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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03

All guards IN federal prisons ana
reformatOries are under civil serv-
ice.
This fact stood out today in ex-
animation of the nations penal and
correctional institutions by The In
dianapolis Times in its efforts to
effect reforms in the methods Of
selecting the personnel Of state
penal and correctional institutions
and OF state law enforcement
agencies.
The federal government not only
insists that guards in its prisons and
reformatOries be under civil service,
but extends its thorough civil service
system to include clerical workers,
mschinists. laundrymen, and other
incidental workers in these inStitu-
tons.
Wardens and their deputies are
appointed by the encouragement,
now Homer Cummings. on the
recommendation OF the prisons
bureau director. now Sanford Bates.
Mr.. Bates. who conferred recently
with Governor Paul V. McNutt on
the Indiana situation at the Gov
errors request. is one of the ma
tons leading penal authorities.
II Is seldom that the attorney
general fails TO follow his sugges-
tions and Mr.. Bates is active in
keeping politics to a minimum.
The guards, who start with basic
pay of 81 1880 a year, must serve a
probationary period of one year.
Outline Duties in Detail
Under usual conditions" says the
formal notice of their examination,
"the opportunities for advancement,
after completion of probation, de-
pend upon individual efficiency. in
creased usefulness and available
funds.
mo preliminary experience is re-
quired to enter this (civil service)
examination" the government says
at another point, but applicants
should state in their application all
experience they have had tending
{. TO qualify them for the duties Of the
position"
These duties are outlined in detail
as follows:
To guard inmates Of a penal or
correctional institution and prevent
escapes or unauthorized commune
cation with persons outside the in
Stitution: to enforce institutional
regulations and maintain discipline
through strength of character and
personal attributes rather than by
physical force; to participate in the
administration OF service activities
10 be organized in the various in
Stitutions: TO supervise details of in
mates at assigned tasks; TO report
on conduct and work accomplished,
and to perform related work as as
signed"
Believes in Training
The government believes. too, In
the training which The Times in
sists is so essential if proper penal
correctional. and law enforcement
work is TO be carried out.
The justice department has eS-
tsbliShed training centers for the
instruction OF appointees to guard
positions in the duties to be per-
formed and in general penal inStitu-
ton service, the examination bulle-
tin explains.
The course Of training takes from
four TO six months and appOintees
must pay their own travelling ex-
penSes to the training centerS.
Copies Of the examinations given
applicants are not available in
Washington. but it is described as
a mental test" To be eligible 70
take the examination. applicants
must file proof Of physical fitness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
Z GIRLS ATTACKED,
KILLED IN ICE BOX
Children Believed Victims of
Itinerant.

By Jnited Press
SACRAMENTO. Cal. Sept. s.
Two little girls found suffocated in
the refrigerator Of their farm home
were assaulted criminally before
their deaths. indicating a poSsibil-
ity Of murder. an autopsy surgeon
reported today.
A 2-year-old boy held the secret
of the manner in which his sisters,
Mary Paiva, 6, and Marion, Z, met
their deaths.
Until DR.. c. H. McDonald's
startling discovery, Sacramento
county authorities believed that Al
fred. ?. had closed the ice box door
after his sisters had crawled inside.
Sheriff's officers believe that
either an itinerant or some neigh
boring youth may have attacked the
girls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
Collects u. S. Check
By Times Special

BIZ tWes SptctdB
MARION, Sept. 3.-Oldest Grant
county resident to receive a corn
hog contract check from the fed
eral government is Albert Lucas, 81
Civil war veteran, who was baby
during the administration of Presi-
dent John Tyler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
FALL FATAL TO YOUTH
Four Story Drop Down Shaft Kills
2O-Year- Old Worker.

Virgil wheel, 20, of 1S North Ire
mont street, died today of injuries
suffered Friday when he fell four
stories down an elevator shaft at
the Acme Evans Milling Company,
$50 Washington avenue. DR.. John
A. Salb, deputy coroner, has started
an investigation into the death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
Sullivan Puts City on
Live Within YOur-MeGns'
System, Saves Up $643, 519
Shows Favorable Balance Despite Difficulties; With Wool
lens Aid, Mayor Makes Department Heads Toe
the Line to Make Town Going Business.

Indebtedness its predecessor part OF It's 1880
budget Reginald H. Sullivan has
will 1884
an eStim favorable balance of $643y5l9
accomplished without crtaient of playground and
efficiency of public health
without harm to the ampoant police and fire fighting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
lines Index

Because OF the holiday schedule
az The Times under which only one
edition Is published. the columns bv
Haywood BroUn and WeStbrook
Pegler % not appear today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
Attendance Marks Fall
at Indiana State Fair
Labor Lays Aside Lunch Pail and Heads for Playground
See HooSierdom'S Greatest Show

laid pail pay
tribute Hoosr agriculture and livestock the Indiana
have the fair admission
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
AUTO is UPSET,
BOY LOSESLIFE
South Side Lad Is Killed in
Accident on Madison
Avenue.

street, was Injured fatally early To-
day when a coupe in which he was
riding was overturned in the $500
block. Madison avenue. after, police
say, the driver had dozed at the
wheel and the car had left the road.
Young Huett, whose death was
the second traffic fatal
ity of the weekend and
| ON the eightieth of the
year in Marion county,
w was one of four persons
- riding in the drivers
seat Of the coupe with Walter
Brown, 81, of 1863 Singleton street,
as driver. Brown, against whom
police placed no charge, was the
only one to escape uninjured.
The Huett boy, caught under the
car, died of a fractured skull on
the way to city hospital. His brother,
Claude Huett, 81, and his mother,
Mrs. Louvestia Huett, 80, both of
the Singleton street address, were
taken to city hospital in serious
conditions.
Claude Huett suffered a broken
right arm and internal injuries; his
mother, cuts and bruises and inter-
nal injuries.
The other weekend traffic death
was that of Mrs. Mary ElSJrod, 70,
of 401 South Randolph street, who
succumbed yesterday in city hos
pital to injuries received Saturday
night when she was struck at Pine
street and Virginia avenue by an
automobile driven by Arthur L.
Franklin, 81, of 1888 Hoyt avenue.
Police reports state that Mrs. FL
strod stepped from the curb in front
of Mr.. Franklin's car.
The number of persons more or
less seriously injured in accidents
early today. yesterday and late Sat
urday was counted light in view of
the heavy press of traffic caused by
the Indiana state fair and the an
nual Labor day migration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
HEAVY RAIN. DROP IN
MERCURY FORECAST
Temperatures Expected to Fall
More Than 10 Degrees.

More Than 10 Degrees.
State fair visitors will have q
taste Of heavy rain and a sudden
downward dip in temperatures to-
night and tomorrow. according 10
the weather bureau forecast. The
mercury Is expected TO drop more
than ten degrees due to a high
pressure field from the northwest
The temperature at 10 a. m. today
was q.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03

Motor tuned up. Carburetor adjust-
ed. See Carburetor Sales, pa East
Ohio.-AdV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03
ALL MAJOR MARKETS
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
Trading. to Start as Usual on Ex-
changes Tomorrow.

changes Tomorrow.
All major markets of the nation,
including the New York and Chicago
Stock Exchanges, were closed to-
day in observance of Labor day.
Practically all commodity mar
kets have been closed since Friday.
Banks also observed the holiday.
All markets will open as usual to-
morrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-03

the second traffic fatal
ity of the weekend ant
the eightieth of tn
year in Marion county
was one of four person.
riding in the driver
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Is the Right to Own Private
Property Now to Be Abrogated?

whenever the expenses permanently
exceed the profits, whereas the Gov
ernmnt can defray any deficit In its
operations by taxation, devaluing the
dollar, printing paper money and the
like. Thus, the more the Government
goes into business the more the peo-
pie shall have to go out of business.
II the Government is to guarantee
jobs. therefore, it must eventually
operate all industries and employ all
citizens. The right to own private
property for industrial purposes would
then be thing of the past.
The idea that the Government owes
the duty to assure every one a job Is
foreign to me. According to my way
Of thinking, every person Is under
quite as much of duty to create a
job for himself as another is to create
a job for him, and what one person
is under no duty to do in this respect
the people, collectively represented by
the Government, should be under no
duty to do. This doctrine is, how
ever, popular with those who believe
that the world owes them a living"
and since every one of them has a
vote, the administration seems bent
on making the most of it, regardless
Of the effects upon our civilization.
When folks are destitute through no
fault of their own, and perhaps when
they are destitute through their own
fault-that is, through their own lazi-
ness, shiftlessneSs or lack of fore
slght-we should supply their wants by
charity or Government aid. But when
this is done by the Government 1t
should be regarded as a humanitarian
measure. 1t should be in the form
OF dole, and should be called a dole.
England adopted the dole system, and
is getting back on her feet. The right
to own. property has there been pre-
served. Under our experiment we
are indeed ION our way" but the way
leads ultimately to the abolition of
the right Of folks TO own property as
that right has been understood.
G. w. BUTT.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Communism i'm Russia.
Prom the Pittsburgh Post-Gszette.

rom lilt FiItSOuTRn FOSl-SdLebte.
Early in it's experiment the Soviet
Government Of Russia was brought to
paying the salaries Of rugged indi-
vidualism to obtain industrial ex-
perts from other lands, and eventu-
ally it was forced to relax its COL
lectivist views in the case of farmers.
Now DR.. Alfred j. Pearson, former
United States Minister to Poland. de-
clares. after visit to Russia, that 1t
is turning from Communism toward
Socialism and reshaping its govern
ment considerably along the lines OF
Western countries.
Although the Stain dictatorship
continues strong. DR.. Pearson notes
that the individual is given IAN OPP
portunity to keep or sell a larger
quantity Of what he produces" To
this he attributes an improvement
in conditions in the country, with the
morale better because people ere
given more liberty to bargain and
haggle and sell"
Those who thought that even
human nature would be changed
radically by the Russian Soviet svs-
tenn are here given another reminder
that such modification comes very
slowly, If at all. Individual desires
and outlook are too strong to be
uprooted. 1t takes something In the
way Of reward. whether material or
spiritual, to stimulate initiative, and
country without initiative In It's
psopls Just naturally drass.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Schoolboy Patrols Again.

The reopening of the schools brings
out the schoolboy patrols, which have
become an institution in the trafic
management of Washington. Most
motorists, 1t may be presumed, al
ready are familiar with the work the
youngsters are assigned to perform
the duty of guarding their fellow pu-
pills at crossings near school buildings
But for the benefit OF drivers who are
not acquainted with the facts word
Of instruction may be useful.
Sponsored by the American Auto
mobile Association and directed and
trained by the Metropolitan Police es-
tablishment, the boys have a semi
official character. The badges they
wear are not given them until they
have passed the instruction tests
which police officers have dictated.
Only in emergencies will they under
take to direct traffic or tell motorists
where or how TO proceed. Their func-
tion is TO shepherd the children, and
customarily they have their hands full
with that assignment and attempt no
other. II. then, there are infrequent
! occasions when they interfere with
traffic, their action is predicated on
some circumstance which they have
been taught to understand lies we'll
within their own proper province.
Experience with the boys prompts
a friendly hberality on the part ol
the generality of drivers. The youth
full monitors are so serious in theil
demeanor. take their duty 20 earn
Evening star., 1934-09-15
"Obtrusive- Partisanship.

Secretary Morgenthau has "clari-
fed" his previous praiseworthy order
against political activity by Treasury
employees. The clarifcation indicates
that the previous order was perhaps
little too strict. It is all right for
Treasury employees to voluntarily
contribute" to campaign funds, for In
stance if the solicitations are not "tm-
proper" Free speech is permitted.
Treasury employees may not serve as
the chairmen of political conventions,
but they may introduce the speakers
and may make political speeches.
But "obtruSive partisanship" is abb
solutely barred. Catch a Treasury
employe engaging in "obtrusive parti-
Esnship" and he is out. There is one
thing the Treasury will absolutely not
permit. and that is "obtrusive parti-
sanship."
But what is 'obtrusive partisan
ship? Would it be "obtrusive parti-
sanship" for Treasury employe to
devote his annual leave TO making
speeches In contested territories before
Evening star., 1934-09-15
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is becoming obvious that we are
drifting toward a state of society in
which the right to own private prop
erty shall be abrogated, all industries
shall be operated by the Government
and every citizen shall be an en-
ploye Of the state. This seems to be
the necessary meaning of those who
state that the administration is chief
ly interested in human rights-rights
defined by them as the right to have
a job and the right to work for a
living. This implies that every one
is entitled as a matter of Law to a
job and that it is the duty Of the
Government to guarantee a job to
every one.
This policy means that II private
industries do not supply jobs for all,
the Government must supply them.
This the Government has been at
tempting to do during the present ad-
ministration. under the Public Works
Administration, Civil Works Admins
tration and Emergency Relief Admin
istration. But If these measures fail
to give jobs to all, as they have thus
far failed to do, the next step Is for
the Government to take over private
industry, now PROSTATE, and put it
into operation. And this step has
now been reached. In California the
Democratic nominee for Governor
has pledged himself to end poverty in
that State by having the State oper-
ate idle factories and employ idle
men. Similar Governmental factories
are now being established in other
parts of the country
1t is clear that the more the Gov
ernment undertakes to operate in
dustries the more dificult it will be
for private industry to get back on
its feet, even assuming that the pres
ent administration really desires that
1t shall get back on its feet. 1t is
hard, If not impossible. for private in
dustry to compete with industries
operated by the Government, for pri-
VatP industry must cease Onera tionS
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Studies in "0ceanography.'

One fears that Senator Hastings is
not altogether disinterested in his
criticism of the sending of the fast
Coast Guard cutter Champlain to
Greenland to bring back home Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, American Minister
to Denmark. His statement deploring
such use Of a cutter that should have
been on patrol on the Atlantic Coast
in the vicinity of the Morro Castle dis
aster is issued through the Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee, of
which he is chairman.
But, partisanship aside. it is unfor-
tunate that the true facts regarding
such use Of a Coast Guard cutter will
probably not be explained to the pub
lie. What was the emergency which
required dispatch Of this ship to
Greenland? What was the particular
mission in "oceanography" that de-
manded taking the cutter away from
her patrol station for a nine-da
cruise to Greenland? And if a study
Of "oceanography" was not the real
mission-and there Is reason to sus-
pect it was not-why should cutters
be sent dashing OF across the seas to
bring back American diplomats for
their leave in the United States?
The Coast Guard has a terrific re-
sponsibility in patrolling the coast. It
is obvious that it cannot perform its
assigned duties If its ships are utilized
as pleasure yachts for the enjoyment
of favored diplomats.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
Reassuring Report.
Outlook.

From the Santa Monica Ccalif) Evening
The report which Or. r. B. Won
KleinSmid brings back from his visit
to Japan is reassuring. He cites the
great commercial interests which tie
Japan and the United States together
and expresses the firm belief that the
business interests of Japan will not
permit the militarists to embroil their
nation in war with the United States.
This calm view will do much to
counteract the effect of many lingo
stories which have come out of the
island empire. There is no sound basis
for any conflict between America and
Japan, but the aggressive disposition
of the Japanese Navy and Army lead
ers Is disturbing, We cannot forget
that the conquest Of Manchuria was
forced by the militarists despite the
protests Of japanese industrial in
terests.
The danger Of war is remote. but no
one can overlook the menace that lies
in the militarism that dominates
Japan's attitude toward the world.
Evening star., 1934-09-15

election, such speeches being devoted
to a passionate elucidation of how re-
covery, and jobs, are dependent on
the New Deal.
Well, there might be a difference of
opinion about it. which suggests the
need for appointment of a Commits
sion on Obtrusive Partisanship,
which would decide when partisan
ship ceased to be mere partisanship
and became obtrusive. Appointments
to such commission, including
clerical and other subordinate per-
sonnel, could be made without re-
gard to civil service requirements. A
branch of the commission should, of
course, be established in each con-
gressional district, members serving
at nominal salaries of not more than
$4,000 a year. Whenever a qualified
Democrat brought charges of "ob-
u uoANC poi dbdlllSI
Treasury employe the Commission on
Obtrusive Partisanship could imme-
diately swing into action with an in
quiry, provided the charges were
brought by a Democrat who was
For Roosevelt Before Chicago. Thus
We shall keep "obtrusive PARTISAN
ship" out of the ranks of the Treas
ury and more jobs would be pro-
vided, thus aiding recovery.
Unless such commission is ap-
pointed Mr.. Morgenthau's 'clarifica-
ton" of his previous order against
political activity by Treasury en-
ployes will leave the public disap-
pointed. The public had been led to
believe that Mr.. Morgenthau was
really determined to separate the
Federal civil service from politics.
Evening star., 1934-09-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Rustic Philosopher.
I amt in the swim,
An my chances is slim
To shine with the fortunate crowd.
But the leaves meath the tree
Is a-laughin' with glee,
An their laughter amt vulgar no,
loud.
An the loiterin' stream,
With its ripple an gleam,
Is singin' comfortin' song.
It's considerable fun
Jes' to sit in the sun
An watch the OIL world move along
There's an echo afar
OF the hustle an jar
Where the struggles relentless an
cold:
An I sometimes regret
That my name can't be set
'Mongst the fighters fur glory an
gold.
I miss the acclaim
That's accorded to fame,
But, in spite of ambitions gone wrong
It's considerable fun
Jes' to sit in the sun
An watch the oil world move along
Evening star., 1934-09-15
An Old Complaint.
Prom the Philsdelphia Evenins Rulleti

FROM the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Sir Josiah Stamp, the noted British
economist, has added his voice to
those who urge science to stay its
hand before the multiplication of
new labor-saving devices wrecks the
economic system. The plea is not
new and the feeling behind it urged
on the old hand-loom workers In Great
Britain to raid factories and smash
power looms when they were first in
troduced.
The assumption that human labor
is doomed to be displaced in ever
increasing measure by the march of
invention underlies the ideas of the
technocrats, who made so much noise
in their day, just before the New Deal
theories made their greater demand in
public interest. In view of Sir Josiah,s
eminence as an economist, his appeal
to the British scientists at their meet
ing at Aberdeen may be considered in
tended rather to call the attention of
the world in striking fashion to the
problem presented than made with
any idea that it is, or ever will be.
possible to stop the march of discovery
and the progress Of invention.