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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
EVASION OF NRA

WHEN General Johnson told President
w Roosevelt that attractions Of the NRA
codes in America are numerous and that
widespread spirit of evasion is manifest in
certain quarters. he touched on the Achilles
heel of the whole NRA program.
All in all, this program can be an exceed
ingly valuable thing for the country as a
whole. But it is an open secret that chiselers
and slackers have vitiated its force in many
localities.
You can not sit down at q luncheon table
TO discuss the NRA without hearing plenty
of remarks about firms which fly the blue
eagle without living up to the regulations
If the government is preparing to see to
It that fuller compliance with the various
codes is forthcoming. 1t will correct a very
large flaw in the recovery program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
! THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
STEEL LIKES THE CODE

MIRA naturally is gratifed that an indus
' try which fought codifcation as bitterly
as steel did three months ago should report
itself well satisfied with operation under a
code and should ask continuance Of that code
Even more cause for qualification exists in
the report showing that 92,155 men have been
put back to work in steel though production
is lower than when the code went into effect
An increase Of 28.3 per cent in employment
and 321 per cent increase in pay rolls is a rec
ord of which any company might be proud
and is the sort Of stuff of which recovery must
be made
1t remains questionable, nevertheless
whether the government has done right in per-
hitting the steel Industry to continue opera
ton under basing- point price system SINH
lar to the Pittsburgh-plus plan which was
adjudged monopolistic years ago.
The basing point price system requires the
purchaser Of steel to pay heavy phantom
freight charges whether he buys from plant
that is near or one that is far away. No more
effective means of shutting off competition
ever has been devised. 1t protects the obso-
lescent high-cost mill. Under direction of the
strongest steel companies it can be used to
stif1e all independent competitors.
Steel used in public construction this win
ter, paid for with public dollars, will be bought
at basing- point price system rates. Apparent
ly no statisticians have calculated whether the
government would save enough to itself to en-
ploy the 92,155 men hired back by steel COM
panies if it did not have to pay basing- point
prices, but the calculation might prove inter-
esting.
Steel production probably would be higher
If prices were fairer.
The worst of it is that If monopoly price
system becomes Embedded in our economic
structure more firmly than ever we will go on
paying for years to come.
This is too big problem to put aside for
future reference even If NFA officials are hav-
ing to work at the limit Of human capacity.
The federal trade commission is eminently
qualified to report on the subject, as 1t has
several times in the past Its recommended
tions. when made, should receive prompt and
earnest attention
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
SAVING THE FARMS

THE value Of the work of the forest army"
- is familiar to every one by now. What
is not realized so often, however, is the fact
that good deal of this armys work is con-
nected only indirectly with forests.
Right now considerable number of the
forest army lads are at work on an ambitious
scheme for preventing further loss of soil
through erosion.
In southeastern Ohio for example, ten
camps are at work on this job. Streams which
traverse country which formerly was wooded,
but which now is under cultivation. tend to
form gullies. or washes which become pro-
gressively larger each year. AS they grow
larger. they carry away increasing quantities
Of farm land
The forest army is building checks, dams
and the like to keep such streams under con-
troll Good farm land is no longer to be car
RED downstream to the Gulf of Mexico.
The forest army. designed to save the fer
ests. is az Aaelping to save the farmer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
MUSSOLINFS PLAN

WHATEVER else may be said about Mus
w solinis scheme for the government o.
italy. it is at least one Of the most interesting
departures from orthodox political practice
ever attempted
To understand fully what it means, it is
instructive to make an imaginative transfer
OF the whole business TO the United States
Pretend that Franklin Roosevelt is Mussolini,
and that the Fascist scheme replaces the
present setup over, here. What happens?
Congress to begin with, is permitted to die
of malnutrition. It is suffered to exist for a
few years longer as a sort Of vermiform ap
Spendix, but its functions are gone.
= IN its place rises a council of corporations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
BREAKING THE RULES

0NE thing Maxim Litvinof has done in his
~ visit to the United States is change our
conception of the typical red Russian Official
For one. reason or another, most OF us got
the notion that the Communist was dour,
fanatical, intensely curious chap who wore
bushy whiskers, was careless Of his attire,
frowned portentously and went about always
as if the last trumpet had sounded and he
found himself among the goats instead OF the
sheep.
This Litvinoff, however, seems to be some
thing else again. He is not exactly dandy,
but he is careful of his dress He smiles ire
ouentIy, evinces a child-like freshness Of in
terest in things, jokes with reporters, beams
upon the world at large-and in fact wins
from feminine newspaper readers the adjec-
tive, cute"
He doesn't, somehow, fill the bill. A Com
munist diplomat ought not to be getting
quite so much fun out of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
One for Walkers

BY James E. Lear.
My home is in New York, and,
while passing through your city,
I visited the Valuation. From
people and papers, I have gath
cred various opinions. Here is
my judgment.
First, I have seldom more thor
oughly enjoyed anything better
than the Valuation. Secondly,
the financial compensation to
state and city is indeed greater
than would have been in the abb
sence of the contest. Thirdly, the
serpent of intolerance is yet liv-
ing, and, for them, around whose
necks it is entwined, we can not
draw too closely. Hence, through
the medium of the press, we may.
These serpentine holier than
thous, can not tolerate anything
which offendS their pharisee in
terror complex, hence, condemna-
ton is Numbered, but who cares.
Fourthly, as I judge the matter,
the contest is held on state
ground, therefore only the state
police have any jurisdiction. City
and county officers are trespass-
ers. The Walkathon is unique,
hence a minority weep-only be-
cause Of that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21

homes. farms and business houses?
Don't you know that this IS the
law that the Democratic legislature
of 1888 erased from the statute
books of Indiana,
Where we're you when Repub-
lican Governor was violating federal
and state laws, and afterward was
sent to prison? If you ever lifted
your voice or finger against this
Governor, the public never learned
of it,
Where we're you when another
Republican Governor was charged
with attempted bribery and a Re-
publican prosecutor permitted the
statute of limitations to intervene
between that Governor and the
state prison? Did you lift your
voice or your finger against the act
of that Governor? If you did, the
public never heard of it.
Where were you when the Ku-
Klux was overriding the state, led
by one D. G. Stephenson, now serv-
ing a life term in the state prison
for murder? If you ever lifted your
voice or finger against that reign
of debauchery, the public never
heard of it.
Where were you when the same
Khan was debauching the public
schools of indianapolis and of In
diana, Did you lift your voice or
finger against this? Where, when
and how?
Where we're you when a rotten
Republican administration permit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21

TINE gums, the tongue and lining
l. of the cheeks are susceptible to
a variety of infections. Usually they
are of Slight Importance and heal
rapidly.
But they may become serious, If
associated with infections that af-
feet the whole body.
In this type of cases, the so-called
mouth antiseptics will not cure the
condition, so it's not worth the ex-
pense and trouble of trying them.
DR.. Lawrence Curtis states that
these antiseptics have more taste
and smell than efficacy.
The majority of cases Of infec-
ton of the mouth occur in infants
and are caused by materials coming
from contaminated nipples on milk
bottles. sometimes the infection &C.
ours through damage to tissues by
erupting teeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
Mouth Infections May Be Dangerous

When the mouth has been in
fected by the parasite Of trench
mouth, it is exceedingly difficult to
bring about cure. To produce sat-
isfactory results in such cases, it
is necessary first of all to build up
the general hygiene of the patient
and next to attack the organism
through the body generally.
Moreover, it may be necessary to
have dentist or physician swab
the infected areas regularly with
antiseptics Of sufficient strength to
kill the parasites.
The tissues of the mouth may be
affected by poisons of various kinds,
particularly by mercury, bismuth
and phosphorus. When the mouth
constantly is liberated and sore, il
is desirable to look into the posi-
bility of poisoning by these metallic
substances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
Coup Gone Wrong

WTHAT a sweet two-horse par
w lay gambling man could
have put over four or five years
ago if he had foreseen the power
of the Roosevelt drive. Suppose,
for instance, any one of us had gone
to a bookmaker in 1929 and said,
II want to bet that before 1884 pro-
hibition will be repealed by the
United States and Russia will be
recognized. What odds will you
give me?"
If the layer had offered you any,
thing less than 200 to ! he would
have been a chiseling miscreant.
And yet these things have happened
and both have been brought about
almost entirely through the power
of the personality Of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
OF course, the recognition of the
government of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics seems to me of
far more moment than repeal And
think it is we'll to add the warn
ing that we are not yet out of the
woods. I hope there will be no
misunderstanding here of the pledge
which runs according to the pre-
liminary announcements, as a guar
antee on the part of Russia that
there shall be no propaganda here
by the Russian government or any
organizations under its direct or
indirect control"
Naturally, it would be violation
Of the letter and spirit of this pledge
if the Soviet ambassador or any
consular agent should leap on
soap box in Union Square and urge
the overthrow of our system Of gov
eminent by force and violence. I
think the pledge should also mean
that neither the Soviet republics
nor the Third International should
spend money here for Communist
propaganda. But, as a matter of
fact, I doubt that dime has been
sent over in the last four years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

In such cases, treatment Of the
eruption by a careful dentist and
proper cleansing will result in
prompt recovery. In some cases the
mouths of children are infected with
molds which attack weakened It's
sues. This type of infection is as
sociated with the appearance of
grayish spots in the mouth. Some
times ulcers appear, due to nervous
causes, but without infection.
In cases of severe infection of
the mouth by germs Of various
types, ulcers appear. 1t is necessary
to apply substances like hydrogen
peroxide to destroy these organisms.
The mouth also may be washed with
solutions of sodium perborate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21

DURING the last month I have
H. received several clever cracks
from certain gentlemen who profess
to believe that the suggestion Of a
Sabbatical leave for wives, would
be just too wonderful for husbands.
In several instances, also happen
to know that these men are the sort
who don { like to have the little
woman visit homefolks for the
weekend.
Husbands swagger a good deal, but
that swagger only covers up a ire
mendous and deep-seated need Of
their wives. They are just kids;
they like to think it would be grand
to get away from home and dis
cipline and they imagine they want
to do it. but only so long as the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
:: A Woman's Viewpoint

there's no fun at all in getting into
michief when there's nobody around
worrying about what you are up to.
At the first symptoms of rest
lessness therefore the clever young
wife will take herself quietly away
and let her lord and master find
out how stale, fat and improbable
life and home are without her.
Men have a number Of fond de-
lusions by which they soothe their
vanity, but this 'Horray, My Wifes
Gone to the Country" stuff is per-
haps the greatest Of them all.
The welI-managed husband is a
remarkably tractable animal. He
may think of himself as a wild thing
bridled by marriage. but the truth
is, he was born domesticated and
he loves it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21

(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their Cietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or Eess.J
By W. Williams.
The family is a thoroughly COM
munistic institution, but once two
rugged individualists got married.
They didn't have enough money to
buy a COW apiece, so the "he" Of the
happy couple bought the front end
of the COW and his wife bought the
rear. The next day he started out
to milk BoSSy but his wife came out
in a great rage and told him not to
trespass on her property. AS he re-
spected the sacred rights of prop
erty, he acknowledged his error
and sneaked away. However, his
property at once became a frozen
asset in his eyes, so he quit feeding
Bossy's front end. When his wife
started to feed her, he in turn or
dered her not to trespass on his
property. Being a rugged individ-
ualist, there was nothing for the
wife to do but obey and so the COW
died.
Of course, they might have owned
BosSy in common and shared more
or less equally in the milk she gave,
but that would have been rank
socialism.
Did you ever think that the rugged
individuals who make up the great
United States of America are be-
having just like those silly fools who
bought the COW and then let it die?
If that doesn't soak in quickly
enough, get your pencil and figure
how much the railroads of America
would be worth if the only inhabi-
tants of the country were their
owners, the bondholders.
Oh, yes! And before we forget it,
gold is medium of exchange. Ex-
change for what? Sweet liberty
for hoOsegow.
BY E. B.
Another Calamity bowler" is
abroad in the land. Don Irwin,
chairman of the Republican state
central committee, is asking Cover
nor McNutt a series of questions,
every one of which has been an
swered by the Governor both by
actions and words, and the people
have the answers.
Since Mr.. Irwin has opened the
gate to questions, he certainly can
not object to answering a few.
Where were you, when the odious
Goodrich tax law Of Indiana was
passed fourteen years ago by a Re
publican legislature and signed by
Republican Governor?
Did you lift your voice or finger
against that tax law? Where,
when and how? Don't you know
that this is the tax law that put
the burden on real estate such as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
It Seems
to Me
BY HAYWOOD BROUN.

NEW YORK. Nov. Give have
~ recognized Soviet Russia, and
it seems to me that there should be
general recognition Of the fact that
President Franklin D. Roosevelt has
done a wise, an effective and
Singularly courageous deed.
1t is quite irrelevant to say that
common sense dictated such q step
and that it should have been taken
long ago. For sixteen years the
breach has lasted. and It endured
not on account of the sincere con-
viction of previous Presidents, but
largely because Harding and Cool
idge and Hoover were timorous men
who feared the political conse-
quences of such action.
Possibly it is true that in the last
four or five years some of the Wild
est misconceptions about Russia
have grown less pestiferouS. but even
now the decision of President Roose-
velt is leap against the current.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
Brown County

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
Painter with skilled but human
hand,
Try as you will
You can not capture on canvas as
planned
The glory from Weed Patch Hill
Painter, aumbly. humbly stand
With Gods palette at your feet,
While the Infinite brushes sucn
shadows in
With sun and cloud that you can't
repeat.
You do well, painter, if you find
A mental picture the worthiest kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
Strong Opposition

LIE has made his choice IN spite
l. L of the opposition of many
large, closely knit and powerful
American groups. Both the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the
American Legion have been per-
sistent in passing resolutions against
recognition. The Catholic church
has not favored it. and some Of the
Protestant groups also have been in
opposition.
The President is not going to
come out of the situation without
the most savage sort of criticism
He has taken the stateSmanlike
position OF being willing to expose
himself to the rap for the sake Of
doing the thing which seemed to
him right and proper I might as
well admit that the conduct of the
President has for the most part
aroused my enthusiasm and also
filed me with a great embarrass-
ment and CONSERVATION. At the
Democratic convention in Chicago
I assailed him with all the venom
which 1 could muster. I pictured
him as a weak and irresolute man,
whose nomination and election
would be tragic in a time of national
crisis.
I said that because 7 utterly be-
lieved it to be true Even now
am not by any means 100 per cent
Rooseveltian, but I would hate to
be called upon to defend the charge
that Franklin Delano Roosevelt
lacks the ability to make definite
and difficult decisions. Of course.
the only explanation is that in this
respect I was cockeyed completely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

women are there, serenely or
anxiously waiting their return.
But these wise cracks about how
delighted they are when WHEY
leaves for a visit are just that much
.foolishness. Empty words, cocka-
doodledoos, meant T. fool their
cronies, and which fool only them
selves.
TINE ordinary husband whose
i wife is gone, soon sinks into a
terrible state Of loneliness. He may
try to kick up his heels like a wild
colt for the first few evenings. but
he is soon bored and miserable. Cen
orally he will go meekly home and
there brood upon his martyrdom
feeling sorry for himself This is q
perfectly natural reaction, since
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
Chance for Communists

THE agreement does not mean,
l. can not mean and should not
mean that Mike Gold, Clarence
Hathaway or Bob Minor must i'm
mediately declare his intention of
voting the straight Democratic
ticket at the next national election.
Naturally, Communist propaganda
will continue in America. A not
very large but an extremely vigor-
Gus and articulate minority Of per-
sons in this country sincerely be-
lieve that the Communist technique
offers the only remedy for the I'M
doubted woes Of this nation and Of
tine world. see no reason why
they should not continue to say
this as frequently and as often as
they choose. There Is no reason
why they should feel themselves
muzzled by any agreement between
Roosevelt and Litvinoff. II I ever
become converted to Communism I
am certainly going to preach it, rec
ignition or no recognition.
Not altogether irrelevant I wish
70 applaud Che choice OF William q.
Bullitt as the first American am
baSsador to Russia. In this appoint
ment the President might, through
political eXpediency, have attempted
straddle. He could have recog-
nized Russia and then sent as our
representative a most respectable.
skeptical and reactionary represent
alive. Mr.. Bullitt is we'll known as
sympathizer with the Russian ef-
fort. President Roosevelt has not
only cast the dice but he has de-
cided to shoot the works. No mat
ter what happens to his admins
tration, history should peg him as
leader who dared to carry out a
bold stroke to the uttermost.
r1a ~. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21

Six out of every ten persons have one leg
shorter than the other, say scientists. They
should let the politicians pull the other leg,
for change.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-21
:: The Message Center ::


ted the notorious Teapot Dome and
Elk Hills scandals? Did you lift
your voice or finger against that
administration? If you did, where,
when and how,
Where were you from 1929 to 1888
when a lethargic Republican Presi-
dent and Republican congress idly
sat by and never lifted finger to
stave off the most appalling panic
that ever overlook this country, or
any other country? Did you lift your
voice or finger during that time?
Yes, you did. You used both in de-
tense of both President and con-
gress.
Do you think Calamity bowling"
and vituperation will win victory
for you now? If you do, you have
another think coming.
The above are but a few of the
questions that will have to be an
swered by you and your party in
the near future.
For your information, permit me
to say that this writer is not in any
way connected with the present
state administration or the ma
tional administration. He is just a
high private" in the rear ranks.
You are a public official and will
have to answer as such.
BY Broken Hearted Mother.
I am going to try to express my
self just as if I we're talking to you.
In 1929, the police made raid on
my home. They found a still which
they said my husband was running
and they took my babies away from
me. One girl will be 16 her next
birthday and a boy Ia, and all this
time I have not had the pleasure of
seeing them but three times. The
girl, Virginia Lee Hall, is in Sunny
side sanatorium, with T. B., and
Mrs. Trook has given orders that
I can't see her or the boy and she
won't let her write to me- The boy
is in Whites Institute, worse than
criminals, because the criminals in
prison can write to their mother.
I wrote to the Governor, but he did
not think enough to answer, and my
heart is breaking If I could see
those babies of mine once more and
just hold them in my aching arms
once for just an hour, would be
glad to give my life, because then I
could die happy.
I would like for you to put this
letter in your paper where every
one can see it, to let them know
that there is one mother who is
willing to do anything to get her
daTlings back.
1 am staying with my mother now
because I haven't any other place
to go, hoping and praying that I
will get help from some one, because
it will soon be Christmas time.
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