The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16

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BY Charles Burton.
President Hoover's conference
called in 1929 to consider the needs
Of children made many startling
admissions about the condition of
100000 who are undernourished
and of thousands who suffer tu-
berculosis and damaged hearts. And
it pointed out that only fifteen out
of 100 children get any medical at
tention. But they had nothing to
propose to remedy the condition Of
the children.
The national government, speak
ing for Wall Street, made the hypo-
critical gesture of calling the con-
ference but washed its hands of any
measure of relief for the millions of
children who are starving. In the
fourth year of bitter crisis, they
have unmasked themselves as hypo-
critics and enemies of the unen-
ployed and children. Big business
actually checked off the voluntary
contribution weekly from the pay
envelopes of the workers in thou
sands of shops and stores.
This is done in order to shift re-
sponsibility and expense from the
bosses to the masses. Millions of
dollars collected in this way never
went to the unemployed at all, but
have been used for purposes of graft
and to maintain highly paid Off
Gals who insult and irtinidate the
unemployed when they come for
help. Countless numbers of men
and women have been turned away
empty handed or have waited for
weeks before the pleas for help have
been acted upon.
Those workers who have voiced
their bitterness against this treat
ment have been manhandled by the
police. Men, women and children
in a breadline in the heart of In
dianapolis is a tragic witness to the
humiliation and degradation to
which the children of unemployed
are subjected by the generous phil
anthropy of the capitalists.
From HeartbrOken Mother.
First, I want every one who reads
this to say a prayer for me because
I won't get to spend Christmas with
my darlings. I always was taught
that Christmas brings happiness and
good cheer, but it's surely bringing
me anguish.
Mrs. Trook has told the reason !
was forbidden to see my children
was that I tried to take Virginia
away with me from Sunnyside, but
as God in heaven looks down on me
as I write this, I never tried at any
time to take her away with me. II
Mrs. Trook has any children, Won
DER If she every stops and thinks
about that precious little mite when
1t was laid in her arms, and how
she held up its tiny little hand and
kissed each tiny finger and with
heart bursting with mother love and
thanked God for sending that little
precious life into her keeping?
My mother had twelve children
and she has told me many times
about how every pain was forgotten
as each and every one was put in
her arms. 1t just seems like every
thing in the whole world is against
me and some times I think when
Jesus went and scattered sunshine
and happiness to every one, he just
forgot me and passed me by. Even
if I can not be happy for Christmas
is no reason for me not wanting
some one to be happy, as I am blue
and sad.
Wishing one. and all Merry
Christmas and a more than Happy
New Year I also thank The Times
Reader and family for their sym