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The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
THE EYES HAVE 1T

YOUNG men almost invariably absorb some
glamorous ideas of war. They read books
and see movies and go to their homes to dream
about bands playing and flags flying and the
conquering hero coming home astride horse,
s the commander Of his regiment, and decorated
with medals.
Young men have those ideas because they
don't know what war really is and what war
really looks like.
This newspaper believes in the doctrine
that everything under the sun should be done
before war is declared by nations. And, TAX
ing this point of view we feel that The Times
is doing a service in starting today its series
of unexpurgated war pictures, taken from
Laurence Stallings' great collection, 1.-THE
First World War"
'F' Young men and young women, as well as
, their elders, should read and think. The hor-
rorS of war are all too evident.
Let the eyes have it.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
EAGLES SCREAM HEARD

THERE is a general disposition among
commentators on the recovery program
to assume that the blue eagle campaign is
falling short because the consuming public
is not supporting it. Once in a while some
thing happens to indicate that this assump-
ton is mistaken.
A Cleveland (O) restaurant lost its blue
eagle some time ago on order of General
Johnson, because it failed to comply with
the code.
The other day the proprietor filed papers
pleading for restoration of the emblem,
promising to observe the code fully, and as
serting that the restaurants profits have
dropped by SO per cent since the blue eagle
was taken away.
Here is pretty direct evidence that the
consuming public does support the NE2A pro-
gram. The blue eagle has solid cash value,
IN spite of what the critics say.
If you don't believe it, ask the man who
has lost his.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
BEHIND THE BIG BANKERS

VXTHILE the President is setting out to
-i',NV remedy the lawyer-lobbyist racket in
Washington. it would be a good idea to have
a look at the role of the financial lawyers.
ifs- AS a result Of sundry senate and other
government investigations, a great pubic hue
and cry has gone Up against certain classes of
unscrupulous bankers. brokers and investment
houses. The President in several messages
and statements has demanded remedial and
regulatory legislation. In addition 10 the
PTruth-in-Securities law and the banking law
passed by the last session. several admins
tration bills are now in preparation covering
e bank and stock market abuses.
81 But in the rush and glamour of inveStigat-
!. ing bankers it seems TO have escaped adequate
S attention that most of the shady financial
:, banking deals were planned by lawyers Time
: and again in the testimony the names of the
same lawyers crop up.
~ Whether it is a case OF rigging a stock
= market pool, of escaping income tax payment,
OF milking railroads by recevership or re-
organization ruses. Of unloading questionable
securities on the public. of banks using
affiliates for improper purposes. or some other
phase of the financial racket. there has usually
been some powerful Wall Street law firm be-
hind the scenes.
- The brains Of our financial system. for
good or ILL., has been chiefly in law offices.
Therefore it probably viii be impossible
for the government 10 succeed in its two-fold
purpose, of making a thorough examination
Of the financial system and Of reforming that
49,. oF,e &c,
out checking on the big financial law firms as
completely as on the bankers and brokers.
AS in the case Of bankers and brokers. this
is to the best interest not only of the public
but also OF the legal profession itself
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

ployment bureau, who was to take
care of ex-soldiers only, but he sent
some friends out there who never
were in the United States service
and are single, with no one depend
ing on them, who were sent out be-
fore I was, and have family to
take care of.
There is another man Qibel de-
leted who operates custom house
truck between here and Chicago at
a high salary.
He hired man to drive his truck
at a low salary and took a job as
painter on this CWA work. And
there is a man who hauls water with
a Ford V-8, when he only has to
walk about three blocks after water.
There are some men out there that
were wounded in the World war,
one of them with an open wound,
and he is trying to push a wheel
barrow. And there are others out
there who were crippled in the war,
pushing Wheelbarrows who have
asked for lighter jobs, but failed
There are a number Of other things
I could tell about, but I doubt very
much if you will print this, as you
don't seem to have much time for
any eX-soldiers, although quite a
few take your paper. Remember,
any one can investigate this and
they will find out just what I have
told them.
Hope you will have nerve enough
to print this.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

NUR pretty legends about war
" persist. The most deceptive
Of them is that which sounds a
high note of adventure. This
was the siren song Of the Min
nesinger in the Age of Chivalry.
War mongers Of the earth repeat
the we'll remembered tune, but
their lutes are broken and their
harmonies false.
War was an adventure once.
1t was a great adventure when,
armed with spear and shield, the
lad Of long ago began his journey
into unknown lands; when he
penetrated with Cortez into the
jungles to look for Montezuma'
temples; or when, in any place,
he laid down his life for a cause
that to him seemed great. War
was a necessary endeavor in the
evolution Of man until he stepped
into a machine civilization. 1t
was glorious once because the
soldier honestly believed he could
attain his ends by the sword.
But-and mark this wen-it
has lost its glory forever, its
challenge, its meaning, since to-
day we know this can not be done.
We know, at last, that our ma
chimes make shambles-they do
not make battles where courage
counts for anything. All gallantry,
all glory departed from war with
the manufacture Of the first
bomb.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
CWA FOREMEN
ARE ATTACKED

BY H. C. Matthias.
Some time ago when this CWA
was started, you printed an article
in your paper saying there would
be no politics, and ex-soldiers would
have first preference. I just want
to show you where this is
some of Al Smiths bolony. I am
not asking any one to take my rec
ord for this; just let them go out
and investigate. I understand there
are government men on the job, but
if there are, they are quiet and don't
see anything.
The work was mostly for the
needy, but quite a few never got
sent because such men as the vice
president Of the Indiana Asphalt
was one foreman, and he was so
smart to his men that they threat
ened to throw him into the river
and they transferred him some
where else.
And there is another very nice
old man who worked for the city
sewage department for several years.
He is past 80. He is a very good
foreman, but if he needs the money
that bad. why not just pay him his
salary and let him stay home. But
I don't think he needs the money
that bad.
And there is another foreman out
there who is very nice to his men,
but his wealth is well past the five
figure mark. { There is an employe
Qibel deleted) of the veterans en-
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

BY H. L. Seeger.
This proposition to discontinue
the CWA after Feb. IS, if carried
out, will have back-flre that will
Startle us.
1t is bad enough to have con-
dition in industry that forces men
to work on such silly, antiquated
projects"
Everybody on the job knows the
program is only a dole in disguise.
It's futility to change the in
dustriaI collapse is so apparent,
when we know that only a small
part of the unemployed are on
this work.
The whole program for recovery
is built on the theory that only
a hypodermic is necessary to re-
juvenate our industrial system.
These salves, ointments and plas-
ters we are using in the form of
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
HE'S PROUD TO
SUPPORT M'NUTT
By a Times Reader.

BY Times Reader.
I would like to answer Allen
Alderson's spiel.
think lot of people have known
that there was a terror gang in the
state of Indiana for several years.
In fact, ever since the days of the
Klu-Klux Klan. ,..
You say that when Mr.. McNutt
fired Warden Daily and put a de-
serving Democrat in his place that
he opened a cage of wild animals
and turned them loose. If you ask
me, 1 think they had been ready to
be turned loose for some time by a
bunch of low brow Republicans who
we're just waiting for Governor Nc
Mutt to make the change. How else
did Ex-Governor Leslie know SO
much about it? have read that he
made the remark the night before
the wild animals escaped that he
was afraid they would.
I take it that you are not a
Democrat or you could see through
some of their low brow stuff. I am
for McNutt and am proud of it..
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
TUESDAY. JAN. %. 1884.
DOES PARTISANSHIP PAY?

THE state administration again is under
= fire. this time from the official publica-
ton of the Indiana State Teachers Associa-
ton. which assails the appointment of Floyd
McMurray. Democratic friend of the McNutt
faction, to the post of state superintendent
Of public instruction.
The teachers publication makes no attack
on Mr.. McMurray, an able educator, but
does point out the need for the appointment
OF nonpolitical educational commissioners.
That recommendation has to its credit prac-
ticality and justice.
Governor Paul V. AIcNutts foes undoubted-
ly will grab at this latest attack with whoops
Of JOY. 1t will be another choice bit for them
to toss from one county to another.
- It should give the Governor food for
thought. Governor McNutts policies, his
aims, the operation of his administration it
self. and the man himself, never have been
placed under attack. But the seemingly
endless roar that accompanies the political
maneuvers Of his satellites must make some
Impression upon the Governor.
OverzeaIous partisanship has no place in
honest government and Governor NIcNutt is
too astute leader not to realize that fact
1t is interesting TO take cognizance of the
suggestions made about President Roosevelt's
handling Of a similar situation Political OBJ
servers suggest that much of the Presidents
tremendous support is the direct result of
Mr.. Roosevelt's nonpartisan spirit in naming
his cabinet and other officials.
The President has paid no attention to the
partisan side Of the argument Always he
has selected the man or woman he believed
best fitted for the job.
Postmaster-General James A. Farley, of
course, has dabbled in politics. His fingers
have been burned and the rumorS are flying
about Washington that the President has told
Farley he must leave.
If true, it is merely additional proof that
he who plays with fire must be burned.
Governor McNutt, Pleas Greenlee, and
other gentlemen in Indiana may be inter-
8 eSted. We sincerely hope so.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
a0hoIgy disapprove of aOhat yow sag and 1OiU
defend to the death yOur right to sag it-Voltaire

and shoulders above them in initia-
tive and fearlessness in doing justice
to the people. The greatest hope for
the people of Indiana is that they
may inform themselves and not be
governed by petty things such as
who got a job and who did not get
a. job, whether he belonged to the
legion or otherwise. The real issue
is whether justice is being done to
the people.
In the light of Mr.. McNutt'S pres
ent record, hope I may live to see
him elected President of the United
States.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
Distribution Is Needed

bounties, processing taxes, public
and private relief doles show con-
clusively that we have not dag
nosed our ailment as an organic
disorder.
Our pretenders to the indus
trial thrones are unaware Of the
fact that their custom subjects
were the workers who are now in
the bread lines and that the
thrones are held by de facto
rulers.
Production is uesless unless dis
tribution is possible. The 1888 ma
tional income of 6,400 millions for
dividends and interest and 6,100
millions for wages speak elo-
quently of the fact that recovery
only can take place when the dis
covery is made that distributed
buying power only can solve dis
tribution.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
DID YOU REALLY
FIGHT, MIR. GORMAN?

By A C. w. A. Worker
In reply to the critical letter
relative to Senator Arthur R. Rob-
inson, printed in The Times Jan. is
and signed by John j. German, I
wish to state that I am a satisfied
CWA worker. I believe that it has
been a savior for many this winter.
but I believe that we should hear
more from John j. German giving
us more of his views relative to
Senator Robinson and stating in
his next letter his war time outfit.
I believe his statements would
prove more effective if the public
were informed as to whether he was
connected with this combat division
as a fighting soldier such as the in
fantry Excluding cooks, company
clerks, top sergeants, etc. or wheth-
er he was just one Of the men back
of the lines. There are a great
many men you know, with combat
division who don't fight.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
WAY TO END RACKETS

COMETIMES an ordinary news article in
~ the daily paper can be more educational
than whole columns Of careful exposition and
exhortation.
A sample is a recent story which told how
New York police. unshackled by Mayor La
Guardia. are trying to stamp out racketeers
st the famous Fulton Fish Market.
This market happens to be the largest
wholesale fish trading center in the countrys
aosng an annual business Of around $z5.000.-
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
TALE OF KINGFISHES n
NOW is TOLD
Interrogation
BY CHRISTIE RUDOLPH

BY ChhAO Il IL ROOOAA "A
They passed in silence,
A small boy and a white haired
man,
He paused to wipe his brow;
He kicked the pebbles on the road
side sand.
Twill be a clear day tomorrow. he
said,
And matched his eyes with the blue
Of the evening sky they walked
along,
With a strange and sorrowful tread.
The boy gazed up in wonder. he
sighed,
And held tight the old mans hand,
But how do you know, oh. do ycu
know? he cried.
The boys young face was twisted
and white,
And the two walked on in the end
less night.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
The Message Center

(Times readers are inUited to eGpreSs
their Uietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to 95O 40ords or Ieas.)
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

An aircraft official ran a $3.50 investment
up to s35OOO,OoO in the good old days, but he
forgot to strap the money to parachute when
the crash came.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

Sharkskin shoes are the most durabls of all.
says the U. S. Bureau OF Standards. Too bad
We can't get them now, since all the sharks
went down with the 1929 crash.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

Man in Paris played a saxophone for six
teen hours and five minutes without stepping.
He must have played the instrument in home
for the deaf to hold out so long.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

There viii be no bayonets in future wars,
says an army official Then they'd better pro-
vide can openers with their corn willie and
beans. hereafter.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

A man in South Africa found a large dia-
mond and turned down $375,00o for it. He
took the money quickly when he discovered
there are no more princes to sell the diamond
to.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

Where is the ice pack?" asks Admiral
Byrd. Is the liquor so bad in the Antarctic
tool
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

A mans laugh reveals his character, says
a university president. That is, if his tonsils
aren't in the way.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23

In justice to Babe Ruth, Why shouldn't his
home runs also be cut down to three bases9
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
POLITICAL PATRONAGE
is UNDER ATTACK

BY Times Reader.
Permit me space in the Message
Center to voice my views on po-
litical patronage.
1t seems to me the general
opinion Of politicians that the
public owes them tribute Party
campaign funds are collected from
employees. Then there are fellows
you must see before you are eligible
to become an employe of the city.
county or state. Il is well for these
politicians to remember that the
public did not believe that the
Democratic party was of better
caliber than any other party, but
that the nation needed change
Of government, and rather than
risk a split such as the Bull Moose
party caused, the voters swung to
the Democratic party.
Little did the party teaches
realize when they put Franklin D.
Roosevelt up as candidate fer
President that he would abide by
his own judgment in making the
appointments on various committees
dllQ ueDdI IIllC1lG NlI CCbOIo.
So far, the President has put duty
to the people above political pa
tronage. He does not owe any party
patronage because he was put IN
office by the people. Yet these
politicians sought to crack the whip
over him, as an animal trainer does
in circus, but he did not hop to
the music as they thought he
should. Let the state and county
politicians, who rode into office on
Roosevelt's kite, remember that
while they may be drunk with
political power now they will be
sober when the next elections are
over
TALE OF KINGFISHES
NOW is TOLD
By C. X.
This country has three King
fishes.
Louisiana has one.
He is a schemer and kicker.
Indiana has one.
A world kicker.
No one pays any attention to him.
Amos and Andy have one.
But he is in for the money.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-23
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Noted Visitor Expected

indianapolis will be host to an
outstanding business man and
church leader of Great Britain
Thursday when T. II. Fraser Of
London will be in the city.
The Rev. w. F. Rothenburger,
pastor of the Third Christian
church, will entertain Mr.. Fraser,
who comes to the United States as
the sixth fraternal delegate from
Great Britain TO the international
convention of the Disciples Of Christ
which meets Oct. 1921 at Des
Moines, Iowa. Mr.. Rothenburger is
president of this convention.
On Thursday night Mr.. Fraser
will be the speaker and guest of
honor at a dinner given at Third
Christian church. Next morning at
he will speak at the daily chapel
service of the United Christian Mis-
sionary Society headquarters group
in IrvingtOn, and at IL will go to
Butler to speak in the university
chapel service.
At noon he will be honor guest
and speaker at a luncheon at the
Spink-Arms hotel. which will be at
tended by ministers of the city and
secretaries of the various national
boards of the Disciples of Christ
which have headquarters in Indian
apolis.
At midnight Mr.. Fraser will leave
for st. Louis.
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FAIRFAX Church
HOMECOMING
SET FOR SUNDAY
Or. John 6. Benson Will Be
Guest Speaker at
Service.

Homecoming will be observed at
the Fairfax Christian church next
Sunday, with programs carrying
throughout the day.
DR.. John @. Benson, superinten-
dent Of the Methodist hospital, viii
be the guest speaker at the morn
ing services. Mrs. Marie Keane
will sing.
At noon a basket dinner will be
served church members and their
guests. and this viii be followed by
a social hour featuring get-to-
gether schemes.
The afternoon services will be
held at 2:30 p m. and the Rev. Bert
r. johnson. pastor Of the DoWney
Avenue Christian church, will give
the address. The quartet from the
West Park Christian church viii
furnish music.
The Christian Endeavor societies
Of The church will observe the day
with specially prepared services at
$50 p. m. The installation of
newly elected officers Of the societies
will take place at these services.
The Rev. l. J. Kerrick is pastor
Of the Fairfax church.
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1920 will include the Goodwin
male quartet, congregational sing
ing and a sermon by the pastor, DR..
George D. Billeisen.
A basket dinner will be served at
noon, followed by fellowship meet
ing.
The afternoon session begins at
2:30, at which time Fred Kinman
will have charge of the music.
This will be followed by roll call
of members by Howard Billeisen,
church clerk.
Frank o. Stierwalt will lead in
"reminiscences of the last forty-six
years.
At night, the Goodwin quartet
will sing. Following the sermon a
candlelight service will be held.
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Church Plans OUTING

The Northwood Christian church,
the Rev. R. Melvyn Thompson, pas
tor, Central avenue and Forty-sixth
street, is planning a unique pill
grimage to Brown county Sunday
morning.
The arrangements are being made
to take the entire Sunday school
congregation to a beautiful spot in
the Brown County State park for
an open-air service at II o'clock.
Music will be provided by the
chorus choir, directed by Blanche
Harvey Quirk. The pastors SER
mon theme will be This Is My
Fathers World"
Harry G. Templeton is in charge
of general arrangements.
H. H. Davis, who is in charge of
transportation, promises to have
plenty of cars available.
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: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES :
WESTFIELD CAY
AS centennial
PROGRAM OPENS
CoIorfuI Pageant, Exhibits
Feature Three-Day
Celebration.
By Times Special

bY tnfs Speci0t
WESTFIELD, Ind, Oct. 5.-Roll-
ing back the years in colorful
pageant and diversified exhibits,
which brought memories of log cab
ms, the underground railway, and
the solemnity of early Quaker meet
'ings as well as modern gaiety, this
city today began its three-day GEN.
tennial celebration.
From every section of Hoosierdom
as well as from out-State, old resi-
dents of the city came to take part
in the one hundredth anniversary
of the settlement of Westfield.
United States highway 81 was
decorated like a worlds fair midway
with bunting and carnival trappings.
A snake dance and parade by the
Westf1eld high school and its band
featured this afternoons session of
the fete.
At the same time, judges strolled
among the competitors displaying
canned goods, cakes, needlework-
grazing the winners with prize rib
bonS.
Carnival on Program
Housewives forgot their Friday
cleaning. Merchants left cash
registers in the hands of employees,
as under the auspices of the West
field Lions Club and the Union high
school committee, the city lit its
birthday cake with red and white
banners on utility poles, and thrilled
to band music.
A balloon ascension and carnival
acts were part of the afternoon
program as hundreds of motorists
from Indianapolis and Noblesville
joined in the little city's celebra-
ton.
Laid out in May, 1884, the town
became from the start one of the
largest Quaker communities in the
state.
Underground Railway" Station
One of the most important sta
tons of the states underground
railway" to aid escaping slaves, was
established in Westf1eld in pre-Civil
war days. Asa Beals, one of the
towns founders, was its manager.
Tomorrow a pageant, portraying
the towns life from the days of this
underground railway and of the cir
cuit-riding minister to the present,
will be presented. Clubs, schools
and business firms will have floats
entered in parade, which is a part
of this pageant.
Feature of the afternoons cele-
bration tomorrow will be the West
f1eld-Kirklin high school football
game with the carnival holding the
spotlight at night.
Speakers will review the towns
history during the three days cele-
bration.
Churches of the city will hold
home coming services on Sunday
with a picnic on the Union high
school campus for the alumni in
the afternoon. Edgar Llewellyn,
Newcastle schools superintendent,
and a former resident of Westf1eld,
will be the principal speaker at the
picnic.
One man was the cynosure of all