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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
CODES AND CONSTITUTION

because considerable expression of con-
Germ is being heard about constitutional
aspects Of codes as they are being formed. the
following from recent speech by Donald r.
Richberg general counsel Of the National Re
covery Administration, is amply well worth
rereading at this time:
As the legal adviser of the National Re-
covery Administration let me indicate in a
brief space the futiity Of debate over the
questions Of constitutional law in this critical
situation.
First there is no change Of any provisions
OF the Constitution attempted in this law.
Therefore, all the time-honored constitutional
rights Of the individual remain unmodiaed bv
this law
Second, there exists no constitutional ripbt
to DO anything which is forbidden by this law
There is no constitutional right to compete IN
fairly. and there is no business competition
which is more unfair or more harmful to all
me people than the competition Of low wages
and long hours, which the National Recovery
Act seeks particularly to eliminate
The welfare of all the people and the
prosperity Of all business is undermined by
such competition, out Of which onlv small
minority can make a temporary profit. If the
constitution protected the right of few 10
profit in such manner at the expense Of all
the people it would be charter Of anarcbv
and not bulwark Of law and order.
In truth, the supreme court repeatedly has
held that the Constitution does not authorize
any such minority veto upon a code of busi-
ness morality approved by the Overwhelming
majority Of the people
Third # any man fears that in the
establishment of law Of fair competition he
may be deprived Of some constitutional1v nro-
tected freedom Of action, his present course
should be clear Let him first ioin with b,s
fellows IN writing the rules of the game before
protesting that he is sure the rules will be
unfair
Let him then try to play the game
according to the rules, which NAV be a novel
but perhaps an educational experience for
many who have been accustomed to dignity
IaWless self-assertion and disregard for the
rights Of others, with such noble words as
1ndividuaiism' and liberty
Finally constitutional rights are not IN
Vaded by proclamations, or statements of pub
lie policy or even by grants of extraordinary
power TO meet extraordinary needs.
They are invaded only by the exercise Of
force to take from man liberty or prop-
erty right Of which he may not be lawfully
deprived. Let me say now and emphaticaIlv
that the National Recovery Administration ex-
poets to operate SO far inside the boundaries
OF constitutional power that judicial deter
mination' even Of borderlne cases, will not be
necessary.
But If the learned members Of nv pro-
ieSSion Gin which two opinions always can be
ootained) feel at any time that the admin
iS'ration has erred, the courts, jealous to pro-
tect liberty and property, always are ouen-
and they are the final arbiters of what NAV ~
may not be lawfully done
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share o, the credit That Is not true Of work

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

changes in the tissue which will
make dislOcation easier.
Unless something is done prompt
~ for children who have this condi-
ton at birth, they are likely TO be
disabled for the rest Of their lives.
They walk only with the greatest
Of difficulty, lurching and wad-
ding
Fortunately, It has been found
possible by manipulation-or when
manipulation fails, by surgical op-
eration-to help most patients.
Il is believed that manipulations
first should be attempted in all
cases under 10 years of age. and
even in older people If the joint and
the structure are sufficiently loose.
With proper treatment Of this
character and with suitable care
after the manipulation. from 80 70
IS per cent Of those affected may
DC benefited.
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VAST DIFFERENCE IN JOBS

IN declaring that no man should work less
Il than eight hours" John w. Davis fails to
make q distinction between professional or
creative work and that Of routine character
Lawyers doctors engineers. and other pro
fessional men find an inspiration in their work
which is totally absent from machine-driven
labor.
The man who threads so many nuts turns
so many watch pinions. or drives 50 many
taoks in piece of upholstery each day does
not view his work as either thrilling or i'm
portant To him II IS Just so mucl. motion
which he must so through for so much money.
That Is the great weakness Of this Machine
Age the great danger. the great problem
Machinery can turn out standardized
product, once it has been SCI up. but II can
not think. imagine. or create. Men who operate
It become like it, They play the Fart Of in
animate gadgets and they realize its blghtinR
effect
Hours OF labor represent no problem in the
creative field. You never hear an artist.
writer. sales manager. or executive yelling for
shorter days. The reason Is that they can put
something of themselves into their work and
see results for which they can claim at least
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

Il is the duty Of the government
70 see that all business men abide
by the code outlined for them. But
it equally is the duty OF the gov
eminent 70 stand firm against any
man or group Of men taking the law
into their own hands. The govern
ment that makes the rules must
deal the punishment for any who
break them
A mob always is more dangerous
than prohteer As everybody
agrees, We must have cooperation,
but only that cooperation which
comes from the heart viii count for
much.
The NRA IS a new dream for
America and Americans. Let US
hope, let US resolve that it shall not
be made into a hideous nightmare
by the flaming Of mob spirit.
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TTNLESS we wish 10 slip back into
- the abyss Of depression, We
shall have to do our NRA climbing
with wariness and care.
Already ST. Louis reports mob
activity. A restaurant owner who
had not conformed, or so it was
thought. was beaten and forced 10
kiss the Blue Eagle emblem. while
Atty persons looked on. giving silent
support 70 the outrage
This IS no way 10 bring prosperity
back 70 America. II IS instead q
very good way to make all plans
fail. Half remedies Will not suffice
now. This recovery must be per-
manent. and permanence never IS
to be found in the emotionalisln Of
mobS. Such fires burn out almost
as soon aAthey n
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cent. reducing all fountain man
ayers TO about SIT average.
The companys general manager,
very we'll known here. promised
faithfully that this cut would only
be temporary and would be returned
in about thirty to sixty days. So far
they haven't said word about CIV
ing it back since we got the cut.
Last March We were working on
an average Of seventy-two hours a
week until the NRA started Now
We are working fifty-four hours. But
all the fountain help except the
fountain managers were raised to
the minimum wage
We now are drawing about $3.50
more a week than the regular foun-
tain help, and at the same time we
are held to full responsibility Cor
every small detail-more so now
than before So far, in our store,
they have not added any more help,
which makes every one put forth
about twice the effort to get every
thing done in less time.
And I want TO know if it is pos
sible that they can do this and get
By the NRA, and if it is possible
that they can hold a fountain man
ayers salary TO SIT a week and hold
him responsible for every small de-
tail and expect him to live and sup
port family?
am married and have boy and
7 want TO know if it is fair for single
people to draw the minimum wage
and have no one but themselves to
look out for. And We who are mar
ried, have the upkeep Of a home
and other incidental expenses and
the responsibility Of the fountain.
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MOT infrequently children are
L born with dislocations Of the
head Of the large bone of the thigh
upward and backward from its
socket in the pelvis.
The condition is extremely fire.
quent in France AMI Italy and in
some southern European clinics
more people are likely 10 come with
congenital dlslocations Of the hip
than with club-feet.
For certain reasons the condition
is much more frequent in women
than in men; namely, about SO to
u per cent.
Although the condition has been
known for centuries. II is only with
in the last fifty years that its exact
nature has been established.
Little progress was made in It's
control. however. until the last
twenty-five years, when methods
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine

were discovered for controlling the
condition by what is called closed
manipulations.
There are various theories as 10
this condition, but the majority OF
experts in orthepedic surgery are
convinced that it IS associated with
difficulties Of birth.
Usually the congenital dislocation
Of the hip IS not diagnosed in the
child until it begins to walk. Then
it linps or waddles, without any pain
and without any preceding injury or
disease.
Measurement by the physician will
demonstrate the fact that there is a
shortening Of the leg on the side in
which the dislocation has occurred.
1t also is conceivable that disease
Of the bones may be associated with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
It Seems
to Me
: By HAYWOOD BROUN

NEW YORK. Aus. 20 Some pco-
pie say We are having a revo-
luton. and others DENY It with
either bitterness or gratitude.
OF course. the difference Of opin-
ion lies largely in the definition Of
the word. To many il isn't q revo-
luton unless a lot OF people are be-
ing Aquida 'ed" and ownership is
passing from top 70 bottom.
II this sense we certainly have
had no revolution But changes OF
q somewhat startling nature already
are with us and may crowd in even
more closely For one thing. we
definitely are on our way % q fairly
general acceptance OF The dve-dav
week TO certain extent this may
defeat the purpose Of NRA. In cer-
tain industries 1t Is likely that the
discovery viii be made that there
was q great deal OF waste motion IN
the old-faShioned week.
Penalties for hardness are going
TO be more severe. The three-hour-
for-lunch club has received its death
blow. IN many factories labor Will
be vastly Speeccd up
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Don't you think we should be
given some consideration? In regard
to this, it is worth several times
more than the $3.50 difference which
we now are getting.
BY " b. Schneider
Voltaire's statement in your mes
sage center rather assures one that
he can have a voice, SO I'm send
ing this. have followed the
church articles closely, and would
like TO give my reasons why the
/ great cavalcade back TO the church.
First, poverty. a product Of capt.
taliSm, rendered the masses penni-
less. No money for movies, hence
( the free show
Second. under each oppressive
/ social order in the past, the OPP
/ pressed have sought for comfort
from the soothsayers, astrologers.
and clairyoyants The church Of to-
day is the greatest fortune telling
/ agency on earth.
Appealing to the ignorant, super
stitious and hypocritical, capitalism
and the church are twins. The big
twin capitalism is in his death
struggle, on the brink Of oblivion
The church twin rushes to the
/ rescue.
I admit a discouraging feeling
while reading Of the many thou
sands, but the same voice that
spoke to Elias, the Prophet, Kings
49, 14-13, spake also to me and
that voice is the voice Of reason.
1t said, Just figure a little We
did and found there are yet 100000
people in Marion county who have
not yet bowed the knee to tho
image Of the baal Of capitalism
Cthe church,.
In each and every world crisis,
the church always has stood or
the side of the oppressor and
against oppressed. So today, in this
last and final combat between the
powers Of light and darkness, be-
tween labor and capital. the church
is busy pouring new wine, the r. F.
c.. into old bottles, sewing new
cloth. the NRA, on 10 capitalist
garments. The new is bound to
take from the old and the rip will
be made worse.
We invite DR.. Benson Of the
Methodist hospital, Dr. Evans Of the
church federation, or any OF the
hundreds Of others to meet us in
public discussion and disprove any
Of these statements.
Now, reader, listen to them keep
their mouths shut Who am I?
Just a carpenter Of indianapolis,
who has heard and needed the call
Of carpenter of Nazareth, the So
cial Communist.
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Watch That Clock
LIE demanded that nobody should
4 Il watch the clock. 7 hold TINT

LIE demanded that nobody should
4 Il watch the clock. 7 hold that
something startling, even if it isn't
revolutionary, has occurred when all
of US are asked as a patriotic duty
to keep close tally OF time and re-
port the names Of miscreants who
violate the code. The Old morality
has given way TO the new or, at
any rate, it is edging over in that
direction.
We no longer respect the man
who forces himself or anybody else
70 toll through unholy hours. We
see him now not as the useful and
thrifty citizen, but the greedy in
dividual warning against planned
production
Not only is the industrial world
in a state Of fiuX, but it seems likely
that the manners and folk ways of
hundreds Of millions OF people are
about 70 be changed by the new
style week. I see by the papers
that committee has been appointed
to advise toilers as TO what they
shall do with spare time 10 which
they have not been accustomed.
To be sure, unemployment has
given millions a certain training IN
the arts Of inactivity. But that is
hardly the same thing. These PEG
pie have been under the necessity
Of working upon the problem Of the
next meal and chasing the Will Of
the wisp Of possible jobs.
Leisure combined with some
spending power and the dull blank
ness Of joblessness are rot the same
thing at all
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.4Scctic'S Paradise Ends

%1Nt Z ttC 1 ~ tttfSt LfttiS
RUT am not referring to these
- conditions. I want 10 comment
on the fact that for centuries the
proud Nordic has been living in an
ascetic's paradise. Possibly al Nor
dies do not fan under this criticism.
/ The British have had for many
years q leisure class even among
certain persons engaged i'm gainful
+ occupations Perhaps it would be-
/ more accurate 10 confne ourselves
/ 10 the New England tradition.
Surely lt was SO among these pio-
I necrS. their sons and their sons sons.
/ that work was sacred in its own
right. This attitude was confirmed
/ by hundreds OF saws and aphorisms
The devil found work for idle hands
/ TO do, and the sluggard was adj
i viSed to go TO the ant for advice and
/ example And now the ant must SIT
and learn from his former pupil.
/ When the Pilgrims landed on
Plymouth rock they began to wpeStle
with the wilderness. the Indians and
some of the harShest farm land the
world ever has known. Although I
never have attempted it myself.
have watched with great interest
many people trying TO pillow the soil
/ OF Connecticut.
Generations have been working on
those bOulders but as yet they only
have scratched the surface. A con-
scientious man can spend any num-
be. Of hours a day and still quit
with his task incomplete.
/ A forty hour week would have
reduced the early Puritans to star
Walton. So after the manner OF all
men. they made a virtue Of their
stark necessity. Even after the eco
nomic urge had abated, your true
New Highlander insisted upon i'm
posing Furnishing hours upon him
self and everybody under his control
There came into being the Ameri-
+ can business tradition II went 10
ludicrous lengths Even in the fairly
frequent periods when there was no
/ business, the slave of the tradition
/ insisted upon going into his office
and sitting around Re had a feel
ing that any curtailment of hours
was in a sense a surrender
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The NelU Leisure

lust what will happen nobody
y can predict I doubt that many
toilers Will report 70 receive hints
as TO what 70 do with an extra day
of. 7 think that the International
Organization Of Amateur Radish
Growers is likely 70 treble It's mem
oership within the next few years.
hope and expect that the crop
Of Sunday painters viii be aug
mented vastly All existing stand
ards Of golf are certain to be lowered
by the influx Of new recruits.
The artisan golfer who is well
known in England soon will b.
making his appearance here and
challenging the supremacy OF the
idle rich. Glee clubs and amateur
theatricals Will flourish. The pro-
fessional stage will come back into
its own.
And it may even be that every
now and then somebody Will buy a
book. And from the point OF view
Of the publishers that viii be
authenticity a revolution.
fcopvrga' 1893 By The Tines
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A Woman's Viewpoint
by MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

Therefore, let no man delude him
self into a belief that he Is a good
or patriotic citizens when he at
tempts 10 visit punishment upon a
fellow who may be slow 70 feel his
ardor. For that way lies disaster.
A MEXICAN citizens. however
"A humble. who have been reared
upon the milk OF freedom. who
never have known the rule Of kings.
and who believe, at least, that they
govern themselves. viii not submit
readily to any forcing process.
They may seem 70 do so for a
time, while moved by fear. but
sooner or later this course viii
plunge us into a revolt that may
lead to positive and dangerous rev.
lolution-
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Barred off Job

BY s VI.
4 WAS called back to the Penn
Il sylvania car shops at Haw-
thorne yards June Is and let 90
on July DC. reported to be physi-
cally unfit But at the time I
was called back, I had received q
physical examination and was re-
ported in good health.
7 worked extra board up until
September Of last year and they
took my voluntary relief out Of
my check. When I was called
back, they wouldn't take out for
relief and put me out Of work.
7 have had seventeen years
service with the Pennsylvania rail-
road and would like to know how
I can become reinStated. as this
relief is not supposed TO be COM
pulsory.
The way they are doing now
makes it impossible for a man
past IS to get a job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Eternity
BY ALICE r. DYSON

BY ALICE r. DYSON
This Is eternity:
From times long ebb and now.
One flaming second OF a sunsets
glow.
The vagrant sweetness Of a summer
hour
That watts the life-breath Of a
flower
One cherished moment that you
spent with me
Held all Of heaven there VIII be-
In eternity.
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holly dsappOve Of what say death 70

Times readers are IN Uffed 10 cypress
their rieics IN these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them 10 ESQ cords or less
By Times Reader.
There has been quite discussion
IN the newspapers concerning the
charging for meals Of the employees
Of hotels and restaurants.
Knowing that the papers have the
restaurant mems views on the mat
ter, take this liberty of giving you
the views Of the workers them
selves.
have been an employee Of this
industry in this city since the fall
Of 1903. Have worked in some OF
the leading places. I never was
and I don't know Of a single case
where an employe was charged for
meals. OF course. some of the res
taurant owners base their pay roll
on the value Of the food the en-
ploye eats and some Of them place
the value on the food more than
they do on the actual cash they
pay the employee.
For the last three years there have
been employees paid as low as $3.50
a week Tor eighty-four hours.
Last race day I worked with an
extra cook at a well-known res
taurant downtown and he put in
about forty-one hours straight time
in the kitchen, for which he received
81 in cash. Surely the manager had
food value that this man con-
sumed far above the cash he paid
him.
I volunteered to organize the
cooks and walters union. One Of
the first obstacles that I encoun-
tered was an employer who dis
charged two mattresses for joining
the union.
Now, all we ask of any one is a
square deal under the NRA. We
intend to do our part in the gov
eminent program, and we are 60
ing to see that the chiselers are re-
ported to Mr.. Wells as fast as they
are reported TO us. Our members
are bringing in complaints every
day.
BY d. A. c.
There are a few things 7 would
like to ask and say in regard to the
company I work for.
am working for a drug company
and have been for several years. The
highest salary I ever have known
was S2150 as fountain manager. I
started, inexperienced, at s18. In
about four months I was given
fountain and my salary gradually
raised TO S275O
Then they gave us two or three
small percentage cuts, reducing US
by degrees, until last March, when
they gave us a major cut Of 25 per
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death your right to say it.-vOItaire =

Don't you think we should be
given some consideration? In regard
to this, it is worth several times
more than the $3.50 difference which
we now are getting.
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Times readers are inutted 10 cypress
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Limit them TO ESQ cords or less