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Evening star., 1934-08-02
In
Capital
Letters
Being Just About
Anybody and
Anything.
BY GESEvIEvE FORBES HERRICK

sHBEL MACDONALD. on holiday
in Canada with her fether-vho
k also Great Britain's prime
i minister-may be merely acting
her usual role Of dutiful daughter
10 a doting. II somewhat demanding
parent or she may have plans Of
her own
Once upon time--more than q
year ago-there was a Canadian suitor
when Ishbel accompanied her father
10 Washington, IN March, 1888. The
suitor hurried down from Canada
He came frequently II not too publicly,
10 call on Ishbel at the White House,
where the MacDonalds stayed.
The day she was interviewed by
Evening star., 1934-08-02
FRANCE SENDS CONDOLENCES.
Lebrun and Doumergue Wire Regrets
10 Hitler.

PARIS, August 2 G49.-France sent
her condolences to Germany today for
the death OF President Won Hinden-
burg, whose passing away means
much To this country.
President Albert Lehrun and Pre-
mier CASTOR Doumergue telegraphed
Chancellor Hitler expressions of sym
pathy.
Louis Barthou foreign minister,
sent a message 10 konstantin Won
Neurath, German foreign minister
Doumergue and Barthou sent aides
to the German embassy here to deliver
personal condolences on the death of
the marshal who directed German
troops in an advance into France dur
ing the World War
The situation was regarded by Of
ficials as dangerous They expressed
the hope Hitler would try to strength
en- his position by taking some calmer
elements into the cabinet. instead of
pursuing his Nan campaign of ruth
leSsneSs-"
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Dentistry for 25 Cents.

Dentists are touring remote villages
and hamlets of the Northumberland
district Of England in automobiles
pulling dental once trailers equipped
with every modern convenience.
Children receiving dental treatment
pay a fee of IS cents.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

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drawing room that's a. big as
Evening star., 1934-08-02
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
THE OLD FOLKS
ONCE again President Roosevelt has proved
- himself big enough to change his mind.

ONCE again President Roosevelt has proved
- himself big enough to change his mind
Addressing social security workers last
week he doubted that this is the time to con-
slider old age security. Thursday, in his
message to the Chicago conference of mayors,
he definitely included old age pensions on the
congressional program.
1t is undoubtedly true" he wrote, that
the coming session Of congress will give
further attention to proposals involving I'M
employment relief public works, unemploy-
ment insurance, old age pensions and hous-
ing. all of which vitality affect the city
governments.
i can not say what final action congress
Will take with reference to these subjects, but
assure you the federal government is anxious
to work effectively and comparatively on all of
these common problems"
Whether this change was wrought by the
Presidents own more thorough study of the
subject, or by the advice OF others, or by the
popular outcry over his earlier utterance does
not matter. The important fact is that he
changed this policy. His mind is not small
enough to stop for hobgoblin consistency
We believe the administration Will make a
great mistake if it does not push old age pen
sions along with unemployment insurance. A
bill at least as generous of federal aid as the
Dul-Connery bill should be on its security
program.
The old age pension principle is eco
nomically sound BY supplying one-third of
costs to the states, the federal government
can standardize pension relief, bring the states
into the pension picture, save money for the
counties and remove from relief rolls all in
digents past 65 years. This can be done with
an estimated federal expenditure of $4,000 900
a year or less.
1t is politically wise. The nation is being
stirred by demagogic demands for old age
pensions OF an extreme and unavoidable type.
A sound measure is needed as a backhre.
It is morally right. For it would include
the really forgotten men and women of this
rich country, some 100000 old folks to whom
the late afternoon of life now is too often
nightmare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
HITLER RAISES FEAR IN SAAR

on Jan. 3, plebiscite will be held in the
~ Saar basin to determine whether the in
habitants OF that rich mining area wish to be-
come part Of Germany, part Of France, or an
autonomous area under protection of the
League of Nations.
Hitlers Nazis have the return of the Saar
a cardinal point in their foreign policy. But
now it develops that their very determination
to get it back may prove the chief stumbling
block in their path.
DR.. Michael I. Florinsky, professor Of eco
Monies at Columbia university. who spent the
summer in the Saar, investigating conditions
there, reports that the inhabitants have almost
no desire for annexation to France
They are German by birth and culture;
normally, they would vote Overwhelmingly for
reunion with the fatherland.
But they are beginning to be afraid of Hit
Ter The benefits Of Nazi rule are not as ap-
parent to them as they might be- So there
Is a good chance that they will vote for auton-
omy under the league.
Hitlers noisy determination to regain the
Saar may prove the one factor that Will keep
the Saar out of Germany
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
The Center Road
BY LYLE c. WILSON

TNDUSTRIALIsTs who are trying to decide
l. whether President Roosevelt is becoming
more or less radical should look at the record
in recent months.
The New Deal viii be found generally fol-
lowing middle course in which radical moves
are offset by conservative trends.
Most pronounced Of the left or radical move
ment is the drive against public utilities. Here
are some developments on both sides which
tend to counteract each other SO far as general
policy IS concerned:
l. Mariner S. Eccles appointed reserve board
governor.
2 New Deal election sweep
g. Secretary Ickes new PWA spending plans.
T. Lewis Douglas resignation as budget di-
rector in protest against a continued unbal-
anced budget.
s. The health-old unemployment insur-
ance plan announced last June.
6. Mr.. ROosevelt's August speech in Wiscon-
sin interpreted as blessing the northwest radical
political movement.
Z. Electrical power policies.
3. Appointment of Miss Josephine Roach as
assistant secretary Of treasury.
9. Support Of Federal Relief Administra tor
Harry L. Hopkins against bitter banking criti-
cism.
10. Preparations for investigation of the
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
this countrys biggest business.
A GAINST the foregoing typical instances of
n movement in one direction should be
placed the following instances of conservative
trend:
I. The turn away from further dollar Jug
Cling.
,. Possible curtailment of the June social
insurance plan.
3. The Moley-Baruch business conferences IN
New York designed to win industrial sympathy
for the New Deal.
4. Substitution of S. Clay Williams, repre-
senting big business, for Hugh S. Johnson in
NRA.
5. Coordination of government lending
agencies in the interest of economy looking
toward ultimate budget balancing.
6. Opposition to the veterans cash bonus and
laborS thirty-hour work week
Z. Extension of the automobile labor agree
ment unchanged to which labor objected but
upon which the industry insisted.
s. New Deal encouragement of bankers and
business to join in recovery efforts.
g. Opposition to additional silver legislation.
Many other factors could be cited. The New
Deal is distinctly more radical than the admin
istrationS which preceded it. But having adopted
new political and social thought, it appears that
the leftWard trend now is being checked.
The indications are that Mr. Roosevelt has
gone about as liberal as he intends to go. He
will carry out his announced advance program if
possible but is not expected to go far beyond it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
NAVY Is SUFFICIENT

THOSE endless conversations at London
IL seem 70 be bringing the naval disarma-
ment conference up 10 a point at which the
American people VIII have TO make some defi-
rite. reasoned decision as to their future naval
policy
Japans spokesman say that they are going
10 have naval equality. # America and Eng
land Go not consent. they Will have 1t anyway
The famous Washington treaty seems headed
straight for the paLbearers.
That being the case. what GO We co about
1t? Set out 10 outbuild the japanese, regard
less? II an uncertain world We can be sure
OF this-that would be a sure road to trouble.
Before We decide. We should stop TO figure
out lust what We want a navy for.
Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond OF England
recently wrote a book called Sea Power IN
the Modern World" n it he pointed out the
reasons for the existence OF navies. and II this
crisis MS remarks are worth listening 10.
A nation builds a navy. he SAYS. 10 protect
It's shores from invasion. 10 keep itself from
being starved by interruption Of its sea-borne
commerce. 10 protect its merchant ships and
colonies. or 10 implement some overseas policy.
A navy capable Of dong these things IS an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS
EFFORTS ARE DEFENDED

BY B. b. B.
am a daily reader of the Indi-
annapolis Times and especially the
Message Center. I have enjoyed
the many views and debates on diff
ferent subjects.
However, 1 did not expect to an
swer any of these articles until I
read the article of J. RS on our
Indianapolis traffic system.
j. R. you sound like one of those
people who waits for some one to
start things and then looks around
for fault. To begin with the traffic
department does not have its full
quota of men, thanks to the tax
payers who always want tax re-
auctions. Now about the friend from
California who wanted to turn left
at Meridian and Washington streets.
In the first place there are signs
designation no left turn at this
corner. You said, however, he al
tered his course east on Wash
ington street after hearing the Of
f1cer blow his whistle.
That gives me the opinion that
this party either thought he could
get by with left turn or couldn't
read. This language that the officer
used can be heard at nearly all Of
our street corners where men with
your ideas stop to grippe with an
other about taxpayer rights, etc.
You know, J. R., there are a lot of
taxpayers that think they can run
over fire hoses and do anything
their big enough to do And let
me tell you this, they aren't all from
California.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF

THE challenge of young Mrs John D.
l. Rockefeller III to empty society chau-
ties and publicity-seeking givers is in order.
They react against genuine relief.
1t is a fine thing she told delegates to
conference of the Family Welfare Association
Of New York, to be known as a public
spirited citizen and it is pleasant to read of
ones activities IL the paper. 1t is also much
easier for some people to lend their names and
subscribe a few dollars for tickets than TO
have to give time or thought. Social work
can not be done IN that spirit
The sham philanthropy that this young
woman bates is not new. The apostle Paul
warned the people Of Corinth against it:
Charity sufereth long and IS kind; char
ity enveth not: charity vaunteth not itself,
IS not pulled up"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24

adequate navy. regardless Of the strength OF
other nsvies.
Cert in things are Immediately obvious. A
smaller feet than We have now would keep US
safe from invasion. Furthermore, We can not
be starved into defeat. because We are 50
nearly self-suficient
And Admiral Richmond points out that the
greatest feet ever built viii not protect a
nations merchant ships in all parts Of the
globe unless that nation has wealth Of dis
tant naval Dases-which we assuredly have not.
What remains. then? Colonies? Hawaii,
Alaska, the Caribbean islands the Canal Zone;
World war experience indicates that it would
take a feet ever so much stronger than ours
10 Wrest those from US.
one thing is left; overseas policy. We op-
pose Japans course in China and Manchuria.
But if We are preparing to fight to checkmate
that policy, even our present margin Of superb
ority IS not enough.
All naval strategists agree that we could
not fight successfully in japanese waters with
out a much greater margin than We have IN
der the existing treaty.
These are things TO be weighed thought
fully before We decide on our future course
They might. conceivably. convince US that all is
not lost even if Japan does make good her
claim TO equality
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24

condemning melancholy in one poem
and praising it, by implication, in
another.
What matters is: What has the
poet tried to say. and how well has
he said it? Literary criticism be-
longs to the expression, and it is
only society or TIE philosophy Of
the poet that we can judge in his
theme.
True, most of us think too much
of ourselves, cling to a romantic
dream that brings but Illustration in
the machine age, weep-like Minever
Cheevy-for what is not We need
to think Of our institutions, Of our
common purposes. But poetry can
not be made to blame for our fail
ures. What Mr.. Dupre meant, and
did not say, is that some poets are
good romantics and some are poor
ones. I should like to see some OF
the poets in question asnwer that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT

CIR JOHN SIMONS reversal OF position on
- British munitions inquiry is encourag ing.
First because it promises to contribute ma
teriaIly 10 the world effort to curb the arms
traffic. and second. because 1t demonstrates
that world opinion can sway quickly even
government as mighty as great Britains.
ONLY two weeks ago Sir John spoke con-
temptuously Of the United States senate's
rowing inquiry" into the munitions business.
describing some of the ~hearSay evidence" &C
ceptcd at Washington as too "grotesque" for
consideration.
But Sir John arose IN parliament Thursday
and said he did not mean 10 say what he was
understood to have said; and he promised
British arms investigation along the lines Of
the senate inquiry. Sir John also said his
MIND was not. as had been supposed closed to
consideration OF a government arms monopoly.
The British press ana public opinion helped
the foreign secretary change his mind. The
senate committees proof that munitions ped
dlcrs encouraged armament races. made for
tunes out Of wars and war scarcS. and wrote
their own foreign policies. proved as revolving
TO Britons as 10 other peoples They insisted
that their government accept its responsibilities
II the family OF nations.
Sir John was right when he said in his first
speech that the arms traffic can be regulated
only by international compact. But an inter-
national agreement would be futile unless
signed by governments prepared TO enforce 1t
with firm national control Of arms factories
within their own borders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24

WHILE President Roosevelt is trying 70
w enjoy a Thanksgiving holiday al Warm
Springs. TWO Of his New Dealers in Washing
ton are doing an expert JOB Of befuddling the
public about the administrations housing
program.
Were % not so serious. the debate between
between James Il Mofett federal housing ad-
ministrator and Secretary Harold Ickes. IN
charge OF public works administration, might
be passed of as an interesting conflict Of
opinions ana personalities. But a successful
national housing program is so vital 70 recov-
cry that either the President or his co-ordina-
tor. Donald Richberg. should step in and settle
the controversy. Until it is settled. the people
viii not know in which direction they are
going. and may suspect, rightly that they are
travelling in circles.
one day Mr.. Ickes declares private initia-
tive VIII not 90 the Job. and says the govern
ment must get ready TO spend few more bill
lions on public works and low-cost housing.
He says private money rates are too high. and
asserts the government can finance mortgages
al 3 per cent. He says building labor rates
and building material prices are too high.
and indicates agreements viii be sought 70
bring about a reduction. The next day Mr..
Ickes saws he had not intended to discourage
private capital and urges it to expand to the
limit Of ITS ability"
Mr. Modett counters. saving that private
enterprise already has started TO do the hous-
ing Job on a grand scale. The only trouble.
saws Nj MofIett is that the FHA needs time
to coax timid capital back into the building
and mortgage field. That can not be done
he saws. so long as Mr.. Ickes holds over private
capital the threat of government competition
in Iow-cost housing construction. Private
money rates under the FILA plan Of a per
cent basic maximum. are not too high, says
Mr.. NIofIett Neither are building prices too
high. he says. nor wage rates. Then, in the
same press conference. he gives an illustration
to show how it is impossible for a low-income
family to build a house and pay the existing
hourly wage scale
TWO iddlers play different tunes while ten
million iobless await administration teamwork
Unless Mr. Ickes and Mr.. Mofett are har-
messed to a co-ordinated program, the task Of
providing for the unemployed may have to be
abandoned 10 Harry Hopkins relief admins
traitor He is demonstrating how houses can
be built cheaply but his is a plan of relief
wages for relief workers. And it leads to
rising relief burden. and lowering of wage
and living standards.
Neither Mr. Ickes. nor Mr.. Moffett, nor Mr.
Hopkins. nor any one else. wants that alterna-
tive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
"ISMS" MAY BE
NATIONS SALVATION
By w. VI. Knox

By W. VI. Knox.
MAY I discuss Comrade Belgrano,
the national commander Of the
American Legion, who is quoted in
the press today? He says that as a
business man, he is concerned about
the apathetic attitude of citizens
toward alien "isms" by which he
means Socialism and Communism.
He says that they are un-Amercan
and that in the legion, there IS
only one ism" That is American
ism.
The humble writer Of these few
lines was born and has always lived
in America, as also is true Of his
parents and ancestors as far back
as they can be traced. am vet
eran and legionnaire. To me,
Americanism very well can mean
Socialism. if it will make our great
country happier Communism is
harmonious with Americanism If it
can overthrow imperialism and re-
store America to Americans. In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
Utilities and the Depression

compared with $1,000 IVA rates,
or a saving Of $4825.
The average family could cook,
heat and light their homes on
this, and all this at the turn Of
a switch. No gas company can
be compared with this OF pri-
vateIy owned electric company.
For example, a small town with
low rates was making too much
money, so they Cancelled all No
Vember bills (this month"; for gas
and electric power. Ever see a
privately owned corporation do
that?
indianapolis should take a tip
from Memphis, Tenn The peO-
pie voted S9,OOO,OOO bond issue by
the biggest majority ever known
to install their own electric sys-
tenn, buying power from the IVA.
The power company in Memphis
is of the same type we have here.
They would sell, but for price
about four or five times what the
plant was worth. Somehow or
other, the politicians there may
be of a higher type than we are
able to get in Office here
Our newspapers should inves-
tigate this before it is too late
and not let the gas works be
dumped on the taxpayers. In
stead, let's all get together and
have our own iva, and s9,O0O,0OO
Will do the trick 1t might be
that White river could be used.
1t may take four or five dams.
The federal government sooner or
later will dam the Ohio and
Wabash rivers. Then we VIII have
more power than we can use, and
at the right price. Cheap power
will help to break the depression
quicker than anything else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24
SEEKS INCREASE IN
OLD AGE PENSIONS

By william Rupert.
We, as a people, believe in equal
ity and square deal, but the old
age pension law is not comparing
it to kindred laws. The soldier
pension. teachers pension, preach
er's pension, disability pensions are
statewide and amount uniform, but
the old age pension Jaw is only
countrywide ana the amount Of pen
sion not uniform.
The state law says an entirely
helpless, needy one more than 70
may be granted SIS month, but
in some counties only about 81 a
month, or sl4 family Now, no
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-24

family can live comfortably or de-
Gently on $14 a month and pay rent,
buy food, fuel, etc. Better raise the
maximum to $40 a month and the
minimum to $40 a month and make
it statewide, so the aged poor all
over the state will get rights.
Won't you who are getting state
pensions help us to get state rights
also, for we are weak and poor and
have no money to hire lobbyists?
Let's do our part on an equality
basis.