The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-28

| JIe row aIIer row OF WHITE HldTDle
steps that are SC characteristic
of the city.
Comment could be made on
other points in his article, but
that would require more time than
could be given to the subject now.
BY a Daily Reader.
AS a daily reader of The Times,
I would have your attention called
to an article by the highly recon-
mended Westbrook Pegler. Mr.. Peg
Ter referred to the farmers as hay
shakers and squawkers
Well, to my humble way of think
ing, Mr.. Pegler's sense Of humor is
somewhat vague. 1 would say that
any editor who is narrow enough to
refer to the people of our basic in
dustry as hay shakers and squawk-
ers is an migrate.
1t might be that man with as
many ideas as Mr. Pegler could be
used in high office in Washing
ton-at least as useful there as any
place else.
Furthermore, I can not quite I'M
derStand why good newspaper
would care to have such an migrate
on its staff.
have one more suggestion to Of
fer. 1 wonder if it could not be ar
ranged to get Mr. Pegler with the
CWA and relieve the people of his
column, Fair Enough"
Whether this criticism gets into
the Message Center or not, you have
my opinion of Pegler.
n
By T. M squawky
1t is pretty nice for a Judge to be
judge, jury and complainant in
contempt cases, but Mr.. Pegler, you
didn't tell it all. The judge is not
only the Judge, jury and complain
ant, but he is not required to en-
ploy a lawyer to help him complain.
Any other citizen of the United
States must employ lawyer to help
him complain. Such are the laws
of Indiana.
Neither can a defendant defend
himself from accusations unless he
has money and employs a lawyer.
What would you think of a judge
who would reverse the decision of
former judge upon the filing of a
complaint carrying no specific
charge, only a charge of unf1tnesS
and with no reason why the de-
PENDANT was unfit, without hear
ing? And what would you think
of a sheriff if he would pilfer a
home without a search warrant or
without a court order?
What would you think of sher-
iff who would pilfer Schoolhouse
for books or order a child to pilfer
for books without a court order?
But that is a small matter. A
school teacher can be dragged
across a continent by two kidnapers,
and the two kidnapers, making two
witnesses, can prove the teacher a
liar.
We pay fabulous sums to judges
and lawyers to build up laws, and
after we get them ready they toot
at the wrong end of the horn.
BY Claude Smith.
I looked at Mr.. Pegler's picture
several days before I could get
enough courage to read one of his
articles. After reading one, I still
haven't changed my mind. To me,
he lust looks like one of those white
collared, swivel chair, know it alls,
sitting behind highly polished desk
with steam heat to toast his shinS
and finding fault with everything
and everybody.
Jan. 16 he tried to aSsail the
farmers. 1t was pitiful to me. There
are lot of problems on the farm
that are too deep for the kid to
solve. There are also a number for
sale.
I have been in about forty three
states and strung wire in most of
them for the w. U. T. Co., read a
number of writer's, but this kid
(Pegler) can disgust me quicker
than any one I ever read. I don't
suppose he knows a horse from a
COW, yet he may know about the
canned COW commonly sold in gro
Gerry stores.
He refers to the farmer: IF he
dosen't get what he wants, he will
quit and starve every one to death"
If there are people who have worked
below the cost of production longer
than the farmers, I don't know of
them. I hope not. The farmers
enough.
In conclusion, will refer to one
product on the farm for the kid to
think over-milk. On the farm it
is worth only cents to cents.
Milkmen get IS cents for taking it
| to town. Is the farmer overpaid?
Editors Note: Pegler lives on
his own farm in Connecticut and
writes his articles from there.)
By d. L. League.
I'm one of the T. M Squawkies,
one of the hayshakers Westbrook
Pegler writes about. But, please,
console yourself, Peggy, if may be
so free. if many of the shakers are
like me the government can't pay
them much money.
I never have grown any wheat, so
they couldn't pay me on the wheat
deal. My pigs were too large at the
time the government killed pigs. Of
they killed any, prices now do not
say they killed any, I already had
cut down on corn so console your
self, Peggy. that at least a few of
the hayshaker T. NJ. Squawkies will
get nothing from the government.
I'm not on relief though; and, al
though paid more than $1,000 to
the former owner of this land for
the work that had been done to
make it place to live, I still pay
practically 81 a month rent to the
county treasurer Some call it taxes.
This 81 a month rent is without