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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
TAX-EXEMPT LOOPHOLE

THE Treasury deserves praise for cutting
down the governments debt-carrying
charges at a time when the debt is mounting
to a record peak. But in substituting lower in
terest bonds for more costly obligations, the
Treasury is short-sightedly perpetuating
fundamental weakness in our governments
finance methods.
We refer to the tax-exemption guaranty
written on the face Of new well as old issues.
The government is selling its new bonds at
interest rates exceedingly low even for the
present favorable market. The tax-exemption
doubtless makes the government bonds more
attractive than they would be otherwise. And
perhaps the government is saving as much or
more in interest charges, because of the tax
exemption feature. than it could hope to col
lect by applying the present tax rates to in
comes from tax-free securities.
But there are other and. we believe, more
compelling reasons why tax-exempt clauses
should be deleted from the face of future
government issues, just as the payable-in-gold
clause already has been discontinued.
Tax-free bonds make mockery of our Fed
eral income tax rate schedule. A man. for ex-
ample, who has an earned income of $4,000
has to pay Federal tax of almost $4,000. An
other man. with the same income-but with a
large share of it coming from tax-exempt
sources, can get off with tax of, say, $4,000
Thus is our ability-to-pay yardstick reduced
to absurdity One man earns his income or
gets it by risking his capital in private invest
ments. and pays a just tax. Another man
neither works nor takes risks, but gets his in
come by investing in tax-free bonds, and
thereby escapes the tax collector.
From a long-range viewpoint, a perhaps
financing is the need of removing government
temptation to spend beyond its means A ia
vorable bond market is not unmixed bless
ing. A surplus of cheap money tempts the
government to follow the borrow-and-spend
course of least political resistance, rather than
the sounder pay-as-you-spend policy. Tax ex-
enption artificially and dangerously initiates
the governments credit. The same is true of
debt-burdened state and local governments
Legally, the government can not erase the
tax-exemption clauses on its securities now
outstanding. But it can eliminate the clause
from future issues of state and local govern
ment bonds. But Congress can propose a
constitutional amendment, and should do so
without delay. To encourage ratification, the
Treasury could continue to exempt Federal
bonds from state and local taxation, until the
subordinate units reciprocate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
PITY THE POOR CONGRESSMAN

NTASHINGTON dispatches say that move
w is on foot among certain congressman
to cut short the work of the present session.
One Congressman is quoted as saying that
Congress should adjourn after passing the
NRA and social security bills and voting the
regular appropriation measures.
IF Mr.. Roosevelt insists upon Congress en-
acting all the legislation he has proposed at
this session." complained this Congressman
I'VE will be in session until August
This may be potent argument with Con-
gressmen, but it will hardly impress the rest
of the country so heavily. After ALL there are
some pretty important measures on the calen-
dar-the banking bill, for instance, the drug
BILL the utilities bill. the Wagner labor bill,
and some others. Win or lose, these measures
need final action at an early date.
If Congressman have to stick around in
Washington until August to do 1t-wen that's
what they were elected for, isn't it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
SMALL BUSINESS MEN

THE new NRA bill hangs fire in Congress
While the lawmakers try to figure out the
best way Of taking the brakes off of business
recovery without putting any further obstacles
in the way of the small business man. And
while their arguments fill the air. it is inter-
eSting TO get the point of view of one of these
much discussed small business men. What is
his slant on recovery, anyhow
There came to an editor the other day a
letter from the owner of a modest shoe re-
pair shop in Hornel, N. Y. He raised a point
which illustrates one of the most difficult an
giles of the whole tangle.
In l926-my peak year." he writes. Il had
a gross sales volume of s591360. In l934the
same number of sales through the cash register
and a gross volume OF business Of S166660:
the outcome of trying TO meet the chain shops
price dictation. No profit, and in the red.
Naturally. can not buy as heavily or for
future needs. can not make the necessary
Improvements in my home or new additions
to the shop. Why? Because a chain grocery
advertised soles and heels at cents a pair.
To meet that form Of competition I would
have to work a man for nothing. give my
savings to the wholesaler and donate my serv-
ices free of charge. Then they wonder why
We have hard times and a depression"
ct should be understood, OF course, that
the chain store was selling merely the soles
and heels, and was not attaching them to the
customers shoes for that price,
In trying to think your way out of a
dilemma Ike this. you come up against one
Of the most vexing contradictions Of the day;
the conflict between the consumers desire
for cheap retail prices which the economies
OF big business units make possible, on the
one hand, and the necessity for preserving
one Of the fundamental features of The Amer
lean landscape-the small shop in which the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
HARDSHIP LAND

COON another Mayflower will sail-this time
- from Seattle. It will carry 200 picked re-
lief families to the American governments
first colonization project outside the states
They are bound for Mantafuska Vallex in the
heart of Alaska, 125 miles north of Seward
A second ship will carry 400 saw-and-hammer
men, selected from transient camps
Carefully and without benefit of ballyhoo
FERA has undertaken this adventure. The
heads Of families were selected from among
young farmers of cold-climated northern Mich
igan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
These plucky folk court hardships All this
they know, for the government has sent out
word: Tell them of the hardships"
1t is an answer to the libel that relief is
pauperizing Americans" that many times the
number selected applied for passage. One
whole drought-stricken county in Texas wanted
to join the migration.
This experiment in government-foStered
migration is interesting. 1t can help a few.
But colonization in Alaska is not the answer
to Americas Embellishments. England tried
to colonize her surplus coal miners in Canada
with little success. Our last land frontier in
Alaska is too distant, too forbidding.
Our salvation rather is in opening our
domestic frontiers through land and industrial
planning, civilizing inventions and electrified
ton, a farer distribution of income adven-
lures in Identification and culture, creation
of an economy of plenty in a plentiful land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

ganization operating under smoke
screen Of patriotism.
AS a browning climax to its po-
litical endeavors it staged for
Marion county an unparalleled per-
Torrance of campaign strategy. To
the aversion of the public they
established through the intrigant
methods of exploiting Elmer the
pig, a new precedent in the
philosophy of political science.
The social and political philosophy
identified with the American Legion
must give way to a sweeping reform.
To regain its original prestige it
must recover the control from those
who have perverted the order and
forcefully, if necessary, curtail the
un-American activities Of those po-
litical termites who were responsible
for the delegation of unlimited
powers to their despotic ruler and
high prince of finance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
FATHER COUGHLIN AND
HUEY LONG UPHELD

BY NJ. L. C.
I want to thank the ones who
have been defending Senator Huey
P. Long and Father Coughlin in
The Message Center. I think we
working people should stand by
those who are working to better our
conditions.
I have taken The Indianapolis
Times whenever I had the money
for the past seven years because it
has always stood for the old-age
pension and for the working class.
like all the writer's except Pegler
and have no use for any one who
can make light of the starving peo-
pie. 1 never believed in mud sling
ing and if I did I would not direct
it at people who are starving.
I have seen men cry like little
children because they had no work
and had to seek relief, yet he calls
them the wishing ring"
Why call Senator Longs plan
something new? God planned it in
the days of Moses, the lawgiver, Lev.
xxiv-xxvii, then again in Acts iv,
34-35.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
Decidedly Opposed to Gen. Johnson

By Times Reader.
I have been a reader Of The
Times for great many years and
have always felt a respect for it
because of its fair-mindednesS on
all political issues, but of late, I
am turning away in disgust, main
ly for the reason of having to see
the writing of that cracker
downer," that never fired a shot,"
Gen. johnson, in such a supposed
to-be liberal paper.
I am thoroughly disguised with
the way he is trying to link the
Catholic Church with Father
Coughlin's crusade. 1t makes one
think that the public learned
nothing from the campaign of
1928, but any one can see that
this peanut cracker" is trying to
befuddle the minds of the people
again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
AMERICAN LEGION
POLICY ASSAILED
By H. E. Thixton.


The American Legion is now stag
ing another episode of its strategic
errors RELOCATING to their guileful
commander the authority to pro-
mote legislation designed in the IN
terests of bankers and contemp-
tuously subordinating the position
of the veteran.
The inanimate forces Of the Amer
lean Legion including the Business
Veterans Association are unable to
offer evidence to sustain their
ignominiouS policies and they re-
sort to provocative measures to
effectually restrain their many
critics who would promulgate their
damnable policies.
In an effort to firmly establish
their political significance they have
the audacity to proclaim a member
ship of we'll above a million. The
total membership figures can be at
tanned by a reference to the
Encyclopedia of Social Science.
To illustrate more clearly the in
competency Of the Legion as an
authority to propose sane legisla-
ton, I will for analysis recall a
number of i'll advised measures ear
marked by their stamp Of approval.
First, we have the bonus
which bears its generous indorse-
ment Of a marginal increase of Is
cents daily for combat service. How
ridiculous. Next, we have the c..
NJ. T. c. creating in absurdity a
national defense by 30-day enlist
ments Of school boy soldiers. Then
we have the obnoxious World War
Compensation Act providing for the
compromising under blanket form
all veterans who wore the uniform
alike, ignoring entirely the status of
the combat veteran.
Contained therein is clear i'm
plication that the unpopularity Of
that legislation rests on the fact
that it was designed EloTe in the
interest of the legion proper, and
denotes a lack Of respect for the
combat veteran. All Of that
equivocal legislation was pioneered
to enactmspt BY a corrupted or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Some days ago, The Times
printed on its front page in big
type an account Of how Father
Coughlin underpaid his workers.
Father Coughlin denied this last
Sunday and stated that he paid
his workers more than the union
scale and in some instances, more
than the United States Govern
ment pays its workers. I had to
look very carefully to find this in
The Times and finally found it on
the second page after looking
through the paper twice. 1t was
that small an item and I don't
need glasses.
will not say that I will prob
ably not see this in print, because
I know that you will print it. So
don't fool me like you do the
others who say it will not appear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
JOHNSON'S ARTICLES
RECEIVE PRAISE

BY L. l.
I hope that you will continue Gen.
Johnson's column. l see no reason
why it should be stopped because
a group Of persons who call them
selves liberals are too bigoted TO
read this column and therefore do
not want others to read it.
In my opinion, Gen. johnson is
a fairer man than the priest who
can falsify or misconstrue anything
from the Bible 10 a mans name.
Much fairer than man who be-
Heves silver speculation and faith
in our great nation are one and the
same thing.
A certain asinine element OF our
population believes that everything
Mr.. Baruch does is for the express
purpose Of cheating the American
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
HOUR

BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
I must not forget how hushed was
the day;
I must not forget how high was the
hill
I must not forget how blue was the
sky;
7 must not forget the peace, cool and
still.
There was a slim path, that led to
the stars;
Inclosed by fran lace OF forsythia
gold
a pool. cupped by rocks. that drank
the blue air:
A wind strong with promise Of birth
in the mold
I must not forget my friends Of the
hour;
I must not forget how one bird did
fly,
Still higher and higher. lifting my
heart.
Into the blue rapture Of April -skyt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
CONDEMNS BAN
ON BOOKIES

By H. II.
I think I have been done a great
injustice by the person who closed
the bookies in Indianapolis. have
made a study Of the races for the
last three years and was making a
good living when somebody came
along and broke up my playhouse
and now am back on charity. I
have never yet seen a bookie go out
on the street and drag a prospective
player into his place Of business.
They go in because they like the
game and I think in this big. free
country Of ours, they should be left
alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
l aOhoUy disapprove of rhat you sag and a0M
defend to the death your right to sag it-VOtaire.

our ills. In its greed for profits and
power it cares nothing for the work
er who produces the wealth Of the
world. Capitalism looks hopefully
among its members for one to differ
something to brace its tottering legs.
But alas, they have nothing to offer
but a weak hypodermic which gives
it a short squirt on life but leaves
it weaker after each operation
1t is up to the people to study
Socialism and think for themselves.
Socialism applied scientifically can
ward off disaster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
BEREAVED MOTHER
LAUDS SAFETY DRIVE


In this day of almost daily traffic
fatalities it is pleasing to note the
interest being taken by some per-
sons to promote safety.
I stopped for gasoline at filling
station at Rural-st and Road %.
The attendant waited on me very
courteously and then proceeded to
help about a dozen little tots across
a very dangerous street. I suppose
they must have been pupils from
some private school or kindergarten.
My husband and I are visiting
here. We lost our own little girl
two years ago in an accident in
Dayton and such attentions as this
man gave are deserving Of mention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

people. No amount of evidence will
change this single track viewpoint.
For this element, an intelligent
person can only pity and hope.
In conclusion, Gen. Johnson
makes his income by writing. How
does the radio Moses make his? BY
faith in our great nation?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
So They Say:

Womens intuition is needed, in
government to help men ACCOMPLISH
the things they are unable to do
Agnes MacPhail, only woman. in
Canada's House Of Commons.
like America and Americans bet
ter than ever before. OF COURSE no
country is to be blamed for. its
government.-Evelyn John Strachey,
Communistic British lecturer, on
leaving the United States.
Chicago is too provincial-June
Gardiner, Chicago society girl EN-
tering movies.
The present might be called the
Middle Ages" for never was there
such loose and dangerous thinking.
james NJ. Beck, former Congress-
man.
Men will not indefinitely tolerate
the continuation, much less the
repetition of the hopeless mess our
earlier enomonic and political sys-
TENS have landed US in.-James
Rowland Angel, president of Yale.
think another war would mean
the collapse of the American
standard; our standard Of living
would sink; our whole moral atti-
tude would change Bernard
Baruch.
If the Republican party has the
courage to turn to the humanity Of
Lincoln and away from the prop
erty-minded leadership which has
dominated il most Of the time for
20 years, We can save America
William Allen White.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
BILLY SUNDAY DECLARED
IGNORANT OF SOCIALISM

By a Times Reader.
In his speech Of April Z, Billy
Sunday proved he is ignorant Of
the true facts of Socialism. He had
much wind and thunder but no So
luton for our troubles. Socialism is
constructive and not destructive, as
he charges.
Capitalism is the main cause Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
The Message Center

(Times readers are ttUited to cypress
their UieiCS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so al can have a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 40Ords or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names 40iH
be 1oithheld at request of the letter
t0riter.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
JOHNSON BERATED
FOR STATEMENTS

By S. H. Rice.
1 am very much surprised to see
such statements in your paper about
Father Coughlin as those made by
Hugh S. johnson. heard him make
these statements. He called cur peo-
pie cry babies and rats. He did say
it. We need a man like Father
Ooughlin in this country to tell
people the truth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
Daily Thought

I will both lay me down in peace,
and sleep: for thou. Lord, only
makest me dwell in safety-Psalms
4:3.
IF We have not peace within our
l. selves, il is in vain TO seek il from
outward sourceS.-Rochefoucauld.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

That news item revealing that the last
beard has disappeared and that every one in
the Norwegian national assembly now is clean
shaver failed to include the name Of the new
woman member.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Temperature on the AbysSinian desert is
100 degrees, and water is scarce. So if En-
peror Halle Selassie tells Mussolini to 60 to
HadeS it's really an invitation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Secretary of Labor Perkins is said to be
on the way out. Before you start in a job
like that, you've got a couple of strikes called
on you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Princes Barbara Hutton is reported to have
distributed about third of her S40,000,000 in
heritance. She seems to be way ahead of Huey
Long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

New radio compass enables plane to fly
straight to the station broadcasting The de-
vice is probably put to severe test, though,
when a crooner comes on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Dancer Ted Shawn is trying to evolve
typical American dance by studying the move
meats Of athletes. For ideas on a tango, we'd
suggest he watch heavyweight fight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

An appropriation Of $4,000 has been
authorized for an investigation of the price of
cotton. Row about an investigation of the price
of investigations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Tennessee doctor says increase in head
aches is due to keeping up with the Joneses,
pressure Of modern living, and lack Of rest
How about taxes and repeAls
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

1t would be too bad for real estate agents
if they acquired titles as carelesSly as an Amer
can heiress does
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Every star in the Pleiades group has its own
independent motion, says a science article.
Must be burlesque outfit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Those Dutch professors seeking absolute
zero might try trunping their wives aces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Administration Frowns as Cotton Goes
Down-Headline. It can't be as bad as spin
ach
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Revival of Fencing Noted in Paris-Head-
line. Yes, we've noticed how they've been
parrying our debt queries
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Radio comedians could teach few things
to that Partisan who has been discovered turn
ing out antiques.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Political observers believe Huey Long will
split the South in 1886. And there may be
something to it. Some of his antics would
cause anybody to split.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11

Well anyway, Japan seems to have what it
takes.
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Chicago is too provincial-June
Gardiner, Chicago society girl EN-
tering movies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-26
"DUsTER' POOLE, LOIS L0vEJ0Y TO WE'D JULY TENTH
Announcement of Event Is M de al Miscellaneous
 Shower Last Evening

The announcement of the en- gagement and coming marriage on July 10 of Edward (Buster) Poole, popular driver of the Royal Blue Cabs, and Miss Lois Lovejoy, was announced last evening. The oc- casion was miscellaneous shower given at the home of Mrs. o. R. Willard in honor of Mrs George IF. Clark, whose marriage took place last week, and Miss LoVejoy, the prospective bride.
 The evening was spent very en-
 ioyable at the Capitol Parlors and Terminal and at midnight the party returned to the home of Mrs Willard where dainty lunch con was served Many useful and beautiful gifts were received iby Mrs: Clark and Miss Lovejoy. Those in the party were Mrs. Ruth Coates Mrs. Lillian Stabier, Mrs. Helen Willard Mrs. Faye Corahers, Mrs Tillie Hoffman, Mrs. Ailamae Scott. Mrs. Diane Ayers, Miss Ida Hansen, Miss Dolly Bald win, Miss Emma Frank, Mrs. Edith Johnson and the honored guests. The hostesses for the evening were Mrs Tiny Giasse, Mrs. Pearl Seeds and Mrs. Dora Poole