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The Washington times., 1934-06-14
PLAN BANS
PAYMENT BY
BACK DOOR
Only Nation-to-Nation Deals
In Noncompetitive Goods
Seen in Kind Proposal
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
International News Service

Europe will not be permitted
to flood the United States with
competitive goods to obtain cash
with which to pay the 10000 mil
lion dollars owed American tax
payers.
This was made plain today in
authoritative quarters, where it
was said Americas willingness to
consider part payment OF the
European debts in goods and ser
vices does not mean this Govern
ment intends to open American
markets to foreign competitive
goods in order that the debtors
NAV accumulate here dollar
balance with which to make pay
mentS.
Back Door" Banned
That, it was pointed out, would
be merely q back-door method OF
having American consumers give
Europe the money with which TO
pay its debts. .,.
The only payment in kind TINS
country is likely to consider &C.
cepting would be goods which are
chiefly of q non-competitiVe ma
t11re and of which this country
purchases a considerable quantity
abroad, such as British rubber and
tin, French perfumes and wines
and German dyes and chemicals
The debtors, especially Britain
have asserted the transfer OF large
sums of debts payments in cash
from Europe to the United Stetes
at present would disrupt foreign
exchange markets and cause their
own currencies to decline in rela-
ton to the dollar.
Trade BY Governments
Payment in kind, on the other
hand, would enable the debtor
governments to purchase from
their own producers or manu-
factuers the non-competitive goods
which the United States needed.
These goods would then be
shipped by the debtor nation to
the United States Government,
which, in turn, would sell them 70
American importers and credit the
money received from the latter to
the debtor nations account. BY
this method, no actual cash wouio
be involved in the transfer.
The Washington times., 1934-06-14
CONDITION OF TREASURY

By international News Service
Treasury balance as of June IL,
$1,936,e19, ,SOO.49; internal revenue,
39,145.43; Customs receipts,
$s,73S, ,276.5O.
The Washington times., 1934-06-14
ADVERTIsEM EMIT

INVEST THIS WEEKS PAY CHECK
WISELY. Turn to the special pink Sec
tiOn In this issue Of The Times. Treat
yourself to six pages Of remarkably fine
merchandise of every variety, at almost
Rive-away prices-On- sale at Golden
berg'S Friday.
The Washington times., 1934-06-14
ENGLAND

LONDON, June 14-Josef Sta
lin, Russia's "iron man." and Mus.
tapha Kemal Pasha, dictator OF
Turkey, will meet in secret con-
ference in Moscow this September,
according to information REACHING
diplomatic circles in London from
Istanbul today. Following the We
netian meeting to be staged by
Chancellor Hitler, of Germany,
and Premier Mussolini, Of Italy,
the talks between Turkeys "Ghazi"
and the Red ruler Of the Soviets
will start a counter move in the
maneuvers of dictators on the COM
plicated chessboard Of European
diplomacy.
The Washington times., 1934-06-14

LONDON, June 14.-An impa-
tient gallery chanting its dis
approval added to the burden Of
Sally Bates and Ralph Lynn in
the American play, "Hello Again"
produced here at the Shaftesbury
Theater.
The London Times critic says
the burden was already suffi-
GENTLY heavy because the char.
acters tended to become worse
instead of better-defined as the
evening went on, and some OF
them dwindled to a vanishing
point"
The Washington times., 1934-06-14

LONDON, June IA d.N.so.
Sophie Tucker, famous American
vaudeville actress, played the role
of a heroine today, rescuing q
child from under the wheels Of an
automobile and narrowly escaping
serious injury herself. Miss Tucker
pulled the child out Of the way
just IN time to prevent it being
run down by the car. Her leg
was slightly bruised, but the child
was unhurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
IT'S CALLED HIJACKING

THE story that some of the boys around
u town who garner in the nickels, dimes
and quarters in their beer-place slot machines
have been nicked like they nick the customers
is amusing.
Police and deputy sheriffs apparently look
upon slot machines as one Of the lesser evils
IN life and no one seems to think much of
few raids in which one operator or gang
steals slot machines from another group.
A story yesterday said that the owners of
the machines apparently are unknown. OF
course, that is foolish It's just like imagining
that the beer place operator doesn't know the
slot machine company collector who comes
around opens the device and removes the
money that gives him and his bosses a good
living.
long have been too docile about the slot ma
chine menace. Men. women and children play
these machines. knowing that they can't win,
but they are attracted by some foolish
tendency that keeps the machines in business
along with all the other rackets
Several half-hearted attempts have been
made to drive out these gambling devices but
they generally come to naught.
When the new administration in the county
takes over the job next year BANISHING
SLOT MACHINES will be a worthy goal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
CLIPPER PLANES

COON it may be possible to fly over the
- commercial air route from Miami to
Buenos Aires in five days. That is two days
faster than the present air schedule, and
about twelve days faster than the present
ocean schedule.
A new type Of plane for Pan-American
travel has been developed and tested-a giant
clipper ship, capable Of carrying thirty-two
passengers. a crew Of three and 1000 pounds
Of mail and express.
SO accustomed have We become to the
miracles Of science that We seldom attach the
proper significance to new developments. We
can not estimate how much two days saved
in time will mean But we may get some idea
of what it viii mean if We review the astound-
ing growth in air commerce between the
Americas.
In 1880. 22587 passengers and 1O6,867
pounds of express were flown over the inter-
American air routes. In 1888, there were
67132 passengers and 83O43O pounds of ex-
press.
This growth is all the more astonishing be-
cause it was achieved despite deepening of
LLlc tCDNOAl4C NtPACooAOAl OAA 0OeAA SOAAeAACAAe0
and a severe decline in general trade between
the two.
The winged carriers of commerce that fly
the 1900 miles Of charted skyways to the
south Of our borders give the United States
an important competitive advantage over Eu-
rope in Latin American trade.
While our men of laws have been raising
tariffs to stihe our trade with southern neigh
bors. men Of science have been making it pos
sible for trade to scale the barriers, artificial
and real.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
CRIME TIDE EBBS

DURING the last year or so the nations
II fight against crime has taken on an en-
tirey new aspect: or. 70 be more exact. it has
resumed an old one.
Organized societys war on the underworld
has passed a turning point. and that point
is best exemplifed by the bloody career and
death OF John Dillinger.
For more than q decade the underworld il
every large city was a commercial undertake
ing Il bought and sold commodities ike any
other business group. II muscled its way into
legitimate business enterprises and perverted
them TO its own uses.
Its big gangs-the Capone mob il Chicago.
the Purple gang in Detroit. Egans Rats in
St. Louis. the Diamond outfit in New York
were made up Of business men.
The business was anti-social. 10 be sure
and II was attended by a terrific amount of
violence: but It was business. nevertheless.
and the big criminal got his money by buy
ing and selling. rather than by direct action
in the old-time manner.
II you examine the picture now. you viii
see that this condition has changed. Our
public enemies these days are in the tra6i-
ton Of Jesse James rather than Al Capone
They are highwaymen, Of the immemorial
stamp and not masters Of commerce.
Dillinger. Machine Gun Kelly. Baby Face
Nelson Clyde BaTow-these men had their
allies and their confederates. but they were
essentially individualists. They went out and
took what they wanted by strong-arm meth
ods. just as did the seventeenth century high
waymen OF England.
They defied the police; the capones and
the Diamonds. al too often. corrupted and
co-cperated with the police.
This means that gangsterism today is Far
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
NEW NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

CTANLEY BALDWIN'S remark that Brit
~ aims frontier has moved from the English
channel to the Rhine is a startling exposition
Of the way in which aerial warfare has trans
formed military science.
For centuries Britain could be secure by
maintaining control Of the channel and the
North Sea. Napoleon never could hope to win
his long struggle unless he could whip the
British fleet: Germany, with her magnificent
army. could not triumph in the World war so
long as Britain remained in command of the
sea.
But now the picture has changed. How
can you rely on fleet when your enemy can
jump over it and bomb your great cities? What
is the value Of an isolation which a bombing
plane can erase in two hours?
World statesmen are only beginning to
realize the extent of the change. 1t will be a
generation, at least, before world politics is
fully adjusted to it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
QUINTUPLETS AND HISTORY

livery reader of The Times, and especially
II women. will realize how remarkable is
the vivid picture story being told about the
world-famous DiOnne quintuplets.
Never before has any newspaper or picture
service presented its readers with such an
amazing piece OF present-day history
Throughout the country in the last eight
cen months. there has been a marked demand
for photo stories Historical pictures Of the
World war and the days Of long ago found
newspaper readers in every corner Of the ma
ton.
The Dionne picture story is refreshing in
every sense. Not only is it packed with hu-
man interest but it is a welcome turn from
the usual run Of the daily news.
The Dionne family phenomena never may
happen again in the lifetime Of any Of US.
Scientifically and historically it is worthy Of
far more newspaper space than many incidents
which have occurred recently.
The newspaper reader who does not follow
this present series Of pictures and those which
will appear in weeks to follow is cheating HIM
self of an opportunity to follow, step by step.
a Notwithstanding event.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

less Of menace than it was half dozen
years ago.
To be sure, the utmost vigilance still is
necessary. The work that has been done so
well in the last eighteen months must con-
tinue until highway robbery becomes a rels-
lively rare crime. But the worst is over.
We no longer are nourishing a world
within world, in our big cities. The gang
ster is no longer a high-powered business man
whose contacts and influence reach far up
through the social fabric. He is what the
old-time outlaw was-a lone desperate whose
days are inevitably numbered.
The tide Of crime has begun to ebb at last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
THINKS DILLINGER CASE
PROVES PRISON DEFECTS

BY Oscar Smith.
The Dillinger case has been val
liable in that it has focused atten-
ton on the criminal situation as
nothing else could. 1t has shown
the defects in handling crime and
made apparent the incOmpetency
of the personal phase of modern
penolOgy. The Times, through Mr..
Gallagher, is to be congratulated
in presenting the facts. The series
has shown the shortcomings of the
present method Of coping with crime
and close study will show that the
so-called morbid sympathy for
bounded outlaws is in the last an
alySis only the condemnation Of
the ignorance Of administering ref
ormation.
An outstanding feature Of all
penology is the desire for punish
ment. never for kindness. or refor-
nation. Punish, no matter the
means, but punish. Here, punish
ment is synonymous with reforma-
ton, and the recipient naturally
associates the two, building up a
mounting resentment. In common
parlance, He comes out worse than
he went in" Unhealed resentment
unconsciously seeks an outlet, and
the malefactor becomes a second
offender to receive advanced refor-
nation or punishment, and so the
vicious cycle continues. The end is
the brand Of "habitual criminal"
terminating in the death house or
life imprisonment, and society is
deprived Of what could have been
useful member. When Dillinger
was being brought from Tucson he
was questioned regarding prison,
and his answer was to the effect
that after six months in prison a
prisoner loses all sensibilities and
nothing done to him has any effect.
An indictment if there ever was
one! Still, our penologistS only cry
punishment and fail to realize rel
ormation. The more they contend
for the criminality Of the maletac-
tor, the more firmly imbedded in
crime does he become. Vengeance
and elation over its accomplishment
is distinctly anti-social.
Another phase Of the case was the
inability Of those charged with its
closing. to see the affair as a prob
lem of thought. Judge White, Miles,
DAILY, Leach, Siege, Purvis, DR..
Kearns and others saw Dllinger
only as they have seen other out
laws-a criminal needing to be
caught and punished, and not as
man needing correction and filled
with new ideas. Not once was there
an attempt made to change his
thinking. Not once was there an
attempt made to discern his
thought. and at the close of his ca
reer we have the ridiculous spec.
tacle of intelligent men examining
the viscera Of the slain outlaw to
learn how much Of a criminal he
was! Is it glands or thought that
control action? Has thought now
decided to originate in the thyroid
and adrenals? Are glands primary.
and thought secondary? Cause has
never been found in effect and never
will be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Foreign Nations Grab Z. S. Wealth

government into the banking
business to enlarge the debt by
new credits, for giving away our
real wealth for these funny look
ing yellow tickets.
We want to give our debtors the
money credits to pay for things
they can not buy from us with
goods of equal value. Then we
are bewildered when default takes
place on principal and interest on
the debt. Instead Of working to
make things to exchange for 9TH
er things, they merely print these
debt tickets to get Americas real
wealth. We are some shrewd
Yankees, but not shreWd enough
to reverse the gag.
How could We be more simple
minded? 1t is like trading off
good horses for a goose feather.
The bread liners could use the
goods if they had not been given
away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

By Yankee.
The department of commerce
reports a favorable trade balance,
meaning, of course, that America
transported to other nations more
of it's natural wealth and manu-
featured goods than it received
from other countries. In eX-
change for our natural wealth,
Americans receive obligations to
pay at later date. The obliga-
tons to pay are considered more
valuable than receiving goods of
another kind of equal value. For
eign debts owed to Americans
constantly must rise.
Thirty years of this stupidity,
has given other nations our nat
ural wealth and work to the tune
of nearly thirty billion dollars,
for which we possess the yellow
debt paper equal to more than
twenty-five billion which can not
be exchanged for cup of salt.
George Peek has started the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
DOLES AND DEBT
REPUTATION? HE ASKS

By the Observer.
The causes underlying the strike
waves throughout the nation are
not removed by shotguns; only by
intelligent action can the settle
ments be made, such that good will
will follow and industrial co-opera-
ton be possible. Poverty is the re-
suit of social stupidity. You can
whip cattle into line for the
slaughter pens, but whipping work
ers into line with private armies
and publicly paid guardsmen Gre
ates a psychological reaction.
We are in a crisis resulting from
the attempt of capital to withhold
from labor the means to secure the
goods created by labor. The with
holding by force means that cap
ital holds the surplus which it can
not sell and labor goes in the soup
line. To further demoralize the
market, capital insists on thinner
pay envelopes on the part Of the
100000 worker and
their dependents. Just what the
purpose Of our producing machin-
cry is, seems to be obscure.
If no market is found. of what
use will the equipment be for either
capital or labor?
The government seems TO be bent
on reducing the food and clothing
supply, to meet the thin pay en-
velopes that the employers dole out
to labor. Is that the partnership
between business and government
of which the President spoke on
May 6. 1888?
Is a continually reduced standard
of living to be forced on labor? If
so, to whom will the stupid en-
pIoyers sell the goods? Won't
bankruptcy then become universal?
Shall it be doles and debt repudi-
alton?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
So They Say

The open minded observer who
goes to Washington or Moscow,
twin centers Of reconstructive ef-
fort. finds a parallel refusal 10 rec
ognize the nature Of this common
objective, the common drive toward
new life for all men.-H. G. Wells.
If We do not awaken TO the men
ace Of undemocratic enemies. We
shall have the utmost difficulty IN
Wiping out our foreign assallants
and their secret, disloyal American
aliens when the time comes for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Samuel
Dickstein of New York.
IF they would readjust the social
relations in Hollywood, there would
be far less business in this court
Registrar William F. Shanahan, Of
Salem, Mass, probate court.
can't see the United States IN
der a permanent NRA and still the
government we have known and
loyed.-Goy. Joseph B. Ely Of
Massachusetts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
BILLBOARD WOMAN
GIVEN APPROVAL

BY Observer.
Recently a writer in this column
waxed furious over the figure Of a
woman illustrating a billboard sign
advertising bread
Up to reading the letter I hadn't
noticed the advertisement, but i'm
mediately afterward kept both
eyes open. To me, the sign is a
fine bit of work. I see nothing bad
about it.
Why anybody should fly into tam
trums over a beautiful woman in
a very modern bathing suit is
something that is beyond me-.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

cline on their contract at wholesale
prices and in turn resells to these
employees at from 2 cents to 3 cents
under the retail price, thus depriv-
ing the retailer Of that much bust
ness.
In these times when city en-
ployeS with good salaries can do
such things it is no wonder that
the code is hard to enforce when
the governing bodies do not them
selves obey these codes. This should
be stopped and at once. The city
garage downtown could as we'll do
the same thing and probably would
if the city did not furnish cars for
most of these employees. No govern
ment employe should be able to buy
at wholesale based on the govern
ments buying power for their own
private equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
CHARGES VOTING JUST
SHAM BALLOT BATTLE
By a ReaIist.

Governments are merely reflectors
of the viii Of those who control the
means of production and distribu-
ton. Policies Of government and
the administration Of law are de-
signed and executed to serve tie
group holding economic and flnan-
cial control
In Russia the control group rises
from the workers ranks; in all
other countries the control group
rests with those who work the work
ers, so why should the government
look after the interests Of those
merely coA.enting" to its service Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
OBJECTS TO CITY WORKERS
HAVING GASOLINE SERVICE

By hetalIeIs
By what right is the city of In
dianapolis in the gasoline business?
The retailers Of this city are hav-
ing a difficult time making a living,
but the oil code has provided that
consumers, including government
bodies can not purchase gasoline
and resell to their employees, yet the
sanitary commission furnishes a
pump and tank at the garage and
allows al employees TO purchase gas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
OPPOSES PURCHASE OF
GAS COMPANY
BY TAXPAYER.

BY Taxpayer.
Perhaps The Times knows why
it apparently is so glad the city is
trying to take over the Citizens Gas
Company.
Certainly, nobody else is glad
The gas company is a losing prop
osition and the only persons who
can benefit from the citys taking
it over are those who hold its Sc
curities.
Stick to giving light and letting
the people find their own way, even
if it's not the way you think they
should go.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS
MAY BECOME RAGGED
By a Reader.

By a Reader
The Republicans do not seem to
like to stand in the relief lines,
while the Democrats have attached
themselves to the jobs which the
Republicans held for twelve years.
Well, We now can see how rugged
the rugged indiviGualists really are.
There are only ten more years ID
go before they get back TO the pie
counter. Perhaps by that time they
also will be ragged individuals, be-
sides being rugged individualists.
Their primitive thinking gave us the
worlds greatest economic collapse.
Now they hope TO stage a come
back. Why not drop them of the
relief rolls and cancel their loans
provided by the donkey party?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

the powers that be. The powers
that be" hire from the ranks of the
consenters, the physical force neces-
sary to carry out the DEGREES of the
controllers. When control Of the
powers that be is threatened, either
by ballot or by outside powers, re-
sort is had to civil or international
war.
Balloting is permitted only so
long as it does not threaten to GUST
the power that be. The sham bat
tie Of ballots only changes officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
PROPOSES MORATORIUM
ON DILLINGER NEWS

By a Reader.
May compliment The Times on
the excellent series on John Dillin-
ger now running under Basil Gala
gher's signature?
1t is most interesting to those Of
US WHO have lived In an age ex-
traordinary enough to have pro-
duced Dillinger, and it is most ably
handled by Mr.. Gallagher.
May I suggest that, when this
series is ended, those responsible for
The Times policy declare aHnora-
forum Of at least six months, In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

Editors NOte-Truly Nolen,
sanitary board collection superin-
tendent, stated that the pump
and tank are owned by group of
sanitary board employees who, on
their own time, installed the
service, paying all costs. The en-
ployes as a group buy the gas from
a private company. Mr.. Nolen
said that the city and the sani-
tary board had no other connec-
ton with the tank other than to
provide space for it as an ac-
cOmmodation to the employees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
I a0holy diSapprove of 10hat yOn sag and aoW
defend to the death your right to sag it-Voltaire

which time Dillinger will be all but
forgotten, on all Dillinger news?
The Europeans are doing their
best to enforce such a moratorium
for you How about helping them?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Compensation
by ALYS WACHSTETTER

BY ALYS WACHSTETTER
In sore distress tonight 1 mourn,
My heart full warped with pain and
scorn,
Alone, I lament deceptive lover
Tomorrow shall weep no more.
but find me another.