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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
NEW DEALS TEST TO COME

THE tremendous completely and almost
overwhelming difficulties involved in the
new industrial control plan grow more evident
each day. 1t is too early 10 say whether Uncle
Sam has bitten off more than he can chew,
but it is pretty clear that he has bitten of a
lot more than anybody ever dreamed of chew
ing before.
Study the affair from any angle you
choose; problems that look well-nigh unsolv-
able pop up by the handful The real test of
the New Deal" has not begun 1t will come
very soon, and when it does it will bring the
old and the new conceptions of American
economies into conflict sharper and more
bitter than anything the country yet has seen.
With one hand the government seeks to
raise commodity prices and wages; with the
other it seeks to restrain the rise in retail
prices. 1t plans to spend around 500, 100000
to get the south to stop production on TO-
100000 acres of cotton land.
1t hopes to give industry most of the adj
vantages of monopoly, but at the same time
to outlaw the disadvantages 1t seeks to union
ize all labor, but desires to avoid industrial
strife. It wants the benefits of imitation with
out the disastrous consequences.
All in ALL it is beginning job SO stupen-
dous that one gets dizzy thinking about it.
II has hundred chances to make mistakes
And yet, however easy it may be to point
out these mistakes, however easy it may be to
say that the job is simply too big for human
tngenuity-it is as clear as daylight that moth
ing less than this could have been attempted
We had reached pretty close to the jump
ing off place, last March. The situation called
for drastic measures; the temper of the coun-
try was, and still is, ready to support measures
even more radical than those which have been
adopted
The financiers and rich industrialists who
are beginning to grumble about these new
restrictions on individual enterprise and the
profit motive ought to thank their lucky stars
that the program is as conservative as it is.
Hard as it may be, this new set-up simply
has to work 1t may look radical to eyes still
focused on 1929; but the one certainty in an
uncertain world is that its radicalisin won't be
patch on the radicalism of the program that
will be adopted if this program fails.
The dangerous man today is the man who
puts obstacles in the way of this scheme. He
is inviting measures that would make this one
look like something cooked up by j. P. Morgan
& Co.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
The Test of Sanity

RUT what is the test of sanity I'M
- der the circumstances? Is the
rational man the one who saws. Il
will sit down forthwith and get to
work" or the fellow who answers.
Time enough for one terrific lam
boree?"
often have wondered Just how
much posterity has to do with cur
rent conduct. My guess is that it
enters rather slightly into most
mems minds. Most of us are well
aware that we can't be Shakespear.
We are not going to fret too much
to be Bacon.
There are authors who are said
to live who survive in the world onlv
IN dim and academic way. You
can put a stethoscope upon the cover
OF many classic and find no heart
beat
In Max Beerbohm's short story.
"Enoch Soames." the poet sold his
soul to the devil for the privilege of
being projected into the British
Museum 200 years hence in order to
ascertain what men said about him
when he was gone
I'd make no such bargain, for I
never had any patience in research
work. l rate my soul much higher
than a potential but most improb-
able footnote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
EXIT THE ATHEISTS

TT is possible to get two or three little smiles
n out of the news that the depression so
sharply has reduced the number of militant
atheists that the American Association for the
Advancement of Atheism is threatened with
extinction for want of funds.
This organizations annual report shows
that its membership has declined steadily
during hard times and that its income has
been reduced by one-half
On the other hand the report complains
that church membership has increased con-
stantly all through the depression, so that
more than 100000 Americans today are reg
ular church communicates.
And all Of this, somehow, sheds an inter
esting little sidelight on human nature. It's
easy enough to be an atheist, militant or
otherwise. when everything is going SWIM
mingly and every stock market furry increases
the size Of your bank account.
But when the bottom falls out of things.
and you find that you aren't quite as all-wise
and eternaUy lucky as you had thought-well,
atheism becomes nonessential luxury then,
in short order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
DARK AND BLOODY GROUND

A YEAR and month ago Kentucky mob
stormed a Caldwell county JAIL seized
Walter Merrick, white man awaiting trial
for dynamiting, and lynched him
Under Kentucky law, it was mandatory upon
Governor Ruby Laffoon to remove Jailer
Jones. After repeated demands by the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union, Governor Laffoon
temporarily removed Jones But he put Mrs
Jones in charge of the Jail, pending a hearing
According to the union Attorney-Gen
Wootton, Commonwealth Attorney Grayot and
County Attorney Hardin all united to hush
up hideous crime" No attempt, the union
says, was made to search out the Iynchers
AS was expected Governor Laffoon reinstated
Jailer Jones'
The union reminds Kentucky that under
Commonwealth Attorney Grayots admins
tration there have been six lynchings in the
fourth judicial district During that time no
man has been convicted for having partici-
pated in these crimes
Under such administration of the law
Kentucky easily may live up to its Indian
name, popularity translated as the dark and
bloody ground"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
JUST BAD DREAMS!

CENATOR ROYAL S. COPELAND, chair
~ man of the senate subcommittee which is
to probe racketeering, is quoted as saying:
1T is inconceivable to me that politics
should be involved in any sort of racket in
New York state"
Coming from New York senator this is
naive enough But not satisfied with such
expression of childlke faith the senator went
on to declare himself certain that responsible
union heads do not favor racketeering in
their organizations
Either the newspapers have been carefully
kept from Senator Copeland or he never reads
court actions and judicial decisions pertaining
to troubles in labor unions.
Maybe he never has heard of labor GEARS
or of union officials supposedly responsible"
but nevertheless ousted on charges Of oppres-
sion and coercion.
The senator seems almost too trusting and
innocent to succeed on such a job of inquiry.
1t will be a shame to destroy his fond illu-
sions
Nevertheless, we advise him. in the public
interest, to keep an eye out for both politics
and racketeering union heads as he strolls
down Racket Lane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
LADIES

VXTHEN is a lady lady? Never says Inez
w Haynes Irwin in her new book, Angels
and Amazons'
There are no ladies; there are only women
in the new world, she declares. A lot of aris-
tocracy has gone over the dam since the turn
of this century when ladies were ladies. In
the process woman has emerged into a new
being.
The title or designation LADY" "a very
pretty sounding world had many variations of
meaning, from that in Lady, Be Good" to
Lady Dslryrple," wife of the lord of that
name Lady" implied aristocracy social
superiority.
In smaller places it implied also refinement
or the possession Of certain grace in carriage
and dress. or even goodness. 1t marked off
those favored by fortune or nature from those
less favored-the rank and file of women
Once women wanted to be ladies' Now
ladies would like to be women, in common
cause of emancipation of the sex.
Certainly this implies fundamental de-
mocratization far SURPRISING the Importance
casually accorded the great change. This has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

arisen out of wider educational advantages
for women and out Of general liberalization of
thinking
But it has come also with the rise of the
poor to wealth and position. Not that this
process had not proceeded throughout the his
tory Of this country and the world, but it has
proceeded upon an infinitely vaster front in
this industrial era Of multiplied national
wealth.
The rigid barriers Of an older and highly
limited aristocracy have broken down before
the deluge of new wealth pouring from ma
chimes
Into that deluge ladies" have vanished and
upon its bosom women" universally have been
lifted to new dignity and new freedom
and into a new hope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
DANGEROUS BILLBOARDs

THE billboard long has been famous as a
nuisance. Now it is becoming apparent
that it is actually dangerous, as well.
Col Frederick S. Greene, superintendent
OF public works of New York state declares
that the billboard dstracts the attention of
speeding motorists on country highways and
thereby causes traffic accidents.
IF sign does not attract attention, there
by distracting the driver from his business
of handling his motor car, it fails in its pur-
pose" says Colonel Greene. In my opinion
the more important objection to the billboard
is that it does cause accidents rather than
that it mars the scenic beauty of the roadside"
The logic of this remark is obvious. How
long, do you suppose, will we continue to put
up with the billboard blight?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
The Hope Of q Good Press

THE only form Of survival on
Il earth which interests me is the
newspaper obituary. I have a real
curiosity to know whether I'd get as
much as a stick outside my own pa
per In all decency, I'd expect a
good notice in my own.
Just the other day wel-known
syndicate writer, enormously was re-
ported as having been killed in an
automobile accident. He came down
to his Office the next day extremely
irate. 1t wasn't the false report
which annoyed him, but the fact
that the shirttail concerning his
name and fame had been no more
than $50 words long.
And so, if I had month to live
and s50,000-in cash, Of course-T
doubt that would decide to pay up
my debts and get back IN the poker
game. I would not cruise to Haiti
or play contract at Is cents a point.
Instead, I believe I'd lay in a stock
Of paper and a few carbons and set
to work to do something. Not for
posterity by long shot. What do
I care about them? We've never
met
I'd simply want to have some
thing accomplished which might let
me rate the morning after the sad
event some small newspaper notice a
little better than a one-line reading,
"Ex-Dramatic Critic Exits"
lCoDvrght. 1893. bv The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
A Woman's Viewpoint

"NUR Movie-Made Children" by
~ Henry James Forman, is a
book that presents facts that should
be considered seriously by every
American parent. Mr.. Forman has
ferreted out statistics about the
influence of the moving picture upon
the modern child that are the re-
suit OF four-year research. and
truly alarming.
The conclusion he arrives at is not
surprising. The pictures are a
tremendous force for the molding
Of our children's habits and lives.
There is cause therefore for worry
when we consider that so many Of
them emphasize sex and crime.
This, then, is a problem for our
solving that no thoughtful person
can overlook.
But it may be that the worst
thing we have to fear is a fear Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
sAruRpAY. July !. 1879.
INTERNATIONAL FOLLY
a sCRIPPs-HowARD NEwsPAPERl

ON the same day. the headlines announce
~ the breakup Of the world disarmament
conference and a declaration by Secretary
Claude Swanson that American policy favors
navy second to none The two are not I'M
related They reflect the rising tide of nation
alism the loss Of faith in treaties the failure
Of governments to make good their grandilo-
quent pledges Of international cooperation.
The United States on the economic side
especially, contributed to world chaos by its
debt policy and initiation Of tariff and trade
war
But our hands are cleaner than most. Even
IN the matter of tariffs, our government Of
fered q truce which the foreign governments
did not accept completely and in good faith.
And although at the moment we are blamed
for the destructive fluctuations Of foreign ex-
changes the currency depreciation race was
started by the British and French, who now
protest too much
Despite the fog at London and murky re-
ports that Roosevelt policy is wrecking the
conference, one fact is clear: The United
States government is the only one making
serious effort at home to raise prices and to
increase mass purchasing power.
The United States is not responsible for the
latest failure Of disarmament negotiations.
Year in and year out we have begged and
argued with the other powers to permit effec-
tive arms reduction. But always they block us.
At the Coolidge Geneva arms conference it
was the British tory government which re-
fused to go along. At the London arms con-
ference it was the French and Italians. Now
it is the British, French and Japanese, with
Hitlers Germany in the background.
Repeatedly during recent years this news
paper has warned the foreign powers that
they could not expect the United States to
go on begging for international cooperation
forever that their stubborn nationalism in
time would provide a revival Of American
natonalism That time is approaching rap
idly, if indeed it has not arrived already.
America, with all her faults, has tried pa
armament race Secretary Swanson's deca-
ration of policy is official notice that if the
other powers persist in their refusal to reduce
ornaments the richest and strongest nation
in the world will begin large-sca prepare
tons for war
The decision rests with the foreign powers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
FOURTH OF JULY BLINDNESS

THERE is trouble enough in the world
4 these days without adding to it the trag-
edy of children being blinded with dangerous
toys,
This is the plea of the National Society for
the Prevention of Blindness as July nears.
The number of children totally blinded in
a year by fireworks and air rifles and other
weapons is not big figure at first glance. Just
70 children a year. But the society is asking
the public to think of those 10 not as sta
tistics" but as 10 child victims whose homes
will be saddened tragically for years.
An extraordinary proportion Of the blind
ing accidents occur in the brief period around
the Fourth. The number of children who
suffer not total blindness. but eye injuries of
varying degrees of seriousness runs to more
impressive fgre-75O to 1000 in this country
in year
More than 100 cities in the United States
have shown their awareness of the situation
by making ordinances restricting the manu-
facture, sale, or use of air rifles and other
dangerous weapons as toys. but surveys show
that the vast majority of local laws are not
broad enough to protect the children or else
are not properly enforced Moreover, boot
leggers in fireworks and firearms infest the
countryside around many towns that have
restrictive legislation.
The society advocates that all articles
such as air rifles, cap pistols slingshots darts,
other devices for projecting missiles, firecrack-
ers, torpedoes, etc, which are being manu-
featured for the toy trade should be eliminated
at the source by absolute prohibition of their
manufacture and sale
In addition, it believes that adults hand
ling displays of fireworks, or explosives, or
weapons should be made responsible for pre-
venting minors from handling them.
Such regulations, If enforced, would pye-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01

imagine, and little girls, although
We had no statistics upon their
psychological processes, thought
good deal about love and sex. The
parents Of former generation wor-
RED in the same fashion over dime
novels and surreptitious cigarets and
white slavery.
We should I believe, make every
possible effort to obtain better NOV
ing pictures, because if they hold
possibilities for evil. they hold equal
possibilities for good. But I despair
of perfecting them. Or Of regulat-
ing them entirely.
And the movies alone can not be
held responsible for our delinquent
boys and girls. They are the prod
ucts of our urban, sophisticated,
unwholesome, complex civilization.
The movie, like many another dan
ger, is the result and not the reason
for such civilization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01

BY Puzzled.
During the 1882 presidential cam
paign the voters were given to un-
derstand that Franklin D. Roose-
welt favored recognition of the
Soviet regime in Russia. We were
told that this would be done so,
that American workers by the thou
sands would benefit, with this coun-
try getting millions of dollars in
trade.
Apparently Mr.! Roosevelt has
changed his views, now that he is
President. Nothing seemingly has
been done about the matter, though
we are told the news from the Lon
don economic parley that the Amer
lean and Russian representatives
engaged in friendly conversation.
With millions out of jobs, it
seems strange that something is not
done to end this Senseless break
with Russia. We seem willing to
deal with Mussolini, Hitler, and the
Turk and Polish dictators. as well
as with other rulers whose hands
are not so clean. So why not
Russia?
This inconsistency is harming
many Americans who could get
jobs if we renewed trade, diplo-
matte and credit relations with the
Soviet. 1t is well enough to talk
Of domestic recovery, but why not
get a little foreign trade along
with it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
Absolute Rest Vital in Infantile Paralysis

tirely In cases where some func-
lions have been lost entirely, re-
education of the muscles may be
used, to enable the patient to walk
and to carry on other activities.
1t is important to guard against
too much fatigue Children should
not be encouraged to walk too soon.
They never should be allowed to
stand in deformed position If the
legs are too weak, braces may be
worn.
Exercise in water has developed
great vogue, particularly through
the encouragement of President
Roosevelt. The chief advantage is
the aid derived from supporting
the limbs by the buoyancy of the
water.
However, the swimming pool it.
self is not a cure for paralyzed
muscles. 1t is the training given in
the swimming pool by competent
teachers that brings restoration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
It Seems
to Me
: BY HAYWOOD BROUN :

NEW YORK. July II thought
I it was sort of silly, but went
through with it. just the same, said
Thomas Patrick Morris, indicted
Wendell claimant. after a session
with the pSychiatrists.
There seems to be some Justice in
the assertion of Mr.. Morris. for.
according to the papers. one of the
queries ran: What would you do if
you had $4,000 in cash and only
one month to live?"
I should think it would be diff
cult for even the best mind TO
frame an adequate answer. because
1t is Impossible to predict anybody's
conduct. even your own. under cir
cumStances which merely are spec
ulative
Thomas Patrick Morris answered:
Id pay Charlie Mitchell's income
tax. That probably was scored
against him by the alienists. who
are not frequently rich in a sense
OF humor. It seems to me as good
as any other answer, except the
only fully truthful one. which goes,
/ haven't the slightest idea"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
Good Work or High links

7 HOPE my own sanity never
comes under official examination,
for I would not like to face that
quiz. I might be a little tempted
to give a pious answer and tell the
doctors that I would devote the
money to good works. And in fact,
that might be the way it would
work out.
How can I tell2 1t would all de-
pend upon just what would happen
to me upon being told that I had
one month to live The first re-
action would probably be incredu-
llty, and naturally the victim would
want to know, do you mean a
month like February or like
March?" Under the circumstances
the precise count of days would be-
come important.
In LIE it sometimes happens that
sentence is passed. Judges and ply
slcians are in a position to make
predictions of this sort, but, in
spite of their authority, 1 suppose
the defendant remains a little skep-
teal He seeks another healer or
| appeals to a higher court.
Prisoners in the death house
often keep their courage up to pitch
IN a surprising manner. The fact
Of extinction is not within human
experience, and so the mind rejects
1t. Something will turn up. And
on occasion that something does.
In spite of scenes in plays. l inn
aglne that doctors are a little charv
OF naming the day or the month or
the year They prefer, Il think you
ought to know that you are very
SICK man" And they tell me that.
as rule. patients are not per-
ceptibly shaken by even the harsh
est diagnosis.
There are ailments before which
men quail because they suggest pain,
humiliation, and a curious sort of
psychic degradation But death it.
self is not distinctly feared as long
as it waits in the wings.
Even I, a very timorous person.
might be much more afraid Of pres
ent lightning than liver cacul-
lated to lay me by one year hence.
Or, for that matter, one month
away.
A month is so great a span. One
might write a deathlesS novel, COM
pose an enduring poem. have his
heart broken or break that Of some
body else within much less time.
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various drugs to keep such patients
quiet Warm baths help in bringing
about relief.
A recent discovery which al
ready has saved many lives is the
artificial respirator. In the past, any
child who developed a paralysis Of
the muscles of breathing was likely
to die. Now there are machines
into which the child's whole body
may be put and its breathing mo-
tons kept up automatically.
Then as the infectious condition
subsidies, it is possible, through good
training and care, to bring about
a restoration of natural breathing.
Once the active disease has
passed, it is necessary to make a
complete examination of all muscles,
to find out which have become
weakened or lost their functions en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
Bv A Small Home Owner

Bv A Small Home Owner.
A N article in your paper a few
L a days ago set out that the tax
administrators now were facing a
problem that was battling and
serious, that with the decreased
revenues and the amount of de-
linquent taxes, they would be I'M
able to meet the budget proposal.
This was nothing more nor less
than a bit of advance information
that we would have higher taxes
next year
1t is evident that this body never
has been able to face the. fact that
the higher it makes the taxes, in
an effort to make up the short
conings of the previous year, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-01
This Is the second Of two articles on
infantile paralysis.

lnIanbue paralysis
4 MONG the remedies used in the
IN treatment of infantile paralysis
it is necessary to mention first OF
all absolute rest in bed. This is i'm
portant in avoiding unnecessary
irritation to the affected tissues.
Many investigators are convinced
of the value of injections of blood
serum, which is the fluid matter Of
the blood taken from patients who
recently have recovered from in
fantile paralysis.
In the absence of such human
blood serum, materials obtained
from animals which have been in
jected with the poison of infantile
paralysis may be used.
1t is especially to be emphasized
that nursing in infantile paralysis
must be exceedingly gentle. 1t must
minimize as much as possible any
movement of the patient.
The physician can prescribe