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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
SHERLOCK TINKHAM

D EP. TINKHAM of Massachusetts, has dis
covered that an "audacious intrigue of
Labor Secretary Perkins has spirited the
United States into the League of Nations
through the back door, 1t all happened last
June when Congress voted that we become a
member of the International Labor Office.
Imagine their embarrassment when other
members of Congress learn that not one of
them, save the shrewd and talented Mr.. Tink-
ham, discovered this contemplate trickery
and gross fraud"
OF course, the rest Of Congress probably
knew that joining the L L. was not Joining
the league. Like Brazil and others, we are
members of the I. L. o. and not of the league
We pay dues directly to the L L. O., not to the
league
We have banded together with e. other ma
tons to try to stabilize world labor conditions
That is the nefarious plot uncovered by Tink-
ham.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
FOOTNOTE TO LABOR HISTORY

VOU probably remember reading about the
\ onion strike" in Ohio last summer
Onion weeders in the Scioto valley organized
union and struck, alleging that pay and labor
conditions were uncomfortable. So one day
mob of some 200 men kidnapped Okey Odell,
union chieftain gave him a severe beating, and
warned him to get out of town and stay out.
Just the other day this same Odell was
sentenced to 80 days in jail. He had hitch
hiked back to town, after his abduction, and
when the mob menaced him again he had
pointed gun at his abusers and defied them
to come and get me-" The sentence was i'm
posed because he brandished the gun.
Considering the fact that no action has
been taken against the mobsters who NAL
treated him, this seems to be about as dizzy a
chapter in the history of labor relations as
you could imagine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
RIDING FOR A FALL

CENATOR HUEY LONG, having been given
~ great deal of rope, seems to be bent on
doing the traditional thing with it.
His latest exploit in striking at the father
of one Of those Louisiana State University
students who was expelled for protesting the
Senator's censorship of the university paper is
just naturally the sort of thing that does not
appeal to an Americans sense of fair play.
Having the boy kicked out of college for
speaking his mind was bad enough. To bar the
boys father from using the New Orlean-Baton
Rouge highway with his motor truck service,
as Senator Long did, is great deal worse
1t is a direct blow at the mans livelihood;
in simple words, it was mean, deSpicable
thing to do
Stunts of that kind will hardly increase the
Senator's popularity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
OUR VOTE OF THANKS

IF you have ever seen them by twos fours
i and dozens you viii understand.
For days prior to Christmas they came
through the front door of The indianapolis
Times. The line started early in the morning
and still was moving late at night They were
dirty and, at their early ages. believed the
world had treated them cruelty.
There was 1905 Of them To-day their out
look is entirely different for they are the bene-
fciaries of the greatest Clothe-A-Child cam
paign ever staged by The Times.
When they first started coming to The
Times, some of them were fairly well clothed.
AS the campaign continued the quality of their
clothing became worse Toward the close,
many of the children were clothed in rags
and rags only.
When they returned from being clothed
there was an entirely new appearance. Not
only was their clothing clean and new but
their faces reflected their happiness
There Is nothing more resident Of this
city can do than clothe child at Christmas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
So They Say

No japanese government could last
one day that compromised with the
established decision to terminate the
Washington Treaty-Eiji AnaU,
Japanese foreign office spokesman.
What has just taken place in
Russia only goes to prove that the
present regime is not what the world
has come to think it is.-Grand
Duchess Marie.
It is eternal life or mind that
sanctions death or life in whatso-
ever forms either may take.-Theo-
dore Dresser.
Unless the business men of Amer
lea have been shell-shocked into
neIv ouS impotence, there must come
a time when they will respond to
the fighting spirit of that old adj
miral who signaled, Damn the tor
pedoes! Go ead"-Donald Rich
berg.
41SS0 are CAlAl6S W1lSl W41dG ID
done or left undone may make or
break our country and our (G. o.
P.) party.-Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
I have no interest in maintaining
myself in position that I did not
solicit.-PresidenC Carlos Mendieta
Of Cuba.
have found that it is easy to be
virtuous, when you are in a minor
ity, politically speaking. Mayor
Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York.
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should be removed just as they are
removed in warfare, to insure that
nothing but the determination to go
would rule. Like war, the plans
must necessarily cover a reasonably
sufficient period of time to insure
victory. Would not every able-bodied
man be called to work with set and
sufficient wages to insure reasonable
living and leisure? Would not the
purchasing power so established con-
sumo everything that was produced?
It is evident that we are not suffer-
ing by overproduction, but instead,
unreasonable underconSumption.
Ninety-five per cent of every ar
ticle used in this country has now
served more than thrice the normal
period. Seventy-five per cent of all
permanent structures are obsolete or
dilapidated for this age of our civ
ilization. At least so per cent of our
population is undernourished. Less
than 20 per cent have ever enjoyed
the luxuries our geniuses have pro-
vided. Why not try the zero hour"
before we all get too discouraged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
NOT A BAD IDEA

ME announcement of the Board of County
Il Commissioners not to pass finally on the
new detentio' home site strikes us as a good
idea.
In fact any OTHER move but postponement
would have laid the board open to much criti-
clsm, chiefly because the members seemed in
TOO much haste to purchase building which,
apparently was not worth the quoted price and
which would have had to be remodeled before
it even could pose" as proper residence for
delinquent children.
No doubt the problem will be solved properly
in the end. But no matter who reaches the
solution let the answer be based on judgment
from which the taxpayers of this county will
profit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
TIMES CONGRATULATED ON
NEWS HANDLING
Bv Satisfied Reader

BY Satisfied Reader.
I noticed with some surprise Sat-
urday, Dec %, that an indianapolis
newspaper became the city's leading
sensational newspaper by refusing to
print in any detail or play with any,
thing near the proper SPACE the ap-
plication to Superior Court of Mrs.
Mae N. Perry for a divorce from her
husband, Norman A. Perry.
was only family surprised Sun
day when I saw another Indian
apolis paper had followed suit.
was not surprised at all to find
the story adequately and we'll played
and written in some detail in The
Indianapolis Times, a paper that has
proved itself to have superior news
judgment.
I noticed with some surprise also
that when it came to dispensing
lurid details Of one of the states
most disgusting trials, that of Mrs.
Neoma Saunders, in Lebanon, the
other paper sent staff writer's, the
better to catch every word.
The Times, a conservative paper
with a more sensible perspective on
the Importance of news, was content
to take the shorter and less sensa-
tional reports Of the United Press.
Congratulations to The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
TAXPAYER COMPLAINS OF
DETENTION HOME MOVE
By Tired Taxpayer.

BY Tired Taxpayer.
Thanks to a vigilant press, an out
spoken judge, and a compromising
public, the County Commissioners
may not be able to revive old-deal
tactics in the acquisition of a juve-
nile detention home.
A detention home doubtless is
needed. However, a good one, 1t
seems, would cost considerably less
than any one of those proposed by
the county Over-lor0s.
So far as I can learn, neither
commission nor commissioners have
publicly defended their proposed ac-
ton, and instead = since opposition
raised its head = have gone about
their affairs without venturing to
Justify their action. Apparently the
detention business was to be another
excursion through the political dark
ness, but some one caught up the
spark of wisdom and famed 1t to a
brighter glow.
In the minds of those best quail
fed to speak, and most inclined to
honest and efficient action, a suit
able detention home could be had
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Phone Riley 5551
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1884
GET THE RIGHT MAN
a soRIPPs-HOwARD NEWSPAPER

THE selection of a judge in the criminal
L branch of the Municipal Court is mat
ter that deserves the utmost consideration and
good judgment of Gov. Paul V. McNutt.
In no instance should the successor to Judge
William H. Sheaffer be named solely on Re
publican political basis.
The Municipal Courts of this county either
can be the source of real law enforcement or
the source of the breakdown Of the judiciary.
The Judge who sits on the municipal bench is
faced with a multitude of problems that do
not present themselves to the judges of courts
higher in jurisdiction.
A municipal court judge must deal, of neces-
sity, with a class of people who find them
selves in trouble more than citizens who are
able to obtain the better things of life. These
citizens, nine times out of ten, have not had
the opportunity to learn the fundamentals Of
the law and good government. Consequently
their failure to obey the law is as often based
on ignorance as on out and out contrariness
to written statutes.
It is up to the judge of the court to be able
to determine this line of demarcation. To
punish the innocent and ignorant with the
same severity as the fragrant vio1ator may in
still the hatred of the law in another man,
woman or family.
No amount of thought Gov McNutt
may give to the appointment will be wasted.
An important post is worthy of important
consideration.
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legal talent and plenty of it to get
up and mislead an ignorant jury.
Oh no, that law and order bunch
did not talk about that brand Of
birds. I suppose they figured that
the law was not intended for
crooked bankers, utility men, ETC.,
the type who took life savings and
who wrecked thousands and thou
sands of lives and put Old, infrm
and sick depositors in the poor
house and the bread lines. and in
their graves.
Just try and convict a millionaire
in the United States. 1t just can't
be done. You might convict a little
banker but when they do they
appeal the case and if they have
to go to prison they land soft
position with special privileges and
soon are paroled or pardoned. Pm
for bigger and better prisons to hold
those kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
AMERICA LOOKS AHEAD

A MERICA looks into the future in the re-
ports Of the National Resources Board
and the Mississippi River Valley Committee
few reformers and newspapers have
warned from time to time against soil erosion
and depletion of forest and mineral resources
But the public seemed not to heed the warn
ings until the two present surveys were ordered
by President Roosevelt.
Their results are amazing even to those who
long ago recognized the need for America to
stop wasting and begin to save.
Here are some of the conclusions:
Farmers have titled quickly eroding lands
for cash crops until mot less than Is per
cent Of the titled lands have been actually
stripped to the subso1."
THE history of American forestry has been
one of exploitation, depletion. and, on large
areas, actual devastation"
Factories and cities have dumped waste
into streams until sanitary water supplies for
even human needs are endangered.
Mineral industries have been over-devel-
oped. depicting supplies of coal and metals
while use of hydro-electric power might have
preserved them.
What must be sought" the Mississippi
River Valley Committee writes, "is effective
means of carrying out the common purpose
conservation, not only in the interest of the
living generation, but for the protection and
enhancement of lives of all the generations to
come"
The chief problem is cooperation. The
national government, in a democracy. can not
impose plan on the people. But we believe
that it can quickly enlist the support Of a
great majority as has been done in the Ten
nessee Valley, through sponsorship OF wise
projects and demonstration of conservation
methods.
The Mississippi River Valley report, for
which the nation owes Norris L. Cooke and
his associates great debt, points to hundreds
of projects needed to make conservation
effective.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
Capital Must Be Released

compensation is economically
necessary. Without employment,
one can not consume up to his
proper requirements. He is re-
duced to bare necessities or less.
All, those things which are in the
nature of luxuries or semi-luxuries
and which have become a part of
our civilization, are left with a
narrower market.
Limitation of production to con-
sumption, with the qualifications
mentioned above, is necessary to
prevent the piling up of vast sur
pluses. Obviously, these sur
pluses arise from too much pro-
duction during certain times,
oyerbalancing consumption. They
are a major and immediate cause
of depression. With too much
material on hand, production
stops, employment decreases,
wages are reduced in total
amount, less buying results, and
so the vicious downward spiral
continues.
These are, of course, well worth
consideration And their logic is
not seriously disputed. They are
repeated merely because with
full employment, but without
limited production, it would seem
that continuous process of
over production would result. The
policy urged is not however, one
of scarcity. It is one of suflci-
ency, not too much and not too
little.
True, full compulsory employ
ment may mean fewer machines
and less necessity for speed-up,
stretch-out and other overproduc-
ing devices. But would you rather
have idle, deteriorating machines,
or idle, deteriorating men?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
LACK OF CONSUMPTION
is NATIONS TROUBLE

BY Patient.
So much has been said and done
during the last two years in eff
forts to get America going again,
and to.keep it going hereafter, that
many thinking people are really
wondering whether the right sort of
planning and actions have been
even begun yet. Eventually this
sort Of thinking will cause other
wise reasonable folk to support pub
lie officials promising almost any,
thing different to what has yet
been tried. No one can predict to
what ends this attitude will lead us.
I have always commended that we
are engaged in more serious and
destructive warfare now than we
have been since the Revolutionary
War. Then why not attack our
present difficulties as. warfare be-
tween nations and factions is at
tackled? Proclamations or declara-
tions usually tell the people that
warfare is to begin, and we all I'M
derstand what the objective is. Our
general staff forms the general plans
and subordinates down to the low
est rank periodically wage war to
gain the objective. Zero hours are
set and the whole armies CO.
ordinate in the general plan. Strict
military discipline tends to prevent
revolterS and traitors to the cause.
Battles are won and battles are lost,
but if the cause is just and the
strength sufficient victory finally
comes. Then what rejoicingl
Statistics provide us with infor-
nation for about every requirement
of this nation. Critical warfare has
proved that we possess both mate
rails and manufacturing facilities to
supply our population with about
everything needed for both necessa-
ries and luxuries. Every human be-
ing of our population is entitled to
both, although individual Initiative
and efforts to accomplish should
and will always result in greater
shares to some than others. The
more fortunate will always live and
die better if they begin in time by
one force or another to help the
general welfare of the community
in which they live. once in force,
what happy nation of folks we
would bel
Why can't it be planned that on
certain day every normal activity
of peace time would begin, with
measures to provide that all would
begin at the zero hour2 Obstacles
that may now be in the way first
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
CRIME CONFERENCE DOES
NOT INCLUDE EVERYTHING

By william Cole.
I see where all the big shots in
law and order had a conference and
feast at Washington, D. c. I read
where they talked of putting all the
crooks in prison except the crook
ed bankers, brokers, crooked poll
ticians, crooked police, crooked
prosecutors, judges and sheriffs who
are in on the take.
No, you did not read where they
talked of sending or intending to
send any of those human leeches to
prison; just the little fellows who
have no money or influence and no
political pull. Now why did not
these big shots on law and order
talk a little, on how to railroad those
kind of birds to prison? Are those
kind of human parasites exempt
from the law? 1t is true they do not
steal with guns, but when it comes
to arrest, prosecution and convic
ton, those big bankers, ETC., that
I have mentioned have guns loaded
with money and they have the best
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27

for less than Is thousand dollars
The structure, to be flreproof, should
be of ore floor, well lighted and ven
tilated, and large enough to house
so inmates, a supervising and medi-
cal staff, and a few small offices.
Building costs may be increasing
but real estate valuations are still
low, and a rundown apartment
house, neither freproof nor intended
for such occupancy, is not worth so
or 10 thousand dollars, regardless OF
who the seller may be.
The outgoing commissioners have
struggled along this far without pro-
viding a creditable detention home,
so we trust they will last another
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
BY a Times Reader.

BY a Times Reader.
There are just two things to do
to end this depression or any de-
preston.
First, compel capital, that is, the
sewed up wealth-and there is a
vast store of ito employ and
pay reasonable compensation to
every one ready, able and willing
to work.
Second, limit production to con-
sumption, with due regard to a
stabilizing backlog and to antici-
pated export requirements and
promotion.
True, there are almost innumer-
able obstacles, legal, financial,
practical and social. But they are
not insurmountable, and can be
overcome, for basically the situa-
ton would be this:
The country would produce, as
it has in the past, enough of al
most every material to support in
1CdSOl1dO4C CO44A4O4b anu U4O44
proper capital savings and replace
ment, all. It's inhabitants who took
an economic part in such produc-
ton, manufacture, or distribution;
this production would be divided
among the workers in proportion
to their economic and social
value.
The employment of every one
at reasonable compensation is es-
sential. The social aspect is, in
truth, the most important. In all
humanity, every one is entitled to
an opportunity to feel that he is
taking part with his fellows in
the worlds work, that he is not
useless cast off dependent on
others for even bare subsistence.
But apart from the social
aspect, employment at reasonable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
LINDBERGH SERIES ENDING
GLADDENS READER
BY a Times Reader

BY Times Reader.
1t was with a sigh of relief that
I read the final chapter in regard
to THE Murder of Baby Lindbergh"
in your issue of Dec. "a. I, along
with others, wonder if SO much noise
would have been made over the
fade-out of John Smiths boy. Very
doubtful, from Maine to California.
To think there is such SquaWk
over one child with wealthy parents,
when it takes a Mile of Dimes to
clothe and feed the live, hungry,
ragged children of Indianapolis.
Who suffers the worst-a live one
in poverty or dead one on the
road to the Anglo-SaXon Heaven?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27

The Times is proud Of you and the money
you donated, whether it was SIS. or a dime on
the Mile of Dimes in front of L. S. Ayres 81
Co. and S. S. Kresge Co.
Next year The Times hopes to clothe more
than 1905 children. Let it be hoped that this
years donors feel the same spirit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27

Germany, Japan and Senator Borah should
be notified that the League of Nations has won
another victory for peace = if you consider
England, France and Italy the league.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
Strange Night

BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
Tonight cold gray witches moon
Peered down through draperies Of
mist.
over the shoulder of house
An unseen, gray-robed. sharp wind
Kissed.
We walked between lane of trees.
The house skunk back against the
sky.
You held my hand more tightly
still;
Glad that our hearts were warm
and hight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27
Capital Capers
by GEORGE ABEL

ME paths of glory lead but to the bridge
Il taole-or such, at least is the conclusion
OF valiant Pedro Guevara, Resident Commission
er of the Philippine Islands.
Dapper Pedro is being thumped on the shoul-
derS and roundly congratulated on his new desig-
natlon as General distinction which he owes
entirely to his prowess at contract bridge.
during the Filipino instruction early in the
century, gallant Pedro fought like a tiger He
was rewarded with the rank of colonel. After
the instruction was crushed, Col Guevara's title
olo nm little good He was like Kentucky
colonel without julep
But fate was kind, although Iaggard. On his
recent trip across the Pacific, Col Guevara at
tanned new promotion. Passengers aboard the
s. S. President Coolidge presented him with a
lacquered cigaret box. Inscribed upon it was
the phrase:
ITO General Pedro Guevara the Chamnion
Bridge Player"
NOTE: Being made General is Pedros second
distinction in recent weeks Carefully groomed.
Peoro was being touted several days ago as one
OF the best-dresSed men in the world Small in
stature, immaculate and sleek, Pedro is reputed
to have more suits than the Prince of Wales.
T EAN, lonesome Marvin Mcintyre. secretary
IL to the President, is interfering in more or
less serious degree with the appetites of New
Dealers-and Old Dealers
Marvin has evolved habit of wandering into
the Mayhower Hotel dining room during lunch
con time like Banquo's ghost. He stalks up to
one table, then another, then a third. AS he
approaches each table, those seated at the table
rise.
Hello Mac"
How do you do, Mr. McIntyre?"
Marvin remains sometimes 10 minutes, chat
ting merrily, while table companions, clutching
napkins remain standing respectfully His con-
verSation is always interesting and even stimu-
lating, friends say, but you can't leave an omelet
soutfle standing2 Ask Jim Moffett, the Federal
Housing Commissioner.
TUBAS Minister to the Court of st. James,
~ Guillermo Patterson is being mentioned in
diplomatic circles as possible choice for Cuban
Ambassador to the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-27

The 400" may still get millions in profits,
but President Roosevelt is more interested In
seeing the four million get billions in relief.
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