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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
MR.. THIXTON'S LETTER
BRINGS ANOTHER REPLY

BY Veteran.
My message Of Feb. 8 appealing
for veterans to join the American
Legion was attacked severely by H
Z. ThiXton. He called most of us
"horse riders" or "feather-bed
soldiers" who received injury after
the war and were yeXed because
our pensions were cut.
My message plainly stated the
kind Of veteran had in mind, those
who came back crippled, gassed or
with their former good position gone
and we're left with absolutely moth
ing to look to but a pension which
now has been cut or entirely
eliminated Qibel deleted) in Wash
ington. In washington they are
spending millions and millions for
worthless projects but still claim
that, in order to economic. the
veterans must suffer financially.
They even are pushing the veterans
out of the hospitals in order to &C
commodate so-called CWA workers.
All Of this kind of thing has been
brought about by such COldbloOded
unthankful beings as H. E. Thix-
ton, and even if, as he says, there
is a certain amount of politics in
the American Legion, I know Of no
other way we veterans can organize
for the Oncoming revolution, and I
am hoping that hundreds of vet
Grams will read the Thixton article
in The Times Feb. Is, so that the
membership of the American Legion
will increase greatly.
Perhaps Mr. ThiXton will be
nice enough to read my message
Of Feb. again, then read this and
hang his head in shame. After it
rises again I hope ne reads care
fully the article printed adjacent
his, explaining the present money
Wastage in Washington.
He says he doesn't believe that the
membership Of the legion increased
$1,000 in 1888. The Times verified
this fact in recent edition, prob
ably a week ago mot in the Mes
sage Center.
A few more articles like his will
bring it up to maximum instead Of
decreasing it as was intended by
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

The secretary Of state of Kansas made a
speech in the wrong church, which may not
be so bad as delivering the wrong speech in
the right church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

That 14-year-old boy hero who threw
lighted bomb out Of a Chicago store, but who
says he's afraid of girls, knows where heroism
stops and discretion begins
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

An Illinois university student was dis
missed for giving false entrance information.
He might at least have waited until examina-
ton time to do his cheating
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

Vienna rebels conducted their guerilla war
fare from sewers, thus proving that man can
be way down. but not out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

Americans, it is predicted, will drink
440 100000 gallons of beer this year. That's
encouraging for the pretzel business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

A man in Maine has eyes that are supposed
to magnify objects 100 times. Isn't it his
tongue that magnifies what the eyes see9
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

The average woman is a better bridge
player than the average man. says P. Hal
Sims. Men could be better if they talked
about clothes and maids, too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
The Message Center

(Tmes readers are jnrtted to erpress
their rie10s in these columns. Make gour
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to ESQ acords or IessJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

Editors Note-The function of
a newspaper is not that of
painter, but rather that of a
mirror
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21

National headquarters of the
American Legion list the total
membership of the organization as
516,247.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-21
Liberal Viewpoint
BY DR.. HARRY ELMER BARNES

This is the last of two rtices by DIR. Henry Elmer
Banes the NRA crisis.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
State Proposals.
Prom the Helena tMont.) Independer

Prom the Helena CMont) Independent.
Proposals in Illinois and New Jersey
for reducing the cost Of government
contemplate going much farther than
any experiments of this kind yet un-
dertaken in any State.
The plan being discussed seriousiy IN
Illinois is to cut down by consolidation
the 100 counties to only 6. In New
Jersey 1t is proposed that municipal
government be abolished and that, In
stead, 81 governmental areas for the
entire State be established.
Both plans appear to have strong
support as experimental projects. The
possibility that they may be tried gives
them wide interest. Should they be
put through and be made to function
successfully. there can be little doubt
that they would be adopted. perhaps
in varying forms. in many other States
where acute need Of finding less ex-
pensive form of government exists.
Movements of this kind are finding
their chief support in the ranks Of the
taxpayers, not among politicians. 1t
il the people who bear the burden OF
financing government that are de-
mandin,; simplification. Any effective
plan would mean fewer officeholders
and thereby lessen the field of profits
for politicians. The latter naturally
will be found in opposition to such
movements.
The movements In Illinois and New
Jersey will be watched with interest
throughout the Nation. They may
hold real promise Of solving one OF
today's most pressing public problems
Evening star., 1934-11-03
British Labor's Comeback.

Since the general election of 1881,
when the British Labor party was al
most crushed out of existence by the
landslide for the National" govern
ment headed by Prime Minister Ram
sey Macdonald, its future as ma
tional political factor has seemed
bleak in the extreme. Municipal elec-
tions throughout Britain this week
have radically altered the outlook in
Labor's favor. Altogether, the party
has gained some TAO seats in 1900
contests-an impressive victory. The
results have only an indirect bearing
on national politics. but they are an
undeniable straw which indicates how
the wind may soon be blowing.
In London Labor will control for
the next three years fifteen boroughs
out Of twenty-eight. Outside of Lon
don. the Labo: ties carried forty-one
towns. Their net gains, including
both London and the provinces, total
$50 Council seats, of which the metrop-
olis accounts for 457, with the remain
ing 1s5 scattered throughout the
provinces. Labor's victories were won
mainly at the eSpense Of its arch
Evening star., 1934-11-03

are those of persons from Tye River,
Va; Cincinnati, Ohio; Risk, ILL.,, and
Lewiston, Me-, while those assembled
in page 500 trace back to Machias,
Me-; the District; DanviAe, KY; Rich
Hill, Mo-, and Medicine Lodge. Mo-,
respectively. Page 900 contributes
Macon County, Ala; Beaver Creek,
KY and Baltimore, Md. Page TOO
Buxnes, Norway, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Page 800 Sandy Spring. Md; Kim
caroline, Canada; Gettysburg. Pa.
and Philadelphia, Pa. Page 900 Sell
byville, Del; Pulaski, Tenn; Rich
mond, Ind; Porterville, Calf, and
Kansas City. Mo-, and page 996-
last page of the book,,Mendoza, Ar
: gentina.
Apparently, Washington draws on
all the world for its men and women,
The people who compose the Capital
community have come from every
where, and that, 1t may be, is one
reason why they are mannerly, liberal
and charming.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Nervous Tension in Hitlerland

Nervous Tension in Hitlerland.
An unpleasant story comes from
Munich, where two young American
students were arrested and subjected
to a rigorous examination. veritable
third degree. because they chanced to
witness drill Of some Storm Troops.
One of them had a camera, which
she had not used. 1t was seized and
the film in it was developed, disclosing
that there had been no exposure.
Finally, after a humiliating experience,
they were released without apology
and without any specific charges
against them.
The drill Of the troops took plsae
in the open at an air field. They we've
merely being marched up and down,
but according to the highly suspicious
police these movements might have
been construed as 'maneuvers." 1t IS
decidedly improper in Germany at
present for foreigners to watch mill.
tary activities. Nobody knows what
deep secrets of military science may
not be learned from setting-up exer-
cises, squads-right operations. platoon
formation and goose stepping reviews
The seizure Of these two students
is not in itself important, unpleasant
though their experience may have
been. But it is significant of the high
tension of the Nazi nerves. The Incl
dent is hardly likely to be made the
subject Of diplomatic representations
This Government is not disposed to go
to the mat for a case of innocent
trespass upon the drill field of Der
Fueher's private army. Yet the epi-
sode serves a purpose, to put all trav-
elers and temporary sojourners in
Germany on their guard against the
display of interest in anything that
looks like military discipline and
training. Just as in Italy it is unwise
for a tourist to speak the name of
II Duce aloud in public. SO in Ger
many it is risky to carry a camera
too close to drill field.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Relentless Federal Agents
Finally Doom Killer Gangs

News. while the Flint (Mich.) Daily
Journal holds that the Federal De-
partment of Justice is fast acquiring
reputation like the Canadian
mounted police for always getting its
man." 1t adds: Who would trade
places with Baby Face Nelson, now
that he is Americas No. bad man."
The Rock Island Argus likewise COM
pares the Department Of Jusice agents
TO the Canadian mounted police and
is of the opinion that they are doing
their part to impress youth and GRIM
inal gangs that crime does not pay"
The Buffalo Evening News hopes that
"the legend of their invincibilty will
grow so great that would-be public
enemies will refrain from following
the bloody trail of the Dillingers and
Floyds."
1T may be that the success of the
Department of Justice in running
down and in some instances killing
leading desperadoes will give impetus
TO the movement for a national CO.
ordinated crime fighting agency" says
the Schnectady Gazette, welcoming
the idea, but the Miami Daily News
thinks that "a prouder people than
ourselves would not be content till
they had set up local governments
capable OF cornering their own Grim
inals." The Portland Oregonian, on
the other hand, contends that the
citizen should take comfort in Fed
eral action. because the States are
handicapped in the pursuit, capture
and punishment of criminals who
avail themselves of the Common
wealth boundaries and have sanctuary
or respite where none is intended"
1T is sad that supposedly human
beings must be hunted like animals
and ruthlessly done to death, but at
present there seems no other way to
handle such creatures" declares the
Ann Arbor Daily News, and the Provi-
dence Journal points out that "the
criminal shoots his way out of the
trap and officers are killed and
wounded" when attempts at capture
are made. The Pasadena Star-News
also defends Federal method as needed
for the safety Of the agents pursuing
arch-criminals. The Elkhart Truth
makes the point that lit would not
seem so necessary TO kill criminals
ocioic tildL IL OuI CouiIS were Lnoie
prompt and efficient in dealing with
them after they are caught"
"On the whole" concludes the
Portsmouth (Ohio) Times, Americans
are enthusiastic about the results Of
direct action so far They believe
the eventual result will be good. The
United States will be able to deny
before long its reputation as q coun-
try where criminals are bigger than
the law The prospect Is brighter
than it has been for years"
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Mistakes.

Twice recently eminent personages
have defended or justified their
actions with the plea of mistake.
There was Chairman Farley of the
Democratic National Committee. who,
when the matter or the Endorsement
of the candidacy of Upton Sinclair
came to the point of an embarrassing
issue, explained that the letter COM
prising this Endorsement bad been
sent out from headquarters by
subordinate by mistake" Which was
bit hard on the subordinate and
somewhat of a strain on the SYM
pathetic understanding of the public,
but 1t served.
Now comes Samuel insult, defendant
at Chicago in a trial for financial mis-
demeanors in the marketing of Sc
curities in the great investment
empire which he developed and ran
into bankruptcy, and when pressed
for an explanation of a marked dis
crepancy between the proclaimed
worth of certain alleged assets and
their real value admits: Il proba bly,
made mistake when I said that it
was the purchase price; / probably
was wrong there to the extent Of
about ten million dollars"
Recollection of a remark by Edward
j. Phelps. American Minister to Eng
land, on the occasion of a public din
ner at the Mansion House, in London,
in 1889, is revived by these late ad-
missions of error. Mr.. Phelps, who
had been undersome criticism at home
for his utterances abroad, said then:
The man who makes no mistakes does
not usually make anything Can it
be that Mr. insult, himself an Eng
lishman, heard that interesting bit of
philosophy at the time of its utterance,
and adopted it as his own? II the
allegations against him are true-in
demonstration of which to the salts
faction of jury and court he may spend
a portion of his remaining years in
jail-he made many such mistakes
in the promotion Of his financial
schemes. And it is charged that he
took the profits from them. So when
he acknowledges one mistake-a tri-
fling one of only ten million dollars-it
is quite possible that there we're others.
and, if so, the matter Of making mis-
takes in computation may have been
the handspring OF the marketing ma
chine that spread the securities Of the
empire" broadcast through the land,
to shrink into virtually valueless scraps
Of paper when the boom burst.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
From Everywhere.

A stranger in Washington, it is
might ask whence comes the human
material of which the cultural, So
cial and business life of the Capital
is builded. He would know, at least
in a general way, the origin of each
personal unit of the legislative, exc
cutive and judicial branches of the
Government, residing in the District
of Columbia in representative capa-
cities and constituting a reasonably
fair and equitable quota for each
State, and he would understand that
a not inconsequential minority of the
total population is native born" But
what of the others-the people who
come and stay, or come and go within
the orbit of WashingtonS attraction?
BY way of answer, an experiment
may be suggested. Take the current
volume Of Who's Who in the Nations
Capital and turn to the first page
on which biographical sketches are
listed. The premier name, it will be
seen. Is that of woman born at
Providence, r. l. Then, following in
alphabetical order, there are natives
of the District, Wilton, N. H.; Bran
don, VT; Alton, ILL.,, and Glenwood,
Iowa.
Page 100 shows the record of men
from Boston. Mass; st. Marys City,
Nd; Woodruff. Wis, and Rodkilde,
Denmark A survey of page 200 dis
closes Washingtonians who first saw
light of day in Central Falls, r. l.;
Brooklyn, N. Y; Akron. Ohio; Brown
County, Mimi; Peekskill, N. Y, and
Kiltimagh, Ireland. On page 300 the
list includes one person born in
Cleveland. Ohio; one at Vernon. VT,
and one in York County, Pa.
The names embraced in page 400
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Of the captiveS who were led away
after the raid over the snow and ice
insuficiently clad, members of families
separated from each other. devastated
by cold and illness and grief for those
who had been massacred. It Is also
the story Of Lettice Lyon, who could
not mourn too deeply the death of her
elderly husband and found it sur
prisingly easy to love the French
LIE Moyne; Of the relgiously fanatical
Chapman and his wife Mary, whose
health and spirit were both broken;
of the gentle Father Julian. who saved
both lives and souls: of Mrs. Peck
worth, who temporarily became an
Indian squaw, and Of others of the
Redfield colony who were carried of
into exile. The final scene is the re-
turn Of the surviving captives, after
experiences none could ever forget,
their entertainment at Albany by Col.
Schuyler and the crossing of Hoosac
Mountain to their old home. With its
Colonial background and characters,
THE Cold Journey" is Of an entirely
different type from Mrs. Stones for
mer novels, THE Bitter Tea Of Gen.
Yen" and The Almond Tree"
Evening star., 1934-11-03

foes, the Conservatives. The Laborites
are now in indisputable control Of the
London County Council, the body
with wide governing powers over the
vast metropolitan area. Labor also,
as a result of the weeks pollings, re-
gained control in such important
cities as Stoke Trent, Hull, Derby,
Burnlee and Oldham. strengthened its
hold on ShefYield and scored heavy
gains in Manchester, Bradford and
Liverpool.
These municipal victories will gal
yanize Labor with determination once
again to make itself the master Of
Parliament and obtain power for a
third time in the national government.
MIR. Baldwin's Conservatives, although
still strongly intrenched, are bound
to look upon the weeks events as
ominous. The Conservatives joined
with the Liberals in arguing that
Labor domination In municipal affairs
had ushered in an era Of high taxa
ton without visible results, but the
Laborites. admitting that taxes in
many instances have increased were
able TO convince the voters that COM
mensurate social benefits have been
bestowed upon the people.
If British Labor can develop . leader
of the political skill of Ramsay Mac
Donald when he led its embattled
hosts to victory in 1924 and after, 1t
may stage a sensational comeback. 1t
has at least again demonstrated that
1t is force to be reckoned with.
Evening star., 1934-11-03
Education Is the Surest Safeguard
Against Crime in the United States

pending upon battleships to combat
psychological foe and armed ranks to
thwart a moral danger? Let us hope
not. Instead of sighting and weaken
ing the most invulnerable bulwark of
our safety and most effective weapon
for the correction Of public evils. let
us quickly come to the realization
that we cannot afford to cripple our
educational system either to appease
the hypocritical howl for economy or
for any other cause. Such would be
the most false Of all economy, for
money now invested in public educa-
ton will save court expenses later
and wages now paid to teachers will
save police salaries a few years hence,
to say nothing of the increased salts
faction Of living in an orderly and
contented community.
Let us stop crippling and closing
public schools, however plausible the
plea of politicians Rather. let us
multiply and strengthen them to
again meet the existing emergency,
as only they can do. The more schools
we maintain the less jailS we will need
and the more teachers we employ the
less police we will need. 1t is evi-
dence of woeful negligence on the
part of the public and an incrimi-
mating proof Of almost criminal du-
plicity on the part Of our political
leaders when schools are closed on
the flimsy plea of short funds and
multitudes of our youth are debarred
from educational advantages just
when education has another major
problem to meet in the eradication of
crime. The children today deprived
of the proper equipment for life will
furnish our criminals Of the near
future and the money f1lched from
this source will return as blood money
paid for their betrayed lives. And
whence the blame?
Indelibly impress upon the minds
of school children of today that
crime does not pay" and our future
is safe. DAVID A. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1934-11-03

Another indication Of the passing
of the time when gangster killers
could ply their trade with comparative
immunity is found by the press in the
running to earth Of Pretty Boy"
Floyd.
Floyd, who was killed by Federal
agents led by Melvin H. Purvis, is
described by the New York Sun "a
criminal whose determination not to
pay the penalty for minor crime
carried him along from one murder to
another, each ruthless crime making
a little more inevitable the ruthless
ness of the next"
THE odds which for while
seemed to be with the bandit are
now very much against him." the
Owensboro tKyD Messenger observes,
while the Baton Rouge State Times
points out that 'the way might seem
dazzling in its beginning it is
bloody and tragic at its end" The
San Antonio Express says there is
"as much glamour remaining to the
career of the bandit in this country
as attaches to the corn-crib toward
which Floyd was running when the
officers appeared on that Ohio farm"
"A Nation which a few years ago
seemed to have no notion of how to
deal with criminal gangs may well
rub its eyes at the results achieved
in a few months of work by a few
resolute men," thinks the Los Angeles
Times Mirror, and the Haverhill
Gazette asks: ''If these killers can be
run to earth now, why couldn't they
have been destroyed years ago?" AS
two possible answers to this question
the same newspaper suggests that
perhaps the political gangs, with
which criminal gangs are commonly
associated, are losing some of their
power to protect the criminals and
to curb the police" and that per
haps criminal trends, like social and
economic trends, move in a curve at
which a low point has been reached
for the trend that Pretty Boy per-
sonified" The st. Joseph (Mo.)
News Press also expresses hope for the
destruction of "the unholy alliance
between officialdom and the under
world" and declares that Floyd was
but a symptom of q malignant
disease"
THE country Is rapidly acquiring a
of Chicago" says the Lima tOhio)