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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
IMPORTANCE OF ALASKA

1T is interesting to notice that the Russian
l. Communist newspaper Pravda predicts that
Alaska probably will be an important battle
field if the United States and Japan ever go
to war;
This spokesman for the rulers of Russia as
serts that "the almost untouched wealth at
tracts the appetite of japanese imperialists"
notes that United States naval authorities are
contemplating the development of bases in the
Aleutian islands, and calls Alaska zone of the
decisive battlefields of the north Pacific phase
of a future Pacific war"
ALI this in interesting, not so much for Its
prediction of trouble, but because it is use
full reminder of the enormous potentialities of
our great territory in the far northwest.
Our development of Alaska so far barely
has scratched the surface. Some day this great
region will be one of the most valuable fea-
lures of our national economy.
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Phone Riley S5i
NILKN THE COURTS
"a sCRTPPs-HOWAED NEWsPAPER

n ETURN 10 chaos in the milk industry Is
IN not inevitable. despite the welter Of baf-
fling court decisions.
In Chicago. Federal Judge Barnes again has
held that the federal government lacks power
% control milk production. In New York
special federal statutory court has held that
the state government can not control the sale
price Of milk shipped in from another state.
These decisions. while not in conflict with
each other. have increased the uncertainties in
an industry badly in need Of stability.
Frankly experimental are the federal and
state laws which have sought in the last two
years 10 reverse a decades rapid trend toward
lower prices and impoverishment for pro-
ducers. higher prices for milk consumers and
mon0p0Lzation OF markets. These efforts to
set up self-government IN the industry, with
federal and state checks to protect producers
and consumers. have suffered court reverses.
But. fortunately this need not prove fatal. The
New York and Chicago decisions. together
with many other conflicting court rulings, are
headed toward final judgment in the United
States supreme court.
That high tribunal should define clearly
the limits OF federal and state controls in time
10 guide congress and state legislatures in CO.
operative action in their coming sessions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23

as he was, fully distended, to pull
one lever with one determined bang.
Now, today, just as if they had
won the election, We see the true
gods heading prosperity parade,
Whirling their arms in "a cake walk
like Huey Long, expecting the bust
ness man to fall in line and march
by the grand stand with protruding
stomachs and eyes bloodshot, to sa-
Lutte the falsest gods that ever stood
up smiling in the red glare of Mos
cow-the falsest gods ever yet
stripped clean to the bone by a
tongue-tied Democrat after election.
Now the true gods propose as fol-
lows: That in consideration of
stomach-pump plus prosperity pa
rade, it shall be agreed that here
after, whenever the false gods feel
that the true gods Mr.. Dillingers
have not conducted themselves
properly" that the false gods shall
then approach their Mr.. Dillingers
and talk it out man to man." also
that their Mr.. Dillingers must not
attack the false gods and by all
means, likewise, vice versa"
In consideration whereof we have
their solemn promise that whenever
the President, or labor or any other
stooge is found in the spotlight, we
shall have a picture of Jack Benny
oozing out and languidly pushing
them back.
What was it that the true gods
saw through their binoculars? Who
ian tell?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
KNIGHT OF THE SEA

4 SLIGHT, wind-tanned. middle aged down.
n easter has been drafted by the govern
ment for top post in the federal steamship in
spection service. in charge of the main eastern
division. Ordinarily this would be just another
news item. But the appointee happens to be
Captain George Fried, and the inspection serv-
ice happens to be on the spot.
This mariner with twenty-six decorations
has for years been knight Grant to distressed
vessels. an officer worthy Of the seas best ira
ditions Of valor and chivalry. He was a cap
tain who nearly always brought his ship
alongside in time.
In January. 1926. Captain Fried heard an
o from the Britisher Antinoe, and
speeded his ship the President Roosevelt, for
hundreds Of miles OF his course to her side.
For four days he stood by in q blizzard res
cuing twenty-five men from the laundering
vessel On the request of King George, parlia-
ment voted him q medal. and the Roosevelt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
4 FATHERS PROBLEM

4 ST. PAUL youth. Is. went out on a holdup
n one night recently. got involved in a fight
with police. and shot and killed a patrOlman.
He got away and dragged himself home. seri-
ously wounded. When ne got home. his father
Quickly learned what had happened.
What should father do in such a case
nurse his son back to health. keep his mouth
shut. and pray that the whole affair could be
hushed up or step forward with Spartan
courage and let the law take its course?
This ST. Paul father took the latter alter
native. He called a doctor. then he called the
parish priest-and then he called the police.
and saw his son taken away to Jail TO be in
dicted for seCond-degree murder.
1t was the only decent thing to do" he
says. 7 hope no other father has to 90 what
I did"
This man had about as hard a decision to
make rs any father could face. He met it with
considerable fortitude. Do you think he did
the right thing2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN?

ONE hundred and fifteen persons have been
~ killed in Marion county since JAN by
automobile accidents.
Last year the whole years traffic death toll
was 131. and there is every fear that
l934s record may pass that figure. 1t is some
thing that causes us to shudder when we con-
template the situation seriously.
one hundred and fifteen persons are dead
dead, many Of them, through rank careless
ness on the part of automobile drivers. For
this there can be no excuse.
Let every automobile driver in indianapolis
and Marion county absorb this thought:
L often am careless while driving. may
be the one hundred and sixteenth traffic VIC
tim Of 1884 I intend to be more careful so
that not only mine, but others lives will be
protected"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
HUEY AND THE WHITE HOUSE

CONIETINIES the different items In the
~ days news tie up togsther more closely
than you'd think at first glance.
Here's n little sample:
The wires few DAYS ago reported that
the the national planning board has sub
rnitted its findings. after some months Of
study. urging long-range national planning
~as a means Of richer life for the masses and
an indispensable bulwark against violent
explosions"
This was hardly ont OF the oven before
another story came floating over the wires
this one a dispatch reporting that the in
efable Huey Long OF Louisiana was pre-
pairing 70 run for the presidency IN 1886
Now these TWO items seem as far apart
as the poles. when you first read them.
But they sre directly and logically connected
with each other. after all.
Il does not take more than a moments
thought 70 make one realize that this projected
presidential candidacy Of the loud voice from
the delta Is an excellent example Of the "vio-
lent explosions which the national planners
report forecasts.
For there is always this 10 remember about
Senator Long: He Is. after al. the spokesman
for a large number OF people who feel that II
he does not speak for them nobody will
he may represent demsgoguery at its most
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steamed into New York harbor through a
mighty ovation.
In 1929, while commanding the United
States liner America, Captain Fried rescued
thirty-two men from the Italian freighter
Florida, for which he was honored by Italy
and praised by congress. Of Ireland he
rescued Lou Reichers, the transatlantic flier.
His new post will be one of prevention
rather than rescue. With strict inspection and
enforcement of the adequate safety regula-
lions there should be no Vestris and Moro
Castle disasters. On the sea an ounce of phe-
caution is worth a pound of rescue.
Captain Fried, who has rescued so many
humans from death at sea, in his new position
should be able to save many more lives by
making sea travel safer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
FEWER BABIES

THE United states is growing older, and so
l. are its people. According to DR.. o. z.
Baker. department of agriculture economist,
fewer American babies are being born. IN the
pre-dcpression decade the number of births
fen OF about 5000 a year. During the depres-
sion the decline has been about 100000 a year.
Farm communities are threatened with a loss
OF population.
If this decline continues and we do not
modify our immigration ban the United States
VIII reach its population peak in 1915, with
some I31 100000 people. the experts predict.
With fewer youngsters there will be rela-
lively more oldsters. It has been estimated
that. while 229 per cent of the population now
is past 45. in 1880. at the present trend. 379
per cent Will be of that age group.
These signs can not be ignored by city. state
and national planners.
Probably We shall settle down to a more
static poulation and economy. and become as
interested in distributing wealth as in produce
ing it. Our farmers and manufacturers will
look abroad for expanding markets. which
means modifying foreign debt and tariff pol
icies- Industry viii have TO pay capital less
wages and labor more in order TO build up the
home markets buying power. Social security.
particularly old age pensions. unemployment
and health insurance. will be demanded. Edu-
cation viii expand its plant more in the in
terest Of adults.
The adventurous Job Of conquering a new
world viii give way to the quieter art Of
civilIzing it. Life viii be less exciting. but it
viii be more secure and happier.
At least that is the forecast Of some of
the population experts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
The Battle of the Bidders
An Editorial

only one other bid was in-that Of the Aetna
Cabinet Company.
AT lot p. m. George B. Morrison. presi-
dent Of the indianapolis Office Furniture Com
pany, appeared in the purchasing department
Office. He was asked whether his bid was in
and replied that it was.
When was it submittedP" was the next
question.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON" he replied.
At 2:lO p. m. Mr.. Fry and Mr. McAlpin
allowed reporters to see the bids 10 and be-
hold SIX were inl They were those Of the
four who came to the statehouse together, the
Aetna companys and that of the indianapolis
once Furniture Company.
WAS the Indianapolis once Furniture
Company's bid brought in this morning?" Mr..
McAlpin was asked.
YES" he answered.
The whole incident leads to one of two
conclusions: either one concern is receiving
special favors from state officials or Mr.. Nc
Alpin is operating the Office in such a slovenly
manner that he does not know when bids ar
rive or who receives them.
In either event it is a matter which the
Governor may well investigate. 1t is not enough
for Mr.. Fry to fly into tantrum because he
thinks his personal honor has been called to
question. Nor is it enough for him to talk
about the representatives of other furniture
companies being 'nuisances."
A central department of purchase is an ex-
cellent idea, but it must be run honestly COM
petently and without even a suspicion of favor
itism. Mr.. Fry and Mr.. McAlpin, we think
have some explaining to do.
No. the siege of the statehouse by four rep
utable business men and the treatment they
received is not bit funny.
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Column Drd1OS Support

hunger and elf-preservation. 1t
was endowed by the Creator and
can not be enslaved to made
laws.
I think Mr.. Ross has had his
head turned by Freud, Russell and
popular articles in the magazines.
The sexual impulse, refined and
civilized, ranks infinitely above
hunger and self-preservation in
the scale of human, not of animal,
values. If it is was endowed by
the Creator, it was endowed for
the population Of the earth, for
a sound physical and spiritual
companionship and not only for
pleasure.
The laws and customs that he
sCorns are outward reflections of
an internal need and desire for
control. Society, Mr. Ross, is not
contrasted to the individual; in
the wider sense, it is made up of
the best in the individuals. 1t is
not to be fought; it is to be de-
veloped as its members develop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
MILLIONS AVAILABLE FOR
BANK VICTIMS, HE SAYS

BY G. A. Johnson.
In The Times recently S. r. Baker
asked what has the government done
for this relief Of depositorS in the
closed banks? Is it doing anything
or does it intend to do anything?
We will let Jesse H. Jones, chairman
of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration answer. He says:
1--WE have the money and we are
anxious to put it out to banks that
closed their doors from 1880 to 1888
froze up $500, 100000 deposits of
which $3,300,O00,000 has already
been repaid to depositors. The re-
cent amendment says that we may
make loan on appraisals in anticipa-
ton of an orderly liquidation over a
period of years, rather than on a
basis of forced sales in a period of
business depression. Under the new
law we have already authorized
loans aggregating s8O0,O0O,OO0 for
payments to depositOrS in closed
banks.
Bank receivers and others in con-
troll of closed banks can not be
forced by the RFC to borrow or to
windup their receiverships. The RFC
is anxious to have them borrow and
stands ready to make loans for fully
as much as the collaterals will justi-
fly, but this is as far as we can go.
If the depositors committees
would organize and insist upon bank
receivers borrowing and distribut-
ing to the desopitors the greatest
amount that can be borrowed, a.
great deal of money that is now
locked up in closed banks could be
released to the depositors with very
little delay"
So it is up to the depositors to make
the receivers accept the governments
liberal offer. The government eX-
poets that in few years we shall
reach the 1927 price level which is
considered the crown year and is
made 100 for appraisals under the
new law.
AS an illustration; if a farm ex-
changed readily for 500 an acre in
1927 that price would be used
as basis for loans. If on the other
hand the receiver disposes of this
same farm for $50 an acre it repre-
sents a loss of $40 an acre instead
of a gain. The latest RFC state
ment says that there still are six
million dollars available for deposit
ors in small banks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
WHAT DID THESE
BIG BOYS SEE?
By George Gould Hine

By George Gould Hine.
For those in a hurry, the aston
ishing gyrations Of the Big Boys,
before and after the election, could
be slowed down for a brief inspec-
ton as follows:
Three weeks before the election,
while the true gods were in the
midst Of the battle, believing
through their megaphones and
sweeping the horizon with their BIZ
noculars, they suddenly dropped
both: rushed over to the false gods;
shook hands; sprang upon the little
business man; snatched out Of his
mouth the slogan-injector and ap-
piled the stomach pump.
But the slogans we're jammed in
crossways between the back teeth
and they wouldn't come out. There
they balance the bulge"
clear through a tonsil; known and
charted seas" lay east and west;
correcting the Presidents errors"
lay where once were wisdom teeth,
and business on nervous edge" the
one most wanted, was clear out Of
sight, being the first swallowed. SO
there was nothing TO be done but
let the business man go TO the polls
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
MOTORIST IS ACCUSED
OF KILLING DOG
nv CbaIk Howa

BY Chalk Howe.
To the hit-and-run driver, who
ever you are, you aren't much Of a
man. If you were, you would have
come to my door and informed me
that you had killed my dog.
He was struck between $3.50 and
9 a. m. on Wednesday, Nov. IA, at
Churchman and Troy avenues and
Seventeenth street in Beech Grove.
I saw no tire marks to show that
even an attempt had been made to
stop. You could at least have placed
him over to the side Of the road, so
that other cars wouldn't run over
him. People like you shouldn't be
permitted to drive a pushcart.
If you want to show any decency
at all, please pay me visit. My
residence is 30 North Seventeenth
street, Beech Grove. Ask for Chalk
Howe.
You don't know how much grief
you have caused. That puppy's life
was just as sweet TO him as yours
is to you.
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A T first glance the battle Of the bidders at
n the statehouse seems pretty ludicrous, but.
on taking a second look, we have decided that
it is not very funny. There are some mighty
sour differences back Of il.
The central purchasing department called
for bids on Office furniture. c. NJ McAlpin,
purchasing agent, specified that all bids must
be in By noon Wednesday. -Four bidders
marched to the statehouse in a body, put in
their bids and then requested that. since noon
had passed, they be informed Of the identity Of
any other bidders.
Their motive was obvious. They believed
that the Indianapolis once Furniture Com
pany was being permitted to look at the bids Of
its competitors, note their prices and then
underbid them. IN other words. they thought
that this one concern was favored bidder.
It is possible that they we're mistaken.
They may have been all wrong about the In
dianapolis once Furniture Company and its
relations with Purchasing Agent McAlpin. Here
was a splendid chance for Mr.. McAlpin and
his superior. Paul Fry, to prove it.
Instead Mr.. Fry went into a temper and
refused to tell them who, if any one. besides
themselves were bidding on the job. 1t seems
to us that the request Of the furniture men
was simple and reasonable. 1t would seem
that Mr.. Fry and Mr.. NcAlpin, as servants Of
the state of Indiana, would have welcomed
an opportunity to clear themselves when their
motives we're called to question.
A public Official when he assumes Office.
loses the privilege of getting angry when he
is questioned about his official acts He should
explain first and get mad afterward.
Bear in mind the time when Mr.. Fry re-
fused-it was 1890 p. m. The Times mean
while, heard from an excellent source that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
FIXERS AND FIXING

INDIANAPOLIS police department boasts an
l. excellent record in every branch of service
with the exception of one. In that one divi-
sion, the indianapolis police force has a shame
full score" That branch is the traffic viola
lions arrests and convictions.
Thousands Of stickers are affixed to the
cars of traffic violators each year. Many are
"fixed"-fixed by politicians and every one
with the merest breath of pull"
And the truth is that it is no fault of the
police department. The police are forced,
yes virtually forced, to fix stickers for Offend
ers who know some one" who is a cousin of a
state representative or 'some one" who is a
precinct committeeman.
The man who pays for indianapolis traf-
&c violations is the man who can't afford the
fine-the man, truly forgotten, who knows no
politician, no ward heller.
The finest service that Mayor-elect John
w. Kern can do for indianapolis is to in
struct his safety board that traffic sticker fix
ing is a thing of the paSt-that Mayor-elect
John w. Kern himself intends to pay fine
if his car ever is tagged for a minor violation.
Mayor La Guardia of New York discovered
soon after taking Office that his chauffeur had
been arrested for traffic violation.
Police discovered the chauffeur's identity.
attempted to "salve" the whole thing over.
What" Numbered Mayor La Guardia, ARE
you apologizng for? He violated the law. He'll
pay. The mayor is a citizen, too, and no citi-
zen is exempt from the law"
That's the spirit indianapolis needs.
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looked for. If the police are unable
to find or locate these places where
violations occur, get out on West
Washington street around Belmont
avenue after p. m, on Pennsyl-
vania street south Of Georgia, where
cars and trucks are three and four
deep; go up on Pierson street, from
Ohio to New York streets. Look
for all day parkers on any down.
town street.
If the police department will
wake up to the traffic violations
and make three or four hundred ar
rests, the streets of Indianapolis
will be safe for democracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23
FATHER COUGHLIN'S TALKS
BRING READER QUERY

BY J. o.
Father Coughlin, that is a name
on the tongue Of many people today
and I have a genuine belief that it
will bulk much larger in our
thoughts as time goes on. Here is
a man who talks the language Of
the people in a straightforward, IN
afraid manner, not to get himself
elected to high Office but because
he wants to show the people Of this
country that the continuance Of this
depression is unnecessary.
We don't have TO be driven to
red Communism or Fascism to end
this. AL that is necessary can be
done easily under our present con-
stitution if we will only make our
congress and President do it. If
you wish to know what I mean,
spend an hour each Sunday after
noon with Father Coughlin on your
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-23

BY T.
If Mr.. Ross, herald of the dawn
in the Nov. % Message Center,
studied sexual anthropology as
shortsightedly as he read Mrs. Fer
guson's article, his confusion is
quite Understandable.
Mrs. Ferguson only stated the
problem without trying to solve it.
The real happiness, she says,
comes in sharing a home and chill
dren. Chastity and hope are
babblings to poor and homeless
young people who can not afford
to get married.
They are forced by a shattered
society into relations that they
consider no evasion of the moral
codes. And what they need, says
Mrs. Ferguson, is a new set of
morals to fit circumstances. She
does not, as Mr.. Ross implies,
cheer for promiScuity.
Mr.. Ross finds, in his studies Of
the sexual instinct that cover all
tribes and races through history,
that it ranks with with that of
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radio. How a nation populated with.
supposedly intelligent people has al,
lowed this depression to drag out.
this long I can't understand. There
is want amid plenty. A handful of
men have the money and industry
SO firmly in their grasp that they
really are masters of the nation
There is enough in this country for
everyone to be happy, but because
we refuse to modernize an oUt-of-
date and worn out system. we are
condemned to 60 through life with
half what we need and could have.
What do others of you think of
Father Coughlins philosophy? I
would like to know.
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GAS COMPANY
RECEIVE COMPLAINT

BY Times Reader.
I have just received my gas bill,
and it is much higher than last
month. I know 1 haven't used as
much gas as last month, as I have
not needed to heat water for baths
or dishes or all the hundred and one
other things one heats water for
when there is no fire to heat the
tank. Why is it?
The gas company must be trying
to get rich quick. They could at
ford to give their gas away after all
the money they make on their waste
product-cOke. I understand theys
control the coke market in this city.
There are about 100 valuable items
they take from coal before it is +,
coke, gas being the main one.
In England, they almost give coke
away, and one is considered very
poor to use it. Yet here, the people
go on paying through the nose.
The Times suggests you file a .
formal complaint with the Citi- !.
zens Gas Company. The company !
Will be glad to check your bill.