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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

ELOQUENT was the description the President
- gave yesterday of Boulder Dam, on the site of
that twentieth century marvel"
gloomy canyon and forbidding desert trans
formed into a vast agency of beauty and of use;
an outlaw river tanned and made the servant of man.
public work-but with public money Who can
read about it without thrilling without saying that
such undertakings at public expense are justified
and that the President is not over-stating when he
calls Boulder Dam "a splendid symbol?
1t was with such symbol in mind that the pub
lie viewed the S48OOOOOOOO work relief program
when it was announced last January Coming from
that, it was believed. would be more of the thing
that Boulder Dam typifes-buildings, harbors roads
work that should be useful in the sense that it
creates new wealth for the nation"
While we do not relish the job of calling a ghost
into the Boulder Dam feast feel that the realities
demand attention again to the fact that the work.
relief program has brought little to date of what
Boulder Dam does symbolic. Instead. that programs
outstanding accomplishment has been a family
in which two good men have been pulling and haul
ing in opposite directions to the end that the inspr
ing dream of last January has been turned into an
administrative nightmare
How far away we are from the detectives as set
forth by the President at the opening of the last
Congress- is described in an article by Robert s.
Brown appearing on Page of this newspaper
today Generally speaking. instead of getting some
thing of permauence. something which like Boulder
Dam creates new wealth for the nation the money
is being spent on what has been described as mock
work"
Much Of the s48OOOCOOOO remains unspent. 1t
is not too late vet for a change in policy We trust
that the President in viewing Boulder Dam may
have received an inspiration from which will come
such change, and that out of a change may come
more Of that type of public work which will leave
behind lasting benefits when the money shall have
given out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
-By Ms. Walter FerguSon

A MATRIMONIAL question of perennial interest
for girls is the relating to the marriage of
May with December
There are no rules upon which we can place too
much reliance where human relationships are con-
cerned, and this goes double for marriage You can
only try to use good sense about it when you face
its problems
In the days when women were absolutely depend
ent on a husband or some male relative for their
daily bread thousands of very young girls married
very old men and not much thought was given
the matter. The community usually considered the
girl fortunate to gain good home, even if house
full of step-children went with it.
Now there is no economic excuse for such a thing
Unless she is the rare exception-a young person
in love with old one-the girl who goes to the
altar with man old enough to be her grandfather
faces the charge of gold-digging or social climbing
The cards will be stacked against both where
real happiness is concerned. and probably the hus-
band will be in a worse case than his bride. Once
he has tasted the bloom on his peach the old man
may find a young wife not quite mellow enough for
his liking
Anyway, attitudes have developed on all
matrimonial questions. Our economic and social life
has SO altered of late and the study of the human
mind has opened such vistas of knowledge for us
tNaJ many IOI6TdDI6 III past are IOleTdDe
no longer.
The marriage which holds the greatest oppor-
tunity for happiness is that in which find little
difference in the age of husband and wife. Whether
the man or woman is the senior is of no conse-
ouence so long as the gap of years between them is
not too wide.
There is something beautiful and moving in the
sight of two young things laying the foundation Of
a life together. To the middleaged they often seem
harum-scarum and foolish. We wonder how on earth
they'll ever make the grade. for We can see before
them a thousand imaginary dangers.
But the young, thank God are blind. For them
these dangers simply do not exist, and sometimes,
as we older people find to chagrin, they are not
there. Youth must muddle through to happiness in
its own way And when youth is no longer ours we
can understand that perhaps that mudding is
happiness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
HUMAN SCRAPHEAP

THE South Side Civic Clubs proposal for hos
pital Cor the incurably i'll directs attention again
to the deplorable conditions IN many county in
Primaries in Indiana.
DR.. A w. Miller, member of the clubs executive
committee discussing the present disposition of the
incurably i'll, said:
AT present, the only place these persons can re-
ccve care is in the county inhrmary. We hope that
a permanent institution to care for these cases can
be established in the near future either in the form
Of building addition to the City Hospital"
The current report Of the state welfare depart
mcnt, covering the calendar year of 1888 shows the
total inmate population Of the 90 county nlrmaries
Indiana to be 6378. OF these only 862 are able
bodied.
Therefore, approximately seven of every eight
inmates are in need of care that patiently the in
frmaries are neither equipped nor manned to give.
Confning insane feeble minded and sick persons
with those who sound in mind and body is in
itself social ofTensc
The welfare departments report discloses that
1927 nfrmary inmates are feeble minded; 48S in
sane; 1921 paraytic crippled, and 174O are de-
scrbcd as senile Such cases because Of the age of
patients, are, of course, incurable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
HOT POTATO

rs the owly spud about to become the ma jor poti-
cal issue in 1896?
From all the other among political spokesman
about the potato control legislation it might be sur
missed that the potato was to be the symbol of the
Republican Party and that potatoes would supplant
tomatoes the missiles of heckers at party rallies
The potato a symbol of reunion in the Demo-
cratic high command during the 1882 campaign
when Alfred E. Smith, shaking hands with Franklin
D. Roosevelt at big powwow, addressed him as
You Old Potato!"
Is brother now to fight brother over this burning
issue?
This might happen, but at any rate it is certain
that Republicans going to heat up the potato and
toss it to the Democrats in 1886 They apparently
intend to make the potato control law, which re-
quires in effect that all potatoes introduced into
commerce must wear fancy stamp over one eye,
token of all they dislike in the New Deal.
The Republican National Executive Committee
spent considerable time at its recent meeting here
canvassing the possibilities of the potato issue, and
found them bright.
The potato act came in for honorable mention"
commented Chairman Henry P. Fletcher after the
conference.
, ME party Mr.. Fletcher admitted, doesn't know
what to do about the AAA control program, of
which the potato is sort of fifth wheel Though
the chairman didn't say SO, the partys hestancy is
due to the fact that farmers like AAA so we'll
But the potato talked from all angles.
Charley Nicholson who directs National Demo-
cratic publicity, devoted of his weekly letters
called "Dispelling the Fog" to the potato act. He
said President Roosevelt had nothing to do with
its enactment, since it part of the AAA amend
ments and he could not diSapprove potato control
without killing the whole series of amendments
Mr.. Michelson's treatise was provoked by piece
in Republican publication called Facts and Opin-
ions which asserted that President Roosevelt is
directly responsible for the potato control act" and
that it was deliberately tackled to the AAA amend
ments to avoid raising the question of veto
When Huey Long killed the third deficiency bill
appropriations to enforce the potato act died with it,
AT first the Agriculture Department. like other agen-
cies whose funds were lost talked of scraping I'D
the money elsewhere.
Now, however, Secretary Henry Wallace says lit
is quite possible that may ask for modification
of the potato law when Congress meets" He has
summoned potato growers to meet Thursday in
Washington to decide what shall be done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

THE TAX APPEAL COURT

d EGARDLESS Of the justice Of their contention
- that the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board
should have made more reductions than it did the
minority members Of the board only are doing their
duty in urging an appeal 10 the State Tax Board.
That court Of last resort for the taxpayer is open
within the next 10 days to any group of 10 tax
payers who feel themselves aggrieved by the adjust
men; board decisions.
They have but to file appeal and the petition is
granted automatically.
Gov. NIcNutt, in a recent public statement, laid
great deal Of responsibility for high taxes squarey
on the taxpayers themselves, when he pointed out
the availability Of the right of appeal
The State Tax Board is public bulwark against
excessive taxation 1t was established for the public
good and should be used
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Forum of The Times
d3approve

value but they exact from producers
a toll for the use of their printing
press power to create money. Sound
money is not based on a fictitious
value that may be placed upon sill
yer, copper, nickel, gold or platinum.
Privately created money is not a
medium of exchange but medium
through which those who create
goods and services are cheated and
robbed of their real wealth.
That is exactly the kind of money
we now have. Our Federal Reserve
Bank is not publicly owned inSti-
tuition, it is a private monopoly for
creating money. Our merchants,
manufacturers, laborerS, farmers and
creators of inventions now compete
with money manufacturers" to get
their medium of exchange. What
insanity! This sound money sys-
tenn has eXacted from the real pro-
ducers of wealth in this nation an
interest burden OF Is billion dollars
annually, for the benefit of those
who never produced any real wealth,
but who have robbed the real pro-
ducers of three million farms, five
million homes, thousands of fac
tories, mills, mines and stores.
There are $4,000 people in In
dianapolis who know what this in
tereSt toll racket" is all about and
who know who the "stooges" are for
this financial oligarchy. It's days
are numbered. Another Boston tea
party is not far off and another
Concord and Bunker Hill will shake
loose this buncombe taxation from
Capitol Hill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

has forgotten that that was almost
20 years ago. College boys do
change, as we'll as the times, and no
such spirit pervadeS the ranks of
the college men today.
They are more practical, more
hard-headed, less youthful than
than their predecessors. They know
war is racket, not a romantic adj
venture. They know war is vice,
blood and death, not hearty COM
radeShip.
They are attuned to other things,
other pursuits where courage is not
so spectacular but more necessary.
They do not pirate of suppression
and a world of old men, but quiet
ly, coolly go in quest of their goal.
They have no place in their plan
for a great adventure" of war; they
have more good common sense than
that.
No, I'm afraid our anonymous
friend is all wrong. Let him come
down from his cloud of memories
and visit our colleges TODAY. He'll
find very few who will, as he did,
swallow the blurbs of propagandlsts
to save the world for democracy and
some ones pocketbook. I'm afraid
their answer would be, in the great
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
Up TO BUSINESS

THE Presidents revised budget estimate should
L have a good psychological effect. 1t points to-
ward an orderly termination of the period of recur-
ring annual deficits now in its sixth year. We
hope it will prove more accurate prophecy than
the Presidents original bad guess the fiscal future,
which would have had us operating on a balanced
budget by
Because ne was bold enough to ask for more than
he thought he would need and prudent enough not
to spend all he got and because business improve
men has raised receipts above his cautious eSti-
mates the President is able to make showing
that should give impetus to returning confidence.
Instead OF the deficit of four and one-haf bill
lions originally forecast the President says the
rent fiscal year should end with red entry of less
than three and one-quarter billions. and an actual
increase in the public debt Of only about two and
three-quarters billions.
The President still includes in his expenditure
estimates for this fiscal year all of the four billions
and more which Congress appropriated for emer-
gency relief purposes. And While saying that next
ing the spread between income and outgo, he does
not repeat his 1888 mistake OF wishfully predicting
return OF a balanced budget on a specified date.
In effect the President places the nations budget
problems in the lap Of the business community This
years prospective deficit. ike last years shortage is
due entirely to expenditures made necessary in caring
for private industrys unemployed Tax receipts are
more than enough to meet normal government ex-
penditures So. as private industry reclaims its
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

unemployed the government can down its
deficit
The Presidents chart Of progress can be realized
only If the present business upswing continues and
9ulflls his expectations. Should it exceed his ex-
pectations-ths. believe, is possible though not
probabe-a better showing could be made, because
such a recovery would cause a shrinkage in relief
demands leave part of the four billions unspent at
the end of the year and conceivab:y might enable us
to start the next fiscal year with budget actually
in balance. But such happy train of events can
be hoped for only if private industry does its Job
better than the President expects
Responsible industrial leaders who want the gov
ernments budget balanced at the earliest possible
date should not fail to take advantage of present
opportunities to go forward
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
TRUSTEES HANDLING OF
RELIEF is LAUDED

BY E. F. Maddox
1t seems to me that the statement
of the experts" who claim that re-
turning care of the unemployed to
the trustees will result in more eX-
pense to the taxpayers is debatable,
to say the least.
If we accept as a fact the aSSer-
ton that the taxpayers have been
paying the salaries of 1900 officers,
clerks and Investigators in the state
relief department and if these 1900
employees average salary was $40 d
week, the yearly expense to the tax
payer would amount to S2,88OO 900.
Now it seems that 100 of these
state employees are to be removed
at saving of $2,112,OOO, that Is II
they average $40 week.
The remaining 400, at the same
rate of pay, will cost the taxpayers
S768,OOO a year If the remaining
400 were removed and this $768,OOO
put in the baskets of the poor
it would help the township trustees
in their financial difficulties.
The taxpayers will find that the
trustees relief system is by far the
most economical and it can be made
much more efficient. If cash can be
made available the trustees can buy
their groceries wholesale as well as
their coal at just as great a saving
as any state or Federal official could
obtain.
Surely it is to the interest of the
taxpayer that the trustees be given
all possible facilities and advantages
to administer relief to the needy in
the most economical manner.
I suggest that ali employees hired
by the trustees be taken from their
relief rolls as this will result in an
other saving of tax money. The
township trustees, if given the IA
cilities, can give the needy more
food and fuel at less expense to the
taxpayer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
COLLEGE BOYS HAVE
CHANGED, HE COUNTERS

By One of the Boys
have just finished reading the
anonymous letter on the editorial
page of Sept. rs with such a mix
ture of emotions that it is difficult
20 tell which is predominant.
First, it angerS me to read the
complacent romanticisms concern
ing the great adventure" of war
coming from one who took his
adventure safely on this side of the
water. After all, what could he pos
sibly know about actual war? He
saw but the preparations; he didn't
risk his skin. Small wonder that
his memories are pleasant.
His heroic part was played far
from the grim specter of death.
Surely he must have been a callow
youth. Witness his remarks about
the superiority of the professors,
the idealism of his fellows. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

Q-Can tourists take dogs into
Canada free of duty?
A-As pets they may accom-
pany their owners and must be
declared at the port of entry and
certain papers must be filled out.
No deposit is required if the an
lmal is to be taken out of the
country at the end of the trip.
Q-What is a common law mar
riage?
A marriage not solemnized
In the ordinary way, but created
by an agreement to marry and
followed by cohabitation.
Q-Can a person who was born
in the United States of alien par
entS become President of the
United States?
Ayes; if otherwise qualified.
Q-Who is the author Of The
Bishops Shadow?
Airs. Ida Treadwell Thurs
ton, an American writer of juve-
nile fiction, who died in 1918.
Q-What was the name of
Clark Gables wife before her
marriage to him?
A-Rita Langham.
Q-When was the Sheppard bill
providing for prohibition in the
District Of Columbia passed?
Alt passed the Senate Jan. 9,
1917, by vote of 55 to 80, and the
House on Feb. %, 1917, by a vote
Of 273 to 1877, and was approved by
President Wilson March 3. 1917.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
SOUND MONEY" DRAWS
BLAST FROM READER
BY Reader

By Reader
Your editorial, Freeing the Bonus
Issue" is a dead give-away. If Con-
gress does pay the bonus with So
called sound money" it will pay the
bonus also to the bankers, who will
create this money credit as debt to
be paid 200 per cent by the children
of the veterans.
The bonus would have gone
through in the last session if Bel
granOs banking comrades could
have had their interest toll collec-
ton bonus out of the same bill.
Really sound money is money that
can only be used as a medium of ex-
change. 1t is a yardstick of value,
a standard that does not change its
purchasing power.
Sound money can not be created
by private corporation or by a
private counterfeiter. Neither of
them has given anything of social
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
Women Voters and Patronage

cerned with the business of gov
eminent, fully cognizant of the
added complications of the New
Deal. doing more than their part,
to achieve a responsible foreign
policy. Pink teas and the Red
menace fail to divert them from
the business at hand.
They have engaged in a dis
cusSion of the question Can Fifty
Million People Have Their Minds
Changed About PATRONAGE"
Whether they can or not remains
to be seen. But as long as the
League continues to function in
its present level-headed, sensible
and progressive way, it may be
assured that at least so million
people will be glad to hear what
its membership thinks on the
subject.
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From the washington POso

Keeping closely in mind its
creed "to promote the responsible
participation of women in gov
eminent" the League of Women
Voters is now concentrating on
developing the campaign against
the spoils system. It's plans for
educating the public to the neces-
sity of trained personnel in gov
eminent are going forward in an
efficient, thoroughly businesslike
manner. One day personnel
schools" thoughtfully prepared
handbooks, and intelligent radio
broadcasts are a refreshing de-
parture from the emotional chif-
fon propaganda which is all too
prevalent today in patriotic femi-
nine societies.
These, then, are women con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

Times rcdderS are iHritCd to cypress
their rictrs in these columns. religious
controversies circulated. Make VOHr letters
short so all can hare chance. Limit
them to 2JO tcOrds Or less. Your letter
must be siQncd. but names 1ciU be
WithhcId on rCGuCSt.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
Sleepy-Land
BY DAISY MOORE BYNAM

BY. DAISY MOORE BINAM
saw a star, bright-wingeo. afar,
And looked, and gazed, and Won
dered,
Then more fairy-tipped golden
lights,
Until there were a hundred.
A hundred, did I say?
A million, trillion flighted-
Night was born. The day was done.
And Sleepy-land was lighted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
Daily Thought

Upon the wicked He shall rain
snares, fire and birthstone, and an
horrible tempest; this shall be the
portion of their cup.-Psalms XII, 6.
PUNISHMENT is justice for the
l. unjust.-Augustine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

The inalienable and sacred rights of human per-
sonality are indeed regarded as trivial when the
bones of 100000 men can be strewn across the
fields for a cause which is sui unAnown.-MSgr Full
ton j. Sheen, Catholic University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

majority: "To hell with you! If
you like it so we'll, why don't you go
fight it YOURSELF"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

Q-What three countries have
the largest navies?
A-Great Britain, United States,
and Japan.
Q-What are the characteristics
Of black widow spiders, and how
should their bites be treated?
A-They are easily recognized
by the shiny black back and the
red spots on the underside-one
or more above the Spinnerets at
the tip of the abdomen, and one
farther up shaped like an hour
glass. Venom, injected from
glands near the base of the jaws
through a needle-lke tooth, causes
singing sensation, followed by
pain which progresses from the
spot to the chest or abdominal
region, and has a retarding ef-
feet upon the heart. First aid is
to make the wound bleed freely
by enlarging it and then apply
suction. A few authentic cases of
death to human beings from
black spider bites are on record
IN this country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

Dissatisfaction with the New Deal is due to the
growing thought that there isn't definite program,
and that it has been hit-and-nliss, takes chance
affair. without co-ordination.-Senator Nye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

When European makes love, the lady ne makes
love to knows he means it. When an American
makes love. she never knows whether he means it
or whether its gag-Luise Rainer. European film
actress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

There have been made en- young lives marks that
are going to last until these young people have be-
come old. as a result of their experiences in this
REPRESENTATION d. Baker.
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