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Evening star., 1935-02-15
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
NOT TAX EXEMPT
Iowa Legislators Told, Also, They
Must Not Deduct Living Ex-
penses on Duty Trips

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, February Is
Iowa legislators who voted for the
States new income tax law had q
headache today.
"All expenses incurred in prepara-
tion for an activity which is intended
to produce profit, such as campaign
expenses, are not deductible from gross
income" an opinion from the Board
Of Assessment and Review informed
them yesterday. land therefore are
taxable under the law"
Adding insult to injury, the board
further ruled that living expenses Of
State legislators while away from per-
manent residences on legislative duties
are not deductible"
Evening star., 1935-02-15

in January. its nrsS full month Of
operation. Fred w. Sargent, presi-
dent Of the road, said yesterday.
Sargent said passenger business,
exclusive Of Communication, was run
ming ~ per cent ahead Of 1894. In
cluding communication, travel over the
railroad is up II per cent over last
year, he said.
Evening star., 1935-02-15
GREECE PLANNING
TO ADD TO FORTS
s15,ooo,oO to Be Expend-
ed for New FortifiCationS
on Bulgarian Frontier.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ATHENS, February 15.-The Greek
government, charging Bulgaria with
violation of the treaty of Neuilly, an
nounced its intention today to expend
$l5,000,000 in frontier fortification.
Greece is compelled to take this ac-
ton, the Government announcement
said, Ito safeguard its integrity"
The Notifications are planned for
the Greco Bulgarian frontier in East
Macedonia and Thrace.
In an official statement, Greece said
Bulgaria is maintaining a military
force superior to that sanctioned by
the treaty, and that she is building a
system of roads and railroads toward
the Greek frontier.
The decision to authorize the mill
tary expenditures was reached after
o long conference between the minister
of war and the chief of staff.
Evening star., 1935-02-15

Tatum. into the ONCE of Sheriff Mon
tague today.
Young made $2,500 bond and was
released from custody.
He left Immediately for the home
Of his sister, Mrs. JEFF Porter, post
mistress at Gadsden, near here.
Evening star., 1935-02-15
BRIDGE COURSES URGED

Instruction in Public Schools
Sought in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI @-"And chill
dren, whatever you do, don't trump
your playmate'S ace!"
This may be heard in Cincinnati
class rooms if recommendations to be
made by Robert J. Martin, bridge in
Structor for the Public Recreation
Commission, are followed.
Martin suggests a course Of bridge
as part of the high school curriculum.
Evening star., 1935-02-15
FAST TRAIN PROFITABLE

CHICAGO, February is R.-The
"40O," mile-a-minute Chicago a.
Northwestern Railway train operat-
ing between Chicago and st. Paul
Minneapolis showed a $4,000 profit
Evening star., 1935-02-15
Messenger Robbed Of $3,418.

CHICAGO, February Is CP).-Mor-
ton Silverman, 26, messenger for q
dress shop. was held up by a gunman
on an IL" platform yesterday, forced
to hand over $3,418 and then ordered
to board train Before he could get
of at the next stop and find a police
man the gunman had fled.
Evening star., 1935-02-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

CITY NEWS In 6h1EE.
TODAY.
Address by Senator King Of Utah
before District Relief Lodge, No. 86,
A. F. G. E. Harrington Hotel, pm.
Annual banquet, Ship Model Makers
Club, aboard the schooner Constella-
ton, wharves, 7:30 pm.
Address by Richard H. Sanger on
"My Experiences in Russia" before
Washington Public Affairs Forum,
3o34 P street. 8 pm.
Smoker, Variety Club, Willard
Hotel, pm.
Address by Representative Randolph
Of West Virginia. on Crime and Re-
lated Problems" before American Uni
versity Graduate School Forum, pm.
Address by A. Longfellow FiSke on
~Shadows and Reality" Willard Hotel,
BIS pm.
Minstrel, the "Phunny Phellows,"
benefit Bethany Baptist Church. Sec
ond street and Rhode Island avenue.
Spm.
Bingo party, benefit st. Francis de
Sales Church, Twentieth street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast, $3.50
pm.
Dinner, Beta Theta Pi Alumni
Association. Lafayette Hotel. $50 pm,
former Gov. Charles H. Brough OF
Arkansas to speak.
oyster supper, benefit Atonement
Lutheran Church, North Capitol street
and Rhode Island avenue, to pm.
Cadet dance, ST. Johns College,
Wardman Park Hotel, pm.
Dance. Notre Dame Club, Wardman
Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Card party. benefit Good Will Chap
ter, No. SO. Order Of Eastern Star, so
NJ street northeast. $50 pm.
Valentine party. Washington Cen
tennial Chapter. o. E. S. Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and New
York avenue, pm.
Bingo party. benefit Holy Comforter
Church, school auditorium, Fifteenth
and East Capitol street, 8:45 pm.
Dinner, benefit Women'S Bible Class,
Emory M. E. Church, 6104 Georgia
avenue, $50 to 1880 pm.
Valentine party, Unity Society, 1926
street, 8 pm.
Bingo party, benefit Parish Aid So
eiety Of Nativity Church, Fourteenth
and A streets southeast, pm.
Binso party. benefit Eagle Tent, No.
2, I. o. Rechabites, Fourth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 8 pm.
Dance, Georgetown University For
eign Service School, Mayfower Hotel,
10 pm.
Bingo party, benefit Ladies of Char
ity of st. Joseph's Church, Second
and c streets northeast, $3.50 pm.
Bingo party, benefit Triumph Coun-
ell. No. 8, Daughters of America, SAT
street southeast, 8 pm.
Dinner dance, zeta Chi Sorority,
Ghoreham Hotel, 7 pm.
Junior promenade, Catholic Uni
versity, Shoreham Hotel, pm.
Valentine dance and card party,
Life Begins at Forty Club, Hay Loft,
1926 Massachusetts avenue, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Dance and card party by the Kee-
nan Klub, benefit st. Teresa's Church,
Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance and card party, benefit Jop-
pa Lodge Chapter, No. 81, o. E. S.,
2400 Sixteenth street, pm.
Bingo and card party. benefit Inte-
rior Department Branch Of local No.
2, NJ F. F. E., ITO Fourteenth street,
SPIN.
Dance, General Accounting ONCE,
Broadmoor Apartments, 8 pm.
Play, "Plunktown Academy" auspi-
ees of Taft Parent Teacher Associa-
ton, Tenth and Perry streets north
east, 2:30 and pm.
Dance, Missouri State Society,
Shoreham Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, Lambda Phi Fraternity, La
Tayette Hotel, 9 pm.
Banquet, Washington College Of
Law, Mayhower Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner, Tau Sigma Sorority, May
flower Hotel, pm.
Dance, Buffalo Club, 1928 N street,
0 pm.
Evening star., 1935-02-15

university SO that some of the stu
dents could carry degree work and
be trained for teaching and super
vision in hospitals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
THE ARMS RACE

ONE Of the troubles with the international
~ armament situation is the ancient belief
that what is sauce for the goose is also sauce
for the gander. The difficulty with this is that
If your flock of geese and ganders is too large,
all hands wind up in a worse position than the
one from which they started.
II other words, there is no logical argument
by which you can upset the statesman's plea
that until other countries disarm his own
country must maintain a big military estab-
lishment And yet when all statesmen adopt
that viewpoint what you get is nothing less
than one of those armament races that lead
with frightening speed and precision to war
survey Of the present situation shows all
the great nations of Europe preparing fever
ishly for war; and the general point OF view
is neatly illustrated by recent remarks Of Sir
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, air minister in the
British cabinet.
Adequate strength is the most effective
deterrent of war, and the expansion of our
air force is not panic measure" he says. 1--WE
will work for limitation of ornaments, for an
air pact. and for peace. but we can not hope
to obtain these detectives until our own
strength is adequate"
Now there simply is no quarreling with
this statement. In the present condition of
European affairs, no British government could
afford to go unprepared.
Indeed. it is probably quite true that the
prospects for continued peace in Europe are
better when England is amply defended than
they are when she is not.
And yet-what is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander If England must spend
millions getting ready for a fight, so must
every one else.
Each nation can adopt this attitude OF the
British air minister; each nation can honestly
and sincerely desire peace and disarmament,
but bow to the necessity of keeping up its
strength as long as every one else does the
same-and in the end you get that invention
of the devil himself, the armament race.
Where is the way out of this dilemma9
It is not visible to the naked eye.
1t may be, indeed, that disarmament will
have to wait for the appearance of some ma
tic,lal government brave enough to reduce its
own forces without waiting for other nations
to do the same.
And that prospect, human nature being
what it is is a painfully remote one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
BETWEEN TWO FIRES

MO one yet has been able to figure out just
~ where the innocent bystander ought to
stand when an industrial struggle is under way
The Omaha street car strike illustrates the
sort Of thing that the innocent bystander occa-
sionally has to put up with.
Management and employees OF the Omaha
street railway system found themselves unable
TO agree. so strike was called. There followed
some DAYS of wild disorder, in which the ordl-
nary citizen ran a fine chance either OF getting
shot by police or beaned by bricks in the hands
Of strikers.
Then. to stop the trouble, the National
Guard moved in and stopped the street car
service altogether.
So what? So management and employees
can thresh out their troubles in peace-ano
the innocent bystander can walk to work while
they 90 il.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
THE TAN MESSAGE

THE Presidents message on taxation Is
l. much more important as a state dOcu-
rnent than il would have been If 1t had laid
out a blueprint Of rates and schedules It Is
q statement Of a broad philosophy. Such
lines for example as these;
The movement toward progressive taxa
ton OF wealth and OF income has accom-
uauied the growing diversification and inter
relation Of effort which marks our industrial
society.
wealth in the modern world does not
come merely from individual effort; it re-
suits from a combination Of individual effort
and OF the manifold uses 10 which the COM
rnurity puts that effort.
Therefore. IN spite Of the great importance
IN our national life OF the efforts and inge-
uuitv Of unusual individuals, the people IN the
mass have inevitably helped TO make large
fortunes possible As Andrew Carnegie put
n whereas wealth aocrues honorably. the
peoule are always silent partners
The desire to provide security for ones
self and ones family is natural and whole
some. but It is adequately served by rea-
sonable inheritance. Great Accommodations Of
wealth can not be justified on the basis Of
personal and family security.
In the last analysis such Accommodations
amount 10 the perpetuaticn Of great and IN
desirable concentration Of control in rela-
lively few individuals over the employment and
welfare Of many. many others.
such inherited economic power is as in
consistent with the ideals Of this generation
as an inherited political power was ocon-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
THuRspAY. JUNE q. 1875.
BRITAIN'S AMAZING COUP

GREAT BRTTAIN's naval deal with Ger
~ many constitutes one Of the most star
ting diplomatic coups since the World War.
Il repercussions are likely 10 be world
wide Thanks 20 Britain's enviable prestige.
the precedent she has thus created may prove
q boomerang Of incaIculable proportions.
Revision Of the Treaty Of Versailles
whose terms Britain has 50 strangely au-
thoTized Germany TO disregard-has long been
overdue. The enlightenment Of Germany has
always appealed 20 US as a last resort 70 head
Of a new war. For years this newspaper has
protested against the policy Of trying to sit
on Germany. 1t has favored a world peace
system in which Germany could participate
voluntarily and as an equal.
We fervently hope. therefore. that Britain's
present quixotic course Will not do more harm
than g0od-that it viii not create a new and
more dangerous situation in place Of the one
she is trying 10 resolve.
on Page / Of today's Times William Philip
simms. Scripps-Howard foreign editor, points
out some Of the possibilities contained in this
new and puzzllng turn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
A FATAL FLAW

CONGRESS nears final approval Of meas
~ ure Of mighty meaning with Senate pas
sage Of the warner-Lewis-D oughton economic
security bill Unfortunately it emerged from
the Senate marred By a last-minute amend
mznt that would go far toward multiplying its
splendid purposes. This is the plausible, but
zholly vicious. Clark amendment.
The Clark amendment exempts private re-
tirement insurance plans from the workings
OF the national old-age contributory annuity
system This exemption fair enough on its
face. would work toward the breakdown Of
the Federal annuity plan, corner stone OF the
whole security system. II this amendment is
allowed 20 remain in the act the 4OO-odd
private retirement systems would Immediately
multiply into thousands.
These company plans would result in elm
mating older workers from pay rolls. because
10 pay older workers annuities equal TO Federal
standards would cost more than buying an
nuitieS for younger workers. Not only would
older workers be thrown on to the streets for
the government TO care for, but the Federal
fund would be depleted By loss Of contribu-
tons from younger workers. The Federal ac-
count would have 10 support older veterans
OF industry from uneaned annuities. The
whole contributOrv system would tail' with
the taxpayers holding the sack
Fortunately this unsound amendment can
b. taken from the bill in conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
AFTER THE ILL WIND

MAYBE this late lamented chain letter
WI craze wasn't entirely a dead loss, after
all
Postal authorities at Denver where the
whole business started, checked up on the re-
suits the other day, and discovered that the
extra mail caused by the fad Melted Denver
postofhce workers extra pay to the extent OF
$4,000.
Furthermore Uncle Sam himself profited
Denver postofhce receipts for the two months
the fad lasted running some $4,000 above
normal.
1t is both surprising and gratifying to learn
that this, one of the silliest fads the American
people ever took up, actually did some one
some good. In fact. it looks as if every one
profited by it-except the suckers who mailed
the dimes and the dollars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20

BY Etude.
A few days ago I read in The
Times that an Indianapolis music
school has added an opera singer
to its faculty with the ultimate
goal of presenting opera with a
cast of Indianapolis voices.
To me, and I hope to thousands
of other lovers of real music, that
was one of the most important an
nouncements of the year.
The one sure way to minimize
the musical monstrosities that
blare from radio loudspeakers and
variety stages is to place good
music within reach of both old and
young.
Keep a child in close contact
with the works of such masters as
Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Men
delssohn, Wagner, Chopin and all
the others called the immortals,
and the day of the silly crooner,
the piano acrobat and the jittery
jazz orchestra will be well nigh
over.
From a reliable source I have
learned that last year $4,000 IN
diana residents attended programs
of the st. Louis Municipal opera,
making a trip of some TOO miles
to hear good music.
This year the programs in st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20

sistent with the ideals Of the generation which
established our government.
"A tax upon inherited economic power is a
tax upon static wealth. not upon that dynam-
ic wealth which makes for tie healthy diffu-
sion Of economic good.
Social unrest and a deepening sense Of
unfairness are dangers to our national life
which We must minimize by rigorous meth
DDS. People know that vast personal incomes
come not only through the effort or ability or
luck Of those who receive them, but also be-
cause Of the opportunities for advantage which
government itself contributes"
To that philosophy the President applies
I'D and down the line the most equitable Of all
principles of taxation-the principle that
Taxes should be levied in proportion to the
ability to pay and in proportion to the bene-
fits received"
That goes for income taxes, inheritance
taxes. corporation taxes.
How it shall be proposed that this prin-
ciple be applied is yet 70 be seen, for the
Administration tax bill has not appeared
But with the general philosophy set forth
there can be, in our opinion, little for any
fair-minded citizen to challenge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
FEEBLE EFFORTS

WITH social security the talk Of the hour.
w il seems to be the OppOrtune time to
comment on Indiana's feeble efforts to provide
for the aged.
Data collected by the House Of Representa-
tives WAYS and Means Committee showed
that in 1884 the low average for payment OF
old-aee pensions rested in the confines Of the
state Of Indiana.
The information gathered by the commit
tee revealed that the average Of old
aee pensions for the nation was sl64s a
month. This average was reached by mathe-
NAUTICAL computations Of the highest and low
est amounts paid by the states. Massachusetts
was the highest with an average Of s24S5
month. and Indiana the lowest, with S6lS.
That is an indictment OF Indiana. Boast
ing throughout the nation of its fine state
government. scenery and historical sites, the
state probably will find that its failure 10 pro-
vide amply for its aged citizens viii be blot
against those boasts.
other state Legislatures, since 1888, hoer-
allied and made more efficient their old-ase
pension systems. But not Indiana. Indiana
smuElv STAYED with its law which was passed
in 1888 after years OF battling.
Certainly Indiana can not hold UP its
head on such feeble effort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
YOUTH OF NATION SHOULD
DEMAND NEW DEAL

BY NJ. A. C.
Commencement speakers who to-
dav harangue their bored audiences
about such safely vague subjects as
"the abundant life" or good citi-
zenshtp" seem to be a futile lot.
They have splendid opportunity
before them TO actually improve the
various communities in which the
graduates will live by pointing out,
instead of mumbling about idealism,
that there is a dire necessity OF
political reform in the world and
that the youth, instead Of sitting on
the sidelines while the oldsterS mud
die through, can take an active part
in bringing about good government.
There are few opportunities today
for graduates to improve their lot
through business advancement
However. there is great potential
improvement through taking an
active part in political reform and
progressive legislation.
Universities, while teaching iber-
alism of thought, are too vague
about the real means of accomplish
ing reform. The interested young
man CO woman could take an active
part IN ward politics of the party Of
his choice and bore from within.
II he sees corruption in local poll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
HAM AND EGGS

THE Blue Eagle may be sad ana allng
IL bird. but that great American autocrat OF
the breakfast table, the hen, keeps right on
laying golden treasure.
The Agriculture Department announces that
hens are producing more eggs than at any time
since 1929. On June l they averaged more
than so eggs per 100 hens as against IS the
same day year ago.
Now. here's something to cackle about. These
hens show faith in the old ideals. Undiscour-
aged they have seen what might have been
their eggs little breakfast partners, the pigs
plowed under. Like Mr.. Hoover, they preach
the abundance economy-and they practice 1t.
We are reminded of the only poem We ever
heard dedicated TO this faithful friend Of man.
The hen" said an eloquent preacher,
as a very remarkable creature"
The hen, hearing that,
Laid an egg in his hat,
And thus did the Henry Ward Beecher.
Now the hen seems to have laid an egg in
Mr.. HooYeE's hat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-20
The Book World

II ECENTLY published by London firm was
N the edition de luxe of "SonnetS Of a So
journer" by Bertram Day, famed indianapolis
poet who lives at IS N. Audubon-rd CThe Chan
ming Press. London). Bound in royal blue suede'
the title in gold lettering, the edltiOn-de-IuXe
600 copies were printed of "Sonnets of So
journer" is magnificent addition to the library
of any lover OF poetry.
Mr.. Day is an accomplished poet and some
teer Of unique skill. His book is perhaps the
outstanding volume Of exclusive sonnetS ever
published and Of special interest are his poems
concerning the many lands which he has visited.
Starting this week, The Times will present
each Saturday in The Poets Corner on this
page, one Of Mr.. Days poems. The poems Will
be selected from his book.
One of the most striking Of the books SON.
nets is Egypt" 1t is reproduced here to illus
trate Mr.. Days exceptional talents in the pen
ming OF sonnets:
The noiseless Nile flows through historic
land,
For Egypt is the eldest born Of Time,
Her desert cradle now is filled with sand,
The barge of Cleopatra rests in slime.
Her mummied kings are crumbled now to
dust;
Although her mammoth pyramids survive
Defying time, the elements and rust
The frst-born Of the dead and those alive
Mysterious the subtle charm of age,
Which touches realms beyond the deathless
night;
The Pharaohs of the past give us their page
In writings enigmatical to sight.
Unlike the sleeplesS Sphinx, a statue sere
We live our lonesome lives and disappear
T~IMELY indeed is American Messiahs" by
i The Unofficial Observer (Sinon & Schuster.
So. 1t is a book concerning American politi-
cians or would-be politicians and political SageS
and it discusses at more or less length such per-
sonages as Huey Long, Father Coughlin, DR..
Townsend, Gerald P. Nye, Hugh johnson, Upton
Sinclair, Fiorella H. La Guardia Theodore BlbO,
Eugene Talmadge the La Follettes Phil and
Bob, and everybody else who seems to be aspir-
ing for high place in these United States.
1t is a distinct shame that the author has
not seen fit to append his name to the volume,
for it is a good book and anonymous writings
invariably, whether deserved or not, are looked
upon as half-truthS.
Father Coughlin, declares the Unofficial OBJ
server, is guilty Of consistently foggy" think
ing when discussing matters not concerned in
the encyclicals of Leo XIII and Plus XII
Huey Long, he writes, has done more than
any American to make the process of de-
mocracy obviously ridiculous He is showing
how feeble the devotion to the machinery Of
political democracy is in comparison to the de-
mand for economic liberty, equality and secur-
ity."
The La Follettes are described as "the only
men who can make the New Deal seem revo-
lJtionary to the Westerners and the only men
who can make revolution seem respectable to
the New Dealers" Senator CostIgan is described
as man whose sincerity is as true as that Of
George Norris and Gov. Talmadge is given
a once-over as the Georgia Fuehrer"
1t is a logical book and an interesting one.