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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
REPLIES TO CRITIC
OF ROOSEVELT
By E. Louis Moore.

By z. Louis Moore.
At this time, when the American
people are seeking information Of
political Importance. the Negro is
no less interested in facts relative
to the affairs of state and the char
acter of those seeking Offices than
any other voter.
The article by John c. Bankett
brings to the fore such besmirching
information, which if true is a
rather serious indictment Of Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
John G. Bankett, it would appear,
is speaking for the rank and file of
the Negroes of Indianapolis and
those elsewhere in Indiana He
styles himself as writer and politi-
cal economist, but Negroes have not
designated Mr.. Bankett as their
spokesman.
He no doubt recalls his constant
attacks. in his paper, the Indian
apolis World, against Herbert Hoo
yer, when President. Referring TO
Mr.. Hoover's sugar interest in
South America. and the starvation
wages paid the natives"
1t was John C. Bankett, who. at
that time, because Of his knowledge
Of political economy and the char
acter Of men in Office and those
seeking Office, renunciated the Re-
publican party and took up the
cause Of the Democratic parry. and
proclaimed Franklin D. Roosevelt,
then candidate for President Of the
United States, as the savior Of the
nation. The Negro is now, as ne
has always been, above suspicion.
and does not indulge in treason,
tyranny or in any form Of unpatri-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
Robinson and Machine Politics

James E. Watson. former sena-
tor, met his Waterloo by the &C
ton of his machine. Senator Rob-
inson will follow. He, like a lot
of other impractical politicians,
say the way to end the depression
is to give work to the unemployed.
Easily said, but hard to do. Why
did he and his bunch not do this
when the CT. o. P. was in power?
When I hear so much about the
depression 1 want to ask who
brought it about? And how? BY
widening the unbalanced condi-
tionS between agriculture and in
dustry, between the masses and
classes, Senator Robinson is ca
tering to the classes.
Every industry would be glad to
operate if it had a market for its
goods, but the high tariff wall
and wartime wages destroy the
markets both at home and abroad
The masses at home can not buy
the high priced goods.
Raise in salaries of public Of
flcials was an outrage on the tax
payers. Senator Robinson voted
for it. His hobby is a bid for
veterans votes. From his wall
ing one would think that the vet
Grams all we're on the way to the
pOorhouse. Our grateful nation
has always taken care Of its SOL
dierS, and never better than the
World war veterans. The policies
of Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt and
Minton are alike-take care of all
deserving veterans. The policy
differs from that of Senator Rob-
inson, namely, a man serving a
few months in a home camp
should have a pension if he re-
ceived pin scratches fifteen years
after the war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

By Will H. Craig.
AS a smoke screen lot Of Or
CARNATIONS like those of the vet
Grams, labor unions, officers asso-
Citations and fraternal orders de-
clare from the house tops that
they are opposed to Communism
and at the same time are conaon-
ing graft or laying plans to look
for treasure in the treasury.
If taxpayers organizations
would fight as hard and hit the
nail on the head instead of dealing
in generalities, results would be
different.
And Senator Robinson shifts
from national to state issues, blast
ing away at the McNutt machine.
I am opposed to the McNutt or
any other machine, but how about
the machine that put Mr.. Robin
son in the running? It's dictator
was Stephenson, now IN prison for
life. Its tool was Ed Jackson, who
missed prison by the statute of
limitations. It's chief henchmen
were Duvall and Coffin.
A man living in a glass house
should not throw stones. So Mr..
Robinson should shut his mouth
about machines. Didn't he butt
in and try to organize the state
committee into a little Robinson
machine?
Birds of a feather flock to-
gether. The character of some of
his appointees smell to heaven.
His excuse is that it was not mis-
business to look up the character
of appointees. The only requisite
was that the man was regular to
his party and loyal to the Rob-
inson machine. Since when was
such a policy that of the G. o. P?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

finally they left their looms and
frames to protect themselves.
This strike was silly and fool
hardy and the paid organizers who
created such confusion and brought
hardships on so many unwilling
strikers should be compelled to
share the mental agony, physical ills
and financial burdens. Then per-
haps they would not so readily
force persons from their work in the
name of organized labor.
Mr.. Young, the mill manager, has
always had a good name for being
fair to his help and paying wage
above the average in many mills,
and he still is held in high esteem
and admiration by the thinking
persons among his employees.
The result of the strike was thirty
days of idleness, debts galore, beat
ings and sluggings, cars and homes
shot into and wrecked and friend
ships broken.
Many believe if it had not been
for Mayor Sullivan and Talcott
Powell, editor of The Times. coming
into the negotiations. this reign Of
terror would have run on indefl-
nitely.
When the issue finally was sub
mitted to the rank and file for re-
turn to work, there were only thirty
nine who voted against returning to
work. Yet today, after being back
at work only ten days, these thirty
nine are threatening another strike.
If this second strike should come, I
hope the forces Of law and order
will see to it that honest persons
with a desire to live in decency and
responsibility will not have to run
the risk Of getting killed by running
the line of outlaws as they did in
the last strike.
believe in organized labor, but
am not a believer in organized out
laws. May the time soon come
when the golden rule will be con-
sidered more by both the employer
and emplOye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
Beach 'andalS
BY ]. DUKE MATLEY

"A bareback rider I would be-"
Decided Speck, a modest flea.
Though chance and fate may pass
me by,
Still I refuse TO nope and cry"
Just then he spied lady sweet,
In swim toys dressed from head TO
feet.
The fair one for a moment stopped,
And on her nut brown back, Speck
hoped.
This story happens TO be true.
And points a message, dear, 70 you,
Which shows that with a will 70 be,
Goals can be reached, though you're
a flea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

otto infamy. He has not authorized
Mr.. Bankett to act as his mouth
piece, and according to their well
known tradition, they will remain
periodically loyal, and unmoved by
spurious articles designed to induce
fear and fright. The Negro seeks
the truth, not lies. He is interested
in the New Deal and he will ever
stand by the national administra-
ton, whether a Democrat or Repub-
lican is President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
EARTH'S NEW EYEPIECE

THIS country. conditioned as it is to big
l. ness in all things mundane. is about to
get a real thrill.
A giant glass eye for the worlds largest
telescope has just been cast with infinite care
in Corning. N. Y. and soon will be shipped by
special train to a clear mountain top near Pasa-
dena. There it. or its twin now being cast.
Will be installed by the California Institute OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
Sc They Say

This much I am sure of: That,
to my own affairs better than any
bueaucrat in Washington can at
tend to them for me.-Colonel Rob-
ert R. Mccormick, publisher.
Badly chosen color in dress or for
home decoration not only reflects an
uneducated color sense, but the
character of the poSseSsor. Mega
tive persons do not throw off
strong color vibration.-Natalie Kali
mus, motion picture director.
I would rather vote for a man in
a graveyard with a good respectable
name than the rest of these pud-
dingheads who are running around
dead and won't lie down.-Senator-
Elect Theodore G.. Bilbo of Missis-
Sippi.
I am tired of hearing Roosevelt
described as the most religious
President we have ever had. Since
he has been President, he has at
tended church but three times. II
ever he comes to my town, he can't
get into the pulpit Of my church,
Rev. L. R. Phipps, Newcastle, Pa.
We have looked with suspicion on
their (the brain trusts activities
for several months, but now we de-
mand an accounting. These theor-
lists are interested chiefly in keeping
their jobs and perpetuating their
own OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Arthur
r. Robinson of Indiana.
There is a main fault among
younger feminine players. They are
trying to ape the more successful
ones.-DaTyl Zanuck, movie pro-
Queer.
I don't think that, just because
a man is nominated or elected to
office, his family should step in the
spotlight, too.-Mrs. Upton Sinclair.
The New Deal is no revolution.
Under it, economic, political and So
cial power reside exactly where they
did before-in the hands of the
capitalistic class Of the nation
Charles Solomon, Socialistic guber-
material candidate in New York.
Agriculture is taking charge Of
production, just as industry has
done for years-Edward A. ONeal,
president American Farm Bureau
Federation.
GET not myself to attain much
- rest, but much patience
Thomas A. Kempis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

eran vote is solid in its opposition
to the Democratic party.
The Democratic party made
paupers of the men who defended
the nation in time Of war. They
even cut the compensation of men
wounded in action and the old G. A.
r. vets. What kind Of a government
is this that turns down its disabled
soldiers?
Nov. will show the Democrats
that the veterans not only stand to-
gether but vote together.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
DECLARES STRIKES
HARM BOTH SIDES
By an Onlooker.

bN an UItIUuhtIs
Strikes seem to be the order Of
the day and strikes. as I have seen
them, always have been a loss to all
concerned. The recent textile strike
was called when locally the union
had only forty-six members, but
these forty-six with outside sympa-
thizers, almost closed the mill.
They created fear among the IS
per cent who were not in favor Of
a strike TO such an extent that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

The yacht races off Newport R. l.. are
worth the effort, if only to rid the stores of
their leftover summer nautical outfits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

With no revolution and taxicab strike on,
Cubans have nothing left to dodge but
American tourists
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

Italy has banned the expectation of quick
silver, but will permit the import of gold, no
matter how slow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

The Lindberghs were forced down in Ok
lahoma and showed what good farmers they
are But, all the same, they rushed repairs on
their plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

Fact is, the President isn't so sure, wher
congress takes up the money question, whether
he'll be able to budget.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
The Message Center

(Ttmes readers are tnUtted to cypress
their vie1os in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have a chance.
Limit them to $50 a0ords or leSs.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

German scientist has invented device
that measures the density of a fog. The next
step is an instrument that measures the dens-
lty of man in fog.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

Haitian delegate tells League OF Nations
President RooSevelts political roadway leads to
Geneva. It's been so bumpy at the start, how
could he ever get there?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

In union there is strength" says labor's
slogan, but We'll soon learn whether it is as
strong as steel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

Austria is expecting another Nazi putsch
and is preparing to thwart it. Hitler has been
silent too long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

Some day General Johnson won't say {
thing, and the country will agree with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15
BELIEVES VETERANS WILL
DEFEAT DEMOCRATS
BY William Cusiek.

No political party can win the
election Nov. 6 without the support
Of the veteran vote. Today the vet
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

There is a main fault among
younger feminine players. They are
trying to ape the more successful
ones.-Darryl Zanuck, movie pro-
ducer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

I don't think that, just because
a man is nominated or elected to
office, his family should step in the
spotlight, too.-Mrs. Upton Sinclair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

GET not myself to attain much
- rest, but much patience
Thomas A. Kempis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-15

Agriculture is taking charge Of
production, just as industry has
done for years.-EdWard A. ONeal,
president American Farm Bureau
Federation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21

He also said that some of them
were not SO good.
Some of them were guerillas.
These volunteer regimentalists-
Have enlisted "for the war"-per-
haps.
In the first platoon, in squad num-
ber one,
The tall sergeant Of the first ranks
Among the durable goods service,
Is Mr.. Claude Huston.
Farther down the line,
In the textiles division,
Heading the cotton squad,
George Sloan shows up mighty
strong.
But these fellows got their own
squads together.
They made their own code of march
ing orders,
They chose their own lieutenants
and captains.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
CATERING UNION
TALKS STRIKE

Cincinnati, Ohio (ILNS)-A strike
of 10000 hotel, restaurant and bever-
age dispensing workers was threaten
ed by Robert B. Hesketh, secretary
treasurer of the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees and Beverage Dispensers
international Alliance.
"Much as we desire to work in con-
junction with our government and the
NRA,' Hesketh telegraphed Deputy
Code Administrator Sol Rosenblatt,
II shall feel justified in calling for a
general cessation of work by our TO-
900 members if our bad conditions
are further encroached upon"
Hesketh protested the placing of
hotel restaurants under the hotel code,
extension of "off days" to two and a
half weekly, and an increase Of daily
working hours from IL to ID.
eve are likewise opposed" he said,
"to the substitute measures offered
that go now to the Industrial and
Labor and Consumers Boards. Our
conditions are bad enough now, both
as to wages and hours and much un-
employment prevails"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
STRIKE
Threatened By Unions To
Back Roosevelt Order
convention.

New York City (ILNS)-If en-
ployers in the cotton garment indus
try persist in their announced deter
mination to defy President Roosevelt's
order for higher wages and shorter
hours, organized workers will enforce
the order by strike, union leaders
declared here. The presidents order
reduced hours by 10 per cent and in
creased pay by 10 to II per cent. It
per cent. 1t is effective October LA
is effective October /.
"If the government will not accept
the challenge of these manufacturers,
the workers and their union will ac-
cept the challenge and will call, by
October /, a general strike to estab
lish thirty y-sixhour week in all cot
ton garment factories. David Dublin
sky, president of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union,
said.
1.-THE Amalgamated will do every
thing under the sun to enforce the
presidents ORDER" said Jacob S. Pot
cfsky, vice president of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers Union. "This
order cutting hours and raising wages
was arrived at by the administration
after careful study and considera-
ton"
"The presidential order affects not
less than $4,000 dressmakers, employ
ed on so-called house dresses in cot
ton garment factories, in sharp COM
petition, in so far as work hours and
pay are concerned, with the regular
dress factories President Dubinsky
declared. "The fact is that good
deal Of this so-called house dress out
put is sold at higher prices than the
dresses manufactured under the reg
ular dress CODE"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
U. S. WORKERS
Ask 3O-Hour Week and Re-
stOratiOn of Pay Slash

New York iCyt (ILNS)--The Amer
lean Federation of Government En-
ployes, in annual convention here, call
ed for restoration of all federal pay
cuts, the 30-hour week throughout the
federal service, 30-year optional re-
tirement, full leave restoration, auto
matte promotions, equal pay for equal
work, a revitalized classification law
and other reforms.
Strong support for the movement
for shorter hours and increased pay
for government workers was voiced
by Matthew Woll, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Woll told the convention that unless
the government took the lead in put
ting it's own house in ORDER it stood
in the position of a "demagogue' in
it's efforts to impose shorter work
week on private industry. He pledged
the backing of the American Fedora
ton of Labor in any program adopted
by the government employees.
Picketing and use of mass commit
tees was banned by constitutional pro-
hibition at the urging Of President E.
Claude Babcock, who argued that the
organization should address itself to
government officials through mental
persuasion" rather than physical show
of force.
Cincinnati was chosen for the 1885
convention.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21

He signed foreword to a report,
On Trade Association Activities'-
In which he said:
i. trade associations have rapidly
developed
''into legitimate and constructive
fields -.
"have marked fundamental step
'in the gradual evolution
"of our whole economic life
There have always been regiments
of volunteers.
That is what trade association is
Some volunteers who have lined
up
In separate regimental units
BY tens of thousands.
Practically every industry has its
trade association
Said Attorney General Harlan F.
Stone
Years ago.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
SILK MILLS LOSES BLUE EAGLE

The NRA has ordered the Atmore
Six Mills, lnc., Atmore, Ala, to sur
render its Blue Eagle to the local
postmaster. The Compliance Council
has found that the firm violated the
minimum wage provisions of the
throwing industry code.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

Nevertheless-they are enrolled
Lined up-marching together
Keeping step--or trying to learn
how to do that.
Also-Mr. Hoover signed the "Yel-
low Dog" law
Which invalidates any contract
Which any employer forces his en-
ployes to sign
Aiming to regiment the employees
for the employer,
Thus preventing the employe from
choosing their own regiment.
1t is true, however
That Mr.. Hoover did not like the
bonus army.
It's members were 0. K. in the A.
E. F.
But he did not like their trade as
sociation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21

To be sure, Mr.. Hoover is not ex-
actly military man
His mind runs more to commits
sions-
Of another kind.
But he had regiment of those.
Mr.. Hoover's friends would never
regiment the workers.
Their favorite phrase for the work
ing man is:
"Can him!"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21

When your nead A
aches; when Neu- V
ralgia tortures you; ~sz
when Muscular Pains make you
miserable-take a DR.. Miles
Anti-P Pain Pill.
Mr.. Smith Is one of millions
who have found this easy way to
prompt relief. He says
Il keep DR.. Miles Anti Pain
Pills in my pocket and aohen
get a dull heavy feeling IN my
head, | talce a Dr.. Miles Anti
Pnfn PaIand the pain passes of.
DR.. MILE s.
@Sslgs-asssSa PULLS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21

Q.-What was the first big strike
of textile workers in the South?
A strike of 1000 cotton mill
workers in Augusta, Ga, in 1901 is
believed to have been the first big
walkout, though there were smaller
strikes in earlier years.
Q.-What is a short definition of a
trade union?
Am organized association of
workmen formed for the protection
and promotion of their common in
terests.
Q.-When did the American Feder-
alton of Labor first make declaration
on the immigration question?
An 1892, when the convention
for that year said: "There can be no
question but that unrestricted immi-
grafton is working great injury to
the people of our country"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
LaborQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
bor: What 1t Has Done; Where
It Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks OF
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21
Truths POndered While
Riding at
Anchor
Then gently scan
your brother man


Who's afraid Of RECOMMENDATION
If it is Mr.. Herbert Hoover who is
afraid
He has discovered new way to
scare himself.
When he was secretary of commerce
in 1927
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-09-21

Clarice-Don't you think George
dresses nattily?
Flourine- Natalie who? ?-U. S. S.
Melville Job Order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-09
Upset May Feature
 Postmaster Contest
Kellys Friends Rally as Chairman Crary Announces
 Intentions to Support Babn

crclso thls authority in endorsing the Babln candidacy.
 Tho raeo for tho poBtmastership ? is on between Commissioners Babin and Acting postmastor James Y, Kelley. Tho latter is also under. stood to havo received the endorse. ment of many leading residents of the city.
 Lonergan Co Decide
 Whether Babln or Kelley gets tho post, Il is expected in tho meantime that Senator Lonergan will bo boslcged with now recom- mendations by respective bnckors of the two mon. Action on tho permanent postmaster appoint. mont is expected soon In view of the fact that congress is soon to nd journ. It was expected all along that the democratic town chnir- man would endorse Commlssio Ba bln, This was expected because Of tho fact that Mir Babin has boon an activo momber of tho demo' cratic administration and, thoro. fore, was considered worthy of dt lonst a formal endorsement by the party organization.