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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-09
PROPHETIC:
war"

TT is easy-and absolutely necessary, if we
would be hardheaded-to imagine the hue
and cly that would flood the press, the radio
and Congress against an absolute ban on ship
ments Of anything and everything which the
capitals Of Europe and Asia might declare to
be contraband goods and, therefore, subject
to seizure while in course of shipment to an
enemy.
Today for example, the export price Of
copper is 765 cents a pound, and half the
mines in the United States are shut down for
want of demand. We know that if another
major war broke out the price would quickly
double tripIe-in 1916 it went to 3189 cents.
The British contraband list of 1916 included
copper, unwrought and partly wrought: cop
per wire; alloys and compounds of copper
Would the copper industry sit quietly by and
see such a market kept closed to it? Would
it not inevitably wave the American flag and
insist that as two-fsted patriots we must stand
up for our age-old right to do business where
ever we pleased?
Cotton we now plow under, and pay taxes
on its processing, in a futile effort to support
an artificial price; cotton too was on the
British list of 1917. Can one imagine anything
which would more effectively unite the solid
South enlist the support of the entire cotton
textile industry, and evoke the flaming ap-
peals of another Theodore Roosevelt for red
blooded Americanism that the acquiescence of
Congress in a new edition of an allied con-
traband list which would again include cot
ton, raw. lnters cotton waste, cotton yarns.
cotton piece goods etc?
Can not one picture the patriotic orators
ringing the changes on the inalienable Amer
lean right to trade and the historic free
dom of the seas calling the embargo laws the
yellow belly laws, and asking how long Con-
gress proposes to make every American citi-
zen wear the white feather of cowardice? The
farmers, the mill and shop hands, the manu-
facturers, a new band of would-be exporters
and Wall Street would be bed-fellOws united
as by no other possible issue in a spontaneous
drive upon Congress to force the amendment
or outright repeal of any sweeping embargo
which stood between them and the natural
profits of a potentially immense boom in
business" From Can We Stay Out of WARP"
by Ernest Angen Septembe~ Harper's.
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WAR VETERANS DESERVE
BREAK, HE SAYS

BY Disguised
see in the paper where some of
the big shots of the country are get
ting a little interested about some
World War veterans who were in
that hurricane in Florida.
It's too late to do anything about
it now, as they won't know anything
about it. I guess the poor fellows
would just as soon go that way as
to live and almost starve to death
After few more Of these hurri-
canes there won't be so many left
to pay the bonus to when they de-
eide in Washington that the World
War veterans are not so we'll off.
A lot of them have lost their
homes, some with large families,
and they are just rowing here and
there almost as bad off as in no
mans land. We can build beautiful
buildings to make our city more
beautiful and it seems as though
there's always money for this and
that.
These World War veterans went
to war, fought for a good cause, and
came back home not the same as
they were when they left. Now what
do they get? They are not asking
for something for nothing. They de-
serve a lot. Some were getting a
small pension of $12 a month.
These men were disabled in some
way. That little sum of $12 a month
helps to keep up their homes, but
when that was taken away from
them, their homes were lost.
1t looks to me as though those
pensions could be given back to
those poor fellows and I don't be-
lieve so many suicides and crimes
would take place. If they wait very
many more years, the biggest part
of the veterans will be dead and
won't need the money.
And the majority of these men
are all in rags and so are their
families Let us all sit down and
think of 1917 and 1918, when these
young men marched away, leaving
their homes. wives, sweetheartS and
mothers, and went through all sorts
of hardships so that we did not suf-
fer at home.
Some came back and others re-
manned. Give these World War
veterans a glad hand when they
come to your place Of employment.
Give them a break. Do not snub
them. We needed them once and
they need us now.
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personal self-respect of every
teacher in the state.
If this handful of LegiQpnaires
knows anything at all about the
teaching profession it should know
that what a teacher does not say is
of infinite greater Importance than
what he says in the classroom. The
teachers right to think must not be
tied down with such a perfunctory
thing as certain Legionnaires pro-
pose to do.
Finally, it seems that the collec-
tive body of the American Legion
could address itself to something Of
greater Importance than that of
bounding American school teachers.
suggest they start a nationwide
campaign to tell the people how
British diplomacy is jockeying to
get our country into an Anglo
American alliance" There lies the
job for the American Legion-and
not at the doorstep of our state
school systems.
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ADANGEROUS PRECEDENT

DEHIND Germany's second protest to the
- United States over the insult to the
Nazi flag are factors of prime Importance to
the entire American nation.
At this particular moment the whole world
is in fear lest another great war break out
Should such a catastrophe occur, Americans
now realize, We would have the utmost diff
Guilty to keep from being dragged in. In adj
vance washington very properly is struggling
to remain neutral
But all the neutrality laws in Christendom
can't save lis unless we ourselves-the people
Of this countryside do our part. Wars are
very largely the result of state of mind-of
national or mass psychology. The best
diplomacy avails little when national emotions
are allowed free play.
Last July rioters boarded the Bremen as
she prepared to sail from New York. They
tore her flag from its standard and threw it
into the river. Berlin protested. Washington
fortunately was able to show that the police
had fully done their duty and that six Of the
mob already were under arrest. The incident
seemed closed.
But Magistrate BrodSky. who tried the case
has dismissed five OF the accused and held the
sixth not for rioting. but for injuring police
man. The men were freed on the ground that
they might well have regarded the Bremen's
flag as "a gratuitously brazen Haunting Of an
emblem which symbolizes all that is anti
thetical to American ideals"
The Nazi regime. he went on to say. is an
atavistic throwback TO pre-medieval, if not
barbaric, social and political conditions" and
he compared the Nazi flag to the black flag
Of piracy"
Doubtless vast majority Of Americans are
inclined to agree with much the magistrate
said. To most of US the fiag of the swastika
does symbolic the very antitheSis Of ou- idea
OF the God-given and inalienable rights of all
people to life. liberty and the pursuit of hap
pineSs." quite as he stated.
But legally-and the magistrates is a court
Of law-perSonal opinions and. above all, emo
tions, have nothing 10 do with this case. The
Bremen was legally in an American port. She
came in under American protection. She was
only following international usage il flying her
flag. The flags of all the maritime powers are
thus displayed in our harbors every day of the
year. So long as the United States permits
vessels to enter. international law holds us
strictly accountable for what happens to them.
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our feelings concerning the flags they fly re-
gardless.
Magistrate Brodsky's decision, therefore,
constitutes a perilous precedent-if precedent
it proves to be.
We are an emotional people. More SO, per-
haps, than most others. We hate and We love
deeply. In times Of international crises We are
prone to take sides. We easily become bitter
Because Of this. very largely, We were sucked
into the World War after vowing it could and
would never happen.
What we need, if we are to keep out Of
war, is not more announcement to violence,
but more national discipline And the first to
teach the lesson should be responsible govern
ment officials.
Failure will help Us pave "the road to
war"
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DEATH LIST
4 Wrence of Arabia.


Frau Schuschnigg, wife of Austrias chan
cellor;
Prince Alex Mdivani Barbara Hutton's for
mer husband
Queen AStrid of Belgium;
The son and daughter of Bernard Wills,
multimilionaire British tobacco king;
Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of Secretary of
the Interior.
Suppose we read these well-known names
in list of passengers lost in the sinking of a
neutral trans Atlantic liner, sunk by bel
hgerent. An emotional reaction, comparable
with the shock of the Lusitania disaster, would
follow. But they are not victims of a sub
marine. They are recent victims of something
just as deady-the kind of motoring we mod
erns indulge in.
The list shows that this threat of sudden
death is not confined to the United States;
it is worldwide
The danger of World War is potential;
the traffic danger is actual Every day it cuts
of valuable lives. both of the humble and
the illustrious; it breaks up happy homes,
whether in cottages or palaces
To end it we must learn and teach safety
rules and arrest reckless drivers But we must
do something harder. We must reduce our
average rate of speed. Studies show that
as the average rate of speed goes up acct
dents increase. The perils that always lie in
carelessnesS are multiplied by speed Here is
fact that a speed-crazy age must face,
though it does not want to-
Let US deny ourselves the momentary thrill
OF speed, the imaginary need for haste, the
nervous impatience so We may live in a world
in which there is a greater measure Of security
for life and limb and peace of mind.
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LEGION SHOULD LEAVE
SCHOOLS ALONE, HE SAYS
Bv NJ. r. X.

BY NJ. X. X.
Mention was made a few days
ago Of a new Hitlerian shadow
across the states. A writer to the
Message Center made a passing ref
erence to an outside constitutional
activity of the American Legion.
Certain Iegionnaires have taken it
upon themselves to dictate what the
public school teachers shall think.
speak and do about this and about
that.
Groundwork, I understand, is be-
ing laid to club our Indiana Legis-
lature and our Governor into club
bing our Indiana school teachers to
sign on the dotted line. BY signing
on the dotted line every Indiana
school teacher will be eligible TO talk
about the ConStitution-eligi
whether he be by choice Baptist.
a Communist. Republican, a
United Brethren, a Socialist. a
member of the National Union for
Social Justice, a Progressive Demo-
crat, or just a plain citizen who pre-
fers the cemmon-sense of The In
oianapolis fTimeS and Golfers to
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The Worlds Goal

tons for those who refuse, object
or evade, such as dodgers, - "ob-
iector," "evader," traitor" cow
ard" yellow" and many more.
Did this young writer you quote
ever try to evade a draft, con-
scription or forced service; or did
any of his young acquaintance?
Probably not.
Let us inquire, for example, into
the makeup of our young critic,
his theories, religion, politics and
hobbies, any one of which is a
powder cask once hatred is in
famed or tyrannical abuse sets
in.
Right now in this country, we
have 81 varieties of organizations
ready and willing to foment strife
at home without waiting for
foreign invader. To name few
of them: There are our veteran
societies VS.. so-called Reds, So
cialists, union men and liberals;
the Manufacturers Association
with its ally, the Chamber Of
Commerce and their string of
controlled publications who are
opposed to the same group.
the politicians, religious organ
izations and protectors of the Con-
stitution, all with many selfish
campaigns raging. with percus-
sions of ruinous intensity to fol-
low. Then, of course, We have
our perennial crime wave.
The same force that saves the
country from its would-be guard
ians, is the same identical power
that invokes CONSUMPTION. 1t is
the national executives backed by
Congress, the Supreme Court, the
regular Army, Navy and National
Guard, with the secret service,
state and municipal police CO.
operating to make ring which
few can break through.
Rather than continue Indefinite
ly to try and make my case for
the veteran, I commend to the
young man in your Office that
eternal piece of wisdom by Mark
Twain on War" which is in your
files. Let him read and digest the
significance of those lines, and it
might not come amiss to run it
twice yearly or more, for there
are others who, like this young
man, believe war can be outlawed.
one way or another-even myself.
But the tread of marching feet,
the rumble Of drums and the call
for the conscript will cease only
when a worldwide understanding
of brotherhood, unselfshness and
love shall reign supreme.
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Bv Reginald H. Smith

BY Reginald II. Smith
In answer to your editorial,
1.-The Road to WARP" I ask the
privilege and honor Of defending
the intelligence and the manhood
of the soldiers of 1917-19.
1t is we'll that a question mark
follows the title and also that the
quotations printed under it are in
the form of hypothesis.
The young man in your Office
needs more years upon his Shout
ders before he wraps up his bum
die of history changing ideas, and
condemns a generation that pre-
cedes him.
The world-at-large is a great
text book; the lessons of which
are repeated page after page, year
upon year, and a force beyond
human control seems ever bend
ing the paths on which we tread
and always in a circular direction.
Do we progress, learn and profit?
OF course. we do, until the cycle
is completed, and then we start
anew. A stronger, nobler and
more intelligent race, seething
with Righteousness and ever out
stripping our predecessors; and so
ad inf1nitum.
Nor should I be the one to
sheer at honest effort to achieve
peace and good will on earth.
Have I not heard from my de-
parted mothers knee, how her
daddy, during the Boer War, cast
about as a blind man, that he
might stay and provide for his
family; and how many more tried
different methods to escape the
draft in England during that pc
Rod. How squads of soldiers gath
cred all the ablebodied men
available for king and country.
Yes, and I have heard and seen
a lot since my mothers story was
told to me.
1t would please me greatly, and
with no attempt at sarcasm, to
recall to this young man several
potent facts which may raise his
opinion a trifle higher Of the boys
of the World War. They are:
This great peace-loving nation
gave its Endorsement to the Pres
ident, as the man who kept us
out Of war; that he was forced
by the international bankers and
the stakes of our wealthy and
powerful citizens to declare war;
that he could not raise the Army,
Navy and National Guard above
the 100000 mark with volunteers.
after volunteers fail to provide
fighting strength the next move
must be CONSUMPTION with appella-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-09

~ the last seven weeks business has climbed
back past the halfway marx to nor
malcy." the American Federation Of Labor re-
ports today in its monthly survey of business.
Prospects for the remainder Of 1885 are called
even brighter
THE last four months Of 1885 NAV well
bring the highest level Of industrial operations
and earnings for any similar period since
1850" says the survey. The present business
upsWing is the healthiest thus far; it is the
first which seems due chiefly to inherent eco
nomic strength"
NI2A. lifting workers buying power, and
AAA. fattening farmers pockets, stimulated
mass buying. which, in turn, has started the
wheels Of the heavy industries Retail buying
has continued steady through this year Pur-
chase OF farm machinery for the first half of
1855 Is rs per cent above last year The auto
industry records total sales of 2O540 OG cars in
this years first seven months, or $4,000 more
than last year. That industry is now spend
Ing s1OOOOOOOO on production equipment, steel
sl3OOOOOOO. Machine tool orders in this years
first half were AZ per cent above last year.
Here are symptoms Of real conyaIescence.
The giant Of American industry is beginning
to walk on his own legs. Soon he will discard
government clutches and get into his old
stride. But
The sickness that laid him low in 1929
must be guarded against. This was caused not
only by credit imitation. loss of foreign mar
ke:s and stock market gambling. 1t was
caused also by maldistribution Of the national
income.
In 1929 the share of the national income of
wage workers IN four basic notwithstanding
ing steam rail and water transportation,
manufacturing and building-was 219 per
cent. In 1892 it was 14.6 per cent. Last year
it was 1871 per cent. In 1884 these workers,
whose families cover a quarter Of the popula-
ton. got only So per cent of their 1929 in
come, while property holders income was 81
per cent Of the 1929 figure.
Not only is worker income tagging but en-
ployment is not keeping up with production.
In three periods since 1888 production has
reached halfway back to normal Not once
has employment reached the halfway mark.
OF the 100000 men who lost their jobs dur
ing the depression the survey says only
about 100000 have found steady jobs in in
dustry To the 100000 other depression VIC
Tins must be added 100000 who were job
less in April, 1880, and 100000 young people
who have come to working age without work
since the depression. There are 100000 I'M
employed, 100000 of whom depend Oh the
government for relief and relief jobs.
Business appears to be doing a healthy
comeback. The long period of increasing
gains is a pretty sure sign that this is not
merely another squirt. but the beginning of a
steady climb back to good times. Conyalesc-
ing business. however, should not forget the
lessons of 1929. 1t should guard against
another such calamity by sharing its new
prosperity with its customers-the workers
and farmers-in higher wages, shorter hours
and reasonable prices.
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QUERY

BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
In youth alone does April thunder
Shake the heart with anguished
wonder?
Is youth alone given the eyes
To vaguely sense a paradise?
Is youth the one who staggers
At the thrust of dusk's pale dag
gers?
DO focks Of blackbirds flying south
Bring salt tears into ages mouth?.
Beauty has pinioned me to her
breast.
Bound am with divine unrest.
Tell me, when youth leaves, will my
heart
Still weep with beauty. and break
apart?
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er's signature before it gave out its
interpretations on the NRA under
the Constitution? Why. pray. turn
host of self-respecting citizens like
our teachers into a bunch of bab-
cons?
What authority does a handful of
self-appointed Constitution savers"
have to club our Indiana legislators
and our Governor, Paul v. McNutt,
into passing law that clubs every
Indiana school teacher into signing
on the dotted line? I hope that
when the time comes, the legisla-
tors, collectively and severally, and
the Governor, backed by the citi-
zenry of Indiana, will give a ringing
rejoinder TO this unfair, un-Amer-
lean and indecent intrusion of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-09
So They Say

We begin to see that all share-the-
wealth programs are misnamed. They
really should be called steal-the-
wealth prOgrams.-Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler. president Columbia
University.
We can not cut up Ethiopia like
a cake, handing sugar parts TO
this and that country just to win
their smiles and satisfy their sweet
tooth.-Emperor Halle Selassie.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are jnrtted to cypress
their uiecs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare q chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names 10iU
be tcithheId at request Of the letter
lcriter)
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T~HEY are a few of the so eminent lawyers
Il who have banded together into The
National Lawyers Committee, Advisory to the
American Liberty League.
This committee will, as patriotic service,
study all of the important New Deal legisla-
ton and give its opinion as to whether such
legislation is consonant with the American
constitutional system and American ira
ditions."
There is one flaw in this set-up. Congress
adjourned without consulting the lawyers
committee Otherwise Congress might have
repealed the statute which convenes the
United States Supreme Court on the first Mon
day of October. allowing to those nine veneer
able justices an extended vacation.
But as it is, the best legal brains that
money can buy will grind out a collective judg-
ment on the constitutionality of the various
New Deal laws. Then along will come the nine
justices TO don again their black robes, re-
appear at the bench, and hand down the final
and conclusive judgments
The Constitution" one of those justices re-
marked in candid moment, lis what the
judges say it is"
And if a majority of the Supreme Court
justices happen to disagree, or, perchance-
and UNDERSTANDABLE so-be resentful of the
advance dope sheets on their judicial interpre-
tations, what then will happen to the reputa-
tons of the so SKINNED from the cream Of
the bar?
Among the 12O-odd million Americans who
can not afford TO be clients of any of these
lawyers. we dare say. are a few irreverent
souls who would sense in such reversal the
rhythm of poetic justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-09

Nearly 200 persons offered to let themselves
be frozen alive in a scientific experiment To
be sure they'll be thawed out properly, they
first ought to see what the doctor can do with
some Of their frozen assets.
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If that Albertan premier fails 70 keep his
promise to pay SIS monthly to his consttu-
ents they may sue him for Improvisation.
He gave them the impression he was frank
and earnest.
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Daily Thought

Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.-
Proverbs 31:10.
XXTOMEN are doormats and have
w been-the years these mats
applaud-they keep the men from
going in with muddy feet to Cod
Mary Carolyn Davies.
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EN- PARTE SUPREME COURT

En- AhAE oOi A4HNAH NOONA
r. E. Desvernine, chief counsel for U. S.
Steel Corp.
John w Davis, attorney for j. P. Nor
gan, ct al;
Frank j. Hogan, attorney for E. L.
Doheny, ct al;
David L Reed, attorney for Andrew Mel
Ion, ct al.
James NJ. Beck, utility lawyer;
Forney Johnston, attorney for utility and
coal interests.
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THE GIANT WALKS AGAIN
a scRTrps-HoWARp NFwsPAPERl

MoNDAY. sEPTEMBER ?. 1885.