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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
SHAW SCORES

BERNARD SHAW arrives at last at our
- western shore, amusing reporters with
his double edged sallies against things sacred
and profane
This eminent Irishrnan is not always fair to
America and Americans. In San Francisco
his rapier went home, however, at its first
thrust.
What do you think of the Mooney case?"
he was asked.
Il hesitate to express an opinion" he re-
piled. Generally, would say that to bury
a man alive in a vault for seventeen years is
extremely foolish. am a foreigner and as
such would not criticise your courts and police.
But if Mooney is not fit to live, have the
courage to shoot him. 1t would be great re-
lief to me if the Governor of your state would
pardon Mooney. He has, unfortunately, been
made political mark"
1t is probably well for our reputation that
Mr.. Shaw is not staying over to attend the
coming new Mooney trial just granted on
MONEYS request on an DID, undismissed in
dictment. This trial destined to be even more
of a farce than the first one in 1916, would
give our critic new plot for super satire
on American justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
NJ. E.TracySays:

DRES1DENT ROOSEVELT frankly admits
that the pending farm bill is an experiment.
The same thing is true of every plan of farm
relief thus far proposed. No precedent exists
Tor meeting the situation, simply because it
never has been met
1t was more than sixty years ago that states
men and economists began to talk about farm
relief. Since that time innumerable measures
have been proposed, but few have been adopted.
and as general proposition those few have
done more harm than good.
Remedies have run all the way from fat
money to price-fxing. Half dozen political
parties have sprung up in support of one scheme
or another-Greenbacks, PopulistS, Nonpartisan
LeaguerS, among the rest.
Out of it all has come little of constructive
value. American farmers are in as bad shape
as they ever were if not worse and experimental
ton still furnishes their only hope.
A DMITTEDLY, the pending bill contains
n doubtful, if not defective, provisions. For
one thing it imposes sales tax. For another
1t seeks crop reduction through the withdrawal
of marginal lands, though most crops easily
could be doubled by the intensive cultivation Of
remaining lands
But when all is said and done, this bill stands
for action, and action Of any kind is better than
no action at all
Up to this time. most of the proposed rene
dies nave been discarded for fear that they
WOu1O prove worse IMAM the disease. Maybe they
would, but the disease continues.
The country can't go on that way unless it
is willing for the disease to continue Since
there is no exact knowledge of what ought to
be done or how it will work, the only alternative
is to experiment and find out
No doubt this farm bill can be beaten or
spoiled by adverse criticism but where would we
go from there? What substitute has been pro-
posed that is any better or does not lend itself
to similar fate?
What substitute has been proposed that does
not involve large expenditure of money on the
one hand and taxation on the other?. How can
we gain knowledge or assurance by repeating
the process Of destruction through criticism
which, more than anything else. has prevented
effective action during the last half-century?
ET'S quit the back seat driving for once,
L. even if the road does look rough. Let's take
a chance, even though we realize that it is a
chance.
The administration at Washington not only
is trying to do something, but is sufficiently
honest to concede the possibility of mistakes
Whatever else may be said of such attitude,
it cannot lead us very far astray because of the
open mindednesS with which it is proceeding. 1t
certainly can not lead us far astray as the
scared inactivity by which other administrations
have played safe.
There are two underlying facts Of the farm
problem which should be kept clearly in mind.
First, it ought to be solved Second, no living
man has a slre-fre solution.
That being So what choice have We but to
adopt the trial and error method?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
PRAISE FROM A BRITON

ORD MARLEY, deputy speaker of the Brit
ish house of lords made a fine impression
during his recent tour of America. But he
made an even finer one when he sailed for
home with words of praise for American air.
ways, American trains, and the general SYM
pathy and understanding of the American
people
English visitors don't usually say that sort
OF thing. They come over to collect such dol
lars as may be floating about loose, but they
leave with the air of those who escape from a
dreary desert, and as they leave they let us
know, condescendingly, that we are be-
nighted and witless folk whose ways are out
landish and whose institutions are devilish odd
Lord Marley is refreshing exception. One
trusts that he isn't deprived of his position in
the house of lords because of his break with
the oldest of British traditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
GERMAN SUPER-PATRIOTS

TINE thoughtless frenzy Of the German
4 Nazis could not be Illustrated better than
by their recent action in raiding the villa of
Prof Albert Einstein in futile search for a
cache of weapons.
Professor Einstein assuredly is one of the
greatest and most famous of living mortals;
and as far as everyday, practical politics is
concerned, he is alone one of the most harm
less.
His work has been revolutionary, but it has
been carried on in a field as far removed from
the hurly-burly Of daily politics as could be
imagined.
The persecution which some Nazi leaders
seem to wish to direct at him is almost in
credibly petty and small-souled. y
In fact, to get right down with it, it is
about on a par with the actions of those
super patriots in this country who tried to-
have him shut out of America on the ground
that he was a dangerous and subversive radi-
CAL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
ROMANTIC SOLDERING

IF you read in the papers recently of the
l. death of Brig Gen. Charles King of the
United States army you may not have re-
membered having heard about the gentleman
before. But you might be interested to know
that he was the famous Captain Charles
King" who wrote those exciting and readable
romances of army life on the western plains
which were so popular twenty or thirty years
ago.
General King saw just about as much In
dian fighting, in the old days, as any man in
the army; and he wrote good many stories
about that life, and those stories were very
widely read generation ago.
They told of army life in day when a
soldiers life had in it other clements than
routine drill and inspection; and to those who
like the flavor of those old days, the news of
General Kings death is exceedingly unwel-
come.
He was another of those links connecting
us with a colorful past-those links which.
these days, are disappearing all too rapidly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27

TINE country needs and, unless I mistake
Il its temper the country demands bold,
persistent experimentation. 1t is common sense
to take method and try it; if it fails, admit
it frankly and try another. But above all,
try something
This paragraph comes from President
Roosevelt's own book, Looking Forward" and
it is a declaration Of principles that is i'm
mensely encouraging. It seems to set forth
precisely the attitude which leader must have
today
We not only are struggling to climb out of
a very deep depression. We have come, as far
as We can tell, to the end of an era in our
history. Whatever we are going to do in the
future, it is going to be something new. some
thing different.
The old ways have proven their inadequacy,
and since We lack perfect wisdom. about the
only thing We can do is go ahead by trial
and error method until we have found a new
way that will work.
1t is long time since we have had Presi-
dent who demanded bold, persistent expert
mentation;" it is a long time since our own
temper has been of kind to support such
President, even if we had had one.
Ever since the war We have tried to play
safe. Don't rock the boat" has been our
national slogan. We have asked our Presi-
dents to keep their hands off things and let
well enough alone
That worked all right, or seemed to, as long
as things were indeed we'll enough. But when
they went from bad to worse and from worse
to worst, it was catastrophe policy.
That We have at last discarded it, and have
President who has discarded it, is perhaps
the most encouraging fact on the horizon.
No one knows just what is going to get
us finally out of the depression No one knows
just how, having got out. we are going to keep
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
WARNING SIGNS

MISS PAULINE MURRAH, Red Cross
A'A nutrition expert disclosed in study
of Greater New York's school children that
malnutrition increased 55 per cent in the last
five years in all boroughs and has nearly
doubled in the Bronx.
If this is happening in our richest metrop-
oils, one wonders what is going on in poorer
and more careless communities
The report, of course, gives another lie to
the cheerful beguilements that came out of
Washington during the late Pollyanna period
1t justifies the pleas of social workers fer
steady and adequate relief to stricken families.
1t posts warnings in every hamlet and city
that any slackening of relief standards at
once translates itself into the stunted and
sickly bodies of children.
DR.. E. E. Free recalls that doctors know
of only six causes of disease. These are in
jury, deformity, defect in diet, posonings
parasitic infections, and "neoplasms," such as
cancer.
Of these six enemies of health, at least
one is conquerable-defect in diet. Good food
in ample quantities enables bodies to fight
off other isease-breeders
There is too much food in this country to
permit of famine statistics such as these from
New York. What shall be said of a country
so glutted with food that it can not feed its
children?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
Questions and Answers

GLOW many of the American
Expeditionary Force in the World
war died from disease and how
many were killed i'll action?
Aided of disease, 62,670; killed
in action, 36,931, and died of
wounds received in action, 49,
673.
Q-Why can birds roost on tel
egraph wires without being cleo
trocuted?
A-Because they are not in con
tact with the ground or a return
wire and therefore the current
does not pass through their bodies.
Q-Who was Ianthe in Greek
mythology? What does the name
mean?
A-She was the daughter of
Oceanus and Tethys, and one of
the companions of Pemphone. The
name means "delightsome.
Q-Who wrote the novel
Journeys End?"
Ar. C. Sheriff.
Q-Is twin one Or two per-
sons?
A twin refers to one person;
twins means two; and a pair Of
twins also means two people.
Q-What was the cost of the
American Army of occupation in
Germany after the World war?
A-The total cost to the United
States was 1892 ,663 ,435.79.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
For More Shudder{nq

HOPE that the Roosevelt pro-
Il gram will broaden all along the
line to the point where a lot Of
shuddering will be done among the
rulers Of America. The President
himself has said that the farm re-
lief measure is experimental.
1t is a step in the direction of
planned production, and planned
production is extremely difficult I'M
der our present economic setup.
Perhaps the bill won't work, but
surely the farm situation is such
that something new ought to be
tried.
have been accused of being
carping in regard to the admin
istration and some Of my radical
associates think that I'm too friend
ly. I think that President Roose-
welt has made good start. But
as yet it is only a start.
Walter Winchel reports that jim
Farley said to an editor who wanted
bank deposits guaranteed, Give
us time to unpack."
And to mix the metaphor, I think
that the prepayment of new deal
must shuttle the cards before he
starts. 1 don't want to find all
the aces in one hand.
Copyright, 1893. By The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
OUR SIBERIA

TINE savagery of men toward men! Los
Il Angeles earthquake kills and mains; the
same city's red squad just has been accused
OF brutally beating labor lawyer. The
Mississippi at flood takes life. So do Illinois
coal mine guards.
The tornado that cracked its cheeks over
Dixie was not half so cruel as the south's
prison chain gang system, Just described in
the current Harper's magazine by Walter Will
son as Our American Siberia"
Few southern states escape this investiga-
tors indictment. Tortures-the sweatbox, the
stocks the lash. starvation outright murder
are the lot of the shackled unfortunates of the
chain gangs. Work under pressure of the task
system lasts from dawn till dark, often under
incredibly cruel heat and insect torment.
The victims are housed in are-traps in
tents or in barred cages on wheels. In
border county one sheriff was found feeding
his prisoners on cents a day. collecting As
cents from the county.
The evil of this system lies in the dollars
made from the prisoners labor. IN this it
resembles the chattel slavery that preceded it.
Forced prison labor, often contracted out, is
said to net the south s250OOOOO year
Because of the profits from this free labor,
men often are committed for trivial offenses-
playing cards on Sunday. labor organizing,
public profanity, letting an employers mule
bite a neighbors corn.
And. says Mr.. Wilson, "the tortures of the
third degree" frequently are utilized in get
ting confessions in these crimes"
Mr.. Wilson believes that humane cam
paigns are futile until the profit is taken out
of prison labor Reform should include wages
for prisoners. safety rules, adequate medical
and hospital care shorter hours of labor, de-
cent food and shelter, trained prison guards
and officials
Can the spirit of reform thrive in an at
mosphere OF constant humiliation, degrade
ton. and brutality-slop buckets. rotten food,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27

both physically and mentally. In
deed, their mental equipment has
seemed to be somewhat above the
average.
Apparently the hereditary factor
in diabetes is extremely important.
Sometimes the development of dia-
5etes in the child has led to care
full study of the parents with the
finding of cases that have been
overlooked.
The hereditary characteristic
seems to pass through males rather
than through females.
Two people who are diabetic
should not marry and have children,
because of the danger of this hered-
itary factor.
Diabetes is much more frequent
among the Jewish race than among
other groups, and they, particularly,
SHOULD guard against the marriage
Of two persons with diabetes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27

Q-What river forms the
boundary between Texas and
Mexico?
A-Rio Grande.
GLOW old was President
James A. Garfield when he was
assaSsinatcd?
A-Fifty.
Q-Name the captain of the
"City of Savannah" which was
the first steamship to cross the
Atlantic ocean.
A-Moses Rogers.
(Which countries have
recognized the government Of
Soviet Russia?
A-Afghanistan, Austria, China,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Norway, Persia, Po-
land, Sweden, Turkey and Uru-
quay. Czechoslovakia has a trade
treaty with Russia but no diplo-
matte relations.
Q-How tall was Bob Fitzsim-
mons, the prize fighter?
Alive feet eleven and a half
inches.
Q-What is the difference be-
tween red and pink salmon?
Aired salmon comes from the
red or sockeye species and pink
salmon is the pink humpback
species.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
:: The Message Center ::

Times readers are ;nrited to cypress
their rieCs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare q chance.
Limit them to ESQ l0ords or leSs.)
BY Dissatisfied Rural Subscriber.
see in an issue of The Times last
week that it is possible to take a
crack at you via the editorial page.
Now, as far as I am concerned, you
and your politics are o. K. But
your papers spelling and compost
ton are terrible.
Most of it seems like carelessness
to your readers. Here is one in
stance: On Feb. IA, on Page 2, was
an item regarding the release of
four Hawaiians in the Massie case.
This was in the upper right hand
corner of the page. In the same
issue, Page 5, same position, was
the same story, stretched bit. Now,
I ask you, is that fair to your read
ers?
Numerous articles have appeared
two or three days in succession.
Repeatedly have dates, ages, etc.,
been incorrect. Some time ago a
railroad mechanic II years of age
received marriage license. In a
recent killing, the victim had two
different ages on two different
pages. If that isn't carelessness on
some ones part, then name it,
please.
My family has been a subscriber
of the News since 1914, but bought
The Times whenever possible. When
your paper established route in
our community, we promptly
dropped the other paper because of
its political attitude.
We want news, fresh news. Be-
sides this, we never can depend on
when we are to receive our paper or
its condition. More than once we
have had to wait on papers while
ours either was being dried or being
taken to Danville.
I don't expect you to print this,
but do want you to know how
some of your subscribers feel toward
your paper.
Editors Note: Rural Subscribers criticism
is just Typographical errors have been
too frequent in The Times. Necessary
economies in man power and equipment
are the cause, but not the excuse They
will be less frequent in the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
A Belated JeferSOnian

IF Mr.. Baldwin is to bear any sort
Il Of political label I would call
him belated Jeffersonian. He has
taken the attitude that the founders
Of the republic did not have their
fingers crossed when they men,
toned free speech as an inalienable
right.
I do not pretend to understand
all the intricacies Of the farm relief
bill, but 1 think it is a pretty good
general rule to be for those meas
ures which move headed
legislators to wave their arms and
shout, This isn't Russia"
That has been said about every
bill in the last decade which de-
parted by so much as half a foot
from the political principles of Reed
Smoot or Andy Mellon.
AS a matter Of fact, Professor
Tugwell probably is the most rad
ical member of the brain trust" I
met Wall street man who had en-
gagged in conversation with the pro-
fessor and asked my financial
friend what he thought of him.
He talked of higher income taxes
and of planned production" said nv
friend. IN fact, he made me shud-
der"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27

hair, though lived in an apart
ment ever so tiny, I'd have baby
and let the future worry about it.
self
After all, babies thrive on very
little. They can be quite happy in
all sorts of queer places. And in the
matter Of raising a family. too much
caution is often far worse than too
little. An extra baby, it seems to
me, always is nearly better than no
baby.
And for goodness sake, let's not
go tip-toeing through the world
craning our necks TO find trouble,
anticipating misery, and letting slip
them.
Women many times have knocked
over their walls Of security. And
they have done it for less impor-
tant things than children. They
have defied fate to have careers, or
to make money, or to go adventur-
ing.
Why should those of us who want
babies ne any less determined and
valorous to satisfy our most funda-
mental craving?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
A Woman's Viewpoint ::
HERE is a letter I shall quote in
L l. its entirety:

HERE is letter I shall quote in
L l. its entirety:
you've said a lot about birth
control, how to hold your husband
fashions, and have discussed nearly
every phase of the domestic
problem. But have you ever talked
about the childlesS young married
woman?
1--WE still exist, We women who
want children, who run our homes
efficiently and carefully, darn our
husbands socks, and wash our own
dishes. And we don't wish to adopt
babies.
I'VE want one Of our own, one
who will have an exact duplicate of
a twisted smile or a shade of red
dish hair, like a certai nsomebody
We love. What have you to say to
us, Mrs. Ferguson?"
have this to say: thank God
You still exist and I think you are,
and always will be, the salt of the
earth. And some day, when men
and women become as intelligent as
they now consider themselves, I be-
lieve We shall make a world in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
So They Say

I've had everything, so why
should I complain at this momen-
tary difficulty?-Fritzi Scheff, light
opera prina donna.
. People become disillusioned with
life because they expect things they
have no right to expect.-Dr
Dwight Witherspoon Wylie Of Cleve-
land.
What did he Senator Glass say?
Oh, he said I was a scoundrel, and
few other things like that, which
I don't mind.-Senator Huey Long
Of Louisiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27

Supervisors will visit the gardens
all summer and report to this
committee through the agents
office if the gardens are not
being tended properly.
have had a great deal of ex-
perience in gardening, and I am
fully aware of the fact that seeds
planted in May will not make
canned vegetables on the pantry
shelves in September without a
great deal of work during the in
tervening days. Every gardener
applying for land through our
office must sign an agreement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-27
Insulin Saves Thousands of Diabetic Children
DR. ELLIOTT P. JosLIN points !

DR. ELLIOTT P. JOSLIN points
~ out that-approximately a thou
sand new diabetic children appear
in the population of this country
each year.
Ten years ago all of them would
have died before childhood, because
diabetes in children was considered
practically an incurable condition.
Today many hundreds of children
are living who were diagnosed ten
years ago as having diabetes.
Doctor JoSlin points out that they
start their second ten years with
far more assurance than when thew
began the first, because they have
tested their response to insulin and
have shown that it is possible to
maintain life satisfactorily for long
periods of time by the use of this
great remedy.
If such children die it is because
they have suffered complications