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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
CITIZENS BRANDED AS
SLAVES OF WEALTH"
BY Emma Henry.

BY Emma Henry.
Habits and traditional economic
procedure are holding the produc-
ton of real wealth to the minimum.
Saving of outworn methods of pro-
duction and holding down produc-
ton to the demand" or lack of
demand, to satisfy the folly of
profit" production is the result Of
immaturity in social progress.
The provincial economist of yes
teryear still holds the reins of our
monetary system that has no social
driving power.
The industrialiSt and the publicist
as well as the humble worker are
either consciously or unconsciously
the paWnS and tools of an antiquat-
ed vicious system of socially ire
sponsible creators and destroyers Of
the credit medium of exchange.
Investments create debt which is
a charge on production. Overin-
veStment creates a maldistribution
of consuming power necessary to
maintain balance between conSurnp-
ton and production. Intelligent
spending for conSumable goods, and
rational saving and investment of
savings or retarded spending in pro-
duction goods are absolutely essen
tial.
Gunny sack clothes made up by
the Red Cross for North Dakota
farmers wives, as underwear and
dresses, are not a contribution to
social progress, while crop share
cotton farmers pillow under cotton
and nearly a million of them are
thrown on the charity rolls.
Stun areas are liabilities on the
whole population, disastrous cpl
means Of production and distribu-
denies of disease have no boundary
lines at the property line of the rent
collectors. Socialized relief at the
minimum to keep the soul and body
together, are serious reflections on
the unSocial control by otherwise
decent citizens of the processes and
ton. Shall We be slaves to wealth
and of wealth?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
WEALTH WASHED AWAY

a START toward conservation of timber
lands has been made in the lumber
code, but natural resource almost as vaIu-
able remains unprotected
The grazing lands of the west are washing
away.
"Sellshly and stubbornly the cattle men
and the sheep men, with no regard for the
future and little concern for their own i'm
mediate welfare are gradually but thorough
ly destroying their own industries" says
Interior Secretary Ickes.
First by cattle, then by sheep. this western
land is stripped bare. Its topson disappears.
1t is cut into gullies. Tons of earth are car
ried of by the sudden heavy rains.
Whether by code or by some other method.
the first administration to undertake long
range planning should deal with this problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
SLOW JUSTICE

TINE laws delays nave been a scandal since
l. the time of Shakespeare; or. for that
matter. since the time OF EabelaiS, who had
certain jibes to make about the lawyers The
latest attack upon shis ancient difficulty comes
from Governor Lehman OF New York. in
special message to the legislature recently.
Urging revision of the states court proc
esses, the Governor pointed out that in many
cases it takes as long as four years after
suit has been filed before it can be brought
to trial Such a delay, obviously. very often
will amount to a complete denial of justice.
Not ali states. Of course. have courts which
operate as slowly as these Of which Governor
Lehman complains. It is safe to say. however.
that there is no state in which the course of
justice could not proftably be accelerated. 1t
would be good thing if other Governors
could follow Governor Lehman's tactics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
NO CHANGE WANTED

THOsE political scientists who declare that
the United States needs parliamentary
form of government patterned after the
English model. with an administration which
stands or falls by its success in the house of
representatives, might notice that If such a
system were actually in effect, President
Roosevelt now would be out of Office
When the house voted the 50 ZOO 900, 900
soldiers bonus bill the other day, in direct
defiance of the White House program, it
took a step which under a parliamentary
government would have required the imme-
date resignation of the entire administra-
ton.
Under many conditions, of course, that
would be an excellent thing. Most Ameri-
cans, however, probably will conclude that
just now break i'll the continuity of things
at Washington, with the confusion and delay
incident to new national election, easily
might prove an exceedingly bad thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
PROTESTS SIZE OF
PENSION ALLOTMENTS

BY G. Roby.
In regard to the old age pension
law in Clinton county, I have peen
a citizen Of Clinton county since
1907. I am not entitled to a pen
sion and will not be for thirty years.
have no relatives Who have ap-
piled for a pension.
Just a few days ago the county
commissioners granted few mere
pensions. The first group receives
S. a month; the second, $3.75; the
third, $3.50. These people paid
taxes all their lives and now coun-
ty pays them off with $3.50 to IS a
month. 1t makes person living
in this county feel small enough to
crawl through the eye of a needle
Just a few days ago these same
commissioners appropriated more
than $4,000 to buy tractors Why
not give the old people a little
more?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
STOCK CONTROL THREATENED

1T is rumored in Washington that the pro-
posed bill to regulate the stock markets
may not be passed at this session, after all.
Faced with many difficulties, congressional
leaders are reported TO be half-ready to let
the bin lapse, unless there is definite public
demand for its adoption.
One would imagine that the disclosures
made during the last year by the senate COM
mittee would be enough to create such de-
mand. in overwhelming strength. Modifica-
tons may be needed, Of course, to prevent
undue stringency on the flow OF investments;
but that some sort Of measure is needed
seems almost beyond dispute.
There Is still another angle TO consider
Trade and industry are reviving: apparently
the revival viii continue for some time w
less We are careful. this easily might set the
stage for a new stock market boom, which
could have disastrous results.
II might be wise TO hurry this regulation
bill through as a safeguard against the ex-
cesses Of speculative enthusiasm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
HE DISAGREES WITH
OUR NEWS JUDGMENT.
By C. NJ. Conner

By C. NJ. Conner.
When and why, Mr.. Editor, has
The Times changed its policies, or
rather policy, Of being an indepen-
dent non-partisan sheet" the only
aim Of which was to give your read
ers the unbiased facts Of the days
news. Your idea Of what is news
certainly does not conclude with
the man on the street today.
Coming home on the street car
today the topic of general CONVEX
sation was relative to the investiga-
ton Of the wooden gun escape. On
opening my Times I find your
column scare-head informing me
that a defeated politician, out Of
work as it were, would accept the
craftsmanship Of the country's larg-
est political party. CHANGING further
over your first page find what the
public wants to know about given
in a single column about five inches
long telling us it has been found
that Dillinger did have some help
at his delivery.
The consensus, Mr.. Editor, is
that The Times is SO pro-Democratic
that it doesn't care to print too
much about the latest cause Of In
diana's disgrace among the other
states. At a time when every Of
fetal OF our state should be bend
ing every effort to undo the
plumbers Of some of our incom-
petent prison officials. where is our
Governor?
Still committing to m akin g
speeches, too ignorant Of the duties
of his high office to follow the usual
procedure in case like this, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
WANTS BLAME PLACED
FOR DILLINGER ESCAPE.
By E. A. Hunt.

By E. A. Hunt
All Indiana is reading through the
daily press of the escape Of John
Dillinger and much is being said
and written about the woman
sheriff of Lake county Many Of
our officials and supposed prom
inent men are finding fault with
this little woman. And some, as
usual, are trying hard to hide be-
hind her skirts.
Now why does not The Indianap-
lis Times come out boldly and in
quire of our great and good Gov
ernor, why, when Dillinger violated
his parole was he not returned i'm
mediately to the penitentiary where
he belonged.
The Lima (OO killing would not
have happened. Why not fit the
shoes on the party that they be-
long to, and not try to create a
smoke screen and hide behind a
poor woman'S petticoat or fool the
public.
Just place the blame were it be-
longs and I hope your paper has
the nerve to do it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
WAR LIES IN THE MIND

HEAVY ornaments usually are supposed to
Il breed the fear and suspicion that lead to
war. The accepted pacifist view is that ma
tions distrust one another when they go about
armed tc the teeth and that to demonstrate
your preparedness is sure way to set the
other fellow thinking of fight
Sometimes. though, it seems as if things
don't follow that formula.
During the last few days a huge British
fleet has been holding maneuvers in the Lee
ward islands. in the West Indies. 1t is the
mightiest fleet England ever has sent across
the Atlantic.
Not since the day of Rodney has so great
a proposition of the empires naval strength
visited the edge of the Caribbean.
And yet this demonstration has aroused
not a shadow of fear or suspicion in the
United States. No one has risen to suggest
that these maneuvers mean that England is
locking ahead to a war with the United
States.
Indeed, it is likely. that not one American
in fifty even has known that the British fleet
was on this side of the Atlantic. Of those
who did know, hardly any one has thought
twice about it.
Compare that state of affairs with what
happened a year or so ago, when the United
States fleet held its maneuvers off Hawaii.
The whole Japanese nation became alarmed.
The stunt was looked upon as a direct
menace to japan. 1t was asserted widely that
preparation for war with Japan was the only
possible motive for such action.
The two cases are almost perfectly parallel,
on the surface. But one passed unnoticed;
the other led to an amazing amount of war
talk. Why?
Perhaps the answer is that ornaments do
not. in themselves cause fear and suspicion,
after all. If the national interests of two
countries are in conflict, or seem to be, then
military demonstration will provoke uneasi-
ness and cause irritation; if fear and suspicion
exist to begin with, in other words, fleet ma
neuvers will bring them out into the open.
But if they don't-if two nations know
perfectly well that they are going to live
peaceably side by side as the United States
and England know it-then the admirals can
parade their dreadnaughts when and where
they please, and no one will think twice
about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
-RO.6eR
/ aoholIy diSapprOve of qOhat you sag and a0iu
defend to the death your right to sag it-Votdire.

, too conceited to follow the sound
advice of the many who want the
most diSgraceful blot against the
name OF the state erased as soon
as possible. Apparently, you APP
prove Of the course he has chosen
but do you remember when your
paper used to keep us informed as
to just how late a former Repub-
llcan official arrived at his office?
In summing it all up. in my
opinion, your only course is to
come out and tell us you are wholly
Democratic and continue to give
out the insipid white washing ac-
counts of deserving Democratic
plumbers, and forever relinuuish
your formally touted role of the
banner carrier shouting Excelsior"
Tor those Of us who seek the truth
or take the alternative and give us
the news, regardless of which way
the chips fall.
Live up to your celebrated cap
ton on the editorial page, Give
Light and the people will find their
own way" even if the light will
further crush the aspirations of
some undeserving Democrats.
Editors Note Let Core
spOndent Conner ask some Demo-
cratic machine politicians how
blindly partisan they think The
Times isl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
BIG BUSINESS SCORED
FOR PRESENT CONDITIONS
By a Times Reader

/ By Times Reader
We Of the common herd outside
OF the special classes benefited by
legislation and political favors have
needs in common What do we hear
in regard to our fate in these vast
programs?
Let us assume we are all employed
who are not included in these spe-
cial groups mentioned above, are
earning what we earn in the bust
ness and industrial world.
It's on our shoulders where the
crushing burden lies. We are being
taxed without discrimination. Just
suppose we are normal and aspire
to the normal family life and have
a child or two.
Already within our state the men
who have the making Of our
tax laws in their hands have failed
to see the difference between a single
man having an income Of $1,000 a
year and married man with a
family having the same income
when it comes to taxing incomes.
No further thought need be given
to birth control COT which we are
now hearing) with this type of leg
islation taking place. Too few
married couples are both employed
profita5ly. This situation has raised
the standards Of living so high that
the man who was gallant enough
to swear to protect and defend and
support his mate and tries to stick
to it and realizes the purposes of
matrimony, scarcely has any chance
to provide much pleasure or COM
fort or very much of an existence
for the ones who are dependent
upon him.
The barons, with the swine's ap-
petite for money and Of the world
Of big business, are not going to pay
any one arg more wages or SalaT-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
DILLINGER CHEERED FOR
HIS JAIL BREAK
BY a Groun Of Citizens.

BY Group of Citizens.
This is our first time to write into
your paper. We think it is the best
paper printed. Will you please print
our opinion on Mr.. John Dillinger?
We say hurrahl Murray, for Dill
linger. Myself and every one I have
come in contact with would love to
shake his hand. He is really man
Indiana should be proud to know.
He has brains and if Governor Nc
Mutt and all the politicians who are
so against this said criminal would
give him chance for freedom and
give him a chance to live without
being afraid Of the law every time
he turns around, he probably would
make a good citizen.
These politicians can sit in nice
warm office every day and make
comments about a fellow who does
get caught doing something in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

In your paper of March 6, you
are demanding that Mrs. Lillian
Holley, sheriff at Grown Point,
must CO."
AS I understand there were only
two convicts who escaped from
this jail, while ten convicts es-
capped from the prison at Mich
igan City a short time ago. The
weapons these ten men used to
make their escape had been sent
into the shirt factory from the
outside. Is there no one to in
spect all parcels that come into
the penitentiary or did some one
fail to do his duty?
No matter how it happened why
should not the state of Indiana
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
POLICE CHIEF COMES
IN FOR PLAUDITS
By NJ. l..

By NJ. L.
I want to say a nice word for our
chief of police in appealing to check
the yells of the paper boys until 8
Sunday mornings. Heretofore, it
was impossible for we working peo-
pie, in particular, to get any rest
after daylight on Sundays, the only
morning we have opportunity to
sleep late.
Further, I think we should ap-
plaud the chief in inviting the men,
bers Of his force to partake of the
gymnastics available at headquar-
tiers. I'm sure there are many fat
bellied cops" needing just this kind
of exercise, and I hope they turn
out in their shorts in great number.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
CONTRACTORS CRITICISED
FOR CONDITIONS.
BY a Mechanic.

By a Mechanic.
In regard to A. rs view to farm
ers having jobs in city, he is right,
that far, but he should go one step
farther. If the contractors would
say mo, Mr.. Farmer, the farm is
your work and living, the fellows in
the city are mechanics who depend
on their trades for their living. We
must hire them and give them liv-
ing wages"
Do they do that? No. They cut
our wages in half, and the results
are we get a little red card, stand
in line and sign up for eats and
some coal. We suffer for other
necessities, while the farmers can
put their earnings in a bank.
I think the contractors are at
fault.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

les than they are forced to do, re-
CARELESS what their profits may be.
This being true, where are the COM
mon people going to be forced to
buy? They must, of necessity, buy
where they can buy the cheapest,
and where is that?
The ones who have the greatest
buying power are able to purchase
their goods the cheapest. Just what
channels does that throw the money
in? Right back into the hands Of
big business or chain groups, who
are to no small degree responsible
for present conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
A SOURCE OF REVENUE
THERE probably will be good deal of r

THERE probably will be good deal of pub
lie support for Secretary Morgenthau's
suggestion that federal, state and municipal
securities be subjected to taxation
It won't be an easy program to work out
to be sure. 1t is probable that constitutional
amendment will be Necessary.
The question whether such taxation would
make it more difficult for states cities, and
the federal government to float their bonds
will need the most careful kind of study
But in principle, at least, the measure
looks sound. At a time when all branches of
government need revenue as badly as they do
right now, it does not quite seem fair to permit
taX-exempt securities to provide for wealthy
men a source from which they can draw an
income beyond the reach of the tax collector
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

open, when they sit around plotting
to keep the people from finding out
just what they really are.
A certain Mr.. Hoover, called Dill
linger a rat. What does he mean
by that? At least Dillinger is a
gentleman. Could we say the same
about you? We would like to see
you serve time some time. Perhaps
your outlook on life would be diff
ferent.
Governor McNutt, why not give
Dillinger a gold medal and par
don. He deserves both.
Hurrah, for you, John. May you
never be caught.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
RabbOni
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
Mary at the cross foot
Kneeling, hear her cry
In the trembling day-darmess,
"Rabboni, Rabboni."
Comes Mary to the sepulchre
With bosom-heavy sigh
Finds it empty in the dawn.
'Rabboni, Rabboni."
Mary seeks her Saviour.
Sees Him walk near by,
In the sunrise hears her name,
Mary "Rabboni."
Mary and her joy-meSsage
To the other HE,
He is risen from the dead
Rabboni, Rabboni!
Exult, Mary, exult all,
Your joys you sanctify,
Easter morn is every day
Where Love is Rabbonil
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
Demands Warde21'S Custer

say the warden Of Michigan City
prison must 60 I like to see
justice done to every one, there
fore I see no reason why the peo-
pie of Indiana should say Mrs.
Holley must go, and not say the
same to the warden, unless the
one being a lady, the other man,
makes the difference. Let's say
Mr.. Warden you must go"
I hope this will find its way
into the Message Center, and see
how other Hoosiers, as well as
other Times readers feel. arr a
constant reader of The Times and
have been for many years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
DAILY THOUGHT

Nevertheless, if thou warn the
wicked of his way to turn from it;
if he do not turn from his way, ne
shall die in his iniquity; but thou
hast delivered thy soul.-Ezekiel 80 g.
ITO see and listen to the wicked
i is already the beginning Of
wickedness. -Confuciu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

With dog "dognaped" in Chicago, and
cats "catnaped" in Kansas City, that seems
about the only way to get into the headlines.
The kdnapings of people have become so
boresome
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
The Message Center

(Tifnes readers are iMUited to cypress
their Utetos in these columns. Make goar
letters short, so all can haze chance.
Limit them to ESQ cords or less.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

Girls. beware of falling in love with men
who have fiat heads. says British woman
surgeon. Better fat heads than fat heads, eh?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

Brown has begun to replace black for full
dress in Munich. If the fashion leaders
eliminated the wing collar and bow tie, they'd
really be doing the thing up brown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17

Former Kaiser Wilhelm may have to return
to Germany to retain his income. And. oh,
how he breads it!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-17
Liberal Viewpoint
by DIR. HARRY ELMER BARNES

Editors Note-Ths is the first of two articles
Dy Harry Elmer Barnes, Phi. D., based on Matthew
Josephsons analysis of the American social and
economic aristOcracy since the Civil war.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
U. S. CIRCUIT COURT
HEARS CODE APPEAL
Sley Garages Say N. R. A. Is Un-
constitutional-Business
Scope Is Contested.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December 12.-An
appeal from a United States District
Court conviction on National Recovery
Administration code violation charges
was argued yesterday in the Circuit
Court here by counsel for Harry Sley
and the Sley System Garages on
grounds Sley is not engaged in inter-
state commerce and the national re-
covery act is unconstitutional.
Sley was represented by Marshall A.
Coyne and the Government by Henry
w. Edgerton, special assistant to Al
torney General Homer Cummings.
Coyne said Sley's business Is con-
fined to Pennsylvania, making it in
trastate and not subject to N. r. A.
regulation and that N. r. A. is un-
constitutional because Of legislative
and regulatory powers delegated to 1t
by Congress. He said Trial Judge
George A. Welsh erred in ruling on
of giving the question to the jury.
Edgerton argued the Government
had shown interstate commerce in
Sley's business by proving automobile
parking tickets were interchangeable,
valid at 80 Sley garages in Philadel-
phia, at one in Atlantic City and at
one in Newark, N. j.
Sley and the company were fined
a total Of $4,000 in June after their
conviction on charges that hour and
wage provisions of the N. r. A. garage
code were not observed.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
CLUB TO CONSIDER
PAROLE QUESTION
! Monday Evening Group Takes Up
Controversy at Next Session,
December II.

The controversial parole question
will be taken up at the next meeting
Of the Monday Evening Club, Decem-
ber II. it was announced today.
Fred A. Moran, New York State
executive director of parole, will speak
on the Essentials of an Adequate
Parole System" Rev. DR.. John
O'Grady will act as chairman.
Among those who will take part In
discussion of the subject are Sanford
Bates, Federal penal director; Wilbur
LaRoe, jr., chairman of the District
Parole Board, and Allen Nolan of the
Rehabilitation Bureau.
Club members also have been in
vited to attend a meeting Friday night
at the United States Chamber of
Commerce at which the proposed new
Juvenile Court bill will be discussed.
Speakers at this session include Miss
Agnes K. Hanna, United States Chill
dren's Bureau, who will speak on
"The Social Aspect Of Juvenile Court
Legislation; Justin Miller, Justice
Department. "The Legal Aspect" and
number of prominent attorneys.