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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07

to write new instrument better
fitted to our own times.
I would like to believe with Mr..
Sloan that this great piece of
basic information" would solve the
unemployment problem for the
next ten years and then some
thing else would be discovered to
solve it for the next ten years SO
on ad inf1nitum.
But the discoveries IN science
which led to our almost unparal-
leled progress in industry have
not solved the unemployment
problem and I do not believe they
ever will. Why all of this objec-
ton to the use of our best brains,
and to the use Of the scientific
method in revolutionizing our ar
chaic social and governmental in
situations when this method
proved so successful in business
and industry?
If the great piece of basic in
formation" is not broken loose
regularly, or if Europe or Asia
do not go to war, so we can
benefit by the misfortunes of
others, something permanent must
be done, and this may mean I'M
employment pensions, old-age
pensions and doleS.
I believe that American man
hood and womanhood would soon
er work for living than to de
pend upon doles. The government
should guarantee a job to every
one who can work and who is
willing to work.
Rugged individualism is facing
a crisis in it's existence. No longer
will it's practitioners be permitted
to take almost the entire profit
from production, leaving the
worker much less than his fair
share in times of prosperity and
nothing in times of depression.
And I hope that the electorate
no longer will be fooled by the
twaddle about the sanctity of any
set of laws or any type of gov
eminent which assures one class
Of its citizens wealth unbounded
and another class the extremities
of poverty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07
SPEAKS OF DILLINGER
AND NEW POLICE
By A Reader.

By A Reader.
We see John DIlinger is accused
of robbing another bank. I wholly
agree with his father, he is not to
blame for what Johnnie has done.
The rotten deal he got for the first
trouble he ever was in is the cause
of his being where and what he is
today. At that, I don't think he is
guilty of one-third that he is
blamed for. If he is, it's high time
the state was getting some new po-
lice officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07
OBJECTS TO EMPLOYMENT
OF GIRLS IN BEER PLACES

By Mrs. W. L. B.
1t seems a pity that the liquor
sales ordinance introduced at the
last city council meeting was
changed from the original draft so
as to exclude the provision relative
to employing minors.
The ordinance as drawn originally
would prohibit the employment Of
minor boys and girls in any estab-
lishment dispensing beer and hard
liquor. It seems to me that IS the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07

Director Of a closed Cleveland bank
couldn't remember any details about s3,00o,-
600 loan he made from the bank. 1t was such
a trife, yor know.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07

The active life OF an oyster is said to be
ten years. How long it lasts after that only
the taste Of your stew can tell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07

DR.. Dafoe has stopped giving the Canadian
quintuplets their diet Of rum, but the father
can't get over it yet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07
The Message Center

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their Vietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so al can have q chance.
limit them to $50 ,oordS or Iess.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07

the depression, but it wasn't so much what we
thought as how.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-14
HELPS FOR
 HOUSEWIVES

The thoughtful hostess can do a great deal to add to the delight of her guests.
 One device followed by a particu- larly popular hostess was keeping a notebook in which she listed the names of her friends. After each name she listed the special soups, meats desserts and other dishes she knew they especially liked. Along some of the names she even had dishes that were disliked.
 To complete the book she kept records of menus so that when she asked the same persons to din- her she did not duplicate previous repasts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-14
BEATEN EGG WHITES
 AID IN PIE MAKING

To help prevent the filling from soaking into the undercrust of a two-crust or custard pie with un- cooked filling, beat an egg white just enough to have a few bubbles form. Spread thinly over the lower crust and then add filling.
 When heated the white forms a little coating which helps prevent the filling from goingf into the crust.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-14
TO ABSORB TURKEY GREASE

To absorb some of the grease of sausages and turkeys place a piece of brown paper over them. This can best be done during the final, rather slow cooking in an oven, but care must be taken to see that the paper doesn't catch fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-14
DESSERT SALADS

Dessert salads are proving quite, popular. They are simply rather heavy salad such as fruit with cheese dressing, frozen fruit or veg etables or gelatin mixtures. No dessert is then required and coffee is usually served with this salad course.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-14
KEEP SPICE TIN TOPS ITCH,

Keep the tops of spice tins very secure as the air tends to make spices lose their flavor and spiel ness"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-14
NUGGET SHOP

Special gift tables loaded with choice articles at S1.O0 and less.
 adv.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
WOMAN SLAIN
WITH HAMMER

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June IS
G.N.S0.-Because his 35-year-old
sister, who had cared for him since
boyhood, had been acting very
funny lately" Charles Schrager,
38-year-old deaf mute, fatally
hammered the woman in her bed
today, police said.
The victim, Miss Helen Schrager,
died a few hours later in Miseri.
cordfa Hospital. Police described
the incident as a mercy Staying.
A few minutes after her sister
was left in her bed, horribly
bludgeoned, the man walked into
the bedroom of his brother,
Nathan, tapped him on the shoul.
der, and handed him a penciled
note, which said:
"I have noticed Sister Helen
acting very funny lately, and I
thought it best to put her out
of the way"
The Washington times., 1934-06-15
MRS.ROOSEVELT
SEES SCHOOL
LUNCH HOPE

The fate of the summer school
lunches for District children is
still up in the air, Mrs. Roosevelt
said today at her final pre-vaca
ton newspaper conference.
Mrs. Roosevelt is known to be
strongly in favor of continuing the
lunch program as well as the nur'
sery and adult schools.
Still Has Hope
She said that Elwood Street,
director of the Council of Public
Welfare, had informed her that
District welfare funds were too
limited, he feared, to continue
these three items.
Mrs. Roosevelt said, however,
that she hoped by cutting the
relief rolls, funds for all three
might be made available. Dis
trict relief rolls, she added, are
much larger in proportion to the
population than those in other
cities, due, she thought, to i'm
perfect case work.
Shame to Quit
Speaking of the school lunches,
she said:
II think it is q shame to say
TO the children that since school
is now out they can go hungry"
She said she had suggested to
Mr.. Street that he study the
Easter holiday survey in which 70
per cent of the children returned
to school for lunch.
The Washington times., 1934-06-15

In the first FIVE months of this year Olds-
mobile built more cars than in the entire
twelve months of 1888!
The reason? Value-wise car buyers recog-
nize in Oldsmobile those qualities which
make it the outstanding buy Of the low
price field! Ard nor yo~ can buy this same
Style Leader Oldsmobile for less money!
No feature has been removed. No detail
altered. Nothing is cheapened. Price is
the only thing that has been changed.
You get all those identical features that
make Oldsmobile the extra.value car. You
get the identical beauty, economy, COM
fort, performance and dependability that
have made Oldsmobile the car Of highest
owner loyalty in America!
See this car. Drive it. Compare it any
way you wish. Learn why Oldsmobile is
more and more the choice of people who
could buy any car .. why thousands of
low-price car owners are buying Oldsmo-
bile because it offers so much more auto.
mobile for SO few extra dollars!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
TRAFFIC CONTROL

INCREASE in state traffic fatalities reflects
the same condition which prevails in In
dianapolis and many other large cities of the
nation.
Marion county already has had its share
of traffic deaths this year and, despite efforts
of authorities to stress the rules of safety,
accidents still continue with alarming rapidity.
James D. Adams, chairman of the state
highway commission, asserts that more ade-
quate road patrol system will aid in solving
the problem throughout the state.
However, as Mr.. Adams knows, the prob
lem goes much deeper than that. There seems
to be some turn of human nature that makes
many of us more moronic when we get be-
hind the wheel. Mr.. Adams can not cure that
situation, but his suggestion of patrols might
reduce the speeding and reckless driving ten
denotes Of the multitude.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
CLAIMS TRUCKS PAY
FULL SHARE OF TAXES
By Harlow HYDE

By Harlow Hyde.
We highly appreciate the story
you carried Aug. 10 on Truck Tax
alton Sets New Record for 1888"
Very few of your readers realize
that the trucks pay an enormous
tax. They hear that large truck
pays SOS to 500 in motor vehicle
licenses, and consider that is the
end Of their taxation.
Our highway haulers with vehicles
with a five-ton capacity or more, are
paying to the state of Indiana and
the nation at least a IL cent a mile
in gasoline taxes and excise taxes
over and above their license fee.
The highway haulers run from
$4,000 to $1,000 miles a year or more.
They average about five miles per
gallon, and their contribution to the
state is enormous.
There has been so much news Of
different type disseminated in the
past that truck users generally will
note the fairmindedness of your
publication in printing such fact
stories of the truck taxes, which for
Indiana are estimated at over
S7815,000, out of a total of approx
mately $24,00O,00O collected by the
state from all automotive users. The
trucks are only Is per cent of the
total registered motor vehicles. They
pay nearly 30 per cent Of all motor
vehicle taxes in this state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
TORYISM STILL LIVES

CIR PERCIVAL PERRY, chairman OF the
, Ford Motor Company of London, seems
to be one of those old-school Englishmen who
feel that the worlds shipping and export
trades belong to England by divine right and
that it is somehow impious for other nations
to presume to have share in them.
Speaking at a meeting of the Anglo
American Club in London the other day, Sir
Percival criticised the United States for sub
sidizing its shipping lines "a stunt England
has employed for generations), declared that
American exports should be limited to such
raw materials as tobacco and cotton, and COM
plained that it is unfair for the United States
to try to keep those South American and far
eastern markets which she took away from
Britain during the World war.
one had supposed that old-fashioned Tory
ism of this kind had just about died out in
England. Apparently it still has survivor
or two.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

THOSE revelations before the congressional
Il investigating committee at Los Angeles
have a horrendous sound. First we hear OF
silver shirt" outfit which tries to buy govern
ment weapons, drills regularly, and meditates
the seizure of power; then we are told OF an
active Communist group which is subsidized
by film stars, of all people, and which used
the san Francisco general strike as a mere
rehearsal OF the dire things it plans to inflict
on the nation a little later.
And yet, somehow, it is hard to escape the
feeling that a lot of good people are getting
more disturbed by these disclosures than they
really need be.
This pseudo-Nazi group seems, clearly, to
be the kind of movement which can be left
to the good sense of the average citizen. And
the Reds? Well, according to testimony be-
fore the committee, they number about 1000
in Los Angeles-something under one-haf OF
l per cent of the population.
And if you remember prohibition days,
you'll recall that there's no kick at all in
solution that weak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14

Of one kind or another There are Oil 900 fed
eral employees, 10000 in the CCC camps and
Just less than 100000 in army. navy and ma
rine corps.
Add them all together and you get lot Of
peopIe-so many that it is no wonder some
people are getting pretty worried about it all.
But the important thing in this situation
is not the number Of people who are on the
government pay roll so much as it is the
question, What would happen to them if they
were Of Of it?
It isn't pleasant to picture the plight Of
the 100000 on direct relief. if all govern
ment funds should be cut of suddenly. The
government is caring for them only because
no other agency can do so. 1t may be bad
thing to have the government supporting that
many people: it would be a good deal worse
to have them al starving.
You can say much the same thing Of the
people who are at work on public works jobs.
Of those who are getting emergency employ
ment relief and Of the lads in the CCC. The
growth Of the federal pay roll may be a dis
maying phenomenon, but it has meant the diff
ference between hope and disaster to them.
1t is. after all, pretty silly to complain about
the way in which Uncle Sam is supporting his
citizens, unless you can also show some other
way in which those whom he is supporting
could be cared for.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
BETTER THAN FAMINE

IF this summer hasn't given YOU enough
things 70 worry about. you always can work
I'D a fever over the wholesale way in which
Uncle sam has been adding his nephews and
nieces 10 the federal pay roll lately.
Some sort Of su-time high was reached this
month when it was disclosed that more than
100000 adult Americans are getting federal
checks regularly
This includes practically eyerybody-regu-
lar government employees. members Of the
army and navy. people getting pensions and
veterans compensation funds. those hired for
public works projects and recipients OF d.
rect relief.
Il breaks down about ike this. according
10 recent United Press tabulation.
approximately 100000 people are getting
emergency relief IN the shape Of food. money
and 80 on. Road work and other emergency
jobs account for $4,000 more. Some 600 600
are employed on other public works projects.
There are $4,000 people drawing pensions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14

since the President signed the hotel
code, and all, I think, are trying to
live up to it as near as possible ex-
cept one downtown hotel, where
they work their employees like slaves,
with long hours at starvation wages.
These employees don't know what
the NRA means or what it's ali
about. 1 think it is the only place
in this city that is not on the code
or even trying.
When the President denied the
plea OF a poor widow to make ar
tificial flowers at home to support
herself and two children, as it in
terfered with the NRA, l wonder
what he would think Of these para
sites and "chiselers" who work their
employees for starvation wages and
tell them they should be glad they
have a job. They have been COM
PEELED to work four and five days
month without pay for the last
year and they are afraid to say any,
thing for fear of losing their jobs
I am taking this on myself to see
if something could be done. OF
course, they will tell you that every
thing is fine and that they are do
ing their part, but the employees car
tell you differently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
JUST WHAT WE NEED

THE beer and liquor business which has
Il been quiet these last few weeks. came to
the fore again yesterday with the state excise
department declaring war on by-the-drink sales
OF hard liquor. simultaneously, Indiana brew
ers announced reduction in the prices Of key
and bottled beer.
If the excise department is successful IN
blocking sales Of whisky in beer taverns it will
be discovered soon that many Of the fly-by-
night places which have existed meagerly Will
fold up.
That viii be worthy result OF the CAM
paien. Now there are too many hole-in-the-
wall beer places which are being maintained
on A booze and gambling basis. rather than
on beer sales.
The voluntary reduction OF beer prices by
the brewers Will. according TO Harold Feight-
ner. executive director Of the Indiana Brew
ers' Association. enable retailers to give
real stein Of beer for a nickel.
II the retailers Will follow Mr.. Feightner's
lead they VIII find business booming for the
remainder o. the summer. The complaint Of
the er-drinking public has been lodged
against the retail cost since beer returned TO
the market. The brewers move VIII erase
much Of the heat on that score.
II the plans OF the excise department and
those Of the brewers are carried out. it ap-
pears that the beer and liquor situation IN In
diana may turn out 10 be q clean indoor sport
after all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14

In no other modern industrial nation could
IL there be an unchecked controversy over
the number Of unemployed like that now rag
ing between the American Federation Of Labor
and the United States Chamber Of Commerce.
other nations learned long ago that &C
curate labor statistics are essential 70 any in
telligent approach to economic and social
problems. But our government has muddled
along with admittedly inadequate data and 1t
can not nov say that there are 1O3l20OO IN
employed. as the A. F. Of l. contends, or
100000 as the c. Of c. declares, or that both
are wrong and that the real number IS be-
tween or above or below the two estimates
our government knows how many cubic
second -feet Of water flow down the Wabash
river. how much rain falls in Nevada, APP
proximately how much oil, coal and copper
are in certain known deposits. But it does not
know how many human beings here are out
Of work.
Subtracting the 100000 who are said to be
unemployable-this is another guess-the A. F.
OF L. estimate of the number who are unem-
ployed for economic reasons would be $4,000,
and the c. Of c. estimate 100000 The dis
crepancy between the two estimates is IS per
cent.
Il is tremendously important to the gov
eminent whether the $4,000 humans, upon
whom the statisticians disagree. are or are not
at work Even if the $4,000 employed on
government relief are subtracted from the A.
F. Of L. figures. the discrepancy is still almost
one and a half million.
without reliable information as to the
number of idle. where they reside and from
what trades they may have been drawn; the
government can not:
Frame an adequate relief plan;
Carry on an intelligent public works pro-
gram:
Guide the NRA in its adjustment Of the
hours Of labor in the various industries. or the
RFC in its loans to industry;
Be sure of itself in developing either
long-range or a shOrt-range economic plan
or social insurance program
Accurate unemployment information is es-
sentlal to the drafting Of a proper national
budget. to the negotiation of advantageous
reciprocity tariff treaties. to the determine
ton Of freight rates to the distribution Of the
tax burden. to deciding the tempo and methods
of stimulating the housing program and ex-
banding public and private credit
Under Dr. Lubin, the bureau Of labor sta
tistics has improved its methods and slowly
has been developing a more dependable sys-
tenn for collecting unemployment data. This
progress has been made despite restricted ap-
preparations for the bureau and the federal
employment exchanges. Eventually, it is hoped,
our government will be able to speak with
authority on the number Of jobless in each
industry and each locality. from week to week.
Then it will not have to depend on these
guesses by private organizations. Then it can
move forward with more confidence on all
fronts in its drive for unemployment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
DEPLORES DROUGHT
OF NEEDED CREDIT

BY Skeptic
The American people have had a
severe drought for five years in re-
spect to the medium of exchange as
a means of making effective de-
mands for the goods and services
they could produce, but which in
our modern day require money to
consumer.
Money on bank books or in vaults
is as worthless as the huge two bill
lion dollar federal reserve system
surplus which does not permit its
use to carry on production and con-
sumption.
Money in the banks that does not
flow into the channels of trade is
as useless as fertilizer sprinkled on
the treetops instead of on the soil.
We have called this money
drought a depression. We could
have had everything we desired for
our use and comfort if we had not
let our financiers develop a sup
preston of money. This policy of
creating an artificial shortage of
money is an atrocity that exceeds
any war atrocity.
The strange thing is we do not
recognize those who commit these
social crimes or the means en-
ployed to keep millions of people in
restitution and the wheels of indus
try paralyzed.
AS production increases the vol
ume of real money must increase in
proportion to permit the demand
for the goods to become effective.
The goods are worthless unless they
reach the consumer.
Pay envelopes must be able to talk
turkey to the producer.
We brought the bread liners into
our national picture by freezing
purchasing power at the top of the
social ladder. Relief doles are not
purchasing power nor will they
start the consumer power line into
normal production.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-14
Fdvors Consumers Service Legislation

goods, flow into the hands Of a
few who can not consume the
goods, then a tax program of di-
version of credits becomes imper-
ative. This can be accomplished.
A scarcity of goods, artificially
produced, spells the doom OF any
order.
Subsidies for the destruction of
wealth only aggravate an unbal-
anced consumption of goods. If
the pay envelopes are not filled
properly by employers so that the
consumers may obtain the goods
produced, then it becomes the OBJ
legation of the government to sub
sidize the cheated consumer with
government credits to make up
the lack of purchasing power.
Those profit credits, obtained to
be boarded by capital, must be
taxed away from the stagnant
pool, where they dry up consum-
ing power and be sent down to
the consumer line. Capital is en-
titled to all the profits it can use
in increasing production, but must
be denied the restriction power
resulting from unused profits.
This credit of money" must be
created solely by the govern
ment. All the credits necessary
for expension of production must
be created by the government.
Production must be stepped up to
its utmost for consumer use. Only
through service at its peak can
we save the initiative and person.
atty generated by the capitalistic
system. We do not have long to
decide what to do. We must step
up consumption now.