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Evening star., 1935-03-05

small. Both the Board Of Educa.
ton and the National Capital Parh
and Planning Commission are In
favor Of relocating 1t at the proposed
new site.
Copies for Federation.
The resolution also favors the
establishment Of a Junior college al
the tuberculosis Hospital site. The
resolution was unanimously adopted
and copies are to be sent the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations. the
Board of Education and the Park and
Planning Commission.
Pullman, reporting for the Legisla-
tive Committee, named four projects
which he said have been recommend
ed to Secretary Of the Interior Ickes
as q part of the Nationwide school
program, to be financed out Of the
proposed $4,000 100000 work-relief
fund. Each of the projects has been
approved by the Manor Park body
They concern the proposed Manor
Park High School, Paul Junior High
School, Whittier School and the site
at Third street and Concord avenue
In an effort to secure a $50. 900 ap-
preparation for plans for the pro-
posed Manor Park school, it was an
nounced last night that the aid OF
two other associations had been Sc
cured in petitioning the Senate Sub
committee on Appropriations. w. c.
Magathan, president, Citizens Asso-
Evening star., 1935-03-05
WALTER HAGEN TOLD
TO PAY WIFE $3.50
Court Orders Golfer to Remain
in State Until Contract
Claims Are Satisfied.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEARWATER, Fla, March S.
County officers last night were seek
ing Walter Hagen. the 42-year- -old
links veteran. 70 tell him he must re-
main In Florida until his wife Is paid
$3.50 she claims under separate
maintenance contract.
They carried an order, signed at
st. Petersburg. requiring Hagen to
pay his wife five months arrears she
claims under the contract.
Hagen was staying at the Bellview
Hotel at Belleair near here on his
annual vacation. 1t was reported on
good authority he had left for Miami.
Evening star., 1935-03-05

concern when two Of the four Jurors
sworn In said they had been insult in
vestors. one admitting he had lost
money. Both said they would give him
Q fair trial.
insult, In sharp contrast to the
beaten figure he represented at the
start Of his mail fraud trial that ended
with acquittal, was almost jaunty.
Wearing Q carefully tailored blue serge
suit, he playfully poked his finger at
baby girl whose mother was . court
room spectator and said:
"Hello, baby"
Evening star., 1935-03-05
CENTER PROPOSED
ON HOSPITAL SITE
Manor Park Citizens Also
Favor Establishment
of Junior College

The use of the tuberculosis Hos
pital site for a recreational and educa-
tional center was favored last night In
. resolution adopted by the Manor
Park Citizens Association, meeting In
the Whittier School.
The present hospital, located at
Fourteenth and Upshur streets. Is to
be transferred to the Glenn Dale Hos
pital in 1886, and there will be avail
able, the resolution states,' a public
area sufficient for center.
The present Wilson Teachers Col
lege, according to Ernest H. Pullman
president, is in an undesirable area.
and the building Is old, unsafe and too
Evening star., 1935-03-05
THE EVENING WASHINGTON ~#s

ment in principal Of the proposed
smoke nuisance law.
Carnegie York was appointed chair
man Of the Legislative Committee.
The association observed mems
Night: Roscoe Wines, vice president,
presided. Next month the association
will observe "Parent-Teacher Night"
Evening star., 1935-03-05
INVESTOR WHO LOST
ON INSULL TRIES HIM
Former Utilities Magnate Is in
Jovial Mood as Selection
Of Jury Is Begun.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 5.-To. man
who lost money in his utilities Samuel
insult has intrusted his fate.
In . jovial mood yesterday as selec-
ton of Q jury was started to hear EN-
bezzlement charges against him, the
75-year-old defendant displayed little
Evening star., 1935-03-05
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ciation Of Takoma, D. C., and
Mrs. Mary Lamond White. president
of Takoma Park Citizens Association,
have said their groups will be repre-
Sented.
Action on the Weir report for pro-
posed plans for playground manage
ment was delayed because Of the abb
sence Of the chairman of the Play
grounds Committee.
Prettyman Bill Opposed.
On motion Of Mrs. George A. Corbin,
a resolution was adopted opposing the
proposed Prettyman bill to enlarge the
powers of the District Commissioners.
Another resolution adopted, a copy
Of which will be sent to Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of police,
scored the present system of filling
clerical positions in the Police De-
partment with qualified police officers.
The resolution urged these positions
be filled by civilians.
At the suggestion Of Raymond Gill
bert, a plan for the formal opening Of
the Takoma Recreation Center this
Summer, was referred to the Parks
Committee.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
JOBS Resolution Passed.

Other resolutions included indorse-
ment of the Cathedral Heights -Cleve-
land Park Citizens Associations reso-
luton favoring the filling of District
jobs by District residents, and indorse-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
BASEBALL ALIVE AS EVER

ONE of the plainest signs of the recent de-
~ preston was the blight which fell on the
ancient institution of professional baseball
Minor leagues died like flies in a frost. and
those which survived found an abundance of
red ink on their ledgers.
All this led some people to suppose that the
American people no longer caSed for the game
itself with their old-time enthusiasm-when all
that was really wrong was that people simply
didn't have the money to spend on it.
: This year, from all accounts. is bringing
great revival in the sport. New leagues are
being organized in all sections of the country
The spring training trips Of the big leaguers
were attended by the biggest crowds in recent
years Every indication points to financially
successful seasons
A revival of interest in baseball9 Not at all
Just a sign of returning prosperity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
RELIEF FOR CONGRESSMAN

CEvERAL bills are pending in Congress to
~ remove the Postoffce Department from the
field of party politics and give all jobs in the
organization, from that of Postmaster Gener-
al on down to the poStmastership in the small
est crossroads hamlet, to the men best quail
fed to fill them rather than to party hacks.
. When you consider the matter, you Won
der that Congressman don't pass one or an
other of these bills in sheer self-defenSe.
Rep. Ramspeck of Georgia, author of one
of the bills, says that naming postmasters
makes a Congressman more enemies than
friends He appoints one man and wins his
friendship; he turns down dozen or more
and wins their enmity
If the PoStof1ce Department we're made
politics proof the Congressman would be re-
lieved of much grief. From the purely selfish
standpoint, you'd think Congress would sup
port the reform whole heartedly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
MIRA and the Drainpipe
EDITORIAL

DoNT throw the baby down the drainpipe
- with the dirty water, Gen. Hugh johnson
told the Senate NRA committee yesterday.
That is sense But there really is not much
danger. Most factions want to keep NRA in
one form or another.
The danger. rather is that they may not
follow the other part of the generals prescrip-
ton. That was: Scrub the infant vigorously"
The NRA is going to be given at least two
more years Of life for better or worse. 1t may
be worse unless the child Is cleaned up con-
siderably
For the faults of NRA, the general gener-
ously took most of the blame. We doubt that
he, or any other one man, could be quite so
important in such vast undertaking as he
makes out-even as a goat. Anyway. his
achievements far outran his mistakes. The
failures have not been due so much to the
obvious blunders Of admins traitors, as to the
inherent impossibility Of making over our
industrial system quickly. To transform tooth
and-claw business competition into regulated,
planned, cooperative partnership OF industry,
labor and government, will require some time.
The chief obstructionists have been what
the general calls the big interests" Both in
writing the codes and in compliance those
interests too often have been the worst
chiselers. One of the most difficult problems
in rewriting the law and administering it is
to devise legal language and practical en-
forcement methods adequate to handle the big
fellow without running the little fellow.
Noncompliance with the codes has become
so widespread during recent months that law
abiding companies are now operating under
tremendous disadvantages in competition with
chiselers. Since some lower courts have ruled
against the codes, the prestige of a Supreme
Court decision is required to give new life to
the experiment. Such decision is expected
late in May. If it is to stick. the law will have
to be revised on the basis of the Supreme
Court decision.
CUCCESS of any new NRA will turn on its
~ labor provisions and enforcement. They
are the key to larger purchasing power which
is recognized as necessary to prosperity. In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
FRIDAY. APRIL 10. 1888.
YOUTH AND WAR
a scRIPPs-HoWARD NEWSPAPER,

THE recent effervescence of college lads in
connection with the question of war and
peace is one of the most saddening demon
STATIONS Of recent years.
For one thing, it is living testimonial to
the CHASTITY waste of the last war.
The young collegians who went out to speak
and parade against war had an object lesson
before their eyes. You don't need to have a
college education to discover that whatever it
was that we got out Of our participation in the
last war wasn't worth anywhere near what we
put into it. With 1917 as a sample, is 1t any
wonder that the youngsters decided that war
costs more than it is worth?
But that is only part of it, All these pledges,
these spirited resolutions. these hgh-hearted
VOWS to have no part in any new conflict {.
what will they amount to- in sober reality,
when the drums begin to beat again? Are
not these young people in college deluding
themselves in the old. tragic manner of ardent
syouth everywhere?
For when war comes we may be assured
that the conditions of 1917 will be repeated
Once we get into it, no individuals private
viewpoint will be of any account.
Some Of these lads will be swept off their
feet by the waving flags and the brass bands.
and will undergo a sudden, militant CONVEX
sion. Others will be overwhelmed by the pres
sure of public opinion.
handful may remember their non-partici-
patton pledge, and stick to it, and they will be
carted of to some prison or other, very quietly,
and no one will know the difference.
Their fine enthusiasm for warless world,
in short, will be quite wasted, and it will be
wasted because their opposition to war is TAX
ing form which can not succeed.
When war comes in this modern world no
man can simply say Il will have no part in
this" He will have part in it whether he
plans to or not, even if it is only the sad and
hopeless part of an imprisoned conscientious
objector
War does not arise from pure human GUS
sedness. 1t comes from the fact that the pro-
grams which nations follow clash in way
that makes settlement by force seem the SIM
plest way out.
If youth is to lead us to universal peace.
its cue is not to announce its unwillingness to
fight. but to work for a revaluation of national
aims and a new, mere enlightened way of set
ting national disputes, which will remove
wars causes
An anti-war program built along those lines
would have some chance Of success.
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BRITAIN'S LOWER TAXES

sVXTITH characteristic smugness, some con-
5 w servatives point to Great Britains bal
anced budget and lower tax announcement
and compare 1t accusingly with the Roosevelt
unbalanced budget and no prospect for lower
taxes.
They infer that the ruling British statesmen
have a more tender regard for British taxpay-
ers than the New Dealers have for American
taxpayers. But what howl we would hear
from these same critics II Congress suddenly
levied against their incomes on scale COM
parable to Britain's Tower taxes"
Under the new dispensation in Britain q
married couple with no children and an in
come of SASS year. get their income tax re-
duced from approximately s4s10 TO $2445.
And a childless married couple with s2425
income viii pay si5o25 instead of sl746O
That's fine But couples with suc1incomes in
the United States pay no Federal income taxes
and never have.
childless married couple with s4s5o in.
ecns IN Hstain win pay en- income tax Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
WHEAT CHECKS

FORTUNATELY Controller General McCarls
reported threat to forbid payment of bene-
fit checks by the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
miniStration to wheat farmers, who have been
released on their obligations to curtai acre
age comes at time when Congress is in ses-
sion and can clarity the law.
When it was enacted the AAA laws i'm
mediate objective was to cut down price-de-
pressing farm SURPRISES But its long-range
purpose was to balance production with con-
sumption.
The wheat surplus was cut down far ahead
of schedule due largely to the drought. To-
day wheat shortage is in prospect because
a lack of moisture in the wheat belt has great
~ reduced the estimated winter crop.
To guard against shortage. the AAA lifted
the limit on spring planting. That obviously
was wise step. Continuance Of spring crop
restrictions probably would have led to wheat
shortage, with a resulting rise in the prices
Of flour and bread. That, in effect, would
have been bride to wheat farmers to bring
about famine conditions. a result certainly
never contemplated by the AAA law.
So far as the individual farmer is con-
cerned. the issue presented by the McCarl re-
port is whether the farmer who in good faith
is planting 100 per cent spring crop instead
of 90 per cent crop. shall receive the prom
ised benefit check for his cooperation with
the governments parm program.
But on q broader scale the issue is whether
the AAA cooperative machinery is to be made
e,s,,
arise, to balance production with the consump-
ton. and to protect the interest of both the
producers and the consumers.
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in particular, is a public disgrace to
say the least, as it is state high
way.
1t would seem that in a city the
size of Indianapolis the residents
should be given a better break on so
important an issue of everyday life.
Considering the enormous amount
Of gas tax paid by the citizens of
indianapolis, such condition be-
speaks of very unfavorable admins
tration on the part of those who are
responsible for the upkeep Of the
streets and should be vigorously
condemned by the people who pay
these enormous taxes and don't en-
Joy common riding comfort.
Other cities of equal size that
have visited would put this town to
shame by comparison. Such a con-
dition existing here doesn't go far
toward respectable attitude on the
part Of visitors. Wake up, people
of indianapolis, and demand an ade-
quate return on your taxes.
I'm sure that conditions Of streets
could be improved If the people
would demand action, or are they
more comfortable riding over streets
that jar your teeth out?
hope this letter will reach the
eyes Of those who are responsible for
such poor pavementS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19

$3.50 30 instead of $61395. But an American
couple with the same income pays $7460. Some
persons argue that it is misleading to compare
American with British taxes, because some OF
our citizens also have to pay state income
taxes. That is true. But in New York, which
has one of the highest state income taxes, the
$4850 income couple pays state tax OF $1,000.
Their Federal tax plus their state tax amounts
to s145.3O, or about one-third the tax on the
same income in Britain.
The United States might also have a bal
anced budget if it taxed incomes as Britain
does. Congressional tax experts recently esti-
mated that British income tax rates. based or
1880 business conditions, would have produced
an American revenue of approximately three
and half billion dollars, whereas our income
taxes for that year actually prodced less than
a half billion.
The comparison in inheritance taxes is
almost as striking. From an estate Of $4,000,
our government takes nothing; Britain takes
$3.50. From an estate of $4,000, our govern
ment takes nothing; Britain takes $4,000 From
an estate of 100000 our government takes
$500; Britain takes $4,000. From an estate of
100000, our government takes $50, 100; Britain
takes sos 900.
In the fiscal year 1884 Britain derived ap
proximately 54 per cent of her total revenue
from income and death levies; the United
States raised only 35J6 per cent from such abil-
ity-to-pay taxes.
Britain, with about one-third our popula
ton, has twice as many income taxpayers.
Britain has about 10 per cent more income
taxpayers than she has unemployed persons
We have about six times as many unemployed
as We have income taxpayers. Britain has
learned to take care of her unemployed by tax
ing those VINO have incomes.
We haven't learned-yet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19

their constitutional right to organ
ize, would choose a company union,
dominated by an employers every
company union is-to represent
them in collective bargaining.
Only lack of teeth in Section IA
of the NRA permits employers to
browbeat workers through fear of
losing their jobs, and has forced
them to accept the yoke of an "em-
ploye representation plan" and has
made farce of collective bargain
ing.
No worker yet has raised his voice
in favor of such company union
except with the shadow of his boss
at his back, ready to dismiss him
if he falters in his photograph
record" statement.
The Wagner -Connery labor dis
putes bill outlaws company unions,
restores to us our liberty to organ
ize as we desire.
We appeal to the American public
to support this truly American
measure.
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admitting, as Chairman Biddle of the Labor
Relations Board also admitted to the same
Senate committee that Section IA had failed
Gen. johnson proposed that.
The law should provide that there be no
coercion either by company or by labor; when
a labor majority chooses one union, no other
union should be recognized; membership in no
union should be made a condition of employ
ment; employe representation elections should
be held of company property under govern
ment auspices; and labor tribunals should not
be in or under any other government depart
ment But surprisingly he favored compulsory
arbitration. which is probably unconstitutional
and certainly unenforceable.
On the hours and wage issue he was spe-
cifc. He said:
II am firmly of the opinion that we will
never have full employment and prosperity
without further reduction of hours and in
creases in hourly rates"
1t is significant that Gen. Johnson, who
comes from the employer and not the labor
side of industry is convinced by his NRA
experience that effective collective bargain
ing is essential to industrial peace and that
shorter hours and higher wages are essential
TO prosperity.
NTOW it is no secret that powerful indus
trial interests are fighting to perpetuate
NRA as way out of the antitrust laws and
at the same time are determined to denude
it OF any labor benefits. They are too Short
sighted to see the result. The alternative to
collective bargaining and strong independent
labor board is costly strife and suffering. The
alternative to shorter hours and higher wages
is unemployment, shrinking market and more
business bankruptcies. Capital not based on
labor welfare will go under, for labor is the
consumer market.
President Roosevelt has emphasized all of
this in his NRA statements. Unfortunately,
many big obstructionists are fighting his pro-
gram, and not always fairly. Can the Presi-
dent save NRA from the anti-labor monopo-
lists? This will be one of the chief tests of his
leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
CITY RAPED FOR
CONDITION OF STREETS
BY II. n. Fisher.

BY H. n. Fisher.
AS a stranger in the city, I'd like
to put in a word about the horrible
condition of the streets here. Who
ever is responsible for such terri
bic thorcughfa-es should be taken
to task in no uncertain terms.
I had occasion to take a drive
out College-av recently, and be-
tween the chuck holes and the
bumps which We encountered, we
were certainly given the worst
humping any of us ever received.
In returning, we decided to change
our route and we're unfortunate
enough to pick Central-av, which
turned out to be on par with Col
lege-av, as far as bum pavement
was concerned.
Since that time, I have been on
quite q few other streets, all sadly
in need Of resurfacing. For instance,
Z. feminist and Massachusetts-av,
northeast Of Tenth-st. That street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-19
MEN WHO ENLISTED
DESERVE THE PRAISE

By L r. v.
I'd wager the "agonies" of the
regular soldier" were nothing COM
pared to the agony suffered by the
average conscript prior to his being
drafted into the army.
No wonder they had bad feet. poor
eyes and ears, etc., after the days
and days of calling on friends who
might do them some good with the
exemption board and the sleepiess
nights they put in trying to induce
some girl to marry them so they
might hide behind her skirts, or
hunting up some forgotten child at
an orphanage and claiming exemp-
ton or dozens of other things en-
listed men did not do.
The regular soldier" whoever he
is, that enlisted prior to the draft,
whether he did latrine guard Sug-
gested by Mr.. Miller, drilled con-
scripts or saw foreign service, didn't
have to pay some mob organization
$40 to convince the world he was a
100 per cent American.
He was at least there when Uncle
Sam wanted him and evidently
Uncle Sam appreciated this later on,
because it was certainly noticeable
that the drafted men and undesir-
ables were invariably selected by
the commanding officers when the
call came to fill up some outfit for
foreign service.
To me, Mr.. Miller, it sounds very
flat for you to admit you were
drafted and criticize a man who did
enlist when the call came and didn't
try to dodge his duty as he saw it.