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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
DEFENDS THOSE WHO WON'T
SALUTE u. S. FLAG

BY J. W. Howard, Anderson
think those people who are re-
fusing to salute the flag are recelv-
ing an unfair deal. They do not
refuse to salute the flag because OF
disrespect for it.
What the flag stands for is very
good. But do we have liberty and
freedom in this country? If we dc
why do these people receive SC
much criticism for exercising the
rights granted them by the Consti-
tuition of the United States?
Certainly, they are not refusing tc
salute the flag for any seditious act
but because it is against their re-
ligious beliefs. They do not bow to
any man, symbol or emblem, but
worship God, and pray for the set
ting up of his kingdom.
think this should be given more
careful consideration by all honest
thinking people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
FANCY FEES

THEIR depression-proof profession having waxed
u fat on receiverships and reorganization fees,
lawyers should harken to the sage advice of West
ern judge regarding the danger of killing their par
tcular golden goose.
While slicing $4,000 off the ss5oooo lawyers
bill in business reorganization case in Oklahoma
Federal Judge vaught pointed this moral:
"A reorganization, such as involved in this case.
would be Of little benefit to those whose investments
It is to protect if the fees and expenses allowed
by the court are exorbitant as to cripple the new
organization and make another proceeding in bank
ruptcy necessarily imminent"
Philadelphia lawyers were cut from $4,000 to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
HAUSKAA JOULUA!

nN Dec. Is Finland will pay her semi-annual
- war debt nstalment of about quarter of
million dollars.
1t isn't much compared with the accumulated ar
rears from our big debtors. These of course, like
>Brer Rabbit, amt sayin' nuthin' One reason they
can't pay up, of course, is that they're spending
what they have on preparations for new wars. Eng
land, Germany, France Italy and Russia are aver
aging about one billion each on the national de-
Tense" in 1886.
But Finland isn't mad at anybody. And nobody
is mad at her. So, she meets her debt payments
every six months.
It's sure nice to think one nation will drop a
remembrance in the le7I old sock this year. In our
best Finnish wish her Merry Christmas Haus-
kaa Jouua!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Questions and Answers

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when addressing any question of fact
or information to The Indianap polls
Times Washington Information Bureau.
Legal and medical advice can not be
given. nor can extended research be
undertaken. Be sure all mail is adj
dressed to The Indianapolis Times WASH
ington Bureau. Frederick NJ. Kerby,
Director. 1913 Thirteenth-st. N. W.,
Washington, ID. C.
Q-What was the source of the
Londonderry Air the tune which
Danny Boy" is set?
Alt is an old Irish folk-song
that originated in the Londonderry
region of northern Ireland. It has
been identified by some scholars
with an old Gaelic song, Farewell
to, Cucullain."
Q-Is there any place in the Unit
ed States that is free from poisonous
snakes?
Abr. Ditmars in Snakes of the
World" says Practically every por-
ton of the United States is inhabit-
ed by poisonous snakes except
northern Maine"
Q-Give the derivation of the verb
know.
Att is derived from the old
Anglo-Saxon word cnawan, which
in Middle English became knowen
Q-Is Franchot Tone the real
name of the actor?
Ayes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
as living testimonial of the occu-
patiOnal therapV

as living testimonial of the occu-
pational therapy
Through weaving, she says, We
can trace the footprints of civiliza-
ton. If Mrs. Shadinger and the
group who heard her are interested
sincerely in weaving and it's bene-
fits upon those who are engaged
in the production of textiles, they
should visit those industries and
learn the art of keeping ones budget
within 81 to SIS a week, and
learn of the misery and want prev
alent with those who work in these
modern plants of rush and noise.
There is a striking contrast be-
tween the Anticipated hand loom
played with at leisure and the pro-
duction system above mentioned.
I would like to have these leaders
make this comparison, and tell us
whether civilization is moving for
ward or backward. Possibly they can
give us an antidote for the diseases
of those who toll at the modern
power looms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
THINKS CAPITALISM WOULD
DEFEAT TOWNSEND PLAN
By HI. C, A

By H. C. A.
It is difficult to understand by
what right believers in capitalism
denounce the Townsend plan. One
must borrow words from the vo-
cabulary of the radicals in order to
oppose the idea effectively.
The only difference between what
now goes on and what would go on
under the Townsend plan is that
in the latter case spending would
be compulsory for a large part of
our population. If capitalism itself
is workable the Townsend plan
should be no less possible. On the
surface the plan looks good. A lot
of money would be brought into
circulation, and-wait a minute. Let
us look a little closer at that cir
culation."
If carrier pigeon we're sent from
New York to Seattle and let loose
there, would it circulate in the 48
states until it died from old age, or
would it rush back to Wall Street.
pardon me. New York, as fast as
its wings could carry it? Would
DR.. Townsend's 5000 circulate, or
would half of it be collected as
profits and stored in bank after
its first flight? And after the sec
ond and more feeble attempt to
circulate, would not another so per
cent of the remainder land in the
pockets of the profiteers? I am
afraid it would.
Yes, folks, that's the catch in the
plan. It's that old profit system
again, not unlike the Great Boig''
from Ibsen's Peer Gynt, the mon
ster which you can't get through
and you can't get around, and you
bump your head against it wher-
ever you turn. Doggoneit! That
profit system ruins every good plan
except Socialism. Why is Social
ism immune? Because Socialism
means production for use instead of
for profits.
When we get Socialism, which we
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07

SIS 900 and New York lawyers from $1,000 to s12500.
Remaining fees went for hieh~priced home talent.
But legal services were not the only high priced
labor. the judge found. There was s9176 service
charge by the Pennsylvania Co., depository for Con-
sodated bonds.
These services included receiving, examining
and recording of bonds clipping Of coupons issuance
of certificates of deposit, storage, stamping the
bonds, stationery and postage.
There apparently is charge for heat, light and
janitor service" Judge vaught commented as he cut
that bill down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
MADONNA
BY MAZDA L. STECKELMAN

BY MAZDA l.. STECkELMAN
Cherubim fold their tiny wings
While she sits and sews
And sews and sings:
While she seeks to span the mysti
miles
She sings and sews
And Sews and smiles:
A golden halo round her CLEANS
AS she sits and sews
And Sews and dreams.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
SUGGESTS RESEARCH ON
LOOMS BENEFITS

By Old Flint Sparks
l read in Beatrice Burgan's
column Nov. 26 that Mrs. Guy H.
Shadinger has taken up weaving as
a hobby, which she explains has
such curative and mental stimu-
latlng power, She discloses her ex-
perlence in weaving to a women's
group, pointing to her own recovery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
THE BLUE AND THE CRIMSON

TWO Yale scientists are advocating five meals a
- day instead of three Coming just after Pres
ident Roosevelt's remarks in Atlanta about so manv
people being on third-class diet this announce
ment may mean amicable relations between Harvard
and Yale.
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The HOosier Forum
wholly disopproue of achat you say-and aviu
defend to the death your right to sag it-Votaire.

C1tmes readers are invited to cypress
thetr Dtetos in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. Make Hour letters
short. so all can have q chance. Limit
them to ESQ tUords or less. Your letter
must be stoned. but names t0iI be
Uithheld on re0uest.l
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shall have in a decade or so, the
Townsend plan would work beauti-
fully, but then, what's the use. We
don't need to carry Goals to New
castle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
DAILY THOUGHTS

But when thou makest a feast
call the poor, the manned, the
lame, the blind.-St. Luke xiv, 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07

TINE charities that soothe, and
Il heal, and bless, lie scattered at
the feet of men like flowers.-Words-
worth.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
RECOGNITION OF SOVIET
RETARDED BY RED FEAR
Talks With Mexico, However, Regarded
as Good Omen for Relations With
Other Latin American Countries.

, could have been easily influenced by
revolutionary ideas.
But now that the Soviet govern
ment has completely abandoned its
goal of world revolution and has sub
stituted for it policy of live and let
live; now that the Soviet government
has chosen the road of national COM
muniSm instead of that of world COM
munism and it is more concerned with
the internal upbuilding of Russia than
with the overthrow of capitalism
abroad. the fear of subversive propa-
ganda by Soviet officials is childish.
Tactics Reversed.
More than that: The Soviet gov
ernment is so thoroughly engaged to-
day in the construction of the new
Russia and the industrialiZation of the
country in record time, and 1t real
ICES so fully that external peace is
essential to the fulfillment Of these
plans, that it not only has reversed
its previous tactics of world propa-
ganda for revolutionary communism,
but it has, also, become one of the
most consistent advocates of interna-
tional peace.
The sincerity Of Soviet Russias
peace intentions is beyond doubt.
Ethically, the Soviet leaders have to
be, OF necessity, pacifistS. They are
individually against war. They proved
it so by refusing to carry on the war
against the central powers when they
assumed the reinS of government in
Russia. More pragmatically speaking,
from the point of view of material
considerations. they also have to be
pacifists. External complications
would, at the present time, hinder tre-
mendouSly the great experiment at
home. 1t is this dual pacifism-ideal-
istic and practical-which has placed
Soviet Russia on the vanguard OF the
peace movement of the world. The
pre-eminent role played by Foreign
CommisSar Litvinof in recent years,
from the days of the London Eco
nomic Conference, from which he
emerged with eight non-aggreSsion
pactS with Soviet Russia's principal
neighbors, to the latest European crisis
and the strengthening Of the League
of Nations, is still fresh in the memory
Of newspaper readers.
u. S. Policy Cited.
How, then, can the Latin American
governments any longer fear the con-
sequences of diplomatic intercourse
with Soviet Russia? Besides, the Sus-
picions of the most skeptical ones
among them could be overcome by
the conclusions of agreements similar
to that signed in Washington by Pres
ident Roosevelt and Commissar Lit
vinoff. in which both the United
States and Russia pledged to each
other absolute non-interference with
domestic affairs and mutual respect
for their institutions and their par
ticular form of government.
There is, really, no excuse for the
Latin American governments to per-
sist in closing their eyes and refusing
to recognize, officially, the existence Of
regime whose stability has stood the
test OF 18 years Of almost worldwide.
opposition.
Copyright. 1851
Evening star., 1935-05-19
France Offers Prize
For Fastest Airplane

PARIS CR.-Ten million francs
await the French builder of Diesel
engined plane or seaplane which can
capture the international speed rec
ord. The franc is currently quoted
at around 61S cents.
Gen. Victor Denain, air minister,
has offered the award on behalf Of
the government and a committee Of
nine, headed by M. Wateau, president
Of the Aero Club OF France, has been
appointed to supervise the building
competition. The record must be
made over closed circuit without
landing.
The present worlds record for land
planes is 316 miles an hour, held by
Delmotte of France. Warrant Officer
Agello of Italy holds the seaplane
mark, 440 miles an hour.
If no plane of French construction
succeeds in capturing the record by
December 80, 1886, the award will be
given the constructor whose plane
will cover the course at an average
speed of at least 112.5 miles per hour.
The government reserves the right
to participate In the competition with
motors built in its arsenals, and will
receive absolute title to the winning
plane.
Evening star., 1935-05-19
BY GASTON NERVAL.

= OVIET RUSSIA may soon have
diplomatic relations with other
American republics besides the
- United States. President Car
denas of Mexico has just dis
closed conversations seeking an early
resumption Of Mexico Russian rela-
tions. These conversations, though un-
successful SO far, reveal an interest on
the part of the Mexican government
which may well be considered good
omen. Besides, the obstacle reported
may be learned from President
Cardenas' own statement.
There has been no lack of good
will on Mexico's part" says the Mexi-
can chief executive. nor has her
attitude been affected by any exterior
influences. The negotiations have not
been successful because Russia insists
on certain satisfactions regarding the
manner in which some Russian diplo-
mats were obliged to leave this coun-
try"
First to Recognize Russia.
Mexico and Uruguay, two Latin
American republics which had ols-
tinguished themselves for their lib
eral political ideas and progressive So
cial legislation, were among the first
to recognize Soviet Russia, long before
the possibilities of Russian recognition
were even considered seriously in the
United States. Later on, however, the
Mexican government, alarmed by the
growth of radical labor organizations
in the country, gave their passports to
Ambassador Kollontai and her as
sistants, charging them with dissem-
mating Communist propaganda, and
severed diplomatic relations with the
Kremlin.
1t is for the rather undiplomatic
manner in which the Soviet diplomats
were forced to leave and for the perse-
cution of Russian sympathizers which
ensued that the red government now
demands satisfactions. The mere fact,
however, that this should be the only
barrier preventing a renewal Of rela-
tions shows how far the situation has
improved and how little there remains
in Mexico, at least-of that imagi-
nary fear of the "red menace" which
for so long has been the nightmare Of
conservative Latin American govern
ments.
Feared Red Propaganda.
This fear OF Communist propaganda,
this suspicion that the Soviet diplo-
matte and consular agents might use
their influence in spreading bolshe-
vism and bringing about a proletarian
revolution, has been, precisely, the
chief objection to Russian recognition
in Latin America. At one time, when
Communism was tantamount to world
revolution and the Soviet authorities
openly backed the Third International
in its struggle against the capitalistic
regimes of all lands, such fear might
have been justified. Particularly so,
in some Of the smaller Southern and
Central American republics, where
local governments would have had a
difficult time in preventing such
propaganda and where the masses
Evening star., 1935-05-19

that causes the trouble 1t is the un-
certainty as to what the value may be
from day to day. Take an individual
case. You go into shop and buy a
hat for So You pay down your SO
and that is the end of the transaction
for both buyer and seller. But it is
not so simple when you are buying
from another nation or selling to an
other nation. Here is an actual, in
dividual case:
Evening star., 1935-05-19

When the English pound was worth
SO or thereabouts, friend of mine
thought he would be forehanded and
ordered several suits Of clothes from
London. BY the time they arrived
the pound was worth about IS. My
friend remarked that it would take
him a year Of saving from his salary
to make up the difference. and added
that he would buy nothing more
abroad until currencies were stabilized.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
BELIEF AND LIFE
BY RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. D., LII D, D. c. L.
Bishop of Washington

we give expression to a creed. AS
matter of fact, the accepted laws and
usages of our domestic, social and
economic life are nothing more or
less than creeds or codes that govern
us in our relationships. 1t is fire.
quently assumed that a so-called
breadth of mind is expressed where
one claims freedom from the inno-
vations of any credal system. Such
assumed breadth of mind is frequent
ly nothing less than an expression of
immature and superficial Judgment,
the betrayal of an incapacity to right
ly appraise the import and signifi-
canoe of Christ'S life and ministery. In
periods where great and far-reaching
changes are in process, all creeds of
every sort and kind are under suspi-
cion. We are largely creatures gov
erned by the capriclouS whims and
fancieS of the age in which we live.
The temperature of our faith rises
or falls, affected largely by the en-
vironing conditions of our life. our
prosperity or our adversely. 1t GER
tainly becomes increasingly clear that
we must live by some well-defined
standards or normS that govern us
in our individual conduct and in all
our contacts with our fellows. Robert
Louis Stevenson was right when he
said that no man may say that he
has made any success in life until
he can write at the head of the
page Of his life's journal, Enter,
God" 1t was his fixed conviction
that efficient living begins with the
affirmation which is the first words
Of the Bible. I'm the beginning God"
Donald Hsnkey, in his fascinating
war books, in which he described the
prevailing characteristics of the Brit
ish tommy, declared that, in all his
contacts with the rudest of these men
he inevitably found that behind their
rough exteriorS resided a definite, II
inarticulate. faith in God Poor as
it was, it was creed To use Han
keys phrase, the tommy was ready
to "'bet his life there was a God"
The recovery of our impaired be-
liefs is indispensable to the recovery
of our happiness. our prosperity and
our peace. We need to be reminded
of the old aphorism: God sleeps
in the stone, dreams in the animal
and wakes in the man"
Evening star., 1935-03-24

tary pressure. as exemplified by in
PRODUCTION of conscription and plans
for an army of 100000 men. is breed
ing counter pressure all over Europe.
France, long aware of Hitler's secret
and now officially acknowledged re-
armament, is increasing her compul-
sorry military service period from one
to two years. Italy has suspended
projected reduction in the term of
conscription. Mussolini will hold the
class now in training beyond the
usual period. while the succeeding
class is called to arms. The retention
of the two classes will give Italy q
standing army of about 100000 men.
Rome admits that the new political
tension in Europe is responsible for
Italy's revised plans.
In the East, as we'll as in the West,
Nazi procedure is proving epidemic.
Moscow proclaims that the Soviets are
prepared, If necessary, to raise an
army Of 00,00O-ten times the
number of troops that make up the
l0l divisions now comprising the Red
army-to defend Russian soil against
the new German military menace. AS
current reports credit the Reich with
a secret deal with Poland to pounce
upon the Soviet Union at a propitious
moment, for the purpose, among other
things, of despoiling it of the Ukraine,
Moscow's readiness to indulge in an
army expansion orgy on the German
pattern provides timely food for
thought in Berlin.
Not in France. in Italy. or in the
Soviet Union, and least of all In Ger
many, is there at this time any sur
plus of economic substance which can
comfortably be squandered on arma-
ments. If the truth could be known,
1t would probably develop that much
OF Germany's desperate commercial
and financial plight is traceable to the
tremendous amount of money the
Nazis have surreptitiously been spend
ing on their army and air force. 1t is
altogether likely that the Reich's i'm
poverished exchequer may prove a
more potent factor in curbing Hitler's
mad military venture than diplomatic
protests or even counter pressure on
his western and eastern fronts.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

Addressing a man, a soldier, who
had come to Him in behalf Of
favored servant who was seriously Ill,
imploring His healing ministry,
Jesus responded, in answer to the
mans expressed partial faith. "As
thou hast believed so be it done unto
thee" On another occasion where
like aid was sought by father in
behalf of his afflicted son, the Master
observed: IF thou canst believe, all
things are possible to him that be-
lieveth." In every case where His
ministry was sought, He demanded
an expression of confidence in His
healing power and belief in the eff
cacy of His ministry.
On one occasion where He was
ministering in a community, it was
written concerning Him: He could
there do no mighty work because of
their unbelief." 1t is evident that His
power could not be exercised where
doubt and unbelief prevailed. On oc-
casion, He recognized the limitations
of faith in Him and His power, as
disclosed by the suppliant. This was
notably true in the instance of the
father who sought the healing of
his demented son. where, in response
to Christ's query, "Canst thou be-
lieve?" the father cried out: Lord,
believe, help Thou mine unbelief"
The gentleneSs of the Master in
dealing with those whose faith in
Him was partial and incompletsR was
repeatedly manifested, and in no case
was it more so than in that of one
of His own immediate followers,
Thomas, to whom He gave the evi-
dence Of His resurrected life, saying,
BE not faithleSS, but believing"
Throughout His entire ministry,
Jesus insisted upon the necessity of
belief in Him and His divine power.
He could not be the saviour of men
without their ready recognition of
and obedience to His will.
The recognition of this funda-
mental need must be stressed today.
There is popular fallacy abroad
that it matters little what a man
believes so long as his habit and
practice are consistent. AS a matter
Of fact, the denial of faith in Christ
is negative creed. Where we be-
lieve in our potentialitieS and powers