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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-18

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-18
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
SECRET TRAILS

MO one can read of the kidnapping of
child without wondering what he him
self would do if his own youngster were taken
by kidnapers
The parents of a kidnapped child must be
in about as soul-trying a position as human
beings ever are forced to occupy.
Shall he follow the instructions of the kid
napers, pay what they ask, and trust to luck
that his child will be returned unframed?
Or shall he notify the authorities at once and
try to have the kdnapers captured-praying,
meanwhile, that his child comes to no harm?
Most of us. thank heaven, are never called
on to make that decision. When it comes
peculiarly tragic conflict at once arises be-
tween ones natural impulse to protect his
child at all costs and ones duty as a citizen
to get the police on the trail of the kidnapers
without delay.
And right here, it seems there is room
for great deal of improvement in the GUS
tomary police procedure
In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, as
soon as a man notifies the officers that his
child has been stolen, the news is broadcast
from the housetops. And it seems pretty
obvious that in most cases this is great mis-
take.
BY making public this news, the police
simply warn the kidnapers that the law is on
their trail. They thereby diminish the chances
for a surprise which would land the criminals
in their net; they also create an added hazard
for the life of the child in the kidnapers'
custody.
What is apt to happen? The kidnapers
discover that the police are after them, and
that their chances of negotiating privately
with the father of their victim are nil.
If it looks as if the chase is getting pretty
hot, there is a strong incentive for them
simply to destroy the child and scatter to save
their own necks.
For in this case, as in so many others, the
police seem to proceed on the theory that
criminals never read the newspapers.
In justice to the victims and their relatives
it would seem that the smart thing would be
TO keep the news Of the crime secret as long
as there is chance that anything can be
gained by such tactics
Police work can't always be done properly
in the glare of the foodlights It's time the
police realized the fact and acted accordingly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
THE TAX VOTE

ZACH member of congress is to draw $4,000
~ a year salary A few congressman are
Independently wealthy. Most of them have
little income on the side. All but a handful
of congressman boast total net incomes rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000.
In studying the new tax bill that soon is
to become law it seems strangely important
to remember in what brackets congressional
incomes are taxed.
The truth is unacceptable. The same con-
gressmen who a few weeks ago voted success
fully to raise their own salaries ST 900 year
now have voted to cut down the taxes on their
own incomes They even rejected the Couzens
one-year 10 per cent special levy, which in
all lower brackets would have left the tax
lower than at present.
The following table, applicable to mar
ried man with no dependents tells the story:
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every tiny accident may be the break that
will destroy the whole scheme.
And under all this there is nothing but
complete futility.
For by this time all plan and all reason
have left the fugitives' campaign. Originally
there was some sort of pattern to this life
Of sudden forsys and mad, reckless flights
1t was way of life that might be dangerous
and desperate, but there was a more or less
regular rhythm to it.
But not now 1t has changed into an aim
less helter-skelter chase that can have no
end melodrama that can not finally resolve
itself into peace and quiet, but that must be
carried on until some more accurate burst
Of gunfre finally brings down the last curtain
All this is pretty obvious, TO be sure. But
most of us have sneaking and perverse imp
of imagination tucked away somewhere that
makes us see ourselves in an outlaws place;
and from that human failing there arises
misplaced and mawkish sympathy which, in
the end, can become source of refuge for
the man who has defed society.
That sympathy tends to persist as long as
we can see the outlaw as a gay and dashing
fellow living bold and carefree life.
But it dies out when we get look at him
as he really s-as q badly worried, badly
frightened and eternally restless fugitive, who
resembles nothing so much as hunted rat
in a barn full of fox terriers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
Capital Capers
by GEORGE ABEL

CTATE SECRETARY CORDELL HULL was a
- guest at luncheon at the Pan-American
Union at Washington.
Presently, Mr.. Hull, stroking his chin, re-
marked to his host, Dr. Leo Rowe, director
general of the Pan-Amercan Union:
Who is that young man there with the
yellow hair? His face seems er-vaguely ia
miar to me-"
What young man. Mr.. Secretary?" inquired
Leo, peering among the palms and plants of
the banquet room
over there-you see-the young man with
the yellow hair? I'm sure I've seen him some
place"
Good Dr. Leo Rowe peered more closely and
presently discovered the young" man of whom
Secretary Hull spoke. 1t was venerable DR.. Gil
Borges, whose beautiful yellow toupee gstened
like gold in the rays of sunshine.
Why that is DR.. Borges, assistant director
general of the Pan-American union" enunci-
ated DR.. Rowe, without drawing breath.
Really" said the secretary. Il was sure
that had seen him some place"
Why. yes Mr.. Secretary" replied Rowe. He
sits directly across from you at the table at all
the regular meetings of the board of the Pan
American union
"Ah, yes yes" nodded Hull. Il was quite
sure had seen his face somewhere"
DET1TE FRANCES FULLER, niece of Frank
L Hogan, noted criminal lawyer and Senator
Carolina, has just ended successful role in the
play, Her Masters Voice" which has closed
after a several months run in New York
With seventeen pieces of pigskin luggage and
bright-eyed Sealyham named Sandy" the at
tractive Miss Fuller departed from Manhattan
on the Commodore Vanderbilt, bound for Holly
wood and moving picture contract.
The youthful Frances-who used to be one
of the Capitals gayest debS-has scored an eX-
traordinary success in the films and on the
stage extraordinary, at any rate for most
debutantes who decide to tempt the bright lights
of Broadway.
Her first stage role was in The Front Page"
and she subsequently was featured in "Five-Star
Final played opposite Leslie Howard in The
Animal Kingdom" and appeared in L Loved
You Wednesday," which made quite a hit in
New York.
A NIABLE, billowy- mustached Colonel Eman-
N uel-Lombard, military attache of the
French embassy (who has an American wife
one of the most beautiful girls in the corps
Observation-Disclosures today for New York to
greet the sword of General Lafayette.
The sword is arriving on the lie de France
and is being sent by the French government for
display in the Lafayette exhibit. which opens
in New York on May 4. 1t is not so heavy as
the magnificent cavalry saber which Monsieur
lie Colonel" Lombard wears at diplomatic White
House receptions, but ENJOYS feel certain that
high-ranking officer like Emanuel will know
how to handle it.
French diplomats of later years are experts
at presenting swords to museums and public Of
hcials Not long ago French Ambassador de
Laboulaye assisted at the presentation of
French sword at the White House. Descendants
of The Marquis de Lafayette and the Comte de
Rochambeau always may be relied upon to add
the fine point to modern French diplomacy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
I SHOPPERS NOT NEEDED

CEVERAL suggestions for combating the
~ bootleg menace have been made by Mr..
Choate, head of the federal alcohol control
administration.
Ironically, the only Choate proposal that
yet has been embraced is the one that will
accomplish the least. 1t is his recommended
ton for increased enforcement expenditures
and multiplied number of federal agents
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau plans
a force of 1000 agents and employees in the
new alcohol tax unit. That will be a force as
large as the prohibition bureau boasted when
the noble experiment" was in flower.
De we need as many shoppers and spies to
enforce repeal as we did to try to enforce
prohibition? There is no reason for surprise
that this proposal is being acted upon with
such enthusiasm. Self-perpetuation is the
first law of bureaucracy.
Mr.. Choate also suggested lower prices for
legal liquor and recommended that liquor
taxes and tariffs be reduced Congressional
leaders apparently do not want to reduce
taxes, and seem content to achieve slightly
lower, but still prohibitory, tariffs through the
inadequate provisions of the pending
reciprocal tariff bill.
The price of liquor is the key to the boot
leg problem.
Before prohibition good grades of whisky
sold for 81 and SIPS a quart. In those days
there was no bootleg menace.
In 1916 the internal revenue bureau had
only fifty-six special agents to run down boot
leggers and moonshiners.
The total number of employees connected
with liquor tax enforcement was 14S7. That
number included clerks, bookkeepers and
caugers. The whole revenue bureau in 1916
operated on 100000 budget-about half
the prospective budget of the proposed alcohol
tax unit
Pre-prohibition prices are impossible now
even should the industry be content with reas-
enable profits. In the more populous states.
where bootlegging thrives today. the federal
tax plus the state tax totals rs cents a quart.
On foreign distilled spirits the tariff brings
the total tax to 50 a quart. These figures ex-
plain the continued flow of bootleg.
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DILLINGER FRIEND
RECEIVES REPLY
BY a Reader.

BY Reader.
am a steady reader of your
Message Center. Some of the let
tiers are written either in ignorance,
without thought or just for mere
wisecracking.
I refer to Mrs. Betty Crawford's
letter in Mondays paper She con-
tradicts and doesn't practice what
she breaches.
She claims to be a mother and
not in favor of crime, and doesn t
teach her children to honor Dill
linger. suppose in their presence
she says if she could help him le-
gally she certainly would and
wishes him lots of luck.
She claims crooked politicians
turned Dillinger loose, and she
hopes he never will be captured.
What's the difference between her
and the politicians? Well, I guess
money was the difference.
AS far as Dillinger is concerned,
I have nothing against him per-
sonally. I will leave that to the po-
lice force and the bankers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
Hitch-Hikers PomtedIy Defended

his fathers business. Hundreds
of church members passed by on
the one side or the other. On
the previous Sunday these same
drivers were professed followers
of that Jew who dared to hike
across hostile Samaria.
At last drunken driver stopped
and by goodness reminded the
hitch-hiker of the fact that the
harlots will enter the kingdom of
God before hypocrites. With the
above truth in his mind the
drunkard said, There has to be
a few good people in the world. "
Flamingly significant is his
burning rebuke to insincere church
members who pirate of redeeming
a drunken world
The best friends of the hitch
mixers are the heroic followers of
Christ and other real "he-men, -
such as our veterans.
The worthy hitch mixers have a
most efficient method of sitting
away hundreds of false men and
finding a true and worthwhile
friend. For generosity is proof of
courage. and helpfulnesS indicates
gratitude to God. Courage and
gratitude form the foundation on
which all of the other admirable
qualities of character are built.
When the light of day is seen
for the last time by our open eyes,
may our souls be strengthened
by the presence of friends who
are brave, generous and true. Let
those who will be surrounded by
towards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
ASKS INVESTIGATION OF
PRINTERS WAGES

BY Reader.
Now that the Typothetae proba-
bly, has finished investigating the
wages the employees we're getting in
the Statehouse multigraph depart
ment, I think it is high time to in
vestigate chiseling printers.
The code went into effect Feb. 26.
Big sheets of paper with different
styles and sizes of type printed all
over them we're stuck up somewhere
in the shops stating amount of
hours, wages for a particular kind
of work and the like. Did these
sheets mean anything but just an
other job of printing to most of
us?
These employers can always af-
ford anything, but when it comes to
paying more wages they say, Il
just can't afford it."
Most of these employers are too
narrow minded and selfish to see
that by giving us more there would
be more for us to spend and eventu-
ally it would come back to them
doubly.
A large local printing company
have mailed a QUESTIONABLE to all
open shops trying to find out if
they are paying the code scale set
for Indianapolis and also trying to
get open shops to lower the wage
scale.
Now isn't this a direct way of try
ing to defeat the code and the
NRA?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
A FUTILE LIFE

TINE more one reads about the frantic
Il fight of Dillinger and his crew. the more
one discovers that this business of being
notorious and badly wanted gunman can't be
a great deal of fun.
on the surface, the life seems to have a
veneer Of romance and excitement. Under
meath it must be lot more trouble than it
is worth.
Read the stories told by those citizens who
have. against their own will. come into con :
tact with the hunted men for time. Unani-
moasly, they testify to strained nerves, to
eternal vigilance. to a tension that can never
be relaxed.
Every car that approaches may carry the
end Of everything behind its windshield.
Every sudden noise at night may be the sig
nal for the last spatter of bullets. Every
stranger who comes near may be Nemesis;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
WILLIAM H. WOODIN

MIR. WOODIN, who died last night, gave
A'A loyalty and cheer to the President and
the government in the dark days of the bank
holiday year ago.
Though not processing to be great ex-
pert in public finance, his sympathetic service
in following the leadership of his friend, the
President, strengthened the United States
treasury department through the emergency
period. He helped to provide the cooperation
and courage so essential to unified and effec-
tive administration action during crisis. Over
work impaired his health
His charm and kindliness will be remem-
bered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04

CONSPIRACY?

INDIANAPOLIS citizens will not permit their
streets to be made battle ground for in
dustrial warfare The merits Of the Real Silk
strike we'll may be left to the national labor
board and the department of labor.
In the meantime this community can not
tolerate violence either on the part of the
strikers or Real Silk management Strikers
guilty of rowdy tactics have been arrested
promptly and punished. That is as it should
be if law and order are to be upheld.
But what about the armed guards imported
from other cities by Real Silk? For several
days they rode the streets like Cossacks,
brsndishing firearms and blackiacks, intini-
dating good citizens and generally using the
tactics of thuggery under the representation
that they were special constables" of War
rem township.
Police Chief Morrissey was informed of the
situation. it. indeed, he was not fully aware
of it all the time. He took no action even
after shot actually had been fired at group
of strikers
It was not until Prosecutor Herbert E. Will
son courageously stepped in and sharply re-
called the chiefs duty to him that he began
to arrest these guards.
At the same time the Real Silk manage
ment dismissed its special constables." This
by no means closes the matter.
Impersonation of police officer is a seri-
Gus crime at any time. 1t is not only serious
but utterly contemplate if it occurs in labor
disputes. Industry makes a poor case for it
self when it turns to lawlesSness.
These private detectives did not come to
Indianapolis of their own accord Nor is it
conceivable that they could have procured
their constable" credentials in a strange city
without assistance They we're acting as
agents for some one.
Who is that person?
IT. as the evidence indicates the guards"
were impersonating officers others would ap-
pear to have conspired with them to fout the
law.
Conspiracy to violate a criminal statute is
also a serious offense in Indiana.
Prosecutor Wilson should forthwith place
this whole situation before the grand jury
He not only should direct his investigation
toward the conduct of the private detectives
but he also should determine whether their
employers entered into conspiracy to f1out
the law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
BY Hiram Lackey.

BY Hiram Lackey.
Fostering cowardice and self
ishness, newspaper propaganda
against hitch-hikers has smeared
the minds and hearts of Chris
tians and left an ugly stain. How
many uneducated persons who
read such colored articles because
of their news value stop to con-
slider that the scarcity of men
who bite dogs gives the article
it's news valuep
An increasing number of per-
sons are learning that they can
get along without those newspa-
perS which are dedicated to the
growth of self1shness and cow
ardice among men or ingratitude
toward God.
Obviously ainless hitch-hiking
deserves to be condemned. No man
can sink lower than have certain
ungrateful hitch-hikers. These
rare f1ends Are as bad as we are
when we attach ourselves to the
name Christian" and then drag
that name through the dirt by
placing less than infnitive value
on each individual human person
atty.
Did you say that picking up"
hitch-hikers is dangerous? Then
will you name one thing which
Jesus, the immortal hitch mixer,
advised us to do which does not
turn out to be a dangerous adj
venture?
Footing it like Peter and John,
one hitch-hiker journeyed from
Indianapolis to distant city on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
THERE MAY BE SOME
SARCASM IN THIS
Rv Fair PiaV.

By Fair Play.
I believe that John Dillinger is
no worse than the bankers and I
wish him luck.
However, it also should be re-
membered that there are lot of
others in jails no worse than Dill
linger, so why not let them all out?
Johnnie can't rob all the banks by
himself He has had a break so
far. but let's be fair and give some
Of the other criminals a chance, as
there are still enough banks to be
robbed.
This would make it easier on Dill
linger, also, because the police would
be so busy, they would not concen-
trate so much on one person and he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
SOCIAL REFORMS CALLED
MENACES TO HOME
By a Mother.

BY Mother.
Mr.. Lackey must be blind to con-
ditions today or he would not have
stated his questions as a challenge.
The sacredness of our homes is
fast crumbling due to so-called re-
forms. The subject of birth control
has and is being advocated to such
an extent it has destroyed the
sanctity of home life and the purity
of young girls.
If you are father does it matter
to you whether God gives you son
or daughter? Accept that child as
Gods gift. You will be held respon-
sible for its future, regardless of sex.
You ask what is the purpose of
our lives and under what conditions
can we live them? That is plain.
The purpose of us all should be to
lead pure, wholesome consecrated
lives
With Gods still, small voice and
an open heart to obey his call, we
will be able to live our purpose I'M
der any conditions.
DR.. Gouthy has drawn the divid-
ing line between science and religion
so plainly any person with ordinary
brain power can grasp the truth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
URGES ATTENDANCE AT
UNION MEETINGS

By a Former Seamer
If cont miss my guess, an ar
ticle on April II was written by
the seamer who is an employe men,
Der of the E. M. B. A. board. Who
ever she is, she doesn't know as
much as she thinks she does.
admit Real Silk is as good
place to work as any in town. but
will be better with the hosiery work.
ers union; pays the best wages on
the average of any place in town,
and has short hours. There IS
plenty wrong with working condi-
tons,
If you will attend only one union
meeting you will know why hum
dreds Of employees, not only knitters,
are striking. They didn't have to
be talked into walking out. The
union officials don't ask you to be-
lieve them. They throw light on
the subject and uncover things j.
A. Goodman tries to cover up.
You already may have ample
employe representation. but it isn't
any good. There isn't an employee
member of the E. M. B. A board
with nerve enough to give the en-
ployes views on wage cuts, rate cuts
and lay offs. That is why you need
union.
You have insurance protection for
so cents a month, but you used to
get $40 sick benefits for the same
amount. What happened TO it?
You have to be at Real Silk
certain length of time before YOU
can join the E. M. B. A. In the
October election every one voted.
even those who only had been there
few weeks, but weren't allowed 10
vote in the last E NJ. B. A. cleo
ton because they weren't men,
berS
Although haven't worked at Real
Silk for several years, l keep in
contact and have hundreds of
friends there I wish I could saw
every one 1 knew had attended
union meeting and decided to sign
up with the hosiery workers union
and to work and walk for a worthy
cause
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04
/ a0hoHy disapprove of a0hat yom sag and a0iU
defend to the death your right to sag i-Volta1re.

literally and seriously to the end
that only those publications espous-
ing the cause of labor's righteous
demands be given favorable con-
Sideration.
The day of the torch light process
sion is long since passed and the
drums that once drowned the crav-
ing for just desire are now but the
beating of the tribal tomtomS
Labor now sees its way clearly.
We thank Thee, God for frightened days
And for the darkened ones as we'll
For were our days forever bright
We would not know the gloom CT night.
Nor find the ever kindly light
Whose firmly steady rays impel
Our feet along the better ways.
And these ways have been blazed
out of the morass of social wretch
edness by one who remembered the
forgotten man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-04

Only on incomes of more than $4,000 is
there a tax increase in the new bill.
1t is perhaps unfair to say that congress-
men were thinking only of themselves. They
undoubtedly were thinking of the voters whom
they must face in the fall, But who are the
voters?
Forty million persons voted in 1882. That
same year only l.525,546 persons paid income
tax.
The percentage of income taxpayers may
be higher this year, but there are still ten
million persons unemployed, still 100000
persons on relief rolls.