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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
AN APPEAL TO REASON

ID ESPONSE from the country to the Roose-
~ welt blanket code plan for recovery is
enthusiastic. It should be-
Only by a quick rise in purchasing power
can we close the dangerous gap between rising
prices on the one hand and low wages and
Unemployment on the other. Given three or
four months in which to get the codes for
individual industries into operation, no emer-
gency action would be necessary. But pur-
chasing power is essential now.
So the President probably is resorting to
temporary general code for shortening of
hours and increase of wages, depending for its
success upon voluntary cooperation of en-
ployers. labor. and consumers.
Despite the fact that a large majority will
cooperate with the President, a minority
probably will not minority can wreck the
into line.
To assure that this minority will be as
small as possible, the administration is en-
barking on a gigantic publicity campaign.
The bands and uniforms of war time will be
missing There will be no crusade of hatred
TO stir emotions.
But the absence of these old accessories of
mass action can be turned to advantage, if
the administration is sufficiently frank with
the public. For Americans instinctively resent
the appeal to mob psychology. in which they
become merely members of a herd
Bands. uniforms, and hate slogans may be
necessary to an emotional RECOMMENDATION of
nation. But emotion is not going to put over
the Roosevelt recovery plan or get us out of
the depression What is needed is less emo
ton and more intelligence
The publicity campaign should be an
hoo
The minority which does not want to CO.
operate probably can be persuaded If
approached on the basis Of intelligent self
interest. None wishes to be dubbed into
accepting anything
Doubtless in extreme cases nothing short
of a boycott will stop the manufacturer or
merchant determined TO cut the Threats OF
decent competitors. In such cases certainly
the government is right in encouraging other
business men and the consuming public to
stop buying from the offender for the same
reason that a culprit trying to sink ship or
wreck train must be restrained.
But such cases should be very rare if the
government and the cooperating majority of
employers. labor. and consumers begin By try
ing TO convince the doubter. rather than bv
clubbing him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
THE RED MENACE FADES OUT

THE Daily Worker, official organ Of the
Communist party in America admits
plaintively in a recent issue that the Com
munist party has failed to become the revo-
lutionary spokesman for the American prole-
tariat
The paper complains that I'VE still are
isolated from the main masses Of the Ameri-
can industrial workers" and regretfully states
that we still have no firm contacts with these
sections of the workers and we are not keep
ing pace with the general revolutionary ad-
vance"
All this simply confirms what lot of in
dependent observers have said before: That
there is not, under present conditions. the
slightest danger of Communism becoming
menace in the United States.
American workers have been tried sorely in
the last few years, and they are demanding a
new deal; but they still are a long way from
fitting Moscows special brand of spectacles
on their eyes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
MONDAY. JULY q. 1893.
REGULATING THE MARKET

IN ethics as one cabinet member has pointed
out. there is no more blame TO be attached
to a big operator losing big money in big grain
speculations than TO a little fellow losing a
little money in the same manner.
But in the big fellows speculation there is
social significance.
If the little man holds 10000 bushels of
grain on margin, prices drop, and he is sold
out and his wheat or corn dumped on the
market. the effect on the market is Of minor
consequence.
But If the big fellow with 100000 bushels
gets caught in a falling market. has no more
money to meet his margins. and has to sell
out, the dumping OF this vast amount on the
market will push prices even lower and de-
moralize the whole price structure
This would have happened today had not
the President, his secretary of agriculture and
the Chicago Board of Trade stepped in to pre-
vent further violent fiuctuation in grain prices
Pushed by Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr. Wallace,
the Chicago board has decreed that hence
forth until further notice the minimum prices
below which no trading will be allowed will be
those which prevailed when the market was
closed last FRIDAY.
Fluctuations of prices in any one day are
to be limited to cents for wheat and other
grains in proportion.
Here. then. is another form of wheat price
pegging, the aim of the Inflated Hoover fed
eral farm board which threw away almost
half billion dollars in endeavoring to main
tain fair price for this cereal.
With all the various complicated forces at
work in the wheat market, the intricate tech
ncalites of operations on the Chicago Board
of Trade and elsewhere price-pegging at best
is dangerous.
Yet, as the New Deal is getting under way
as infiationary forces are gaining ground, as
We attempt international wheat and trade
agreements the market somehow must be pre-
vented from violent ups and downs. The new
regulations may serve that useful purpose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
Help the Idle
By an old-Time Democrat.

By an Old Time Democrat.
TITO GOVERNOR PAUL v. NJ
IL MUTT: There is one thing
I can not understand relative to
the appointments made to various
offices under the control of your
office.
Why is it necessary. as during
a time of the financial distress
now on us. TO fill offices with per-
sons who are in paying positions
and especially with those known
to be we'll off financially?
It seems to me that all positions
that pay a living wage should be
filled from the ranks of the I'M
employed. Yes, I know that po-
litical plums usually go to the
fellow who has contributed finan-
cially to the party. However, there
are a great number in the unem-
ployed ranks who in the past not
only have contributed money. but
have given of their time anG en-
ergy TO keep the party intact at
a time when to be known as a
Democrat meant standing fol- a
principle.
Purely clerical and supervisory
positions at least could be filled
from the out-of-work army. If
the unemployed voter had voted
the other way, what then?
An appointment has been made
in this county that should have
been given to some poor devil who
has had to take crumbs for the
last three years and not to a chap
who has been able to play golf and
enjoy all that goes with the sport.
Why not be bigger than a purely
'machine-pa plum distributor?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
WORDS OF WISDOM

TN President Roosevelt's remarks to the for
= est army was a paragraph which ought TO
be tackled up where every citizen could keep
his eyes on it during the next year or so.
That paragraph reads as follows:
Too much in recent years large numbers of
our population have thought of success as an
opportunity TO gain money with the least DOS
sible work II is time for each and every one
of US TO cast away self-destroying nation
destroying efforts to get something for Moth
Ing and TO appreciate that satisfying rewards
and safe rewards come only through honest
work.
Here is one Of those little observations to
which all of us are ready TO give lip service.
but which we are not quite so ready to put
into practice in daily life.
The stock market has been boiling up to-
ward the rim of the kettle. and good part of
sts rise could be accounted for solely by the
desire to get something for nothing. The man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24

that they can get some Of the fat orders
which American firms are expected TO get If
recognition is effected
Russia is in the market for all kinds Of
things that American factories produce, and
If diplomatic relations between the two gov
ernments are established there is every rea-
son to believe that lot Of very welcome or
ders will result.
The furry produced by recognition talk
among the French and British exporters in
dicates that foreign manufacturers appre-
ciate the potential value Of the Russian mar
ket, even If some Americans do not.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24

II ATHERINE BRUSH, smart
N New York City novelist. has
admitted that her pet peeve is the
small town woman. whom she de-
scribes as bigoted and ignorant,
with nothing on her mind hut other
peoples business. She acquired this
feeling, she says, from a seven
year residence in East Liverpool, 0.
The result is that she has gained
money and fame 5y writing stories
in which empty headed selfish
hick-town gals go up TO New York
and take everything in sight.
Now I've never been in East
Liverpool, but L think Miss Brush's
experience in the sticks has been
rather too limited For che doesn't
really know small town women.
They may. 1t is true, be somewhat
ignorant about homosexuality, FASH
ionable neuroses and how to behave
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
Merely for the Moment

or course. I know that basically
~ the country is sound Maybe
the competent typist well worth SIS
will not be compelled forever to
sell herself for sl2. She had no
hand in the making of the condi-
tons which brought about such a
bargain sale"
The manager Of the employment
office undoubtedly put the quota
ton marks around sale" because of
tact and delicacy of feeling. But
even as it stands there is too much
suggestion of the slave market
around the proceedings.
How much am l bid for this
experienced secretary Gemale)?
Twelve years in her last place. DO
hear sl8. Will some kind and
generous gentleman make it SOP"
But. though the white-collar
worker is not to be blamed for the
existence of such conditions just
now, he will be at fault if they per-
sist. Two remedies lie ready TO his
hand He land naturally I mean
she, as WELD can organize.
have been told that many white
collar workers have been reluctant
to do this. They feel that it is be-
meath the dignity of an office work
er to join a labor union Not dig
nified, hey? The best sellers dur
ing prosperity. Were s18-s45 Now
sl3-S3O"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24

TN choosing a physician, point
i to consider, of course, is: Is
the doctor licensed to practice
medicine in the state in which he
has his office?
Most states conduct regular ex-
aminations for licenses TO practice,
these examinations being given by
a group of physicians known as the
state medical board of registration
and licensure.
In some states, the doctor is re-
quired TO renew his license every
year. Before he can get license
he usually must show evidence Of
his graduation and also undergo
a written and practical examina-
ton in the basic medical subjects.
He must also present certificates
of good moral character from at
least two physicians who know him.
Other questions to be asked are:
Has the doctor had actual train
ing as an inferno in a hospital? Or
has he been associated 18th a prac-
ticing physician long enough to OBJ
tain practical education in medi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
A LESSON FOR CENSORS

THE Chicago judge who was urged to
clamp down on certain Century of Prog
ress sideshows in which semi nude females
were on display for the delectation Of vsi-
tors, seems to have expressed in his refusal
to act philosophy that all self-appointed
censors profitably might study.
AS far as lewdneSS is concerned" re-
marked the judge, Il have my own opinion
You know we have lot of boobs in this
country and we have to cater to them. This
court is not trying to reform the world If
there are nude models, what OF it?r
There is good deal of sense in that. The
land is indeed full of boobs, and if the boobs
are so sunk in boobery that it seems sensible
to them to pay out good money for peep
show thrills, the rest Of us needn't worry our
heads about it very greatly
If, as the judge says, there are nude models
what of it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
|M.E.TracySays:

liver since the war we have been trying to
IL make permanent plans for peace social
betterments, and other idealistic detectives. Our
uniform lack of success harks back TO a stubborn
refusal to recognize that we were in poor shape
TO undertake such tasks
People fighting fire are in no condition to
formulate rebuilding programs. They first must
clear away the rubbish, blow up foundations, and
get set for new start.
The assumption that we could forget the war
when the Versailles treaty had been signed was
ridiculous. We barely have begun to pay off the
debt or repair damages We still are struggling
to overcome its effect.
The depression. debt load. burdensome taxes
and trade barriers under which we labor all can
be traced TO what occurred in Europe between
1914 and 1913 The emergency brought on by
that cataclysm has not been met The political
chaos. social confusion. and economic dislocation
which resulted remain to bewilder our best
minds.
What is more. they will continue to remain
as long as governments pursue the fatuous no.
ton that they can extract relief from one
another.
GOVERNMENTS must get on their own
~ feet before they can make effective contri-
buttons to worldwide recovery, must get back
to work, restore buying power, and create bust
ness at home
The theory that bankrupt or near-bankrupt
states can accomplish anything of value BY
striking hands over a council table defies COM
mon sense
Recovery depends on rehabilitation at home
not only in this country, but in every other
Neither should such course be regarded as isola-
ton. People who take care OF themselves are
not necessarily selfish. There is a deal of diff
ference between self-sufficiency and antagonism
Many find encouragement in the obvious
failure at London. but the United States and
all other great nations would have been worse
of had the conference succeeded as originally
planned.
The Roosevelt program virtually would have
been destroyed. while Britain, France Italy and
about with agreements and commitments which
none of them is in position to fulfill.
nURING the last fifteen years, nations have
- suffered from nothing so definitely as an
ENHANCEMENT OF vital interests. This entangle-
ment needs to be cleared away rather than
complicated. They are laboring under too many
restrictions which can not be removed or over
come, except with the Improvement of condi-
tons within their own borders.
The problem confronting them is one of
more work, higher wages and increased prices
Until the general earning power Of civilized
humanity has been raised it Is futile to discuss
the idea OF Sterilization. tariff reduction or i'm
proved foreign trade. Such difficulties must be
overcome by each government before they can
be handled on an international basis.
Under existing circumstances We not only
lack the substance, but the frame OF mind. to
cooperate effectively. 1t is good thing that
the conference failed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
:: The Message Center ::
and will defend the

veltian efforts TO get more money
into the hands of the farm folks.
How much Of his newly acquired
money power will the farmer devote
to payment of taxes past due and
borrowings? Doubtless there will
be a considerable diversion" OF
new wages by the city worker to
payment of borrowings of one sort
or another, in one form or another
and, city prosperity depends very
largely upon retail purchases.
On Thursday last, in the New
York Stock Exchange alone, 7,400,
900 shares of stock, the greatest
quantity since 1890, changed hands
Many deals by big pools undoubt-
edly, but how much of the new OF
revived buying power of the folks is
going into speculation rather than
into retail purchases for which
there is an immediate, substantial
return for both buyer and seller?
1t required time, but the turtle
won that famous race by courage
and patience in always moving on
doing its best in looking and in 60
ing ahead The hare sat down To
theorize, and lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
A Woman'S Viewpoint

cent meal and knit herself a dress,
make preserves or grow a garden
with equal skill.
She can change an automobile
tire, sell insurance, or pluck a
chicken. While she sews on her
quilt blocks. she listens TO Senator
Couzens talk from the London con-
ference over her radio. Waiting for
the plums to jell. she may dip into
the last volume of Jules Romans.
Certainly she knows good deal
about the other peoples business
enough at least so that If there is
trouble in the next block she'll 20
over and help. She not only talks
about. but to. her neighbors.
And, because of her, the small
town is the incest, friendliest, cozi-
est, kindest place on earth 70 live.
You remember what Christopher
Morley says. New York is a great
city, chiefly because there are so
many small town people in it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association of HvKeia. the
Health Magazine.

cine? Has he a direct connection
with a good hospital?
There are in the United States
almost 1000 hospitals acceptable to
the American Hospital Association,
and the American College of Sur
geons.
OF the 5000 physicians in the
United States. more than 100000 di-
rectly are affiliated with these hos
pitfalls as members of the staff.
Appointment of a physician to the
staff Of a good hospital indicates
that he has been passed upon ac-
cording to his qualifications by the
medical staff of the hospital.
rs the doctor a member Of his
Il county medical society, Of his
state medical society, Of the Amer
lean medical Association. or Of any
other recognized. organized body Of
physicians?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
1t Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BROUN

NEW YORK. July q Sherlock
Y Holmes being dead and gone.
I suppose that there is hardly any
one who can solve the strange case
Of Samuel Seabury
No citizen of New York deserves
greater acclaim from his fellow
citizens than Judge Seaoury. Any
successful campaign when may be
waged this year against Tammany
Will depend upon the findings OF
Samuel Seabury. and yet he would
not be by any means the deal can
didaie for a new deal in our NUM-
cipality
In destroying New York's favor
lite son. the great inqulsitor was
dragged down TO the bottom with
his victim.
Most OF us are willing TO admit
by now that James J. Walker was
something less than he should have
been. but. like Mr.. Mack Of Moran
and Mack. We are inclined TO ask.
Why bring that up?" Indeed.
Samuel Seabury is the man who
shot Santa Claus.
Possibly the analogy IS not too
perfect. since it was Jimmy who
used TO hang his stocking up in the
not very fantastic hope 81 finding
an orange and a couple Of subway
cars in the toe. And yet We hated
70 see Jimmy go the way of most
flesh
Those prolific tobacco advertisers.
whose brand slips my memory for
the moment. are mistaken. It's
more fun TO be fooled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
Weight of the Ballot

A ND the Office worker can do
"a much to make his lot more Sc
cure by voting for such candidates
as promise to promote federal ano
state measures for unemployment
insurance. Don't crook your finger
and cry "Bolshevism" at me. for
excellent legislation along these
lines first was introduced by Sena-
tor Wagner Dem, N. ".
Unemployment is a crisis and a
test Of our capacity. II can not
be handled except through govern
ment agencies. Kind words By Of
fetal spokesman are not enough.
1 am all for planned production
and for codes, but when l read thai
some generous industry has gone
into a huddle, only TO come out with
the announcement that nobody is to
be paid less than sl2 a week. trem-
bic for this purchasing power which
have seen mentioned so recently in
the headlines of our newspapers.
I don't see how anybody can
keep body and soul apart for s12 a
week.
CcopvriTht 1898 BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
Good Doctor Must Pass Strict Tests

The American Medical Associa-
ton has county societies which pass
carefully on physicians who wish
to join. Before a doctor can belong
to his state medical society, he must
belong to his county medical So
ciety.
Before he can belong to the Amer
lean Medical Association. he must
belong TO both county and state
medical societies.
While membership in a medical
society is not an absolute guaran-
tee Of honesty or Of good faith. the
physician who belongs to such a
society is subject to the criticism of
his colleagues and subject also TO
being called before special commit
tees to explain actions that are not
considered ethical or satisfactory.
A patient is much better off with
doctor who belongs to a recog-
nized medical society than in the
hands Of one who is independent Of
such organizational control.
NEXT: The ethical physician.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
Labor Not Commodity

IRON very many rostrums hard
u working orators soon will be in
forming the multitudes that under
MIRA labor is not a commodity.
Here in the land of freedom we set
human values above the dollar sign.
But exceptions to the rule creep in.
l have beside me a mimeographed
announcement from a New York
employment agency.
1t is headed The Most Remark
able Sale OF the Year Begins To-
day. Never Before Have Such
Wonderful Bargains Been Offered"
And beneath this scarehead runs
the following explanatory para
graph: Due TO business depression.
we have in our files for immediate
delivery hundreds OF thoroughly
competent office workers who must
be placed at once. Their former
values have been disregarded. as it
is essential that they sell them
selves Immediately"
Below come details such as:
"Bookkeepers (male)-Full charge
and assistants. Many with knowl-
edge of stenography and tipping.
Formerly S20-50. Now 1888.
Secretaries and Stenographers-
Experienced or beginners. Com
petent, neat. The best sellers
during prosperity. Were sls-s45.
Now S13-S30"
The agency also boasts: "Typists-
/ Finest selection in town Accurate
and rapid. Well worth s15-S28 Now
/ Sl2-S23"
Furthermore, the customer is adj
vised, Phone me personally If you
are interested in these unusual
buys
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
So They Say

An increase now in any existing
forms Of taxation nearly always
means diminishing returns, and it is
hard to justify any new FORMS
Governor Richie of Maryland.
Peace is based on democracy
world organization and good will
DR.. Hamilton Holt, president OF
Rollins college.
1 believe Roosevelt was sent to us
by divine providence.-Congress
man Arthur Lamneck dem, o..
The only mint julep worth drink
ing is the one that's made in Ken
tucky.-Irvin S. Cobb formerly OF
Paducah).
Athens had its list of "deserv-
ing Democrats; Greek literature is
full of stories about rich families
who were unable to keep up with
the Joneses in the depression fol-
lowing the Peloponnesian war.-Pro-
fessor Paul Shorey. University OF
Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-24
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

in speakeasy, but they have their
little points.
TITO my notion the small town
l. woman is just about the most
up and coming person in the coun-
try. cheerful, busy, admirable body
that she is. She would. of course. be
very much ashamed 70 be as igno-
rant of New York as New York is
Of her, and she likes Walter Win
chell
She is not literary, as the intelh-
gentsia Of the culture centers inter-
pref literature. but you can bet your
life that she knows twice as much
about three times as many things
as they do.
She reads the newspapers and
magazines and has opinions about
disarmament, war debts, Russian
recognition. and the. nudist colony
at Scarsdale. She can cook a de-