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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22
II Seems TO Ne
By
Heywood Broun

MY dictionary Observation-Disclosures -That
w can not be summed avoided or prevented;
bound to happen or be met with in the very nature
Of things: unavoidable as the inevitable conflict"
wish that some Of my radical, my liberal and
my conservative friends would famiarize themselves
with this definition. Very often am asked by one
group or another 70 join in meetings which are
called to protest against the inevitable world war
which is upon US"
II hostilities are unavoidable I'm not interested.
I can not become enthusiastic about prospectuses
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ing for the Mishawaka Daily En-
terpriSe.
Want a job?" asked Carls
friend.
"Sure," said Carl. ''Where
is it?"
The old pal was leaving and so
Carl took the job. 1t was one of
those newspaper offices where one
is everything from copy boy to
city editor, and in between covers
police, city hall, hospitals, indus
tries and the bi-monthly Fellow
ship dinner.
Two years later, Carl graduated
to the South Bend papers, the
News Times and the Tribune.
When a friend of his left the
Lansing (Mich) Capital News,
just across the state line, Carl
SORTED out and took the job as
police reporter.
n
TN May, 1929, he came to The
L Times and sat on the rewrite
desk for six months and on the
city desk proper for two years.
Then he was transferred to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22

tSA1 VA Us - ~ -
wonder if she
ever lives down
such a W e a k
story as MY
Lips Betray," but
the younger peo-
pie. those be-
tween the ages
of Is and %,
seem to be at
tracted to her
pictures. That is
motto e a bic in
very audience
which sees "Suz-
anne" at n e
Apollo this week.
81 Am SUI
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ari0nettes Win PGudts NeO Lillian Harvey Production
Son of Kong Is Just Headache Declares Times Critic

TOR the first time in the
7 movies, marionettes are as
important in the cast as the
actors themselves.
In announcing Il Am Suzanne"
Lillian Harvey is listed as the star,
but the fact remains that Pod
recca'S Piccoli marionettes or
puppets are the real stars.
Miss Harvey is less annoying
and less camera conscious in II
Am Suzanne" than in previous
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22
Coolidge Did Laugh

TRUE, when Mr.. Coolidge was amused bv Mr.
Il Rogers drou use of the word "aint" his ex-
preston was like that of man who has lust sat
on something wet. But an Old New England friend
and neighbor OF his explained at the convention
which nominated him in Cleveland that Mr. Coolidge
laughed inside and something perfectly hilarious
When his countenance suggested intense suffering
1t is no more than right that Mr. Rogers should
yield the place, anyway. Comedians are artists and
the government is trying to put artists to work
Ii there must be court jester he ought to be poor
comedian off the curb near the Palace theater
The richest comedian in the world does not need
the job.
Copyright. 1884. by United Feature
Syndicate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22

once upon time Carlos Lane
~ played the role Of a rollick-
ing young man-about-town. The
ofhce never could be sure whether
he would show up for work or not,
but the years have drummed some
common sense into Mr.. Lanes
blond head and, now &c, he's de-
veloped into a dependable, CHEEKY
working man."
Young Mr.. Lane used to be at
tracted by the bright lights, but
Office lights now beckon and he
needs.
Carlos, born in the general vi
cinity Of Wabash-he thinks it
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in a deep
bass voice and he laughs almost
continually.
He goes in for fancy colored
shirts.
He loves books, but mostly good
books.
He loves flying.
And he likes to write poetry
TARLOS insists that he's never
~ seen his birthplace. He knows
that his father labored behind a
shingle labeled Physician and
surgeon" in Lincolnville, and he
says that a few years ago on a
flying trip he noticed that his
course lay directly over the place
Naturally, he looked for it.
IAN elm tree hid it from view,"
laughs Carlos.
Carls father, the late DR.. Car
los Lane, moved his family to
Ligonier, where young Carlos, to
the despair of most of the citi-
zenry, grew up. Carl's mother still
resides in that charming little
northern Indiana city.
Young Mr.. Lane revealed hints
early that he had no intention of
following his father in knife
welding, and in the eighth grade
elaborated in writing a play for
his literary society, an opus dis
tinguished by the amount and
novel means of bloodshed.
Mr.. Lane admits that the action
made the traditional Terrible
Turk look like a Boy Scout.
Carl continued his scribbling in
high school and finally, in 1923,
Ligonier high school handed him
a roll of paper done up in black
and gold ribbon. In the fall he
entered Notre Dame-an inStitu-
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to be a syndicate feature with a
latch-String invitation to the
White House through two ad-
ministrations. Mr.. Rogers never
did claim outright that he spoke
for the President in the time of
Mr.. Coolidge or Mr.. Hoover, but
there was a sort OF feeling that
he was the folkSy, popular in
terpreter for two men who were
not, themselves, on very chum-
my terms with the citizens. I
know that if I were a syndicate
salesman, rafting around the
country with a briefcase full of
comic strips and moral and
philosophical canned-goods, I
would not fail to mention that
this one here, now, this little
fiftV-WOrd feature Oftpr1 cOro-
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Miss Hopkins Is Splendid
THROUGH the medium of sew

THROUGH the medium of sew
Il eral exciting and rather
tragic events, "All of Me-" re-
named and taken from the New
York stage success, "Chrysalis,
proves the simple fact that real
love is the same IN either the
high or low social plane. But the
fact that it is proved to very
frightened-at-life little girl pro-
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videS the meat
which fills out
the bones Of
this piece.
The girl, LYDIA
Darrow, played
in a wonderful
way by Miriam
Hopkins, feels
that she is in
love with a
promiS i n G
young profess
sor of her en-
cheering class
in college. But
when he, Don
Ellis, played by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22
BY NORMAN ISAACS
Times News Editor

TINE Tech-Shorrdge basketball and Mon
Carlos sports Indianapolis
that basketball column of the Back
would tell them his Thursday
Tuesday Carlos chucked the letters piled his desk
the office with worried look his face
Wednesday afternoon Carlos
o Methodist hospital appendectomyp
Thursday morning the phone rang
Methodist hospital" said voice-wt h-a-Smile Mr.
will his
picking
S wanted to know.
Lane has just anesthetc"
His only word is that he is
picking Tech"
And that the version Of the stages famous law that
THE play on"
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ton that after one more round
this tragic folly shall not occur
again. It Is my belief that after
another general conflict the only
convention to be called will in
clude the vultures, the buzzards
and the scarlet peoples. I can
not see eye to eye with those
who feel that after another fling
the world can be made over.
There won't be enough left.
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love for Don. The ending is both
tragic and satisfactory.
The work of Miss Hopkins is
superb. Her wistful charm fits
the part and she puts her charac-
ter across. But close upon her
heels comes the splendid portrayal
that the charming little actress,
Helen Mack, gives of the Utopian
lover, Eve Haron. Federic March;
acting is without a flaw and Raft
is up to his usual par.
Although there is something OF
a new note struck in this movie
story, it is the fine acting of this
cast that puts the play across.
Now at the CircIe.-(By the OBJ
server.
More Romance on a Bus
IN Gross Country Cruise" at
L the Lyric, we have another
Odyssey of an oddly assorted
group, California bound. The pace
of this Grand Hotel" on wheels
is swift; there are laughs through
out, with an extra quota for those
who can appreciate puns.
Romance boards the bus in
New York with the wealthy young
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Not Utterly an Idiot

4 THOUGH both sentimental
IA and romantic, I am not
sufficiently naive to deny that
another war is possible. I will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22

The Times series the members of
its
edifar The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22

Roman Scandals now Is on
view at the Palace. Eddie Cantor
is the star. 1t has been reviewed
in this department. 1t is doing
tremendous business.
Burlesque is On view at the
Mutual anc Colonial.
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Copyright. 1884. by United Feature
Syndicate. Inc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Texas Seanen
Block Attempt
AtJimcrowisn
BY Marine Worker Correspondent

BY a Marine Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, Mass.-I have a bit of
news regarding the discrimination
against a Negro seaman in the Sea-
mems Hook on Hanover st.
There had been no Negro sea
men around the hungry hook for
quite few months. One day
Negro seamen by the name OF Harry
Lee Gordon dropped in from New
York.
He was told to eat in the kitchen
where he belonged" Believe it or
not, comrades, about six or seven
men from the South. including N.Y.
self and a ship mate from Texas,
jumped up and protested against
this discrimination and jim-crow-
ism.
The holy racketeering sky pilot
by the name of Thorpe based this
discrimination upon the squawk of
a cople of booze hounds or alki
artists. One mission stiff made a
crack that he won't sleep where a
Negro slept. Some class conscious
seaman told him to go to sleep in
the streets If he didn't like it.
One of Thorpe's pets went to the
extent Of trying to take the chow
away from the Negro seaman. NY
shipmate called my attention to
this, and the rest was short work
After chow was over, headed
Thorpe into a corner and asked
him, DO you practise discrimina-
ton in any form, or let your help
do SOP"
His answer was, Il allow no dis
elimination against any one in any
form"
asked him why it was that a
Negro seaman was made to eat in
the rear.
II know nothing about it." was
his answer. The help were asked
about it and the answer was that
they acted that way on orders from
Mr.. Thorpe.
Now, at chow time, Gordon sits
between my shipmate and me. with
all the slop singers looking on
without saying a word. Now he is
eating like a man, not dog.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
No Layofs Here, Writes
Souiet X. r. TeIegraphist

MOSCOW, US.S.R.-I attended
the meeting in our depot at the
Moscow No. railway station,
Kursk railway, at which your let
ter was read. The railway workers
Of this depot are answering your
letter. But I have read it and am
going to write you few words
myself.
am a member of the railway
workers union and am employed at
the telegraph office of the Peoples
CommiSsariat for Transport. Our
central telegraph office employs
about 400 persons, most of them
women. We are getting 40 rubles
a month, but as we are on piece
payment we earn 1870 rubles on the
average. We are on the six-hour
working day and work in five shifts.
After our work in the day and
evening shifts we are entitled to
one free day and after the night
to two free days. We have our own
rest room where those who come to
work earlier than necessary, may
take a rest (the majority of work
ers live in the suburbs of the town
and have to go by trains. We
hold our meetings in the same room
and various study-circles also meet
there. We attneded a technical
circle in the summer and passed
our exams in the autumn. To work
efficiently one should know his
trade, one should know BOW to
handle certain kilograms. The en-
tire work of our transport and con-
sequently of our socialist construc-
lends on the efficient work
of the telegraph.
Besides. 1 was elected recently to
the presidium Of the railway LID.
committee which also imposed on
me the duty Of organizing workers
relations. l do not
know yet whether I shall be able to
cope with this task but I am eager
% work and realize the importance
If this task.
Our club allotted lis a room for our
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16

BY a r. R, Worker Correspondent
MORRIS PARK. L. I've work
ers Of the Morris Park shops Of the
Long Island Railroad were to have
an election on or about Dec. 18th,
to choose an organization to repre-
sent US.
It is getting close to that time
end the Company Union has cold
feet. They are circulating petit
ton protesting the election. This
petition is being circulated 50 sec
reilly that only members Of the
Company Union should know about
Il.
Some of the fellows say that it
Is not a company outfit and that
the company does not give it any
support. Well, then why is It that
Posner can devote all of his time
soliciting for it on company time,
doing nothing on his JOB. and at
the same time being paid mech
anic's pay on his time card, and
this beside the ten per cent on
money collected?
I have seen in the press that
Eastman is going to ask us rail-
road workers to make some sddi-
tional sacrifices. This means that
Eastman. the tool of Roosevelt and
Wall Street is going to put the
screws on us, squeeze more money
out of our pay checks. 1t also
means that Roosevelt has agreed to
stop further restoration Of our pay
cut in January. It means that
strong effort is being made to
worsen our conditions by more pay
cuts, speed-up and layoffs.
What are the things we must do?
First we must elect the A. F. Of L.
and form q strong rank and file
control Of its forces. 50 that it shall
function in our own interests.
Every worker should read the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16

publicity in the Daily Worker had
wrung some concessions from the
scared officialdom. Events moved
fast. Encouraged by strikes in other
cities the messengers at a large
mass meeting had voted to strike.
A delegation of Western Union and
Postal messengers stormed into the
citadel Of communications The
thoroughly frightened Mr.. Carroll,
forced by the potential might Of
the messengers. met the delegation
in his private Office where he
listened respectfully to their de-
mandS. How the forces Of capital
went into action with the aid of the
police. company union detective
agencies, and the yellow press to
temporarily suspend the strike is
saga of labor.
In the meantime the elimination
of Jewish clerks and other personnel
is proceeding at q very rapid pace.
For the flimiest excuses they are
suspended. furloughed, put on re-
duced time, denoted and their
wages cut.
I challenge the officials of West
ern Union Telegraph Company to
present the following figures:
l.. The number of messengers
that we're employed since Jan. /,
1888. and how many Of these were
Jewish.
2. The percentage of Jewish mes
sengers on the payroll Jan. 1, 1929.
The percentage of Jewish messen-
gers on the payroll Jan. l, 1888.
The percentage of Jewish messen-
gers on the payroll Jan. 1, 1894.
The percentage of Jewish messen-
gers on the payroll October l, 1884,
and the number of non-Jews.
8. The number of Jews that
were hired through the employment
department conducted by Mrs. Rit-
chic on the 9Th floor of go Hudson
st. since Jan. 1, 1888
4. The number of Jews and the
number of non-Jews that we're fur
Laughed since Jan. /, 1888 separate
ly by the commercial and traffic
departments.
l also challenge the officials of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany to deny that both Mr.. Shooter,
who hires the messengers, and Mrs.
Ritchie, who hires the clerical help
were given orders not to hire Jews.
Their silence to deny these accusa-
tions will only substantiate that
which is now so clear to every West
ern Union employee.
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inflammation Of Neck Of Womb

S., Bronx, n. Y.-Whi1e it is true
- that many doctors give office
treatments just for the fee involved,
it is also true that many patients
do need treatments. Assuming that
the doctor is correct in his diagnosis
of EndocerVicitis inflammation of
the mouth of the womb, some form
Of electric cauterization (burning)
is advisable. Whether the inflam-
nation followed the abortions that
were done-which is not uncom-
mon-or was there in a mild form
before the abortion and then be-
came aggravated, we cannot tell
from your letter. However, the in
flammation is there and must be
treated.
The best treatment is that which
destroys the glands under the sur
face tissue. This cannot be done
by application of medicines to the
surface. Such medicines do not
affect the deeper tissues. The best
method is the use of some form of
electric treatment which burns off
the surface tissue and the under
lying glands. This should be done
only by competent doctor one
who recognizes both the value and
the dangers of such treatment 1t
is impossible to estimate how many
visits will be necessary. That de-
ponds upon the amount of inflam-
nation present, the healing powers
of the patient, and the skill of the
doctor.
This question of how many visits
are necessary is quite an involved
one. In a society where the prac-
tice of medicine is both a profess
sion and business, it is easy for
the doctor to play upon the igno-
rance of the patient and have her
come until she gets tired of paying.
On the other hand, the patient.
recognizing that doctors can put
business before science, becomes
suspicious Of the doctor and thinks
she is being fleeced when he tells
her that she will have to visit him
fifteen or twenty times-which, of
course, need not be true. In fact,
there are cases which have to be
seen by the doctor as often or even
more often. The viciousness of
this state of affairs is obvious. The
honest doctor is suspected by the
patient-result, the patient does not
go to the doctor and does not get
the necessary treatment. The
business" doctor sells his wares we'll
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16

/ work. This room will be named the
Room for international Work. We
outlined the plan Of our work and
are decorating our room now. We
are going also to organize an LID,
corner here which will show the
work of our LID. nucleus at the
Moscow No. l railway station, Kursk
railway. We shall read the letters
we received from our comrades
abroad in this room, organize con-
situations there, etc.
Here is one more feature I for
got to mention. Telegraph appara-
tus of a certain system is replaced
by telegraph apparatus of another
system at our telegraph office for
the purpose of naturalization Now
the apparatus on which I worked,
will be used no longer and thus fiji
teen workers will be freed whose
qualification is no longer needed,
but people are not thrown out onto
the streets in our country. The
administration proposed to those
who wished to, to learn the other
system. During their training they
will get their average wages as we'll
as at the beginning of their indie
pendent work. when they haven't
yet learned how to work fast), lie.
they will earn not less than before.
Some decided to refrain themselves,
others decided to be trained as me-
chanics they will also get their
average wage although they are
absolutely ignorant of the trade of
mechanic). I was also transferred
to another job where I shall get ITS
rubles per month plus bonus of
IS rubles, i.e., 210 rubles.
Yes, comrades, with us in the
U. s. s. r., toiler can never be-
come useless. In conclusion of my
letter 1 bring you my red greetings
and am looking forward to your
reply.
My address is as follows: Moscow,
zemliaoni Val No, 7, Kom %, A.
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Letish l. L. ID. Branch
Contributes $23 to Driue

Letsh Branch
IN Y District contributed
This contribution time when the
support the l. D.
execution December T.
Other outstanding contributions N Y
affair which raised S267
Nearly $4,000 complete
the $4,000 Language organizations
mobilize its membership
friends they
n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Western Union in Anti-Semitic and Wage-Cuting Driv
No Pay for Reporting
Time i'm Sunnyside
By a R.R. Worker Correspondent

BY a R.R. Worker Correspondent
SUNNYSIDE, L. IL stayed in
the paddock all day long from 8
o'clock on, Got an assignment to
report on Train 10S and that was
reporting 1928 at night, dead
head. So I reported at that hour
and the dining car I was assigned
to had left on 147, which leaves
at $50.
That left me nothing to do but
to call up the station master. He
told me to call up SunnySide. I
was ordered to report there the
next day. I turned the slip in
and was offered Is minutes for
reporting to 103 as 4th cook, which
was about &c. This didn't even
cover my carfare. Besides, my
time didn't mean anything to the
company.
If we fellow workers are going
to pay the Penn for allowing us
to report for duty, where do our
rights come in? What is the
Brotherhood going to do about
getting us paid for reporting time?
Are we working for nothing7 Any
man is willing to hire you as long
as he knows he will get paid for
allowing you to work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
LGyofs and Pay Cuts Precede
Merger in Telegraph Industry
Western Union Incites
National Prejudice
BY a Telegraph Worker Core
spondent

spondent
NEW YORK. - Some months
ago in your paper you accused
Mr.. C. H. Carroll, assistant gen
eral manager, of being a xxx.
and discriminating against the
Jewish workers.
There is no question about
that because although 1 am in
the traffic department I am as
signed temporarily to branch Of
fees. In that way I have be-
come acquainted with quite few
clerks in the commercial depart
ment. Some Of the most con-
scientious we're Jews and now
most of them are gone. In their
places are new faces. Why? The
Association cannot answer or
won't.
But the point I want to bring
out is that the Jews are not the
only ones to be so treated. Our
chief, Col. Hough, hates the
"wops," and 1 am one of them.
The Italians are not being hired
for the last several years. Those
still in the service are being let
out or put on reduced time.
We Italians should unite with
the Jews and all workers for the
protection Of our rights. We are
in the same boat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-16
Seamen Fight Relief
Cut in Mobile, Ala.
BY a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
MOBILE, Ala.-The seamen on
relief here in Mobile are beginning
to feel their strength.
This week the relief head, Miss
Reed, tried to steam roller over us
the proposition of having kitchen
in the relief project, and stopping
us from eating in restaurants.
However, the moment the bows
found out they were going to in
stall galley, they called a special
meeting and voted unanimously
against such action. At this meet
ing committee of 10 rank and
file seamen was elected to visit
Miss Reed and state the opposition
Of the seamen to this move.
A good many seamen are getting
skeptical about the director of sea-
mems relief, E. F. Spear, who had
been shipping out as steward. For
this reason it seems possible that
there had been plans between him
and other relief heads to install the
kitchen and cut down on relief.
Spear himself said at a meeting last
week that If a kitchen were in
stalled, he could feed for one half
of what we are getting now, which
would be about rs cents per day.
However, when the committee re-
ported last night and informed the
seamen that Miss Reed would not
drop her plans the seamen were
pretty hot about it. They decided
that if we could not get results
here, then they would give their
committee full power to take the
necessary steps to combat this move.
The next step of the committee was
to write to Washington, sending the
names Of about 80 per cent of the
seamen on petition.