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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
SENATOR ROBINSON
CAST IN RED ROLE

By A. L. C,
Why don't the state police or who
ever attends to such matters ar
rest Arthur Robinson on charges Of
melting to riot and incendiary
speeches. To only scan his alleged
speeches one can see that he is the
worst anarchist in the state.
The harassed Communists fade to
a poor parlor pink beside the bel
loWings of our senior senator. 1
strongly suspect he has been sub
sidi7ed by Mr.. Stain to lead the
w i'd revolution in the United
Stal,S
In such a state as California Mr..
Robinson wouldn't be allowed TO
thunder as he does. The district at
torney would have him up quicker
than whip for syndicalism, nihil-
ism and public nuisance.
But our police allow him to go on
talking and getting people all
worked up to overthrow something
or other. There is just toe earned
much free speech.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
EDINBURG RESIDENT
MAKES COMPLAINT
> Kvms Owen wendell. EdinburI

BY Kyms owen wendell, Edinburg.
Last Monday I wrote a letter TO
the editor of the Edinburg Courier
for publication in his paper, but for
some reason or other he did not
print it. And for some reason or
other he has had considerable diff
Guilty in speaking to me since.
The article that I wrote was
prompted by the fact that the man
wrote about and myself were at
one time applicants for the position
Of superintendent of the local light
and water plant, and neither OF us
was considered, but the plant was
turned over to other parties.
The article that I wrote follows:
Editor, Edinburg Courier: In
making my rounds about town Mon
day morning, I observed that man
had been sent to Edinburg by the
Interstate Public Service Company
to meter the new panel being in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

WASHINGTON temporarily has ceased belng
w city of foreign ambassadors and. minis
tiers and ranking government officials 1t now
is the residence of charges dafaires and acting
Secretries.
Frankly. the charges daffairs and the acting
secretaries are having whirl of it, They don't
care if their chiefs never come back-at least,
from business point of view.
Bill Phillips acting secretary of state, seldom
has enjoyed himself more than during last week
end when he entertained Prince Kaya of Japan.
One had only to take a quick glance at the Phil
lips physiognomy to realize that he wouldn't
have traded places with the King of England.
Gay, black mustached Charge dAffaires
Louis Michel of Switzerland dashes about the
country at such rate it's hard to keep track Of
him. Last week he visited Newport. This week
it probably will be Bar Harbor-although he al
ready has been there once this summer.
Baron Johan Beck-Friis the blond and good
looking charge daffaires of Sweden, is more
placid in his tastes, but he isn't finding things
dull. He's spending the weekend with friends
at Bluemont Va.-not far from the summer
residence of the Russian Soviet ambassador, Mr..
Trovanovsky.
THE charge d'affares of Rumania, NJ. Flor
escu can engaging personality, enjoys
plungng in the surf at Bethany Beach, Del. Just
now he's down there with Andre Popovicis of his
legation.
After strenuous time attending parties in
Newport and New York and official funerals in
Washington M Jules Henri, charge daffares
and genius of French diplomacy here, has finally
settled down to the hum-drum existence of a for
eign envoy during the summer time.
At least he almost has settled down. At the
moment Jules is still in Newport as the guest of
General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. But on
his return he expects to stay in town for several
weeks with hardly any parties worth mention
ing in the ofing.
The strong part of Jules diplomacy is that
he accomplishes more for "la belle France" at a
party than most ENJOYS do after several hours at
the state department
THE most popular party in Washington off,
| 4 cial circles for some time was the water
melon party at which Commerce Secretary
Roper entertained two hundred government Off
Gals, cabinet members and various digntaries
Last year. Secretary Roper gave the same
kind of party and indications it will be an
annual custom. zone rather sad sidelight on
the affair was the recollection by friends that
last year the late speaker of the house. Mr.
Rainey, had been among the guests)
] Genial Host Roper. clad in light summer at
tire, strobe about his garden on Woodland drive
greeting those who arrived with the question
Won't you have a slice Of North Carolina
watermelon?"
The answer was invariably: yes"
You bet I Will" beamed War Secretary
George Dern who would have taken first prize
as an eater of melons, had any such prize been
| awarded
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
LETTER BY A. B. G..
BRINGS REPLY
By a Times Reader.

BY Times Reader.
would like to have space enough
in your paper to answer a letter by
A. B. G. am the one who couldn't
see any difference between the New
Deal and the old. I wrote a little
piece to that effect about a week
ago and A. B. G. didn't like it.
If the prices quoted on wages
and commodities now and year ago
were not true, why didn't he deny
it? He either is too blind or ignor-
ant to see the truth and I believe
it's the latter. The price OF COM
modities still is soaring but wages
are not.
I said the cost of living always
has been about three times higher
than wages, and still say 1t. l
appreciate my wages. but would
like to see the cost Of living some
where near them, anyway. 1t never
will be that way under capitalist
government.
A. B. G., don't try to tell me about
relief or charity. I had that for
about three years and am still on it.
You said the civil works admins
tration gave a man chance to
earn a living and you're wrong. You
earn what you get, but it isn't a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
EXTOLS PRINCIPLE OF
SPEECH FREEDOM

BY o. S. Baird Sr.
I have read with interest and sur
prise, and no little disgust, letter
in your issue of Aug. II in defense
of capitalism and criticiSing The
Times for practicing, as well as
preaching, the freedom of the press,
of which we have heard so much
lately.
I take and read regularly three
daily papers and several weeklies.
The Times is the only one in the
entire list that not only breaches but
practices freedom of speech and
Of the press.
I am not objecting to a defense
of capitalism; a writer has right
to defend any ism" in which he be-
lieves. But why should he be so
intolerant of the opinions of 9TH
erS? Why is he so free in exercis-
ing the right to express his own
views while denouncing others for
exercising the right to express
theirs?
If my memory is not at fault, one
of the charges made against the
apostles for their espousal of
Christianity when they entered a
certain city, was "They that have
turned the world upside down by
their teachings have come hither
also"
From that day down to the pres
ent, every new idea has been de-
nounceds as radical, unsound, hereti-
cal and dangerous. If Christ him
self again should appear preaching
the same doctrines He did 1000
years ago. He would be denounced
by the conservatives Of our day as
a dangerous radical, hereto and
bolshevik.
Just such utterances as this letter
do more to create Socialists and
Communists than all the teachings
coming from Moscow.
I am not a Communist, but just
a plain, old-fashioned Democrat who
believes that that clause in the Con-
stitution giving us all the right to
express our views means something
and is not as Senator ingalls, once
said, IAN iridescent dream"
I am more than willing to give
to others the same right I claim for
myself, whether their ideas agree
with mine or not More power and
influence to The Times, the only
paper in indianapolis that practices
what it breaches regarding freedom
Of speech.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
BELITTLES ROBINSON'S
STAND ON VETERANS
By James F. walker.

By James F. walker.
Replying to H. Sprunger's article
on Robinson and the Constitution,
Lii Arthur doesn't even know the
meaning of the word constitution.
He has grabbed up quite few jaw
breakers and he raves and rants and
no one ever yet has discovered any
connection With the real issue in
his campaign.
Since ITS, he is the only United
States senator who has the honor
of doing the least, knowing the
least, and the least popular.
The only thing that Lii Arthur
can do is to whine to the tune Of
the Ku-Klux Khan.
The veterans bunk he is throw
ing out is only bait for the 10000
a-year dole for himself. Indiana
voters can not be fooled all the
time; only part Of the time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
Dubious of Old AGE Pension Investigation

inclined to believe that the Cham
Der of Commerce really is COM
mitted to the guiding principle of
profit, which maintains that the
working class should put in as
many hours a day as humanity
possible at wages which permit
only a bare existence.
Low wages and irregular en-
ployment make impossible the &C
emulation of money to care for
the worker in old age. He, there
fore, in the absence of an ade-
uuate pension, must spend his
last days in the living death of a
poorhouse or accept what in
tragic humor is called poor re-
lief
In this old age pension investi-
CATION, the Chamber Of Com
merce is on trial before the bar
of public opinion. If the inquiry
is conducted fairly and results in
constructive suggestions, the
chamber will have done much to-
ward removing the odium with
which it now is viewed by thou
sands of indianapolis citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

By a Worker.
1 read with mixed feelings the
announcement that the Chamber
of Commerce is to make an in
vestigation of old age pensions IN
Marion county.
AS a firm believer in pensioning
the aged, I would rejoice to see
data obtained upon which might
be based more liberal old age
pension law for Indiana, but l
have misgivings regarding the
outcome of the Chamber of Com
merce investigation.
I feel quite safe in saying that
never in its history has the cham
Der, the apostle of long hours and
short pay, acted in the interests
of the people as a whole.
Chambers of commerce, manu-
facturers' associations and like
organizations for years were the
outstanding foes of old age pen
sions. The chambers national
organization, I recall, few years
ago approved "in principle" the
pensioning of the aged.
Despite that declaration, I am
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
SALOON DAYS OF
YORE RETURN

BY f. H.
That promise of the repealists
that they would not bring back the
old saloon if they got legal liquor,
was quite as thin as when sister
promised dad that if he'd let her
have fellows, she would positively do
no kissing.
Merely changing the name Of
rattlesnakes would not diminish the
danger to humanity in the least.
There is nothing in name. John
Dillinger's name was good enough
for great evangelist, but his BUSH
ness caused him to be shot in an
alley. The fang of the rattlesnake
is to be dreaded, not his rattle, but
his rattle does at least warn us be-
fore he strikes.
We were in no doubt what the
name saloon meant in the old days.
1t warned us before the serpent Of
strong drink struck us. But today,
strong drink strikes the unsuspect-
ing. from a tavern, grill or grocery.
The other day, wet who can
see finally that all the repal
promises were only lot Of bologna.
made the remark that Wen have
prohibition again" If we do, I
wonder If we will have repeal fol-
lowing it, with the promise by re-
pealists that if they get legal liquor.
they'll not bring back the tavern.
Americas moving right along. Let
each one draw their own conclu-
sions as to where.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
ReincarnatiOn
BY EUGENE RICHART

There is place you dreamed in
long ago,
That only the free and strong and
wild can know.
There, where the tawny tigresses
may pass
SoundlesS as shadows gliding
through the grass,
You we're asleep, and silently be-
came
A creature even loud cities can not
tame.
There we're strange scarlet blossoms
growing near.
There were strange forest SOUNDS
for you to hear.
And are you sometimes lonely Tor
the far
Places where human voices never
are?
Do you wish ever for the alien
grass
Where you once saw tawny tigress
pass?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

living by any means. You contra
dicted yourself by saying the CWA
was only relief measure and not
a job.
Your talk about taxpayers sup
porting us makes me sick. I sup
pose you're one Of these $3.50 a year
taxpayers who Squawk their heads
off because the bosses don't stand
over the CWA men with whip.
You talk about losing ones self
respect by being on charity. I've
still got enough self-respect left to
fight against human misery and
suffering in a land Of plenty. l
guess you've made SO or $40 a week
all your life, and S12 or $14 seems
like fortune to you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

stalled to handle standby service for
the town.
This man was one who last jan
uary was an applicant for the po-
sition of superintendent OF this
plant, but was considered incompe-
tent to handle the job, yet the work
he is doing for the Interstate is
work that can not be done by the
present superintendent" "
The question I want answered by
the public is this: Why isn't stu
dent recognized in his own home
town?
While he was doing this compli-
Gated work the local men were play
ing with the street lighting system
which never can be permanently
fixed the way they are trying to
do it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
DAUNTLESS ACCOLADE
GIVEN LII ARTHUR
By Dalton Hunter.

By Dalton Hunter.
Indiana should be proud Of SEN
ator Robinson. His keynote speech
marking the official opening Of his
campaign for reelection shows him
before the whole United States as a
man who has not been frightened
by a violent reactionary government
which has assumed the powers Of
dictatorship to the extent of trying
to eradicate the rights Of free
speech and freedom Of the press.
He has pointed out fearlessly the
evils of a bureaucratic Socialist
government while that same gov
eminent has attempted to put him
of the radio. He has demanded for
the citizens Of Indiana and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

United States the right to have a
representative government as has
until now been granted them under
the Constitution. He has shown
the people how their money has
been squandered recklessly on ex-
detrimental projects; how food and
clothing have been destroyed while
people starve.
Such a dauntless man as Senator
Robinson deserves the whole-heart-
ed support of the people of Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
SUICIDE SUGGESTED FOR
HUEY AND ADOLF

By w. F.
I see by your paper that Huey
Long der Kingfsh as Mr.. Pegler
calls him) is attempting to rule
Louisiana by the force of Hitler.
Huey Long reminds me very
strongly of Adolf Hitler. He is
demagog who rants and roars and
promises everything to everybody.
Like Adolf, he can't deliver, but he
sure can talk a mouthful.
Huey and Adolf should get to-
gether, talk things over, and then
do the smartest thing for their two
countries-commit suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

Colorado convicts took serum treatment,
gambling against death for freedom. Indiana
prisoners don't need to take serum for free
dom. They just take a walk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

That Pittsburgh heiress who married the
truck driver apparently is going to give him
the bird. She says she'll ask annulment be-
cause it was just a lark
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

Maybe if California wants to get rid Of
its Communists, they'd be welcome in Cincin-
natl They'd do almost anything here to start
an uprising Of the Reds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25
The Message Center

Times readers are tnUtted to cypress
their vtetos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so az can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ words or tess.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

That Kansas weather forecaster who ad
mitted it was getting cooler when the mercury
dropped from 1O2 TO 60 probably viii feel
safe in ordering his coal by February.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

Some kindly brain truster might take a
few minutes out and figure how much time
We lose in a year trying to put that drafted
cap back on the tooth paste tube.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

new tiger was delivered to Clyde Beatty
in Detroit. so he named it Mickey Cochrane.
Wonder what he'd call new hyena if it was
delivered to him in Louisiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-25

When Beeoe gets tired Of riding in his
bathysphere. he can come back on land and
see some more queer fish in a department
store bargain rush.
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Phone Riley Tsl
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
VALUE SEEN Up
FOR LIVESTOCK

Approximately 81, $40, ,000, 900 was
added to the market value Of
cattle, hogs and sheep on Ameri
can farms between January / and
June 80, 1884, according to esti
mates made public by the In
Stitute of American Meat ParkerS
OF this figure $1,394,o0o, 900 was
accounted for by cattle, $174,000,
600 by hogs and $72,000,000 by
sheep. The report explained:
"The estimated average mar
ket price of cattle and calves
at Chicago for the week ending
June 30, 1884, was $7.45 per
cwt. as compared with $5.25 for
the week ending December 30,
1880. The average weight Of
cattle is about GAG pounds,
which would mean an increase
Of approximately $2O.8O per
head in cattle values or an in
crease Of approximately $1,S94-
100000 for the estimated total
of 67,OOO,OOO cattle and calves
on American farms and ranches
January 1, 1884.
Figures for hogs and sheep
were arrived at by the same
means, the Governments esti-
mates for the number of hogs
and sheep on farms and ranches
last January being 56,OOO,OOO
head and 100000 head, re-
spectively."
These figures, the Institute ex
planned, do not include hog pro-
cessing taxes of approximately
$107. 100000 which were incurred
by the packing industry during
the first six months of 1884, an
amount which is to be spent by
the Government in payments to
those farmers cooperating in the
hog-corn reduction program and
for purchases of hogs and pork
for emergency relief purposes and
in other ways to aid hog values.
The Institute says:
can improvement in con-
sumer purchasing power and
heavier demand for meat and
meat products, cOincident with
q reduction in live stock mar
ketingS, was responsible for the
upturn in values"
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
COST Of LIVING
CLIMBS SH|CHER

The upward trend in the cost
of living of industrial wage-earn-
ers which was resumed in May
after an interruption in April, was
continued in June with rise of
0.3 per cent, according to the
monthly index of the National In
dustrial Conference Board.
Increases from May to June
were shown in all the major items
of the wage-earner'S budget eX-
cept clothing.
Living costs in June, 1884, were
1912 per cent above the low OF
April, 1888, and 80 per cent higher
than in June, 1888. but 20.6 per
cent lower than in June, 1929.
The purchasing value Of the
dollar, base 1923 equals 100 cents,
was 1863 cents in June as COM
pared with 1872 cents in May,
1884, and 1874 cents in June. 1888.
Food prices advanced 0.5 per
cent in June to a level 1875 per
cent higher than June, 1888, but
29.7 per cent lower n n June,
1929.
Rents rose O.6 per cent from
May to June, but were only 1.9
per cent over their June, 1888.
level. They were, however, 29.8
per cent lower than in June, 1929.
Clothing prices as a whole fell
off O.6 per cent from May to June.
V'omen's clothing prices declined
IL per cent while mems clothing
prices decreased only OIL per cent.
Clothing prices are 25.5 per cent
higher than June, 1888, but 21.2
per cent lever than in June, 1929.
Coal prices increased 0.2 per
cent from May to June. In June
they were 8.4 per cent higher than
in June, 1888, but 60 per cent
lower than in June. 1929.
Increase in the prices Of house
furnishings and drugs and toilet
a aicleS made the cost of sundries
average OIL per cent higher IN
June than in May. Sundries were
3.6 per cent above the June, 1888.
level but So per cent below that
of June, 1929.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
c. T. ORDERS UP
40 PER CENT

Steady rise in bookings of the
General Electric Company which
put the total for the first quarter
to the highest level, with one ex-
ception, in the past two years, con-
tinued in the second quarter, and
bookings for the latter period may
even exceed the final quarter of
1881. In the first quarter this
year bookings were $38,14S,654,
compared with $37 1886, 100 in the
final quarter last year and $43,-
733, ,499 in the third quarter last
year. The second quarter is ex'
pected to show a gain of roughly
40 per cent over the bookings Of
$35, ,539, 1853 in the second quarter
last year.
The bookings for the second
quarter this year will probably be
in the neighborhood of $50,000,-
600, thus possibly exceeding the
bookings of $49, 1921 ,480 reported
for the three months ended De-
cember 81, 1881. In the third
quarter of 1881 bookings were $751;"
271,038. The bookings for the six
months will be 1000, 900 to $685.
600, 900, compared with $61, ,051 ,5O2
a year ago, an increase of just un-
der so per cent for the period.
With bookings on the uptrend.
billings, from which profit is real
lied, are tagging, a normal trend
in the electrical goods business.
In the first quarter this year bill
ings were $34.935,550, or about
So, 100000 behind bookings for the
period.
Billings for the second quarter
will probably show a similar lag,
but with bookings up $11,000,C00
to $12, 100000 during the period, a
roughly similar gain in billings is
likely.
AS a result of this, earnings for
the period will show consider
able expansion. In the first quar-
ter General Electric realized
operating profit of $3,112,444 on
it's sales and had other income Of
81 ,453 ,284, or total net income for
the quarter of $4,565,728 After
deduction of the. quarters divi-
dends of $643,767 on the special
stock, the balance was equal to IA
cents a share on the 28,854,927
common shares. In the first quar-
ter last year, earnings were $685.
$40 or 8 cents a common share.