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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
CAPITALS CHANCE

THIS week, under leadership Of It's new
l. housing administrator, James A. Moffett,
the government will launch its newest often
sive against the depression.
This attack differs from the great emer-
gency spending projects Of the New Deal 1t
calls for action less from Washington than
from every hamlet, town and city Of the ma
ton. The ammunition for this drive is not a
rain Of public money, but of private money.
The combatants are not government employees,
but home-owners, contractors, bankers. build
ing and loan companies, material men.
The objective is to take the sector still in
the enemy's hands, the heavy industries. The
method is to loose the billions of private credit
now frozen and put it to work renovating and
rebuilding homes, making present homes more
comfortable decently rehousing our families.
Normally We spend sl1 900 O0O0 900 year in
construction Now we're spending only s3000,-
100000, and we're five years behind in normal
building.
The governments role under the new nous
ing act is that Of big insurance firm. Rena-
vstion loans Of $4,000 or less are to be govern
ment-g guaranteed up to 20 per cent, and new
home mortgages are to be government-insured
up to 30 per cent of the oroperty's appraised
value. In insuring mortgages and making the
mortgage market once more attractive to CAPT.
tai the government is doing another great
service-standardizng mortgages with low in
terest rates and amortization features. This is
reform that has been needed Tor years.
The big task, however, is private capitals.
If this new movement is to succeed private
initiative and confidence must be shown. Banks
and other loaning services must accept on
wholesale scale these insured and standardized
mortgage investments.
Material men must follow the lead of the
lumber dealers, reduce the prices of cement,
steel and other building materials and seek to
make up their profits from increased volume.
Railroads must reduce their rates. Wage dis
putes must be minimzed step made much
easier by recent action of the union carpenters,
brcklayers and electricians in making peace
with sixteen other building trade crafts
And all the benehciaries must join in sell
ing" the rehousing adventure to the public.
Incidentally we are glad to learn that Mr..
MofTett plans an educational campaign rather
than a transforming ballyhoo.
Partisan critics have been charging the
government with unduly invading private CAPT.
tails bailwicks. Here is private capitals
chance to do its bit for its own recovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
WITHOUT CHANGING CLOTHES

TURNING from the honest doubts and fears
of Senator Borah, Americans may find
inspiration to renewed faith in their govern
ment from speech by Donald R. Richberg,
delivered in Fl. Worth.
Let all our faults and follies be admitted"
said this able exponent of the New Deal
Let all the weaknesses of democratic theory
and practice be conceded or even exaggerated
one hundred fold. Let the logic and wisdom
of more closely knit and vigorously inforced
schemes of government be generously praised.
Let the regimented ranks of black shirts,
brown shirts and red shirts march and coun-
termarch up and down the highways of the
ancient woodland let us wish them we'll in
their search for the goal they left behind
them.
But let us at the same time thank God
that when the hour struck and the leader
came, the American people could be modified
for public service, without any restraint upon
freedom of speech or freedom of the press
and without being forced to change their
clothes or their ambitions or to swallow new
ideas emulsi1ed in castor oil. Nor was it
necessary to seize or to maintain political
control by the wholesale murder of political
opponents.
Perhaps the democratic masses that fol-
low their President along the new highways
OF the new world lack the apparent unity and
power of the regimented ranks that march
and countermarch in European capitals.
But We know they are marching forward
in the good old American way. with their
hearts in tune though their feet may be some
times out of step, and that they have not given
up the age old fight for liberty; but that they
are still seeking. and that some day they will
achieve. for themselves and by themselves,
greater security and freedom than men have
ever known before to realize the dreams and
ambitions of their individual lives"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
SAVINGS GO UP

ONE of the most encouraging bits of news
~ of the summer is the report by federal
banking authorities of an almost unprec-
edented increase in the pubhc's bank de-
posts since the end of last February.
According to these figures, the public now
has fully billion dollars more in bank ac-
counts than it had four months ago. Further
more, it is stated that this represents a
genuine gain in individual savings, since gov
eminent deposits and deposits of banks in
other banks are not counted in the total
At the close of 1929, bank deposits in the
United States reached an all-time high of
more than s55.OOO 10000. Through the de-
preston they shrank steadily, falling as low
as $4,000, 100000 at the time of the 1888 bank
holiday.
Now they have risen to $4O,OOO 100000; and
While that figure is still far below the 1929
level, it is at least evidence of change for
the better in the general trend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
MONDAY. JULY 3. 1894.
list SUPPOSE

TO get real idea Of what life under Ger
Il man Fascism is like. use your magma
ton and transplant the whole business to
American soil.
Pretend that is that We are laboring IN
der Nazism and that the things that have
happened in Germany Of late have really
happened over here. It may put a strain on
your imagination. Of course-but try it, and
see what you get.
You start by imagining that all political
parties but the Democratic party have been
forctbIy suppressed Herbert Hoover has
been driven into exile: Henry Fletcher runs
what is left Of the Republican party from a
safe haven in Mexico City ogden Mills is
languishing in Leavenworth; Senator Borah
has been shot.
Congress is composed solely OF party hench-
men picked by Jim Farley; but that makes
little difference, for it meets only when Mr.
Roosevelt says it may. and it does exactly
what he tells it to do
There won't be any fall elections: if there
were. all the voter could do would be to make
a blanket Endorsement Of all Democratic can
didates with a flock Of Tammsny thugs
around to beat him up if ne refused.
The editor Of your favorite newspaper
prints an editorial suggesting that the NRA
is somewhat less than perfect, and is imme-
diately thrown in Jail. You happen to remark
that YOU think General johnson is fiat tire,
and the department Of justice Tugs you of to
concentration camp in Georgia.
No public speaker. no editor. no magazine
writer dares to suggest that Mr.. Roosevelt is
anything but the wisest President We ever
have had
Then, to cap things properly, imagine that
the Democrats have had an internal row,
and that the President settles it by having
Carter Glass Huey Long, Bernard NJ. Baruch
and AL Smith executed with only a semblance
Of a trial.
All this makes dizzy. nightmarish pic
ture. Yet il is only pale approximation of
the reality in Germany today.
Looking at it like that is a good mental
exercise, for two reasons
First, 1t demonstrates how far We are
despite the walls of calamity howers-from
anything resembling a Fascist dictatorship
Second, it shows how unutterably precious
The liberties Of democracy really are. With
out them. life becomes grotesque and horrible
Their preservation is the greatest responsible
ity we can possibly have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09

Two weeks ago, The Times asked the board
OF park commissioners to lay plans for a
playground for the north side so that BY
NEXT YEAR those children who live between
Thirty-eighth street and the canal may have
some place to play besides the streets.
Jacket Joseph president of the board, mis-
interpreted The Times request. He said the
board had no more money for new Fairgrounds
and that, besides. north side children have big
yards in which TO play.
Perhaps Mr.. Joseph was taking his own
case as an example. For his information
there are persons residing on the north side
who are in moderate circumstances. who have
no big yards. and who do not send their
children 10 summer camps
How about playground for the north side
by 1855. Mr. Joseph?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
DESCRIBES CONDITIONS
AT FILLING STATIONS
Bv A Union Attendant.

By Union Attendant.
Employers who deplore the organ
izing of labor unions, in most in
stances have no one to blame but
themselves.
Shortly after the adoption Of the
NRA, service station attendants
formed an organization and became
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor. Immediately, the
major oil companies began forming
company unions to combat the ef-
forts of our organization. However,
our organization has grown by leaps
and bounds and is today recognized
as one Of the strongest and most in
telligent labor unions in the city.
Why did we organize? Because 1t
became increasingly apparent that
we never would obtain square deal
unless we banded together in a
close knit organization.
Here are some OF the conditions
we have to contend with. We are
forced to work seven days week.
year after year with nc vacation, no
Saturday or Sunday of, no sick
leave, no leisure time whatever.
We are forced to pay out of our
own pockets for the shrinkage Of
gasoline which at almost any sta
ton in the city will run SO to $50
month.
Hot gasoline poured into under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
QUESTIONS ABOUT
RELIEF WORKERS

BY E. F. Maddox.
I ask the Governor of Indiana
whether he has given investigators
from the trustees Office the au-
thority to deny relief work to
citizens and to remove workers from
government jobs for such small
grievances as not keeping a budget
of how they spend the money re-
ceived for their labor on govern
ment projects?
I know of one man who has been
rejected and removed from his job
for no other reason than failing to
keep budget when ordered to dc
so by one of the Investigators.
After being told to keep budget
or be put back on the basket sys-
tenn, this worker made a special
investigation among his fellow
workers on the same kind of gov
eminent relief work, and found that
none was keeping budget.
Now, Governor, you should see
that all workers are treated alike.
If one worker is forced to obey
a rule, while others are not, it looks
like there is discrimination and I'M
fairness somewhere.
Does the Governor approve and
support such RECOMMENDATION of relief
workers? Does he intend to let the
investigators threaten and remove
workers from government work at
their own discretion?
I hope the Governor will remem-
Der that workers still can vote.
The Times has the reputation of
being a friend of the workers. Here
are some questions which would
like to see answered.
Is there a government rule that
all relief workers are required to
keep a budget of how they spend
their government checks?
Is failure to keep a budget suf-
ficient grounds for removal from
government work?
Are investigators given power to
remove workers at their own dis
cretlon?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09

ground tanks shrinks tremendously
We have to scrub floors and drive
ways, paint pumps, barrels anc
curbings, cut grass and do all the
things necessary to make our sta
tons immaculate.
Then we must be super statesmen
to sell tires, gasoline, oil, grease,
polish, sparks plugs and lamb bulbs,
a quota of which is assigned us each
month.
We must be tactful, polite-yet ag-
greSsive; we must be good mixers
and not offend any one. We must be
good accountants, for we have a
veritable host of reports and in
ventories to be maintained.
For all this, we receive the
munifcent sum of from $66.50 to
S125 a month. While most workers
are enjoying themselves on week
ends or holidays or on vacations, we
are busy as usual at the pumps.
If the general public would only
stop to consider the plight Of service
station men, I am sure they all
would be sympathetic with our aims
and ideals.
Thank you for allowing US the
space for this message. Our or
ganization is backing The Times cx-
clusively.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABELL

T lily PONS, the opera singer, has received sly
IL pairs of shoes through the courtesy of the
dashng Argentine diplomat, Don Eduardo
(Rubio) Vivot.
The beauteous Lily was recently in Buenof
Aires and visited the bootmaker Of Don Eduardo
who prides himself on being the best-shod envoy
in Washington. He has, in fact, more thar
twenty pairs and is expecting new consign-
ment of footwear this week.
When the shoemaker learned that the beau
tifu lady who had visited his shop wanted six
pairs of shoes sent to the United States, he re-
marked:
Il have a good friend in Washington and ]
can send the shoes to you, via diplomatic chan
nels"
So Rubo has received the shoes and for
warded them to Mile. Pons in New York.
Note: Rubio, whose collection of shoes is
really noteworthy, is the author Of the remark:
IF the shoe pinches-dont wear it."
TALL, black mustached Prince Funimaro
Il Konoye, president of the house of peers of
Japan, who recently was feted in Washington,
has hastily curtailed his goodwill tour of the
United States and reports are current he may
become premier.
The prince attracted much attention in the
capital-for three reasons In the first place,
he holds one of the influential positions in
Japan. Secondly, he is well over feet-a most
unusual height of a japanese. Thirdly, he
speaks perfect English and made a point Of
learning every ones viewpoint from President
Roosevelt to minor American officials
1t was whispered While his highness was IN
town that he might be made premier. YeSter-
day this step appeared more than possible No
comment was forthcoming from the japanese
embassv-but various persons, including state
department officials and diplomats, are follow
ing the news with interest.
DLAND, good -humored Bill Culbertson, for
D mer ambassador to Chile, was host at
big weekend party at his newly acquired estate
in the vicinity of Chairman, Pa
He gave hot dog picnic on the rim OF MS
swimming pool and served cocktails and beer as
LIQUID refreshment Washington diplomats who
enioved his hospitality are agreed the party was
huge success. A South American envoy re-
ferred to the picnic as 'perro caliente"-Whlch
is literal Spanish for hot dog
Coolest of diplomats who attended the affair
was Mr. Eugene Kelvin Scallan, from the lega-
ton of South Africa.
Secretary Scallan. clad in a fashionably cut
bathing suit. contentedly munched perro CAL
iente" and drank pale Munich
young lady was informed that Eugene
hailed from South Africa She gazed at him
wonderingy.
"Oh. my" she exclaimed. I'll bet that must
be the hottest country in the world"
She was informed that Capetown is less
warm than Washington and that Gene would
like very much to be in cool South Africa right
now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09

DREsIDENT ROOSEVELT. signing the
Frazier-Lemke bill to avert farm fore
closures. said:
I have sufficient faith in the honesty Of
the overwhelming majority of farmers to be-
lieve that they will not evade the payment of
just debts
The Presidents judgment is given substan-
tisl support in a statement just issued by w. T.
Myers. governor of the Farm Credit Admin
istration. Says Mr.. Myers:
More than IS per cent of the instruments
on Land Bank Commissioner loans. which gen.
orally have been made to the most heavily in
debted farmers. which matured prior to June
were paid on or before they we're due. OF
those which are delinquent. two-thirds are for
less than thirty days.
This shows that even the most heavily in
debted farmers are acting in the highest good
faith"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
MR.. DU PONT GOES BOOM!

MIR. IRENEE DU POINT doubtless knows
w whether the Du Pont De Nemours
Company is tied up with the So-called inter-
national ornaments rings. He says it is not.
But Mr.. Du Pont ventures beyond the
realm Of what he knows in offering his opin-
ion as to why people are concerned with the
profits and practices Of munitions makers. or
course. YOU can't object because Mr.. Du Pont
as an American citizen has an inanenable
right to talk through his hat.
The Third Internationsle. SAYS Mr. Du
Pont. has inspired the attack on munitions
manufacturers IN order TO weaken the defenses
Of capualistic countries. Does Mr.. Du Pont
believe the Russian reds Influenced that Ham
iltonian disciple and preparedness advocate.
Senator vandenberg OF Michigan. who was
largely responsible for the senate munitions
inquiry?
Another group contributing 10 the crusade
against munitions makers. SAYS Mr.. Du Pont
are .idealists" who have "a mistaken notion
that preparedness Is the cause Of war" These
"idealists." on the other hand. probably would
not charge Mr.. Du Pont with believing that
armament competition promotes peace.
The third group responsible for the attack.
says Mr.. Du Pont. are newspapers and maya
zines. trying TO sell copies by handing out TO
the public lurid reading"
What an unholy conspiracy is disclosed:
Communist revolutionaries. pacifst idealists
and greedy capitalist publishers-su in league
against the patriotic munitions makers! =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
A CONIMENDABLE MOVE

= OvERNOR MNUTT is proving his sin
- cerity in regards to his prison problems.
No weak-sStered. political commission did he
choose to make a survey OF Indiana's penal
institutions. but group Of men who I'M
doubtedly know more about American penology
than any other experts in America.
Warden Lewis E LaweS and Sanford Bates
are to attend the next meeting of the COM
mission.
This survey is the most forward step taken
for improvement Of Indianas penal institu-
tons in many a decade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09

congress could perpetrate. The
private money trust is America
real dictator.
Chiseling in on the creation Of
money dwarfs any MIRA chiseling
to insignificance. Public credit
belongs to the public. The public
does not need to buy that which
is it's own, or pay tribute to priv
ate setups that may have chiseled
themselves into the people out Of
this sovereign power.
This braZen uSurpation of SOW
ereignty has created milestone
around our necks by loading the
American people with a national
debt Of nearly thirty billions of
dollars and a state and local pub
lie debt almost equal to the ma
tional. Yes, it's orthodox to keep
on digging us through the private
banking system. But some day
that debt will be like the repara =
tions-as dead as a dodo bird. We
are in the mess we are in largely
because Of this hocus pocus of
selling to the government the
currency Of the land. The money
changers have not been driven
from the temple by the New Deal.
We need another Andrew Jackson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
EIGHTEEN
BY NJ. c. W.

BY VI. c. W.
His eyes are so clear and blue,
He stands over six feet two
He is sweet and never bad,
A nischievous, lovable lad.
Surprising the depth Of meaning
In answer to my cleaning;
Some nights he sits beside me
And talks till the hours grow wee.
I treasure those talks of ours
His thoughts and hopes and powers,
1 pray he may find the way
To all his hopes, day by day.
So much expected of him
Even as a baby-my eyes dim
Little body, chubby and sweet
loved TO battle, kiss little fet.
Now he's eighteen, so big and tall
He's goin' away to school this fall;
Proudly points to mustache grow
ing
Oh, my little boy-where are you
goingl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
PREDICTS FASCISM OR
COMMUNISM CHOICE
BY Charles Brown.


While listening to the efforts OF
many Fourth of July celebrants, my
mind naturally reverted to that
historic date of 1776, when our
forefathers decided that taxation
without representation is unjust. 1t
is no hardship to visualize Bunker
Hill, Ticonderoga and Valley Forge.
Every report of cannon crackers re-
calls the order, Don't shoot until
you can see the whites Of their
eyes" thereby being sure that you
get your man.
Now. by the stretch of magma
ton, let us jump to the present.
The NRA, Section IA, says workers
shall have right to collectively
bargain and organize in unions Of
their own choosing: The bosses say
that is all right so long as you
join company union, hence tax
alton without representation.
Many workers have lost lives and
liberty trying to get what our fore
fathers won from King George.
Labor, which composes 80 per cent
of the population of America, does
not have any representatives in the
law making bodies. All represent
capital and all they do is try to
reform it so capital won't be hurt
financially. For instance, your taxes
which are paid direct at the court
house are only drop in the bucket
to what is paid in the purchase Of
meat, tobacco, cigarets. autos, tires,
and parts; again, taxation without
representation.
The bill of rights gives authority
to alter or abolish this set-up. A
historic martyr said that to appeal
to zones patriotism is the last
refuge of a scoundrel"
Karl Marx said, Workers of the
world, unite. You have nothing but
your chains to lose and a world to
gain"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
BY A Times Rea der.
Ga~A~4 -y01 -

BY a Times Reader.
Capone was piker when it
comes to making money and
DilIinger raids look like Sunday
school stuff, compared to the
racket under which our most hon
ored profession makes and creates
money.
Exchange, whether it be paper
tickets or silver coins, must be
free from private monopoly to
insure a free flow of trade. The
creation of the exchange medium
must be solely an attribute of the
sovereign Whoever creates cur
rency exercises, or usurps the
sovereign power. Our Constitu-
ton restricts this power to the
congress.
The people never can be free,
even in a democracy, when the
power to create currency is re-
moved from the sovereign, by an
abdication Of this constitutional
power by congressional action.
The delegation Of the power to
create currency to privately
owned banks, whether that cur
rency be created by bank book
keeping or the buying of federal
bonds is the biggest sell-out any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-09
NRA GIVES ONLY
TEMPORARY AID
BY A Reader.

by A Reader
Harry Elmer Barnes disclosed the
inherent weakness of the New Deal
to cope with the economic break
down. Whistling in the dark opti-
unsteady, hoping to see the mira
Gle of prosperity, is like going to-
ward a mirage. The longer you trek,
the more dismal the establishment.
Perhaps putting splints on the
broken legs of. capitalism, is all that
the chief surgeon can do at this
time.
However, students Of economic
science know that these repairs the
New Deal is making are only tenn
porary, stop-gap palHatives.
The inpossibility of creating real
prosperity by the competitive profit
system, has been demonstrated by
the four years of ruthless price
slaughter and now by code monop-
oily prices. The system lives on the
"gyp" process.