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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

can net reverse their outlook and
formulate a Plan fol mass preser-
walton. The masses have even
been deserted by Roosevelt the
compromiser who was chosen to be
their savior.
A savior! The man who said the
capitalist profit system can not
die? He who would better the con-
ditionS of the poor helps to main
tain the very cause of their degra-
dations. A savior, who attempts
and does guarantee profits for the
rich while the poor suffer. Whose
savior?
At the closing meeting of the
Indiana Council of Methodist
Youth more than 200 members
pledged themselves against war and
the present economic order. Here
is a group of wiser heads who
realize that a real Christianity can
not be built upon an economic sys-
tenn in which success is dependent
upon greed and profits.
We hope that this group has more
intestinal fortitude than the
groups which composed our
churches from 1914 to 1918. A
church which in a crisis did not
have courage enough to preach the
doctrine of Christ but instead
preached the doctrine Of war. A
church which teaches patriotism to
a country can not teach the doc
trine of a God that knows no
country.
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SUGGESTS PENSION DIRECTOR
PRACTICE WHAT HE breaches
BY a Reader.
In the Message Center notices
an article written by Joe Katz,
headed "Objects to Proposed Pen
sion Plan"
wish you would print the follow
ing statement regarding his ohiec-
ton:
Mr. Katz probably is not near so
years old, and if he were, he prob
ably would take all he could get. /
did not know that any old person
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29
Pension Letter DrdaUS Fire

BY a Daily Reader.
In The Times Christmas Day
there was a letter in the Message
Center that certainly was dis
gushing. 1t was headed objects
to Proposed Pension Plan"
Can it be possible for any one
to be so heartless and selfish as
to begrudge some poor man and
family a few pleasures?
Just because he has a silver
spoon to stir his soup, he feels
that the poor old man past the age
of labor should stir his with sor-
rows and woes. He states they
should have saved in their days as
he has saved hard all his life, but
he failed to say that he did man
ual labor. Don't boost too loud.
You still are in the land of the
living and I expect there are men
living on a dole who once had as
much as some who like to brag
and boast, and I expect they live
or lived as honestly and honorably
as those who like to ridicule and
throw slurS.
If all men were like the writer
of the letter, poor children and
widows never would have
Christmas joy or pleasant
greeting, but we all are happy to
BY Times Reader.
"Our plan is to make all the
people capitalists and thus save
the capitalist system from Com
munism or Fascism," DR.. F. E.
Townsend, author of the Town
send old-age pension plan.
Where has this man been
By a Reader.
In answer to Joe Katz's letter
in The Times, in which he says
if the Townsend pension plan goes
through will make the whisky
business boom aid that the old
people should 90 home and pray
to God fer their sins, have never
read sucn blas7llemy think that
Mr.. Katz should be given a chance
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know there are very few of this
type and the poor ones can only
laugh at such a manuscript issued
from jealous hand. I think his
assertions that the aged should
go home and pray to God to for
give their sins, resembles the cart
before the horse. He had better
study his sayings and I think he
will find men like him are the
ones who will cry for the rocks
and mountains to fall on him to
hide him from the wrath Of God.
Shame on you, Mr.. Katz.
If they should give each man
so years old and older 5000 a
month and make pleasure instead
of misery for their few remaining
days, it would help to maintain
the labor world on a standard
basis. These people would spend
the money and create work for
the younger men
am not old enough to get in
on this old age pension law, but
I feel and know it will revive the
whole United States. All I hope
and pray is that Congress,
Senate and the President make
this old age pension into reali-
cation in the near future, for it
will mean a great boost to the
manufacturing world.
through all the years of our suf-
fering? Where has he been hid
ing his thoughts and features,
which are so like those of Honest
Abe Licoln?
From an old person who. MIR.
Katz says, should be home pray
ing.
to take back his statements in
the Dec. Is Message Center.
Perhaps Joe was in his cups
at the time he wrote the letter.
On the other hand, he possibly
had just gotten through beating
his grandmother on the head with
a stove poker and just because
she couldn't take it, like Joe
thinks he could, he decided to
write The Times.
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same standards that are imposed on the en-
ployes of regular Government departments
who get their jobs through Civil Service
channels
The classified servica provides protection
and benefits to which al !. 'alif1ed Government
employees are entitled.
Unfortunately the President has not yet
announced what procedure will be followed to
iced out the nlisfitS, nor how rapidly he will
curtail political appointments.
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CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL is
PRAISED BY READER
So They Say

It can not be possible that the
vast numbers of desperate criminals
turned loose upon society by the
manifest abuse of the pardon and
parole power can be in any manner
iustifed.-J. Edgar Hoover, head OF
Department of Justice Criminal In
vestigation Bureau.
Nothing is true, but anything
might be.-Luigi Pirandello, drama
list and Nobel Prize winner.
The freedom which is socially
beneficial to the worker and to
management must be shared with
capital-Richard Whitney, presl-
dent New York Stock Exchange.
japan has no desire to become an
imperialistic nation.-Hirosi Saito,
japanese ambassador to United
States.
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sent him a cotton sweater. I went
to the Social Service to try to get
him a coat, but all I got was a
handful of nothing and lot of
promises.
But, of course, because my hus-
band works on the FERA we should
be able to buy any and everything
a family of seven needs and wants.
When we can't buy what we need,
there surely is a lot left to buy lots
of good food and presents to keep
up that good old holiday spirit and
good cheer. People don't feel very
cheerful on an empty stomach.
MERCHANTS LAUDED FOR
HOLIDAY DISPLAYS
BY Santa Claus.
Congratulations to the Indianap-
oils merchants who contributed so
much toward the holiday spirit by
the artistic decoration Of their stores
and display windows.
CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL is
PRAISED BY READER
By RAY Dewitt.
We enjoyed 1.-The Christmas Star"
editorial. Strange and haunting are
the depths and appeals of its beauty.
At his best, we here have the poeti-
cal editor of The Times. This quail
ity of genius, combined with clear
thinking, has lovely possibilities.
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EMPTY STOMACH DOESN'T
AID CHEERFULNESS

BY Mrs. Hilda Britt.
I read in the Message Center
where a woman wrote that no one
seems to think the families on
F'ERA need anything.
Peope who have the necessaries
of life do not know what it means
to have to skimp and save just to
be able to buy food and COAL They
don't know what it's like to live in
a house that's ready to fall down
and hasn't plaster on half of it.
Oh, yes, they think it's fun, but
just let them have to live like some
of us have to for while and it
wouldn't be so grand. Some think
we FERA families have the wealth
Of the world in a strong box with
the key in our hands.
We are a family of seven with
three small children. The oldest
is a boy of 8, who is in school. I
have tried last winter and this win
ter to get a heavy coat for him to
wear to school. The School Board
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MIR. ROOSEVELT SCORED
FOR AIDING CAPITALISTS
Rv Not a RenuhIican.

BY Not Republican.
The specter of poverty and in
security is no longer a myth but is
a reality to the masses who have
created the wealthiest country in
the world. The masses who have
followed leaders whose prestige has
been based upon money instead of
wisdom are now looking for leaders
in wisdom, but alas, the ties with
the past are hard to break.
The Melons, the Morgans, the
Sloans, the Harrimans, these
mighty followers Of rugged indi-
yidualism and self preservation
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Capital Capers
by GEORGE ARETT

santa Claus had stopped long enough Of
4 any OF Washingtons embassies or legations
Or, indeed, at any official party here on Christ
mas oay-he would nave tasted things tn write
to the North Pole about "--'0
christmas was huge astronomical success
1or diplomats and officials
AT the italian Embassy Ambassador Posso
olneo on "Cappelletti"-a broth served with
raVlon' and an egg soup called "Stracciatella."
Plum pudding burned with a blue fame at
the British Embassy, where the typical Dickens
menu was served. Sir Ronald Lindsay loves
mlnce pie made from an old British REGIME
ana, OF course, there was roast turkey and tba
toast to the king VIC
one OF the bigger and better dinners steamed
on the table at the Danish Legation II began
with rice porridge, thence to roast goose st,ffed
with prunes and apples, potatoes and red cab
oage, Danish apple cake with whipped cream,
coffee and Christmas cookies.
PfefernuesSe" tickled the appetites of Ger
man diplomats Don't ask me how it's made
you use black pepper, cloves, cinnamon. orange
peels, soda, aniSe seed, nutmeg and certain
amount of discretion.
"Dobos cake" made its appearance at the
hungarian Legation, amid the hurrahs of en-
thus1astic Magyars. Dobos cake gets its name
from Dobos Janos, who invented the original
recipe
st. Nicholas cookies made of butter and
brown sugar, were served at the Netherlands
Legation. There were also roast chestnuts and
Splced wine and pastries known as Blanket
BoterletterS.' The real name of st. Nicholas
cookies, incidentally, is "Spikkelaas"
Santa Claus would have had a wonderful
time, II he could speak the language.
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asked for 5000. We would be CRATE
full for 500 or SO, and any one
more than go would know just how
to spend it. When it comes to pray
ing, think he had better practice
what he breaches.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are inUited TO cypress
their Uieaos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to $50 loordS or less.)
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China's deficit being only $16.60O.OOO how
can it become member of the great family
of nation, where deficits are in billions and
debts ais in arrears?
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Daily Thought

Thus saith the Lord, as the new
wine is found in the cluster, and
one saith, destroy it not; for bless
ing is in it; so will I do for my
servants sake, that 1 may not de-
stroy them--Isaiah, 65:8.
TXTE become willing servants to
. VVthe god by the bonds their vir-
tues lay upon us.-Sir Philip Sidney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

Thirty nations ratified the Argentine anti
war pact to the boom of cannon in the
Gran Chaco and the beat of machines in
the munitions factories
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Professor at the, University of Nevada will
start course on marriage and divorce but
there's still the problem OF which should be
taught first.
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The noises of New York be.ye been recorded
and put into the corner stone of a new build
ing there so that poster1ty may have at least
one reason why New York is no more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

Now we're being threatened with radio
controlled aerial bombs as though the singers
and comedians weren't enough
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Terrible Tommy Touhy, the gangster,
threatens to blow himself up. and any one
who tries to capture him. A martyr, Ell?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

Yale professor has found the germ that
causes Inflammation of the brain, popularity
termed the germ of an idea"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

The new president of Mexico is closing up
its gambling JOINTS so the movie stars will
have to pair nize home industry at last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

Britain's law revision committee proposes
legal equality for wives who can still fall back,
for thrill, on the old system at home.
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And so, little children, Donald Richberg
and General Johnson had merry, merry
Christmas after although they grumbled
some.
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President Roosevelt is planning to bonn
bard Congress with series Of important
messages that will make some of the members
sorry they ever were elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-29

ONE of the jolliest and best parties of the
" season was the annual stag affair given
by Rep. Fred Britten, with Vice President
Garner as one of the principal guests of honor.
Fred looked superb in a wel-cut morning
coat, and it was suggested that he qualified
among the IL best dressed men. The " P
not as formal as Fred, but still what is known
as snappy dresser-appeared in a black
braided coat.
Who says Jack Garner doesn't enjoy parties?
He had more fun at Fred Brittens than most
officials enjoy during the entire social season.
Unfortunately, yesterdays party the last
Fred will give-since he is ending his service in
Congress tentative move is being made to
draft him and bring him back to the Capital
every Christmas and force him to give his party,
anyhow.
The Washington times., 1934-07-13

flee with it as he usually did,
he spread it out on the hall
table and began to go quickly
through its pages as if he were
looking for some particular
thing in it.
His hands, busy with the
printed sheets, were short and
broad, just as he was. The
thick fingers were square at the
end, and the knuckleS were
large like the knuckles of a man
who earns his living with his
hands. But the skin was soft
and the nails were we'll cared
for. He never lifted any tool
heavier than a pencil in his life
and he was proud of it. He
often said so: If there is any
aristocracy in America, the
Brodericks certainly belong to
it! All of us have been profes.
Sional men gentlemen for
generations. All of us have read
for the law since my grand
fathers time!" Susan often
wondered whether he gave his
occupation as gentleman" in
the city directory.
Daily Trials
She wondered, too, some
times, what he did with all of
the time that was on his hands
every day. Certainly the rent
The Washington times., 1934-07-13
"G|RL IN THE FAMILY" By Beatrice Burton

floor was a worn Aubusson rug,
all scrolls and faded roses, and
there were brownish-gold roses
on the wall paper.
Escape
It was only in the curtains
of white dotted muslin, hemmed
by hand, and in the soft blue
linen cushions on the window
seat, that Susan had been able
to express her own taste for
things that. were simple and
fresh and dainty. Without real
izing it, Susan loved the room
and always came into it with a
feeling of relief and escape.
= She knew merely that it was
the best place in the house for
sewing and reading and for
just being alone and quiet.
On the writing desk stood a
small framed photograph of
Wallace and, as Susan began to
dress for evening with him, she
paused two or three times to
look at it. In the picture he
was much better looking than
he was in life, for he had been
photographed from the side and
the side view of his face was
exceptionally good.
Everything about him seemed
to be good, she reflected, get.
ting into her favorite dress-an
old blue flannel that had been
washed so many times that it
had taken on the softness Of a
pastel. Good face. Good char
acter. Good position at the
bank. Good family. Good dis
position.
And yet there had been a few
fleeting moments during the
past year and a half when she
was not at all certain that she
would marry Wallace if he asked
her to. Sometimes she had
wished that he would not try
to hold her hand as they sat
in the moving picture theater.
Sometimes, on a Tuesday or Fri.
day or Sunday night, she had
wished he would telephone to
say that he couldn't come to see
her.
Oh, well. it was all settled
now, and she was engaged to
him. And on Susan'S face, as
she sat down before her dress
ing table to spray violet toilet
water behind her ears, was the
clear calm look of a person
whose future is assured.
She thought suddenly with re-
lief of escaping from the old
house and getting into new
house of her own. A house that
would be all flowered cushions
and plain thick carpets, long
low chairs and Chinese en-
broiderieS. There would be no
family portraits on the walls,
no overStuffed furniture and
cutglass lamps, no clocks like
the white marble clock down.
stairs that always reminded her
of the Brodericks' family vault
in Woodland Cemetery.
(TO Be COntinued)
Copyright, 1888, by King
Features Syndicate, Inc.
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ing and managing of the Brod-
erick Arms, which was practic-
ally all that was left Of the
estate, could not keep him very
busy. He always had the new
magazines in his office, he
smoked a great many cigars,
took glass of what he called
his "bitterS" every day after
lunch and then lay down to
have a long afternoon nap. He
and Aunt Edna played Russian
Bank a good deal, and every
now and then he whote a let
ter to the newspaper on some
current topic or other-racket-
eering, lipstick and bobbed hair,
the depression, Communism.
Twenty-three of them had been
published under the heading,
Letters From Our Readers"
and he had clipped them out
of the paper and fastened them
to the wall above his desk with
glass tacks.
What have you been doing
writing another letter to the
paper?" Susan asked him as
she slipped out of her coat and
began to take off her hat be-
fore the hall mirror. Her hair.
pressed close to her head by
the hat, lay in wide shining
ripples like brown-gold sand
when waves have crinkled it.
There was not a hint of blue
in the clear gray Of her black
lashed eyes. Her eyebrows were
as dark as her lasheS. and her
nose was straight and short.
For the rest she had creamy
skin with a great deal of color
in the cheeks and a fine, sensi-
tive month whose upper lip
curved like bow.
"Why, yes, I have been writ
ing to the paper" her uncle
answered her without lifting his
head. But I'd hardly call what.
I've written a letter to the
editor. I've been trying my
hand at something else for a
change" He never answered
plain "Yes" or mo" to any
question, and he was always
very mysterious Sbout his sim
plest doings - full of Big
Business" as John Broderick,
Susan's brother, expressed it.
Without telling her what it
was that he had written, he
turned suddenly and marched
down the hall to the closed
door of the back parlor, taking
long steps and coming down
hard on his heels, important
as only a small self-important
man knows how to be.
After a moment Susan could
hear the sound of his deep
rumbling voice. He seemed to
be reading something aloud to
Aunt Edna who had been sit
ting beside the parlor fire all
day making Christmas presents.
Aunt Edna had grown too stout
to enjoy getting out Of the
house, and she spent most Of
her time in the parlor-like the
Old Man of Cape Horn, Susan
often thought, who "sat on a
chair till he died of despair"
Her own room was upstairs
at the back of the house, and
it was not at all the kind of
room that she would have made
of it if she had had the fur
niShing of it. The bed, the
dressing table, the writing desk
and chairs were all of the style
of 1880. Large ungainly pieces
of solid mahogany with too
much carving on them. On the
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Susan Studies the Feelings Which
She Has Toward Her Fiance
And Is Disappointed
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

Susan Broderck and her aunt Lutte, 1Uho had
more prosperous tnaes order pioC at Harts depart
ent store aChere the family had charge account for
gears and informed the account has been discontinued
as it had not been paid for five months. Susie and Lutte
Leave embarrassment. Lutte goes home by trolley but
Susan prefers to aCdlk
En- route the latter meets her fiance Wallace Steen
rising young banker. Susan and Wallace distinctly
different ypes he is the sheltered meticulous type Whe
she the kind 1OhO loves to aUdk the rain and 1Oth
out qoves IN the aOier. Susan realizes thGt Uhe her
future life aUth Wallace aOM not be tkrimg it will be
comfortable.
Tender-hearted Susan shows little enthusiasm When
Wallace plans to inspect house ich the present oWners
are forced to sell because of financial reverses.
NOW READ ON:
CHAPTER w.
He kissed her again he helped her out of the car at
her door, told her he would her at o'clock and
stood in the snow with his hat in his hand watching her
90 up the long walk to the house.
It was an odd thing, thought Susan she left him,
that two people could be utterly unlike she and
Wallace were and still be in love with each other. They
felt differently about almost everything including the buy
ing of the Country Club house and the wearing of gloves
Wallace liked in winter and he couldn't under
why Susan loved to tramp miles through snowy wind
swept streets. He did his only walking golf course,
and Susan thought that the duest of exercise He enjoyed
contract bridge which Susan her SOUL knew she
would really understand