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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
TEMPTATION

INDIANAPOLIS, as does every other large
city in the United States. worries now and
then about crime waves.
After an unusually heavy run of crimes.
ranging from petty larceny law violations to
murders, authorities of the city and county
open drives to halt the work of the criminals.
Campaigns of this kind come too late. gen.
orally, and always die out in the course of
few days weeks.
One Of the underworlds greatest weapons
in battling the police and law-abiding citizens
is the automobile. Majority of the city's GRIM
mails are not above the hoodlum class. but
armed" with good automobiles and weapons
they can become as ferocious as any big
time gunner.
Part of their ability to stage acts of crime
are the direct result of the carelessness OF
Indianapolis motorists.
A check of any downtown street during
the day will show cars double parked in which
hurry to pay bill or make purchase before
an officer tags the car for a violation of the
traffic laws.
Such activity on the part of any motorist
is nothing more than a temptation to a gang
ster or hoodlum. Why shouldn't he step into
a car and drive it away? 1t has been done
before and will be done thousands of times
again.
Until the motoring public co-operates with
the police department in observing traffic rules
and always locking automobiles parked on pub
lie thoroughfares, mo- real progress can be
made against crime
Summer is the worst period of the year for
motorists to make these costly errors
Think it over, Mr.. and Mrs Motorist. A few
minutes devoted to proper parking and lock-
ing of your automobile may protect your life
and your neighbours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
PLAN FOR FUTURE

GONE time during the next twenty-five
- years the American college will enter a
new phase in which its enrolment will be in
creased vastly and its methods of teaching
will be revolutionized.
This is the prediction of Walter Dill Scott.
president of Northwestern university
No one he believes, will remain out of coll
lege simply because he can not pay tuition;
on the other hand, no one will attend simply
because ne can pay.
Any one who has the ability to profit by
a college education will become a student;
and the colleges will have far greater re-
sources than they have now. so that they will
be able to give more attention to the indi-
vidual student than they do now.
All this, says Dr. Scott. will reflect
changes in the national life. Leisure will be
the national culture will be more closely in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

used when they are made to
function against that deep-seated
sense of duty which should be in
tensified by their possession!
AS is economics, so is birth con-
troll largely a problem of applied
Christianity. When the Christian
factor is applied, the problem will
have been solved.
Thus we see why it is our duty
to think seriously and religiously
before aiming hurting shafts of sar-
casm and ridicule at the technically
uniformed clergy of the church
which is our strength in this time of
need. Some day the infinite God
will acquaint His messengers with
the mathematical correctness of
His messages, and they shall be de-
livered verabtum and unaSsailable.
Until this time we hope that
sarcasm and ridicule will play their
part for the ultimate good of
clerical accuracy and modesty.
If sarcasm and ridicule must be
used, we hope that their sting will
be used to influence some women
who now lavish their affections on
household pets. to want and cherish
babes of their own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
POLITICAL SILVER

T~HERE won't be many cheers for the Presi-
Il dents silver message. 1t looks like
political gesture forced by a congressional
bloc. That is a dangerous method of deter
mining monetary policy. At best it may add
another factor of uncertainty and fear in
business situation which needs confidence and
certainty AT worst it could lead to destruc-
tive imitation in which most citizens, especial
" working people. would suffer and only
spectators would profit
Insofar as the Roosevelt plan-if such
forced gesture can be given the Roosevelt
Observation-Disclosures negotiations for interna-
tional use Of silver with gold as a monetary
base. it is intelligent. There is little reason to
doubt that some form of symmetalism say at
the suggested ratio of IS per cent gold and IS
per cent silver for reserves would be a much
more workable system than the old gold stand
ard provided the other major nations would
agree to 1t. But that is the rub. No such
agreement is in prospect And for us alone to
attempt such a system in monetar conflict
with the rest of the world. would add to inter
national confusion and might be exceedingly
risky here at home.
important, but not the principal factor in re-
covery; it is secondary to fundamental eco
monte causes and cures. 1t is insidiouS be-
cause it relies on dope instead of an opera
ton TO cure a surgical case.
The idea that the government can cure the
depression by control and arbiu manipula-
ton OF the price OF gold and silver has Neen
disproved by the last six months of expert
uent in this country
The related idea of the silver extremists
that more currency and credit are the key to
recovery ignores all the facts. The job is not
10 get more currency and credit, but to put
into use that which We have.
The problem is to get that money into the
hands Of the people-to the farmer in better
prices for his products and to the city worker
IN the form Of wageS-to restore purchasing
power. Already federal reserve member banks
hold funds on which they can expand credit
from an estimated $4,000 0OC 900 to s24 0OO.-
00o000 Many experts fear that our excess
credit reserves already have become so vast
that q break in the reservoir might carry us
into a speculative flood that would destroy US
James Harvey Rogers the administrations
monetary specialist. testified that the gold de-
valution law would create a reserve the utiIi-
zation OF which constitutes direct imitation
airy influence Of the first magnitude" Esti-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
INDIANA HOME LOANS

II KIRK MKINNEY, state manager of the
H Home Owners Loan Corporation, has re-
turned from Washington with the informa-
ton that the system employed in Indiana will
be recommended to the other loan corporations
throughout the nation as one which should
be followed.
This speaks we'll for Mr. Mckinney his aids
and the general good the corporation has done.
According to figures tabulated by the state
office of the HOLC. 1851 loans have been
issued in the nine months that the corpora
ton has been in operation. Those loans, the
figures show, total $3O613 68975. During the
week of May IL to Is, more than $2,500,000 was
paid out to building and loan associations,
banks and mortgages. Those figures show that
the Hole is a big business in Indiana.
Indiana now ranks third in the number of
loans closed in the United States and is the
first in the low costs of loans, which averaged
S13.65 each.
II Mr. Mckinney is as successful in other
operations as he is in handling the affairs of
the HOLC, it appears that he might be the
man who will represent the state in bigger
places
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

more abundant money viii be more plentiful.
tegrated.
AS a result. we shall have mass education
on a greater scale than anything hitherto
dreamed of, and the college will play larger
part in the national life than ever before
Now this prediction is interesting, not only
because it holds an attractive future to our
gaze. but because it is just one more proof that
far-sighted men can see great development
and enrichment of national life just ahead
of us.
During the last few years We have fallen
into peculiar mental attitude. Somehow we
seem to have got the notion that our great
days are all behind us, that the depression
has dissipated and vitiated the boundless en-
ergy Of America. and that the most we can
hope for. hereafter is to keep our hands just
above water
1t is only natural that We should feel that
way in time of great confusion and trouble
But it is good for us to be reminded that the
last few years have not been an end Of every
thing, but have simply been a breeding space
between two great epochs in our history.
Now, if ever, is the time for US to be max
ing great plans for the future The era that
is Just beginning can be extraordinarily rich
and fruitful if we have the courage to dream
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23

are intolerant of American culture
and guidance.
Americans are paying for 10y
atty and getting disloyalty; pay
ing for patriotic nationalism and
getting treacherous International
ism; paying for instruction to sup
port their government and getting
instruction for its overthrow. That
is what the red flag means.
Those instructors must be ordered
to get their jobs where they get
their inspiration.
Julia Cantacuzne, granddaugh-
ter of General U. S. Grant, drew
sparks from the anvil when she
declared
The Communist party has eS-
tablished itself on the ballot as
an American party 1t is not. 1t
does not sing the national anthem
nor march under the American
flag Beware Of it,"
The confederate flag may have
divided the country but the con-
stitutional form of representative
government still would have re-
manned in the hands of Ameri-
cans.
The red flag would not only tear
our government into a million
shredS but it would place us I'M
der mongoloid satraps of the east.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
A BITTER ANNIVERSARY

EXCERPTS from a story which appeared
~ in The Times yesterday:
One year ago today (Tuesday) John Dill
linger was paroed from the state prison {.
today he is regarded as public enemy No. l
. today he is the most wanted man in the
nation Dillinger's criminal career during
the last year has cost the country more than
$500 600"
That sums up the story of bad man at
large. 1t reveals the costly bill that one man,
once Mooresville farm youth, can present
a nation.
1t does not include the number of lives
which have been lost in the hunt for this man
and his gang of desperadoes.
That figure can not be estimated.
Such anniversaries" are not welcome to
time it apparently can not be helped for Dill
linger. to date, has shown an elusiveness never
before matched in the annals of crime.
Dllinger. his friends say. is not bad. They
say that John Hamilton is the real tough"
of the gang.
Whether those assertions are true is not
the point. 1t is true that John Dillinger is
member, and generally reputed to be the
leader of a gang of terrorists and bandits.
He and his companions must be stopped.
The law enforcement agencies of this state
and nation can not afford to observe another
anniversary" pass and know that Dillinger
still is at large.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
RELIGIOUS VIEW OF
BIRTH CONTROL
BY Hiram Lackey.

BY Hiram Lackey.
Many persons believe that birth
control is a problem whose only
solution lies in medicine and
economics. AS earnestly as We
hope for enlightenment from
these two sources, we are inclined
to the belief that, without help,
they are not equal to the task. In
approaching this subject, we must
not forget logic, for, when it is
forgotten, the tree Of scientific
progress usually is planted with
it's branches to the ground and its
roots to the sun.
Pride, devotion to ease, love OF
luxury and worship Of pleasure
create a birth control evil among
idle, pet-nursing. childless women. In
solving this problem the most
potent medicine with an abundance
of money not only fail of their pur-
pose, but actually retard the
solution Money. medicine, academic
education. intelligence. all are ideal
blessings to the home and family.
But how these blessings are mis-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
BUSINESS BUILDERS
AND HOSIERY STRIKE
BY James ]. Cuttings.

BY James ]. Cuttings
I would appreciate a little space
in The Message Center to answer
two paid ads which appeared in
The Times.
In a paid ad of the Real Silk
Hosiery Mills, the statement was
made there are $500 employees
working who did not strike and all
of them are Indianapolis citizens.
I am advised there are many en-
ployes working at Real Silk who
live outside indianapolis and are
not only helping to cheaper labor
by refusing to strike but are caus-
ing indianapolis citizens to be out
of employment.
I would now like to speak Of the
Associated Business Builders ad
that appeared in The Times on May
7. If Indianapolis is not mean
city it surely has the reputation Of
being the cheapest city in the
country in which to work. 1t would
pay the builders to inquire in other
cities and hear what outsiders think
of this Chamber of Commerce con-
trolled soup center.
This ad states paid agitators are
misusing the Recovery Act and at
tempting to prove indianapolis bust
ness does not deal fairly. 1t never
has been fair to its employees and
at this day is not. This same As
ISOLATED Builders rather would hire
out of town employees than Indian
apolis citizens.
1 also recall the strike of the
teansters and the methods used
then were just like those being used
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
CONSIDERS STRIKE AS
NRA TEST

BY Thomas X. Sanders.
believe congratulations are IN
order. The Times deserves the sup
port of all citizens fighting for their
just rights.
Although I am not union man.
I believe lin union there is strength"
1 read a great deal in the messages
center pro and con about the Real
Silk strike. The NRA grants anyI
and all employees the right to organ-
ize for collective bargaining, not by'
company unions, but unions Of their
own liking
Why so much fuss about unions?
Big business, bankers, editors,
preachers, doctors, lawyers. must
clans, war veterans, railroaders and
farmers have their associations for
their own interests, but a laboring.
man must not be permitted to looks
out for his interests.
The strike at the Real Silk hosieryl
mills is not merely demand forI
higher wages, but an honest to Coda
test of whether the NRA is a reality
or a joke. Honest citizens are inI
sympathy with the strikers because
they are simply exercising theirl
rights granted by the United Statess
government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
WEDNESDAY MAY %. 1884
UNDERSTAND BARROW

Out Of the tumult Of it all, Clarence Oar
~ row stands. as nc always has stood,
rugged. challenging soul.
Most men prefer to be agreeable. Most men
like 20 live in hope to do wish thinking to see
things getting better.
Darrow gets his pleasure out Of pessimisrn
He wouldn't save the world if he could simply
because he doesn't think it worth saving.
His delight comes from looking through
blue glasses. He thoroughly enjoys philosophi-
cal ill-health. Compared with him. Schopen-
haucr was Coue.
Asked a few years ago what he would do if
he had his life to live over again. he an
sweied II wouldn t. To similar question:
What would YOU do if YOU we're 20?" his reply
was that nc would commit suicide All of
which is ms way Of having fun.
out Of philosophy that prefers to regard
the world as out of Joint grew his love for the
underdog. The impulse to defend the Leopolds
and the Loebs arose from his conclusion that
it's a lousy life after all, so why pick on any
body He would defend a cobra or a tent
caterpillar and enjoy the job
Darrows slant on the cosmos is that Of one
Of his closest friends. Dave Gibson of Cleve-
land and Darrows nearest rival in pessinlism
IF YOU do that" Dave once said, you won't
like it, and if yoU do like it. it won't last"
Being pcssimistic is as much of a thrill to
Clarence Darrow as being optimistic was to
Pippa or Polyanna Therefore in a world
where optimism is conventional, Darrow has
been a most fascinating figure, symbol of the
suppressed doubt of many a Rabbit. whstlng
to keep up his courage as he treaded past lifes
graveyard
All Of us at one time or another wonder
what LIES all about, look at the stars and
think how small we are, and occasionally get
into the mood expressed by the old song
Where will We all be a hundred years from
now?" To barrow that mood is chronic And
because of his unconventional philosophy he
has been so intensely interesting to a nation
which for over two score years has watched
the public performances of this great lone wolf.
To Darrow. through some quirk of Roose-
voltian humor went the Job of investigating
NRA That NRA would be all wrong with
Darrow was as foregone a conclusion as if the
Rev Clarence True Wilson we're sent out to
report on the use of alcoholic beverages.
Anyway nobody can accuse Roosevelt Of
not picking a natural born critic when he chose
Darrow So barrow became the critic of Her
Cuos
Having been assigned to clean out the eco
nome stables General HUGH Johnson was dill
gently on the Job barrow arrived He saw the
mud and the muck And then did the natural
thing for barrow He dumped in a few extra
tons Of sand and gravel
That Darrow's findings would have been as
they proved to be- is the surest thinG we know.
Had he been sent ont to Investigate sunshine.
fresh air or the beatitudes. he would have
brought IN an equally adverse report.
So. to understand what the big debate is all
about. We first must understand Darrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
81 KNEW HIM WHEN"
DISCUSSES DILLINGER

By D. R.
have read so many letters either
defending or criticising Dillinger
I believe it is time for few facts.
am from Dillingers home town.
] know him and his family as dol
most of Mooresville's and I ami
neither for nor against Dillinger.
He is a victim Of circumstances, an
unfair sentence for a minor crime.
Every one thinks John got dirty
deal. He was given the limit for al
minor crime and it was his firstl
offense.
He was talked into robbing a.
grocer by much older man and
until that time he was a good boys
John served his sentence and
when released he went to a minister
and asked for help to lead the righlJ
kind of life, but people won't &C.
cept one that has been in Jail, i'll
seems. A few did, but he wasI
Stunned by almost every one and
finally he decided if they wouldn't
let him go straight he would go inl
for crime in big way. Every one
knows the rest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
Capital Capers
by GEORGE ABEL.

THE best poker players in administration cir
l. Giles are generally conceded to be Post
master General Jim Farley, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Chip Robert and Frank Walk
er, executive director of the national emergency
council
Inflated with success these three connois-
seurs decided to try their luck by playing poker
with three ladies' noted for their skill at card
games.
The three ladies we're invited to play and
the three poker experts of the administration
were badly beaten.
THE Belgian mission, which has come to
Il Washington to announce officially that his
majesty Leopold III has assembled the throne as
king of the Belgians is having a whirl
Secretary of State Cordell Hull entertained
the mission at a luncheon. Last night Under
secretary of State Phillips was host at dinner.
Belgian Ambassador Paul May has given a din
ner and there are numerous in-betWeen parties.
Young Monsieur Darscot is one of the most
brilliant members of the mission. Handsome,
curly haired, wearing bright flower in his coat
lapel. he appears at garden parties and teas
quite delighted with Washington hospitality.
Il meet so many people" he declared, IT
find it impossible to keep them straight. First,
go to the White House then somewhere
else it is all little bewildering"
One member of the mission was so dazzled
by the fantastic, whirling of parties that he
found it impossible to remember names
Who is that gentleman we dned with last
night?" he asked
The secretary of state" he was told
oh yes" he exclaimed. Let me see now
What was his name?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
SEES UNION AS
ONLY SOLUTION

BY Potsie, Union Man.
! am writing this in answer to a
nonstriker's letter. Give the strik-
ers time; they will win. You may
be able to talk now and work at
the mills, but after the strikers win,
you will wish you were with them.
The union has the right path and
the quicker people fall in line the
more wants they will be able to sat-
isfy. 1 simply can't understand how
any one can be so narrow minded
and so stubborn that he can't see
the unions side. These are salts
fed persons who have all they want.
They will work for a dollar a day
if the employer tells them to, but
the union workers say mo"
If every worker belonger to the
union, can't you see the employer
would have to meet the unions re-
Quired scale? A nonunion worker
should have to work for SIS to $40
a week. The union is for the good
of the worker and the "scabs" are
holding it back
sincerely believe the time will
come when all the country will be
unionized and the quicker the bet
ter for all of us. Why let the en-
ployer enjoy all the luXuries? Can't
we enjoy a few ourselves? I could
and 1 know all of us will if we join
the union. Hold tight, strikers, we
will win.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
BUSINESS BUILDERS
BOAST ATTACKED

BY a Striker.
There is nothing to boast about
in the statement of the Better Bust
ness Builders that Indianapolis is a
IS per cent open shop town. They
should substitute 'scab" for open.
And why is it "scab?" Because the
workers have been held back by
some hypocritical civic organiza-
tons. Some inside the mill put on
sad face and say, 1--WE must not
starve." But there is no excuse. The
union provides food.
Landlords have been and are very
lenlent because they have con-
f1dence in us, even as the public has
and will continue to, because We are
good citizens, law abiding and tax
paying, and because we are fair and
supporting in every way one of the
best Presidents the United States
ever had, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
MESSAGE CENTER
GIVEN. PRAISE
FAVORS STRIKERS AT
HOSIERY MILLS
BY a Reader.

BY Reader.
I am for the strikers at the three
hosiery mills, especially the Real
Silk.
My brother has been on strike but
a short time. AS soon as the strike
is over I hope to get job at the
Real Silk, too.
I live on a lonely farm near
Roachdale, but I read about the
strike in The Indianapolis Times.
My brother not only provides for
himself, but looks out for me clso.
He may be just a transfer boy to
the Real Silk but he is wonderful
TO me.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
MAKES AWARD OF
WAGE CUT HONORS

By a Real Silker.
have been reader of The
Times since the strike began and
will be from now on. I have worked
at the Real Silk Hosiery Mills sew
eral years and decline to say
whether or not am a striker. But
will say this:
Up until four years ago Real Silk
was a good place to work. Now I
will say that J. A. Goodman and
his chief lieutenant, Mr.. Baum,
know more and have forgotten more
about cutting wages than most en-
ployers ever will learn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-23
Anticipation
BY EFFIE L. WORKMAN

The future fascinates me.
I greet each new days birth
With the kenest curiosity,
For the things it may bring forth.
I left the lid of my chest of hours,
And eagerly look within,
Hoping that each precious package
Holds treasures I've long tried TO
win.
The morning hours. fresh and clean.
Are wrapped in colors bright.
They hold for me a promise sweet,
That thrills me with delight.
I love the gold of the afternoon,
And the nights soft ribbons of gray,
But most of all, love to dregm
OF the gifts Of another Gay. y