rings of the total value of
$1,810 have been stolen from a
dresser in the bedroom of Vera
Vallee, 900 block F St. S. w., she
told police last night.
The Washington times., 1933-06-26
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Former Grid Star OFF
On GoId-Hunting Trip

BOSTON, June 26.-Charles
j. Hubbard, jr., former Harvard
football captain, and three Bos-
The Washington times., 1933-06-26
FRITZ Scheff Faces
Loss Of Her Home

NEW YORK. June 26.-It
does not seem so long ago that
FRITZ Scheff thrilled big audi.
The Washington times., 1933-06-26
Gene Tunney Inspects
Ontario Gold Mines

SCHUMACHER, Ontario, June
26.-Gene Tunney has come
here by airplane to take a look
The Washington times., 1933-06-26
AUXILIARY TO MEET

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
District Fire Department will
meet at 8 o'clock in the board
room Of the District Building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
THE ECONOMY RACKET

President Hoover says appropriation bills far
REPORTED in the house of representatives call for
pendures $163 0OOO 900 greater than his budget esti
mates The Democratic appropriations committee
of the house says it has saved SOC 877 9O8 from Hoo
ver's budget estimates.
And between the two the citizen who foots the
bill is left bewldered, uncertain whether his money
is being saved Or wascd.
The confusion has arisen because the budget
was prepared in a new way this year. After Presi-
dent Hoover had submitted the budget and the
house committee had started hearings it, he sent
up revised budget containing recommendations
for savings by changing existing laws-Such as
wage cut for all federal employees and rewriting
veteran laws.
When President Hoover makes his statements
exooriating congress for failing to economic, he
uses for the purpose Of comparison the lower figures
submitted in the second message, dependent on leg
islative enactment which has been refused by con-
gress.
The appropriations committee in making its reply
statement uses the original budget figures. The dis
parity between the two actually may not be great
as it appears for the senate economy committee has
made general recommendations for new economy
legislation which, if adopted will bring the two much
closer together.
One outstanding fact-the most important fact
to the Taxpayers lodged by both the statement
of the President and the appropriations committee
reply.
1t is this:
Congress is making no real progress toward cut
ting the biggest single item of federal expense the
item that will have to be cut if any substantial
amount of saving is made in the federal budget.
This is the billion-dollar appropriation made
nually for veterans. In the 1884 budget the vet
a. ms get more than onefourth of the entire federa
"a Law Instead of being cut, their new appropria-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
SATURDAY. FEB. 4. 1893.
POWER TO ACT

Governor Paul McNutt has authority to re-
vamp the government Of the state wipe out unneces
sary jobs get quick action any plan for economy
and put through any program that will money
for the taxpayer.
The action Of the legislature almost unani-
nous. That no protest came from citizens indicates
that popular opinion approves. 1t also strongly
suggests that the public has such faith in the Gov
ernor to believe that he will the power wisely
At last, there is power to act. With that power
comes a responsibility that might brighten timd
man. For authority and responsibility always go
together
It is the only legislative way to return to real
representative government.
One of the chief obstacles to efficient government
has been the fact that there are too many elective
officials.
In the long ballot it is impossible for the citizens
to vote inteigenty. The result has been the eleva
ton TO minor offices of the unfit and the greedy
Just why the ballot should be numbered with such
offices as reporter for court, county surveyor,
or coroner in the name of democratic government
is unexpainable
If attention of the public could be conferred
one or two Offices there would be a better chance
to keep out the unfit
In this county the fact that all The citizens of
the county vote for eleven members OF the legisla
ture and four or FIVE senators does not make for
real representation of the people in the legislature
If the county were divided into districts that
the voters would vote for but one, there could be
a careful scrutiny of the candidates by their own
neighbors who would know better their qualifca-
tions that could voters in distant sections of the
county.
The short ballot, impossible until the people get
a new Constitution, is the short road to better
government.
Until then, Capitalization Of authority in the
Governor should get results If any part of the
machinery of government breaks down. the voters
know where to look for relief, 1t will be in the
Governors Office.
Misuse of power will bring resentment. Results
will bring the proper applause and approval.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
Just Plain Sense
, BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE BUY American" campaign has many
curious aspects, especially where women are
concerned.
1 have heard and read many excellent points
in its favor by those whose sincerity can not be
doubted. Nevertheless, I still am not convinced
that it is an intelligent movement that it will help
our business, that it ever will be more than
mere vocal outburst.
AS usual, however, am open to conviction.
shall believe in it when American women cease
desiring and preferring clothes from Paris design
erS. Knowing my SEX am sure that the alluring
cut of collar, the set of sleeve effectively can
destroy all sales resistance built up by months of
newspaper balyhoo.
Trade animosities vanish national differences
disappear hatredS are forgotten in that great
feminine leveling process known as keeping up with
the styles.
1t only yesterday I heard a saeSlady say
to customer who had tried on exactly thirty hats
Il kept count, This, madame is so smart SO
chic. And F naming a we'll known Amer
lean importer, who just has returned from Paris
with these fetching models, tells me it is 60
ing to be a popular number"
NOV if you could keep the Mr.. F-s from
getting across the Atlantic. something might
be done about this. But pray do not rely upon
the moral strength of the American woman in such
dilemma.
When it comes to deciding between a smart
looking French chapeau and headpiece that may
be of excellent American line, but with faint last
yearishly rural look, she'll never be patriotic
1t is, I believe, the utmost folly for twentieth
century people of any land to delude themselves
into believing they exist without trade or other
friendly contacts with the inhabitants OF other
countries.
When we recall that all the worlds discovery
. and progress were made primarily by merchants
who sought new markets for their goods, We can
see the difficulty of this course.
Now that nations linked together more
closely than ever before by swift transportation
facilities is it not stupid revert to an attitude
that belongs economically and socially speaking to
the Dark Ages?
OF course if you haven't anything to sell, you
afford not to buy, but the logical >end of Buy
American" is the cessation Of all worfa trade And
what would you call that, progress or rerogresson?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
THE BARRY CHARGES

Inc senate has acted properly in demanding that
oergeant-at-Arms David j. Barry prove his maya
zine charges that unnamed senators and representa-
ives will sell their votes for money. Congress- Is
accustomed to attacks often unwarranted USUALLY
II is IN the course of wisdom to ignore them. but
bribery charges can not be ignored
Barry's other charge that some members of con-
gress are demagogs speaks for itself and needs no
proof. But bribery is something else.
"hen questioned on the floor of the senate Fri
day. Barry failed to produce proof that any votes
had been sold. Indeed, he fell back on the lame an
swer that he had no particular member or incident
IN mind when he wrote the charge
SUCH answer seems to convict Mr. Barry of trying
to blacken the reputation of members of congress
without cause, Or of being too frightened to give
facts if he possessed them
II Mr. Barry has proof of bribery, which appears
improbable he should be forced to disclose it, and
the guilty members should be punished
If Mr.. Barry has no proof, he should be pun-
lshed by the law and not merely let off with loss of
his job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
THE FIRST REQUISITE

While politicians Of both parties discussing
possible candidates for the office of mayor, and the
selection of candidates is but few weeks away, the
people should demand one thing from every
who offers himself for the job.
No candidate should be named who will not
pledge himself to public ownership of utilities.
Before the legislature adjourns, there is every
prospect for a law which will make public owner
ship easier and possible.
Regulation of utilities and monopolies, it has
been demonstrated, is very much of failure.
The demand of the city for a rehearing of the
water decision, which increased the rates to the
people, was turned down by the public service COM
mission with protest from the member of
that body. 1t was exactly the decision that would
have been written under the McArde regime.
Appeals for relief in times Of defaton, from
other utilities have been answered by refusals.
The one way out is public ownership by which
these necessary services be obtained at cost.
That would solve more problems than any tax
duction.
During the next four years, the city must take
over the gas company An administration, openly or
secretly hostile to the theory of public ownership,
could wreck this project, the result of quarter of
a century of planning.
Unless the old parties take some interest in this
phase of city government an independent movement
to save the people from utility rule might find
approval
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04

ton s2oOOOOOO greater than that for the present
fiscal year.
Congress has ignored the Presidents recommen-
daton for very minor savings in this item and Ike
wise the demand Of numerous groups of citizens for
substantial cuts Time-killing hearings conducted
by joint committee will last until the end OF this
congress- according to present plans with action.
Veterans get billion dollars year. The pub
lie debt takes another billion and quarter. Ma
tional defense takes about s7OO 900 OOO Only about
a billion dollars is left for running the rest of the
federal government for the judicial executive and
legislative branches.
Devoting its attention to this billion, congress,
in frantic effort to seem economical reduces by IS
per cent the appropriation Of one of the most i'm
portant bureaus Of the government-the federal
trade commisson-saving less than million dol
lars by eliminating work that has saved taxpayers
at least fifty times that much in the last few years
alone.
The senate is to be commended for going beyond
the President and house and eliminating 100000
of air mail subsidies
But both congress and the President fail of their
obvious public duty when they shut their eyes to
veteran economy, which is the key to relief of tax
payers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
WHAT'S THE ANSWER

The prophet of the new deal must be discolr
the house Of representatives
House Democrats just have struck deadly b1ou,
at the federal trade commission, cutting it's appro
prlatlon by IS per cent and wiping out the govern
ments one division of economists
The trade commission created by Democrats
IN 1914 the first and only department of government
ever created to represent the consumer With the
end Of the Democratic administration it nassed
under Republican control; conservative members
were appointed; many of it's functions were aban
doned, others were curtailed by the courts.
In spite of that fact, it managed to do some Of
the most useful work performed by the government
IN many years. It's Investigations in the PITTSBURGH
plus case, for example, are saving American farmers
$3O,OOOOOO year.
BENEFITS accruing already from the Investigation
OF utilities have been recited here many times The
ooliar ana cents value of newly proposed investi-
gaoh Oh corporation practices scarcely can be esti
mated to say nothing of its social value.
The house Democrats, at a time when their nartv
IS to assume general power when vacancies on the
commission make it possible for the new President
10 control It's policies at once, have attempted to
block this and end the commissions life
TO say that this is done in the name of economy
Is not convincing. That amount saved is infnitesi
NAL IN relation to the budget What force has been
powerful enough to put the house Democrats in tbs
strange position?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04

Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-As secretary of
the old age pension committee of
the United Mine Workers Of
America, I hope you will grant
me space to call attention Of your
readers to the fact that the
Democratic party and its candi-
date for Governor pledged them
selves to give Indiana an old age
pension law. A bill is pending in
the house of representatives that
is fair and just to all and much
more economical in providing for
the needs of aged dependents than
the present poorhouse system, as
proved by the experience of many
of our states that have had old
age pension laws in operation for
several years.
The miners are not asking this
law for the benefit of miners only,
but for needy citizens of the state
in general. The pending bill
makes its mandatory on the coun-
ties to pay their proportionate
share of the pension. There are
a few Stallers who would like to
amend the bill by making it OPP
tional with the county.
Such amendment really would
kill the measure and is offered in
behalf Of political rings and high
salaried officers Of the poorhouse.
The working people are not going
to be deceived by any such stuff.
If the party pledge is not kept
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04

in good faith, a pledge that won
hundreds of votes in the election,
they will lose the support Of the
working people of Indiana and
many other supporters of just and
humane treatment of unfortunate
old age.
JOHN HUTCHINSON,
Secretary old age pension COM
mittee, United Mine Workers of
America.
Editor Times-I am against the
repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment because intoxicating liquor
is the greatest curse in a nation.
Not only does it ruin the lives of
individuals, physically socially,
financially, industrially, and NOR
ally, but breaks up homes, pro-
duces poverty, works against eff
cheney, and produces criminals at
a greater rate than any other one
thing in life.
1t is just as much of law
breaker as harmful drugs, adulter-
ated foods, narcotics, and other
poisons. Eminent medical author
tiles are agreed that it has no
medicinal value. Why, then,
should our federal government
permit it to come back and con-
tribute to the destruction of its
citizens?
MRS. MORRIS HUBBARD.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04

T DO not think the point ever
l. should have been raised, but
Of late some of the newspapers
have been commenting on the
various activities of Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
think the point should not be
raised because, in my opinion, the
whole question is a matter be-
longing to Mrs. Roosevelt's deci-
sion and no affair of the electo-
rate.
In letters printed in several
editorial columns I find the
phrase, or its equivalent, Now
that Mrs. Roosevelt has been
chosen as first lady of the land"
-. There is no such Office, and
there never has been.
think it would be an excellent
idea to drop the whole conception
which marks the wife of the Presi-
dent as having any official con-
nection with the administration.
There even have been cam
paigns in which voters seriously
discussed the merits of candi-
dates wife, just as if the lady in
question we're running for public
Office. The wife of king, save
under special and unusual cir
cumstances, is a queen, but there
is no such thing as Mrs. Presi-
dent.
We have instead a Mrs. Madi-
son or Mrs. Adams, to get back to
the remoter administrations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
SCIENCE
Polar Secrets Sought
BY DAVID DIETz

flying from there to the north
pole and then on to Teller, Alas
ka, making the journey of 1891
miles in Seventy-tWo hours.
Later, Ellsworth was a passen-
ger aboard the Graf Zeppelin in
several flights, as was also Will
kins
Balchen, blond Norwegian who
now is an American citizen. was
Byrd's pilot on the trans Atlantic
hight in 1927 and on the flight
over the south pole.
Previously, Balchen had served
IN the Norwegian navy and had
been in the Arctic with expedi-
t1ons using dog sleds. He will
pilot the plane this coming De-
cember.
Wilkins has a long and distin-
gulshed record as an explorer. He
has flown a total of more than
10000 miles in the Arctic and
Antarctic.
His last venture was an unsuc-
cesstul effort to reach the north
pole by submarine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04

rather than in her favor if she
quit certain causes with which
she has been associated simply
on account of the fortuitous cir
cumstance that her husband hap
pens to have been chosen as
President.
For instance, I was little COIL
cerned during the campaign that
ammunition might be made of
the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt is
a member of an organization
which selected Margaret Sanger
as its honored guest.
I believe the group presented
Mrs. Sanger with some token
signifying that in its opinion she
had done the most useful work
of any American woman during
the current year. I think it was
a highly intelligent choice, and
I hope that Mrs. Roosevelt par
ticipated in it.
And yet it would have been
Unfair to aSsail Franklin D.
Roosevelt as an exponent Of birth
control because his wife hap
pened to be a great admirer of
Mrs. Sanger.
I would be glad to have Mr..
Roosevelt come out for birth con-
troll, but I certainly think that
he can not be identified as one
with or against the cause until
he speaks up for himself.
You may think, as I do, that
Babies, Just Babies is rather
q silly title for a magazine, but I
see no reason why Mrs. Roose-
velt should not be the editor if
that is her will and pleasure.
Indeed, am delighted to know
that we are going to have a
woman in the White House who
feels that, like Ibsen's Nora, she
is, before all else, a human being
and that she has a right to her
own individual career, regardless
of the prominence of her hus-
band.
Copyright 1898, by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
So They Say

It's the winning, and not the
money, that counts with me
Reggie Mcnamara, 47-year-old
bike racing champion, on winning
six-day race at Cleveland, O., his
nineteenth victory.
tried to pass a $40 gold piece
in a laundry the other day and
they wouldn't take it; they didn't
know what it was.-Representa-
tive Wright Patman Dem, Tex.
Don't worry. The book beer
signs will go up in the spring
Colonel Jacob Rupert, New York
brewer.
steadily have discouraged our
people in the field from talking
about what is the public opinion
Con prohibition or what the
newspapers are saying. I think
it introduces a false element in
my thinking.-Amos w. w
Woodcock, head of the United
States Prohibition Bureau.
You can take birth rate statis-
tics and show that apparently at
some time in the future there will
be no babies born, and that after
a while there will be only mega
tive babies.-William F. Ogburn,
director, President Hoover's COM
mittee on social trends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
IS Is Blocking of Blood

1T will be remembered that
Il President Coolidge suffered for
several weeks with such symptoms
previous to his death. In most
newspaper accounts Of fatal in
digestion, the patient is found at
post-mortem examination to have
been suffering from a disturbance
Of corOnary arteries.
Most people with this disease
are past so years of age. but
occasionally there are cases be-
tween 40 and So Rarely, if ever,
is the condition seen under 35
years Of age.
If the attack takes place grad
ually, the other blood vessels
which supply blood to the heart,
may take over the function Of the
one which is blocked.
There may be slight changes II
the heart with symptoms during
this process, but under such cir
cumstanceS the condition is not
necessarily fatal.
NEXT: Diagnosis of corOnary
thrombosis. Is it always fatal?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
Questions and
Answers

Q-What is the total annual
cost of criminal justice in the
United States?
A special government report
submitted to President Hoover
for the year ended June 30. 1890.
states that the total cost of Grim
lnal justice, including police, prose-
cution, courts, penal institutions.
probation, and pardons was $50
786,20294.
Q-What is dactylology and
autobiography?
A-Dactylology is the art of
speaking with the fingers, the use
OF the finger alphabet; in other
words, the deaf and dumb alpha
bet. Dactylography is the study
Of fingerprints for purposes of
Identification.
(Which nation leads the world
in the number of patented inven-
tions?
A-The United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

IF the person has been well pre-
L viously, or if tie person has
had previous attacks of pain re-
ferred to the heart, the diagnosis
usually is justified. If the block
ing occurs gradually. the symp-
toms may have developed over a
period of weeks.
Far too often the symptoms
suggest a disturbance of digestion.
There is a sense Of fullneSS in the
abdomen, relieved by the belching
Of gas.
There may be nausea and vom-
iting; discomfort associated with
the stomach often follows a meal,
and there may be other symp-
toms of indigestion so that far too
often the con5ition is passed over
with a diagnosis of acute indiges-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-04
The RMl1 of the Mine

CERTAIN ladies in the White
~ House have been gracious
hostesses. Others have been less
successful. But in no instance
that 1 can remember has it made
a nickePS worth of difference one
way or another. Surely our for
eign relations and domestic pol
itics should not be Swayed one
way or another by the personality
of the Presidents wife.
The country is not likley ever to
depend upon her taste in frocks
or adjectiveS. Save in the days of
Andrew Jackson, the matter never
has come up in an important way.
There was a President once who
put his wife neatly out of the
political picture. He was en-
gagged in earnest and intimate dis
cuSsion with one of the chief
leaders of his party. They could
not see eye to eye upon the is
sue under discussion. Finally, the
leader pointed dramatically to
photograph of the Presidents wife
which adorned the desk of the
chief executive.
We'll, anyway" he said, "the lit
tie woman agrees with me and
not with you on this question"
Eyes" said the current Presi-
dent, and that's because she's as
stupid as you are"