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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
WILL THE ELEPHANT FORGET?

1T should be an interesting session-that
Il court of bankruptcy which convenes In
Chicago next month.
1t will be called meeting of the Repub-
lican national committee, and the announced
purpose will be the selection Of new chair
man.
But even outsiders are in on the secret
that the real function of the new chairman
is that of receiver. Or-perhaps it would
be more accurate to say that his function
will be that of conservator, since he will be
called upon to conserve the assets, iquidate
the liabilities and reorganize the party into
an institution that can regain the faith of
the voters.
Speaking Of G. o. P. liabilities, the possible
candidates for the Craftsmanship are in
triguing exhibits. There is Tweedledee Jim
Watson, who is anxious to replace Tweedle-
dunn Everett Sanders. And Tweedleda Hur-
ley, whose bonus army fall is proving too
much for all the kings horses and all the
kings men. And Dwight Davis of the Cool
idge cabinet. And William Butler, the Cool
idge chairman. And Colonel Frank Knox,
the Hoover stalwart of the midwest And
Charles Hilles
Rank and file Republicans the stockhold-
ers of the party, may object to seeing one of
the insiders appointed chairman conservator.
It is said an elephant never forgets. Be
that as it may. the O. o. p elephant would
do well not to forget what brought il to its
present unhappy state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
UPHOLDS PROTECTION OF
REAL SILK WORKERS
By a Fair. Not a New Dealer.

BY Fair, Not New Dealer.
Yes Striker" 1 agree with you,
that picture of the protected and
screened bus that Real Silk is using
to afford safe transit for employees,
should have been printed on the
front page of The Times with
black face type heading, THE
Shame of indianapolis.
What a sad state of affairs that
makes it necessary to guard the
life and limb of persons whose sole
desire is the opportunity to main
tain their dependents and them
selves in peace, and yes, Mr.. or Miss
Striker, in comfort.
1t is the fear of bodily injury from
your ranks that make it necessary
for the Real Silk Hosiery Mills to
protect honest and intelligent men
and women from violence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
Quotations JOB

DUBLIC education, depression struck In
u practically every state, is begging federal
aid to keep school doors open through the
coming fiscal year.
Its hopes center on the George Ellzey bill
appropriating s1OO,OOoOOO for grants to states
on the basis of their school needs, or in an
alternative plan to allocate about that much
money from the federal relief funds.
School superintendent from thirty-eight
states have asked congress for sums totaling
$119O0o0Oo to operate their schools in a
reasonably satisfactory manner" through
1s34-35
We know too much about the desperate
plight of the schools to doubt the need of
emergency federal aid at this time. Now of
all times the schools must not be allowed to
fail and, for the present. it is the governments
business to help them.
But the states and communities, in whose
hands the schools should remain, have their
duties to perform also. Chiefly these are to
modify their tax systems to spread school costs
more justly; consolidate many one-room
schools into fewer and better educational
plants; adopt county or state administrative
school units; modernize schools and curricula
to fit this dynamic age. This is big program,
but one that every real educator knows must
be tackled.
Our Schools says United States Com
missioner of Education Zook, ARE not giving
anything like an adequate program possible
even under their present costs"
A few states have supplemented the failing
general property tax with income. chain store,
sales and other taxes. Only ten states have
adopted the county. school administrative unit
system, only two-Delaware and North Caro-
llna-have the state unit
There still are $4,000 school districts, run
by $4,000 local school directors; under the
county plan there would be only 5000 units
Taxpayers stu carry las 900 one-room schools,
of which 1000 have five or fewer pupils and
2l5, one pupil each! This costly duplicating
and utterly inadequate ge-podge inheri-
lance from the age of mud roads must give
way to truly modern. dynamic and progress
sive system If schools are to meet the challenge
Of the machine age.
We are spending upward of $4,000, 900 900
year to educate our 100000 school children.
It is not too much. particularly If compared
with the same amount we sd 4 in Furnishing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
POINTS TO MORAL OF
DICKENS LETTERS
BY Hiram Lackey.

BY Hiram Lackey.
Any father or mother who has
not read Dickens love letters in
recent issues of The Times should
procure these copies and study one
of the many tragedies which may
result from the sin of placing
money above the value of love and
the other sacred things in the lives
of their boys and girls.
AS does the art of Janet Gaynor
in Carolina" the love, honor and
sincerity of young Dickens stir the
conscience of pagan fathers and
mothers.
What is the use for ministers to
teach faith, courage and the other
sacred things to youth, if the pagan
parents force their young to trade
sacredness for worldly advantages?
When parents thus break up
true love affair and force girls to
marry for mere worldly advantages,
this. at its best, is nothing better
than legalized prostitution.
Any father who will thus sell or
attempt to sell his daughter into
white slavery must have something
wrong with the functioning Of his
Christian conscience.
Thanks are due to the news
papers and movies which stir the
conscience of fathers and mothers
who do not have time to go to
church, or who think of nothing
which the minister says as being
personal.
May every young reader of The
Times be thrilled by the nobility
of character which enabled young
Dickens to adjust himself to mis-
fortune by sanely Transforming his
bitter and crushing disappointment
into a mighty blessing to an en-
shaved world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
WHAT HAS BECOME
OF AMERICAN SPIRIT?
BY John Campbell.

BY John Campbell.
Priding myself on the fact that
I am a conscientious hombre, a lover
Of all things Hoosier, and a patri-
otto American, have begun to won
der what has become Of the Amer
lean spirit?
In recent letters in your paper,
have noted many spirited and, in
some cases, radical articles concern
ing the proves of the wooden
pistol wielder," and the Real Silk
strike. Few persons seem interested
in the affairs and doings of other
nations, with respect to our own.
While Dillinger enjoys the distinc-
ton of selling more newspapers
than the entire forces of the
A. z. F., the masses seem to be
totally unconcerned as to the ma
tional crisis.
Japan literally has thumbed her
nose at US. France and Britain
have lost most of their respect for
US. Mussolini and Hitler regard US
as a lost quantity" Why? :
Admiral Wiley. in a recent issue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
DEMANDS RIGHT TO LIVE
WITHOUT SYCOPHANCY

BY V. r. H.
To the person who signed him
self Loyal Employee:
He isn't half as loyal as he thinks
he is. He is just plain tight J. A.
Goodman wouldn't go hungry or
broke either if you and all the other
workers walked out.
Under the NRA, the President
says we have the right to collective
bargaining. We aren't being dis
loyal in striking if our employer
refuses to recognize our union in
any other way.
If the E. M. B. A. vote was fair
and binding for year, the employees
at the National and Fulton Mills
should be receiving union wages and
sue for back pay since October on
the union wage scale, since they
voted 100 per cent for the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor of Full
Fashioned Hosiery Workers Union.
If the knitter earns more money
than the average working man, it
Is because he is a skilled worker,
with years of experience cpent
learning his trade.
The employees st.a working are
the ones who least need to; women
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
no. BERG

of Liberty, admits that our fleet is
a poor third. Britain or Japan could
make things entirely too warm for
our tars. -
Our naval air force is considered
the best in the world, yet all the
records for naval planes are held by
Europeans. Our army is useful for
guarding such jaus as a certain
Ohio jail when it is desired to keep
three men. Our army air service
couldn't even fly the mail Our
marines, famous the world over,
sought in vain to quell the feverish
spirit of one Sandino Yet, we Won
der why we have lost our prestige.
A recent act Of congress author
lied the regeneration of our army,
but no positive and working plans
were laid. 1t is left to the people
to see that those plans are made
and used.
The white robed paclfsts cry out
for disarmament. The economists
cry out that we can't afford it. The
sanctimonious few solemnly declare,
there is nothing to worry about and
God will take care of His children.
The paciflst would be the first to
cry for protection IN time of strife.
The economist would cry for pro-
lection of his money. The prayers
of the sanctimonious would avail
little against a horde Of blood
thirsty ancestor worshipers.
All we need to regain our place in
the world and respect of all ma
tons, is a defensive and offensive
machine of war If we can boast
an army, navy, and an air force,
on land and sea, second to none, the
nations of the world will think twice
before they openly antagonize our
interests.
Are we to forget Valley Forge,
Gettysburg, aand Chateau Thierry?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
The Hut Girl
BY FLORENCE MARIE TAYLOR

She said, indeed, she wasn't born
With gold spoon in her mouth,
Had never known the luxury
OF sailing to the south.
Worldly riches. travel, gold
Were not hers to boast,
The girl who lived in a fishers
hut
Along northern coast.
But she ran barefoot down the
sands
With the salt spray on her lips,
The long blue stretch Of sea be-
fore her
And the white outlines of ships.
She who had tasted the white
foam
And the salt tang Of the sea,
Had drunk deep of the cup Of
life.
And lived in luxury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
DECLARES SCRIPTURES
UPHOLD STRIKERS

BY w. G. Friedman.
I am in no manner connected
with the conflicting groups in the
Real Silk controversy However, I
have been deeply affected by an
aspect which, although widely pre-
valent among the strikers, has been
disregarded by those inside the
building
Respecting The Times liberal at
titude upon religious tolerance, per-
haps they too will ignore any such
question. AS Jew I no longer can
restrain my words. The mill Of
ficials, whose own families have had
so much bitter tranSgression as a
minority group, should realize that
minority rights must be respected
and collectively settled.
If those officials upon the least
provocation pause and glance at the
writings of their own rabbis they
will find undisguiSed recognition of
collective bargaining and authorize
ton of trade strikes. 1.-THE laborer
has the right to quit in midday"
the Scriptures say, Unto me are the
children of Israel servants" which
means that no man shall be en-
shaved to another.
Mr.. Goodman would do well to
abide by the scriptural wisdom.
William Baum also should inform
his illustrious employer, how the
Baul family in Germany felt with
the deprivation of all rights. The
Real Silk guest artist could also tell
Mr.. Goodman, his radio sponsor,
why Ignace Strasfogel is in America
from Germany. Good luck strikers
History, tradition and experience as
sure your victory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
So They Say

1t is impossible for a Catholic
priest to approve Nazi principles
Cardinal Justinian Seredi.
am a tough guy.--President
Roosevelt.
I can't remember doing anything
for Kentucky. But the appoint
ment was easy. A senator fixed it
up.-Rex M Gilmore, Philadelphia
sportsman, now a Kentucky colonel.
About the best thing to do when
you have a common cold is to buy
half dozen extra handkerchiefs.
DR. Charles H Smith Of New
York
Beware. beware how far you go
in making the veteran the despised
manu-. S. Senator Arthur r.
Robinson of Indiana.
We haven't scratched the surface
Of Biblical knowledge yet. We don't
know one-tenth of the truth, his
torically speaking. - Sir Charles
Marston, famous British anti
quarian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09

especially, whose husbands have
steady jobs elsewhere.
The Loyal Enploye" probably is
from Kentucky and can get by on
$12 week. Educated persons want
to live, not merely exist.
Americans expect right to earn
an honest living without getting
down on their knees and thanking
their employers like God. For your
benefit, J. A. doesn't run the Real
Silk solely to give employees work.
He also makes a profit.
I hope my letter isn't too plain
to print, for it is the truth and I
would like the public to understand
the strikers side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
Sees Drift TOWARD Another World War

tect their ill-gotten gains, it be-
comes inevitable, or perhaps we
are just too bewilderec;
We believe in peace, but we
don't know what to do about it,
and so we do nothing, thinking
our words alone mean nothing
and forgetting the very real fact
that, however, little good effect
they may seem to have at the
time, they yet grow and bear rich
fruit in the most surprising way,
and in the most unexpected places
For simple words, sincerely
spoken, can sometimes do what
all the pomp and clash of force
cannot-they awaken in others,
the desire and the courage to help
carry on the fight, and so comes
progress.
In sipte of the power Of special
privilege, of entrenched power and
wealth, let us not forget for
moment, that we, the people Of
this great nation are still the true
and final arbiters Of our own
destiny-and if we really want
peace enough to struggle for it, we
can have it, not otherwise.
Write to your congressman, to
your United States senator de-
handing that they support the
anti-war measures now pending
in congress.
Write to the President-he is an
intelligent man, and you have as
much right to plead for a hearing
for your views, as the militarist
has to plead for his.
Join peace societies and get your
friends to join, and in short, do
everything possible, and you may
at least be able to keep our own
country out of war if war should
come. For if war is found to be
extremely unpopular, the govern
ment will hesitate before declar-
ing if
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09

q half-million under-educated criminals In
jails But the same amount of money EN-
GENTLY spent would bring in vastly greater
social dividends. and turn our schools into
truly civilizing service for young and old.
II federal aid tends to fasten the old ideals
and methods on to the schools it will prove a
disservice in the long run.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
SPEAKING OF DILLINGER
IN NAUTICAL TERMS
BY Some Readers

BY Some Readers.
We read newspaper headlines,
"Dillinger Reported at Sea-" May
be we are wrong, but we understood
that it was the pursuers who wer0
at sea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
DRIVEN TO POETRY
BY DILLINGER

BY Ben Cooper.
Dear John:
You made a clever getaway,
The country knows it's true;
But are ysl really hiding from us,
Or Is 1t US that's hiding from you2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
The Message Center

(Times readers are fnvited to erpress
their Oietcs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have a chance.
Limit them to $50 t0ords or less.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09

IF we could only agree on our definitions,
days in great style.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
Omahas Leading
Attorneys Visit
Kansas City

Attorneys John G. Pegg and
Charles F. Davis made a business trip
to Kansas City, Mo- accompanied BY
Mr.. Herbert Clark They appeared
IN az action involving al estate in
independence, Mo-, and received the
greatest cordiality and courtesy from
the court and attorneys.
The trial lasted throughout the
day, attracting a great deal Of at
tention. The Courtroom was filed
with an audience Of Court attaches.
attorneys, and residents, who re-
manned until final arguments were in.
Many compliments were given the
attorneys for the thorough prepara-
ton Of the case from the standpoint
of evidence presented and the law.
The court received with pratifca-
ton the fnal. legal argument as pre-
sented BY Attorney Pegg at the
close of the trial.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
Forced To Marry Colored Girl
War Dept. Fires
Levee Camp Boss

NEW YORK. January 3O-A fore
mai who forced a Negro levee camp
worker at the point Of a pistol to dis
robe and take beating with a hick-
Org stick an inch thick has been fir
ed by the War department
Major General Edward Markham,
chief of engineers, IN charge Of all
flood control work, wrote the Nat
ional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People this week:
"An investigation has been made
(of your complaint Of November z,
1881 and it has been found that a
foreman employed by this contractor
Oh. G. Ogden used physical violence
against John Felts, and employee
Of the contractor. In accordance with
the rules prescribed by this depart
ment that contractors shall not re-
tain in their service any employee
who uses violence against the men
unGe MS charge, the foreman has
been discharged
The NAACP. made the complaint
after it had received a letter in a
roundabout way from neal the Odgen
camp which was located last Nov
ember at Laconia Circle, Arkansas,
in Desha county, about sixty miles
below Helena, Arkansas This is a
continuation Of the NAACP. cam
paign to secure fair treatment for
flood control workers. The War de-
partment has promised to investigate
any specific complaint which con
tains names, dates, locations, con-
tractors names, etc.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
Opening OF Home
Office Attracts
Thousands
Throlgs Inspect New Quarters Upon
Invitation of The Supreme
Executive Council
(By Fritz Cansler)


Denver Neighbors and friends, Wis
itors from nearby and far-off cities
and Camps of the far-flung dominions
Of the American Woodmen territory
made the formal opening of the new
Home Office Building Of the American
Woodmen on the evening of Friday
January II a gala occasion from both
a social and civic standpoint. BY
many vino viewed the commodious
office structure the event was regard
ed as one of the most significant hap
penings in the entire history Of the
business life of the Mile High City.
The officers of the Supreme Camp
who had assembled for the usual mid
winter council had extended a gener-
al invitation to be present at the
opening to the citizens of Denver,
and bids had also been sent to mem
bers and friends in other places
where the organization maintains
camps and where it numbers its we'll
wishers by the huge totals which
have made possible the life and
growth Of the American Woodmen.
The response was general and it was
most gratifying according to express
sions from the officials of the organ
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The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
Missouri Policeman
Forced TO Mary
CoIored Girl

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Januay 30
Nearly four years Of duckng and
lodging a rape charge by Joseph
Malta, white ex-policeman, ended
this month when Malta married
Dorothea Foote, 1~7-year-old colored
mother of a child of which she claims
Malta is the father. The case has
been kept alive by the St. Louis
branch NAACP. whose legal staff
has been pressing for trial of Malta
on a charge Of rape. Following the
accusation of Malta in 1880 he was
discharged from the St. Louis police
force His trial was postponed eight
or nine times and then his wife di-
vorced him. Finally his case was
called for January II and il the
courtroom his attorney asked the
charges be dropped because Miss
Foote was now the wife of lTatha
and could not testify against him. a
marriage certificate was Placed into
the record showing the c7lpla had
been r.arriod in Venice, III. on jan
uary 3, 1884. In-erracial marriages.
unlawful II Missouri, but laaal in
Illinois. At tlla tie AZ .aa aa.aged
assault N1tha wee val'.i-r 4 Scat in
the neighborhood where Hiss Toote
lived. The child is two years old.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
Open Letter To
Pres. Navy

The President,
The White House,
Washington, d. G.
Dear Mr.. President:
More of your fellow citizens than
you think are disturbed by your naval
building. The borrowing of $23S, OOO,-
900 70 naval construction is already
necessitating an increase, not a 25
per cent reduction, in the regular
naval expenditures. You are asking
for an increase in personnel this year
to nan the new ships.
A bill has now been introduced in
the House by the Chairman of the
Naval Affairs Committee, a Demo-
crat, to authorize you either before
or after 1886 to construct 100000 tons
of ~destroyers, $4,000 tons of subma-
rines, an aircraft carrier, and in ad-
dition, under a general clause to re-
place the S30,OOO,O0O battleships,
many Of which have just been recon
ditioned at an expense of some
$7OOO,OOO to $1O,OOO,OOO each.
In trying to understand the motive
or motives back Of this great pro-
gram, one is driven to a choice be-
tween two, depending upon whether
you expect to build the ships or not.
If you expect to build all these ships,
it is true that it will make work in
the shipyards and in many subsidiary
industries. But there are self-liqui-
dating projects, in housing for exam
PIE, that are capable Of consuming
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
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Stage A Com
bat; Know The
Aegte. Why?

The subject, "Know The Negro,
Why?" was the discussion in a meet
ing Of the Young Peoples Sunday
Evening Club, of First Central Con-
gregational Church, Sunday evening,
January %, 1884.
This question was discussed by
Lucy G. Crawford, Girl Reserve Sec
rotary Of the North Side Y. w. G. "A.
and Delite Hollett, Educational Sec
rotary Of the Central Y. w. c. A.
The devotional part of the program
was led by Miss Dorothy Graham,
and Mr.. John Halpine, Jr., rendered
tenor solos. This program was in
charge of the Worlds Work Commit
tee, headed by Howard Jacobson.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03

unlimited sums of money and without
causing suspicion and tension abroad.
II it be argued that our naval build
ing program is necessary to our de-
Tense, one will have to ask, against
whom? Surely not against Great
Britain. It's only effect upon Great
Britain has been to stimulate the
British Admirals to demand similar
activity in order to keep up with us.
Nor does it seem credible that we
are building against the only naval
power, Japan. Japan has plenty Of
complications at her backdoor on the
Continent of Asia without attacking
u.s. The only visible effect of u
program on Japan so far has been
the war scares and war talk which
army and navy men everywhere find
useful to p%opularize excessive army
and navy appropriations. Does not
our policy also tend to prolong the
tenure Of office Of Japan's militarist
junta?
The other possibility is that you do
not expect to build the ships but want
them as a "big stick" with which to
threaten Japan and Great Britain in
the Naval Conference of 1885. Our
battleship program of 1916 was used
IN this way by Secretary Hughes in
the Washington Conference but the
most ardent advocates Of such a pol
icy must admit that it is a two-edged
sword. Why should not the British
follow the same transparent tactics?
Or why should they not join with
Japan in restoring the Anglo-Japan-
csc Alliance very effective counter
to such a big naval program?
You have conspicuously avoided
using a 'big stick with the Latin
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