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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 3. 1884
CONGRESS MEETS

THE congress which meets today can do
much to make or break the recovery
program Senators and representatives during
their months at home have had opportunity
to study economic conditions and TO learn
the desires of the people. Conditions are i'm
proving slowly, thanks largely TO the leader
ship Of the President and to the legislation
which this congress passed at the last session.
But great deal remains to be done.
In this continuing emergency it is not the
function of congress to obstruct executive
leadership. Nor is its function that of a rub
Der stamp for the President. Congress can
be an independent and responsible agency of
government and at the same time cooperate
with the White House. The public will be able
to differentate between partisan obstruction
and constructive assistance.
In general the task will be to build upon the
foundation laid last spring. The MIRA needs
Interpretation and strengthening especially
It's labor and monopoly provisions. Public
works and unemployment relief must be en-
larged The agricultural adjustment act can
be improved
New taxes are called for not only by the re-
turn of legal liquor but also to meet rising
federal deficit Revision Of the tax structure
is necessary on the basis of capacity to pay.
Legislation touching individual industries
is required, including transportation communi-
cations, utilities, food and drugs.
Even more difficult and important than
these is the task of banking reform, regulation
of security and commodity exchanges and i'm
proved credit facilities and debt relief for
farmers and city home owners. Less has been
achieved to date by the administration in this
field than any other.
Finally action is due on the world court
protocol the Montevideo treaties, the Platt
amendment, a just substitute for the unfair
Philippine independence law, and on the adj
ministrations resolution for an arms embargo
against warning nations.
Seldom has the public watched congress so
intently and, we believe, so hopefully.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
THE TUGWELL BILL

WHY do We need any revision OF the pure
w food and drug act of 1906? This ques-
ton is agitating many Americans who have
little command of the facts upon which to
base a decisive judgment.
The controversy will become much more
sharu when congress assemblies. Last June,
Senator Copeland introduced bill to revise
the old act 1t was designated as a bill ITO
prevent the manufacture, shipment and sale
of adulterated or misbranded food drugs and
cosmetics. and to regulate traffic therein
and to prevent the false advertisement Of food,
drugs and cosmetics"
This bill was formulated primarily by
Rexford G. Tugweu, assistant secretary of
state. 1t will be reintroduced in the coming
session and may be the center of a struggle
matched in bitterness and depth only by that
which will turn about imitation and monetary
issues Let us examine the merits of the con-
troversy.
The act of 1906 was primarily the work of
Dr. Harvey Wiley of the department of agri-
culture. He was aided by some Of the more
eminent "muckrakers' of that time Particu-
larlv effective were the pens Of Upton Sin
clairs investigation of the Chicago stock yards
helped to emphasize the need for a pure food
law More than any one else, Mr.. Adams ex-
posed the dangerous and INSCRIPTIONS con-
duct in that day of the vendors of worthless
or poisonous patent medicines The act as
finally passed was regarded as an outstanding
achievement Of the Theodore Roosevelt ad
ministration.
The original law did not compel the manu-
facturers label to describe the actual contents
of the remedy. 1t merely forbade the inclusion
of fraudulent claims on the label The gov
eminent, moreover, had to prove that the
manufacturer knew that any unwarranted
claims were fraudulent at the time Of manu-
facture and sale. DR.. Tugwell discusses that
in Today.
And so any Tom Dick or Harry can make
an unpalatable stew OF weeds, label it as a
cure for any and all of the ills to which man
kind is heir, sell it at convincingly exorhi-
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index later went UP to los, the bond holder
would at that time receive SIS for each siO0
of interest due. If the price index fell to 95
ne would receive sos.
When the principal is to be paid of, the
bond holder will receive a sum exactly equal
in purchasing power to that which he invested
originally in the bonds no matter what the
subsequent fluctuations Of the price index.
This will insure perfect stability of govern
ment bonds, will necessitate their payment in
honest dollars, and will, therefore, greatly in
crease their acceptability as a sound invest
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
A SERIOUS PROGRAM

IT is an ambitious and expensive program
Which the navy department is asking
congress to approve. The expenditure of $780,
100000 year for five years to bring the fleet
up to treaty parity basis would be a heavy
load for the treasury to bear; furthermore
taking such step inevitably would have re-
percussions IN such capitals as London and
Toxic.
1t goes without saying, of course. that this
country would be entirely within its RIGHTS in
building right up to the treaty limits. For
many years we have permitted our navy to
Fernain below the status permitted it by in
ternational agreement; if we choose now to
built it up, that is our privilege
But before We do so, it would be wise for
us to consider just what the consequences
might be. We don't want another armament
race; we don't want TO strain any of our in
ternational relations; we don't want to in
crease the suspicion that certain foreign ma
tons harbor toward u.s.
There are, in short, lot of angles to this
bodybuilding business; we need to consider
all of them pretty carefully before we COM
nit ourselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

Times readers are HUited to express
their UielcS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to $50 1oords or Iess.J
By Frank H. Egan.
In the Star Saturday we noticed
long piece by man who is evil
IDENTIFY afraid to give his name and
signs it observer" Williams, Ind,
and I don't blame him a bit as it is
largest piece of junk that I ever
have read and evidently he is a
politician VINO lost his piece of pie.
This man is complaining of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt ana his methods of
trying to get us back on our feet
The President is not politician, he
is a diplomat and all of our preSi-
dents in a row from Lincoln down
mentally could not take President
Roosevelt's place today.
No doubt the President promised
us new deal and God knows We
needed it, and you are getting it..
If you can not understand, let me
point out to you that if Melons
| puppet had four more years OF his
around the corner" giving big
corporations billions of dollars to
pay their debts to Morgan, Mellon
and other fnanciers, giving millions
to certain banker to keep him
out of politics and not one penny
to save the millions of starving
citizens, Mr.. Observer, you would
not have had postage to send your
piece to the Star
AS far as NIessrs. Robinson and
Watson go, let me include our
Governor NTcNutt and don't forget
Leslie. These gentlemen are dead
politically in this state.
The condition politically is the
citizens fault as the politicians
have formed a large organiza ton
from Maine to California. The
citizens are not organized, and from
my experiences at the polls there is
only about 30 per cent that are in
telligent enough, mentally to vote.
So my dear observer" if you are
not going any place don't block the
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
Questions and Answers

Q-What is the difference be-
tween static and current cleo
tricity?
A-Static is electricity at rest;
current is electricity in motion.
Q-Give the meaning Of the
name Estelle.
A-Star of brilliancy.
Q-What is the title Of Robert
Browning's poem in which Laza-
rus, raised from the dead, is the
hero?
Am Epistle Containing the
Strange Medical Experience of
Karshish, the Arab Physician"
Q-What does the initial R, at
the beginning Of a medical pre-
scription, stand for?
A-The Latin word recipe"
meaning take. The cross bar has
been used from ancient times to
show that a physicians recine was
intended.
Q-How many children has
President Roosevelt? Did any Of
his children die?
Ale has four sons: Elliott,
Franklin Jr., James and John, and
one daughter, Mrs. Curtis Dali.
None has died.
Q-What does Amen mean?
Alt is a Hebrew word mean
ing firmly or surely.
Q-Give the past tense Of o. k.
A-The accepted form is okd.
Q-Name the Governors of Ohio
from 1900 to 1906.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
Old and New

WILLIAM A. GEARHART
The old year turns its flatted leaf
And hides forever from my sight
The record Of its past events
Which fade in mem'rys' feeble
light.
Fleet time DEGREES that I shall seek
Another sphere with less Of sin,
And do a more completed work
With fewer errors creeping in.
SO forced to go by Father Time
Who sternly bids me what TO do,
My back against the dying year.
] resolutely face the new.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

A-George K. Nash. 1900 to
1904; and Myron T. Herrick. 1904
to 1906.
Q-Are captains and first mates
Of ships required to know how to
swim?
A-No.
Q-Give the name and address
of the Polish consul-generaI in
New York.
A-Mieczyslaw MarchIew e ski.
Isl East Sixty-seventh street, New
York.
Q-Name a few Of the photo
plays in which Dick Grace has
performed flying stunts.
Awnings" Lilac Time" and
The Flying Circus"
Q-Can water rise higher than
the level Of its source?
A-Only by pumping or other
mechanical means.
Q-How long does it take for
flies eggs to hatch and how long
before the flies obtain the adult
stage?
A-The eggs usually hatch in
less than twenty-four hours, and
under the most favorable condi-
tons of temperature and moisture
may be Matched in eight hours. Ex-
periments have shown that the
shortest time between the deposi-
ton Of eggs and the emergence Of
the adult fly is eight days, and
ten and twelve day records are
common.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
For Labor
By Charles Burton.

By Charles Burton.
We have been living in an era
which has been blind to this phi
loSophy, an era which leaned to-
ward the theory that labor entirely
depends upon capital, and that
capital must be protected at the
expense of labor. AS a result,
it has been an era bounded by
the accumulation of untold wealth
in the hands of the capitalists on
the one side and on the other by
the increase of forced idlenesS
and starvation for the workers.
1t has been AN era that is
forgetfuI of the basic law Of life,
the law of Self-preServation. Thus,
I say, labor precedes capital. It
is prior to it and capital depends
upon it more so in that sense
than labor depends upon capital
No government, except one that is
partial and blinded, will extend
its major efforts in caring only
for the capitalist and the finan-
cier. Such efforts remind one of
curing a broken leg by poulticing
the head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
Fair
Enough
-RY Mushroom PEGLER.

WAsH1NGToN' Jan. at is
w still little difficult to under
stand things under the new deal
because there has occurred since
this time a year ago a revision of
some Of the homely old American
virtues which no influential states
man has yet had the candor to
acknowledge. When your coTespon-
dent came to Washington in the
/ last months Of Mr.. Hoover's admin
/ istration, abstinence. efficiency and
/ thrift still were popular in Senti-
mental sort of way to the extent
that they had not yet been dis
credited openly.
1t would have been too shocking
just then to come out fatty for AZ
cohohc indulgence. Incompetence
and extravaganza as virtues 10 be
admired and practiced, but by this
time the citizens are beginning TO
get the idea in a vague slow way
and it might speed the understand
ing if some one in a position to Go
so should acknowledge all and get
it done with.
1t is the first time in the history
of this country that virtue has been
made easy and a pleasure but there
is still some holding back out Of
respect for old traditions. Your
correspondent Will suggest that
once the citizens understand how it
is they will feel more at ease and
let themselves go. For once, APP
parently, the citizens can have fun
being good.
1t even may be that they still are
teaching the children in the public
schools that liquor is an evil which
would be an unpatriotic way OF TO-
ing in view of Mr.. RoOSevelt'S own
declaration soon after his Inaugural
ton that prohibition would have 10
! be repealed because the treaury
needed the money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

By Sherman Long.
In my opinion, the rehousing pro-
gram is the most important re-em-
ployment project that the devisers
of CWA projects possibly could eX-
cogitate. There are many workable
programs that have been approved
officially such as road building, flood
prevention and park beautifying.
Those are all profitable and are sure
to bring satisfying returns. Yet
they are lacking in adequate signi-
fcance in that they fail to reward
merit. The ancient theory that
merit surely will receive ample re-
ward is only correct in the event
that the proper opportunity is given
those who possess merit to prove
their efficiency. In other words, If
one should be a swimming genius,
he never could command the ack-
nowledgnent of the audience by be-
ing incarcerated on dry land.
The destruction of those dilapi-
dated novels and fire traps in In
dianapolis and the building of sarii-
tary homes would send us on the
road to recovery speedily in provid-
ing employment for architects, car
penterS. brick maSons and all who
are skilled in construction It real
ly affords greater enthusiasm to
both skilled, seni-skilled and I'M
skilled workers than all the other
projects that have been mentioned.
1t also would serve the purpose Of
stimulating confidence in real
estate. 1t has been noticed that the
owners Of real estate are the most
prompt opponents Of the rehousing
program, basing their argument on
the fact that the tenants Of those
shacks would not be able to pay the
rent that the rebuilding program
would bring about.
They forget the fact that many
inhabitants of those detestable rat
and vermin harbors would be re-
ceiving the wages of skilled workers
during the reconstruction program.
I'm sure that the rehousing pro-
gram is the most durable and profit
able suggestion ever offered. What
va say? Let's get it started.
By G. NJ. L.
The Blue Eagle now having
stepped on a sufficient number Of
toes. the G. o. P. arises from seven
months watchful waiting to issue
one long, loud, courageous blast at
the NRA. 1t is a monster, they point
out. created to devour individual en-
terprise, ambition, initiative, thrift
and foresight. This is strong
statement.
The Democrats will reply that it's
only an emergency measure. This
is apologize and weak. It's just an
other evidence that most of the
country's nerve and brains are in the
Republican party.
Why is that? Maybe it's just be-
cause nerve and brains being ac-
quisitive in their nature, and Re
l;pubIcans being in power most OF
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commerce law, GI6 lUSuIdllCe laws
and the pure food law probably
have saved for the people what
they have left today.
1t will take many strides forward
like the NRA before We arrive at
social justice and we never will be
satisfied again by lit might be
worse" Another sixteen years of
free and unjacketed initiative and
enterprise likely will take what is
left when We come to the next
periodical shake-dow Blessed is
the spirit Of the NRA and whether
it succeeds Or fails, mankind is the
better for having thought of it. 1t
must not fail.
BY Joseph B. Adler.
A machine gun was not made just
as toy,
But was made for harm and life
to destroy;
Average man has no use for such
as that,
And a lawful man does not need
such gat.
Person that holds one is against
the law,
And constitution should correct
this flaw;
The criminal has best of it in this
game,
So without it he'll probably be
very tame.
Government should get them on it's
call,
And no one can make them, other
wise, at all;
Every one made will be recorded on
a book,
And the government then can
trace every crook.
Any on hand, no matter wherever
the place,
Must be reported, for he will
have to face
The court, and explain to whom it
was sold,
For without gun criminal will
not be bold.
The cause just here is our great
trouble,
And without same will burst like
a bubble
So to root out cause is the thing
to do,
And that is proper way, between
me and you.
We should avoid any trouble at the
source,
But we fail to do that and then
of course
We lose lives and money, then peo-
pie we tax
Because an official on duty was
awfully lax.
Instead of going forward we're go
ing back,
So on inspection we're of the
right track;
We should be candid and admit
big mistake,
Then turn around and the right
road take
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

The new plan is for the government to
corner all the gold there is in the country
and then bring prosperity around.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

The milky way is only one-third the size
We thought it was. says Canadian astron-
omer That's what We get for letting the
COW jump over the moon so much
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

set OF new rules but none against losing your
money there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03

Name of Japans newly born royal heir
means, wise and successful prince" Wise
and successful. no doubt, for the parents
he chose.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-12
Thirty Hours a Week

A general 30-hour week would put more men to work, and so has strong support in many quarters. But would it provide more working hours altogether in year? That's the big question. Higher wages per hour, in the building trades, for in- stance, would be fine at the end of the hour or day. But would the higher wage give the workman more dollars per week, month or year? That's another big question.
 The realization is slowly spreading, among wage workers and the humanitari- ans who try to serve their interests, that the years record counts more than any question of hours or pay rates. The gov ernment itself is beginning to look at the labor question more from this angle. There is another angle, not so obvious, but no less important. Shortening hours to the extent recently urged, though temporarily helpful in passing work around and giv- ing more people a chance may be in the long run negative and even destructive process.
 What we need is more things for more people. - more abundance, not more scarcity. If our industrial society accpets 30-hour week as necessary and inevit- able thing, it surrenders to the theory that we all have to go without things we want. This is the gospel of defeat. We need gospel, preached and followed, of more things for more people, and cheer full determination to find ways of making it come true.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-12
So They Say

After all, it isn't fair to ask even such a man as mine to pitch every day.
 Mrs Jerome tDizzy) Dean So far corporations are concerned, they all exist as creatures of the states Mark Graves president New York state tax commission.
 Oh. feel fine. Yes. I feel swell. Samuel 1nsull, entering trial in Chicago on charge of using mails to defraud.
 
 You cannot make profit under new order unless first of all you are making them under some kind of order.
 Sir Josiah Stamp. British economist ! The functions of a citizen and of a soldier are indivisible in the fascist state.
 Premier Bento Mcssolini O; Italy.
 
 My dear madam. your teeth placed in your mouth to clamp your tongue down. Justice John F. Carew of New York supreme court berating witness in Gloria Vanderbilt cus-S tody trial.
 It is absurd, this talk of romance. Only peo- pie with much leisure have time for thought of love-
 Francis Lederer, movie star. Agriculture is taking charge of production. just as industry has done for years. Edward A. ONeal, president American Farm Bureau Federation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-12
Withstands All Criticism

There is one item in the New Deal that critics are agreed on, namely, the eco is not an experiment but reality. It is here for all time. National recovery may take many new and unexpected turns in the coming months, but the Civilian Conser- VafIon Corps will continue to be operated os t has since it's inception. President Ho9sevelt himself has assured the nation
 4nd we'll it should be carried on. It is & noIendid bit of work. It should con- EFI1Hfe materially to the future upbuild- |H* of fhe nation. It is going to give Us {E5usands of young men whose outlook on [I{1 UonEt b3 warped by their failure to @|zd for fhe1ncelyes and their dependents cI10ce f0 ||rc their own lives. It Is not IES -11lerIa| heuofit to the nation that en- '-55r.ess coo work, but the actual gain ,. =46r1I kIt<< among the boys.
 .|-.Izi5@ <E1 F[1.|I>1ts plan to continue
 zS 6.:|< |'.E|1 I1 hitch tho corps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-12
A Boy No Longer

Little Peter Karageorge is no longer a happy boy of eleven. He's the new mon- arch of Jugoslavia. Snatched from his English school by the murder of his father, Alexander I, the youth now re- turns to the cockpit of Europe" to become pawn in the eternal European chess game. Happy? Why should he be? His father was assassinated. No assas- sination is justified. No little boy is ever made happy by such tragic event. No tragedy like this ever constitutes world progress.
 It is doubtful if the boy will ever know many more happy hours Perhaps he will, but if past events are any criterion, his hour of happiness ended when he was awakened from slumber and bluntly told of his fathers violent death in Marseilles. Peter is the worlds youngest king. Envy him if you will, you boys of America, but he would give probably his entire king dom if he could join in your games and your rompings.
 It seems sad to think of this little fellow being dragged half way across Europe. What effect will it have on his tender years? And how will he regard the fathers death? A king is apt to be 3 prisoner of his own palace, even in the happiest of lands. The gold braid, the lowing functionaries, the guards of honor and the intricate web of custom and eti- quette that surround throne usually cut off all chance for existence as normal human being. What fate for boy just approaching his teens.
 And danger is ahead of him - from without and within. Since the Serbs won their independence from Turkey in 1894 the land has had eight kings and only three of them died natural deaths while on the throne. Three were assassinated, one was driven out by revolt and another was forced to abdicate by parliament. Alex ander's murder is only the latest in long series of violent acts. Pity poor Peter! Remember him in your prayers as just little boy who first realized the world was cruel place and not all sunshine and play when it robbed him of his dad.