The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
The Message Center

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By An Outsider.
I want to congratulate you on
your editorial entitled Traffic Vio-
latiOns." AS a resident Of another
state, would like to give my opin-
ion of the traffic system in Indiana.
I'll start with the drivers license
law. Practically every person or
official I have preached the subject
to will admit readily that it is not
only legal holdup but law with
out any truth. Have you ever heard
of any one answering the question
naire truthfully? I haven't.
Indianapolis seems to be a place
where a man can park his car III
the middle of the street and get
away with it. Only the other day
I saw a motornlan leave his street
car in the middle Of the street
while he went in a hot dog joint.
Imagine! And they call Indian
apOliS city.
This is the only place I've ever
been where they make no effort to
clean broken glass from the pave
ment after an accident. 1t seems to
me that both the citizens and Off
Gals of Indianapolis lack civic pride.
Why can't the police cars carry
brooms? 1t seems to me that the
officers of the police department, or
rather the beef trust" might work
off some of their excessive cor
pulency by cleaning up a corner
after an accident. This applies
especially at such intersections as
Sixteenth and Meridian streets.
Speaking Of slippery streets, there
was much talk in the papers about
salt and sand being thrown on the
ice at main intersections. I per-
Sonauy saw two such places this
week. They were the only ones a
man with two eyes would dare VEN
ture on.
I've heard a lot about your fair
city but I had to make a trip here
to find out just why it commonly is
referred to throughout the nation
as town in the middle Of a corn
field"
This letter is not intended to be
sarcastic, but constructive. If the
citizens would travel outside their
own borders, they could learn lot.
BY E. F. Maddas.
I have been challenged to debate,
through the Message Center, by H.
H. Kimmerling on the following
topic: Resolved, that with the
purport of the Declaration of In
dependence and the fulfllment of
the Constitution of the United
States we can have scientific social
ism without changing word in
either one"
Now, Mr.. Kimmerling, you ought
to know that can see through
your scientific Socialism" without
any trouble at all You know very
well that the kind of Socialism
which I oppose and which I repeat,
and challenge you and the rest of
your unpatriotic and dangerous
Comrades" to deny, is un-American
and unconstitutional-is MARKHAM
Socialism.
You Socialists would like to make
somebody believe that Socialism can
be carried out under the Con-
stitution of the United States, but
you know, if you would tell the
truth. that the destruction Of our
beloved Constitution IS one Of your
greatest aims and desires.
Listen to Jack London's descrip-
ton Of Socialist activity: Night
and day, tireless and unrelenting,
they labor at their elf-imposed task
of undermining society" And to
give you a better idea Of the aims
and ambitions of Socialism, here is
the description from Jack London's
book: ITO capture the political
machinery Of society and by that
machinery to destroy present day
society" Rather hard on democracy,
Ell!
Now, Mr.. Kimmerling, 7 hope by
this time that you can comprehend
the kind Of Socialism which I