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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
ROMANCE HAS NOT DIED

ME day Of rip-snorting romance at sea is
supposed to have ended about the time
when the steamboat showed the last of the
square-riggers of the main sea lanes.
But romance doesn't depend on the trap
pings Of tradition. AS long as there are
oceans to be crossed and men to cross them
there will be adventure, and romantic things
can happen TO a seaman today Just as we'll
as they did 100 years ago.
Consider, for instance the surprising
things that befell a young man named j.
Ancil Bayette. who went TO sea for lark last
June after graduation from the University
Of Florida.
Bayette shipped on a four-masted schoon-
er for st Vincent. in the Cape Verde Islands
The schooner had a load Of lumber and au-
tomooiles. and it Immediately ran into very
heav1 weather-So heavy that it took ia days
to make the trip whereas even Columbus did
it in co.
Anyway OIL arrival at st. Vincent, the
skipper got into difficulties with me owners
and was dismissed. And then. by a freak
of chance, young Bayette, fresh out of coll
lege. was put In command. and the schooner
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
CHILDREN AT PLAY

DLAY. like so many other things in our
l. youth, used TO be free for children" There
we're the cow pasture baseball diamond, the
old swimmin' hole, the woods and its streams
for trapping and fishing. Today Sc per cent of
all Americans live in cities, and unless the
cities provide Fairgrounds, parks and other
recreational facilities, children must play on
the streets and sidewalks.
The depression has pinched city budgets,
on the one hand, and sent into streets 100000
unemployed youths, on the other. The result
is that play centers are underbuilt, made
quate and congested.
Ten million urban children are still with
out Fairgrounds" says a report of the Ma
tional Recreation Association. "Neighbor-
hood playing fields are only about 30 per cent
adequate The indoor recreation centers should
be more than doubled to meet the need for
them. The greater part Of the task of provid
ing recreational opportunities lies ahead"
From now on urban America should plan
for play as seriously as it has planned for
work in the past. And especially should it
have ample space and facilities for children to
run and stretch their legs in sport Children
at aolay are not problems in disease, juvenile
delinquency or crime.
Here is a legitimate call upon the cities,
states and nation now planning gigantic work
relief projects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

home from Jefferson Barracks, Mo
Then along came the draft and 1
was one of the first called, without
claiming any exemption. 1 passed
the examination and served q
months with the drafted army, but
did not go overseas.
Now, Mr.. Regular Soldier, it did
not take me long in the service to
find out that the 90 per cent that
you speak of were not yellow, but,
to be brutality frank, they had more
sense than you and 1 had and 1
will shake hands with any of them
today and say, "Buddie, you were
a scholar and a gentleman"
You complain about the hardShips
of 1917. 1 went through that, too,
and I am not kicking. because I
know the boys who were at Chateau
Thierry and the Argonne went
through much worse.
You are kicking because you can't
Join the v. F. w. If you were over
seas, you are eligible for member
ship. If you were not, where did
you get those two wounds you speak
about? Did you fall off your bed
while doing bunk fatigue?"
I have two BOYS coming up and
should l live to see them face the
same kind of a crisis that we faced
back in 1917, unless it would be an
invasion of our own country, my
admonition to them will be, Wait
for the draft" And I had as many
CUTS as you in 1917.
In closing, I want to add if you
are not eligible for the v. F. W.,
why not get that chip of your
shoulder and join up with the
American Legion, an organization
that does not discriminate against
either domestic or foreign service?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

THE terrible dust storms in the West are
L producing a change in popular attitude
which years Of earnest argument and prophecy
failed to achieve.
For several decades experts in soil con-
servation warned the nation that it was
wasting its most priceless possession. But, on
the whole, the people remained Indifferent,
and so did their public officials. Now the dust
storms. with their dramatic toll of human life
and overnight destruction of vast areas of
farm lands, have shaken the people. The de-
mand that the government do something to
check the spread Of a man made desert has
reached panic proportions.
The alarm is justified.
But a discouraging feature of the new de-
mand is the utter dependence with which the
people look to the national government to
perform a miracle. True, washington should
and will spend hundreds of millions of dol
lars. There is no other adequate credit to be
used to fasten the loose soil by planting trees,
shrubs grasses and improbable erosion resist
ing crops But aggressive cooperation by state
and local governments and the owners Of land
is also needed.
1t is obvious" Director Bennett of the U 5.
Erosion Service says. that this is not bat
tie to be fought solely by the government. The
whole people must be aroused If we are not
to lose the battle"
State governments have duty even more
important TO long range success Of erosion con-
troll than all of the Federal governments pros
pective expenditures. State governments have
jurisdiction over lands privately owned. Ihey
should exercise their power by prohibiting
further misuse of private lands by farmers
and cattle and lumber men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
Germany Doesn't Want War

feeling of solidarity, free from all
class prejudice, for the whole
community; public life that will
be upright in its behavior, decent
in its literature and its art.
Such ideals are the expression
of a movement which means a
moral and spiritual reform which
desires to liberate and recreate
the German soul, stifled under the
errors Of the pre-war period, the
ruins Of the war, the dust of the
revolution and of international
bad faith.
With an understanding of the
soul of the new Germany, it is
difficult to visualize a recreation
Of the old militaristic regime.
No German wishes for war. He
who has lived long years in the
mud in constant proximity to
anguish and death has no wish to
renew the agony. The majority
Of the leaders of the National So
cialist organization are eX-Service
men. These men staked their
lives for their country in the
World War; today they stake their
lives on the reality Of national in
terests which is. after all, the very
antitheSis Of war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

BY p. G.
AS an interested reader of your
paper and as a student of modern
problems, I am offering the fol-
lowing article to you for publica-
ton.
The rumors Of a Germany pre-
pairing joyfully for war are
grotesque, the fruit of imbecility
or conscious falsehood. Notwith-
standing the national movement
it will never renounce the old
German tradition of arms, its
virility and valor, or the educa-
tional formative school of the
army.
The third reich has been
founded upon the basis of a re-
ligious and Christian conception
of the world; a moral foundation
to any and every system Of gov
eminent; a strong central power
and authoritative and stable gov
eminent; an honest and honor
able administration social
sentiment founded on the love of
ones neighbor and respect for all
honorable work; for every honest
son of toll though he have
ragged coat and horny hands; a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
A. n. P. A. AND CHILD LABOR

From the New York World Ttlegraml
THE American Newspaper Publishers As
Il ISOLATION is circularizing its members with
editorial attacks on the Child Labor Amend
ment The World Telegram is a member Of
this national organization Of daily newspapers.
But this newspaper also happens to be an ac-
tive advocate of the Child Labor Amendment.
So We desire herewith to repudiate the ac-
ton Of the A. n. P. A. committee, which we
believe is doing distinct disService to Ameri-
can newspapers generally.
There is a legitimate field for the activity
Of the 4. n P A. functioning as trade
association. 10 advance the legitimate interests
If the publishers. when these interests do not
run counter to the public will. However. be-
cause OF the special privileges accorded the
American press under our form OF government,
newspapers can not act as special pleaders
for their own interests without compromising
the special position they occupy IN the public
confidence and esteem
With any newspaper worthy OF public sup
mort and confidence, public service must come
before sef-service. Nothing could SO greatly
damage American journalism in the eyes Of
the public than for it TO make OF itself
reqimented pressure group comparable TO the
National Association OF Manufacturers or the
American Federation Of Labor.
These are Days OF widely divergent views
an vital public policies. a truly independent
rreSs. giving full and free expression TO d.
,,,rosrt views is the implement by which vital
ouestaors can be fully aired and sane poacies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
ALL VETERANS SHOULD
HAVE NATIONS RESPECT
BY william VI. Easter.

We have been called everything
from reds to treasury robbers and
now we are called cry babies and
yellow. If the Regular, Soldier" will
look at the records of the various
combat divisions he will find out
how yellow they were or how much
crying was done.
He said he had attended their
open meetings and all they did was
brag. The ones he heard, about SO
per cent, never saw any service at
all. am a member of the V. 2. w.
and any time this Regular Sol
der" wants TO look at my discharge
he is at liberty TO do so. We have
nothing against the domestic service
men. Il was not their fault that
they we're not ordered across, but
call the soldiers, sailors and marines
of the A. z. F. cry babies and yellow
/ is not to be thought Of for one min
ute. This man does not seem 10
understand that there we're thou
sands Of regular army men in the
A. E. F and also there we're many
who tried to enlist but were turned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
MOTHER PLEADS AGAINST
son GOING TO WAR
Rv a RTofber
BY a Mother.

BY Mother.
There is so much talk of war and
there seems to be a possibility of
the United States getting into it. 1t
is terrifying to all. but mothers will
know the supreme heartbreak of
seeing their young sons. many of
them scarcely more than children,
marching of, perhaps to be shot
down. These boys who have not
really lived yet. Who knows what
great men some Of them might be-
come If only they we're allowed to
live their lives War is such an
idiotio thing We might expect bet
ter things of the people Of this en-
lightened time.
But why must they take the very
young boys? They can not vote I'M
til they are 21 Why must they be
compelled to fight until then? They
would hardly know what it was all
about.
Won't all the parents and others,
too, who are against war write 10
Washington and say so? I am the
mother Of a fine son and I am
heartbroken over the very POSSIBLE
ity Of war. There are so many other
equally fine boys who give such
promise of valuable manhood later.
This mother has written to Rep.
Ludlow of Indiana at Washington
Won't the other parents write also?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
RECENT LETTER
CALLED "TRIPE"

BY F. A. Shaw.
Having time to waste, I read in
your Message Center" issue Of
April a letter supposed to be from
a Regular Soldier" and after read
ing same I am convinced that your
paper is the third rater of Indian
apolis for publishing such "tripe
This Regular Soldier" starts out
by emphasizing the fact that he
is expressing a few words, but 1t
takes him beyond his anticipation
to explain his dull mind.
His suffering untold agonies" 60
ing from camp to camp, boy that's
a hot one! He must have been a
latrine sergeant, or on permanent
K. P. duty-or perhaps the straw
in his mattress was his diet for
shredded wheat and he couldn't
take it. Ye gods! What a soldier!
And he was wounded twice, that's
the one that gets me-but they tell
me that our alien camps were some
times severe and the mess kit knives
few thick and fast. or perhaps his
wounds were from flying hatplnS OF
a blond who insisted on eliminat-
ing chiselerS.
Now his remark; I'VE BOYS can't
join the V. F. w. God forbid be-
cause We weren't overseas" Well
that's a break for that lance cor
poral.
Having been among a lot Of ex-
soldiers (squawkers not included
I've never heard any Of the real
ones shout about their s125 a day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
IRREGULAR SOLDIER" is
RAPED BY READERS
IN Annfher Regnlal


would like to ask the guy who
called himself an enlisted man how
he got wounded twice and never left
the United States. He must have
been a Weakling himself to have
suffered so much agony while simply
walking a post. He didn't make the
allotment to his mother because he
was required to send her part of his
pay.
If anybody asked me, I would say
that any soldier who talks the way
he does was wounded before he
joined the Army. I was a regular
myself and in the Sixteenth Infan-
try and I believe I can tell him
something. I did not fight myself
since I was a cook, but I saw those
who did Nearly all of those in
France who did not go to the front
were regulars of his type. There
were as many drafted babies, as
he calls them, as there were regu-
lars in the regular divisions because
of the requirements drafted.
The children, he says, we're afraid
to walk post, and I am telling you
this and get it straight-some Of
those drafted babies were under
machine gun fire longer than he
ever walked a post. There were
regulars as we'll as others who Wor-
ried about wives and sweethearts.
He says he can't get in the Vet
Grams Of FOreipO Wars and no doubt
they are not worried because they
wouldn't admit a man of his type
even though he we're eligible. Their
members could walk post without
suffering untold agony.
In closing, I will say that the in
fantry boys think more of their
drafted buddies than they do Of
the enlisted kind that roamed
from camp to camp to stay at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
REGULAR SOLDIER
GETS ANSWER

I wish TO say a few words in de-
Tense Of the drafted soldier who was
so unjustly criticized in the April 8
issue of your paper by a Regular
Soldier"
When the United States entered
the war. 1 volunteered for service.
After a few days Of appearing be-
fore this. doctor and that, I was
declared physically unfit and sent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
The Message Center

(Tmes readers are tnvited to cypress
their UietOs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so on can hare n chance.
Limit them to ESQ toOrds or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names toiH
be 40ithheld at request Of the letter
fCriter.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
So They Say

Only when you have worked alone
when you have felt around you
black gulf Of solitude more isolatinZ
than that which surrounds the
dying man, and in hope and in
despair have trusted to your own
mistaken will-then only will YOU
have achieved The late Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
There is no sadder sight in the
world than aimless, dispirited youth.
The Prince Of Wales.
am going to America to improve
my mind.-H. G. Wells, British
author.
America Is on the verge Of real
economic recovery-Gen. Charles G.
Dawes.
You wouldn't call it smart tn
discard your aces in card game.
would you? Well, that's what the
American League has done. dis
carded Babe Ruth. its ace Of dia-
monds. Rogers Hornsby, manager
Of the st. Louis Browns.
The German government has but
one moral and national aim-to
safeguard the worlds peace.-Adolf
Hitler.
Wen tell foreign countries, we
don't want war. but we want peace
and If you bother US we'll knock hell
out Of you. Representative VIII
liam P. Connery Of Massachusetts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

down, only to be taken in the draft.
Is it any fault Of theirs that they
were drafted? The thing to be done
is to respect all who wore the uni
form whether they saw foreign serV-
ice or not.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
Daily Thought

All nations before him are as
nothing: and they are counted 70
him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah, 40:l7.
TAKE away from mankind their
Il vanity and their ambition, and
there would be but few claiming TO
be heroes or patriots.-Seneca.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
Because of You
BY DAISY MOORE BYNUM


I thought that lore was full Of bliss
And 1oyOusness end gay romance.
I find that love IS full OF pain
And shocking fear and dread sus-
penSe.
I thought that love was calm and
still
As summer skies are. after rain,
I find that love is raging wild
With seething Joy akin 70 pain.
I thought that love would dry my
tears
And bring me rapture. fresh as dew,
But love mas brought a broken heart
Which I shall keep because Of you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

After agreeing in matter Of guardianship OF
upside down" girl, her father is reported to
have had change OF heart. The family seems
tc have more than its share Of physical pc
cuharities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
WAR JUSTIFIABLE' DURING
ACTION, HE ASSERTS
By John stewart

BY John Stewart
Some fictitious characters in liter
azure serve as types for philosoph-
ical bases or for psychological
trends, but seldom do We find a
living person to meet similar requir-
ments. However, Gene Provst, in
an article against war points 10 a
man whom he feels deserves equal
notice with Michiavell. This per-
son. Provst assures us. IS encum-
bered with a "Brisbrain," and by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

Our billion-dollar government recently ac-
cepted voluntary s35 contribution from a
California man. We wouldn't be surprised now
to learn that Newcastle was u the market
for coal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
CRITICIZES TIMES FOR
GEN. JOHNSON SERIES
By stephen Gaynor.

BY stephen GaynOr.
We have been reading your paper
for years and have not always
agreed with your editorials but now
the limit has been reached in the
dirty stuff you print from the pen
Of Gen. Hugh Johnson, slurring
Catholics. We're done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

young Slaughter (Ky0 graduate walked
1888 miles for his diploma. That training will
help him when he tries for a job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

It was thought rather selfish of Ray Ham
iton. Public Enemy No. /. to surrender when,
If he had reached for his gun. some other
lad would have earned promotion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13
Liberal Viewpoint
BY DR.. HARRY ELMER BARNES

PROFESSOR PITKIN has written an excel
i lent book on the crisis Of contemporary
capitalism ("Capitalism Carries On" McGraw-
Hill but the title can give a very false i'm
preston of the contents or even open up the
way for humorous parody.
1t has been represented by not few COM
mentators as an apology for the capitaliStic
system but it is not such in any ordinary sense
of the term. Indeed, it is one of the most de-
vastating indictments If conventional capitalism
that 1 have ever read.
Professor Pitkins makes it clear that the only
type Of capitalism which can carry on for any
length of time is a radically different variety OF
capitalism from any we have ever known. IL
would have to be a vigorously planned capital
ISM lead by able members Of the middle class
and tolerating the existence of large non
profit economy along side Of it.
Professor Pitkin not only undermineS capital
ism of the Hoover-Mellon variety, but shows the
essential bankruptcy of even the New Deal
economy. Just how economic America stands
today is presented lucidly and graphically IN
the two following tables:
There are now in early 1885, about $4,000
of US We fall into five broad income classes
thus:
Upper class, very rich, about. ....... 100000
Middle class OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IZ,UoOOUO
Self supporting workers, farmers and
small business men, around. ....... 34,5oOOOO
Marginals, earning most of their live
lihood but receiving a little aid in
some form at least ,................ $4,000 900
Submerged idle. mainly on relief. .... SIS, 900 900
Total .127, 900 900
If we refuse to count as income the relief
money given to the needy rich and the needy
poor our personal incomes can not run above
S43, 625, 900 O00-or some similar figure 1t dis
tributes abort as follows:
The upper classes get $4,000
each, or ......9 0,UVO,VVOoVO
The middle classes get $1,000
The self supporting workers. farm
ers, etc. get $500 EACH or....... 1725o,0000O0
The noarginals get $500 each or. $500 900 900
The submerged get SIS each, or. 4875 900 900
Total $43, 625, 900 900
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$43.625OOO.OOO
Total

1T is evident that no society Win thlS economic
i and social exhibit can carry on for very long.
Like most sensible persons Professor Pitkin con-
tends that it would be easy for capitalism to
continue for generations in this country if 1t
could muster even a little enlightened SeH-ln-
terest But he sees little of this in prospect;
Can we Americans give capitalism fair
trial? do not know. have grave doubts as
to whether we can for at least another genera
ton When I see some of the self-styled lead
ers of captalistic groups denouncing every at
tempt to bring expert intelligence into the gov
eminent I am forced to believe that the great
est enemy Of capitalism is the obSolescent
capitalist"
In his very important book, Capitalism and
It's Culture" Farrar q RineharD, Professor
Jerome Davis gives us what is probably the best
readable survey of the impact of capitalism upon
civilization as whole. 1t is not pleasing pic
ture, but it is pretty close to the facts. lie
shows how capitalism reacts upon society, re-
ligion. law government, the press and education.
If Professor Pitkn is still little hopeful Of
capitalism John Strachev in his THE Nature of
the Capitalist Crisis" (Covici Friede), has no
doubt that it is on its last legs the 1mnl-
grafton Department has seen to 1T that lar
larger number of Americans will read OF our
national economic weaknesses than would othef-
wise have been the case.
TN another important Brookings Institution
i study Dr. Harold G. Mouton analyses the
operation of contemporary capitalistic economies
The Formation of Capital" Bookings 1nstitu-
ton. 1t should be read along with Lewis Corey S
The Decline of American Capitalism Those
who wish an authoritative conventional account
Of American banking organization in the last
two decades will find it in Lawrence E. Clarks
Central Banking Under the Federal Reserve
System" (MacmillanD
Samuel Strauss presents mellow and inter
esting prospectus of the new capitalism
american Opportunity, Little Bron), an attrac-
tive program which has little probability OF
being tried oue in practice. Mr.. Osmond K
Fraenkel has edited a number Of Justice Brand
els more notable papers on legal, economic and
international topics C'The Curse of BigneSs,
Viking. 1t reflects both the Justices keen So
cial conscience and his antipathy to monopo-
| listic tendencies. Those who wish to go to the
bottom Of the economic planning problem Will
do we'll to read the papers edited by Mary L.
Fledderus ard Mary Van Kleek, CEconomlo
Planning Covici, Friede).
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

There IS no sadder sight in the
world than aimless, dispirited youth.
The Prince of Wales.