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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
BARGAINS INTEREST THIS
BEER PURCHASER
~ r. 4.

BY r. X.
The beer business in this mans
town has gone a little too far for
the ordinary dime-a-drink customer.
You go into a place, which appears
to be having a profitable trade, and
buy a beer. The result is that you
spend 10 cents for a stein
When you come out Of the place.
you see that the fellow who operates
the place a few doors east has de-
cided to cut the price of beer and
you can buy the same size stein for
half the price, if youu just walk a
few steps.
In the meantime-and while the
sign was being erected-you'Ve spent
all your available dimes in the first
place, therefore you can not take
advantage Of the bargain.
Let's arrange some method in this
town Of getting together on the beer
situation. so that We won't be vast
ing our dimes and nickels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

made available through stricter
statutes than now exist.
There has been some very splen-
did cooperation on the part of
few previous offenders when prop
erly approached. This work has
been done through the sanitary
commissioner of the state conserva-
ton department and certainly
should receive the enthusiastic re-
ception of every loyal Hoosier. This
work should have the wholehearted
cooperation of every community in
order to bring about an improved
condition.
Keep up the good work, and in
the meantime, as an organization
and individuals, you can count on
our support and cooperation when
ever called upon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
PROMISING FIGURES

A THOUGH the customary summer
n slump" in employment seems to be visit
ing us this year. the employment picture as
a whole is slowly but surely improving
Witness the fact that in May and June
more men left the civilian conservation corps
to accept private employment than during
any previous two months since the corps was
organized.
In case you're interested in exact figures
loops CCC men found jobs in private industry
during May and 1926 followed suit in June
AL this. to be sure. is only small drop in
a big bucket. But the figures are valuable
as straws in the wind. Slowly. but surely,
things are opening up for these young men.
May the present trend CONTINUED!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
PRAISES EFFORT FOR
CLEANER STREAMS

BY VI. W. DahaS.
The Crossroads Rod and Gun
Club wishes to go on record as
heartily indorsing your splendid ef-
fort to combat pollution Of Indiana
streams, not only for the benefit Of
better fishing, but more important,
for improved sanitary conditions.
Nature has done her best in this
great state Of ours by making her
beauties as impressive as may be
found anywhere. It is through the
selfshness and carelessneSs of a
minority which. in many cases. has
spoiled the natural beauty.
If this minority can not seek to
preserve rather than destroy, it is
the duty of every man or group, we
believe, to publicly and privately
show him the error Of his ways.
Then if he will not desist his de-
structive ways, more stringent
methods should be employed and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
JOHN DILLINGER
By E. Cater.

By E. Cater.
Could I have a corner in the Mes
sage Center, for the first time for a
tribute to John Dillinger?
Did any Of these so-called re-
spectacle citizens ever stop to think
while they are panning him, maybe
some day they will be in Johnnie's
fathers shoes?
How would they like to have their
private affairs blazed all over the
newspapers. But, if they have
money. it would be hushed up right
now. My deepest sympathy goes out
to John Dillinger Sr. and family.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

munists dance, if they do dance, the
Internationale on police headquar-
ters steps, the cry Of free speech will
rise again and again to bolster the
lines of Communism.
Converts, indignant over the sup
preston of speech and the blows
struck by police, will raise the ranks.
I, therefore, charge Mike Nor
rissey, dull as he may be, with fos-
tering the Red movement in In
dianapOliS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
Labor Union Foe Branded Pharisee

men gain anything without or
ganization? Is the labor COM
modify or a group Of human be-
ings with rights, hopes, dreams
and ambitions? when did Ameri-
can people surrender their lib
erty and freedom Of action?" asks
Mr.. Craig.
The answer is that liberty and
freedom of action were lost when
the natural resources and the
means of production and distri-
button became the possessions of
the few. He who does not own
his job does not have liberty.
Without industrial democracy,
political democracy is a myth.
The Pharisee speaks Of violence
in strikes. Desperate men meet
violence with violence. But did
you ever hear of a policeman using
violence on a sweatshop owner or
chiseler?
The Pharisee blanes union la
DOR 1Or the nlgn cOSC OF Operat-
ing the railroads in war time.
But weren't the same old railroad
executives in charge? Weren't the
railroads thoroughly repaired, re-
equipped and overequipped at
government expense?
The Pharisee is the faithful per-
petrator Of the old dogmas, myths
and lore Of the remote past. He is
the rear guard of the old order
fighting desperately the battle of
the exploiters, against inevitable
change. Tangled hopelessly in
his own false conclusions, ne is
ready to give battle to all who
struggle against those who de-
sire decent world, a world in
which profit, rent and interest do
not come before human decencv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

It seems that Christian or even
good persons, would not put them
selves before IT. weak thinking pub
lie for gain becaL sc of the unlawful
conduct Of a Maynard son and
brother.
If this is for the purpose of meet
ing burial expenses, it would have
been far more Christian, even de-
cent, to have buried him at public
expense in the first place.
If it were my son, and have one,
I would devote my time praying for
the redemption Of his lost soul, and
not gain by his downfall. There
seems to be a weakness for easy
money in the family. Oh, Chris
tianity, how many sins are commit
ted in thy name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
By Forrest S. Rogers.

BY Forrest S. Rogers.
Will H Craig's attack on union
labor represents a point of view
as old as history. 1t is the voice
of the Pharisee and the voice of
the PhariSee is the voice of re-
action.
To resort to invectiVe, and &C
cuse Mr.. Craig of holding the
provincial viewpoint of the SNUG,
retired business man or. retired
farmer who, having accumulated
a small competence, and having
by some miracle escaped the dis
aster of having this confiscated
by failing banks with worthless
stocks, would gain us little.
Mr.. Craig is prolific with his
squibs, all of which smack of
opinions formed from too much
reading of conservative newspaper
editorials and no understanding
of the economic consequences of
power production.
George Soule, Stuart Chase, H.
G. Wells, H. E. Barnes and Nor
man Thomas can interpret the
forces at work in this changing
world, but Mr.. Craig's opinions
were formed in the long, long ago.
Like the poor, the Pharisee is
always with us. In every age,
when labor has struggled for a
right to share in the worlds new
age Of plenty, the Pharisee has
been busy damning labor and
pulling the eXploiters' chestnuts
out of the fire. Today as the
middle class, in Germany, Italy
and Austria you can hear him in
the tramp, tramp, tramp Of the
Fascist bands.
The Pharisee shrieks at union
labor, which is not perfect, but do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
| Can Endure
BY VIRGINIA KIDWELL

b1 NIhOINlA hIDNkLL
I can endure my loneliness tonight,
Can patiently sit with straining
eyes and ears,
Permitting no outward sign Of in
ward fright,
Can calm my hayward heart
restrain my fears.
Hour after hour I hear the shad-
owed lake
sullenly murmur desolate tales Of
some
Complete despair. think my heart
viii break;
But I can endure tonight-tomor"
row you'll come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

Republican Committee Chairman Fletcher
gave us some tall figures about the cost lof
the New Deal, perhaps to make the 100000
campaign fund he's seeking look to the pros
poets like a dime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
q
POLICE ACTION DECLARED
AID TO COMMUNISTS

BY VI. l. T.
Mike Morrissey, thoroughly I'M
imaginative man, has opened the
way for Communism in his own
quaint way. Mr.. Morrissey, who
probably never has heard Of the
world revolution" as other than a
dire Jules Verne plot, certainly has
given the Communists in Indian
apolis a boost that they viii not
hesitate to use.
He has sinned against law and
order by arresting several struggling
Communists who were speaking
earnestly but a little incoherently
Of the alleged rights Of man.
From now on until the Com
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
OPPOSES THEATER ACT
OF DHLINGERS
BY A Reader.

By Reader.
We have been under the impress
sion that John Dillinger, father Of
the notorious Johnnie. and his sis
ter. Mrs. Hancock, were Christian
persons, at least church members.
This statement, generally believed
by the public. gained sympathy for
them. p
But now what are we to believer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

1t has been suggested that Japan divide
the Pacific ocean ffty-ffty with the United
States. since its realized that fighting over
this body of water isn't worth the salt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

A Kansas City girl was found with more
than 200 teeth in her mouth, which is almost
as many as a person feels he has with new
set of uppers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

Eastern scientists have struck upon a
chemical that will dissolve fog. but they don't
recommend it for those whose minds are con-
tinually in a haze
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
Daily Thought

Let the enemy prosecute my soul.
and take it; yea, let him tread down
my life upon the earth, and lay mine
honor in the dust. Selah.-Psalms,
Us.
WHO lives for humanity must be
w content to lose himself.-O. B.
Frothfnrf1afu.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

Another evil effect Of the movies is the
danger of being shot when you come out, as
the death of Dillinger proves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03
The Message Center

(Times readers are hvited to cypress
their vtei0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ words or tesS.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

General Johnson says he knows what a
pincushion feels like. But you never heard
squawk out Of pincushion, have you?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

That mule born recently in Missouri with
three hind hoofs is like the weekly legalized
per cent beer. There's more kick TO it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

Kite flying has been made illegal in China.
but you still can tell fellow to go chase
himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-03

THE federal government is getting set to
make new drive against bootleggers and
r-rrrt nm .r~s-c
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
WHY GET SHOCKED?

A DISPATCH from Los Angeles telling about
~ that malodorous extra girl" trial asserts
that sordid testimony in the case has shocked
womens club representatives" as they awaited
resumption OF the trial"
From what We have heard, it is easy to IN
derstand how even the most case-hardened
person could have been shocked Certainly
there have been few trials in American legal
history that plastered the record with any
more disgusting stuff than this one.
And yet, one wonders-if these estimable
ladies were so shocked why did they go to the
trial?
So far, there is no law in this country COM
pelling any one to be spectator at any law
suit When the testimony in a case is shock
ing, the free American citizen has the inalien-
able right of staying entirely away from the
courtroom. In that way he doesn't get
shocked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
BACK TO CANALS

IT is interesting to note that army engineers
= are busy these days discussing proposed
routes for new canal to link Lake Erie with
the Ohio river. According to recent reports,
the engineers now believe that canal run
ming from Rochester. Pa to Ashtabula, O..
would be the most feasible.
And all of this represents an odd way in
which whole cycle in transportation seems to
be completing itself.
Just about a century ago canals were be-
ing dug everywhere. Lake Erie was linked to
the Ohio river by water, and the prosperity Of
the midwest was greatly enhanced as a re-
suit. Then the railroads developed, waterways
fell into disuse. and most of the old canals
passed out of existence.
Now We seem to be rediscovering that there
can be a place. in a nations transportation
fury of progress, We are retracing our old steps
system, for the canal, after all. After a GEN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20

Germs become ready to go into action for the
sake Of an abstraction Ultimately, the thing
at stake is a thing ordinarily sought at the
ballot box
These things being so, the general strike
becomes a fearful social phenomenon-a de-
velopment which bespeaks a profound dis
content lurking somewhere below the surface.
1t is industrial warfare transformed into
something perilously ike class war. Push it
far enough and you get to the very edge Of
revolution.
Looking at the San Francisco dispute,
therefore, is like gazing into a microscope in
which some Of the major social maladjust-
ments of our time are magnifed on one slide
What We are seeing is no longer a disagree
ment between employers and employees about
one particular point. but a knock-down strug-
gle in which all kinds Of unmentioned griev-
ances are operating. on both sides. to produce
determination and bitterness.
And it becomes, for the moment at least,
relatively unimportant who wins" in this
hght-for, as a matter Of fact, nobody really
can win, and the general public is bound to
lose
The important thing is that all of the COM
pick issues which combined to make such
disaster possible shall be passed in review and
Strengthened out; all Of the things which made
organized labor, on the one hand, ready to go
to almost any extreme in order to gain its
point and which made the employers, on the
other hand. ready to fight to the last ditch be-
fore surrendering.
T-r a disaster of this kind does not burst
on a community out of a clear sky. Employers
don't forego dividends in order to win labor
dispute out of pure cussedness; workingmen
don't quit their jobs and get out on the picket
lines Just because the cool breezes off the Pa
cifc have gone to their heads.
Somewhere underneath the attractive sur
face of San Franciscos civic life there have
been very deep and serious Embellishments.
The general strike will be unrelieved catas-
trophe unless it jars the general public into
a determination to find out precisely what
those troubles were and get them set right
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
a HOPEFUL SIGN

CREATION by the Indianapolis Chamber
~ Of Commerce of a governmental research
bureau and appointment Of Virgil Sheppard
to head that bureau constitute a reason for
optimism in this city.
1t is always a healthy condition when a
city's leading business men approach the
problem Of its government-and of the gov
eminent of county and state-from the scien-
tifc rather than the emotional, angle.
Too. the reputation which Mr.. Sheppard
brings to the post he viii assume Aug.
should be encouraging to thoughtful citizens.
He would appear not to be one of the reac-
tionary type all too frequently associated with
big business ventures into governmental fields.
In Toledo, o. where he served in various
public positions and where he taught political
science in the municipal university, Mr.. Shop
pard is known as a man who manages to mix
the liberalism of a good student Of govern
ment with hard-headed. practical" politics.
For Indiana he handled the difficult job
Of relief in stricken Lake county during much
Of 1888 before coming to Indianapolis to be
assistant director Of the Governors commits
sion on unemployment relief.
The Times wishes the new bureau and its
chief we'll and hopes that they may justify
the optimism arising from news of their pros
pective work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
FRTnAY- lily "a. 1sas
THE STRIKE TRUCE
a sCKIPPs-HOWARD NEWsPAPERl

A CTION Of the labor leaders in calling of
n the san Francisco general strike is a
truce and only that It can be turned into
"a labor peace. But unless the continuing
maritime and longshoremens strike can be
settled quickly and the troops withdrawn. the
situation may grow worse rapidly.
This is the danger not only in the San
Francisco area. but also in Portland. where the
Governor has modified troops against the adj
vice Of Senator Wagner, the Presidents rep
Tesentative. and despite labor agreement to
withhold a general strike if troops we're not
called.
High praise has been given to the regular
labor leaders of San Francisco. who called of
the general strike. by General Johnson in his
message to President Roosevelt, by Mayor
Rossi and others. That praise is merited
But it should not be forgotten that the
same labor meeting which voted to call off the
general strike also voted to continue support
Of the striking maritime and longshore work.
ers and voted to retain the general strike COM
mittee for the time being.
The general strikers. who now are hasten
ing back to work under General Johnsons
promise to get justice for the maritime and
dock strikers. are certain to consider them
selves tricked and act accordingly if that
promise is not kept Any attempt by the anti
labor forces Of the coast to use this situation
to break up the unions viii be an exceedingly
costly blunder, it seems to us.
Apparently the federal authorities, and at
least some of the local officials. understand this
danger. Mayor Rossi has issued a warning
that ending Of the general strike must not
be construed to mean that San Francisco
either will desire or will tolerate any attempt
to destroy union labor or invade its rights"
These federal and local authorities must
carry out their pledges which the general
labor unions have accepted in good faith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
HELP GREATLY NEEDED

THERE is widespread misunderstanding Of
the emergency work being carried on by
the federal government
AS a result the local welfare services, such
as hospitals, nursing organizations, child and
family-care institutions, are suffering serious
ly. They haven't the funds t. do their work.
People think the federal government has
assumed this burden, but that is not the case
The federal government, cooperating with
state governments, has undertaken to see that
nobody starves and that nobody is without
shelter or clothing during this depression. But
there is still left tremendous task for the
welfare agencies.
Hospitals, orphanages, homes for the aged
and similar institutions still are dependent
upon gifts from those citizens able and willing
to give. The national emergency already has
taxed them beyond their resources. Since the
depression began the privately supported
nursing units, for example, have had to in
crease their services by 81 per cent, while the
free government nursing service has not been
increased. Free services in privately supported
hospitals has been increased 46 per cent as
against an increase of only 10 per cent in gov
eminent hospitals.
The government is doing lot, more than
it ever has done before, but it is leaving lot
for private citizens to do Now, as never be-
fore, the welfare agencies need the support of
every person able to help.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
SWIMMING PLACE FOR
NEGROES ADVOCATED
By Mrs. E. Potter.

By Mrs. E. Potter.
AS a reader Of the Message Cen
ter, would like you to print this.
For twelve years the city recrea-
ton department has had plans to
fix a place somewhere on White
river or fall creek for Negro chill
dren to swim. Each year the ex-
cuse is the water is insanitary. But
all up and down the river are places
for white persons to swim, but none
for Negroes.
There is only Douglas park for all
the Negroes of the city.
If Negroes go near the river or
creek, they are chased by the police,
and if caught are carried to their
homes by the police, and told if they
are caught near the river again,
they will be locked up.
Negroes pay taxes TO help keep up
all the swimming places and yet
their children are not allowed to 90
in them. If there are just certain
places in the river fit to swim in,
and for white persons only, the rec
reation department should give one
of them to the Negroes or open a
new place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20
MORE PREPAREDNESS

Two air fleets of the United States army
i and navy yesterday we're on the first leg
of long test defense flights.
AT the same time the British government
announced its decision to increase its air
forces by forty-one squadrons.
News items of this sort are becoming COM
monplace. Scarcely week passes without ad-
ditional evidence that the nations of the world,
on the twentieth anniversary Of the opening
of the so-calIed war to end war, frantically are
making ready for another and larger war.
Why?
Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the
council. in justifying the new British aviation
program to the house Of commons. said that
the disarmament conferences and negotiations
were running on and on year after year with
out getting anywhere.
That is true.
But Great Britain as the largest empire in
the world is not entirely blameless for the fall
ure to achieve effective disarmament. More
than once she has rejected American and other
offers OF fair arms limitation. And more than
once she has aided the destruction Of world
peace machinery by supporting treaty.
breakers. If Great Britain and the United
states. the two mightiest nations. had been
able to cooperate fully during the last decade
the peace system probably would be much more
secure today.
Maybe it is not too late yet.
Apparently our two governments are under
standing belatedly the dire necessity for them TO
work together to discourage the forces max
ing for war in Europe and in the Far East
Norman Davis American ambaSsador-at-
large, denied yesterday in London reports that
the American-British naval conversations had
broken down. On the contrary he maintained
that they had been very beneficial. frank and
friendly" and that they would be resumed in
the autumn
We hope so.