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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31

who direct the destiny of nations and vote for
or against war, the fact that the super racket,
war. must end and that civilization must not
be further outraged" the association says.
This colorful and ingenious mode of assault
on war is timely and commendable. 1t is by
no means certain that the world can be lifted
out of its present mess-even If peace is main
tanned It is quite Obvious that there Is no
means of saving the present order If we are
involved in another World war. Such
calamity would end all efforts at recovery
under capitalism, would kill and MAIN tens OF
millions, would destroy hundreds Of billions OF
dollars worth of property and would pile up
burden Of debt which would crush decadent
capitalism like an eggshell.
War is not only the most irresponsible and
brutal of all rackets. it is also by far the most
costly. In the World war the direct and I'M
mediate economic cost, involving only those
material objects which were blown 10 hen
during the conflict. was 1896, 900 100000. Some
IN ooO 600 soldiers were killed and more than
IN ooG 600 wounded More than 15OOO0oO
widows and orphans were left bereaVed ana
and many more millions of civilians dleo OF
disease and starvation. Stupendous war deotS
were accumulated to plague subsequent gen.
erations
Yet the war racketeers were not discredited
bv this devastating record The world IS
spending today for ornaments nearly 10 per
cent more than it did in 1913. Current ex-
penditures amount to more than s4,OO00OOOOo.
OF this total, the United States spends more
than s7OO,OOO,OOO with over $50O,OOo,oOo more
for pensions. These figures show that we have
had a real armament wave" since 1913 which
is more expensive and ominous than the much
discussed crime wave.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

avarice, who have dictated what shall be in
terest on loans, what transportation Of prod
ucts shall cost and what shall be the market
prices of what is raised The American farm
er lacks profitable markets because he has
consented to control Of markets by others and
it is not remarkable that millions Of him take
to boycott or strike as last resort to secure
living return for the sweat of their brow
To boycott buyers is like cutting off ones
nose to spite ones face. The farmer will have
to be patient, very patient. Prices of things
he buys will be apt to keep ahead of prices
he gets for some time to come. Through years
and years of consent to what was being done
to him, the farmer has so established eco
Monies. However, the engineer of the new
deal most assuredly includes the farmer in his
plans to put the under-dog on top
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31
THE FARMER AWAKENS'

A WELL-KNOWN Washington writer de-
N scribes the farmer thus: That rugged
figure in the burrows who is overburdened
with debt lacks markets, finds himself still
behind as prices of things he buys still squirt
ahead of prices he gets for his products"
Yes, the irrepressible conflict between the
farmer who raises things and the city folks
who consume them is on, with the farmer as
usual, holding the tarred end of the stick;
and, just now, millions of farmers of the mid
west propose to boycott the consumers by re-
fusing to sell what they raise and what the
consumers must have
The writer of this spent most of his life
on farm, loved the life. probably should have
stuck to it, and now has unbounded sympathy
for the farmer. Just the same those midwest
farmers and their fellows elsewhere, are the
main authors of their present circumstances.
For decades they have worshped the title of
the grand old party ticket and voted tariffs,
special privileges and merged financial power
to the elements the slaves of unmodihed
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Forgot to Remember

"TNHEY left such teeny space for
Il the answer that I had to
write over in it and start in on the
back. So far have worked I'D to
1927, and now, for the life of me,
1 can't think what 1 was defeated
for in that year.
THE trouble is that if 1 skip this
question and go on to the next one
l am no better off. The next one
wants to know: Why are you A
candidate?' Why, indeed? I recall
how in my youth I was wont to
seize upon the papers in the gray
dawns Of the days after elections.
Rarely was my vote recorded. Along
in the middle of December. far back
in the real estate section, when
everything had been officially totted
up, there would appear something
like this: 'O'Sullivan DEM. 20117:
Lefingwell Rep), 6.255; Coleman
(Soc). 49,
SO / suppose I will blame nv
constant candidates. upon the early
conditioning Of my political re1exes.
That ought to hold those over
inquisitive taxpayers
Copyright. 1888. BY The Tines
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WORK RELIEF is BEST

A REPORT by the United States labor de-
N partment reveals that during the hrst
half of this year in lit areas covering 43,OOO,-
ooo people. federal and local government was
called on to furnish 90 per cent of all relief.
Private charity for the time at least seems 10
have failed.
Since aid for the nations hapleSs poor is 20
per cent public business, let the othclaI
agencies avoid charitys shortcomings. There
should be an end to grudging handouts
skinny grocery orders, the many little humllla-
lions that degrade those who happen to nave
lost their Jobs. There should be less direct
relief more work relief: less giving and more
hiring.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
ton asks of cities. counties and states TWO
things. Relief standards should not fall below
S15 a week for northern families nor below
s12 so in the south. And wherever possible
relief should be paid in wages instead OF doles-
MANY communities have adopted the work
relief policy Some are using imagination In
projecting work that at once will be socially
useful and fitted to the training OF the joblesS
In New York formerly jooless doctors are en-
uloved in public health projects. Buffalo hires
voorhees, musicians by means of great popular
symphony concerts. Chicago, Kansas City st.
Louis. Detroit Miami and other cities are hlr-
ing engineers, professional men, nurses teach
ers and other white collar people along with
unskiIled laborers in projects that add wealth
and cultural enrichment to their community
life Those cities are conserving the self
respect of their temporarily needy families.
Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins says
that one-half of the able-bodied heads of the
100000 families on relief are working for
wages All of them should be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31
M. E. Tracy Says:

TINE assumption that dollars of fixed weight
Il will change as to value and that dollars OF
fixed value must change to weight is almost
automatic; but where do we go from there? Is
not the same thing true of any commodity? If
we insisted on a fixed price for milk, wouldn't we
find it necessary to change the size of measuring
dish every so often?
We know how to fix the weight of dollar,
but do we know how to fix its value in such a
way as would keep it in automatic accord with
the constant ebb and flow of price levels?
Because an abnormal situation indicates that
dollars are too high does it necessarily follow
that we should adopt a policy which permits
quick, easy or continuous ductuation?
Like many other people, I believe that the
gold content of the dollar should be lowered
but as remedy for existing conditions rather
than as a precedent to be followed every day in
the week.
Not only this country but the whole civilized
world is finding it desirable to do many things
that were never done before and that most peo-
pie hope will never have to be done again.
1T is not stretching the truth much to say that
civilization has been going through bank
ruptcy ever since the war ended or that the
procedure has still some time to run.
A tremendous portion of the debts, both
public and private, has been defauted and about
the only way we can save our faces with regard
ton of money.
1t is one thing to take the dose openly and
frankly, but it is quite another to interpret it as
an excuse for setting up new order of eco
Monies.
Personally doubt the wisdom of trifng with
variable money standard. 1t seems to me that
we have uncertainty enough without adding
that factor So. too, we have speculation enough,
without opening another door
If we could restore the price wage and in
come levels of 1923 without arbitrarily manipula-
ting money values. I would be for it. but three
years of futile striving furnish strong evidence
that we can not.
business and industry appear powerless to
- regain their feet because of the debt and
tax burdens under which they labor Many of
the present efforts to mobilize public credit serve
no purpose so distinctly as to increase the debt
and the taxes.
The load simply must be lightened If we
had the nerve, We could scale it down by law but
we have not. The other alternative is to devalue
the dollar. Infationsts think this could best be
accomplished by printing greenbacks, but that
leaves most people cold because nobody knows
where it would end
Well. isn't the same thing true Of this plan
to devalue and stabilize dollars by trading in
gold? Who can foretell where we land if we en-
bark on such venture?
AS I see it. We need cheaper money to relieve
the debt burden and raise buying power but
in such way as will end all uncertainty. as will
enable people to know on what they can depend
as will reduce speculation to the minimum.
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Illness May Affect Child's Acts

careful study indicated that he was
particularly sensitive to chicken
feathers and, when he went to sleep
on bed without chicken feathers,
the asthmatic attacks disappeared
In another interesting case, an
8year-old boy complained of
headaches and he also wet the bed.
He walked and talked in his sleep
and progressed slowly in school.
The boy was studied from every
possible angle. Finally it was found
that he required glasses to read
properly,
When glasses were obtained, the
headaches disappeared gradually,
the bed wetting became less fire.
quent and, inside of a few months,
the boy improved so rapidly that
his mental age was estimated at
more than one and one-half years
above what it was before.
All these cases show the impor-
lance of studying your child COM
pletely. both as to its mind and its
body, when unusual reactions ap-
pear They show also the necessity
of considering each child as an in
dividual human being, rather than
as a collection of various organs
and tissues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31
RACKET INDEED

TINE World Peaceways Association has
launched an aggressive campaign to dis
credit wars Recognizing the special danger
Of war created by the Hitler organization in
Germany and linking its work to the current
crusade against crime and rackets in the
United States, this organization proposes to
attack war as the super racket
The program consists of manufacturing the
largest book in the world. The first part of it
Will consist of the most ,unahswerable argu
ments against war and in favor of peace.
Next. will come a petition for peace. And.
finally. there Will be the signatures of the
millions who are expected to sign the petition.
BY every legitimate means, constructive
publicity Will be sought on merit. at the hands
OF the press. radio broadcasters and through
public speaking. to bring home TO the men
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A Challenge

By Another Taxpayer.
I have been interested in your
Message Center for some time, but
more so in the article written by
Taxpayer regarding the efficiency
of our police force. Do you know,
Mr.. Taxpayer, why all the events
mentioned in your article hap
pened as they did? Well, in my
opinion, if Chief Morrisey would
pay more attention to the essential
building of a proficient police
force than he does Wrangling
about matter of the 14-year-old
boy type, then Indianapolis would
not be looked upon as an easy
hideaway by the crooks. Why bless
you. you wonder why the police
didn't follow that bandit on foot.
Well, I would be willing to bet
that there isn't a cop on the
force who could run a city block,
and if I were following the crook
game I know of no other city that
offers the easy getaway that In
dianapoliS does. The greatest
comedy I have seen yet was two
policemen and plain clothes de-
tective trying to fight a drunk.
After a five minute tussle all three
were putting so badly that they
could hardly talk. No politics will
not permit the replacing Of these
has-beens for young men of the
physical structure that is needed
on our police force to cope with
the who bandits that are hiding
out in our city today.
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TINE trouble you may have IN
Il making a child of yours behave
properly may come not alone from
what you might consider Stubborn
ness. but it may also be due to some
physical ailment.
You can't separate mind and body
completely, and the modern special
ist is likely to make a study OF
both when confronted by strange
mental processes.
In other words, the scientific
physician now looks upon you or
your child as a unit and not as a
collection of separate organs and
tissues. Many a human being has
had his whole life marred by some
chronic disease occurring in child
hood.
Investigators at Johns Hopkins
hospital in Baltimore have pointed
out how a disease may change the
whole nature of a child.
The average child might have
measles, scarlet fever, whooping
cough, hay fever, or any of the
other common conditions which af-
flict youngsters and, after recover
ing, be no different in its behavior
than it was before the illness. On
the other hand, some children do
not respond in this normal man
ner.
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A Woman's Viewpoint !:

who never will be mothers. 1t is
for them I speak. Aren't they en-
titled to the same industrial and
professional privileges men have?
If they ask for more, they demand
too much. and they should not get
them.
AS for home-makers, they lived a
good many centuries without any
protection, save that given by the
generous love of their men. More
of them than we shall ever know
died Of mistreatment and oppres-
sion.
Today rich homes may house
parasites, but the women who does
her work in humber abodes-and
her name is legion-earns every
consideration she ever has had from
the manhood of America. II is to
our shame that motherhood always
has been and still is the poorest paid
profession in the world.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine.

One boy, who had had mild at
tack of asthma in infancy, con-
stantly developed spells Of shortness
of breath and typical asthma re-
action again when, at the age of
91a, he was sent to new school at
a distance from his home.
Unfortunately, his parents had
been told at the time of the first
illness that the asthma likely was
to occur again. This, coupled with
their extraordinary anxiety for the
boy, led to the apparent asthmatic
symptoms at the very first time
when he found himself in a condi-
ton which he did not like.
When his habits were changed
and he had more recreation, and
when his parents we're told that the
new asthmatic attacks probably were
not actually asthma, all symptoms
disappeared.
Another boy of 9, who developed
a shortness of breath while sleeping
at night. was believed by his mother
to be merely pretending" So his
parents nagged and worried him.
AS a result, he developed witch
ing Of the eyelids and nostrils. A
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31
BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TALLY should be given credit for
their sense Of fairness. At least
they are not trying to put anything
over on the men,
n
IT is hard to imagine what abso-
IL Lutte equality would do to home
life or industry or to the eco
nomic, political and social sys-
TENS. 1t might upset them. But
it would tend to improve the char
acters of men and women, "a con-
summation devoutly to be desired.
We might have to suffer during the
readjustment period, but in the end
woman would be restored to an hon
orable place as partner in the
important business of life.
Just here is the place for the cry
about home and mother to arise.
But let's not forget that there are
millions of women now in the coun-
try who are not home makers ano
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"TTOW long would your wonder
l. l. full sex equality endure if men
divorced you from all the preroga-
tives and special laws for your pro-
tection?" is the question put by a
New York sociologist.
Whatever answer one might make
would be guesswork. But I think
it's fun to guess.
This has been the subject of de-
bates for years; this question as to
whether it is better for women to
be generously or justly dealt with.
I'm for the latter every time you
can be sure We shall always be able
to count upon the softness Of heart
of our individual mem.
The suspicion fingers that the
special privilege" group is creating
a camouf1age to hide its opposition
to plain justice, asked by those ia
voring equality. Certainly women
who are willing to renounce par
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:: The Message Center ::


cheap money. Low prices for farm
products mean high money and
nationwide poverty and hungry
people.
With one stroke of the pen, the
President would put our country in
an Al condition. Republicans al
ways get their man right or wrong.
They tried Cleveland, Wilson,
Franklin d. Roosevelt. I notice
they favor the. ones who elect them.
The Democrats never will hear the
last of Cleveland. Wilson and
Franklin D. Roosevelt. This admin
istration is killing the Democratic
party for all time. The Republican
party has hoodooed the greatest
nation on earth by handing out
jobs.
Do away with the states. Call
Indiana a county. Cut expenses
down go per cent That will be
enough taxes to throw to the four
winds. Low taxes and cheap money
will put our country in Al shape.
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elect a Democrat, the Republicans
will make a panic"
Then when conditions got bad,
they electioneered: "The country is
ruled by supply and demand"
School teachers got Sc day when
corn was worth $3.50 a bushel.
When corn sold at zoe a bushel,
school teachers still got Sc a day.
If the country we're ruled by the
law of supply and demand, school
teachers would get 80 cents day
if corn we're selling at 20 cents
bushel. If corn were selling at $3.50
bushel, the school teacher would
get Sc a day.
We can pay our debts and mort
cages only by cheap money. High
prices for farm products mean
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-31
Que St1OnS and
AnSW erS

Q-How many children have
President and Mrs. Roosevelt?
A-Four sons and one daughter.
Q-Does the rank of color
sergeant still exist in the United
States army?
Alt has been discontinued,
and a master sergeant now has
charge of the colors.
Q-When was Nellie Grant mar
ried to Algernon Sartoris at the
White House?
Alba.
Q-Was the late Mayor Cermak
of Chicago a native or naturalized
American?
Ale was born in Bohemia and
was a naturalized citizen.
Q-Is brain both singular and
plural?
A-The plural is brains. When
speaking of a mans brains, usu-
ally his mental capacity is indi-
Gated. whereas when the organ
itself is indicated, it is called the
brain.
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TUESDAY. OCT. 81. 1888
THE STEEL TRUST COMPROMISE

THE STEEL TRUST COMPROMISE
livery one will join in the cheers over the
- White House announcement that the
steel trust and its associates have agreed
substantially" to obey the labor provisions of
the coal code and have reduced the price of
steel rails.
But we have cheered steel settlement so
often in the past and later found ourselves
out on a limb, some qualification is in order
this time. Three weeks ago the steelmasters
gave the White House the same pledge to deal
with the freely chosen representatives of their
captive mine WOrkers-all to no avail. Also
three weeks ago the steelnasters promised the
President that they would submit rail bids
Independently of each other and without col
fusion or consultation" According to the
President and Transportation Co-ordinator
Eastman, they violated that pledge also.
AS a result many thousands of workers
have remained unemployed in the mines, in
the steel mills and on the railroads. After
weeks of urging with the steel magnates, the
Presidents patience came to an end yesterday
when he summoned them to a final White
House conference.
The agreements which came out of yes
terday's conference are compromise.
Instead of the S35 a ton for steel rails
which the government considered fair price
the companies are to receive s36.37. More
over, the companies escape opening their books
to government inspection, the process by which
the government intended to show that $35
represented a just profit
In the labor dispute the companies have
not yet recognized the union, so the agree
ment had to be drawn as between the Presi-
dent and companies on the one hand and be-
tween the President and the United Mine
Workers on the other hand Aside from that
face-saving device for the steel trust, however.
the government won most of its demands, in
Guiding the right of strikers to return to work
without discrimination for union membership,
the check-off under which companies pay as
dues part of workers wages directly to the
union designated by the worker, temporary
wage and working conditions similar to those
in the Appalachian agreement between COM
mercal mines and the United Mine Workers.
For permanent labor agreement the COM
panies agree to negotiate with representatives
of the workers, chosen at elections under super
vision of the national labor board, and in event
of failure of such negotiations both parties
agree to abide by arbitration of disputes by
the national labor board as final.
It is exceedingly unfortunate that, after so
many weeks of delay in the steel company dis
putes and consequent slowing down OF the
recovery program, the price of steel rails is
to remain unreasonably high and the labor
settlement is only tentative.
But the President decided that it was not
worth carrying the dispute further in view OF
its cost to the recovery program. He accepted
the compromises lin the interest of getting
neonle TO work" That is sufficient Justification
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Along NelO Jersey Front

7 HAVE my favorite candidate far
L beyond the borders of the Great
er City. I think it is vital that
McAlister Coleman should be elect
ed councilman in Fairlawn. Here
is the case which he presents in his
own favor:
Il am rounding out my North
Bergen IN. j. campaign for assem-
blymen. councilman, etc. etc, on
the Socialist ticket, full of the old
fight but with the majority of my
back teeth missing.
1T is rather embarrassing to have
your back teeth hauled out just as
you are going around hollering for
legislation with teeth in it, but if it
isn't one thing with us Socialists it's
another. That is, all except the
vote, which as far as my candida
torial experience goes has been as
Interchangeable as our conservative
friends tell us human nature is.
Nov that my remaining teeth
are all huddled up in front 1 find
that have added new complex to
my already extensive equipment.
This is a chipmunk complex. 1t is
all can do to refrain from sitting
up and Selling such food as is in
sight with my fore paws, nibbling
nervouSly at it and looking back
pop-eyed over my shoulder.