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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
WHERE ROYALTY REMAINS

HUMAN habits are hard to change, espe-
l. cially the little, unimportant ones. This
fact occasionally causes difficulties for ar
dent reVolutionaries who hope to reform the
race.
Consider, for instance, the efforts of the
Russian Communists to abolish royalty from
the decks of playing cards. Some time ago
the party leaders reflected that such anti
proletarian figures as kings and queens should
have no place on cards used by members of
a proletarian state
So they designed new decks, using priests.
rabbis and nuns in place of the familiar
king queen and jack-the idea, of course. be-
ing to cast further ridcule on religious in
stitutions.
But a current dispatch from Moscow re-
ports that this noble effort is falling. The
Russians are used to the old king of playing
card and they will have no other.
Communism ended real-life royalty. but if
seems unable to do much with the kind that
exists on pasteboard
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
NEED STERILIZING

pROBABLY it was only natural that the
sterilization of mental detectives should
De forced on public attention these davs nv
Germany, nation which has turned its hack
formally on democracy.
Ihat is tofsay that there is more or less
OF a parallel between the theory that the or
binary man has not the intelligence tn oov-
ern himself properly and the theory that So
ciety must in Self-protection, deny to those at
the very bottom of the heap the right to re-
produce their kind
Both rest on basic distrust of the mass
OF mankind, in that both assume that society
as a whole will be much better off if it puts
all its affairs uncomplainingly into the hands
of chosen few at the top.
An intelligent comment on this attitude
was made not long ago by DR.. w. D. TAFT, pro-
lessor of psychology at McGil university.
Montreal DR.. TAFT remarked that society's
worst ills come from the things that are done
mot by the mental detectives. but by those
who are smarter than their fellows
And he slyly suggests that, if we are to
sterilize any one, it we'll might be the smart
boys rather than the congenital dumbbels.
Child labor, sweatShops, religious proliti-
cal and racial persecution, stock manipua-
ton, bank delinquencies graft at the expense
Of the country, intrigues of high grade MUIR
der, war and its horrors, are not caused by the
morons, but by the intelligent" he asserts.
In my opinion, the greatest menace to civ
ilization really is the man who is just a little
bit smarter than the rest"
Now here is a thought worth bordering
Whatever one may say about the weaknesses
which democracy has displayed in these
troublous postwar years. the outstanding fact
is simply that it is leadership itself which has
failed.
The ills from which the world suffers today
didn't arise because the great mass of people
had been blind and stupid They grew be-
cause the leaders muffed their opportunities.
failed in vision. and listened too attentively
to the claims of Self-intereSt
Protecting ourselves against the mentally
subnormal is relatively simple proposition.
The big job is to find some way of keeping tab
on what the smart boys are doing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
That's why they made US eat
soldiers.
cninaCh

spinach
In fact. something has TO be done about
our sartorial appearance as soldiers. For what
employer who had a secret, almost-expressed,
yearning for his curly-headed secretary is
going to get romantic about her when he sees
her in dim tan khaki? No if women are going
TO fight they should look to their uniforms.
ANY woman knows that she can do better
Job of Staying her enemies when she looks
attractive.
Women fought shoulder to shoulder =. or
an inch or two lower, for we still average
shorter statures with men in Vienna. They
shoudered arms and learned what war is all
about.
Those who profess to know are taking this
step as indicative of the fate that awaits the
women Of the rest of the world the next time
that somebody steals seventeen miles of some
body elses land or kills a nice grand duke.
We are being told that we asked for equal
ity and if we expect to share the plums we can
sit at the table on prune days too. Well
maybe!
If a woman wants to put on a uniform, and
get all cross and worn out aiming at people
whom she hasn't much chance of hitting,
that's all right. More bullets to her gun! But
if woman doesn't, try to make her
But in case chivalry and high heels pass
out together. and equality and the military
gesture join hands, let's do it attractively.
Let's insist on powder puffs and lipStick for
our kit bags There are all sort of cleansing
creams and softening lotions that we must
take along, too. Trenches are vile places. A
woman must look to the surface view Oh,
yes, don't forget a hair brush! The one hun
dred strokes a night are most important in
preserving that freight luster that men
dreamed about when only men fought bat
ties. The eyebrow tweezer is important If
you nave favorite soap by all means take it
with you.
AS for the bearing of arms . don't let
that worry you There will be some tall,
strong man who will just love to carry two
guns and show you how many of the enemy
he can shoot if you just tell him how strong
he is. He'll double, nay triple, the number of
scalps that dangle at his f1gurative belt. In
fact, on second thought it might be a good
thing for women TO go to war if they would
go as women They could be an inspiration.
Still, some arrangement would have to be
made for the children and food supplies, and
hearth fires. 1t would be difficult to teach
Johnny and Mary their ABCs while the guns
were booming. Considering everything, maybe
it would be better just to not have any more
wars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
WEDNESDAY FEB. q 1884
FAIR ENOUGH. GENERAL!

= ENERAL JOHNSON invites the country
~ to the first roundup in Washington next
week for hard riding of the NRA and all its
work. He wants criticism. He will get it.
And on that basis ne promises to make any
reasonable revisions in the codes covering 500
industries at the technical hearings which are
to follow the public free-for-all.
It is a novel idea No other governmental
agency has ever quite equaled this gesture.
Audit strikes us as very effective lust because
it is more than gesture It is sincere. No
man would be fool enough TO invite such criti-
ciSm IN such forum if he were Insincerely
trying to trick the public. For obviously an
official open forum of this kind can not be
kept in a straitjacket.
We are among those who have been critical
at times of the general and the NRA, But we
have not been disturbed deeply largely because
the NRA was operating frankly as an expert
ment in which the general and others openly
admitted their mistakes and tried to learn
by experience. That is the only method by
which NRA or any other form of national
planning possibly can succeed.
So the general says again: There are
things in some codes that ought not to be
there and things are out of some codes that
ought to be there Some of the codes co not
gee with other codes and there are maTy dis
crepancies, mistakes and outright plumbers to
be corrected"
He wants now, with the advice of the pub
lie to correct those plumbers. with this as the
NRA goal:
1T is to see that industry does not horn
swaggle labor; that labor does not bullyrag
industry; that neither, separately nor both in
concert, shall exploit the consuming public"
As long as that is the goal. and as long as
the administration moves toward the goal
by the intelligent trial-and-error method. the
NRA will hold the overwhelming public sup
port which it has earned to date.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

Of a mate and the distractions We
set up against getting rid Of one
You can marry anybody you
please Not the slightest effort or
thought or intelligent foresight is
insisted upon by the state for get
ting into matrimony, but getting
out again is another thing. It
forces you to all sorts Of undig-
nif1ed stratagems, into every kind
Of questionable deception.
Lying and perjury. which are so
frowned upon by courts in other
cases, are actually encouraged,
even enforced in some states, when
one seeks a divorce. Ones reasons
for getting married are taken for
granted. One is in love. Why,
then, when one is out of love,
finally and definitely, must the
public be expected TO take a hand
in the business?
We often make the reasons for
legal separation the subject Of
newspaper headlines and in so do
ing exceed the limits Of good
breeding and good sense. The
state could do far more effective
work if it took more of an inter-
est in why We get married and
less in why We get divorced. And
this would not deprive the movie
stars of any Of their publicity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
THE ANTI-LYNCHING BILL

I Ell the states do it. is the cry of opponents
IL of the anti-lynching bill now under con-
gressional hearings. The answer is that the
states either can not or will not protect citi-
zens from lynch mobs This is not a matter
OF argument or opinion. 1t is fact-a brutal
fact established by unhindered lynchings in
every year of our national history.
The fundamental reason for the existence
of an American government and Constitution
Is the protection of the rights of citizens The
right to life is basic. Any government which
deliberately fails to protect that right has sac
rihced its excuse for being.
This issue is neither sectional nor racial
In one of the worst recent cases the state was
California and the victims were white OF the
5O53 known lynchings since 1882, whites have
been the victims 1850 times. Ninety-four
women have been Iynched.
Rape is not the customary cause of lynch
ing. The record shows that only II per cent
of the victims were accused of that crime by
the lynchers themSelves-and many of that II
per cent we're innocent
Regarding the recent Tuscaloosa case. the
investigator of the Southern Commission for
the Study of Lynching reported: "One of the
four mob victims undoubtedly was innocent,
two others probably so, and the fourth pos
Sibly So"
In that case, as so often happens. local
officials did not try to protect the victims and
did not try to punish the culprits. OF course,
in the San Jose case. Governor Rolph publicly
encouraged lynching. on the other hand,
when Governor Richie sent Maryland state
troops to arrest alleged lynchers the mob drove
out the troops.
These are the type Of hard facts behind
the statement of President Roosevelt that
lynching is one of the crimes which have
threatened our security" And the President
added:
These violations Of ethics and these viola
tons of law call on the strong arm of govern
ment for their immediate suppression: they
also call on the country for an aroused public
opinion"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
By an Ex-service Man.

BY an Ex-service Man.
It is a pleasure to answer a few
misguided individuals who, from
time to time, use this medium for
taking a healthy swing at vet
Grams and their (veteran de-
tenders.
w. E. Lemon, in a recent issue
of The Times, should thank his
God that he is not disabled be-
cause Of his service for his cOun-
try.
Senator Robinson is perhaps
looking for eX-service mems votes,
but what politician isn't? He is
at least consistent in his stand,
and when it was not popular to
talk against Hoover, he was doing
his bit to oppose what was the
then popular stand against de-
tenders Of our country.
I do not agree with Senator
Robinson on his liquor views, but,
again, in them he is consistent,
and, at least, we can fOretell his
actions COR votes) because he
takes the same attitude he took
during his campaign.
This w. E. Lemon is not dis
abled, and no one is asking a
compensation or pension for him,
and he pays no income tax Of any
kind, nor does he in any manner
known to the writer contribute
to the upkeep of veterans or any
other legitimate expense of our
country. Therefore. his wailing
is out of order.
Since the men who were dis
abled in service are entitled to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
sLUM FIRES

TN the heart of New Yorks slums on Satur-
day night five children and three adults
were trapped in q tenement fire and burned
to death.
Here was quick and terrifying tragedy such
as strikes down so many victims each year
in Americas slum fires. The slow deaths from
disease that take tens of thousands each year
in the wretched warrens to which we con-
denim the poor is another story.
Prevention is possible. According to New
York tenement house commissioner, Lang
don Post there has not been a fatal fire in
any of Manhattans new-law tenements
What is needed to bring home to American
cities their failure in meeting the housing
needs of working mems families? Cities and
states alone can undertake the task of .razing
slunls and rehousing the 100000 or more
families in need of decent homes. But the
federal government stands ready to help with
loans and grants.
So far only five states have passed proper
laws authorizing cooperation in housing prof.
ects with the public works administration
at Washington. Only Milwaukee and Los
Angeles among the large cities have charters
permitting them to go ahead without special
state legislation. The states are holding up
the governments rehousing program.
Since the war England has rehoused one
eighth of her population in 100000 houses,
many of the cottage type with garden space
Germany, France and Belgium have rehoused
one-sixth Of their people.
The United States, richest nation in the
world and most in need of a great rehousing
movement, has hardly begun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
ANSWERS the MiSguided'

some defense, is it so terribly
wrong for a man like Senator
Robinson to defend them? Re
member every single statesman 90
in congress uses some similar
method to obtain votes for re-elec-
ton.
Now, about the editor, Mr.
Howell 1t is the belief of most
people that the series you wrote
in support of the economy league
stano against the expenditures for
veteran relief gained you your
present position Granted it was
perhaps an unjust assignment for
you, and did not indicate your per-
sonai feelings, it was the means
principally of getting the N. E. L.
program adopted. If the Scripps-
Howard papers we're sincerely
written when they stated they did
not favor a reduction in pensions
for service connection and battle
casualties, they would, after in
veStigation, cite specific cases
where the economy bill caused not
only severe suffering but left a
dark brown taste in the public
mouth.
True you published the legion
program, but, if you we're to pub
fish a new series of articles as
strongly written and as well sup
pied with facts as the one that
climaXed the passage Of the
abominable and unfair economy
bill, it might correct some Of the
wrong perpetrated in the name Of
economy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
l 20ho71y di8approve of qOhat yo~ sag and 1oiH
defend to the death yo1w right to sag it-Voitaire.

I department. that ratiOns will cost
from % to Is per cent more in the
coming fiscal year seginning July
l. He cited increases Of 9 per cent
in dairy products during the last
four months. Other increases were
30 per cent in grains, Is per cent
in fruit and vegetables, 30 per cent
in clothing, 81 per cent in cotton
goods, IS per cent in knit goods, so
per cent in WOolens and WOrsteds,
So per cent in sugar. Lard, cheese,
condensed milk. coffee and numer-
Gus other articles were said to have
advanced considerably
Recently, Brigadier General
Hines, testifying for the veterans
administration cited advances Of 90
per cent in flour and $50 per cent in
coal and fuel oil as indicating in
crease in cost to government pur-
chasing agencies of at least Is per
cent during the coming fiscal year,
This is in direct conflict with the
findings Of the bureau Of labor sta
tistics-which failed to discover any
increase in prices in a survey cob
Quoted for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the cost Of living for gov
eminent employees. It was this re-
port which prevented the President,
under the mandatory features of the
economy act from restoring any
part Of the IS per cent wage reduc-
ton now being suffered by govern
ment employees and returnable only
upon increases in living costs
The report Of the bureau Of labor
statistics, as contraSted with that Of
the two establishments mentioned,
places the government in the un-
comfortable position Of demanding
more money when it has to buy
supplies while denying a return Of
normal wages to its own employees
who must purchase the same ar
ticleS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
ELIMINATE FRICTION BETWEEN
VETERANS GROUPS, Is PLEA

BY Legionnaire.
I wish to deliver little mes
sage to H E Thixton and others
who may have the same ideas about
the American Legion.
I believe it is up to me to an
swer Mr.. Thixton, since only
short time ago was guilty of pull
ing the wool over the eyes of a
Times employee and getting him to
join the legion and take the risk
Of being contaminated by it. I
suppose that Mr.. ThiXton is a men,
Der Of the Y. F. w He has the
advantage Of me because I abso-
lutely have nothing "on" the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars, even though
I have been a member and attended
their meetings, as I probably will
again some day when prosperity
gets back to the south side.
There is a lot Of unnecessary fric-
ton between the ones who vent
across and the so-called home
guards, and it is not doing either
organization any good. Some Of
the -at-homes are envious and
again there are thousands of them
in the legion who are doing every
thing in reason to help the unfor-
tunates crippled in the war On
the other hand, I have seen some of
the fre-eating foreign service men
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
PRESIDENT AND NEWSPAPERS

IT is the custom of newspapers to be criti-
cal of Presidents.
Now, in transmitting the newspaper code,
a President becomes critical of newspapers.
Whereupon certain newspapers grow highly
insulted." The New York Herald Tribune, for
example calls for apologies from the Presi-
dent
To lis the affair seems to classify as one
of those rare news events, mmortaIized by
Dana in which the man bites the dog.
The Constitution guarantees freedom of
both speech and the press.
The newspapers snjoy free press
The President enjoys free speech
So, as the saying goes-that is that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
FIGHTING WOMEN

A ND always We said that We didn't like
n military heels We thought that We could
cover more ground not travel faster, you
understand . d. if We had slim stills We ar
gued against khaki. too. We've said that it
was nondescript color for women that made
them look as much alike as string of dolls
cut from dark brown wrapping paper.
Now man. We have agreed. can put on a
khaki suit and become magnificent. handsome,
heartbreaking
Yet We are headed straight for the front
, line trenches. Our mothers reared US to b
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
DEMANDS DILLNGER CASE
REWARDS BE PAID

By Z. A. c.
With reference to the Dillinger
gang which was captured by Tue
son CAriz) police officers, I respect
fully suggest that you follow through
to see that the rewards are paid. If
they are not paid the people Of In
diana would like TO know the names
Of those who failed to live up to
their promises.
I believe the people Of Indiana
are appreciative enough of these
Tucson heroes to make up a collec-
ton for them if the rewards offered
are not paid
incidentally, the government
should prohibit the neWspaper
from clarifying crime. Neither
should any theatrical, producers be
permitted to exhibit notorious char
acters.
The newspapers often speak Of
how clever or how attractive the
convict is and how enjoyable the
conversation. If We are to cope at
all with the crime situation, the pa
pers viii have to help by painting
only the black side Of the criminals
characters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
A Woman'S Viewpoint
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

OF all the fool reasons for
" getting divorce. that of
Kay Francis takes the prize. In
spite of the fact that she has
been acclaimed one Of the ten
best dressed women in the United
States, she can't please the
grouchy Mr.. Kenna, she explains
He goes right on assuming a nasty
air Of superiority towards her.
Sufficient grounds for divorce,
Miss Francis considers that. And
perhaps it is for Miss Francis.
She might take it for granted,
however, that no one minds her
having her divorce. The only in
terested party besides herself and
Mrs. Kenna is the judge who Will
give the decree. and it may be
assumed he will not place too
much Importance upon hus-
bands trivial eccentricities.
It's nobody's business why Miss
Francis wants divorce, if she
does, and certainly these small
matrimonial differences do not
constitute questions about which
the general public should be agi-
tated.
DUT quite the silliest aspect of
ID our entire social system is the
freedom We permit ~ the choice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

in hospitals in France doing all
kinds of mental tasks to keep from
going back to their outfits where
they might have to return to the
front.
Please note that I am not hold
ing these few isolated cases against
the men who went across, and I
do not want you to blame the le-
gion for what some Of the mem
hers might do. Both organiza-
tons fall short Of perfection, but
both are doing lot Of good and
they should pull together
Now you want to know why the
Governor and his secretary attend
the conventions and the meetings
Of the American Legion. I suppose
it is because they are both mem
bers in good standing and as such
it is their privilege, and if it does
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOME MIXUP HERE

BY Reuben Barnes.
A second government establish
ment has taken direct issues with
the bureau of labor statistics with
respect to increases in the cost Of
living.
Testifying before the house ap-
preparations committee, Admiral
Peoples stated, in behalf of the navy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
DiSilluSiOned
BY CHRISTIE RUDOLPH

BY CHRISTIE RUDOLPH
At some moments brief intrigue
Throbbing as the dripping rain,
OF arguished flowers crushed with
IN Il,
Weeps within my soul again.
Stars are sorrows jetted sapphlres
NIccking at the change Of time,
Beauty's blest by thrilling Tyres
Knows no music. neither rhyme,
But an interlude Of chaotic measure
Seeps from out the stricken sky.
Beauty is transient. lovers
pleasure,
So madden romance, and shrek
to die.
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not interfere with their more i'm
portant functions, it is also their
duty
In closing, Mr. ThiXton, allow me
to say that I admire your courage
in attacking an organization Of
about a million men, but I be-
Leve that your Judgment is at fault.