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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
MONDAY. NOVEMBER u. 1884
BEHIND THE SCENES

WHILE looking toward the 1886 campaign.
w Indiana Democrats can afford to pause
and interpret the story behind figures COM
piled after last Tuesdays election.
Some Of those, figures the Democrats will
learn, did not show the optimistic scenery that
has been painted in the several days since the
flush Of victory first overlook the party.
Elsewhere in The Indianapolis Times today.
readers will find the first Of three articles by
James Doss. Times staff writer. in which he
drops behind the scenes Of Tuesdays election
to analyze the real story.
The warning carried in the figures Of the
election VIII show the Democratic party that
despite victory in the high ranks Of oficialdom,
the Republican party moved its men and
women into first places in many mayoral and
township Office races.
What happened?
It was this: Indiana Democrats, bent chief
ly on the worthy purpose Of retiring Senator
Arthur r. Robinson. concentrated their heavy
guns in this battle.
IN Indianapolis the first line was centered
o. the election Of Sherman Minton to GUST
Robinson and the election Of Judge John w.
Kern to block the attack Of Coffin candidate,
Walter R. Pritchard.
There can be no criticism Of this strategy.
The Democratic forces we're fighting where
smart tactics counted most in THIS ELEC-
TON.
In the meantime. the Republicans, who con-
trolled this state for more than sixteen suc@
cessive years. realized that to spend terrific
amounts Of money and effort to elect Robinson,
would be throwing good after the bad. They
realize that they only have been less than the
controlling factors, politically, for but a few
years as reckoned against the time they held
sway.
Many members Of the Republican party will
tell you they did not want Robinson. That
he obtained no support in Indiana from the
Republican national committee and had to
stage his own insipid, faltering fight is proof
Of that assertion.
But the smart Republicans. who are laying
the groundwork for control again long after
the Robinsons have been defeated, started
building their new castle by constructing a
substantial foundation last week.
Here and there throughout Indiana today
are the key controls TO a new Republican or
ganization. It is the first step in reorganiza-
ton.
The Democrats may be overlooking a setup
that may become a flying wedge in the next
two or four years. It viii be well if the Demo-
Gratis bear this in mind if they wish to pre-
serve their gains.
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END OF THE ELM?

THE stately elm, says the American Forestry
Association, soon will disappear from our
national countryside villages and cities, unless
the federal government moves quickly and
decfsively.
Next summer will be too late, for by then
the deadly Dutch elm disease will be out of
control, says the association. 1t asks that a
million dollars be spent this winter and next
spring in cutting down $4,000 trees in a dis
eased zone centering around New York.
However busy the government may be with
other affairs, official neglect should not permit
the elm to go the way of the once proud and
cherished chestnut tree. Nor can there be any
question that it is a responsibility of the fed
eral government. No single community, state
or private organization can possibly cope
with it.
American taxpayers are tree-loving peo-
pie. They support federal bureaus, whose duty
it is to combat plant diseases. They support
a tree army of more than quarter million
youths in the civilian conservation corps. And
they may think their money wasted if, few
years hence, the American landscape is dotted
with rotted branches and trunks of once beau
tiful elms
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So They Say

am sure Russia has more terri
tory than she will be able to develop
for long time to come.-George C.
Hanson, U. S. Consul General at
Moscow.
I could have gone to England and
duplicated the reputation there that
I've made here-Samuel insult.
Of one and all I ask but this
think of me as still with you. Let
me continue to fight the battle at
your side.-General EVangeline
Booth, leaving U. S. to take charge
Of International Salvation Army.
The late 1920s we're not the golden
age of advertising. That was the
brass age. The golden age is just
ahead of us.-Edward A. Filene,
Boston merchant.
I am enough Of an optimist to be-
lieve that industrial history will
again repeat itself-R. P. Lamont,
former secretary Of commerce.
I'm the most abused man in pub
lie Office today. Sheriff John NJ.
Sulzmann, Of Cuyahoga county,
Ohio.
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SOCIAL CONTROL IS
NEED OF NATION

By Dave Newhart.
One of the follies of our industrial
age is that human beings shall be
compelled to earn their keep, while
machines are made to displace hui
man energy. This indicated that
the theory, either is unsound
basically, or that We must prevent
machine production.
Having strapped millions of men
and women through the introduce
ton of machinery to produce goods
which they require, we shall be COM
PEELED to change our theory Of re-
ward for labor by delivering the
products of the machine to these
people regardless of their forced
idleness.
If idlneSs shall be the criterion
for Withholding the products Of the
machine from those forced out of
employment, then those who own
the machines, but who perform no
labor. must be put on the same sub
sistence level as the worker who is
forced out of employment. This
would force social disintegration.
Ownership of production ma
chinery must be coupled with So
cial obligations.
Human waste can not be tolerated
even as much as the waste Of
natural resources. Public interest
must be the predominant factor in
the operation Of our industrial
equipment.
withholding the products of the
machine for social use is as unso-
cial an act as polluting the source
Of water supply. Social control is
imperative if machinery is to per-
form its functions for society. In
our swiftly changing social order we
have failed to attack those social
duties upon our owners Of produc-
ton equipment which will incure
society of its benefits.
IF society is to protect the prop
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
BACCHUS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE

"DLUMPY BACCHUs," banished for almost
fifteen arid years, is romping back to the
White House.
Under decree of the first hostess, wine
again is to be served at the executive man.
sion. The 1900 wine glasses stored in 1880
after waiting hopefully on the shelves for
decade, will be brought out, washed and
polished as in the good old days. to receive
their CHEEKY contents.
Dry guests need have no worries. Mrs.
Roosevelt gives assurance that nobody will
have to drink VINO doesn't want to-" To pre-
vent the indiscretions of loosened tongues,
fortified wines will not be served. American
winners are grateful to hear that only do
nestle wines will be permitted.
BY encouraging the quaf1ng of mild and
good American wine the White House serves
the cause of moderation.
Many will drink the First Lady's health,
long life and happiness!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
JASON AND THE FLEECE

ID OMAN delivers have found evidence that
~ the Argonauts may have been real, not
mythical. heroes.
They unearthed near Paestum the capt.
tai of a column and a bas-relef evidently
parts of a temple described by the historian
Strabo as built by the Argonauts.
These stout fellows we're the heroes en-
listed by Jason among his people, the Minyae,
to regain the golden 1eece-kept in grove
at Colchis and guarded by sleepless dragon.
One of that gallant band, which encoun-
tered Lemnos inhabited only by women, and
rescued King Phineus from the Harpies, was
Heracles, or Hercules, who during the journey
won his second wife in a wrestling match.
Hercules is represented in the act of car
rying of his spouse, on one Of the relics
found.
1t is to be hoped that further researches
will disclose corroborative evidence of the eX-
istence of the best boxer among the heroes,
Polydeuces who appeals to us as the ideal
poker-partner.
The high point Of the voyage of the Argo
however-Jason's sowing of the dragons teeth
at Colchis-is verified by repetition nearly
every day among the munitions makers and
other war-mongers Of modern times
Of old. the ArgonautS' voyage was regard
ed as factual, an incident in the spread of
Greek commerce and colonization.
Maybe it will be again.
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ANGLO-JAPANESE

nMENS OF war multiply. These onlinous
- signs were noted yesterday on the ami
verSary OF the Armistice by Lloyd George in
England. by Pertinax in France. by Frank
Simonds in the United States. and indeed by
most commentators
We wish that We might dismiss these fore
bodingS as the ranting OF war-mongers and
sensationalists. But We can not. No informed
person can look upon the international scene
today without seeing the fearful forces that
make FOR armed conflict. It is true in Eu-
rope. Il Is equally true in the Orient.
Most disquieting 70 Americans must be the
virtual collapse OF the London naval disarma-
ment meeting. Japan's provocative policy was
expected. But Great Britains failure 10 stand
with the United States in loyalty TO the Wash
ington and London naval limitation treaties is
as surprising as il Is dangerous TO peace. AS the
British government gave tacit support 10 Japan
IN violating the treaties in Manchuria. so today
the British government in effect has deserted
the naval treaties and left the United States
standing alone.
Fortunately. il is not yet clear that the
dominated ministry in London IS acting
with the approval Of the British people. Bat.
II the British people are opposed to this dan
eerous policy. they VIII have to move quickly
TO prevent what IS rapidly coming to be. a
renewal OF the old Anglo-Japanese alliance.
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erty of the owners, then the owners
must insure society of all the bene-
fits accruing from their use of ma
chimes. If private ownership fails
to meet the requirements for high
standard of living which machin-
cry makes possible, then private
ownership will have to abdicate to
public ownership of production ia
cilities.
Ownership must have duties and
responsibilities attached to it, as
we'll as having privileges derived
from it.
If the New Deal fails to provide
for a social production under pri-
vate ownership, then new deck"
must be used to force social distri-
button under public ownership. The
old ideas must go with the old
methods; one can not advance with
out the other.
The welfare of the people is more
important than foSsilized ideas of
individual right to control produc-
ton regardless of the social chaos
and consequences it produces.
Events will determine our course Of
action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
WILLIE WILL GET
ANOTHER CHANCE

BY Ballad Of Indiana Gaol.
The saw manufacturers are rush.
ing statesmen to Indiana.
The pistol purveyors are ready to
do a barrel-house business.
Iron-bar factories are in readi-
ness for new order for jail bars
in Marion county.
The depression in the locker-up
and jailer-in line is over.
Willie Mason, Wee Willie, who
wiggled out of the Noblesville jail
is back in the clutches OF Indiana
authorities, and now for another
jail break.
The stage is set for another blaz-
oning of Indiana as a place where
prisons are built to break out OF
and not into.
But mayhaps with election over
thereIl be no true reason for sus-
pected bandits and muderers TAX
ing French-leave.
Anyway Wee Willie's back and
now the fun begins.
Whose banana cart will bring him
a bunch of revolvers hidden in the
peels?
Ho-huml Another New Deal-in
jail breaks!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
KIDNAPPING AND LYNCHING

TN Arizona federal agents have arrested Oscar
Robson, dude rancher, and charged him
with extortion in connection with the kidnap-
ing of 6-year-old June Robes year ago.
In Oregon the federals are rounding up
other suspects in the kidnapping case of
Charles Urschel last August Already seven
teen persons have been captured as part Of the
ring that hoped to profit from the s25O,OOO
ransom money paid for this Oklahoma mil
nonaire's release.
Since congress passed the Lindbergh law
twenty-nine major kidnapings have occurred.
Apart from the Robes case only two of these
the Hamm and Bremen cases in st. Paul
remain unsolved. The kidnaper Of Mrs. Stoll,
while unapprehended, is known. Kidnapers
and extortionists are serving q total of I'LL
years in payment for their crimes.
Thus surely the federal governments hand
reaches for these cowardly criminals.
Apparently it is powerless or unwilling to
reach for the mobs that openly seize and lynch
their victims before the very eyes Of the law
they defy. The recent interstate kidnap lynch
ing in Florida is a reminder that mobs con-
tinue to carry on their brutal work unhamp-
cred Last year they lynched twenty-eight
persons. This year so far the have lynched
seventeen In the last five years there have
been ninety-four lynchings in twenty states.
In his message to congress last session
President Roosevelt included lynching. with
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tribution, however, varies from S295
per capita in some states to SIC in
another. Only one state suffers
worse than Indiana in this injustice.
We get SIT for each person, and Ne
vada receives $295 per population.
All these figures are from the fed
eral reports, so I assume that they
are reliable.
Suppose a person were to take
5000 auto from you, and give you
back SIT. do the same in another
state, and give back $500. That is
exactly what has been done.
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WHY NOT BOTH METHODS?

IT is ridiculous" declares Treasury Secre-
- tary Morgenthau. ito say that bootlegging
can be beat by lower taxes" The secretary
says the way to do the job is to enforce the
law. That is what the prohibitionists were
saying about the bootleg problem few years
ago. But, somehow, the law wasn't enforced.
Apparently it could not be enforced.
Before prohibition, when bootlegging was a
comparatively minor evil, a good grade Of
whisky could be bought at retail for 81 to
SIPS a quart. Today the same grade of
whisky is sold by licensed stores for about
81 a quart.
The present federal tax is so cents quart
To this is added. for all matured whisky, SIPS
a quart. This is either tariff paid if it is an
imported product. or the equivalent of the
tariff. which, because Of the protection, the
seller is enabled to add to the price of do
nestle product. And on top of all this is
added, in most states, state tax, and the
license fees which distillers, wholesalers and
retailers are required to pay. All of which
makes good legal whisky a decided luxury,
and bootlegging a very profitable business.
Several months ago Mr.. Morgenthau
started out to build up force of 1000 agents
and employees in the alcoholic tax enforcement
as large as the prohibition bureau at its
peak of operations. Yet only recently observ-
ers estimated that two-thirds of the liqpuor
being sold in the country was of the bootleg
variety. That estimate may not be correct.
We do not know. We hope Mr.. Morgenthau
does
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
Protests Smoke Nuisance

Where at one time indianapolis
bid fair to step down from the
throne of being smoky city" to
leave Pittsburgh, Pa, that title,
now it again seeks to announce
to the world at large, Goal smoke
here we come"
Airplanes attempting to land at
municipal airport find visibility
reduced by the black mantle over
the Hoosier metropolis.
Or is it that, despite all the
cries of some manufacturers of
the city, business really is i'm
proving and factories operating,
even though new workers are not
being hired?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
INDIANA NOT GETTING
RELIEF SHARE, HE CHARGES

By Jerry.
"Ain't God Good to 1ndianaT
Let's see how that line from Her
schells poem applies to Indiana
and the New Deal. Undoubtedly
the federal government has done
great deal of good in Indiana by
the federal relief, CCC, AAA, etc,
but have we received our fair
share? Statistical reports indicate
that the per capita cost Of recovery
will be almost exactly the same IN
each state. The federal relief dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
LIGHT NEED FOR
RAWLS AVE. NOTED

BY Times Reader.
About six months ago, a petition
consisting of names of lawful prop
erty owners was delivered to the
right party at the Getty hall. The
petition was for a street light in the
vicinity of Rawls avenue between
between Arlington and Goode ave-
nues. To date, there has been no
action. If the people were asking
for some. whimsical thing, there
might be a reason for the silence,
but this is a serious matter, and one
of much discussion and disgust.
If the party whose o. K. would
make the placing of a street light
possible, lived in this section, I
doubt very much if it would be
lacking very long.
There is a half block of unoccu-
pied Shacks owned by one OF our
leading real estate concerns. The
houses probably never will be oc-
cupied as vandals have stolen the
plumbing. Some of the buildings
are condemned. There they stand,
hideouts for tramps and loopholeS
for the lawless. In the last year, all
sorts of things have occurred in this
section with no light on the subject.
Haven't the people on Rawls avenue
any right to protection?
I understand there are parts OF
the city where people have COM
planned of too much light. Well,
what's stopping the city from doing
little transplanting? Fall is the
time to set and reset, or will we
have to wait until worst comes to
worst and the squad car comes?
Then the pity Of it will be the van
dial or victim will be unable to be
recognized unless some thoughtful
person happens to have a faShlight
or blow torch in his possession.
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You Not
BY WINFIELD SCOTT HUGEL

BY WINFIELD SCOTT HUGEL
Three soldiers met at the Unknown's
tomb,
American, Englishman, German,
Veterans of trench and sea and air,
Now plain Sam and Henry and
Herman;
And they conversed of the crimson
days
When lust benumbed each human
trait,
Then knelt and prayed to the one
just God
That men keep sober and think
through straight.
Said Sam to Herman, MY brother
Shot down by a German army
plane"
And a brother Of NINE" said
Henry,
by a German gun was slain;;"
And my only brother" said Her.
man,
WAS killed by your guns allied"
They stood at salute, two friends,
one foe,
And the gulf between was not 50
wide.
You hate us now" said Henry and
Sam,
"Since our men your brother
slew"
And you loathe me-" said Herman
to them,
Because my comrades for one
killed two"
I'VE loathe you not" said Henry and
Sam,
"Since you killed not for personal
hate"
Neither" said Herman, can I hate
you,
For you killed not. twas your lord.
the state"
I'VE love you, friend" said Henry
and Sam,
And hate none because they are
German"
There's no discount for the blood
you bear.
American, English" quoth Her
man.
Had we had the vote" said Henry
and Sam,
mo guns would have barked on
the border"
Had I had a voice" said Herman,
Force had never been styled a
peace warder."
SO these Of the line discovered
truth
More potent than statesmen de-
wise:
When common folks vote to declare
the war
Red wars will have greeted his
last sunrisel
7 hate you not the three de-
clared,
American. Englishman. German;
Wen vote no war;" said Henry and
Sam.
"IT second the motion" said Her
man.
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family could feed all of them fairly
we'll on 5000 weekly.
I say Hannah Noone is right in
refusing him surplus government
food because he wants to buy a
truck. Of course, you can't eat the
truck or drink gasoline, but you
could buy something. You could eat
with the money your father pays
for the truck. Hannah Noone knows
what she is doing or she would not
be able to meet the situation as she
has and I say, Good for Hannah
Noone," and I'm glad she is re-
elected.
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Bv Coughs a Carload.

BY Coughs a Carload.
What has happened to efforts
of the city administration to
eradicate the smoke evil in Indi-
annapolis?
Factories pour their black veil
into city nostrils. Apartment
houses soak lawn and linen with
dust from cheap Goals.
Bigger and better city smogs"
is the ozone watchword as coughs
hack in city trans, restaurants
and public places from the OBJ
noxious fumes and smoke.
Like all good work smoke eradi-
cation stopped with the thought
of cutting tax budgets, elections
and patronage appointments.
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crimes that call on the strong arm Of the
government for their immediate suppression"
Despite favorable committee report the Co.'S
tigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill was smoth-
cred in the sessions closing days.
The federal government, so effective in
stamping out KIDNAPPING, should have and use
similar powers to curb lynching.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12
Daily Thought

He hath filed the hungry with
good things; and the rich He hath
sent empty away.-St. Luke 1853.
TT Is better that a judge should
i lean on the side Of compassion
than severity.--Cervantes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-12

Man has brains enough to be much wiser
than he is. says a Philadelphia professor.
after taking a quick glance at some Of our
congressman.
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BELIEVES M'NUTT DID
NOT AID MINTON
Rx z. L. Lindsey

By E. L. Lindsey
We are wondering how many
more votes Mr. Minton would have
had if not backed by McNutt. 1t
was like offering a child choice OF
spinach or castor oil. Some day we
will be able to show McNutt how
well he is liked without affecting
our President.
We had to toss a coin to choose
between LIP Arthur or Paul.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are inUtted to cypress
their Uietos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to $50 aoords or less.)
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United States Libraries have registered a
total of 100000 book borrowers. although
those who fail to return the loans might be
classed at book buriers.
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READER BELIEVES TRUSTEE
DESERVES REELECTION
By L. B. Peake

Winifred Wilson, your letter in
The Times doesn't explain why your
father must have the truck. I should
think that a man with seven in his
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MONEY FOR LITTLE FELLOWS

CMALL business Is being deprived Of credit
- and radical changes are necessary TO en-
able g to participate in the recovery program.
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