The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
MONDAY. FER IL 1sai
GREATEST CODE OF ALL

LIE meant it when he said. I'VE may now
restore that temple to the ancient truths. 4"
In single day President Roosevelt cracks
down on the stock exchange and the sub
sides
With dramatic severity he gives notice that
his money changers and-the-temple declara-
tons were not just orstory.
That's the big moral dividend the new deal
is bringing. The day of government by the
banker. the broker, the Washington joker" the
slick lobbyist, the slick lawyer. the slick poll
tician. is waning and the rules Of the game
are being changed to exclude the ace from
the sleeve.
Prom now on the cards will be cut.
Wall Street thought it was fixed so the
regulation wouldn't go through, but Mr.. Roose-
welt thought differently, and it is so ordered.
What Will Mr.. Roosevelt do about the
air mail scandals2" the people asked.
The answer has been given.
out Of all this will come new kind of
coda code of morals wherein it shall be set
forth that funny business, whether it be in
pools and preferred lists, or dummy bidding
on government contracts. or fixing of any kind,
is out. and that retribution shall be swift and
sure for those who violate
For long the code of corruption and content
has ruled code under which anything could
be arranged" and you couldn't put million
dollars in Jail. Now here come the ancient
truths.
Said Mr. Roosevelt when he took office:
trTIoo r,eoerrro Of The rio- -, +t,-
extent to which we apply social values more
noble than mere monetary profit. Happiness
lies not in the mere possession of money; it
lies in the joy of achievement. These dark
days viii be worth all they cost if they teach
us that our true destiny is not to be min
istered unto but to minister to ourselves and
to our followers"
He meant it. And he's putting it into
practice.
That money motive as against social val
ues more noble" is what has caused so de-
vastatingly much of our trouble.
The utilities. for example and aviation
Where did the damage start? Not in the
laboratory. not with the inventor who har-
messed electricity. Not with the lineman who
climbs a pole in zero weather to assure that
the light will come on, no matter what the
storm. Not with the flier who lands his pre-
cious load and the radio operator who guides
him earthward. Not with the thousands who
serve in all hours that the show may go on"
No.
They are the noble. of which the President
speaks. To them should go unstinted credit,
and in appraising the scandals. whether they
be insult or air mail let's not give them the
blame.
But the money motive, symbolized in the
promoter, the "hnancier" who creates the art
ful devices by which social values" and Gre
alive effort" may be capitalized and made to
pay unconscionable profits to those who never
climbed a pole or braved a fog-that money
motive is the thing which is now being chal-
lenged by one who knows how"
These dark days truly will be worth while
if out of them we emerge into a purer social
atmosphere in which ideallsm and common
honesty shall dominate and the materialism
which has so ruled the age in which we live
shall not be the primary thing but secondary
and Incidental, and no longer the standard of
success.