The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-09

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Limit them to ESQ 40ordS or EeSs.)
By Miss Berkey.
The person who wrote Jan. 4
criticising our traffic laws must be
woman, as men have higher ideals
and bigger problems to occupy their
minds than to bubble about such
petty stuff
The person, being an outsider"
has no thought coming and should
remain outside" where she can
drive down the lane and park I'M
der an old apple tree all day if she
chooses, without getting "sticker"
or in any way being Inundated by
our so-called beef trust depart
ment" for her stupidity.
Perhaps she never stopped to
think that the few she saw cutting
the didoes she mentioned were out
siderS" and must learn how to act
when they come to town. She
probably doesn't know that every
man obtaining a drivers license
must present a poll tax receipt;
heretofore, many worthless citizens
have shifted even this light tax
burden on to others shoulders.
I can not vouch as to the legality
of the drivers license law, but do
know it is a wonderful thing to
somewhat eQualize the tax load and
to trace down a rotten drunk or
thug. AS to our responding fcti-
tiously to the questions for appli-
cation Of license some of us "wom-
en-" might say our eyes are gray
when in fact they are green, but
hardly think we have gone far
aStray in our answers-not so much
that an outsider" could recog-
nize it.
III have to admit 7 had a good
laugh at the motorman and the dog
sandwich, but perhaps he, at that
particular time, needed something
hot in his stomach, and the only
way to get it was to leave his street
car stand a few minutes.
No one suffered by the short de-
lay and perhaps the hot dog did
the motorman a world of good. Look
at the humorous side of such things,
outsider; it takes such occurrences
to put the world over and pep us
up a bit. Your stomach might be-
come 'fussy" (not fuzzy before the
depression ends, causing a hot dog
to look good to you, too.
You say you had to make a spe-
cial trip to our city to find out
why it was known as "a town in
the middle of a cornfeld," and that
you noticed glass on the streets
which should be swept up by our
police, and suggested that they car
ry broons. This is our street-clean-
ing departments duties, but in any
event if you had so much spare
time to nose into things, why didn't
you bring your broom along? Our
cops" have all they can do get
ting outsiders" through the traffic
and out Of the way SO some of us
can go places without getting hurt.
Being an outsider" and probably
the only time you have travelled
beyond your own border, you have
learned something. Come see us
again some time, and don't forget
the old broom behind the -four bin!
BY Times Reader
I am the man who sent in the
letter concerning the rainy day the
CWA workers put in sitting in
buses from 8 a. m till $3.50 D. N.
on the Monroe Morgan county
game preserve. project. The letter
was published by you Dec. %, and
criticised in The Times Jan. 4, by
man who makes out that I an
a liar. Now, here are my replies
to him in numerical order, and let's
see if I am lying:
l. We have thirteen buses to
transport US. Did Mr.. Murphy visit
each bus and did he call the men
together and personally ask US to
work? No, he did not
2. Did most of the men want to
work, as you say in your letter?
Well, there are about 425 men on
that project. I'VE have a list Of