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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
PRIMARY SKULLDUGGERY

I'm an address before the Rotary Club OF
Il indianapolis yesterday, James A. Collins,
former Judge of the Marion criminal court,
urged abolition Of the present primary or at
least a revision of the spring voting law which
would guarantee an honest count Of ballots
Mr.. Collins, We understand, spent many
wears on the criminal and municipal court
benches in this city, but actually did not
realize the danger of the present primary sys-
tenn until he attempted to seek denomination
this spring. Although he has not commltteo
himself. one would gather from that inference
that Mr.. Collins probably is convinced ne was
The victim of one Of the many deals winch
we're perpetrated during the last primary on
the Republican ticket.
The Marion county grand jury has ad-
mitted in its report to criminal court, that
there were various sleight of hand perform
ances staged last May. The grand jury recon-
nends the same remedy that Mr.. Collins has
proposed. but not in as resounding terms as
the former judge used.
Despite the failure of the grand jury TO
act. it would be we'll to give counsel to Mr.
Collins word and then perhaps the voters OF
this city and county will step into the next
legislative picture and see that some OF these
rnpleasantries are ironed out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
HE DOESN'T LIKE
CAPITAL CAPERS"
BY Y. D. Y.

BY V. d. Y.
Without doubt your paper is one
of the outstanding newspapers in
Indiana, both in policies and make
up. AS much as I enjoy The Times
1 feel an urge to voice objection to
your column, Capital Capers."
Who in blankety blank cares to
read that Miss Duchy Jones greet
ed the second secretary to the third
attache of the Vulgarian embassy
with a gracious smile" or that Sen
ator Hotfoot prefers Bicardi to
Sparkling Burgundy" or that Con
gresham Hittenstop wears canary
colored SpatS."
Some persons might enjoy this
inane news, but I for one am sure
that in these days Of turbulence this
valuable space in your paper should
be used for constructive items.
Thousands of us will have to
change our mode of living in the
very near future and being an ar
dent believer in the back to the
land" or sUbsisting homestead
movement, I suggest you start a
column on this vital subject, en-
deavoring to find out the sentiment
of the persons most interested-the
industrial and other workers.
I know and can prove that a man
with one or two acres Of ground and
with two or three days Of work a
week in the city does not need the
township trustees aid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
PROPOSES FINANCIERS
PUT BRAINS TO WORK
BY a der.

BY a Reader.
To the chief editorial writer:
Your editorial page is absorblngly
interesting. Your own sensible edl-
torials, plus the educational features
written by Harry Barnes always are
stimulating.
Everyone knows that there still is
plenty to "squawk" about in the re-
molding process of our institutions.
The critics of social reorganization,
however, are more concerned with
viewing with alarm" than with
suggesting better ways of arriving at
a solution of the problems we face.
If the debt problem is so dlscon-
certing, why are the rugged indl-
vidualists" so anxious to get up to
Uncle Sans lunch counter.
If the brains are here for expand
ing industry, why don't our f1nan-
ciers start projects to absorb the ten
million unemployed, rather than let
the public rescue both the flnancier
and laborer through loans and re-
lief doleS?
Our financiers, sitting on the lid,
are pikers if they can not show the
stuff they are made of when things
are down. Let us see their brains IN
action. Barney is no substitute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
TO PROVE TWAIN'S ERROR

or all the proposals for government made
~ work projects. none captures the mag
ination quite as much as the suggestion of
Charles L. Pack president Of the American
Tree Association.
He would have the government plant a belt
OF trees 100 miles wide and 1900 miles long.
stretching from the northern border Of the
DakotaS through Nebraska. Kansas. Okla
homa and into the Texas panhandle.
It would provide cash employment for dis
tressed farmers in the drought area. launch
the civilian conservation corps on a gigantic
ten-year program. take millions Of acres Of
subnsrginal land out OF production
Mark Twain once said that man talks
much about the weather but never does any
thing about 1t. He was wrong. according 10
Mr.. Pack. The turning pillow and the harrow.
at work for decades on the once verdant
ranges OF the west. have so changed the CHI
mate that the land where the buffalo roamed
is now a land Of drifting sand hills. Man
changed natures plans and nature is getting
her revenge. Mr.. Pack proposes that man
make amends 10 nature and. by creating a
broad ribbon Of green trees, across the sun
psrched wastes make the weather behave
as it once did.
II Is, al least. magnificent dream.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
GROWER COMPLAINS
OF LOW PRICES
By One Farmer For All.

By One Farmer For All.
Now that we have NRA prices on
most everything, 1 would like to
know why is it that we farmers and
truck gardeners don't get any on our
vegetables?
brought several loads Of cab
bage, red beets, onions, lettuce and
several other items to a commission
house. But when 1 received the
check, I surely had a surprise. Cab
bage was a Is cents a bushel, onions
Is cents a dozen punches, lettuce 25
cents a bushel and red beets II
cents a dozen punched.
You city folks go to the groceries,
pay 30 cents a bushel for cabbage or
three pounds for a dime; red beets,
three punches for dime, and
onions, two punches for a nickel.
Who makes the money and who
does the work? Why do you city
folk have to pay such an enor-
nous price and we growers don't get
even our expenses?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
UNEMPLOYMENT COULD
BE BLESSING
By a Realist.

BY Realst.
archaeological unemployment is
more likely to increase the number
of unemployed rather than decrease
the number. 1t would be a fine
thing if the rs per cent Of those
still employed could be released,
who are working at jobs that do not
add any value to our social order.
Twenty-Five per cent of all those
still employed could do all that the
combined number now do, if the
work were properly organized.
Instead of starving because we do
not find work, we could live in lux
ury and culture if we released our
selves from useless drudgery. If we
merely want work, we could play
soldier. Our financiers insist on
competition. so that only few can
have plenty. Rationalizing of our
industrial system. would permit new
high standards Of living; and unem-
ployment would become a blessing
leading to culture rather than the
curse we make it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
URGES SUPPORT OF
M'FADDEN BILL
By Mary Wright.

By Mary Wright
H. R. 4747, a bill to establish
economic liberty in the United
States of America and for other
purposes" has been introduced by
CONGRESSMAN Louis T. McFadden,
the biggest man in Washington. The
old leadership is gone.
Write to your congressman and
senators for a copy of this bill and
ask them how they stand on it.
When you get the bill. study it
carefully and demand that your rep
resentative support it. Get all
your friends to write. Hold mass
meetings and send petitions by the
bale to the banking and currency
committee Of the house Of repre-
sentatives for immediate considera-
ton and hearing on this bill.
Your letters are necessary to COM
bat the power of the racketeers.
The crooked credit system must be
abolished forever.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
PRAISES CITY'S NEW
STREET CAR SYSTEM
BY Harry A. Kobel.

Your paper deserves special credit
for the editorial Of congratulations
to Indianapolis Railways, Inc, and
its president, Charles w. Chase. Be
lieve me, when I say, regardless Of
what the Indianapolis News prints
and the pictures it uses on the front
page, there are persons who are ex-
tremely grateful TO Mr.. Chase and
his organization, and I am one of
them.
Before the advent of Indianapolis
Railways, there was bunch of
chronic kickers, of which the Indi-
annapolis News was one, complaining
about the poor transportation sys-
tenn. Now that Mr.. Chase, through
his reorganization of the system, has
given and is continuing to give bet
ter service, the same bunch with
the News at its head as the biggest
kicker. has done an about face and
is kicking harder than ever about
the new system.
Then there, is the other type of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

kicker, the kind that drives fifteen
dollar junkers around over the
streets on the west side, kicking about
holes in the streets, although the
big trucks driven by local and out
of-toWn companies are as much to
blame, if not more so, than Indian
apolis Railways.
Furthermore, the fare for town
or city the size Of indianapolis,
which the News is kicking about, is
no higher than other cities the size
of this one; for instance, South Bend
has a 7-cent fare and it is not near
ly as big as this city. Milwaukee
has a straight 10-cent fare, as has
other large cities, so why all the
bowling about fares and holes in the
streets?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

BY A. Daley.
Who does Gretta Palmer think
she is, predicting failure for the
legion of decency and otherwise
criticising this grand work? She
has been Jogging along with the
impression that church and state
are separated" and insinuates
that the church is now meddling
in state affairs.
You are so we'll informed, Miss
Palmer, surely you read our Presi-
dents address before the Federal
Council of Churches on Dec. 6
last. He said:
The church and the govern
ment, while wholly separate in
their functions, can work hand in
hand, and state and church are
rightly united in a common aim"
Do you know, Miss Palmer, that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

machinery and use manual labor in
stead. For every man it takes to
build some of these machines the
finished machine cuts out thirty or
forty men.
The indianapolis Street Railway
blows about how it is improving our
big city.
But how? BY cutting men off
and using one-man cars and that is
progress, putting people out of work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
Replies to Attack ON Legion of Decency

social morality figures greatly in
that aim?
That the idea Of Christianity
nowadays to the Roman Catholic
church is exactly the same as it
was when instituted-to save the
souls of all mankind?
That the stupidity of the
churches method is not the same
as forbidding children to put
beans in their noses and thereby
giving them the idea? That the
children in this case have long
had the idea, but if their holy
mother, the church, lovingly
though firmly says no, they will
as always, obey her?
Stick to your other Vassar sub
jects Gretta, you will do better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
"WHERE ARE THESE
JOBS?" HE ASKS
By Daily Reader.

By Daily Reader.
Dear Big Shots:
I read a lot about unemployment
getting less. Where? I am a mar
ried man, 81, and healthy. but do
you think I can find a job? No, l
can not, and it is not because I have
not looked. I get the same old
story everywhere:
Sorry, but we have men laid off
now, or We are cutting our force
down"
Then where are these jobs2
Some of you good-hearted big
boys write in and give me a JOB,
and I can give you some very good
references. Until then, let some
Of these factories cut out putting IN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
| Can't Forget
~ LAWRENCE E. SCOTT

d i III " tAE1-FNI@ II oNOA
NV dear, I can't forget you
When I have gone away,
For every hour in natures bower,
Ger my heart shall hold sway.
The roses are your crimson cheeks,
The goldenrod, your hair,
The violets, your dancing eyes,
So mirthful, free Of care.
The linnets echo your sweet voice
AIN song or laughter, dear,
Issu see, I really can't forget,
10 brush away your tear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

Our education has been an educa-
ton for a static, relatively fixed So
cial order.-PrOfessor John Dewey Of
Columbia University.
It is pretty clear that the credit
situation is now the chief thing
standing in the way of continued
Iacovery.-Professor Raymond Mo-
ley.
There is an excess of a least IS 900
feeble churches Gin the United
States which are unable to support
the full-time services Of either a
trained or an unframed minister
Report Of Institute of Social and Re-
ugious Research of New York.
II I may be guilty of a paradox,
one of our troubles in this country
has been that the conservatives
have not been conservative.-J
B. Eastman, federal co-ordinator of
transportation.
The American people have fire.
quently MADE 1t unmlStaKaDly plain
that they are either averse to think
ing or that they are unable to think.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi-
dent of Columbia university.
7 sometimes think that one of our
weaknesses is a craze for novel and
radical ideas in gOvernment.-Sen-
ator Harry F. Byrd Of Virginia.
I have faith in brains, despite at
tacks on the brain trust and ribald
mirth at the idea that brains should
have a part in governing the coun-
try.--Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of
Barnard college.
Nothing is a greater disgrace to
a country than ingratitude.-The
Rev. Francis w. Walsh, wartime
chaplain.
Ireland is prepared to take the
full consequences Of being an in
dependent nation-President Ea-
NOM de Valera.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
ADVOCATES INCREASE OF
OLD AGE PENSIONS

BY d. r. T.
I see that the subject of old age
pension is appearing quite often in
the papers now. TO me that is the
greatest piece Of legislation ever
enacted by an Indiana assembly.
The man or woman running for the
legislature this fall will get my vote
when he or she pledges a program
of increasing the benefits to the
aged and infirm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
WASTE IN UNEMPLOYMENT

TWO THOUSAND college students met in
l. Newark, N. j., the other day to hear men
eminently successful in the various profess
sions give them advice on the choice of their
life work.
The Importance Of making wise choice
was emphasized by one speaker with these
words:
The man or woman in a misft job is as
marked an economic waste as the eight
cylinder engine that fires on only three
cylinders. And when this waste of brains
and energy and productiveness is figured in
terms Of 12OOOOOOO people, it becomes a ma
tional problem"
True enough, in all conscience. But if the
man in a misfit job is a great waste, what
about the energetic and ambitious man who
can get into no job at all? The economic
waste involved in a mass OF eight or ten
million jobless men is one of the most APP
palling things Of modern times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
Daily Thought

Who knoWeth the power of thine
anger? Even according to thy fear,
so is thy worth.-Psalms, COLL.
Anger is one Of the sinews of the
soul.-Fuller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
NEEDED-A REAL JUDGE

CLARENCE R. MARTIN former judge Of
~ the Indiana supreme court. viii be un-
sble 10 serve as special criminal court judge in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
The Message Center

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their Viet0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
limit them to $50 toords or less.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
Capital CaperS
BY GEORGE ABEL

HARRY HOPKINS, federal emergency relief
l. administrator emerged from White
House conference last week looking very serious.
Newsmen pounced upon him, alert for some
big story. He was bombarded with a volIey of
questions.
Did you see the President, Mr.. Hopkns?"
WAS any new step decided on at the con-
ference?"
why are you leaving so early ="
Hopkins shook bushy head of hair, pointed
to long fringes of sdeburns below each ear,
which give him the appearance of a Spanish
matador.
L haven't seen the President yet" he said
but I saw General johnson and Frank Walker
They told me for Gods sake to go out and get
haircut"
Note-As this is written, long haired Mr.
Hopkins-too busy with federal relief work to
bother about help for himself-still resembles
Spanish matador.
TTRBANE Mr.. Tom Heflin former senator
- from the sovereign state of Alabama is
still waddling about town telling funny stories
and quietly nosing about for any available gov
eminent job.
In his white cotton suit, hat, tie, shirt and
even shoes, Tom meanders from Office to office
looking like an Indians dream of the great
White Father" He calls regularly at the White
House, but so far has seen only Marvin Nc
Intyre.
What's the matter Senator?" some one asked
him, as he came out of the White House Are
you trying to get a federal appointments"
cherubic smile inundated Toms face.
Now that reminds me-" he began, "of
story . -
In his inimitable way he told about south
ern senator whom President Cleveland wired
asking if he would accept the post Of commits
soner of Indian affairs
The senator wired back:
XOi1 nd me- 0f wins az
grandfathers as a boy. A neighbor called on
grandfather and when he got up to leave
grandfather asked if he would accept a ham
The neighbor answered: Just give me a
chance"
MORNING COATED and slk-hatted, his
wi excellency Mehmet Munr Bey. new am
bassador of Turkey, presented his credentials to
President Roosevelt.
At first there was some question as to whether
the new envoy should wear the formal Turkish
coat prescribed for ultra formal affairs This is
q frock coat with white tie and black waistcQat
Munir Bey. however. determined to abide by
American protocol, which DEGREES a morning
coat.
Picture a short, wel-groomed gentleman,
with pince-nez jet black mustachios, an ex-
ceedingly high bullying forehead, who speaks
excellent English and French.
Concluding the customary lyrical rhapsody to
President Roosevelt, he exclaimed:
ALLOW me- Mr. President. to express to you
in conclusion my most sincere wishes for your
personal happiness and the prosperity Of the
noble American nation.
Emerging from the White House, he observed
with fervor:
The President is altogether charming"
Note-Distinguished Munir Bey was long
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

Texan has combined ten garden tools
in one. but it still isn't perfect as lorg as you
have 10 90 out and operate it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

A musical critic objects to paying opera
singers enormous salaries" He's right-their
time for the big money should come when they
enter the movies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

We may have streamlined automobiles and
Streamlined trains, but there's the same
yreckage after a crossing crash, anyway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

The annual crime bill of the United States
is computed at sls0OO,OOOOOO. Crime may not
pay. but We do,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
sident is altogether charming!"

Note-Distinguished Munir Bey was long
minister to Berne. more recently ambassador to
Paris and to London. He quilted the last post to
come to Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

1ChoUy disopprove of a0hat you sag and q0iU
defend to the death your right to sag i-V0talre.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04
So They Say

Our education has been an educa-
ton for a static, relatively fixed So
cial order.-Professor John Dewey Of
Columbia University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

Editors Note-This is the fourth Of Ave articles
BY Harry Elmer Barnes Phi. D., on the achieve
ments and outlook of the New Deal after year
of operation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

It is pretty clear that the credit
situation is now the chief thing
standing in the way of continued
Iecovery-Professor Raymond Mo-
ley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

7 sometimes think that one of our
weaknesses is craze for novel and
radical ideas in government.-Sen-
ator Harry F. Byrd Of Virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

Nothing is a greater disgrace to
a country than ingratitude.-The
Rev. Francis w. Walsh, wartime
chaplain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-04

Ireland is prepared to take the
full consequences Of being an in
dependent nation.-President Ea-
NOM de Valera.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-19
SOrOritieS

Chi Tau Alpha sorority members
and guests will attend buffet sup
per and party tonight at the home
of Miss Judy Splitter, 2916 N. Tai
bot-st. Members will bring gifts for
needy children. Guests will be
Misses Mary Beechem, Agnes Roach,
Ruth Ann Minter, Irna Habeney,
Sunny Cardarelli, Dorothy Gordon
and Mrs. Ruth Hornberger.
Mrs. Joseph Suding Jr., Edge
wood, will entertain Phi Theta Phi
sorority members at a party Sat-
urday. Bridge will be played and
members will exchange gifts.
Members of Zeta chapter, Pi On
ricron sorority, will meet tonight
at the Lincoln.
Kappa Gamma Alpha sorority will
hold its holiday party tonight with
Miss Betty Wendall, 210 N. Hanil-
ton-av.
Beta chapter, Theta Mu Rho So
rority, will hold its holiday party
tonight at the home of Mrs. George
Baker, who will be assisted by Miss
Mary Kramer.
Lambda Gamma sorority will en-
terrain with a dinner party at the
Sheffield Inn Thursday night, Dec.
81 with alumnae, active members
and pledges attending. Miss Mary
Elizabeth Bruding is dinner chair
man, assisted by Misses Mary Flea
nor Mccoy, Madge Rardon, Eloise
Robertson and Virginia Kemper,