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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
BY a Student.

By Student.
Mr.. Eastman, railroad co-ordi-
nator, faces two serious obstacles
in his efforts to bring the trans
portation lines up to date.
The first problem relates to use
less overhead resulting from null
tiple organization.
If as many postal units existed
as railroad companies, with each
unit having separate bookkeeping,
supervisory personnel, duplicate
equipment, and useless salaries
from top to bottom, then the
postal system might also show
$4,000, 10000 bonded debt. A
darge part Of that debt represents
equipment which has been
scrapped years ago.
Since the property behind much
of this debt has vanished, the Sc
curities would seem to be some
what insecure.
Twenty per cent of the capital
structure of the roads must be
written off, before they can move
off of their dead financial center.
Postponing the write off Of $5,00O,-
100000 of capital structure only
adds to the difficulty. Eastman's
problem of consolidation will be
simplif1ed materially by 1885, be-
cause the decline of business vol
ume in 1885 will force a write on
of both debt and capital.
Price declines will reach new
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
CRACKPOT CRIME CURES

A T the international Association Of Chiefs
n of Police convention, Chief siccardi of
Bergen county. New Jersey. urged the finger
printing Of every man woman and child in the
United States. This familiar artifce may fit
the social morality Of old world relationships,
but certainly not that OF free republic.
Less extreme is a campaign, led by Law
renee Gilman. chairman Of the New York
State Chamber of Commerce. to have congress
require the finger printing of all aliens. The
fact that the Lindbergh suspect happens to be
a deportable foreigner should not lead Us into
another spree Of slien-baitin
Other suggestions are that the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation be enlarged into great
American Scotland Yard. that all major
crimes be broadcast over the radio. that
harsher penalties be imposed.
There are no short cuts to a crimeess
America. We must perfect police and court
personnel and procedure to insure swift and
certain Justice. AS President Roosevelt told
the police chiefs. This respect for law and this
security are possible only when the admins
tration OF justice is entrusted to wise, upright.
patriotic and courageous officials"
We must make the whole mechanism OF
crime abatement and punishment more intel
ueent. more honest. But even then. unless we
cleanse society Of crimes breeding places, we
shall have criminals who rob and kill and
terrorize.
Hawkers Of crackpot crime cures need some
OF the understanding of that outstanding
crimtnologist. Austin H. Mccormack, commits
sioner Of correction OF New York. Here is his
remedy:
Crime prevention must 60 back to the
sources. and criminology must become sociology
in its broadeSt sense he said A juvenile
court is worth more to society than criminal
court. A child behavior clinic is worth more
than a prison. A slum clearance law IS worth
more than penal law. Social justice Is worth
more than criminal justice. If you would pre-
vent crime back al the roots - hack at the
roots!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
THE ACID STORY

xxTHY did Acting Captain Warns Of the
w MORO Castle fail on his first appear
ance as a witness 10 tell the sensational aoidi
story ne told the commerce departments
hearing the other day?
The testimony Is more significant because
Il implies serious criminal intent on the part
of George Alagna. first assistant radio opera
tor. who had declared that ~msdmen were in
charge of the ship
The extraordinary new story IS that Captain
Wlllmott. ships master. was so afraid the
night he died that Alagna would throw acid on
him ne locked himself in MS room out refused
TO have Alagna put IN irons or have his room
searched. saying Hes so damned smart ne
wouldn't keep anything around his room"
The story Is very. very weak.
Far more 70 the point is Captain Warns
admission that he did not have enough junior
ofhcers-the owners did not provide them.
We are gratihed 10 note that Chairman
Hoover OF the board viii examine the Ward
Line officials. We believe that Captain Warns
new accusation makes Il more indispensable
than ever that the board not only question the
line rncials closely but recall witnesses ana
ask them explicitly what the line lawyers or
officials said 10 them. whether they sought 70
intimidate or coach them. and in what man
ner. The lawyers also could be called later.
II Is unfortunate that the board did not
question Captain Warns more thoroughly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
FOR THE NEW POOR

IF there is any one who complacently thinks
Il the scanty relief of government doles to
the depression's victims is enough, he has
much 10 learn from the evidence presented in
Washington at the Mobilization for Human
Needs conference. This conference represents
social services maintained largely by private
giving.
President Farrand of Cornell told what
five years of want and near-want have done
TO the health Of the people. Medical care fur
nished the new poor today is little more than
half Of what they we're accustomed to receive
during normal times. Studies indicate 66 per
cent more sickness among families of the un-
employed than those Of full-time workers.
Others pleaded the cause Of the depres-
sion's child victims, who must have fresh
milk. special care, recreation, the personal at
tentions denied them from broken homes and
extreme poverty Private givers are asked to
maintain maternity and nursing services.
recreation projects and character building
agencies. Ii is 10 impress Americans with
these obligations. and remind them that they
must not relax in their giving. that thirty
four national welfare organizations are meet
ing in Washington on the eve of the COM
munity chest season.
Unemployment" said Chairman Newton
Baker. has increased sickness. proved
menace to normal childhood. brought about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
THERE'S NOTHING NEW
ABOUT RECOMMENDATION
By a Times Reader.

BY Times Reader.
THE Challenge to Liberty" writ
ten by Herbert Hoover overlooks the
augmentation of every industrial
worker. That RECOMMENDATION started
about the time the Constitution was
written.
All who hire to others for wages
or salaries Immediately drop their
own ideas about how, when and
where they shall perform their serv-
ices. They must accept regimenta-
ton as the first premise Of employ
ment.
Usually, in our American system,
the card index system already lists
the workers name if he has been
regimented before. The informa-
ton card requires complete data on
positions filed and salaries received
in other places, or industrial regi-
mentS, and time of service on pre-
vious drill grounds.
Liberty seems to be a catchword
for a skin game. Slavery by any
other name would still be slavery.
Real liberty, not the kind Mr..
Hoover wants, will create an eco
nomic system in which there will
be no parasites. 1t will be a
planned economy, eliminating
all the waste Of useless compe-
tition; it viii destroy poverty for
all who work. and let those who
won't work starve.
The workers of America have
been regimented since the indus
trial revolution began more than
a century ago. They have practi-
cally nothing to say about how the
industry to which they are at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
MONDAY or l. ls1a
THE BIG ELECTION

ONE OF the most important elections Of
- our history is scheduled tor this fall or
winter. It will be secret. the date Of il Will not
be known even after the announcement Of its
result some Monday. and there Will be only
nine voters
The United States supreme court. meeting
Monday. will hold this election" on the New
Deal issue some time this session.
Several cases involving the Roosevelt pro-
gram already are fled. and others are on
their way to the court. Some but not all Of
these cases will probably call for a statement
BY the court Of It's philosophy and attitude
toward the New Deal. Some Of the legal points
Will be determined on the basis Of procedure
or Jurisdiction. But the important election"
will come on the basis policies.
Supreme court decisions seldom are re-
versed. and then only after many years Its
rules Of government. as set forth in its deci-
sions, are conformed to closely by federal and
state legislatures. The supreme court sets
boundaries. beyond which lawmakers rarely
venture
Congress under the emergency of 1888 en-
acted certain necessary measures. with speci-
fed time limits. The emergency is not ter
minated. but some OF the New Deal laws will
end soon. Many Of them have been challenged,
unsuccessfuly for the most part. in the lower
courts. Now the supreme court is TO rule.
When the fundamental policy cases come
up and the legal technicalities are sheared
of. the issue will be clear.
Is the Constitution a strait-iacket; more
specifically. does the due process" clause Of
the fourteenth amendment prohibit congress
from attempting to attain social justice?
Conservatives contend the answer is Yes"
They long have used this clause. adopted in
cidentally after the Civil war and not by the
founding fathers as a legal cloak to protect
property interests at the expense of human
interests.
The supreme court itself by 5-4 votes in a
few cases involving state laws. last term upheld
emergency legislation against attacks Of prop
erty interests.
Now the real test comes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
LAST DEPRESSION
SET FOR 1943.

BY Star Gazer.
The Presidents problem in at
tempting to increase industrial pro-
duction is vexatious because of the
conflict of interest between the va
rious producers and between produc-
ers and labor. Rugged individual
ism is the handspring of the cap
italistic system Of production.
The system forces labor to yield
a large part of it's real earnings in
the form of profits to capital. When
this profit is taken from labor, with
out providing additional employ
ment, through new construction Of
capital goods, and more consumer
goods, then the capital structure is
undermined and will fall.
The capitalistic system is not ex-
periencing a decline in stability. No
radical change from capitalism is
possible until the system complete
ly fails to meet public need.
This depression will very likely be
the last one before the system goes
into the discard.
Another so-called boom period will
follow this depression, beginning in
1886 and gradually reaching its
peak in 1912, but 1943 will see the
end of capitalism, because two ma
jor depressions within seven years
will be more than the rising gen.
Grafton will take lying down.
The collapse of 1943 will make the
1929 collapse look insignificant. The
hardships ensuing will force reor-
ganization of industry along CO.
operative lines, eliminating the
waste of competition, setting new
standards of efficiency, creating CO.
ordination in each industry and
with other industries.
Ownership Of the industries will
be similar to municipality owned
utilities. If the change comes by
evolution, the groundwork for it
must be laid during the next period
of rising industrial activity. Fail
ure in this portends disaster. The
change will come whether we want
it or not; conditions will force it to
preserve civilization. Government
is a mere will of the wisp" in STEM
ming the natural forces in the So
cial order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01

drove on through the city without
stopping.
A few years ago in New Orleans,
the writer thought his car had been
stolen when finding it had vanished
from where it had been parked. In
vestigation developed that 1t had
been impounded for overtime park
ing and the city was $500 richer,
the cost of redemption.
The columns of your paper could
be used to combat these fragrant
annoyances and see that those too
lazy to do other than park double
and those who park for hours and
perhaps all day be severely repri-
manded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01

enforced leisure with attendant dangers and
increased fear and insecurity in millions of
homes.
Society can not be rebuilt by relief meas
ures alone. The privately-supported social
agencies OF our communities are necessary"
President Roosevelt told the conference he
was confident the people of America will I'M
derstand and cooperate lin this great mobili-
cation for human needs"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01

The only definite part was about NFA re-
organization, which was known already. Even
there he did not say how far he is going in
dropping price fixing and production restric-
ton: or in enforcing the collective bargaining
law. His intimation that he viii repeat the
Hoover request for capital-labor truce only
can end in failure as the Hoover truce ended
unless there is business revival What good is
a shorter week or higher wage if the factory
shuts down?
On the basis of last years experience it
seems fair to assume that there will be no
major sustained recovery Until private capital
goes back to work. until the vast credit reser-
voir is turned into productive channels. No
amount of government spending can take the
place Of private investment as long as this is
a capitalist system. The barrier is not spite,
not a boycott against the New Deal. 1t is I'M
certainty. People Who have money and credit
are not buying and are not borrowing because
they do not know what the value of money is
to be, what the rules of the game are to be.
They do not know whether the federal bud
get is to be balanced, or how or when; whether
imitation or taxation is to be the method. Or
what kind; whether tariff walls are to con-
tinue or foreign trade to be attempted;
whether the federal reserve is to be revived or
central bank established whether the farm
processing taxes and crop destruction are to
continue; whether the RFC is to go out of
business; whether IVA is to be extended;
whether public works are to be cut in half or
doubled. and so on down the lst-the New
Deal policies are not known to the public.
And that uncertainty-rightly or wrongly
is feeding the fear of the future which helps
to block recovery.
L ECONOMICALLY there is every reason why
~ this country should forge ahead rapidly.
The natural resources are here, the financial
reserves, the industrial equipment, the
trained labor and will to work, and the larg-
est consuming market in the world. Many of
the recent barriers have been largely removed:
the watered stocks the speculative setup, the
banking Joker, the farm foreclosures, the child
labor and sweat shops, the overbuilt plant and
glutted market.
Most important is the sincerity of the
Presidents leadership and the willingness of
the nation to follow.
But to retain that faith and hope the
President must continue to lead, and must be
franker with the people than he was last
night. He need not worry about the elections.
1t is recovery that counts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01

tached shall be operated. If they
attempt to say anything, their
dinner pail is in jeopardy. They do
have the liberty to starve.
We have seen plenty Of dictator
ship over labor, which has set the
standard of living through low
wages, on scale as low as slavery.
Will Mr.. Hoover sponsor real liberty
for the workers of America, or
ballyhoo for a fake liberty to con-
tinue their exploitation?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
FEARS POLITICIANS
HAMPER V. F. w.
By R. L Wagner.

By r. l. Wagner.
I have been member of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars for a good
many years and have always en-
joyed its teachings and also the prin-
ciples of the organization, but in the
past few weeks it has seemed to
me that certain members and their
posts have been slipping. Perhaps it
is none Of my business, as I am
not a member Of any post in In
dianapolis, or for that matter, in the
state.
One Of the principles Of posts over
the county that ] have been .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
Sc They Say

I appeal to every woman in
Britain TO say to her husband or son
every morning: BE careful. come
home alivel" - Major Leslie Hore-
Belisha, Great Britain's minister Of
TRANSPORT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
NEMESIS
BY RUTH PERKINS

Fortunes transientneSs in versatile
form
offered me love, flung az me love,
But I was a fixture unmindfu Of
storm,
A wiseacre, 1 killed this love.
All, such vicissitude. capricious this
fame
Ceasing TO be your gehenna
Left you, oh sad love untrue TO your
name,
Wherefore deserve ! this gehennas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01

For some time Frenchman has been try
ing to bring into the United States 100000
gallons OF whisky. This is the only instance
we can cite where red tape is an advantage
the whisky is getting older AL the time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
The Presidents Speech
An Editorial

XXTHEN the President got through last
w night there was not much left Of his
Tory critics.
To the Old Guard cry that the government
should not interfere with business, he an
swered In the words Of the venersted Repub-
ucan. Elihu Root. that economic relations
present new questions for the solution Of
which the old reliance upon the free action OF
individual wills appears quite inadequate And
in many directions. the Intervention Of
government seems necessary to produce the
same result Of justice and right conduct
which obtained through the attrition Of in
dividuals before the new conditions arose"
At the Tories who try to use the Constitu-
ton as a club against progress, he flung the
challenge Of Chief Justice White. the con-
servative:
There is great danger. it seems to me, to
arise from the constant habit which prevails
where anything is opposed or objected to, of re-
ferring without rhyme or reason to the Consti-
tuition as a means Of preventing its accomplish
rnent, thus creating the impression that the
Constitution is but a barrier to progress instead
Of being the broad highway through which
alone true progress may be enjoyed"
On the defensive side it was an exceedingly
effective speech.
DUT on the offensive side the President olo
ID not get far The people are much more
interested in learning the definite recovery
mans OF their chosen leader than in seeing him
turn to fay his already defeated and dis
credited Tory enemies. The real enemy is
depression. That is not yet defeated
The business upturn reported by the Presl-
dent was last spring. In the last two months
the curve has been steeply downward. Profits
are decreasing. Unemployment is increasing.
Cost of living is rising Real wages and pur-
chasing power are dropping The national
debt and the current operating defect are
mounting
That does not mean we should get panicky.
None nut fools and quacks expected the coun-
try to pull out of its deepest depression within
A year and a half. All we have legitimate
right to expect is-as the President phrased 1t
last vear-that we are on our way, that we
are moving forward by the trial and error
method.
This momentary backswing would be alarm
ing only if the President lost his ability to
correct the errors to make decisions. to tell
the people frankly what the next move Is Last
nights speech was unsatisfactory precisely be-
cause il was unlike the positive President
Roosevelt.
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about his conferences with the line lawyers
or officials.
The rights of the disaster victims can be
protected against the companys campaign 10
defeat them only by aggressive efforts of the
investigators to learn the full truth about the
company responsibility and the conduct OF its
officials and lawyers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01
UTILITY COMPANIES
DENY NRA IGNORED

BY a Times Reader.
If you want an example of how
a prominent utility is not cooperate
ing with the times generally, you
do not have to go any farther than
the Midland group. composed Of the
Northern Indiana Power Company
and the Public Service Company Of
Indiana.
With business generally better
than year ago, the companies have
decided upon a general 10 per cent
cut in personnel" This in spite Of
the fact they have cut so much in
the past, and employed scarcely any
additional help since the depression,
their statements to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
You will find the groups officials
draining the communities, paying
themselves excessive salaries, but
their employees a bare living wage,
and then cutting that, and forcing
them into overtime work.
1t seems such direct slap at the
general recovery program Officials
all seem to be thorough haters of
the New DeaD, that 1 thought you
might be interested in hearing about
it. Unfortunately I can not divulge
my name, but hope you can give
all such concerns which refuse to
cooperate with the administration
and NRA the full publicity they de-
serve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-01

Editors Note-OfficiaIs of the
Northern Indiana Power Company
and the Public Service Company
Of Indiana cite testimony several
months ago before the public
service commission as to increased
operating expenses because of
NRA observance, the 3 per cent
federal energy tax, and rising
commodity prices and taxes. II
was pointed out that NRA wage
scales are being observed and that
the five-day week is in effect. A
comparison Of the pay roll Of the
two companies for July, 1888. with
August, 1884, shows an annual in
crease of approximately 100000,
officials said. No preferred or
common stock dividends have been
paid since October, 1888, it was
pointed out.
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