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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
sTRENGTHENING OF OLD
AGE PENSIONS SOUGHT

BY J. Pierce Cummings.
The Fraternal Order Of Eagles is
committed to seek a stronger old
age pension law at the 1885 session
of the Indiana legislature and this
is an oppOrtune time to silence those
who complain that pensions are
costly.
Figures from New York and Cali
fornia show that old age pension
costs are far below those of poor
house operation. Average annual old
age pension in New York is $302.88,
the average cost Of poorhouse OPP
Grafton for each inmate is $404.59;
CALIFORNIA; annual pension cost Is
$275.28, the poorhouse cost $484.12.
It would cost New York S. 100000
more a year to maintain it's $4,000
aged in poorhouses than to pension
them. Delaware, an old age PEN
sion state which closed its poor
houses, saves $381.74 a year on each
person pensioned. Indiana next year
will have the opportunity to change
its old age pension law to piece of
model humanitarian legislation.
The state would be remiss, indeed,
should it fail to bring the law into
line with today's best thought in
the social welfare field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
BUS VS.. TRAIN

THE end of the unregulated operation of
= trucks and buses, of canal, lake and in
tercoastal vessels, would soon be written by
congress if Joseph Eastman, the federal CO.
ordinator of transportation. had his way
To insure safety and efficiency, and to
bring order out of the transportation chaos
he has just recommended those steps in his
second report, made under the emergency
railway transportation act.
They are necessary to insure us a national.
co-ordinated transportation system, with each
means of moving goods and persons given a
chance to operate at its best.
These two forms of transportation have
felt the disastrous consequences of uncon-
trolled competition. The public has found that
unregulated competition is as much an evil as
unregulated monopoly.
This says Mr.. Eastman in his report. "is
fact which it takes time to learn, but which
the country has learned well from such sad
experience
And, having learned, it is time to apply the
knowledge to these two important forms of
transportation
When the emergency act was passed last
year Mr.. Eastman predicted that the investi-
cations it authorized would have more i'm
portant results than the operation of the
statute itself His second report indicates that
his forecast will be fulfilled.
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full benefit of all we could muster
in the way of robust American
ridicule for some things, but not
now.
With the Dillinger mess, I am
aware of the general feeling of an
tagoniSm to all things administra-
tive in this state, but it is unfair
for us to hold the President, en-
gagged as he is with all our national
troules, liable for the things which
tranSpire in Indiana. Let us still
pray, hope and expect without
doubt that he is going to loosen up
bank credit, and figure out some
thing beneficial to the great ma
jority Of American people on the OPP
pressive Indebtedness which is doing
so much to reduce the average man
to a state bordering upon distrac-
ton, making him sick with appre-
henSive hopelesSness. It would
seem that a general scheduling of
all debts to conform to money value
is imperative.
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REALLY, HE LEADS

EUREKA! Senator Hastings of Delaware,
H and Representative Bolton of Ohio,
chairmen of the Republican party's new SEN
atoriaI and congressional committees, have
found an issue. to wit:
The Roosevelt program leads away from
the form of government which has made this
country a great nation"
Always. something is better than moth
ing. even as to a dish of ice cream with no
spoon. or an issue without construction in it.
The Hastings Bolton declaration indicates
hopeleSsneSs of any other definite Republican
policy than that of viewing with alarm" Not
much Of Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt in such
attitude. 1t does not at all answer President
RooSevelts question pointed at his political
and all other critics-"If We are going wrong.
what's your plan for going ahead?"
Surely. Franklin D. must plead guilty to
leading away from that old form of govern
ment which turned government over to I'M
scrupulous hnanciers. pauperized the farmers
and made jobleSS millions of industryS work
ers. He must plead guilty to exercising powers
relegated to him by congress Of a character
and extent to arouse the founders of our form
OF government to ghost-walking. and he GER
tainly has led away from the Hoover form of
government.
Moreover it is equally certain that the peo-
pies throughout the world are not so con-
cerned about their form of government as
about what government is doing for them as
human beings. in particular the American
people.
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VOTERS SHOULD KNOW
WORTHWHILE CANDIDATES
By a Woman Voter

By a Woman Voter
AS a Republican voter, I must
congratulate the Young Republican
League and its chairman, Mr.. Hart
man, on the fine work they are do
ing in the Republican party. 1t is
high time some one took the lead
in nominating the right type Of can
didates who can be elected.
I do believe, however, and many
Of my friends do also, that it is
difficult for us to tell who are the
machine candidates and who are
not, as they all say they are not. I
see by the papers that the Young
Republican League viii not indorse
any candidates nor have a ticket Of
candidates.
I believe that it would be a Won
derful thing if they would complete
the job, and help us folks who do
not know much about politics, by
indorsing candidates or having a
ticket of candidates so that people
will know who are the right men
to vote for. I know of a number
If people who share this same view.
7 will look for this article in your
paper.
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TRAGEDY OF WORK

ONE of the most pathetic spectacles human
" life affords IS that Of the man who has
worked hard all his life and has reached the
time when he is able to retire-and then dis
covers that his life will be perfectly fiat and
empty if ne leaves his job
Last spring 72-year-old federal judge in
Seattle informed the President that he wished
to be put on the retirement list, but asked that
he be given the privilege Of continuing to
preside over admiralty cases-a field in which
he has made considerable reputation.
The other day he explained why he wanted
to keep on working.
st never have learned to play" he said
eff should quit work now, my friends would
have to hire somebody within ninety days to
watch me-"
The period that begins with retirement
should be one of the happiest and most fruit
full in a mans whole life. 1t is tragic to find
men who look upon it with dread-because
they never learned how to play!
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PRESIDENT SHOULD BE
GIVEN NATIONS SUPPORT

BY Arthur Main
Having been a constant reader OF
your paper for more than twenty
years, I believe I have acquired a
view gained not only from your pa
per, but from other papers, as well
as various acquaintances) which
might serve to throw some light up
on the troubles besetting the peo-
pies Of our nation.
It is my sincere belief that about
all of us are approaching our COL
lective and individual troubles in
what might be termed prayerful,
hopeful, eXpectant and - doubtful
attitude, but with an over abund-
ance Of the doubtful and not a SUI
ficient quantity of the prayerful and
hopeful, with the quality Of our eX-
pectationS impaired greatly by the
"let George do it, lethargy common
to a schocked or lazy mentality.
We can not dream or hope or Eek
pect" ourselves out Of our present
conditions, even though I sometimes
believe we employed these pro-
cesses in attaining the same, but
we can do wonders by continuing
to pray, hope and expect if we back
it all up with a cheerful helpful
ness to others.
Let us all try to forget our in
dividual troubles and improve every
opportunity to cooperate with and
help others to a more happy and
contented viewpoint. A good place
to begin is with our own President,
Franklin D. Roosevelt. I am not in
accord with all he is doing, but I
am not unmindful of the tremend-
Gus job which has been handed
him by us Americans.
I believe that, regardless Of polit"
zeal affiliations, every American
man and woman, owes it to the
American people as whole to back
the Presidents play so long as We
are not offering anything better. No,
I am not a Democrat, but that does
not enter into the matter, as I view
it, as we are all on a sinking ship
and unless we can do something to
help. for the sake Of the country
as a whole, let US not add to the
weight" of the ship" or the cap
tain's duties" when he is showing
such diligence on the job.
If we we're facing only nominal
conditions, then it would De in keep
ing with good, healthful political
procedure for those Of us who are
Of opposite political faith to give
the old beg at the White House the
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and runs athwart the governments new recip-
rocal trade policies.
1t would strike chiefly the Philippine
islands, whose economic health should be Of
particular concern to this country right now.
The Philippines are among our best customers,
and bought from US in 1882 s4S8oo,OOo worth
of goods, including s1s,5OO.OOO in farm prod
ucts. There is only one way for the islands
to pay for these imports. That is with Philip
pine exports, and copra and cocoanut oil are
the islands second largest export items. The
ruin of that industry would hit one-third Of
the islands people.
1t is to be hoped that the senate shows
more craftsmanship in this matter than the
house has.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
Price Raises Scored

By J. Van Sickle.
Will the editor Of this column
or some reader of this item kind
ly explain to me the reason for
the trend to advance prices when
the public hasn't the money to
pay even fair prices. Every few
days we see where some of the ne
cessities of life are advanced in
price. The price Of bread adj
vanced a few days ago 1 cent a
loaf. The former price was 5
cents. Now it is 6 cents which is
an advance of 20 per cent.
We also note the advance of
gasoline from 1879 cents a gallon
to 17.9 cents a gallon, a 4 cent adj
vance. The day retail gasoline
prices advanced, the wholesale
price dropped l cent a gallon
which makes 5 cent advance or
nearly 40 per cent advance on this
item.
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Only a short time ago the clean
ers advanced the price of clean
ing clothing from so cents for a
suit or overcoat to rs cents, an
advance of so per cent on these
items. Just how long is the pub
lie going to stand for this kind
of "Ponzi" business? The aver
age citizen doesn't have the
money to pay even fair prices so
why increase these hardships in
times of depression.
If the cleaners, oil peddlers,
BARRIERS, and bread bakers and
many other tradesman who are
in the "hold up" game will show
their patriotism now when a fell
Ter really needs a frind" they
will do more for the public by re-
ducing prices than words can
tell.
Will some one else please give
their views on this item?
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sidered when the little Republican
children are hungry. I have worked
for seven different bosses since Dec.
4 and found them all big-hearted,
honeSt-to-God men. I am an actor,
| and when the theatrical world final
ly came under the rule of a (king)
CD and when Hoover put 100000
people as privates in the basket
army, had to go to work. I had
never worked at hard labor, so I
came home, registered on Friday,
got my card Saturday, and went to
work on Monday, Dec. 4.
Well, I could write a book on what
have learned about the eva. 1t
was great. AS we talked and be
came acquainted, we heard each
others views, but all were happy
over the fact that we could buy
better meat and more of it for our
children.
On our first day 142 men worked
on the same gang. Dry goods clerks,
teachers, mechanics, practically ev-
cry profession, were there, side by
side with a pick and shovel. We,
however, have two bosses out Of the
many who do not approve of the
loafng part Of the program. They,
accordingly, will tell the Ioafers to
go to work in a nice way. But I
have had my first time yet to hear
a boss talk ugly to- his men.
We have a certain class here in
our little city who stand on street
corners and in poolrooms and con
denim the CWA because they
couldn't get on; but, in each case,
there was a reason. They put such
people as that in the world for the
same reason they put the black keys
on a piano-to vary the monOtony.
I have for the past five weeks
worked for the same boss, and with
the same men, known in Clinton
county as the Kelly gang" In the
first place, Kelly knows his roads,
and his 142 men like him for the
consideration he has shown us on
bad days, and since Dec. 4, we have
not lost a minute Of time. Mr.. Kelly
does not have to stand around or
"cuss" his men, for every man does
his work, and does it well, because
they like him.
Now, if cooperation is not the
big thing in every job, our gang will
all "go native" I am an Indiana Re-
publican and national Democrat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
Sacrifice

BY FRANCESCA
You wrote my name upon the page,
And then the date inscribed;
You wrote a phrase for me beneath,
That all my hopes belied.
This is the first Of Lent" it said
My dear, if you could see
Your absence makes the whole year,
Lent
A sacrifice to me.
To you. it seems, a contrite heart
Means nothing, for you're gone:
Oh why should I keep Lent. my
dear,
II there's no Easter dawnf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
NEW DEAL SUPPORTED
By ". o. Cox

By ". o. Cox
In reply to E. E. Buckler's letter,
let me call your attention to Clause
l, Section 8, Article l, Of the United
States Constitution, where we find:
Congress shall have power TO pro-
vide for the general welfare Of the
United States"
Let US see what congress has done
under authority of this clause, not
a single act OF which has been chal-
lenged as unconstitutional.
For years we have had protective
tariffs. Tariff for revenue is au-
thorized specifically, but the protec-
tive feature stood because, tlaeoreti-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
COOPERATION FOUND IN
CLINTON CWA WORK

By eva Dirt Singer
I read with much interest the
controversy over the politics used
in placing the disabled (unem-
ployeO veterans of the great Hoover
army on CWA jobs.
Living in community where
foremen are of the humane type,
it's hard to grasp the truth Of some
of the charges made through the
Message Center and otherwise.
At first, I didn't believe some Of
these charges, but find that many
Of them are true.
It's a shame that al counties
can't be as fortunate as Clinton
county, where politics Is not con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
UTILITIES MOVED UP
BILL PAYING TINE
IN a Timts Reader

By Times Reader
What vas the reason for the In
dlanapolis Power and Light Com
pany and the Citizens Gas Com
pany setting up the due date for
payment Of bills several days this
month? Was it necessary? Or, was
it just a trick to catch patrons of
guard and collect several thousands
OF dollars in collecting charges of 10
per cent? 81
1t cost me s11o. I was one they
caught mapping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15
THE SHORTER WEEK

THE hoary old hobgoblin OF national poll
l. tics. the tariff seems to be insisting on
getting It's head into the recovery picture.
If you listen closely, you can hear it
scratching at the door to the room in which
NFaA authorities discuss ways and means of
reducing the working week in industry. And
Il ths connection between shorter week and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15

Delaware legislature is considering a bill
which would prohibit showing of any movie
IN which divorced player appears. Baby
Leroy must be lobbying in Delaware.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-15

With the national guard, detectives and
others guarding him, Harry Pierpont must feel
great, even though he's sentenced to die in the
electric chair.
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cally, it was supposed to protect the
American workman from cheap for
eign competition, thus working for
the general welfare" Whether it
did or not is a question, but the
basic authority for such tariff was
general welfare.
If it was constitutional to protect
the infant industries for the general
welfare, why in the name of COM
mon sense is it not equally consti-
tutional to protect the millions Of
unemployed by direct employment
on the present projects of CWA,
etc? Be consistent, my friend.
A few years back the r. F. c. was
established under the Hoover adj
ministratiOn to afford money for
the large corporations to continue
operations on money borrowed from
the United States The theory wan
that the Dig fellow would employ
men at good wages, thus relieving
unemployment, and working for the
general welfare. We all know it did
not work out that way. None of
these rich corporations set up the
cry Of unconstitutional OF course
not. They were getting theirs.
Granting that the R. F. c. is con-
Istitutional, why do you maintain that
there is not the same basis for the
present recovery acts. If it was
constitutional to afford relief to the
small percentage of the people who
control 90 per cent of the wealth, is
it not equally constitutional to pro-
vide relief for the 80 per cent of the
people who produced the wealth
controlled by the 10 per cent? [
am afraid you fail to see whose OK
cores whose horse.
If the battle against the present
depression, now being fought by
President Roosevelt and his help
ers, is not providing for the gen.
eral welfare" then what in the
name of God is it? Did you chaI-
lenge the r. F. c. act? We never
heard il If Won did ~
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man in England holds fifteen jobs and
works sixteen hours a day, besides writing
book and delivering lectures. Just an excuse
to get out Of helping with the dishes.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their VieWs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze q chance.
Limit them to $50 q0ords or Iess.J
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just when we're beginning to get used to
this cold weather, California reports its first
hot spell, and we start looking over our bath
ing suits.
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LACK OF WORK WILL
MAKE DILLINGERS

By ]. w. w.
You don't even own your Job and
you're talking about my country, its
Morgans, Rockefellers and Fords'
interests you and me fought for.
Now, about the single men-how
are they going to live without work?
Do you want more DilHngers and
Pierponts? And that's what you're
going to have if the single men
don't get to go to work.
P. 81 haven't worked for threz
years, but doing little house-to-
house selling-same as begging. I
am single.
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Phone-RIley 5551
Evening star., 1934-08-13

man like Bob could leave you in
ignorance. The business has been
tottering for q year. Now, with Bob
gone In short, Mrs. Connell, and
MAZDA and Stanley, they must 60 into
bankruptcy"
Bankruptcy? Then we are pau
pers! Oh, cannot believe lit"
Mrs. Connell shrieked and lay back
on her pillows, while Stanley rushed
for the smelling salts, and Mazda
stood, white and shaken, staring un-
seeingly before her. She had been
right then, in her feeling that her
father was suffering, in spite Of his
feverish gayety at Christmas time.
Poor Dad. true to his lifelong habit
of shielding his family from every
hardship. he had carried on to the
very brink of disaster, bearing his
troubles alone, to save them suffering
as long as possible. She thought with
dismay of the fur coat that had been
Evening star., 1934-08-13

his Christmas present to her. Surely
he had known that she would help
him, would work hard and save so
gladly to lessen his burden. The
recklessness of those last expenditures
appalled, her.
please, Mrs. Connell," Mr.. Acker-
man was saying, get a grip on your
self. You are not paupers. The
business must go, but you have this
house clear, and as you know, Bob
left $4,000 in life insurance. You
will be able to get along nicely until
the children are earning. but Of
course" he added, looking around
the luxuriously furnished room, there
must be drastic cutting down of ex-
penditures."
Mazda took the distressed lawyer
to the door, hearing. as they de-
scended the stairs, her mothers
pathetic means of "Paupeic! No
better than paupers!"
(To Be Continued)
Evening star., 1934-08-13
COM MUNITY SINGING
WILL FEATURE PLAY
Roof Players to Present "The
Drunkard" Tomorrow at
Willard.

Community singing will be featured
at the performances of Barnum's
melodrama, THE Drunkard," pre-
sented by the Roof Players on top
of the Willard Hotel tomorrow,
Thursday and Saturday nights, for
the benefit of the Presidents Cup
Regatta Association. Free beer and
pretzels will be served and the ball
room will be converted into an Amer
lean music hall of the 40s.
Programs for The Drunkard" will
Evening star., 1934-08-13
NURSE '.s:::;;' :':::s {:

"Oh, no, Mr.. Ackerman. Robert
never talked busines to me. He
knew had no head for business,
and I always felt mans home
should be a haven where he could
forget his cares"
Eyes, I see. You didn't know that
he had had reverses. then?'
"You don't mean something was
wrong? I'm sure you must be mis-
taken in thinking So We have al
ways had plenty. Robert was such
q good provider; he never denied US
anything"
81 can't understand how sensible
Evening star., 1934-08-13
Il Suffered 10 Years
With Itching Eczema

and after spending hundreds
of dollars to clear it up. | tried
Zemo and got relief" writes 6. c.
G. of Texas. Soothing and cooling,
Zemo relieves itching in FIVE sec
onds because of its rare ingredients
not used in other remedies. Also
wonderful for clearing Rash,
PimpleS, Ringworm and other ir-
ritations. Zemo is worth the price
because you get relief. All drug
gistS. 35c. 60c. 81.
Evening star., 1934-08-13
$145.000 Estate Left.

LOS ANGELES, August 13 (P.-
An estate valued at $l45,0 900 was left
by Harry A. Pollard, film director,
who died last July 8. Pollard left
$4,000 each to his sister and two
brothers, and the balance to his
widow, Margarita Fischer. former
actress.
Evening star., 1934-08-13

carry words Of the songs, which will
be led by Isham Keith. jr., accom-
panied by Walter Studdiford. The
Tavern Club will be opened following
the performance.
John A. Remon, president of the
Presidents Cup Regatta Association.
will be accompanied by members of
the board of directors: L. G. Leech.
DR.. r. L. Sexton. @. B. Gill. Z. C.
Baltz, w. C. Shelton. ]. A. Councillor,
H. G. Hamlet. r. NJ. Brennan and
j. H. Galliher.