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legal excuse for his prerent attitude?
Wouldn't any action Of his IN Moneys be-
half. with the Mooney case pending before
the United States supreme court, be contempt
of that very august body? Editors have tast-
ed Of Jail life for assuming any sort of atti-
tude toward cases pending in even the very
ordinary courts. One editor, within our re-
membrance, got into a Toledo Jail for stat
ing that judge was but two-legged ami
NAL, ike any other man, and we are not yet
informed as to whether that court preferred
to be described as one-legged, three-leggd. or
nine-legged; but the description was con-
temptuous, as the honorable unbiased court
itself decided. Safety first Mr.. Merriam.
If you've got any light, 1t is legally fit
time to hide it under busheE And, maybe If
the new California legislature is a bit SIN
clairish, you can get some things your way
by turning your Mooney light on it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
WHEEL CHAIRS

DREsIDENT ROOSEVELT has given his
consent for second nationwide birth
day ball next January to raise funds for
fighting infantile paralysis
Seventy per cent of the money will be
given to communities and 80 per cent for re-
search. Last years balls brought in 81 100000.
Much remains to be done before this mys-
ferrous blight is conquered. The number of
cases is diminishing slowly, but last year in
forty-five states infantile paralysis laid low
1888 victims and claimed the lives of TIC of
them. In 1881 in forty-two states there were
1870 cases, 1887 deaths. This disease is not
as fatal as some. 1t takes only IS per cent of
those it strikes. But its aftermath of wheel
chair patients is appalling
1t is fitting that the birthday of President
Roosevelt be dedicated to the conquest of this
plague.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
CARRIE NATIONS

John BROWNS and Carrie Nations bodies
lie a-rnouldering in the ground but their
souls go marching on.
In their good old Kansas the prohibition
war RACES undated. The people have Just
voted to stick to a fifty-four-year- old bone-dry
amendment. Wetness laps the states borders
on all four sides, yet faint legal" inside that
rectangle even to buy bottle of 80 beer. Still
the drys are unappeased, The w. C. T. IT,
ladies are out to mop up the blind pigs that
somehow seem to flourish.
AS the late Carrie Amelia swooped down on
a Wichita barkeep-shouting GLORY to GodI
Peace on earth; good will toward men!" while
she smashed a $500 mirror to bits-so these
ladies are ready to Ratchet away at Kansas
vice"
My fighting blood is up" shouted Presi-
dent Mary Ffazee of the Arkansas City W. c.
T. U. Il am ready to go in with my Ratchet
anywhere the law is being violated. I mean
Ratchet and I'm not speaking fguratively"
Soberer drys are wondering
William Allen White, dry editor says "the
bone-dry day is passed" He advocates the
sale of 80 beer, the legalized manufacture of
beer and wine in the home legalized importa-
ton of small portions of wine and LIQUOR for
family use.
AN arrogant, bigoted attitude by the VIC
torious drys," he adds, may end in repeal
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order, tawdriness, and jealousy of
the actors, the pretense and then say
in a ringing voice, What a lovely
vieW!" But we are not all great
actors.
What we see daily leaves its i'm
print, in the poem about the lonely,
old woman waits on the porch,
there was no pretense to great
height nor depth, merely a word
picture of drab loneliness, witnessed
daily and leaving deep pity and
hurt for one so completely lost to
the outside world. There seemed
no words of comfort, courage or hope
left, only empty bleakness.
"A Readers" gracious statement.
1.-THE poem was not at all bad in
ITSELF" was most graciously received
and for their belief I hope to learn
better choice of words, more beau
tiful imagery and especially more
powerful emotion. But I have the
difficulty of extreme reticence in
herited from English ancestry to
overcome.
Too, I know so little about writ
ing poetry, an unnecessary state
ment grant. The first poem that
I ever wrote was last July and I
think the surprise of my life was
to see it printed, so instead of hav-
ing attained any bit of growth, I
haven't even begun to crawl. I
wonder that I ever had the courage
to try, but fools and babes, etc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
SANTA CLAUS PARADE
HELPFUL TO CHILDREN

BY Jimmy Cafouros.
What was wildly brought home
yesterday as one viewed the Santa
Claus parade that so delighted the
children was the potency of Amer
ica-its great possibilities in a world
of leisure.
How striking was the fact that
the world into which we grow up is
the world we accept! How evident
it was that a world of play, and
sunshine and fairy tales, and make
believe is the world for the young
folk!
With advancing leisure, America
should become nation of great
artists-great architects, sublime
design, and incisive reasoning power.
America, it is only too evident,
leads the world in technologic adj
vance. Technologic advance means
that machinery does the work
formerly done by men. Every ma
chine is a wealth-producing unit.
In the old days slaves did much
of the work now done by machinery.
Greece, and more particularly
Athens and even Rome advanced to
that ultimate peak of civilization
they reached because some of the
people were freed from hunger
worry and devoted their time to
pursuit of knowledge.
America is in a similar position
today. More power to the Santa
Clause parades. More power to edu-
cation. More power to leisure.
The children should be encour-
aged in their fairy story magma
tons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
Indiana Lac ON Pension

That such change is needed is
shown by action in Randolph
county, where only 81 was appro-
priated as pension fund. That
county is the home county of
James P. Goodrich, former Repub-
lican Governor of Indiana, and is
known as a Republican strong
hold Results of the November
election indicated quite clearly
that the people of Indiana don't
want the Republican brand of So
cial welfare policy, and the old
age pension appropriation in Ran
dolph county is one of the reasons
why.
Other pension law changes adj
vocated by the Fables include an
increase in the monthly maximum
from SIS to $25; lowering the
starting age from 10 to IS; in
creasing the property exemption
to $500 and reducing the county
residence requirement from fifteen
to five years.
These changes would bring the
Indiana pension system up to She
standard of the system adopted in
Ohio by its voters with a major
ity of more than 855,000.
Indication that eventually old
age pensions will be paid through
combined federal and state set
up will not justify delay in COR
recting the Indiana law. The COM
bined system may be one year, two
years or more away-the need of
1ndiana's aged poor is acute and
present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
THE HOuDE CASE

ERANCIS BIDDLE. new chairman OF tne
Il national labor relations board, is to be
congratulated on finally getting govern
ment suit filed in the Houde case.
But because of two and half months OF
delay In the justice department and because
of the slowness Of federal courts, the case may
not get I'D to the United States supreme court
in time to guide congress in passing perma-
nent labor legislation.
That is unfortunate. MIRA expires next
June It is desirable that congress act
speedily on a permanent measure so industry
and labor can learn the future rules that are
to govern their relations with each other and
with the government.
In Section IA, congress tried to strengthen
workers legal right to bargain collectively with
their employer. Then congress, through pub
lie Resolution a. authorized the President to
set up the national labor relations board as
machinery to facilitate such collective bargain
ing under the law. In its Houde decision the
NLRB-in line with many earlier decisions of
labor boards during and since the World war
ruled that effective collective bargaining
must be based on majority representation of
employees, the proper industrial unit to be de-
cided in each case.
The Houde company and others have re-
fused to recognize that decision.
Until the rights and obligations Of employ
ers and employees are defined clearly and
affirmed by the supreme court, industrial peace
will be insecure and recovery efforts retarded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
GANGS AND MODS

MYTH legitimate pride Attorney General
w Homer Cummings points to his depart
ments record for catching and Furnishing kid
napers. His new division of investigation in one
year has wiped out some of the nations most
ruthless gangs, cleaned up twenty-seven
notorious kidnap cases, obtained 1851 criminal
convictions. He will ask congress for 200 addi-,
tional D. I. operatives to supplement his rela-
lively small force. And he should have them.
While the federal government is meeting
the challenge of criminal gangs. it is silent on
an equal menace to law, the lynch mob.
A report has just been sent to Washington
authorities on the lynching of Claude Neal
Florida Negro last month. This report, made
by white investigator. tells how an armed
Florida mob invaded the neighboring state,
took Neal from an Alabama Jail and brought
him back to Mariana, Fla.
There, in the presence of thousands, he was
subjected to almost unbelievable tortures and
mutilations before death mercifully claimed
him. This CHASTITY crime was the seventeenth
lynehing this year. the ninety-fourth in five
years.
What does the government propose to do
about such MODS?
On Dec. 10 Mr.. Cummings is calling ma
tionsl conference en- crime. He has been asked
whether he will put before this conference the
lynching problem whether he will ask support
for the Costigan- Wagner federal anu-lynching
bill. He has not replied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
POET DEFENDS THEME
OF DAILY VERSE

BY NJ. C. w.
John Dupre states, THE local DO
cts are overweight by the season.
they must be a suicidal lot, of the
fourteen verses printed in The Times
Nov. l to 10 ten are extremely sad
about it all"
1t may be only bit of reaction
to the season. Statistics show the
months of May and November are
the time of most suicides, November
leading. Perhaps it is the weather
and then the psychological effect of
falling leaves and dying vegetation
may be greater than it is ordinarily
thought to be, Repetition lends en-
phasis, the daily viewing of sum-
mer's beauty fading and dying is
comparable to the passing of loved
one and the funeral dirge in any
language is sad.
Courage and faith are lacking, he
states. After several years of ex-
IRENE trials, courage and faith are
not as high and as great as they
should be, or we would like for
them to be. A great actor is one
who can be looking back in the wing
Of the stage seeing the dust, dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

BY observer
The recently published report of
the indianapolis Chamber of
Commerce showing that the aver
age monthly old-age pension in
Indiana is 1913 is convincing
proof of the need for drastic re-
vision of the pension law by the
1885 general assembly.
The same report showed that
Indiana is paying pensions to
larger proportion of the aged in
the states population than is any
other of some fifteen states COW
cred by the Chamber of Commerce
survey. 1t is noteworthy that IN
diana is paying far less a month
than any of the other states.
1t is proper to conclude that
Indiana is lax in applying its pen
sion law, but that does not excuse
the pitifully inadequate monthly
pension. Against Indiana's $6.13
a month, is an average of $18.75
in the remainder of the old-age
pension states.
Indiana's law did not become
effective until Jan. / of this year.
since then, officials have learned
much about the application of the
law, and it is reasonable to believe
that next year will bring better
administration.
I note that the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, the chief advocate of
establishing an old-age pension
system in Indiana, seeks amend
ment of the pension law SO that
county officials will be compelled
to appropriate adequate sums for
pensions.
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NATION SHOULD FIGHT
AGAINST MORE WARS
By L. NJ.

BY L. NJ.
On the subject of war, at least,
we need a few fanatics in this coun-
try. Only a flat refusal to fight on
foreign territory ultimately can pre-
vent our entering into another
world struggle.
The interests of the majority Of
Americans would not be advanced
by any offensive war in which we
conceivably could take part. If
Germany again should take arms
against the rest of Europe, if Russia
should conquer Japan, if Japan
perhaps, should invade China. our
trade would suffer only until We
could deal to advantage with the
new states emerging from the con-
flict.
Most of our wars have been fought
in the interests of minority. 1t
generally is felt that our entrance
into the World war was caused by
our desire to protect our loans.
Those loans we're not made by the
people, but by a few large indus
trialists who had the support of the
government. Our fear of Japan
comes chiefly from the cries of
American oil interests in China, and
from those who tremble at the
thought of Japan selling more than
we do to South America.
I see no reason why a concern
should have the backing of its gov
eminent when it deals with foreign
powers. If it is willing to take
risk, it should not be allowed to use
the blood and the wealth of disin-
terested people in maintaining its
prestige.
IF war looms again, our militarists.
our manufacturers of arms, our
would-be war profiteers viii send
out the old alarm: we must fight to
preserve democracy and civilization.
It may be that the church viii not
hold out against war. that our
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
BLIND ROADS

NHAT kind of astigmatism lis it that i'm
~ pairs the vision of the railroads? Why
does this transportation industry always seem
to frame its policies on the assumption that
it is above economic laws that control other
industries?
Through the depression, while prices and
national purchasing power sagged, the rail-
roads tried to maintain prosperity scale freight
rates, and, whenever possible, to push rates
higher on dwindling traffic. Competition final
ly forced the roads to ask higher rates only
on freight that could not be diverted to trucks.
Lumber happens to be one commodity on
which railroads still have virtual transpor-
tation monopoly. So the roads are now be-
fore the interstate commerce commission ask
ing increases in lumber rates. The fact that
they are not making profit is advanced as
compelling argument for rate increases, in
disregard of the equally obvious fact that
many of their customers also are operating
without profit
Enlightened selfshness should restrain the
railroads. With the administration working
on all fronts to revive the building industry,
and with lower building costs necessary to
revival, railroads should lake their chances
with other industries. They should rely upon
greater volume of building materials freight
rather than higher rates on imaginary traffic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
DANCING STYLE CHANGES
FORECAST THIS YEAR
BY a Reader.

BY a Reader.
am told that this winter more
and more old-fashioned dances,
tangoS, waltzes and two-steps will
be seen in New York bathrooms.
They will bring back, I think, a gall
lantry and grace that we long have
been without. There is a brutality
and sensuality in Negro music that
may disappear from our customs
when We begin to dance to Ger
man and to South American airs.
When the Bunny Hug and the
Cancan swept the land in 1913 and
1914 we began to talk with a new
callouSneSS, our manners degener-
ated. Irene Castle was in despair.
We leaped and wiggled all through
the war; women exposed their bony
knees and rotated their spines and
waved their feet about up to 1929.
Clemenceau, according to legend,
said: Look at all these people with
such happy backs and such sad ex-
pressions." The jungle had its day.
In the last few years, we have
been slowing down. But there IS
still a cruenesS and haste in our re-
lations that makes society rather
dull for those of us who remember
the Blue Danube" and have seen
Argentine dancing.
Perhaps young men and women
in the years to come will waltz to
the doors Of ballroom and go out
to speak a new, or ancient, language
under the moon. Instead of telling
his girl that she's the nuts, the
young man might say that she's as
beautiful as morning and as haunt
ing as violin.
The way we dress and the way We
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

dance are no little indication of the
way we feel. 1t is not impossible
that the youth of the land will form
its amorous ideals on the legend of
Tristram, let us say, instead of on
a biological laboratory. The dances
of Vienna are more conducive to
romantic feelings than our adapta-
tons from the dives of New Orleans
and the writings of the Kroo boys
on the gold coast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

pacif1sts, like the German Socialist
party in 1914, will let fall their ideals
and rush to the front. But any
man who knows how much has been
lost in all wars, who knows that
there is no excuse for bloodshed,
who has at heart the interests of
mankind, instead of those of his
pocketbook, will prefer the agony of
ostracism, jail and personal ruin to
that of fighting a commercial war.
There is no other kind.
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So They Say

There is no tragedy in growing
old, but there is tragedy in growing
old without means of support
President Roosevelt.
1t is time to quit looking so much
toward Washington and look more
toward ourselves.-Louis j. Taber,
master of the National Grange.
We don't think it fitting to spend
too much in these times.-Prince
Alexis Mdivani.
don't want to see us give up
any advancement toward a COM
Portable life.-Sherwood Anderson,
author.
Moral uplifters every once in
while have to shout from the house,
tops to justify their existence.-Pre-
mier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario.
We need a progressive government
that does not permit economic mon
sters to be developed.-Professor A.
L. Sachar Of the University of IlI-
nois.
The whole protection Of human
liberty lies in free criticism and de-
bate.-Herbert Hoover.
You wouldn't think Of calling me
anything but Sophie" after you
knew me for little while, now
would you?-Sophie Tucker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
SCRAPBOOK
By yIRGINIA KIDWELL

Your scrapbook holds small bits Of
you
And each selected treasure
Betrays TO friends who leaf 1t
through
Your characters true measure.
One bit of heart and one of soul
And one Of smile or scar;
They piece the bits into a whole
And know you as you are.
So choose discreetly every part
And camuhage your task
So those who seek to find your heart
VIII only ind your mask.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

Scientists have announced the latitude and
longitude of the Washington monument so
visitors sailing three sheets to the wind may
locate it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

j. P. Morgan returns from Europe and tells
us We can get along with less excitement
Still. he wouldn't want to get along with less
of what causes the excitement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

Russia is fast discarding the rationing sys-
tenn for the open sale of goods. Capitalists
have one or two good ideas, at that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

United States secret service has issued in
structions on how to detect counterfeit bills
of large denominations. Wouldn't it be better
to tell us how to detect the good ones2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01
Daily Thought

Be We therefore merciful, as your
Father also is merciful.-St. Luke,
6:36.
IF the end Of one mercy were not
Il the beginning Of another, we
were uudone. Philip Henry.
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Admiral Byrd has added a vast area to
United States territory, and it's in the Ant
arctic where some of our politicians can't get
at it so quickly.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are tnUtted to cypress
their Uietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to $50 iooKds or Iess.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

The football team of Sing Sing prison in
New York netted more than 5000 this sea-
son, which is much more than the eleven
could have made on holdup these days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

Uncle Sam has sent out his annual bills
for payment of war debt installments He
might as well do so. or even Finland would
forget to pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

We might thank the doctors for prolong-
ing our lives, on the average. but on the other
hand imagine paying taxes SO much longer.
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1t is good thing. finally. that we have
Christmas to enjoy before congress convenes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-01

Perhaps Uncle Sam wouldn't hesitate about
buying more drigibles II he had few Ecken-
ers tc operate them.
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Ambassador Freyre of Peru: That he has
been singled out by Summer Welles assistant
secretary of state, and Mrs. Welles, as the one
and only ambassador to be invited to their New
Years dinner