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The Washington times., 1935-09-25

WHETHER you 60 to school, to business
or just shopping, you'll find these wool
dresses right for the first cool days and ex-
cellent under a coat when Jack Frost comes
On the left is greige wool dress, simply
made with rundown collar under the
clever little plaid jacket. On the right is a
gray wool with bow at the neckline and
The Washington times., 1935-09-25

The Washington Times is
paying 81 for each FdUOrite
Recipe for pickles and reliSheS
published this week.
The Washington times., 1935-09-25

Tasty and appetizing It Is
when done to a golden brown
and attractivelv garnished. This
The Washington times., 1935-09-25
CREOLE CRAB GUMBo

CKEULE CkAB GUMBU
Every Creole family has its method of preparing
gumbo that has survived several generations is made
The Washington times., 1935-09-25
Tor
the Home
Clean Wounds

Clean wounds
A teaspoon of salt in a pint
of very hot water is valuable in
treating wounds such as caused
by rusty nails. etc, Hold wound
in solution as hot as can be
borne.
The Washington times., 1935-09-25

FITSC Jake THt uTeSS, SUCH as
the smart little frocks as we're
showing on this page today.
The Washington times., 1935-09-25

Cleans Shoes
If tan shoes become grease
spotted, clean with gasoline and
polish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
Looking at America
BY GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, April FL have been
w PANIED for raising a radio rumpus with
Huey Long and Father Coughlin and doing it
in undignihed English.
It is said that they ought to be given the
silent treatment and high-hatted out Of court.
I agree that there has been too much epithet
and as far as I am concerned it is at an end.
But the idea that they ought not to be de-
bated is 10 years behind the times. You might
as well try to give the silent treatment to a
thunderstorm or to high-hat a machine gun
nest. The printed word moves only a handful
compared to those who get their ideas over the
air. Our people speak three languages. One is
the stilted stuff of formal speeches. Another is
the emotional talk Of sermons.
The third is the easy, razzing language of
every day. Right while We are giving them
the silent treatment and the cold and froWn-
ing dignity of high brow oratory to the little
pinch of readers of editorials they are pouring
their ideas into millions of ears over the radio.
The average newspaper reader snorts at the
idea Of Huey giving everybody $4,000 a year or
Father Coughlin's unlimited increase in the
standard of living.
If he will take the trouble to listen to either
Of these men and to mix a little with their
hearers, he may change his mind.
n n n
T Asst Sunday Father Coughlin boosted that
- 4L las hAOAC 4OAAOWClO bAluA dAAN OA6QAlAGCA
bloc in America. He started to regiment them
by states. He ripped into Roosevelt for not
having already given farmers cost plus a profit.
He said that if they didn't get it they had a
right to overthrow this government, but that
they should try first by controlling Congress.
In February, he proved that he can build
enough of a fire under many congressman to
make them jump through a hoop. That would
be all right if what he proposed-however
radical-were possible. 1t is not possible.
eminent if he can not control Congress is an
other movement ever started in this country
because his whole appeal is to emotion and his
sole sanction is religion. He openly calls it a
crusade and his constant word is God wills it"
If we are going to sleep with our fingers
in that mouth we ought to have our heads
xamined.
1 know of not one single voice that has
challenged him.. His doctrine is, line for line,
the preaching on which Hitler took Germany.
His following is growing by leaps and bounds.
Politicians and even some parts of the press
are hiding in holes because they are afraid of
him. What he is now building up day by day
behind them will make them more fearful yet.
If what he breaches offered anything but
disaster to sufferers from this depression, he
ought to be encouraged. If it does not, he
ought at least to be debated. It does not. This
fear of him is bringing on the country without
any resistance whatever, a greater danger than
any we have ever faced.
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rights reserved. Reproduction in whole
or in part f%orbiddenl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
JUSTICE

LIGHT United States Supreme Court justices
II united in striking down the conviction Of
two Scottsboro defendants. The court held
that Negroes had been illegally barred from
acting as iurymen in the trials. Alabama now
must either dismiss the famous cases or re-
indjct and retry the defendants with Negro
iurymen on the panels.
This is the high courts second rebuke to the
prosecutors Of these Negro youths and their
companions. In November, 1882, the court or
dered retrials on the ground that Alabama had
denied the defendants due process on other
grounds.
In these two opinions the Supreme Court
has done much more than save the lives Of
obscure boys. It has done more than hea-ten
the faith Of 5000, 900 American Negroes in
their country's courts. It has helped re-
enforce the very foundations Of the republic.
II his first inaugural address Thomas JEFF
ferson said that equal and exact justice to all
men Of whatever state or persuasion, through
trials by juries impartially selected, forms the
surest bulwark against anti-republican ten
denotes. This is even truer today than in 1901.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
PAY ENVELOPES

IF others who oppose NRA's continuance
u make as poor showing as spokesman for
the minority group of clothing manufacturers
who have just completed their testimony.
there should be no doubt of the outcome. The
Senate Finance Committee hearing developed:
That before the NRA code was approved,
wages for clothing workers were as low as 81,
IS and Sc a week;
That the 10 manufacturers with the lowest
wage scale now pay an average weekly wage
Of SILT. and the 10 manufacturers with the
highest scale now pay an average of s2O29;
That the 10 lowest-pay manufacturers are
all members Of the Industrial Recovery AsSo-
citation of Clothing Manufacturers, which op-
poses NRA's continuance;
That nine % the 10 highest pay manufac-
turers are members of the Clothing Manu-
facturers Association of the United States,
which favors continuance.
Apparently the issue is drawn, with en-
ployers willing to pay more decent wages ask
ing two more years of NRA protection against
wage-cutting competitors. They deserve it.
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- R,o&IA-

on that light a little and see if we
can not see right On through the
generals column and find out what
is really behind it. And that, my
dear editor, would make much bet
ter copy than the prolonged sput-
tering Of the former head OF the
NRA.
No doubt you feel that you r
giving your readers both sides Of
the argument. Are you? I don't
think So. 1t is true that you have
been publishing each day a series of
pictures of the three persons most
talked of by almost every one today.
Also, there is a paragraph or two
under each picture, which by read
ing, the public is no doubt expected
to form their opinions, but why Is
it that the general is made to ap-
pear as a great soldier and public
servant, while Father Coughlin and
Senator Long are made to appear
as false leaders and ambitious
politicians? 1 think I can answer
this question. 1t is simply a scheme
of the real politician and capitalistic
controlled press to discredit these
men or for that matter, any one
else who is honest and has courage
enough to raise their voice and let
the people know exactly how this
situation really is. They must use
the radio for the press is denied
any who is really trying to lead
us out of the wilderness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
THE IRISH PAY

ITO show that an Irishman's word is as good
as his bond, and better than the bond of
some peoples who might be mentioned, the
Irish Free State is paying of some five million
dollars which American lovers Of liberty con-
tributed to the cause of Irish freedom IS years
ago.
Moreover, the Irish are paying of with in
t@erest, and without suggesting a compromise
settlement. and to debtors who have never
pressed for settlement. When the five millions
we're borrowed from individual Americans,
Irish freedom was only a dream. Even today
it is not a complete reality. but independence
has at least advanced to the point where Presi-
dent de Valera can. as he did yesterday, refuse
to attend the British kings silver jubilee cele-
bration-and get away with it,
Ties Of blood and liberal traditions bind
America and Ireland. The suggestion of the
Irish consul general. Mr.. McCauley, that
Americans trade more with Ireland should not
fall on deaf ears. Mr.. McCauley says that Ire
land buys IS times as much from America as
America buys from Ireland. Our reciprocal
tariff negotiators should hasten to provide bet
ter treatment for such a good customer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
NiURDERERS

CITY and county officials are perturbed
~ because Of the huge increase in automo-
bile fatalities his year as compared 10 the
same period last year. The death toll for the
first three months OF this year is almost
twice that Of the same period in 1894.
The Indianapolis Times has been seeking
some measure or means TO halt these unwar-
ranted automobile deaths for many months.
Il hss used its editorial and Jews columns day
after day to bring TO the attention Of a rid
ing n walking public the terrific dangers
that lurk ehind the mask Of carelesSneSs.
But there seems q be no remedy. It is
very evident that many Of the motorists and
pedestrians Of this city and county are a specie
OF low mentality who have little respect for
their own lives and none for the man. woman
or child who gets in their way.
The courts should not hesitate TO force the
law 70 the limit when a hit and run driver. or
one OF bis Tx. Is captured. No punishment is
too severe. The man OF woman who Is unablf
% diferentiate between his own t~houghtless-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
DEMANDS LIGHT" ON
JOHNSON-COUGHLIN FEUD

By Carl Reeves.
Give light and the people will
find their own way" That is in
deed exactly what is needed at the
present time. I have been a booster
of The Times for a great many
years, because I felt that It was the
one and only local paper that was
really striving to give the people
that light which they were need
ing 81 badly. In the last few weeks,
1 have come to the conclusion that
the light has begun to fade and
get dim.
I am referring to the stand your
paper has taken in regard to the
controversy between General john
son and Father Coughlin. Each
day I notice that The Times
publishes a Syndicated article by the
general, in which he never misses
an opportunity to say unkind things
about Father Coughlin o Senator
Huey Long, or as more often is the
case, both Of them.
Of course, I realize that what the
general has to say is not the fault
of your paper, but why not turn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
A is ATTACKED
ON PLAN

By L. W. DoOIey.
H. H. Evans, Newcastle:
I have read your letter published
in the Indianapolis Star, March %,
and am glad that you Rave told the
public what has been going on all
over the country in regards to the
Townsend plan.
1t is indeed remarkable that you
should be the guardian angel to in
form the misled public what is
happening. You single out one poor
old man that you say came to your
Office more than a year ago to have
you fill out an application blank TO
send to the Townsend Club at
Washington, D. c., and that he
must send 10 cents in silver and the
names of 10 persons that an apppli-
ton might be sent to them to sign.
You say you made out the appli-
cation, along with a lot Of others,
and through your kind generosity
did not charge anything for your
services. Now as a matter of fact there
was no Townsend Club in Washing
ton, D. c., a year ago. 1t is also a
fact that neither DR.. Townsend
nor any one connected with the or
%ganization ever requested any one to
pay for signing any petition. If
you know anything about the petit
tions you would see at the top of
each one a statement reading, do
not pay for signing any petition"
You say that they were selling
some kind Of a book explaining this
plan. You say your heart is al
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
THIS BOOKIE MATTEL
is REALLY ~PERPLEXING

By a Sleeper.
Ha! Ha! Halls my face red?
Here I thought gambling vas
against the law in Indianapolis,
where, right before my eyes here on
the front page it says: City BookieS
Closed-Twenty-O One Horse Betting
Joints Shut Indefinitely" No one
knows why. May open again in two
weeks.
Tuesday they were told that they
might run to and including yeSter-
day.
Was that dream real? 1t is about
time I woke up. Rip Van Wrinkle
had nothing on me. 1 dreamed that
the war was over; that the Demo-
cratic party was is power; that
Prohibition was OUT; that you
could buy lit" by the drink up and
down the avenue. 1t seems that
there were a lot of drives on slot
machines; that no place in u mo
Mean City" could you stroll in-slt
at a table and leisurely gaze over
a Form" bet your last dollar on
a sure thing" and go away broke.
Our police and the powers that be"
would not stand for any of that. I
even dreamed that I closely followed
in the newspaper a bill introduced
in Legislature to legalize horse rae
ing. Some thought it would ruin
our little Nell"; others thought that
if we did nothing worse than place
a bet we would be O.. k. But, "the
best man wins" SO they say and SO
to ave homes the bill was not
passed. Say, that dream seems real.
1t could not have been though, be-
cause, if here were no places open
they couldn't have been closed
and if they hadn't been closed they
could not reopen in two weeks,
if
Ho! Hum! guess I better wake
up. No telling what is going N.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
STRACHEY AND LASKI

TN a letter to the United States immigration
l. Commissioner, Rep. Amlie of Wisconsin
says in criticising the deportation order
against John Strachey, British author:
Il notice by the newspapers that Prof.
Harold Laski, of the London School of Econo-
mics, is to speak in New York City next week.
In my humble opinion Prof. Laski is the most
intelligent and competent political observer in
the world today. I have not read his latest
book, but from certain reviews which have ap-
peared in the press I would be led to infer
that Prof. Laski has come to very much the
same conclusions that have been reached by
Mr.. Strachey. -.
IF Mr.. Strachey is to be deported, then it
seems to me that the door is also open for the
deportation of Mr.. Laski. ..."
Well, Mr.. Amlie, don't think it would sur
prise the professor. He has a taste of such
medicine in the days of the Boston police
strike-the strike that plucked Calvin Coolidge
from obscurity. Mr.. LaSki, then lecturer at
Harvard. made the grave error of addressing
the wives Of the striking policemen.
The cutlery of outraged Bostonians was
something wonderful. The Boston Transcript
warned that respectable parents would have
to withdraw their sons from Harvard. The
Harvard Lampoon devoted an entire issue to
that was the last of Mr.. Laski at Harvard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
FOR SAFETY AT SEA

A CTION of the United States Senate in
- voting an investigation into the loss of
the liners Moro Castle and Mohawk is d re-
minder that these two disasters were never
properly cleared up. as far as the general pub
lie is concerned.
The Senate Commerce Committee will pro-
coed to take testimony, TO review the evidence
already assembled by the Commerce Depart
ment and the Department Of Justice, and to
work out some new legislative program to
make life and property safer on the seas.
1t is this last part of the job which is the
most important. We have a right to know
why these two liners we're lost; but the chief
value of that knowledge will be that it will
enable US to keep such things from happening
again. Something is decidedly wrong. some
where. and it is up to the Senate committee to
find out what 1t is and to set it right.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
Red Scare Act Rdpped

allow free speech? Freedom of
the press? Ask certain minority
groups in California.
Like other organizations, the
bulk of the American Legion are
unthinking men. They still feel
they made the world safe for
democracy" not thinking of the
relationships Immediately after
the war.
The unthinking person can
never realize that progress al
ways comes from minorities.
Dominating groups stand still.
The dominant power, especially in
a democracy, is the popular pow
er. Popularity breeds compla-
cency. Snug complacency never
sought for truth; never found a
cure.
The old and worn is ever cast
aside when a new and better is
found, and the honest, thinking
layman can not be fully satisfied
with the dominant political forces
of the day, SO I believe he will say
with me-more power to the mi
noritieS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
ANOTHER READER RAPS
JOHNSON'S COLUMN

By E. H. Henderson, Terre Haute.
A constant reader of The Times
for many years and an admirer of
its attitude toward constructive
criticism, fairness and honesty in
government, I am taking this OPP
portunity of registering my protest
against the adding of Gen. Hugh
S. Johnson to the staff of Times
writer's.
I contend that Gen. Johnson has
proved himself to be a gutter, I'M
fair and a disgruntled professional
politician. He was given the op-
portunity of proving his worth to
the country and proved out to be
a complete failure and was given
his unconditional and unquali-
fed release. I am at a loss to
understand what benefit his hys-
terical speeches and writings can
be to a paper like The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
ROOSEVELT SCORED AS
DEPRESSION PRESIDENT

BY r. R. G.
Referring to the article in The
Times of March 90, by "A Roose-
welt Follower" a correspondent
states that after Hoover got us into
the depression "he wants to come
in and tear down what President
Roosevelt has worked so hard and
intelligently to build up"
Will Mr.. Roosevelt Follower"
have the kindness to inform us
what it is that Mr.. Roosevelt has
built up? Can he by any chance
nave reference to thai colossal flop,
the MIRA? Or the air mail blum
der. or the blowing under Of crops
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

BY a Times Reader.
Be it understood, I do not sup
port the Communist movement, or
any other revolutionary movement,
nor do I belong to the American
Legion or any other r~eactionary
organization.
But the most shameful bit of
legislation brought up in Indiana
was sponsored by the American
Legion-the bill directed against
the Communists, but applied to
all minority parties, denying them
the ballot.
The Legion claims to be born
of patriotism and to uphold the
Constitution, still the Legion
would abolish our democratic
rights to vote for principles 9TH
er than those Endorsed by them
selves.
To this date, the Legion has
been more of a menace to con-
Stitutional America than the Com
muniSts. Where the Legion has
the power, do they allow a mi
nority group to assemble for a
redress of g%rievances?" Do they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
DISBELIEF
BY HARRIET SCOTT oLINICK

In autumn I beheld the truth
Through tears that blurred, but
did not fall.
I searched the flame and saffron
wood.
You made no answer to my call.
In winter I beheld the truth
With eyes grown cold and blank
with pain.
I knew that you were gone; were
dead;
Would not appear to me again.
In spring I could not grasp the
truth;
Could not believe you would
stay dead,
With hlacs purple on the bough;
With pear trees blooming over-
head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

and destroying live stock so that
retail prices have mounted to an
unreasonable level or car he refer
to the millions On the relief rolls?
Mr.. Roosevelt Followers" state
ments prove nothing except his ig-
norance of facts. If he is inter-
eSted, here is what Mr.. Roosevelt
has built up: The largest public
debt in our history and an unprec-
edented deficit and a huge politi-
cal machine financed by the funds
of the United States Treasury. Also
when did the depression end?
Business activity stands just where
it did n year ago, SO that puts
Mr.. Roosevelt in the same class with
Hoover-a depression President"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

most breaking with sympathy for
these old folk. If so, why did you,
out of your great generosity and
sympathy, fill out these petitions or
applications if you knew about all
this graft of selling books and pa
perS? I belong to the Northwestern
Townsend Club No. l of 900 members
and have turned in from this club
$4,000 petitions with genuine sigma
lures and no one ever paid a dime
to sign one of them, neither we're
there any paid solicitors. Now as
a matter of fact, Mr.. Evans, I don't
believe you know anything about
this plan. If you will buy a Town
send Weekly for 5 cents and read
it, you will probably be able to alb
serb enough of the principles to
change your mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
Daily Thought

Then they said n to another,
We do not well: This day is a day
of good tidings, and we hold our
peace: If We tarry till morning
light, some mischief will come upon
us.-n Kings, .7:9.
CPEAK, move, act in peace, as if
- you were in prayer. In truth,
this Is prayer.-Fenelon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02
The Message Center

(Times readers re inGited to cypress
their UieUs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have q chance.
Limit them to ESQ 1UGrds or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names 1oiII
be 4cithheld at request Of the letter
~irritRf.l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

ness and the value Of life and limb deserves no
sympathy.
To kill deliberately is murder. And for that
crime the penalty should be exacted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

A Boston school has added a course on
what to do with your spare time. But how are
those with the most spare time going to afford
the course?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

Hoover's prediction that grass will grow
on the streets may come true yet, if these
dust storms continue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

Remember the good old days, when the
people used to support the government, and
not vice versa?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval has
admitted being a fervent believer in pacts as
the best safeguard of peace. BY now, some
one has probably sold him the Eif1el Tower.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-02

Under the rev anti-heart balm laws, wom-
en- will have to stop using the males to de-
fraud.