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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS

IN the flow of oratory that has been loosed at
Il the college commencement exercises
throughout the country. maintenance of prin-
ciples of democracy continues to ride the popu-
lar tide.
This time. however. thoughts of democ-
racy in a supposedly democratic government
seem to be even more appropriate than ever
What is lacking is universal agreement as to
the meaning of democracy.
For today. as never before, the term democ-
racy is undergoing a strange series of inter-
pretstions each of which merely fits in with
the peculiar ideas each person or group wants
to foster. all for the good of the United States
Of course
To one set Of individuals democracy is en-
dsngered while college sophomores are per-
mitted 10 study the Communist Manifesto of
1913. To another group. only by means of
liberal education including the study of Com
muniSt teachings. can the meaning of true
democracy be conveyed to the growing genera
ton.
In one camp are those who would run out
Of the colleges those professors who dare to
hint Of more radical forms of government than
that We enjoy in this country. And opposed
TO these are the professors and their cham
pons who defend their liberal attitudes in the
colleges with the contention that to eliminate
such teachings would be substituting autocracy
for democracy.
The fact is that no system of education is
fair to its students and its teachers if it fails
10 include in its scope the entire record Of
governments and of political thought so that a
true estimate may be had of the significance
OF each form Of government in the lives of
people.
Study Of the Communist Manifesto is not
a novelty in American education. Neither is
that Of the various monarchies and other
forms OF government that have existed from
earliest times throughout the world.
Liberal education for many generations has
included everything from the most conserva-
tive to the most radical ideas OF government
in its curriculum That it should eliminate one
set Of ideas from its course of study. for the
sake Of the other. would be discarding the very
purposes for which democracy has been estab-
Eshed
For only by being acquainted with all the
ideas that have pervaded the world in the
past can the student and the future American
citizen realize the value and significance of the
democracy under which he lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

membered. The first one was: Boys,
the way to get by IN this mans
Navy is to develop the flow" The
more serious advice given at that
time has often stood me in good
stead, when in doubt, follow the
rules and regulations, even if it
takes you to the bottom of the sea. D
Now that the professional politi-
clans have started the flow" by
leading us sinners in prayer and
song at one of the affairs of pa
triotism it makes us mourners on
the back seat in private life sit up
and take notice. For the uninitiated
in the ranks it might be we'll to
bear in mind that there is no way
of arousing us except by using bal
lyhoo. But there should be no OBJ
lection to looking over the surrey
before we risk our sacred necks On
the joyride.
Ano, no matter how mad or in
spired we become in the next few
months at the political camp-meet-
in, we can't go wrong if we as in
dividual citizens, get out the Con-
stitution itself and spend a few
nights readin' and bordering on the
actual words of the document. ]
don't doubt MacReavy was right
about following the regulations, but
it won't be much fun at the bottom
of the ocean if a fellow goes there
because he took the other fellows
word for it instead of readin' the
Constitution himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

IF any one asks you to discriminate because
u of politics you tell them that the President
of the United States gave direct orders that
there is not to be any such discrimination"
That is plain language. 1t was spoken by
the President to the state work-relief directors
who will supervise the spending of the four
billion dollar emergency fund. 1t should re-
move all future alibis. 1t makes each state di-
rector the trustee of money spent in his state.
Hereafter no state director can excuse a
partisan action by whispering of pressure
from above" If anything goes wrong even
Jim Farley can't be blamed. The responsibility
is now individual. The blame, if any, will be
likewise. Also the credit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
BY H. l.. Seeger.

by ii. L.. Seeger.
Your editorial "A Change of
Plans" struck the bulls eye when
you stated that scarcity, artificial
ly created, can not bring pros
perity, but that we must turn to
the idea of stimulating abundance.
Don't forget though, Mr.. Hoover
did not have an NRA and his
success" from 1880 to 1888 was
nothing to brag about.
Since the Supreme Court has
not ruled out the loaning of pub
lie money, from the Federal gov
eminent to brokendown railroads,
insurance companies, banks and
trust companies, etc, let the PreSi-
dent and Congress ask the court
for an edict to permit the appro-
priation of public credit to be
loaned to Federal Cooperative
Producers and Consumer Corps.
in which those who wish to oper-
ate their own industries for use
instead of profit, may absorb those
on relief. Private business doesn't
know how to do it. Let's help
them to help themselves.
What little improvement there
may be in business since Hoover is
due entirely to government spend
ing and those regions where such
spending is greatest have made
the difference, if any.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
BREAD LINES, FLOP HOUSES
SHOULD BE BANNED

BY XYZ.
Now hat the crisis has passed in
the who's sale poisoning episode at
the Federal-State Transient Bureau,
227 N. West-st, perhaps We can re-
gard it in its true light.
Speaking as one on the inside l
feel certain that this near-calamity
was not the result of any indivi-
dual's or groups malicious intent or
criminal neglect. On the whole the
men get along very well together
and with their bosses. Those in
charge are as conscientious as could
be expected under the circum-
stances of this makeshift expedient
of capitalsm's Struggle for life.
Indeed, the momentary focusing
of public attention on this economic
and social canker may have bene-
fetal effect. The public at large in
their self-centered egotism and
complacence knew nothing of such
shelters and $1-a-week workers.
The newspapers and radio brought
it to their attention. The people
are supposed to govern.
It is to be hoped as a result that
a few more energetic and capable
socially minded people will investi-
gate, devise, plan and work for a
civilization above flop houses and
bread lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
DEBT BURDEN MUST
BE CAST ASIDE

BY Reader.
The issues in the campaign of
1886 as they will be presented by
both major parties will amount to
tweedle dee and tweedle dunn, most
ly dumb. Both parties propose to
maintain the capitalistic system of
economy. This system can only be
maintained when a natural scarcity
of goods exist AS soon as the
equipment and man power or
machine power it adequate to Gre
ate an economy of abundance, as
it is at this time. then it is futile
to attempt to stabilize capitalism,
which can only live in an econ
omy of scarcity.
Creating artificial shortages by
destruction, sabotage, or tariff bar
riers intenSif1es the decline of CAPT.
talism. Capitalism does not live by
profits, its existence rests upon a
structure Of debt, built out of So
called profits. Only when the debt
structure is expanding does capital
ism produce increasingly.
WueL It's QcDI stIuCtutS DcCOlhco
oppressive. in that the fixed charges
on debt absorbs too large a proper
ton Of the public income. then pro-
duction decline sets in because pub
lie consumption power becomes in
adequate to support both debt struc-
ture charges and commodity con-
sumption.
Wage cuts and price slashing in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
The Book World

DREDGING the gap between realism and ro-
ID nance, has come book that is actually a
work of art 1t is The Wolf at the Door" by
Robert Francis (Houghton, Miffin: $3.50, and 1t
is the English version Of the highly popular La
Grange aux Trois Bellies
M Francis "a pseudonym) has woven a tale
which fires the imagination. 1t is the story OF
life through the eyes Of little girl, the story OF
commonplace life made exciting by the girl in
her teens who looks at it all through the colored
glasses Of an imagination that is never still.
Catherine it is who tells the story, and here,
TOR instance is an example Of the flow Of life
that NJ Francis has put into his book:
Winter came. Already the first snow Of the
year fell gently. Yet was still only little girl.
What use is a little girl? My arms were too weak
to lift the heavy cans. I was not yet big enough
to behave as a woman, but nevertheless too small
TO weep from sheer WEAKNESS. When about
10 years old we speak of the future, we little
girls anticipating our husband and our wedding
dress Grownups laugh at US and when we re-
main too fond of our dolls they scold us. Yet
what can a little girl grow into but woman?"
The Wolf at the Door" cit is merely the Eng
lish title: rot description is a record of ado
lescent experience successfully transmitted into
fiction. The book contains an introduction by
Haveock Ellis, who heaps high praise upon the
author. M. Francis deserves every word OF it,
AN ADVENTURE story that is bright and
L n cheerful is Grand Tour, by Patrick Bal
four. descendent of nobility (Harcourt, Brace;
S375).
Young Balfour spotted sandwich man in
London advertising a trip to India for "a pounds
approximately S168 in Indianapolis money!,
and that's what started an exciting voyage to the
Orient
Almost from the very beginning of the trip
things began to happen Stuck on all sorts of
uncertain roads in Arabia and Afghanistan Mr..
Balfour describes his adventures with a breezy
and humorous description that entrances the
reader from the very outset
More than a thorough account of trip, Mr.
Balfour has set down what he calls his diary,
a collection of impressions of the people he met
and the things he saw on the way across Nepal,
down to the Andaman Islands and over to Siam
before starting the homeward trek.
1t is an enjoyable book.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
THE BILOXI FIZZLE

THE Governors who attended the Biloxi
conference had an opportunity to make
history The Supreme Courts NRA decision
had turned back to the states the responsibility
for social and economic leadership.
Meeting at this dramatic moment how did
the Governors rise 10 the challenge?
few. inclined toward oratory. cannon
aded on the states rights issue denouncing
federal usurpation. Others lamented the loss
q NRA benefits and suggested that the states
might consider a substitute. The conference
ended by paying tribute to Franklin Roosevelt
rs q great President"
About the only issue over which the Gov
errors got up a good sweat was the question
Of who should spend federal relief money.
And the greatest fuss over this was raised by
the Governors OF states which have contributed
least to their own destitute.
Now the federal-state controversy has
moved 10 Chicago where representatives OF %
"sovereignties" attend a planning conference
Of the council Of state governments. And what
is their first announcement That the states
are going 70 grapple with social and economic
problems? Not at all. Instead. it is that six
Northeastern states viii set up a secretsrist in
Nev York City-in other words. q propaganda
bureau-~to resist the trend toward centralizs-
ton Of government"
But Capitalization can not be stopped by
propaganda alone. At the beginning Of the
Roosevelt Administration. the people turned
toward Washington because the states had
fallen down on their job. And despite su-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

leader is largely question of habit.
Like most habits, this habit grows.
In fact, sometimes it grows so much
that the public or portion of the
public will cling to leader like a
visionary to an ideal or leech to
| the flesh. Even when the leader is
absolutely opposed to the course de-
sired by public opinion. the public
will swing round and follow him.
There are two kinds Of leaders.
Natural leaders and cultivated lead
ers. The first are so powerful
either physically, mentally, finan-
cially or otherwise that they COM
mand by nature Of their superiority
and personality.
Some leaders cultivate their lead
erShip by doing what the public
wants. They keep their heads close
to the ground and obey every whim
and cater to every desire of the pub
lie. These leaders are sung through
the land-they are the heroes of the
hour.
But when history looks back and
sizes up their accomplishment
they remain what they were-heroes
of the hour. True leaders often
oppose their own public They're
at the head Of the procession They
know what's coming. And they act
according to their own conscience,
their own Knowledge and intuition,
their own judgment After all, that
is what a leader is for. These lead
ers may be the boneheads of the
hour-the weaklings Of the day, yet
when history gazes back they grow
and grow. That is why Lincoln and
Washington grow with the passage
Of time while others who we're quite
the rage in their time wilt away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
Suggests @. S. CO-OperatiUes

Since the government is very
active in organizing Federal credit
unions, or poor mans banks, let
it go a step farther and set up
Federal Cooperative Producers
and Consumers Corps. If poor
mans banks are not destructive
of the private business of loan
sharks then co-operatives, Spon-
sored by the. government, surely
can not destroy the constitutional
prerogative of exploitation through
private business.
A change will come in our
economic structure whether we
want it or not because present
failure will compel change. So
let it come peaceably.
If this is to be a government of
the people by the people and for
the people, then it must change
tactics, to prevent it being a gov
eminent for capital, by capital and
of capital. Democracy must be
made to function in industry, if
political democracy is to have
meaning.
The cost of operating industry
can be cut through cooperative
industry; it would prevent the
endless waste of duplication in
business as it operates now and
permit better distribution of a
greater volume of products.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
BREADS IDEA OF
NEW G. o. P. REIGN
BY John Nipp Sr.

BY John Nipp Sr.
That Grass Roots" convention
it is just joke. 1t is not possible
that the Republicans, the Hoover
semblance, will even try to organize
and establish the Republican party
again with the promise of going
back as far as the Constitution.
Well do 1 remember the fall of 1882
when Hoover was President. We had
James E. Watson and Robinson in
the Senate and full house of rub
Der stamps.
I refer to the fall of 1882 when
Morgan had all the money piled up
in private banks and this Repub-
lican machine saw the farmers
wheat 60 down to 80 cents a bUShel
and Indiana corn went down to the
magnificent sum of 9 cents bushel.
Don't talk about this old rotten
Republican machine and going back
to the Constitution. You had better
talk about going down to the tap
roots to find Republican.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
PARENTS BLAMED FOR
CHILDREN'S OUTBREAKS
BY Stella Mitchell.

By Stella Mitchell.
Reading of the different crimes
and other things that are committed
today, we should stop and trace
them down and see where they be-
gin. Most of the crime is COM
mitted by youths. We trace it back
to the home and the parents. Our
youth will get worse until we have
better parents. The parents have
turned their children into the streets
to do whatever they please and we
may expect anything.
But some day these parents must
answer to God for their careless
ness. Do not blame the children,
because very few of them have been
taught the Ten Commandments and
to love God. who will guide them
in these perilous times and parents
should be careful what they do. God
said the sins of the parents shall
fall upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation Of them that
hate Him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
So They Say

People who advocate corporal
punishment for children are 100
years behind the times. You can
not compare the training of a beast
with its purely admonitory regimen
to the upbringing of human be-
ing.-Dr. Harry C. Myers, educator.
The people must be made to real
ize that God is met in nature and
that whoever departs from nature
offends God.-John Streicher, Nazi
publisher.
My sojourn in America has con-
WINGED me that one can not have
too many labor saving devices. They
bring freedom and happiness in
their wake.-Dame Sybil Thorndike.
Our present troubles have come
from an effort to apply the logic
of the Age Of Scarcity to the con-
ditions of the Age Of Plenty-Ed-
ward A. Filene, Boston merchant.
There are many new opportuni-
ties in this country for the youths
of today, but they have no way Of
finding them unless we show them
the way-Dr. Walter B. Pitkin,
Columbia U. professor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
REVIEW OF HISTORY SHOWS
GROWTH OF GREAT MEN
Bv Jimmy Cafouros.

BY Jimmy Cafour0s.
Go into the street and lend your
ear. Listen to the conversations
to the monologues-to the opinions,
innuendos and suggestions Of opin-
ions that besiege you. That is pub
lie opinion.
Public opinion, however, is like a
kaleidoscope. No two people have
identical opinions. Nor are two ka-
leidoscopic setups the same. More
over, at different times the same
person usually has different opin-
ions.
When a powerful situation arises,
when a revolutionary course of con-
duct is adopted, when a strong per-
sonality through his conduct or his
speech crystalizes and simplifles an
issue so that it is brought to focus
there results only two kinds of opin-
ion-those pro and those contrary
to it.
The public is always seeking q
leader to its taste. And following a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

tensify the vicious cycle of declin-
ing consumption and thereby force
debt structure liquidation. No de-
preston under capitalism in all his
tory has been lifted until the debt
structure fell through foreclosure
bankruptcy and receiverships. Boil
steering the debt is the most fallaci-
Gus proceeding. The economic stom-
ach is overloaded and must be emp
tied of debt. Rationalism is impOs-
sible under the major parties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
The Message Center

(Times readers are tnvtted to eTpress
their uiet0S in these columns. Make your
letters short. so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ Words or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names tcitI
be 4cithheld at request Of the letter
,r,-afcr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
HE'D HATE TO GO
TO THE OCEAN BOTTOM
By r. H. stone.

BY r. II. stone.
During the war 1 was first an
enlisted man for several months
and later a commissioned officer of
the line in the Navy The COM
nanding officer of the training
school where I received my COM
mission was a handsome Irishman
by the name of MacReavy. He gave
three Of lis, who we're commissioned
in advance of the rest of the class
and sent to sea. two general rules
of conduct which I have always re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

Los Angeles girl being buried alive for 50
days taking along book on aviation to pass the
time. If she ever tries stratosphere trip we
can recommend some good books on mine
drilling
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

preme Court decisions. the people, whose serv-
ant the court Is will again turn to Wash
irFton unless the states rise to their respon-
sibility.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
Daily Thought

Behold, these are the ungodly,
who prosper in the world; they in
crease in riches.-Psalms 1912.
THE pride of dying rich raises
L the loudest laugh in heD.-John
Foster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
THERE. in a trine more than 100 words, is

THERE, in a trifle more than 100 words, is
u one Of the really bright spots Of the pres
ont session Of Congress. Il is the complete
text Of H. J. Res. 1s7"-more Familiarity
known as the Ludlow Anu-War Bill and it
comes up for hearing before a House sub
committee in Washington tomorrow.
Rep. Louis Ludlow Of indianapolis intro
duced his resolution for an amendment to the
Constitution some time ago. Support for the
measure has come from all sections of the
country. from the high and from the low. IN
doubtedly. il stands tOday-even without pass
Rge-as one Of Indiana's outstanding contribu-
tons TO American statecraft.
All the complicated proposals for taking
the profits out OF war. all the UtOpian schemes
for aholishing war, and all the moves to pre-
vent the involving OF the United States in an
other CHASTITY debaole of bloOdshed are placed
completely out Of the picture by Mr.. Ludlowls
simply -wOrded amendment.
II strikes at the heart OF American feeling
snd. more than all it fits magnihcently with
the spirit Of the writers Of the original Con-
stitution the men who founded the republic.
Tomorrow in Washington there are sched-
ulcd to appear before the House subcommittee
almost dozen Representatives. several labor
leaders. more than a few clergymen, and half
a dozen eminent educators all to plead for
the enactment Of the Ludlow resolution.
Passage OF the Ludlow resolution means
the complete remuneration of aggression as
national policy by the worlds greatest nation;
the placing into law Of Franklin Delano Roose-
velts Friendly Neighbor" ideal; and the out
having Of munitions profiteering for all time.
Passage OF the Ludlow resolution would
BE- the one bright spot in a chaotic world,
world racing madly toward war. The powers
Of Europe are engaged in a suicidal plunge
toward bloodshed. The arms race goes madly
on and Hitler and MuSsolini are forcing into
the minds of children the religion that might
makes right.
America remains a democracy, nation
pledged to peace but willing to defend herself
against any invader Louis Ludlow's Anti
War Bill breathes that spirit-the spirit of
peace
The people rule" says the Ludlow resolu-
ton.
Il Is up TO Congress to prove that The pro-
posed amendment should. above all other anti
war proposals. be ready for the ratification Of
the states well before the time Congress de-
cides to 90 home.
Indiana Is showing the way. II is up to the
nation to follow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

Perhaps the reason Mr.. Hoover didn't show
up at the grass roots" meeting was that he
was misled by the name and got lost on some
city street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18

Greta Carlo says "Ay tank ay 80 home"
and does so. 1t might pay Congressman to
practice the Swedish dialect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-18
Hidden Song

BY MAUD COURTNEY WADDELL
The sweet song of hidden bird
Brought ecstasy. then more heard
That life was to hold its share
OF happiness along with care,
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If Huey resents Senators yawning during his
filibusters. he might resort to some stop-gap
legislation.