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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
FAIR-FASHIONED HOSIERY

THE National Labor Board seemed to have
Il a hopeless task on it's hands last summer
when problems Of the hosiery industry were
laid before it by the workers For years strife
and violence had prevailed and there seemed
no disposition to settle matters in any other
way
Today an agreement covering the whole
full-fashioned hosiery industry from New Eng
land to Wisconsin has been signed. Thirty
thousand workers are covered by it. 1t fixes
wages for definite period during which all
manufacturers may accurately calculate their
labor costs and workers may calculate their
incomes. 1t provides for closed shop-or en-
ployment of none but union members-and
for arbitration of all disputes which may arise.
Anti-labor manufacturers in other indus
tries who insist on forming company unions
and preventing their workers from organizing
with workers of other plants will never ex-
perience the stabilizing effect on their industry
of such an agreement. They will continue to
compete among each other on pay roll costs
one of the most important items on their ledg-
ers.
And as long as they continue this attitude
they will fail to experience the maximum
amount of benefit from MIRA The act was
passed in response to desire of business men
to agree among themselves on hours and
wages and other industry costs, to eliminate
unfair competition.
But their codes only give them uniform
wage scale so far as lowest paid workers are
concerned. Stability as to the greater part of
the pay roll can come only through collective
bargaining with workers. And the farther the
bargaining groups extend through an industry
the less danger there is of unfair competition
If the troubled hosiery industry can learn
this lesson, other industries may in time learn
it also.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
HEALTH HAZARDS

GONE of the work and money that is going
~ into the project of making over America
should be directed to plumbing.
Scientists have just discovered that last
summers outbreak of amebic dysentery in
Chicago was caused by sewerage contamina-
ton of the water supply of two hotels This
is a danger which may confront us at any
time in any city of the country.
But an even more serious danger lies in the
millions of homes in both city and country
where either there is no plumbing of any
kind or plumbing facilities are inadequate.
Ingenious new dealers can certainly find
some practical way of lessening this hazard to
the health of the country in formulating their
business-revival and job-giving programs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
FATAL RELICS OF WAR

NTINES put into the sea during the World
4'A war still are afcat A Finnish steam
err recently found one in the Baltic sea and
mad it destroyed Since the war one Swedish
naval officer has found and destroyed more
than $50 drifting mines-hideous engines of
death, waiting to slip into the paths OF I'M
suSpecting ship captains.
That such hazards still exist on the high
seas is rather shocking to ones sense of Sc
curity. But when you stop to think about it,
the wonder is that there are not more of them
around to cause tragedies.
Mines were tossed into the water in an in
describably prodigd manner during the war.
When the armistice arrived, the allied navies
spent months picking them up; but IN the
very nature of things it was inevitable that
they would miss a great many.
The world really is very lucky that these
derelct mines have not proved far greater
hazard to postwar ocean traffic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
A Woman's Viewpoint
. By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A THOUGH we spend countless
L n hours in combating age and
are successful in preserving youth
in the physical body, women are
never able to slip backward into
their lost girlhood. 1t may be that
this is our curse of Eve. Once
having crossed the Hateful river in
all our lives we never can go back
again, even in imagination. Women
are the only real grown ups, and
We live in world of children.
For, apparently without the
slightest effort, our men at odd
moments can summon some magic
that changes them in the twink
ling of an eye from staid, serious
beings into boys living in the
golden season of life. Their chief
charm-the one thing, I think,
that endears them to us and
makes them forever enviable in
our eyes-is the way in which
they can suddenly become young
again. It's a difficult thing to ex-
plain, but there it is for every one
to see.
The lure of their gatherings, the
delight of their friendships is due
to this art-the art Of dropping
all adult professional worries and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
WATCH YOUR DRIVING

ONE Of the queerest things about automo-
~ bile traffic is the fact that whenever
there is spell of nasty winter weather.
which coats the streets with ice and makes
driving extra hazardous, one is almost GER
tain to find the accident rate dropping
abruptly.
One good-sized city-larger than .Trdian-
month.
It's police traffic department is under
manned and it does not ordinarily keep its
traffic situation very we'll unde- cortr0l e'.~~o
the start of the year, fatal automobile acct
dents had been occurring at the rate of about
one day.
Then came violent cold spell The streets
were icy treacherous; snow f1urries filled the
air, cutting down the vision Of drivers and
pedestrians alike. and adding an extra risk to
the situation.
And Immediately the city's accident rate
dropped to an astoundingly low point. Instead
Of killing some one every day, its motorists
killed no one at all-until the storm had
passed and traffic conditions became safer.
In this startling reversal of logic there is a
neat little moral for motorists all over the
country.
1t is pretty clear proof that auto accidents
do not come from dangers inherent in the flow
of traffic. They come simply because motor
lists and pedestrians take risks that they have
no business to take.
When the streets are dry, and every car can
be kept under perfect control, and drivers and
pedestrians alike can see without difficulty in
every direction-then is the dangerous time.
Motorists drive too fast, they cut in and out
of traffic lanes, they try to beat the other
fellow across intersections.
Pedestrians trust to their nimbleness of
foot to dart through lines of heavy traffic.
The result, of course. is that many people get
killed and far greater number gets manned.
But when bad weather comes, so that it's
hard to stop car suddenly, and the footing
is uncertain-well. then we get wise to our
selves and stop taking chances, and, as a re-
suit, accidents diminish.
If wo could take the trouble to be as care
full when conditions are favorable as we are
when they are unfavorable, our auto traffic
toll would cease to be a national scandal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

settling right down to having a
good time.
THEY have the sort of a good
L time they used to know when
they were boys congregating be-
hind the barn in the late after
noon sunshine, in a close mascu-
line intimacy that is somehow so
different in all its aspects from
feminine intimacy.
If you try to analyze this diff
ference, you must Immediately
come to the conclusion that men
achieve closer, warmer, dearer
friendships because they never try
to impress one another. They
never stand on ceremony. So when
a few who are fond of each other
get together. when they drink a
little and sing little and talk
endlessly with their heads to-
gether, they do manage to taste
the finest flavor Of living-a flavor
unknown to women.
They play with suc,l heartfelt
zest. And they do recapture that
first fine careless rapture the
feeling Of boyishness which makes
them SO precious TO us who are
domsd forever to a spiritual ma
turity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
MONDAY. FEB S. 1894
PRETTY PICTURE?

a n Associated Press photograph presents
Lake county group in which Prosecutor
fooert O. Estill appears with a oomradely
arm about the shoulders Of John Dillinger.
II may strike public prosecutor as good
publicity to be photographed in this broth
erly pose with a defendant he is sworn to
90 his best to send to the electric chair.
But how does it strike citizens of ma
ton that is trying to raise its administration
Of criminal justice above the level of a game
and put a wholesome fear of law into gang
sters, kidnapers and killers who have thought
they could beat the law by treating it as if
it were a game?
Does prosecutor with this quaint notion
OF publicity do prosecution in these United
States much good?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
| I aoholy disapprOve of a0hat you sag and a5iu
defend to the death your right to sag it-VoLtaire

efficient methods of these men and
their praises could not be sung too
highly.
Just the other night the unfailing
methods that are practiced by these
men came to light when they saved
the life of a woman whose auto had
been struck by an interurban at the
intersection of Thirty-eig street
and Sherman drive.
Had unframed and inefficient
men been forced to cope with such
a situation, they would have been
found wanting; but. with the meth
obs which are pursued by the Indi-
annapolis fire department-that Of
keeping the equipment and men up
to the very highest point of eff
cheney in all departments-this
Woman'S life was saved.
Let the various taxpayers leagues,
the Real Estate Board and the
Chamber of Commerce make them
selves cognizant of this fact and
when they start their annual as
sault on the local budget next sum-
mer their thoughts should be chas-
tened by the fact that their tax
money is being spent to the end
that their wives, sons and daugh-
tiers will be eligible not only to pro-
lection of the finest and best
equipped fire department in the
country, but also to the most eff
cient life-saving apparatus in the
United States; and, after all what
is more precious than life?
Editors NOte-The rescue squad
will receive due notice in The
Times in the future.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
WORDS OF PRAISE FOR
FIRE RESCUE SQUAD

By William Murphy.
In these days of turbulent hap
penings and divers arguments on
the merits of the monetary situa-
ton, let us take time out and give
a little credit to an institution that
is quite bit of service without a
solitary word of consolation or
praise being directed its. way;
namely, the fire department first aid
squad.
The men who comprise this outfit
are forced to meet the most i'm
possible conditions in the shortest
and unexpected length of time
Their accomplishments have bor-
dered on the extraordinary, but the
dear public never hears anything
of them.
The newspaper reports generally
put out the information that So
and-so police car Investigated such
and such happening, but COM
pletely ignores the wonderful work
done by the rescue squad, which is
maintained and manned by special
ly trained and equipped men re-
cruited from the ranks of the fire
department.
Many a life that would have been
lost has been saved through the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
HE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE MONEY GOES
By A Subscriber.

By A Subscriber
1 am subscriber of The Times
and have been for about fourteen
years. would like to write a few
lines in regard to this government
work they are putting out. I am
on the job every day can get work,
but when they have to lay us off
we don't get to make this lost time
up.
What are they, and how are they
going to know who and where this
extra money is going? OF course,
it is all turned in, but the men are
not getting the money or work
either, so there is some big shot
handling it and not putting it out.
And, why don't they give these
pen-wipers a little Of what these
men get whole lot of? I am no
politician, but I am for the work.
ingman. 1 may be wasting my
postage, but I will watch the paper
and see if this is published.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
Blasting A1Uay at ChjSelerS

union, especially one railroaded
through like this one was.
And can we true Americans be-
lieve that about 200 employees at
Qibel deleted) this laundry sat and
listened and believed a man from
a foreign country? A few years
ago about twenty of these same
employees grabbed guns, left their
homes and crossed the Atlantic to
fight this same man to save our
country.
Now, today they adopt his idea
of how to cope with the present
situation. Just how many of you
true Americans think this is
square deal? What is the MIRA?
And where is our labor board" :?
Editors Note: The Times can
not identify alleged NRA chiselers
unless its own reporters have in
vestigated. The size of our staff
makes adequate investigation of
NRA complaints impossible. The
above complaint should go to Of
ficials for action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
BY a True American.

By a True American.
AS a reader of The Times, I
feel it is high time that some one
expresses his opinion of just what
the working class is going through
just now.
Just how many real Americans
realize how badly the NRA is be-
ing mistreated by some of our
most prominent employers? Just
how many of us know how the
employees of Qibel deletedO laun-
dries are being made to sweat I'M
der the NRA?
Friday, Jan. 10, the employees of
this laundry was sweat into &C
knowledging a company union.
Without a fair vote, this COM
pany union was railroaded through
even after a motion had been
made to vote by ballot and this
motion seconded. The organizer
refused this right. I am not
member of any union. Above all,
I do not believe in company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
IN DEFENSE OF
MRS. SHELBY

BY Mrs. L. H.
In regard to Mrs. G.'s hardship
letter, where she mentions Mrs
Shelby, probation officer of the
juvenile court
have my first time to ask for
relief and not get immediate at
tention from Mrs. Shelby I think
she is one of the finest wointn in
indianapolis, and don't think
Marion county could have picked
a better probation officer.
I have been in her Office a num-
Der of times and she always treat
ed everybody alike-and so far I
have not had to eat fried lamps and
boiled chairs, and don't feel like I
ever will as long as Mrs. Shelby is
a probation officer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
To Death

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
Death.
I do not fear
Your grim, pale-visaged mask.
When 1 have finished my last task
And your kind voice I hear,
With my last breath
I shall climb the sunniest, high
est place,
And wait, with open arms and q
smiling faek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
So They Say

He (Al SMITH is in the midst of
an emotional reaction he can not
control. He is having an atavistic
explosion of this traumatic shock
that is producing neurotic be-
havior pattern. David Seabury,
psychologist.
have now reached the conclusion
that there is no defense from a
drift into unrestEained initiation
other than an aroused and organ
lied public opinion.-Professor o. M.
W. Sprague.
The physical effect of alcohol on
man will not be changed by ending
prohibition-Mrs. Ella A. Boole,
president w. G. T. U.
I can write two briefs setting up
the constitutiona1ity and the UNI
constitutionality Of the NRA and
do both with good conscience.-Pro-
fessor Thomas R. Powell of Har-
ward
am no murderer. President
Grau San Martin of Cuba.
do not understand the Roosevelt
plan. Neither does Mr.. Roosevelt.
Please do not ask me to explain it.
Ask the brainstorm trust.-Sir A. M.
Samuel, British currency expert.
My title of recognition is the
reputation I have made for myself
out of my own straightforward
lor Hitler
Talk about Al Capone being a
racketeer! Why, the biggest rack,
eteers are those which the CAPT.
talists have tied on to the people Of
the United States.-Milo Reno, farm
strike leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
CAPITALISM THE ROOT
OF ALL EVIL
nv lanes Monroe


BY James Monroe
There are three destructive ele-
ments existing today which should
be annihilated First, the capitals
tic ruling power; second, orthodoxy,
and third, ignorance, the latter be-
ing the fruit of deception.
Orthodoxy is the medium through
and by which the capitalists have
preyed upon innocent victims for
ages, using various ways to accom-
plish their end-that OF dividing the
classes. Orthodoxy is detrimental
to civilization.
The priest tells us to confess
our sins" Sin, of course, is the
transgression of the law, but who
can keep from transgressing the
capitalistic laws when they forbid
us shelter, food and raiment?
BY these laws they have made us
what we are, and by these same
laws they try to make us all GRIM
inals and thugs. How can we evade
transgresSing when these laws de-
mand us to accept only that which
the ruling class sees fit to hand to
us?
Let us quit the ignorant habit of
preaching orthodox mysticism and
advocate the one true religion of
the world, which religion is dis
played in good judgment-the Bro
therhoOd of Mankind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

been operated on and it may be
quite a while before he is able to
help take care of his family. He
hasn't been able to work for a
couple of years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
CITY BREAD COMPANIES
UNDER ATTACK
By Times Reader.

BY Times Reader.
It is my understanding of the
NRA that all lines of work would
benefit by the shorter hours and
more wages plan. Why is it that
different bread companies in Indi-
annapolis display their blue eagles
and the slogan I'VE Do Our Part, .
yet work their drivers twelve to fif-
teen hours a day?
Shorten these mems hours and
give them a chance 70 see their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

Only one couple out Of nine in this COM
try stays married, where there are no children
say the experts. The one couple and those
having children fight it out to the last gasp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

People should be made happy, whether they
like it or not, says Marie Dressler. She's one
of those actresses who make us cry for JOY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

What delayed President Roosevelt so long
on setting the dollars value at 5906 cents
must have been that O6 part of the cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

The height of your forehead has nothing
to do with your race. sex or intelligence, says
a scientist. No fair, however, ir your forehead
reaches back to the nape of your neck
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

A bill for unemployment insurance has
been introduced in the New York state legis-
lature. Employment insurance would be better
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

A minister Of Roscomnon Mich, supports
himself and his church by maintaining flock
of sheep since his regular flock has failed to
produce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

u S. weather bureau warns us that white
lightning is more hazardous than the brilliant
red f1ashes-especially when the white stuff
comes in a bottle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

families in the daylight and in so
doing employ more men. Can this
not be investigated and corrected?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

BY ordering all German women to wear
uniforms, Hitler will get them to quit their
Jobs faster than if he had fired them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

Everything I have is yours" crooned
Rudy vallee the other night. But he didn't
think his wife would take him 50 seriously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05
The Message Center

Times readers are tnuited to cypress
their UietCs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can haze a chance.
Limit them to ESQ toords or Less.J
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

The physical effect of alcohol on
man will not be changed by ending
prohibition-Mrs. Ella A. Boole,
president w. c. T. U.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

Editors NOte-The rescue squad
will receive due notice in The
Times In the future.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-28

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