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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
EDUCATION AND NEW DEAL

CERIOUS discussion of almost any question
~ ends with the concession that sit all
comes down to a matter of education" Yet
this gets us nowhere, so long as 1t Is lett
merely as an abstraction. In what way does
DYNAMIC education fit in with the conception
of the New Deal" in American institutional
life?
The best brief answer to this which have
read is contained in two John Day Pamphlets
"A. Gordon Melvin's Education for the New
Era: A Call to leadership" and "a Call to
the Teachers of the Nation" issued by the
committee of the Progressive Education AsSo-
citation on Social and Economic Problems.
Perhaps the most valuable phase of Profess
sor Melvin's work is the broad perspective 1T
supplies for understanding the fact that we
really are moving into new era which de-
mands new set of ideals and trained lead
ership He thus summarizes the old order
which now is passing, even though most OF
those in power in American society still re-
gard it as being just as solid and permanent
as the Rock of Gibraltar:
1.-The social structure which we are shutting
off is that of the period known to historians
as modern times The modern period Of
history is over. It's structure was laid down
in the fifteenth century in unequivocal terms.
Founded on the idea of freedom OF the in
dividual. it developed into democracy. Fa-
thered by the reformation. it allied itself with
prosaic professionalism
Drawing to its support the bergher and
- o,-od into ga
CAUGHT in the upsweep of national structures
it led to militarism. Seeking a new mode OF
secular self preservation, it discovered public
education The pattern of modern times be-
came an Intervening Of those modes OF social
existence known as democracy, professionalism,
capitalism. nationaliSm, militarism and public
education"
This system reached its elimination at the
close of the nineteenth century. In the last
three decades it has begun to dissolve as
result of the impact of applied electricity, the
introduction of automatic machinery, the per-
lection of mass production, the rise of the au-
tomobne, and the like The World war gave
it a final death shock from which it will
never recover:
certainly the raIlerS OF our SOCIAL SIIuCtuIe
have begun to creak and the plaster TO fall.
Democracy has been assaulted by host Of
dictators. Capitalism has heard of its rival
communism. Nationalism hears shouts of in
ternationalism. NIiltarism shoulders at the
name OF pacifSm. The old laissez faire the
cries of education are challenged on every
hand. The traditional institutions and loyal
ties of modern times are Incoming riddled in
the fray. Their banners vainly wave for youth
to follow.
The stress of new emergency is upon Us.
We are experiencing it in every present form
Of thought and life. We are forced to look
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26

First YOU have your own job as lar
as we can use all the stockholders
and it will have no age limits, not
even 90. if you still can do some
thing. Second, there will be no
profteering on the producer or con-
sumer. Third, there will be no
sweatshop wages and neither Will
there be any excessive salaries to
the managers or executives. Fourth,
everything will be handled from
producer to the consumer at the
least possible expense.
Fifth, everything from the farms
that needs to be proceSSed to make
it ready for the consumer will be
processed by the association, such
as making wheat into flour, bread,
pies, cakes, and hogs to be made
into bacon, and so forth. Sixth, all
the factory work that can be done
of benefit to the association. This
may take in a lot of territory. Don't
overlook the opportunity of getting
a lot of the material by wrecking a
few of the abandoned factories in
your city. I don't mean to con-
fiscate them. Of course get per-
mission to do so. Do all the work
by yourselves for a share in the as
ISOLATION.
In Kokomo a bunch of men, all
past 10, built a $4,000 structure at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26

counterpart TO postwar Russia's lost chill
dren" An alarming number are women and
girls. Many are gypsy-like families moving
in rickety autos with the open fields and rail-
road jungles for homes.
For four years the government and states
closed their eyes to the menace Of this I'M
natural situation Hundreds Of young ANA
teur hoboes have been manned or killed on
trains. Many carry disease. Not few turn
to petty crime. All are sinking to lower physi
cal, mental and moral levels. Cities and states
only have had one suggestion: Hey, you,
move oni'
But at last social-minded men have been
permitted to take hold. Mr. Lewis organiza-
ton has granted 100000 to fourteen states
and is arranging set-ups in others. No money
is being given to states unless they submit
adequate plans for relief. These must include
constructive work-relief, clean and warm shell
ter, wholesome food. The forestry camps of
the &C. c. c." are offered as models of the
sort Of relief the states should provide, since
they benefit both the states and the transients.
Only when such projects are set up in the
states affected should the government con-
slider shutting down on the movement of these
unfortunates. The open road, bad as it is.
is better than the miserable fophouses that
most communities nave offered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER

INDIANA has suffered patiently for many
Il years from disgusting pollution of its
streams. In addition, Indianapolis has had
its atmosphere polluted by an appalling stencil.
Through the federal government S2S 0OO,-
600 is available to clean up the streams. Otto
Deluse. chairman of the local board of the
federal public works administration, termed
the use of this money as "a golden opportu-
nitv." Certainly advantage should be taken of
this offer.
Future generations then may swim and fish
in Indiana's streams just as our grandparents
did before cities and industries corrupted them.
Meanwhile Ivan Morgan, whose cannery at
Austin has been one of the worst polluters
in the state voluntarily has taken steps to
clean I'D his own mess. He will spend $4,000
out of his own pocket to do so. This news
paper has often disagreed with Mr. Morgan
in the past. 1t may disagree with him in the
future, but it is extremely pleasant to point
out that he is doing the state a signal service
in eliminating the pollution of the Muscata-
tuck river.
At the same time Kingan's packing plant has
announced it will invest SIX in equipment
that it hopes will rid the city forever of the
stencil which has lain over the downtown sec
ton for years.
Kingans. it appears. has been studying
methods Of doing away with its odors for
years. but could not find the right sort of ap-
paratus. As soon as such machinery could be
found the plant bought it.
Every community is entitled TO clean
streams and decent air Indiana seems well
on the road to getting them.
And people should not forget to write high
on the list Of those who have done a real
and generous public service the names Nor
gan" and "Kingan"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26

ahead and to speculate upon the path that
We must follow. Let us seriously ask ourselves
what it shall be. There are but four alterna-
tive paths. The first is Communism, the sec
ond is Fascism, the third is the status quo and
the fourth is some new plan"
Professor Melvin is for the fourth alterna-
tive He holds that this will insist upon con
structive citizenship from ALL" and will guar
antee food, work, leisure, peace and education
for all He urges that we build an educational
system which functionally will be related to
the new era that is coming upon us and will
train able leaders supplied with the proper
technique for social direction
The committee of the Progressive Educa-
ton Association re-echoes President Roose-
yelt's notion Of co-partnership in social and
economic endeavor in its appeal for commu-
nifty of purpose;
THE most urgent and crucial task Of our
generation, both for education and for society
in general, is the development of community
Of purpose. We must decide in whose interests
our mighty mechanism for the production and
distribution of goods is to be managed It
might be made to serve either the few or the
many; it can not be made to serve both"
The committee exhibits a proper and fitting
realism by pointing out that if we are to get
anywhere with dynamic education the teach
ers may be protected from both conservative
sniping and mob intimidation through strong
organization:
The progressive minded teachers of the
country must unite in a powerful organiza-
ton, militantly devoted to the building CT
better social order and to the fuldment. under
the conditions of industrial civilization, of the
democratic aspirations of the American peo-
pie"
We have teachers union already organized
to supply such protective guild But teach
ers have so far been too indivdualistic or too
lofty to join it in any great numbers. Until
they do so, liberal and constructive teaching
in our schools on any large scale will remain
purely imaginative idealism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

die after being burned, died prompt
ly from shock, or in two or three
weeks from the poisons developed
by their illness, or else from the
secondary infection.
Blood TRANSMISSION and proper
remedies may obviate the dangerous
shock. 1t is recognized that infants
and older people do not Withstand
burns as well as those in middle life.
The most recent method of treat
ing burns is the use Of a solution OF
tannic acid. Solutions as strong as
10 per cent are applied. The solu-
ton causes a crust to form over the
burn. This thick scab or crust pro-
tects the nerve endings and holds
the burned area firmly.
Tannic acid solution hardly can
be applied by the patient or those
about him, since the solution must
be made up fresh from the pow
dered tannic acid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26

THE American home, we hear it
L said, is in sad, sad way.
Women are to blame. They refuse
to look after their immemorial bust-
ness.
Now this reasonably may be true,
but as there is no result without a
cause, the question arises as to
what it was that really brought
about the change in our domestic
scene.
Did women abandon the home be-
cause the family wouldn't stay in it,
or did the family walk out because
mother wouldn't stay in it?
That, it seems to me, is dis
tinction we should consider before
we place the full blame upon any
set of shoulders. No matter how
industrious or enthusiastic or clever
she may be, one person can't make
home. TIE family was the very
first cooperative company and
mama was only its vice-president,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
Here's an Idea

BY MOtoris:
Driving back home to Indian
apolis after a Sunday afternoons
drive to the northwest or north
east sections of the city, calls at
tention to the lack of a badly
needed cross-Iown boulevard on
the far north side.
Virtually every state road lead
ing into Indianapolis from the
north takes the motorist close to
the downtown section. That is in
convenient if the motorist hap
pens to live on the far north side,
as so many do.
How about a oross-town high
way stretching across from say,
Fifty-second street, or Flttleth
street? 1t is not only a question
of making things easier for the
north side motorist. A project OF
that kind would speed up traffic
moving from east to west, and
vice versa. on the north side. 1t
would cut down on the accidents
occurring at those streets with
bad joys in them.
And. it would put men to work,
wouldn't it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
F.: A Woman's Viewpoint

search after Illicit pleasures. 1t was
the automobile that moved the FAM
lily from the sitting room to the
highway. 1t was the high-pressure
salesman introducing installment
buying who persuaded the public
that life was a sort Of mad caucus
race. like that in which Alice par
ticipated when in Wonderland, a
race that you began when you liked
and left off when you liked, with
no course set, and no particular goal.
1t was, in short, our whole money
made civilization, in which homes
and salaries were too small to per-
NIT women to have a proper num-
Der of children, and in which a case
of SEotch. became the first requisite
for fsocial standing. And let's not
FORGET this. If the home is wreck,
thk women, too, are smashed in its
ruhns
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
M.

4 DEMAND for 2O-cent cotton is not I'M
N reasonable. The average yield is little bet
ter than one-third Of bale to the acre That
means that farmer cultivating forty acres can
count on fourteen or fifteen bales There are
exceptions of course Occasionally, some farm
ers get a bale to the acre. but just as often
other farmers get nothing. Wind, weevilS, and
the weather are forever playing havoc with the
crop.
Twenty-cent cotton means about 500 BALE
or an annual return of from 81 400 to 81 500 on
forty acres, in addition to the seed. The, seed
probably would take care of the fertilizer, spray
ing and picking so that it is fair to say that
20-cent cotton would guarantee the average
small farmer approximately $50 week for his
labor and his investment or rent.
For relief measures in connection with the
NRA, have resulted in bringing cotton up to 10
cents That represents real gain, however, since
the price was 612 cents last year. At the same
time it leaves growers in a sorry plight, espe-
cialy if they are tenants, as more than half
Of them are, and compelled to give up a fourth
OF the crop as rent.
VOU can't blame them for being dissatisfied
i and impatient. Even a guarantee of 20
cents would not insure them a reasonably good
income for they would still have to take chances
with the vagaries Of old Mother Nature.
Naturally enough, cotton growers turn to in
fation as a remedy for their ills They have
been told that imitation would not work hard
ship on consumers, since it would raise prices
and wages all around.
Cotton growers realize that 100 per cer>
advance would not help them very much if
everything they had to buy went up proportion
ately, but the margin would go twice as far
toward paying of their debts.
If a grower received 10 cents for his cotton
and it cost him to live, he would have l cent
left for his note at the bank or government loan.
If on the other hand, he received 20 cents and
it, cost him Is cents to live he would have 2
cents left.
T IKE most other people, cotton growers are
IL struggling under load of debt which they
took on during boom times The load has been
doubled if not more than doubled, by the fall of
prices It takes them fully twice as long to earn
dollar as it did six or eight years ago. When
they ask for imitation, they are not asking for an
arbitrary advantage, but for a restoration Of
normal conditions
The only question is whether imitation would
do for them what they expect, especially if IN
dertaken on the printing press theory, or
whether it would lead TO such an orgy of specu-
lation as might we'll leave them worse of.
Specific devaluation of the dollar by reduc-
ton of its gold content would find an immedi-
ate reflection in wage and price advances. but
mere expansion of the currency holds no such
definite promise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
: BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

She always took her orders from
father in the old days, when family
life was important enough to be
spelled with capital letters.
1t was a combination of circum-
stances and not the modern woman
that wrecked that domestic bliss.
The competitive economic system
which set men striving against each
other to transfer home work to
factories so that a great deal more
money might be made, was the pri-
NAL cause.
TT was war hysteria which increased
L production and threw big busi-
ness into high gear that we can't
seem to get shifted back into low,
and that pushed millions of women
into industry so that men could be
released for fighting,
1t was prohibition that sent young
! people upon their surreptitious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26

THERE is probably no other in
i Jury affecting the human body
that is at once so painful, SO
mutilating and so difficult to handle
as a severe burn of the surface OF
the body. The remedies that have
been used in the treatment of burns
since the beginning of time include
almost anything any one could de-
wise that would cover the surface.
One of the chief difficulties in
securing a coat over burned areas
was infection. When methods We're
found for keeping wounds clean and
these methods were applied to burns,
great help was given to prompt cure.
There are, however, many persons
who at once smear burns with any
grease that happens to be handy,
thus injecting the burn and making
it practically impossible for a ply
sician to clean the burn.
It is realized now that in severe
burns of the body it is just as neces-
sary to treat the whole patient as to
treat the burn itself. Patients who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
TUESDAY SEPT. 2e. 1888
THE CITY BUDGET

THE battle Of the budget goes on with
= neither the taxpayer nor the city ad-
ministration getting anywhere. Much oratory
and few practical suggestions have charac-
terized the proceedings before the county ad-
1ustment board.
There are two sharply conflicting elements
in the situation. Tax delinquencies prove that
the taxpayer can no longer meet his bills
He must be relieved On the other hand,
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan has since 1880
cut the cityls operating costs by s1,8OO,O0O
Further slashing will endanger the municipal
services.
The Real Estate Board has acted as the
taxpayers vehement champion. but its speak
ers have been vague on method and long on
generalization. Their first idea amounted to
a suggestion that the city repudiate its debts
temporarily. That was silly because it would
destroy municipal credit for years to come.
Then the idea Of the realtors was the con-
solidation Of city and county governments.
There was a splendid suggestion, but it can
not be acted upon without authority from the
legislature. The harassed taxpayer can not
wait for the legislature.
Mayor Sullivan takes the position that with
the return Of normal business the Is per cent
tax delinquency will be eliminated and new
sources of revenue will be found. He probably
is right, but the present emergency requires
immediate action.
Now the Real Estate Board has fallen back
upon the technique of the common scold and
offers nothing more constructive than loud
roars that the city must find a way to live up
TO the 81 SO tax law. But how? No one has
answered that
A little common sense and courage are
all that is needed. Why don't both parties
to the controversy deal more frankly with
the public? Both sides know that the city is
confronted with the elimination Of some OF its
services. and with the imposition of additional
charges for present services. But, evidently
neither wants to be specific because such mea-
sures are bound to be unpopular.
Indianapolis can not have its cake and eat
It, too. 1t can not maintain the services which
it has offered in the past and at the same
time lower taxes The people should under
stand clearly that for a year or two, they
may have to decide. which services it prefers
to do without.
There are really two general types of munic-
ipal functions One is the sort which the in
dividual family unit can not possibly handle,
such as fire and police protection, sewage dis
posaI. control of epidemics. poor relief and
education.
The other type is that which the city has
taken over during boom years from the FAM
ily. This includes recreation and certain types
of public health work While these functions
are important and desirable they could be
discontinued temporarily with less damage to
the community than serious Gripping, Of the
police or fire departments
It is in this latter type of function that
the budget makers must seek their reduc-
tions. To do so will require courage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
Tannic Acid Solution Used for Burns

AS soon as a person receives
a severe burn the clothing should
be cut away from the burned area
so as to avoid contamination, and
tannic acid sprayed on it. In hos
pitfalls the patient is placed in a
frame containing electric lights
which apply soothing warmth and
help to keep the burned area dry.
Such patients regularly must
receive sufficient. amounts of wa
ter, and, if necessary, have it in
jected into the body. 1t is Gus
tomary to watch the person care
fully and to prepare for transfu-
sion if the blood shows signs of
breaking down.
After the patient has recov-
cred from the first shock and
healing has begun, it frequently is
possible to graft skin on the burned
area. 1t is the tendency of such
areas to contract with deep scars
and thereby to cause serious Grip
ping Of the body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
Questions and
:.

O-Were paper wheels ever used
on railroads? How were they
made?
A-For some years paper-cored
wheels were used in passenger
service on railroads. This model
was invented in 1876 by R. N.
Allen, andslater MADE and sold by
the Allen Paper Car Wheel Com
pany. They did not meet the
needs Of the heavy equipment and
were discarded. The method OF
manufacturing was: Strawboard
paper pressed while wet and then
baked and dried in a kiln for
thirty to ninety days; then re-
pressed and baked again for six
months. The paper centers were
incased in steel tire and sides.
Q-Does an enlistment and
honorable discharge from the
United States army make a per
son citizen?
A-No.
Q-Is military service in Italy
compulsory for all male citizens?
How long do they have to serve
and what are the age limits?
AIN Italy, service in the army
or navy is compulsory and univer-
sal. Liability to service begins at
the age Of 20 and continues to the
age Of 55. The terms Of service IN
the active army is normally eight
cen months for all arms. After
passing through the ranks. the
men are placed on unlimited
leave" that is, they are trans
ferred to the reserve, in which
they remain until the age Of 55v
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
THE WEARY ROAD

THE national capital was the end OF the
IL road for Robert Cohen, Il, picked up on
g washington street in a starving condition
after having followed the hobo trail for
months. He is typical Of between 100000
and 100000 American sons and daughters
whom the depression has pried loose from
social moorings and cast adrift in hopeless
migration through the states.
According TO Morris Lewis. named by Re-
lief Administrator Hopkins to administer fed
eraI funds for transient relief. at least Is Per
cent Of the wanderers are under q. Americas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-26
Coal

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER
There was a time I thought Of coal
AS dirty, commonplace;
I longed for some mild, far-off goal
Its SCOT could not disgrace.
I think of toilers now who go
Down deep within the earth;
And how those shiny, black Jumps
glow
AS gems of sterling worth.