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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
A SMART MOVE

IN the last few years. the indianapolis park
- system has gained a nationwide reputa-
ton as being one OF the outstanding recrea-
tionaI and beauty units in the nation. True,
indianapolis had the foundation for real
park and golf course system many years ago
but 1t has only been recently that these sites
actually have borne their worth.
Much Of the credit for revamping and beau
tifying these open-air centers must 60 to
A c. Sallse, superintendent Of parks. Mr..
Sallee has held the post for the last five years
and now he has been renamed by the Kern
administration.
To have failed &c rename Mr.. Sallee would
have been failure to the citizens of Indian
apolis. There is no reason why he should
not have been given the responsibility to carry
on the job he so ably has performed.
It must be said for the present city adj
ministration that politics was not able to
unseat a man whose capabilities are far supe-
rior 10 those Of most politicians.
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REALTORS SHOULD NOT
OBJECT TO HOMESTEADS
Bv Fred D. Roper.

BY Fred D. Roper.
The Indianapolis Real Estate
Board could do the community a
great service by not interfering with
the proposed subsistence homestead
project which may be located near
indianapolis. I am conscious Of the
reasoning of this group of men and
it can not be denied that there is
a note of SelfShneSS in their objec-
tions. I also own some real estate
which, at the present time, shows
more liability than asset and there
seems to be no immediate hope for
improvement. However, there is a
broader and more humanitarian
principle involved than the real es-
tate board has thus far acknowl-
edged.
There is a vast army of people
housed inadequately. 1t has long
been the case and will so continue if
the matter is left to the discretion
Of selfish interests.
The realtors did not improve
housing conditions for the under
privileged class in the boom days of
1927 and they can not be expected
to do so now.
So far as Negroes are concerned
they have always faced the spectre
of restricted districts. 1t is also a
matter Of common knowledge that
IS per cent of the Negro applica-
tons for improvement funds are de-
clined, marked Rejected because Of
undesirable locations"
Therefore it would seem that il
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SPRING CLEANING

THE netherworld Of crime felt the fun force
Il Of an aroused government yesterday when
1900 treasury men led this oountry's biggest
drive on smugglers. counterfeiters. bootleggers,
dope peddlers. racketeers, lotterymen and othel
violators Of Federal law.
The drive was spectacular affair punctu-
ated at times by gun fire. It spread from
coast TO coast. operated from land. sea and air,
netted many hundreds OF big and petty GRIM
inals
DiSquieting were some Of the strange har-
vests OF the raids-a counterfeiting ring oper-
atng a great bogus money plant in the very
shadow Of sing Sing at Ossining, n Y. nest
Of narcotic dealers delivering dope by plane
from New York to the nations capital; huge
conspiracy Of stills in the heart of dry
Georgia; large-sCale smuggling of dope
through the seaports Of three coastlines.
These merely suggest the extent and bold
ness Of crime and criminals.
The new drive is significant in that it
dramatizes the intelligence, will and effective
ness Of the various Federal law-enforcing units
cooperating for the first time. AS a treasury
official said. it VIII impress the criminal ele-
msnt violating internal revenue laws with the
tremendous Federal powers against them"
II is more significant in that the Federal
officials worked closely with local police. If
crime IS checked il viii be through the CO.
operation Of al the agencies Of the law
national. state. county. city and town.
We believe. however, that sporadic on
slaushts such as these no matter how dra-
matte. are less effective IN themselves than
steady. unremitting law enforcement. The
government can capture a relatively few. scare
more for time. When the drive is over the
criminals viii become bold again.
We shall hope that this is not Just q spring
cleaning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
PROFITS OF SCANDAL

IN liqudating his stamp scandal, Postmaster
l. General Farley will also help to liquidate
the Postoffice Department deficit. Difference
is made here to the departments actual def
cit, and not to the paper profit which Mr..
Farley shows by not listing postal subSidiesO
So much publicity was given to Mr. Farley's
indiscreet gift of souvenir stamps to collector
friends that stamp enthusiasts from all over
the country have sent in orders for duplicates.
Between a million and half and three mil
lion dollars worth of the stamps according to
estimates, will be sold through the philatelic
window, nearly all clear profit to the depart
ment.
These stamps will not be used to send let
tiers through the mail, but will go into col
lectors albums. where the great-great-grand-
children Of present-day collectors can look at
them and recall the time when laundering
politician tried to Tammanyite the art Of
phiiately.
Having experienced the wrath of'the phila-
telists, Mr.. Farley probably will not care to
offend again. But he did, inadvertently, dis
cover a new way to tap an old source of rev.
enue.
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time relief has been costing the government
$50 a second. 81 hours a day. seven days a
week.
the pubic works plan but other essential
bills, including NRA, labor board and social
security. With two and half months of the
session already gone, Congress has hardly
started the long program before it.
It is not fair TO attribute all Of this delay
to deliberate obstruction, for some of it has in
volved sincere differences Of opinion as to the
best methods of providing relief. Neverthe-
less, some Of the groups have been playing
politics TO put the Administration il a hole
Such politicians should beware the boomerang
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Capital Capers
by GEORGE ABEL

A FABLE DR.. Leo Rowe, director general of
n the Pan-American Union, returned to
Washington yesterday after fulfilling one of his
ambitiOns-a visit to every country in South
America.
After go to the Dominican Republic, which
hope to do next February" he beamed, Il
will have been to every country in both Central
ana South America and the West Indies"
Venezuela was the only nation in South
America so far unvisited by ubiquitous Leo. He
waxed enthusiastic about his reception there.
Il was overwhelmed" he exclaimed. Il felt
rather embarrassed in fact :. everything was
wonderful"
Caracas dazzled him.
Our legation in that city is magnificent .
perfect climate full of historical interest.
-. They gave two receptions for me-"
As TO his trip
Perfectly lovely . not a dull moment.
Venezuela he found fascinating.
Its as delightful in July as in December
Ambassadors and ministers from Latin Amer
lean countries greeted DR.. Rowe on his return
with paesns of welcome. His phone rang con-
tinuously. Flowers adorned his desk. 1t would
have been only fair if diplomats had sent little
gifts of fruit and candy-Such as maticulous Dr.
Rowe himself Invariably sends to arriving en-
voys.
TWEED SUITED smiling but somewhat retl-
Il cent, H. G.. Wells, British author, arrived
in town, met newsmen, posed for photographs
called on Senator Huey Long, Senator WllnaIl
z. Borah made a few terse comments on events
in general
A correspondent ouizzed
Mr. Wells what will the future orlng?
Never reticent about his own WRITINGS
Author Wells replied
Read my book, The Shape OF innings 10
Come
CECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL
y veteran Tennesseean, likes everything that
comes from his native state.
He therefore noted with pleasure tnaG tne
pencils he now uses to scribble diplomatic noCeS
are made in Tennessee. 49,
How it happened Quarterly nlos LOT Une
United States lead pencil supply are asked by
the procurement division. Contract Tor une
present quarter was awarded to SneIOyVlI4e
(Tenn.) concern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16

THE state administrations liquor bill has
a been under fire since IL was first INTRO
dured IN the Legis'stu but apparently Gov
Paul Y. nrcNutt has proved himself real exec
utive in his selection Of the men who viii COM
pose the state liquor commission and interpret
the rev Law.
First 10 be mentioned on the commission
IS David 4. Myers. a Republican and former
Supreme and Appellate Courts judge Mr..
Myers spent % years Of his life on the Su-
preme Court bench and some Of the greatest
decisions in the last two decades have been
passed upon by him
Russell j. Ryan. former Marion County
suuerior Court Judge and former attorney for
the Indianapolis Park Board, Is a Democrat
with legal BACKGROUND that would be hard
to surpass in a man Of his age. Mr. Ryan
knows Marion County and Indianapolis and
the problems Of this area. This knowledge,
linked wish his legal and judicial experience,
should make him valuable as commission
member
Quiet. unassuming Henry A. Quigley is an
other member Of the board. Mr. Quigley's
business and administrative judgment often
have been tested IN the trying times that be-
set his home city OF KokOmO. where he for
merry was Republican Mayor.
If Mr.. Quigley exercises the same balance
Of thought and plan that he practiced in Ko-
komo he should be able to aid remarkably
in ironing out many Of the neat problems that
VIII face the new commission.
Experience in having handled the beer and
liquor situation in Indiana for many months
is the support that Paul Fry. excise director
and chairman Of the commission. will have to
offer to his colleagues. Mr.. Fry has struggled
through an uncharted sea since he took over
the Tost. The difficulties Of administering
liquor law IL Indiana are not new to him.
All in al Gov. McNutt has placed at his
right in the liquor court" a group of men
who Will be able to handle any problem that
Is presented For the sake of the people of
Indiana who have raised vigorous objections to
the liquor law. it viii be well if this commits
sion is permitted to follow its dictates without
reservation.
If these men fail to administer this law to
the best interests OF every one concerned then
We doubt If Gov. AIcNutt or any other state
executive ever viii be able to assemble a more
worthy quartet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
Liberal Editorial Praised

thought know how to work out
this problem, they are certainly
holding out on u.s..
1 notice a news item in the
same issue of The Times bearing
statistics of building activities of
II countries with Switzerland
leading with 1T per cent normal
and the United States trailing
with 15.5 per cent of normal.
This is certainly bad enough
compared with other capitalist
countries, but suppose Russia had
been included? BY the way, why
was Russia not included? I Won
der if that would not have been
too significant, the only country
that has abolished the profit mo-
tive, leading the list with 200 Or
800 per cent.
Well, I am afraid that if So
ciety is content to wait for the
students Of the conservative school
of thought to bring us out Of the
fog we will be cropping around in
the dark for long time to come.
If they can't make a start in six
long years they couldn't complete
the job in 500 years.
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N. Whitcomb-st, in Wayne Town.
ship, as to what a menace they are
and as to why the law doesn't help
these residents every summer.
However, fortune telling is the
least of the evils these people prac-
tice and the real reason they were
run out of town the law can tell,
but why not lay off the fortunes
tellers? Or else give a more plau-
sible reason, Mr.. Bowman.
Editors Note--Mr. Bowman is presi-
dent of the American Spirituallst Assoc
citation, Inc.
WESTBROOK PEGLER UNDER
FIRE FOR COMMENTS ON AGED
By Reader. -,-
We aged people can answer
Scripps- Towards tart, smart West
brook Pegler.
Our opinion is that he seems to
know so much about old people we
think he is more guilty than they
are. If his mother is living she
should be ashamed to have given
birth to q son that would write and
say that she was an itchy old
woman" Even his photograph If
studied, is quite enough for his
guilty carelessness of his makeup,
Words can not express the minds Of
old people on his type.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
FAVORS PLAN TO PENSION
THOSE TOO OLD TO WORK
y Mrs. Joseph Lew

BY Mrs. Joseph Levi.
I was just reading Ada Douglas
letter in Message Center and I Just
have to express my opinion on what
she has written. Of course if she is
lone woman she deserves work,
but if she is old enough she should
receive a pension and all old people
that are not able to work should be
pensioned.
The greatest recovery act that
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
could pass, regardless of what
Congress says, would be to pay the
old age pension OF $50 month, pay
off the bonus to the World War
veterans. give the young men the
work and stop this depression, and
open up the factories so we can
have this world back to normal.
My husband is Sc years old, was
CWA worker until last March,
1884. when he got hit in the eye.
He has been twice at Louisville
Marine Hospital and has cataracts
coming on his eye and can't he
operated on for about six months.
He is not able to work, they have
stopped his compensation and 1
work at washing, and have almost
all of my 81 years of welded life,
but am not so young any more.
think in order to raise this
money for pensions and bonus, Mr..
Roosevelt should demand so much
from each millionaire to help pay
these two bills, as you know their
sons did not put themselves up for
targets like our poor class did. But
there is one thing, when they have
to leave this world they are no more
thought Of than the poor class IN
the sight Of God.
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So They Say.

am the pitcher in the family, not
my wife. And as long as I'm doing
the pitching, I'll do the deciding for
myself.-Lefty Gomez, New YORK
Yankees pitcher.
1t must be possible for two great
nations to shake hands.-Adolf
Hitler.
The people Of Paraguay have SUI
fered so much and have such an
exalted patriotism that they are de-
termined that there shall be no
peace without security. - Meredith
Nicholson, author.
I am not God, but millions Of peo-
pie think I am and I'd like them
to believe Father" M. j. Divine
of New York's Harlem.
am optimistic for the first time
since 1929. The outlook is good not
only in Europe and the United
States, but in South America also
F. B. Patterson, Dayton co. bust
ness leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
OBJECTS TO ARTICLE
ON FORTUNE TELLERS

BY Irritated.
am a constant reader of the
Message Center. Of all the contri-
buttons I've read in the last two
or three years the one by Arthur M.
Bowman caps the climax, the sap
piest of many sappy letters, the
snoopiest Of the shoppers.
What does Mr.. Bowman expect to
get out of this prying into other
peoples affairs? Does ne belong to
spiritualist organization which
might profit from this persecution,
or does he admit he has asked some
medium questions and received I'M
satisfactory answers?
Why can't people mind their own
business? Is Mr.. Bowman's motive
the saving of other peoples money
or just the spleen Of narrow mind
ed, shopping reformer? Prohibition
was one sample of such motives.
You've seen the results Of it and
nearly every other effort to control
peoples methods Of spending their
money.
The gypsies spoken Of are a men
ace, that I'll admit, even can prove.
If any one doesn't believe they are
let them question the residents of
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BY Cloverdale Subscriber.

BY Cloverdale Subscriber.
Please allow me a little space in
your Message Center to congratu-
late you on your liberal editorial
entitled Business and Employ
ment" that appeared in the March
II issue and which showed the
enormous spread between produc-
ton and wages.
We will have to agree with you
when you contend that society is
up against the knottiest problem
it has had to deal with, but I
think that your average American
citizen who, you say, will not &C
cept the Marxist theory that this
problem can't be worked out under
a profit system COR lack Of sys-
tenn had better look around him
and make a few comparisons for
himself.
Let him compare the progress of
the United States with that of
Russia, for the last six or eight
years. He should not go to the
Hearst press for his information
on the progress of Russia. If the
students of any other school Of
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the Federal government is willing
to lend hand where our local
agencies refuse to help and where
the happiness and welfare of the
underprivileged human beings are
so vitality concerned, then it i'll be-
comes local real estate men to reg
lister the least objection.
If these men would stay the hand
of the government in such matters,
let them come forward with better
plans.
The idea of better housing is in
the air. 1t will not diminish but in
crease in force until it checks with
our claims of a Christian civiliza
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
LAUDS ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR SUPPORTING MEASURE
By ]. Ed Smith.

BY J. Ed Smith.
Just a word of commentator on
your editorial, THE Alibi Bill"
which appeared during the closing
of the session, urging its passage. I
am glad to note that it passed, and
am sure that it will prove to be
everything that you claimed for it.
Praise is due Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz
Jr. for his interest in the measure,
which I understand he advocated
previous to the meeting Of the Gen
eral Assembly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
NRA DEFENDED AGAINST
GEN. JOHNSON'S ATTACK.

BY Jack Kaye.
1 have looked in vain in your
paper to find editorial comment rel
alive to General Johnson's series
of articles that appeared recently
in a popular weekly magazine. 1
think any person interested in NRA
should take time to read them. The
general gives us back-stage peep at
the organization and adminiStra-
ton of NRA and makes us realize
what a tremendous undertaking 1t
was.
He makes it quite clear that the
NRA has not beer carried out as
was originally intended. He says
that its weakest link is code en-
fo1cement and always has been. If
NRA is to go, what alternative have
we which will stand us any hope?
Any plan in order to be success
must have wholehearted support
and cooperation.
After reading the articles, 1 came
to the conclusion that L was sup
posed to be convinced that every
thing was wrong with NRA but
General Johnson. Furthermore, l
should at once write to Congress
men and demand that General
Hugh Johnson be reinstated as
chief of NRA, but after all think
that the fact of the Blue Eagle
rests to a great extent with us all
1t is the first plan to ever offer
direct aid to the worker. The little
fellow" in business should stand
behind the worker because it is the
worker who buys his goods, rot the
millionaire. Let us give the Blue
Eagle a real chance and put some
of those stock dividends into wage
increases instead of bonds. The
NRA may be full of flaws but it is
more desirable than any of the isms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
HASTEN WORK-RELIEF

Nov that satisfactory wage compromise
L has been passed. the Senate should
speed the passage OF the important works.
relief bill. Too many weeks have gone by
without action. and al during this debating
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
The Message Center

(Times readers are tnUited to cypress
their UieWS in these columns. Make your
letters short. so all can haze a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 1Cords or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names 1ciH
be 10ithheId at request Of the letter
lCFitePJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
AMARU
BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK

BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
She moved with swinging, SHINING
grace. ~
She thought of lovers in the night.
Her lips were crimson petals warm
Against her sharp teeth, flashing
white.
She nitied those who know no love.
she was so young; she watched
the moon
Reel down the sky at festivals I.
Before the weeks Of wild mon-
soon.
she lived for love; she laughed for
love.
She moved for love; she kept its
pride.
She loved her lovers each in turn.
She loved, and for love she dieA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
Daily Thought

Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.-Colos-
slams 80.
livery life has its actual blanks
II which the ideal must fill up. or
which else remain bare and profit
less forever.-J. w. Howe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16

United States viii transport stranded mid
western families to Alaska. Just when they
were beginning to think it was Uncle sam
attitude that they could go to a warmer Gil
mate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16

Hairdressers converting in Cleveland agree
that all women viii be bald in the next CEN
tury. Too late TO help the poor guy who comes
home now with q blond hair on his coat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16

In event the Townsend plan goes through
it might be well to explain to Dad that if ne
lies back and goes to sleep, the RoIs-Royce
won't trot back to the barn by itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16

The government has paid on lot OF It's
debt with profits made when it devalued the
dollar To, an Administration like that, 1t
ought to be no trick at all to produce funds
for the Townsend plan, work-relief, etc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16

We always thought that. at least with the
men, pink slips that revealed figures were
popular
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THE LIQUOR BOARD

SATURDAY. MARCH ls. 1885
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