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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-05-09
Motorists Capture
Turtle BIZ Roadside

The j. M. Weedons and the
Floyd Chilcotts, of the 600 block
e st. N. w., are having turtle
soup for dinner tonight.
Motoring along the Mt. Vernon
Boulevard yesterday, Mr.. Weldon
and Mr.. Chilcott came across a
S5-pound turtle ambling along the
riverside.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-05-09
Hellenic League
To Pick Delegates

The American Hellenic Educa-
tional Progressive Association will
meet tonight in Odd Fellows
Temple, 419 Seventh st. N. W., to
elect delegates to the coming con-
vention at Annapolis, Md.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
LIBERALS LEFT AT POST

THE old-fashioned die-hard conservative
IL Is not happy these days. and the extreme
radical never has been happy. But it Is
doubtful If either OF these groups IS getting
half the misery that is falling in the lap OF
a certain kind OF doctrinnare liberal.
The conservative at least can reflect that
ne controlled the government for upward Of
a decade The radical always can cock his
ear for the rumble OF tumbriis down the
streets Of the distant future
But there is a certain kind Of liberal to
whom the present era seems 70 be bringing
nothing but confusion and disappointment.
To be sure the actions that this liberal
always has demanded Of his government are
being taken. The program that he has
clamored for for years-or something strik-
ingly like its being put into effect. The con-
servatives are in full retreat all along the line
and they haven't found a rallying point.
But the tragedy. TO the doctrinnaire lib
eral, is that all this is being done in the wrong
way by the wrong people. The change came
before he could pronounce his blessing upon it.
He just had got through proving that
nothing Of consequence could be expected
from the present administration, when it pro-
ceeded TO take the wind out OF his sails by
adopting his whole program.
What has our liberal been demanding, all
these years?
Well, he has called for planned econ
ony.' He has wanted federal laws TO pro-
tect union labor in the leading industries. He
has wanted the New York financial powers
drastically curbed.
He has wanted the government 70 crack
down on the power trust He has wanted vast
sums spent by Uncle Sam on public works.
He has wanted a systematized federal employ
ment service.
He has wanted to see people like Frances
Perkins, Ickes. and Richberg in important
government positions. He has wanted an adj
ministration that would place human rights
above property rights.
Every one Of these goals has been reached.
Things that until recently locked like remote
possibilities for the millennium now are in
actual operation.
But our liberal got left at the post Change
caught him mapping Fate dealt him a hand
from the bottom of the deck. And his UNI
happiness, these days is heartrending to
observe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
COTTON PLANNING

THE decision of Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace to push the cotton campaign
over three years instead of one is calculated
to Go more toward improving cotton prices
and stabilzing this important industry than
any fash-in-t he-pan operation.
That was the fault in the original cotton
acreage reduction campaign as originally an
nounced by the agricultural adjustment adj
ministration We said then that Ibis plan
could not and should not. be limited to one
year.
The AAA's intention to carry en- in the
cotton south for 1884 and 1885 is an intelligent
decision.
Instead of wholesale planting next spring,
and then wholesale destruction to reduce cot
ton production, the secretary and AAA APP
parently have decided to curb planting at the
outset.
planned agriculture thus is attained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
JOBS AND HOMES

hoMS may go the way OF child labor and
Sweatshops, under the recovery act.
The public works branch OF the recoverv
administration has approved five model bous-
ing projects for immediate construction with
money loaned from the big public works
funds. This money will be repaid with in
teFest and will, in addition to providing work
Tor unemployed, provide thousands of farj-
lies with new sanitary and inexpensive
dwellings.
Money 10 be spent for these projects is an
investment in health and human decencv as
well as in dollars and cents. 1t will give fari-
lies Who have existed in airless. smelly dark
and insanitary tenements chance for life
and self-respect
Boston New York. Philadelphia and
Hutchinson. Kan. are getting these first hous-
ing loans. But thirty other projects are under
consideration by the administration.
The dwellings of Americas workers have
been national disgrace for years. Poorer
countries tolerate no such slums II is a mat
ter OF deep satisfaction that the public works
fund is TO do so much more than Just employ
jobless men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

share Of the credit. That Is not true Of work
as provided BY the factory system.
The factory system has reduced labor 70
undressing drudgery. The average toiler no
longer is master Of his trade He can do very
little TO prove his skill or efficiency, much less
get reward for IT,
The system compels him 70 stand in GER
tain spot. 20 through certain motions in
obedience to the machine which he serves. He
IS expected to perform no service save to feed
it or take away us grist He must forget that
he IS a human being 20 do the job we'll: must
lay aside his taste. ambition. and individuality.
It IS not his part 70 think but merely 70
act as an automaton. He is expected 70 have
quick eye and a trained hand but no brains.
II a thread breaks, he ties it. If the head Of
tack flies of. he is expected TO put in an
other tack quick enough 70 satisfy the con-
veyor system.
That is not the kind Of work average men
like 10 do, or that they Will sit up nights TO
complete. The only way that they can express
themselves IS 70 get away from IT, Their only
hope Of functioning as human beings lies in
leisure
The chances are that they will not make
the best use Of leisure during the first genera
ton or two but eventually they will Eventu-
ally they will make Just as good use of their
leisure as their ancestors did Of the old manual
trades
Eventually they will develop hobbies. and
out Of those hobbies will come the innovations
and Improvements which this Machine Age
threatens to stifls. Eventually they will turn
70 dreaming, which always has been and al
ways will be the true basis Of human progress.
The bad use few rich people have made of
leisure should not be taken as true indication
OF how average people will employ it. but even
If they were to make no better use Of il. il
still would be necessary, because if humanity
were to be chained to machines for ten gen.
erations it would cease to be natural or nor
NAL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
CODES AND CONSTITUTION

BECAUSE considerable expression of con-
Germ is being heard about constitutional
aspects of codes as they are being formed. the
Following from recent speech by Donald R.
Richberg, general counsel of the National Re
covery Administration. is amply well worth
rereading at this time:
As the legal adviser of the National Pc
covery Administration let me indicate in a
brief space the futiity Of debate over the
questions Of constitutional law in this critical
situation.
First, there is no change of any provisions
OF the Constitution attempted in this law
Therefore, all the tine-honored constitutional
rights Of the individual remain unmodiAed by
this law
Second. there exists no constitutional right
TO do anything which is forbidden by this law
There is no constitutional right to compete mr.
iairly and there is no business competition
which is more unfair or more harmful to all
the people than the competition of low wages
and long hours, which the National Recovery
Act seeks particularly to eliminate
The welfare Of all the people and tho
prosperity OF all business is undermined by
such competition. out of which ONLY small
minority can make a temporary profit. IF tho
constitution protected the right of a few n
proht IN such manner at the expense of all
the people 1t would be a charter of anarchv
ana not bulwark of law and order.
In truth, the supreme court repeatedly has
held that the Constitution does not authorize
any such minority veto upon a code of bust
ness morality approved by the overwheImine
majority of the people
Third if any man fears that. in the
establishment Of law of fair competition be
may be deprived Of some constitutionaIIv nro-
tected freedom Of action his present course
Shoulo be clear. Let him first Join with his
fellows in writing the rules Of the game before
protesting that he is sure the rules will no
unfair
Let him then try to play the game
according to the rules, which NAV be novel
put perhaps an educational. experience for
many who have been accustomed 10 dignity
lawless self-assertion and disregard for tho
ac
lndividualism and liberty
Finally. constitutional rights are not in
vaded by proclamations or statements Of pub
Tic policy. or even by grants of extraordinary
power 10 meet extraordinary needs.
They are invaded only by the exercise NJ
force to take from man liberty or a nron-
erty right of which he may not be lawfl,IIv
deprived. Let me say now and emphaticallv
'hat the National Recovery Administration ex-
poets to operate so far inside the boundaries
OF constitutional power that judicial deter.
mlnation even Of borderline cases, will not he
necessary.
But II the learned members of nv pro-
feSsion in which two opinions always can hs
obtained feel at any time that the admin
Stration has erred. the courts. Jealous to pro-
tect liberty and property. always are open
and they are the final ar5iters of what may ~
may not be lawfully done"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
DiSlocation of Hip Cripples Many Children

MOT infrequently children are
l ' born with dislocations Of the
head Of the large bone Of the thigh
upward and backward from its
socket in the pelvis.
The condition is extremely fire.
quent in France AMI Italy and in
some southern European clinics
mora people are likely 70 come with
congenital dislocations Of the hip
than with club-feet
For certain reasons the condition
is much more frequent in women
than in men; namely, about SO 10
y per cent.
Although the condition has been
known for centuries. il is only with
in the last fifty years that its exact
nature has been established
Little progress was made in its
control. however, until the last
twenty-five years, when methods
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Tk#I
VAST DIFFERENCE IN JOBS

TN declaring that no man should work less
- than eight hours" John w Davis fails m
make a distinction between professional or
creative work and that Of routine character
Lawyers. doctors. engineers. and other pro-
fesSional men find an inspiration in their work
which IS totally absent from machine-driven
labor
The man who threads so many nuts. turns
so many watch pinions or drives so many
tacks in & piece of upholstery each dav does
not view his work as either thrilling or i'm,
portant To him. it is just so much motion
which he must go through for so much money.
That is the great weakness Of this Machine
Age the great danger the great problem.
Machinery can turn out standardized
product. once 10 has been set up but il can
not think. imagine. or create Men who operate
1t become like 1t. They play the part of in
animate gadgets and they realize its blighting
effect
Hours Of labor represent no problem in the
creative field. You never hear an artist.
writer. sales manager. or executive yelling for
shorter days. The reason is that they can put
something of themselves into their work and
see results for which they can claim at least a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

changes in the tissue which Will
make dislocation easier.
Unless something is done prompt
~ for children who have this condi-
ton at birth, they are likely 70 be
disabled for the rest OF their lives.
They walk only with the greatest
Of difficulty. lurching and wad-
ding.
Fortunately. It has been found
possible By manipulation-or when
manipulation fails. by surgical op-
eration-to help most patients.
1t is believed that manipulations
first should be attempted in all
cases under 10 years OF age. and
even in older people if the joint and
the structure are sufficiently loose.
With proper treatment Of this
character and with suitable care
after the manipulation. from so 70
IS per cent Of those affected may
DC benefited
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Eternity
BY ALICE E. DYSON

BY ALICE f. DYSON
This is eternity:
From times long ebb and flow,
One flaming second Of a sunsets
glow.
The vagrant sweetness OF a summer
hour
That watts the life-breath OF a
flower
One cherished moment that you
spent with me
Held all of heaven there viii be-
In eternity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
AScetic's Paradise Ends

DUT I am not referring to these
- conditions. I want to comment
on the fact that for centuries the
proud Nordic has been living in an
ascetic's paradise Possibly all Nor
dies do not fall under this criticism.
The British have had for many
years a leisure class even among
certain persons engaged in gainful
occupations Perhaps it would be
more accurate to confine ourselves
to the New England tradition.
Surely II was so among these pio-
neers. their sons and their sons sons.
that work was sacred in its own
right This attitude was confirmed
By hundreds OF saws and apllorisms
The devil found work for idle hands
to do. and the sluggard was adj
viSed 70 90 10 the ant for advice and
example And now the ant must sit
and learn from his former pupil.
When the Pilgrims landed on
Plymouth rock they began 10 wreStle
with the wilderness. the Indians and
some Of the harShest farm land the
world ever has known. Although
never have attempted 1t myself.
have watched with great interest
many people trying TO pillow the soil
OF Connecticut
Generations have been working on
those boulders, but as vet they only
have scratched the surface A con-
scientious man can spend any num-
Der Of hours a day and still quit
with his task incomplete.
A forty-hOur week would have
reduced the early Puritans to star
vation So. after the manner Of all
men. they made a virtue OF their
stark necessity. Even after the eco
nomic urge had abated. your true
New Highlander insisted upon i'm
posing Furnishing hours upon him
self and everybody under his control.
There came into being the Ameri-
can business tradition II went 10
ludicrouS lengths. Even in the fairly
frequent periods when there was no
business. the slave Of the tradition
insisted upon going into his office
and sitting around He had a feel
ing that any curtailment Of hours
was in a sense a surrender
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
A WOman'S Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON:

Therefore, let no man dalude him
self into a belief that he is a good
or patriotic citizens when he at
tempts 70 visit punishment upon d
fellow who may be slow 70 feel MS
ardor. For that way lies disaster.
A MEXICAN citizens. however
n humble who have been reared
upon the milk Of freedom. who
never have known the rule OF kings.
and who believe. at least. that they
govern themselves. will not submit
readily 70 any forcing process.
They may seem 70 90 so FOR
time. while moved by fear. but
sooner or later this course viii
plunge us into a revolt that may
lead to positive and dangerous rev.
olution-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

we wish TO slip back into
- the abyss Of depression, We
shall have TO do our NRA climbing
with wariness and care.
Already St. Louis reports mob
activity A restaurant owner who
had not conformed. or 50 it was
thought. was beaten and forced 70
kiss the Blue Eagle emblem. while
fifty persons looked on. giving silent
support 70 the outrage.
This IS no way 10 bring prosperity
back 70 America II IS instead a
very good way 70 make all plans
fail. Half remedies will not suffice
nov. This recovery must be per-
manent. and permanence never IS
to be found in the emotionahsm OF
mobs. Such fires burn out almost
as soon as they are kirdled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

LIE demanded that nobody should
Il watch the clock. I hold that
something startling. even if it isn't
revolutionary. has occurred when all
OF us are asked as a patriotic duty
to keep close tally Of time and re-
port the names of miscreants who
violate the code The old moralitv
has given way to the new or. at
any rate, it is edging over in that
direction
We no longer respect the man
who forces himself or anybody else
to toll through unholy hours. We
see him now not as the useful and
thrifty citizen. but the greedy in
dividual warning against planned
production.
Not only is the industrial world
in state Of flux. but it seems likely
that the manners and folk ways Of
hundreds Of millions OF people are
about TO be changed BY the new
style week see by the papers
that committee has been appointed
to advise toilers as to what they
shall do with spare time 10 which
they have not been accustomed.
To be sure. unemployment has
given millions a certain training in
the arts Of inactivity. But that is
hardly the same thing These PEG
pie have been under the necessity
Of working upon the problem Of the
next meal and chasing the will of
TIE wisp Of possible Jobs.
Leisure combined with some
spending power and the dull blank
ness Of ioblessness are not the same
thing al all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

II is the duty Of the government
10 see that all business men abide
b. the code outlined for them. But
il equally is the duty Of the gov
eminent TO stand firm against any
man or group Of men taking the Law
into their own hands. The govern
ment that makes the rules must
deal the punishment for any who
break them
A mob always is more dangerous
than prohteer. As everybody
agrees, We must have cooperation.
but only that cooperation which
comes from the heart viii count for
much.
The NRA IS a new dream for
America and Americans. Let Us
hope. let US resolve that it shall not
be made into hideous nightmare
by the flaming Of mob spirit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association of HyEeia. the
Health Magazine.

we're discovered for controlling the
condition BY what is called closed
manipulations
There are various theories as to
this condition. but the majority Of
experts in orthepadic surgery are
convinced that it is associated with
difficulties Of birth.
Usually the congenital dislocation
Of the hip is not diagnosed in the
child until it begins 70 walk. Then
it Hmps or waddles, without any pain
and without any preceding injury or
disease.
Measurement by the physician will
demonstrate the fact that there is a
shortening Of the leg on the side in
which the dislocation has occurred.
II also IS conceivable that disease
Of the bones may be associated with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Barred of Job

By :. NJ
Il WAS called back to the Penn
L sylvania car shops at Haw-
thorne yards June 10 and let go
on July IS. reported to be physi-
caly unfit. But at the time I
was called back, I had received a
physical examination and was re-
ported in good health
I worked extra board up until
September OF last year and they
took my voluntary relief out OF
my check. When Z was called
back. they wouldn't take out for
relief and put me out Of work
have had seventeen years
service with the Pennsylvania rail-
road and would like to know how
I can become reinstated. as this
relief is not supposed to be COM
pulsory.
The way they are doing now
makes it impossible for a man
past As to get a Job
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
The NelC Leisure

lust what will happen nobody
~ can predict I doubt that many
toilers viii report to receive hints
as 10 what 70 do with an extra day
of. I think that the international
Organization Of Amateur Radish
Growers is likely 70 treble its mem
oership within the next few years
! hope and expect that the crop
Of Sunday painters will be aug
mented vastly All existing stand
ards Of golf are certain 10 be lowered
By the influx Of new recruits.
The artisan golfer who IS well
known in England soon Will BE-
making his appearance here and
challenging the supremacy Of the
idle rich Glee clubs and amateur
theatricals Will flourish. The pro-
fessional stage will come back into
its own
And it may even be that every
now and then somebody will buv a
book. And, from the point Of view
Of the publishers. that will be
authenticity revolution.
fcopvrlsht. 1893. By The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

cent. reducing all fountain man
ayers TO about SIT average.
The company's general manager,
very we'll known here. promised
faithfully that this cut would only
be temporary and would be returned
in about thirty to sixty days. So far,
they haven't said a word about Civ
ing it back since we got the cut
Last March we were working on
an average Of seventv-twO hours a
week until the NRA started. Now
We are working f1fty-four hours. But
all the fountain help except the
fountain managers were raised TO
the minimum wage.
We now are drawing about $3.50
more a week than the regular foun-
tain help, and at the same time We
are held TO full responsibility Cor
every small detail-more so now
than before So far. in our store,
they have not added any more help
which makes every one put forth
about twice the effort TO get every
thing done in less time.
And I want to know if it is pos
sible that they can do this and get
BY the NRA. and if it is possible
that they can hold a fountain man
ayers salary to SIT week and hold
him responsible for every small de-
tail and expect him to live and sup
port a family?
am married and have a boy and
I want to know if 1t is fair for single
people to draw the minimum wage
and have no one but themselves to
look out for. And we who are mar
ried, have the upkeep Of a home
and other incidental expenses and
the responsibility Of the fountain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
1t Seems
to Me
: BY HAYWOOD BRoUN

NEW YORK, Aug. 26-some peo-
: pie say we are having q revo-
luton. and others deny it with
either bitterness or gratitude.
OF course. the difference OF opin-
ion lies largely in the definition OF
the word To many il isn't a revo-
luton unless a lot OF people are be-
ing liquidated" and ownership is
passing from top 10 bottom
In this sense We certainly have
had no revolution But changes Of
a somewhat startling nature already
are with US and may crowd in even
more closely. For one thing. We
definitely are on our way TO a fairly
general acceptance Of the ve-day
week To a certain extent this may
defeat the purpose OF NRA. IN Ger
tain industries 10 Is likely that the
discovery will be made that there
was great deal Of waste motion in
the old-faShioned week
Penalties for hardness are going
to be more severe The thfee-hour-
for-lunch club has received its death
blow In many factories labor Will
De vastly speeded up