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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
MISERY AND DRINK

A the people of Mississippi get ready to
vote on state liquor control bill early
this summer, one of the traditional fights
against alcohol is being waged anew.
This fight is like those we used to see be-
fore the eighteenth amendment was even in
troduced in congress. great deal is being
said about the Demon Rum; speakers are
telling the old stories about homes and lives
which booze has wrecked
And this revival of the old type of cam
psign might be a little reminder that there
is one angle of the liquor question to which
we have not paid much attention, so far.
Some one once remarked that while drunk
enness can cause poverty and misery, poverty
and misery also can cause drunkenness and
before our new attitude in respect to the
liquor trade gets fixed it would be worth
while to examine that thought little.
The liquor traffic aroused widespread pub
lie indignation in America, roughly speaking,
between the time of the Civil war and the
enactment of the eighteenth amendment. 1t
is interesting to note that that was precisely
the period in which the great industrial de-
velopment of the nation took place.
IN IldL era our ClIlto' DCOdihC SAOoO' OUh
industrial towns developed themselves then;
the coal belt spawned its endless series of mine
towns: the workingman came more and more
under the sway of the great corporation.
The pace of life was quickened; simultane-
ously, the frontier closed, leaving the ordinary
man more at the mercy of the outside forces
than had been the case before.
All this put heavy pressure on the ndl-
vidual wage Garner. In hundreds of thousands
of cases it reduced him to sad condition; 1t
forced him to live in dreary and unsightly
homes. it closed mis- horizon, and it made him
feel that there was very little hope for him.
Is it going too far to suggest that this had
much to do with making the liquor problem
acute? When the whisky bottle looks like a
mans only escape, it is not surprising if he
takes it. Misery led to drink and drink led to
more misery-a vicious circle, growing from an
environment men felt unable to change.
If all this is true, the ultimate solution
NAV lie in improvement of the liquor traffic
than in Improvement of the common mans lot
to the point where he does not feel that
neriodic immersion in an alcoholic haze is the
only way of making life supportable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
ONE MORE BANK STORY

A LVAH J. RUCKER. special investigator
"a for the Marion circuit court yesterday
unleashed a report bitterly sssailing practices
of the defunct City Trust Company.
None Of our carefully managed banks"
said Mr.. Rucker at one point in his report,
with perhaps rare exceptions. have failed, but
are today in excellent condition"
we have demonstrated he continued
before our eyes that it is the validating
hanks which fail +. those banks whose off,
cers. or some Of them, are so greedy for money
mower. or ambition that they ignore the sacred
rights Of depositors and benefciaries Of trust
funds and launch D.. into pipe dreams, but
using the depositors' money for the finance oil
their speculations.
This is not banking business said Mr.
Rucker in his report to Judge Cox, but direct
violation OF the law
If this charge Of Mr.. Fuckers be true why
have We not had more spirited prosecution OF
accused bank officials?
If as Mr.. Rucker charges, these practlceS
NJ Indianapolis bankers have been "olrect
violations of the law" why have We oeen 50
slow in bringing the offenders to trial?
Thousands Of persons whose savings were
5enosited in those banks which closed theI
doors want 10 know the same thing.
WHY? WHY? WHY?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27

gsining-s violation Of Section IA Of the
recovery act.
The loss Of the Blue Eagle caused a halt
in the expenditures of federal and Pennsyl-
vania state relief funds for the company's
stockings.
Now it appears that the company is will
ing 10 cut of its own nose-along with the
noses of several hundred workers-to avoid
compliance. The latest Of several rejected
settlement proposals submitted by NRA Ad-
ministrator A. r. Clancy and accepted by the
workers. shows in its details that the company
is unwilling to compromise. The company also
refused to submit to an audit of pay rolls to
determine the truth with regard to rehiring
Of strikers.
The government can and should take care
Of these strikers as it is doing for other
stranded" populations.
But for the sake of workers everywhere
who exercise their right under the law TO or
ganize, it should also uphold to the limit the
collective bargaining guaranty of Section IA
in this outstanding example.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
THE LAW IN SPAIN

IF you get to feeling lazy during these warm
i DAYS of summer, and wish that the pace
Of everyday life were not quite so swift you
might get little vicarious relaxation out OF
thinking about the way they do Things IN
Spain.
In Spain the Siests, or afternoon nap is
an old institution. and just the other day the
authorities in Madrid passed an ordinance
effective until the end of summer, prohibiting
all music in cafes. restaurants, or other public
places between and 4:3O p. m, on the ground
that such noise interfered with the siestas OF
honest Spanish citizens.
This care on the part of the government
to see that man can get his afternoon nap
undisturbed is apt to look pretty good to an
American at any rate, on those after
moons when he drags himself back to work
from his lunch hour. wondering how on earth
he's going to be able to stay awake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
TOURISTS HEAVEN

president ROOSEVELTS vacation trip
l. trip to Hawaii is an excellent reminder
that the islands Of that territory constitute
one of the most halcyonic vacation grounds
ever made available to travellers: and the
American Nature Association points out that
Hawaii has one httle-talked-of advantage
which makes even its palny climate and its
magnificent scenery take second place-it
has no advertising billboards.
Hawaii. it develops. lacks billboards be-
cause public-spirited citizens several years ago
realized that one of the territorys greatest
assets was its natural beauty These citizens
had the good sense to see that there is no
enemy of natural beauty quite like the bill
boards; sc they set to work, and presently
presto! the billboards were gone.
American tourists who are sick to death
of these eyesores will probably wish that their
own states possessed Hswaii's magic formula.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
sARAJEvO OR GENEVA?

TusT twenty years ago tomorrow oomo
j sxploded at ssrsievo in Bosnia Killing
.-,,d,,ke Franz Ferdinand and his VIE
sonbie. The sparks from this incident set hre
- the world and plunged it into war that
cost 100000 lives, 100000 casualties and
s355. 600 100000.
Another such incident today could ignite
the tinderbox Of world politics. 1t might hap
nen again in the Balkans. or in the Poiish
corridor. or in Nianchuokuo. or on the Rnine'
or on the Anlur. And when 1t did happen the
var-wearv and debt-weary world would De
roose-stepped against its Will into the trenches
for :. new season OF slaughter.
There is only one way by which the ma
tions can prevent this awful event. This Is
10 co-operate for sane disarmament and decent
6ebt settlement. TO use to their fullest utility
the world court and League OF Nations
Things DO not look we'll for such reign Of
reason and law right now. But there lies the
only apparent alternative to the suicide of
civilization.
The world must choose between Sarajevo
or a Geneva.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
NIGHT WORKER TAKEN
TO TASK ON NOISE

BY L. A. A.
Mr. Nightworker, just who do you
think you are, that the rest of the
world should stop moving because
you work at night? Maybe you
never gave the boss a fair nights
work and your conscience bothers
you. Is that what keeps you awake
instead of the noise?
These peddlers have the same
right to make a living as you have.
I am sure being peddlers is not their
choice, but today one has no chico.
I wish the peddlers would wake up
all the people in indianapolis, for
God knows we need it.
Yes, they stopped the paper boys
because they want to force the peo-
pie to take from regular carriers.
Sure, your home is your castle,
but these fellows are not invading
your home. Get it out of your sys-
tenn that the world was made for
you alone. The world will still
move after you are gone.
I suppose you think those who
sleep at night do not have any
noise. How would you like to sleep
at night with two or three horns
footing and about fifteen kids with
out mufflers? I don't object.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
WORKING CONDITIONS
BRING CRITICISM

From a Times Admrer.
I have just finished working six
months sentence for one of the
major oil companies. BY that ]
mean I worked six months before
got day off-seven days every
week. 1t seems to me that some
where in the Good Book it says,
You shall work six days and on the
seventh you shall rest"
A few weeks back this company
had an article in the newspapers
about putting its office force on five
days a week. If it we're not for the
station attendants selling the COM
pany's products, there would not be
any jobs for those whom it seems
deserve so much consideration.
So where does life begin for a
young married man with a good
wife and two babies?
I work seven days a week trying
to please both the employer and
the motoring public. My remunera-
ton is scarcely enough to exist on
let alone enjoy the pleasures Of life,
so I ask you, Where and how soon
does life begin?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
Mae West and the Tao Situation

this time, it is for a good purpose
saving life and property.
She has also shown how glad
she is that the bill will be paid, if
ever, by those best able to bear it,
through high income and inheri-
lance taxes, because she was
thinking of those fellows when
she said, Peel me a grape, mean
ing, Skin me a big G. o. P. tax
payer and she never at any time
had a sales tax in mind.
Therefore, knowing that the
national debt is less than one
half of what the British and
French debts are, per capita, and
knowing why it is being increased,
and who is going to pay it, the
small taxpayer can say, without
any ambiguity whatever:
Long live Mae West Down
with the sales tax! Up with the
national debt! And it amt no sin
to increase it"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
ANSWERS CHALLENGE
ON RELIGIOUS ISSUE
By Frank Cummings.

1t is only fair to mankind to
grant space in your column in an
swer to the challenge Of E. F. Mad
dox under date Of June 81 on his
religious issue.
1t is a habit of so-called Chris
tians to perch themselves upon
pedestal of religion and shout their
venom of abuse to all who will not
swallow their hook, line and sinker
as they themselves have done.
I never read Marx, but if Marx
said religion was opium for the
people I am inclined to believe that
Marx knew what he was talking
about.
If there are liars, as Mr.. Maddox
says, it can not be the infdels and
outcastS. for they never tell the
people that Samson found a jaw
bone of an ass. and slew 1000 men,
nor that a big fish did not like
Jonah and spat him up after three
days.
AS for war and murder, that book
called the Bible is full OF it from
cover to cover and made to appear
that it was Gods will. Christian
ity IS founded on the Bible and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
FRIEND OF BOTH
DOGS AND CATS

n
The civilized Citizen who wrote
in the Message Center, surely hates
everything in the world but him
or herself. I Just can't see how any
one can be so cruel, selfish and full
of hatred for Gods creatures. I am
a woman so years old, have children
of my own and raised an orphan
boy from years old TO manhood.
I love children and animals.
I never have owned a dog, for l
never felt was able to keep one
properly, but I always feed every
stray dog that comes in my yard.
Dogs are a little more fortunate
than cats, for a great many persons
like dogs and only few care for
cats. 1t is pitiful TO see poor starved
cats in the streets. I think there
should be a home for them. have
heard persons say. Il would not have
cat for they catch birds" 1t IS a
sad thing to see cat catch a dear
little bird, but have We anything on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27

Bible is simply and purely the
handiWork of common men.
The worlds WiSest historians have
spent centuries in vain seeking au-
thenticity of the Bible, and it can
not be shown that Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Moses, David, Jesus, nor any
of the other Bible characters ever
lived upon the face of the earth.
Yet we do have authentic records
of the Egyptians Of 1000 years ago,
so that we know them almost as
we'll as if they were living today,
which proves that Jesus is only
imaginary as is Santa Clause or
Uncle Sam.
But the Christian does not bother
himself to find out these things, but
he clings to the beliefs that were
poured into him when he was
senseless kid and when he grows
up he shuts his eyes and says: Eyes
it is all finished now, and it is all
sacred and holy" A wiser man
opens his eyes and looks around.
The whole thing in a nutshell, is
like this:
We now all know that 5000 years
ago there were millions of people
upon the earth. So Adam was not
the first man. If Adam were not
the first man. then the little apple
was but a fable. If there was no
little apple, then there was no need
for a redeemer, and furthermore
there is no authentic record of any
redeemer, neither God nor man. All
this fable was cooked up during
the dark ages-45O TO 1850, which
is called the Christian era-sprung
upon the people in their darkest
ignorance and is being groomed by
the preachers to this day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
DECLARES CHRIST
NOT RELIGIONIST
Bv Harry Wilfong,

BY Harry Wilfong.
Having read Mr.. Maddox's ar
ticIe on Communism, I would like
to give a few ideas for him to think
about.
The principle of Communism is
nonprof1t service. Christ taught
this principle. He was no religion
list and He never formed creed.
He rebuked the creeds Of His father
and mother. He taught a principle
of economics based on love, not on
the money standard.
I will venture to say that the
church Mr.. Maddox belongs to be-
lieyes in the usury or profit system.
My advice to Mr.. Maddox is that
he study Christ's teachings as eco
nomic principles and not as religion.
Man formed religions. Christ
taught a principle Of government
based on the common good Of all;
He never taught private ownership
when He talked to man. He talked
to him as to collective society.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
THE HARTMAN ISSUES

CLOSING Of the Hartman. Tenn hosiery
~ mills in protest against the NRA's lift
ing Of its Blue Eagle. is major calamity 20
that industrial town. and tragedy 10 the
several hundred workers in the plant.
But there are other workers TO think Of
intfAs situation. The Hartman company dis
charged several workers shortly after they
formed q union last July. After strike in
October on this issue. the National Labor
Board tried to effect a settlement. The upShot
was the boards finding that the company
Mad acted in bad faith" in collective bar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27

BY Small Taxpayer.
Any small taxpayer who has
observed Mae Vests pictures can
see with half an eye that the pro-
posal to change the title of her
next picture from ut Amt No
Sin" to something else, on the
alleged ground that the word lit"
is perhaps ambiguous" is just one
more specimen of propaganda,
attempting to fool the small tax
payer into the belief that Mae
West is in favor of sales tax in
stead of a graduated income and
inheritance tax.
Now the small taxpayer can't be
fooled as easy as that, because
Mae West has declared herself.
She has shown very plainly that
there is nothing ambiguous about
the word it: That 1T" means
the national debt: That she is
glad it is being increased, because,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
REFLECTION
BY LAWRENCE E. SCOTT

Somehow it seems a shame and
sin
That folks can't see our soul within.
Now take that house. The windows
bright
Expose each room to peoples sight
Servants keep it clean and coy
Cause some folks are very nosy--
'Twould never do for them to see
A dusty, mussed or soiled settee.
Now if our soul we're in plain view,
Wed keep it clean and pure and
true.
But that is not the plan We take.
We must be good for goodness sake.
And since our souls from view ex-
empt
Some folks don't care If it's ill-
kempt.
And so it seems shame and sin
That folks can't see our soul within.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
Capital CaperS
BY GEORGE ABEL
president LOPEZ of Colombia is in Wa

president LOPEZ of Colombia is in Wash
L ington on visit this week very uneXpect-
edly and every one is wondering just why.
His Exceency arrived in the capital Sun
day afternoon and will stay for several more
days.
Much interest attaches to the visit of Lopez,
and the diplomatic corps-at least that group
which remains in Washington during the bis
tering, sweltering days and Works-ls audoly
wondering why the Colombian executive is in
the capital.
Oil-money-p olitics-an these reasons for
hasty trips into the tropical humidity of
Washington summer must have been suggested
as possible explanations. No one knows.
COURTEOUS DIR. Fabio Lozano, the Colom-
~ bian minister, merely Shrugs his shoulders
at inSistent queries. He, fortunately, speaks
very poor English. And the Spanish-talking
ENJOYS never ask embarrassing questions.
The minister (who suffers terribly from the
heat nevertheless donned silk topper, white
spats and a cutaway and met President Lopez
with due formality at Union station. That
same evening he gave a formal dinner at the
Carlton in honor of his chief.
On Monday the Pan-Ame can Union hung
out the Colombian national flag and all chiefs
of foreign missions except those who didn't
like lamb stew and could manage to get out
of town. attended a vast luncheon there IN
tribute to Lopez
Monday evening Assistant Secretary of State
Sumner Welles was a dinner host at his sum-
mer estate at Oxon Hill Md.
President Lopez lunched at the White House
yesterday with President Roosevelt.
WHAT President Lopez plans to do in New
w York next is causing some wrinkling of
brows at the state department.
1t will be recalled that former President
Olaya of Colombia visited Manhattan some time
ago and negotiated credits with the National
City bank. On that occasion, the state depart
ment graciously sent along Jefferson Gallery
NOW ambassador to Cuba) as escort and chap
eron. The senate investigating committee mad
few caustic things to say about state depart
ment participation.
SO this time the state department is playing
a hands off" game. Officials greeted President
Lopez with open arms but the greeting ended
there.
1t is interesting to note in connection with
the visit Of Lopez that he once was Minister to
England and while in that country became &C
qdainted with the present President of Peru.
This explains the close friendship between the
two men and the recent agreement signed by
the two chief executives of Peru and Colombia
concerning Leticia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27

q good effect on the citizens of our
fair city.
Please understand, I am not a
dog hater; in fact, I always have
loved dogs, and have nearly always
had one of my own.
I also love my fellow men, but
not thugs and murderers. There
fore, in the name of safety and
security, I ask that all vicious dogs.
including Pat, be penned and kept
off the streets until such time as
they are again fit citizens. If they
are hopeless, then suggest the
same cure as is given to murderers
death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
The Message Center

(Times readers are inUited to eTpress
their Vie10s in these columns. Make your
letters short, 80 al can hare a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 1oords or Less.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27

Man would be better off if he crawled
around on his hands and knees, says a
youngstown 90 physician. Sure, he'd find
his collar button sooner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
So They Say

The winter night is a period Of
tranquility of a sort you will never
achieve in civilization-Rear ADJ
miral Richard E. Byrd.
1 am simply a victim Of fate
Samuel insult.
International relations are diff
cult. They depend, unfortunately.
to some extent on smell.-Kathar-
inc Fullerton Gerould.
NUssolini is the one genius among
dictators whom the postwar pc
Rod has thrown up.-James Truss
low Adams.
Europe is in need of mutual COM
prehension, or it is eading for tVl-
light.-Premier Mussolini of Italy.
The American army is not exact
ly a hotbed of Communism at this
time.-Helen Hill author.
If you learn something of the art
Of happiness, you are likely to re-
ceive a mild kind of condemnation
from those friends who have not
yet learned it.-John Erskine, novel
ist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
This is National Park Year. but don't go
parking just anywhere, because Of that.

Another tragic effect of this long drought is
that there won't be very many double-headers
toward the end of the baseball season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-27
STATION ATTENDANT
RAPS EMPLOYER

BY A Union Attendant
You sure are right, c. j., and 1
am glad that there's one paper in
Indianapolis like The Times that
has real Message Center.
One of the bosses in my major
oil company told us the bedtime
story that the reason he couldn't
give us any more help during the
summer rush was because he had
so much difficulty getting eXpe-
rienced help. Isn't that cute
story in an unemployment crisis?
Why didn't he admit that the rea-
son the company doesn't hire more
men is because it is trying to pay
big dividends on lot of inflated
stock put out on the public dur
ing boom times. And the only
way it can pay dividends on this
stock, which never should have
been issued, is to grind the unor-
gained man at the bottom, and
that's the station attendant.
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l 1UhoUy djsapprove of qChat yoM sag and a0iU
defend to the death your right to sag jt.Votaire.

the cat? Do we not kill birds and
devour them with great relish?
Cats are no more disease bearing
than human beings.
l do hope there are only a few Of
the heartless "CiviliZed Citizens"
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The one game that has no playof after a
tie is the race to railroad crossing.
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TOO MUCH POLITICS

WEDNEsDAY. IL q. ~.