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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-06
YugosIavia King II Today

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BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. Sept. s.
-Yugoslavis celebrated the twelfth
birthday anniversary OF King Peter
with flags and church bells
Evening star., 1935-01-08
Americans Should Not
Vote in Other Countries
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The star:
very heartily agree with e. T.
Smiths letter in your columns, in ref
erence to the German-Americans who
have gone back to Germany to vote in
the Saar election:
1t Is an Insult to all patriotic
Americans for these hyphenated Amer
leans to be allowed to vote in two
countries. There is something sadly
lacking in our officials when they per-
NIT such a thing to happen. That
something lacking happens to be honor
and patriotism. If We have no such
paragraph in our immigration laws
it is high time we inserted one to the
effect that no one should be allowed
TO vote here until he took oath of cit
izenship. and after taking such oath
should keep out Of the political mire
and intrigue of any foreign country.
agree with Mr. Grossman that we
should let European gangster nations
stew in their own gore. Any person
with brains and education enough to
read, knows that 90 per cent of
Europe is not worth one minute of an
Americans time.
While tens of thousands Of Colonial
stock Americans are on relief rolls,
these hyphenated Americans and a
half million smuggled aliens are on
the best of Jobs here.
When are we going to clean 1t out?
What are we waiting for?
PERD L. CAIN.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
Great Improvement
In the Botanic Garden

To the Editor Of The Star:
Several months ago I read letter
In your paper about the Botanic Gar
den Of Washington and at that time
fully agreed with it. 1t is about four
years since I visited the old Botanic
Garden and at that time 1t was no
credit to Washington-in fact, 1t did
not deserve the name Of garden. Last
week the local branch Of the National
Association Of Gardeners visited the
gardens and !, as q member Of that
body, was with them. It was one of
the most pleasant surprises Of my life
and Judging from the comments was
not the only one. Most Of these men
have been gardeners In different parts
Of the world and have seen the finest
botanic gardens in Europe, but 1t was
hard to convince them that the plants
they were looking at were the same as
they had seen year or two before.
Even taking into consideration the
advantages Of modern engineering
with its heat control, ventilation sys-
TEN and power sprayers, the Washing
ton Botanic Garden is something Of
which any city or country might be
proud. Any one who would like to
forget these cold Winter days just step
into this tropical garden and they will
see something which is beautiful, edu-
cational and q credit to all concerned
In its construction.
sHUGH McRAE.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
Use Waste Lands for
Homes for Workers
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EQlIOE Oh ne oldEs
The veterans as we'll as other
citizens are a symbol Of a serious
problem in this country that has not
been solved by Congress. the churches,
the Associated Charities or the Com
munity Chest. They are Americans
and represent millions who can not
get work and who suffer for the
necessities Of life in this country Of
vast wealth. Handing out doles in
the form of money, food, clothes, etc,
does not solve the problem.
There are many million acres of
waste land in this country. Why
cannot the Government. either Fed
eral. State, or both, build homes for
workers on this waste land and have
the land planted for future forests or
crops. The workers could pay for
the homes out of the money they re-
ceive for work. A tree crop is too slow
q crop for an individual to depend
upon for livelihood, but it would be an
investment for the United States or
any individual State to transform
waste land into magnificent forests.
A constructive Nationwide move
ment Of this kind would furnish work
for people along all lines and result
in permanent wealth and beauty for
the United States
BLANCHE c. HOWLETT.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
Report ON Mississippi Valley
Regarded as Guide for Future

the old social order which embraces
as We know him, as with finding an
intelligent and workable substitute.
Inability to solve this question has
been one of the prime handicaps in
CROP control efforts and also in the
general labor readjuStment. However
much it may stand to benefit from the
application of the reports largest gen.
eral scheme, the lower valley also IS
certain to turn anxious scrutiny upon
the mounting total of Federal expendi-
lures and the possible national reac-
ton from such an outlay. With this
reservation in mind, the report be-
comes an interesting and possibly in
valuable thesis, thoughtful study of
which will prove helpful"
The South Bend Tribune believes
that the encouragement received by the
committee was designed to stampede
the private utilities into acceptance of
the politicians conception of reason
able rates for power" In this con-
nection, the Macon (Ga.l Telegraph
remarks: I'VE favor furnishing elec-
tricity to every possible consumer at
such rates that the maximum number
may use it. But we do oppose any
fictitious set-ups as to the cost of it,
and we oppose the injustice that
threatens the people who furnished
the money for experiments and who
furnished a service when there was
no one else to do it."
"The whole plan is one for the
future rather than of immediate ad-
vantage" in the opinion of the Tulsa
(Okla.) World, while the Galesburg
Ull) Register-Mail concludes that
''the report includes vast schemes en-
bracing an immense region. and re-
quiring time, patience and large wis
dom for consummation."
Evening star., 1935-01-08

ing examples and models. If in no
more definite fashion.
Prof. Bakers career was not in itself
exceptionally colorful. He summed
up his record briefly, saying simply
that he had been an instructor" in
English for thirty-six years at Cam
bridge and for eight years at New
Haven. His success he attributed to
the development of q single idea
namely, that the arts Of the theater
should be included in university pro-
grams and that the method adopted
should be practical in character. The
commercial stage, he believed, was in
distress for lack of genius Of
production on the one hand and a
genius of appreciation on the other.
Almost alone, he created both: and in
the process he made himself cele-
brated, loved and feared.
But no outline of his endeavors
would be complete If it omitted men
ton of his personal endowment. Prof.
Baker loved the theater, responded to
it like an unspoiled child. Not even
at the end had he lost the power to
see it in a glamorous light. 1t was
mysterious, full of potential miracles
which he could cause to happen. Sur
rounded by his AT" family, he had
glorious fun with his box of toys. And
the whole public was benefited to a
greater extent than he ever had
dreamed.
An American, Prof. Bakers infiu-
ence had something to do with re-
straining alien attempts at domina-
ton. He was, in effect, the native
answer to the continental drive of
twenty years ago. He made the writing
of plays fashionable, the production of
worthy plays popular. And the host
of imitators he cultivated will keep
his name aliye-proudly and CRATE
fully.
Evening star., 1935-01-08

"You should see the terrific sums the
insurance companies are paying out
for traffic accidents among taxicabs." !"
have referred to the inspection OF
brakes, and yet my suspicion is that
the vast majority of all deaths are
caused by cars in good condition. In
other words, it is the driver and not
the car that Is at fault.
Nearly every writer on traffic acci-
dents winds up by saying that statis-
tics show, or the traffic people claim
or indicate, that liquor has nothing
to do with the figures in traffic acci-
dents. The one who writes that is
either ignorant of the effects Of liquor
or else is tickling himself under the
seventh rib and trying to fool the
public for reasons of his own. OF
course, they will say that there are
comparatively few drunks driving cars.
I will admit that. But the man that
is really drunk Is not the dangerous
driver of car. The liquor causes
the accidents. When the man has
two or three or four drinks, who is
far and away from drunk and who can
probably walk straight and talk fairly
straight, yet every one knows who has
studied the question, that that mans
refiexes-otherwise his ability to per
ceive critical situations quickly and
act instantly"-are dulled.
A car moving at twenty miles an
hour is going thirty feet a second;
at thirty miles, forty-five feet Sec
ond. In other words, each mile per
hour adds nearly one and a half feet
per second to the speed. As the speed
goes up, q fraction Of a second delay
in applying the brakes or in steering
car away from a pedestrian means
the difference between life and death,
and I maintain that the man with a
few drinks who thinks he is not drunk
and who proposes to show the world
he is not drunk Is a far greater men
ace than the man who Is so drunk he
can hardly steer car.
Now my object in writing all of this
is to get down to the one thing. Traf-
fic fatalities in the District of Colum-
bia and elsewhere in the United States
are not going to come down until
Traffic Bureaus and those in charge
of them 60 back to fundamentals, such
as the proper extensions and improve
ment of highways and streets, and
next going after the constant law
violator, and then by proper publicity,
showing up the kind of improper driv-
ing that brings disaster.
A man or woman blithely smoking
q cigarette held between the fingers
Of the left hand and steering through
street trafic with the other ought
to be stopped from driving until they
have sense enough not to do that
sort of thing. When business men will
try to. prevent accidents by hiring
none but competent drivers instead of
depending upon insurance to pay for
their accidents, the accidents in the
city will decrease. When the taxi
driver and the driver of delivery
vehicles is forced to obey regulations,
accidents will decrease, and when the
police quit harassing good citizens
by spending their time spotting parked
cars and get after the Dillingers and
the Pretty Boy Evanses of street and
highway traffic, then will the District
of Columbia have some chance to
step down from It's baneful position of
being one of the most deadly cities
in the United States. so far as auto
mobile traffic is concerned.
AMOS A FRIES.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
George Pierce Baker.

The passing Of George Pierce Baker
Is a grievous loss to the American
theater as q cultural institution. But
the influence of his life will persist.
1t is, in fact, indelible. Through his
labors in English At" at Harvard
and Drama Al" at Yale he produced
o small army of followers who already
have lifted the stage toward authentic
esthetic significance and who in
decades yet to come will continue the
work 50 well begun. Eugene ONeill,
Sidney Howard, Robert Edmond Jones
and Lee Simonson are but q few of
those he set upon the road to achieve
ment and fame. And they in their
turn are helping others-by furnish
Evening star., 1935-01-08

Italian relations, but questions in
volving half q dozen other countries
in Central and Southeastern Europe.
The accord provides, first, for col
laboration between the Paris. and
Rome governments in preserving peace
in Europe, and, secondly, for appeasing
Italy's claims for expanded territory
and influence in Northern Africa,
where her colonial interests and do.
mains parallel those Of France. The
European aspect Of the entente
mainly concerns the status Of Austria.
The two powers pledge themselves in
effect to preserve Austrian indepen-
dence-to prevent, primarily, the alb
sorption Of that country by Germany
through the medium Of Anschluss
iunion). In addition, France and
Italy become the chief factors In q
pact of non-interference,. in which
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Yugoslovia-and Germany, If she is
willing-will join for the purpose Of
guaranteeing that none of the sigma
tory powers will intervene in the in
ternal affairs of any of the others.
On its face, this portion of the
Franco italian agreement would indi-
cate that Mussolini has been won over
to the French attitude of opposition to
revision of the World War peace trea-
ties, including rectification Of from
tiers. Hungary, hitherto with Italy's
tacit support, has been foremost in the
drive for revision, which was reSolutely
combated by the Little Entente states,
which were the chief beneficiaries of
the partition of the old Hapsburg
realm. Yet another significant result
of the Rome accord is the easing Of
the bitter Italo- -Yugoslavian situation,
development for which the Belgrade
government has to thank its powerful
French ally.
In the colonial sphere France makes
Italy various coveted and substantial
concessions. The 100000 Italians resi-
dent in Tunis are granted extended
rights, while certain strips Of territory
in adjacent French colonies and pro-
tectorates are ceded to Italy for in
corporation henceforward in Libya and
Italian Somaliland. A port and some
important railway privileges are said
TO be included in these arrangements.
Full details are lacking, but the African
settlement Is understood also to pro-
vide for French acquiescence in 1taly's
expansion plans in Abyssinia, a project
that at the moment is the object Of
vigorous Abyssinian protest at Geneva.
How the French and Italians reconcile
their private IDEAL" affecting the ter
ritory of fellow-member of the
League with their joint obligations un-
der the Covenant is somewhat obscure.
With prospective improvement in
Franco German relations as a result
of the Saar plebiscite and the compre-
hensive Franco Italian understanding,
the new year opens with the most ia
vorable outlook for peace that Europe
has faced in a decade. It is a con-
summation which the whole world
greets with qualification and strength
ened hope.
Evening star., 1935-01-08

moment for viewing the blooms ct
their very worst.
Such persons would resent loudly
the implication that they had done
any such thing, but the facts in the
case speak against them.
The truth is that their crime, II such
it may be called, consists mainly Of
consulting their own wishes, rather
than the evident desires Of others.
It Is the city complex, as 1t might
be called with much truth.
Few of us are free from 1t, owing to
the fact that we live at some distance
from our friends, in most cases, and
do not have them present with Us az
all times.
This is the surface explanation. The
deeper reason Is seated in the mind
itself, that scarcely-to-be explored
depth. Human beings seldom prefer
to consult the preferences Of others,
if they can get out Of doing it. City
life simply makes the path easy. The
fault, II 1t is such, must be placed on
humanity, not on urban living. 1t is
a growth of modern life. There were
always persons who acted mostly as
they pleased, with little reference to
the wishes Of others. The city makes
that way easier for the average per-
son.
The problem is recognized with all
its implications in large affairs, but
seldom put down on simple basis.
Putting it on such basis brings it
home to heart and bosom, as Bacon
phraSed 1t.
The inclination Of the strictly mod
ern mind Is to regard affairs as large,
momentous, weighty, rather than to
think of anything as trivial inconse-
quential, simple.
This view is an offshoot of high
pressure saleSmanShip, as selling by
making a nuisance Of yourself was
called. The phrase, "high-pressure
salesmanship," was itself proof Of
what we here say. 1t was, in essence,
an attempt, and q successful one for
a time, to boost nuisance-selling into
more public esteem. 1t would be
better to impress the customer with
a high-sounding phrase than ever to
permit him to see that such Q form
Of salesmanship was as simple as
discourtesy often makes itself. No
man would feel as offended at being
the butt of "high-pressure salesman
ship" as Of plain boorishness Of ap-
proach.
Selfishness might dictate needing
the desires of other persons.
1t ought to be evident that If q
friend plainly indicates that a GER
tain time is best for a certain viewing,
such as the garden, he may know
what he is talking about.
If he does, the time he indicates
will give the visitor the most pleasure,
everything taken into consideration.
1t may even outweigh convenience!
Just plain selfishneSs, then, ought
to come into this matter. Heaven
knows it comes into other matters;
there is no good reason why it should
be kept out of this one.
Is it kept out, as a matter of fact?
But the selfishness which tells one
to do what he wants to do, at exactly
the time he desires, without reference
to the desires of others, is peculiarly
urban in its implications.
1t means that the convenience Of
others is never consulted for an in
stant. Its penalty is that one may
not be as welcome as If the other
had been consulted.
Use the telephone more. That is
what 1t is for.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
BrOmides Will Not
Cure the Emergency

To the EDITOR OF Inc SLdT'
The impressive part Of the Presi-
dents speech to Congress is its failure
to consider the average man. The
new powers are going to bring down
the mighty private power" and ele-
vate the poor. The average man is
simply one of hundred million goats
who fall for the idea. The ordinary
citizen does not participate-he sim
ply hangs on for dear life and tries not
to get caught in the beneficent
changes that are being wrought-and
pays the bills.
The one glittering gem In the ad-
jectivous darkness is the proposal to
put people to work. Here, Of course,
the great majority who are "fortu-
nate" to have jobs don't count. OF
course, SO simple method as CATCH
ing up on forgotten projects, some
started back in 1776, by manning
short-handed Federal sweatships and
getting out those reams and reams Of
back work, will not be undertaken
until executives stop talking about
intelligence and use some. Instead,
we will have bromides and new
projects every minute to meet the
permanent emergency. In brief, by
creating useless work we will continue
to dodge civil service and expand
chiselers' paradise. Sounds like q
racket to me, but maybe I'm wrong.
J. H. BOYERS.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
The o-Italian Accord.

Peace in Europe has a new and
sturdy bulwark in the accord reached
at Rome on Monday between France
and Italy. After three days Of nego-
tiation, preceded by weeks of pre-
liminary discussion, Foreign Minister
Laval and Premier Mussolini formally
concluded an agreement whereby
long-standing differences between the
two great Latin nations are brought
to q mutually satisfactory end. The
pact comprehends not only issues
which have gravely embittered Franco
Evening star., 1935-01-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.
Are city people different?

Are city people differentp
There are some who think they
are, and one of the differences Is
this:
They always want to do what they
want to do, just the way they want
to do it, and especially at the time
they want to do 1t.
Some observers Of the urban scene
insist that this is typical city atti-
tude. Maybe 1t helps account for
the prevalent traffic situation.
No doubt 1t Is purely q state OF
mind. The city separates us, and
gets us into thinking mostly Of our
selves.
Then when we think Of some
thing, we can see no reason why the
other fellow will not genuinely accept
the plan.
The truth Is that most humans
need a little time to make up their
minds.
Especially in the city they do not
like to have the plans OF others thrust
upon them for immediate acquies-
cerce.
They want to be consulted.
This idea Of consultation Is a def
mite city idea, too.
1t differs from the ancient state OF
acceptance of what happens (just as
it happens) which holds sway in
country districts.
Even in such small matter as that
of dropping in" on neighbor. The
city person is more inclined to do
this without phoning first than his
country cousin.
Despite the tremendous number OF
telephone calls made in the modern
metropolis, very few OF them are In
regard to calling on others.
It is mostly case of lets get In
the car and take a ride" and then
when that ride happens to take them
past a certain home, in they come,
whether it suits the convenience OF
those within or not.
u Il X
It is Just a small instance of the
plain fact that city people prefer to
do what they want to do just when
they want to do it, without particu-
lar reference to others.
Let us put up a plea for a little
regard for these others, their mani
fest likes and dislikes, their reasons
for such preferences.
Surely they must have reasons!
If such are not plain, let us try
@A about IL ond cyiVn the fnlkc
credit for knowing what they are
about.
Perhaps they are not eccentrics
at all, but simply persons with good
common sense, who do know thing
or two, after all.
. Here is the garden enthusiast, who
knows exactly when his garden is at
its height, and plainly indicates that
he would prefer to have you call to
see it some Sunday afternoon. when
1t looks its best in the sunshine.
Why not give the fellow credit for
knowing his own garden, and when
it looks best? He is a critical chap
surely if 1t looks good to him. at
certain time, it will look good to the
rest of us.
But what do the callers do? Do
they not. invariably, appear upon the
scene after the prize blooms are with
cred, and almost always at times
of the day when the light is not right
at all?
Every one with a garden to display
has had this experience. Sometimes
it seems that visitors will wait pa
tiently for weeks, until the perfect