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employ him TO do work on a house for them, so
fewer houses were built and work got scarcer and
scarcer and one of those vicious economic spirals
began.
Neither NRA nor any of the other New Deal
agencies that have toed the problem has found
way to lower building costs sufficiently and at the
same time make sure that builders received adequate
incomes.
Factory-nnade houses offer the first ray of hope
for solving this problem If room units to be
built along less standardized lines there is
no reason why frameworks can not be constructed
pipes and wires installed coverings put on painting
done, glass fitted into place. doorknobs screwed on
in winter well as summer and stored away for
future use. Work be as regular as it is in any
industry it is argued, quite without regard to the
exact number of homes to be erected in any one
community at any time of year.
Daily wage rates would drop, Of course, and an
nual earnings would rise
AS for the home builder, who now must in effect
pay building tradesmen for all the days they don't
work well for the days they do his costs would
be more than cut in half, the prefabrcators predict
At present one fourth the cost of home-or more
goes to labor. Not more than 10 per cent of the
cost OF each prefabricated house would be allotted
to labor if present calculations hold good, and the
ngure might crop even lower as mass. production
swings into its stride.
Material men will probably keep on manufactur-
ing materials If the present trend continues, the
demand for concrete, steel and lumber will increase
rather than diminish.
AS for the amount of workmanship at the site
of the home, the picture is not clear. Today pre-
fabricated homes are being placed on foundation
that is dug and prepared much always has BEEN
This may be done away with as mechanical heating
and cooling units further perfected At present
it takes seven men an average of 81 hours to put
up prefabricated house, and some work will always
be required, even though the amount may drop.
Individual privation certainly will accompany
the transition from handmade to factory
houses, just hardship accompanies any revolution,
but when it to regarding the labor picture
whole the prefabrcators recall the tears that were
shed over buggy makers and manufacturers of har-
ness and buggy whips quarter of century ago by
men and women who had no way of foreseeng the
modern automobile plant, Americas concrete
roads, gasoline stations and hot dog stands.
If present indications be relied on, the United
States will be ready for prefabricated houses when
the houses are ready for them.
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER ls.lsa5.
THE AUSTRIAN COUP D'ETAT

Tor few hours Thursday Vienna pulsated with
the kind Of excitement one reads about in an
Anthony Hope novel The Heimwehr was reported
to De marching on the Austrian capital from the
south. 1t sounded like revolution.
Thick and fast came cabinet designations. Ger
tain ministers stepped out. Others stepped in Much
happened before could say Prince Ernst Ruediger
Won Starhemberg. When the smoke cleared how
ever that young man apparently was the undisputed
boss of the land
What was it all about? Europe is still specializing.
But opinion is that Austria merely was battening
down her matches before the threatened storm
Prince Won Starhemberg is Fascist He opposes
the Austrian Nazis who last year came within an
ace OF turning the country over to Hitler. They
might have succeeded had not Mussoini mobilized
an army at Bremen Pass and threatened to occupy
the country.
Today Mussolini is busy elsewhere His ewes are
on Africa and England, the Suez and the Medjter-
ranean. He can not be paying as much attention TO
Austria and Bremen Pass as he did last wear
80 Prince Won Starhemberg has consolidated his
forces and taken over the watch on the Danube I'M
I'LL the hands Of his Italian friend are free to helm
again.
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WAR PSYCHOSIS"

A GROUP of 400 leading psychiatrists of 30 nations
a. Of the world meet at the Hague and warn
Europe's statesmen of grave danger-a contag ious
form of madness they call war psychoss" which at
tacks rulers first and peoples next.
"The suggestive force of speeches made by lead
ing statesmen is enormous, and may be dangerous"
these scientists warn. THE warlike spirit So easily
aroused by the cry that the country is in danger is
not to be bridled, as evident in 1914
Peoples as we'll as individuals, under the influ-
ence of suggestion like these may become neurotic
They may be carried away by Authorizations and
decisions, thus involving themselves in adventures
perilous to their own and other nations safety
Fortunate for America, President Roosevelt senses
the subtle pers of truculent utterance In his mes
sage. read at forum in New York, he renewed his
pledge to keep America free of those entangements
that move along the road to war" But he added,
there must be constant vigilance among the Amer
ican people to see that forces that make for discord
are discovered and discouraged"
II want to feel at all times that have the sus-
tanning influence of healthy, sound and above ALL
thoroughly American public opinion on the subject"
Right now he has that. So that he keeps it, let
each of us immuniSe ourselves against hate, fear
false patriotism and other germs of war madness.
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REAL REHABILITATION

ME National Rehabilitation Association can well
follow its Endorsement of the Randolph blind
employment bill with a nationwide campaign to OBJ
tain passage at the next session of Congress-
Little financial assistance is asked OF the Federal
government. The Randolph bill merely opens an
opportunity to the blind to earn their own way
through operation of news stands in Federal
buildings
The Randolph bill is not hastily drawn measure.
1t is the result of long study and planning by
Leonard A. Robinson, prominent blind attorney in
Cleveland. Adequate safeguards are set up in the
measure.
The majority of the sightless, like the majority
OF other American citizens caught in the wave Of
unemployment desire way to be sef-supporting.
To provide that way is to give real rehabilitation
Already approved by the American Legion, the
American Federation of Labor, the Newspaper Guild
and other national organizations the Randolph bill
should find itself on the must" list when CONGRESS
convenes in January.
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trialist says, Can you produce the
goods?" But it is q different story
when it comes to him. He wants the
farmer and the underprivileged
laborer to stand the losses brought
about by his inefficiencies. He looks
down on the man who begs on the
street, and the man on relief, not
taking into consideration that he
himself put them there. The indus
trialiSt is lower than the beggar
when he asks Congress to put duty
on an import that makes him use
his brains to compete with it. He ad-
mits his laziness when he asks for it.
His argument and main line Of
hooey, the American high standard
of living, sounds nice, but it is not
very widely distributed The bally-
hoo is identical with that of the
low swindler, The only persons well
fare that he is looking after is his
own. He is the loudest mouthed
guy who raves about President
Rosevelt's practice of giving the
farmer and the underprivileged la
borer a bounty, or subsidy, COM
monty called relief.
Of course, it was all right when
Harding, Coolidge and Hoover made
it possible for him to raise the
price of his commodity and make
greater profit through the mech
anism called the tariff. The profit
was spent on undue expansion;
thus he boarded his money in
way little different from the miser.
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READY.MADE HOUSES

VxTHAT will become of fve million carpenters,
w bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, painters
and material manufacturers when the United States
starts buying ready-made homes?
The men are worried at the outlook, but prophets
of the order say they will be better of than
before when they from the home site into the
factory
These prophets foresee regular employment at
steady wages instead of the feastorfanine existence
led by building tradesmen in the past
Builders have suffered more than any other class
of workers in the depression. A new home is the
FIRST thing a family denies itself when hard times
come At one time fourth Of the men on relief
came from the building trades.
Even in the best Of times work has been irregular
seasonal, dependent land values, on weather. and
a host of other factors.
The result has been, inevitably, high daily wage
rates for builders. In the 80 or 100 days a man
worked out of the year he had TO earn enough to
keep his family 365 days. And because hi had to
earn SIS day. most wage-earning families couldn't
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LAWYERS TO THE RESCUE

AMES NJ BECK proudly announces that anv
american citizen, however humble" who is
without means to defend his constitutional rights in
court OIL justice, can command free of charge the
services OF 'one or more" members of the American
Liberty Leagues committee of lawyers
Here, indeed, Is good news for the OPPRESSED
Tree services OF the nations most expensive lawyers
Let the offer be accepted
Let Mi Beck and Mr.. Davis whose legal serv
ices command premiums from such clients as the
Edison Electric Institute and the House of Morgan
DC Invited at once to San Francisco to help in the
case OF Tom Mooney. Attorneys Frank p Walsh
ana John Finerty who have been giving their time
ana tner money to this case for years. should well
come Sucn assistance. And how better serve the
constitution than by gaining freedom for man
VINO has been in jail 10 years on a conviction OBJ
famed by perJured evidence? The Constitution saws
no man shall be deprived of his liberty without due
process of law"
Frank j. Hogan, famous criminal lawyer might
interpret the Constitutions guarantees eoouently
enough to persuade the courts to undo their in
justice TO Angelo Herndon, the Georgia Negro who
Is serving an f8-year Jail sentence for melting
instruction" the overt acts being effort to or
ganize the unemployed and possession of radical lit
erature.
The Leagues president, Jouett Shouse should be
enlisted to appeal for retral Of the three Mssis-
sippi Negroes-Ed Brown, Henry Shields and Yank
Elington-whose conviction murder charge was
based on confession obtained by police torture
And maybe he will have time enough to sue for a fair
trial for the Scottsboro boys.
And who better than r. E. Desvernine, the steel
corporation lawyer, to have on call for the next
martial law episode at Terre Haute, or when the
vgilantes run wild again in the California lettuce
fields, or when armed mobs next patrol Harlan
County, Kentucky.
OF course, these suggestions presume that Mr..
Beck was not referring merely to those constitution
al rights which flow from property.
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Thinks DryS Too Ordtorical

realize that ,three-fourth of the
people indulge in alcoholic bever-
ages, more or less. They know,
furthermore, that as drinking is
widespread a system for its regu-
lation must prevail. In the second
place, it can be assumed that
these statesmen, individually and
collectively, look with favor on a
few tall ones. There should be
naught but acquittal, approval, for
the statesmen under fire. Any &C
cusation as to their authority
should be striker from the realm
of controversy for all time.
There is no wisdom in assum-
ing that the major part of crea-
ton, by its alignment with
Bacchus, is destined to wind up
in Hades. The agitators who
preach calamity, and more calam-
ity should be treated to a respite
from their nightmares. A fair
minded appraisal of the multitude
must reveal the fact that the ship
ot state is not headed for the
rocks.
The partakers of cheer" are
characterized largely by their re-
gard for law and order. The I'M
educated over-step pounds and in
vite reproach, but they are not
the whole works. The elite can
pass them up with impunity. The
virus of loose conduct may prove
lure to those lacking all moral
force, but that influence will not
undermine the temple of civiliza-
ton.
Call it what you may, cafe or
tavern system, drinking culture is
Enthusiastically on the upgrade. To-
days social gatherings are largely
glad-hand frolic of the right
people, 1t will be boor, indeed,
who will insist upon the right to
become paralyzed before com
pany.'
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rest Of the time they were on fur
Tough. Young men possessed of a
certain amount Of education were
permitted to volunteer at the age
of II for a short period, thus es-
Gaping compulsory active service.
After this short active period, they
either took an easy examination
and went into the reserve, or took
regular officers examination and
became army officers or reserve
officers.
Q-What is cullet?
A-Broken or refuse glass, a
certain amount of which is used
with raw materials in the manu-
facture OF glass.
Q-Must applicants for second
citizenship papers apply to the
court in person?
Ayes.
Q-How long is the northern
boundary of the United States?
A-Excluding Alaska, but in
Guiding the water boundary
through the Great Lakes, it is
1887 miles.
sQ-What is the address of the
British Medical Association?
A-Travistock Square, VIC l.,
London. England.
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By william Lee Evans, Martinsville


! Recently high commander of
the dry" forces made an attack
at a church session on what he
termed the rum privilege'-al-
cohol and the white apron. In a
fling of florid oratory the BROTH
ers and sisters we're treated to this
effervescence:
State and national enactmentS
which grant privileges to liquor
interests must be altered if inter-
ests of citizens in our common
wealth are to be upheld" This
alteration, this forerunner of
Utopia, was inaugurated some Is
years ago to preserve interests of
citizens-the bootleggers.
The gentleman declaims further
with degree of energy: The
liquor traffic is an impostor, a
usurper and a murderer under the
guise Of privilege" This exhibit
ton of spleen will not prove con-
ducive to an acceptance of the
prohlbltlon gospel. Continuing,
this sponsor Of ideality is greatly
perturbed as to why men who
call themselves statesmen will
grant license and legality. to
business whose existence depends
upon devastating homes, debauch-
ing the electorate and defying the
law"
The ills of a complex society
are magnif1ed by the extremists
with Ratchet brigade tendencies.
They are volcanic in their con-
domination of any measure which
gives sanction to a sparkle Of foam,
a rendezvous for the socially in
clined. Just oratory, and then
more oratory, seems to be the out
look, with the habits of the null
titude unchanged. e
AS to the reason of license laws
on the part of legislators, let this
be said: The gentlemen involved
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Eternal City
BY BERTRAM DAY

Ethernal City! Full of history:
A reverence your memory inspires,
The Tiber holds your birth in
mystery,
Your well-known signet all mankind
adnireS.
Your language, culture, science, laws
and art
Have travelled to the confines Of the
globe,
We are your offspring, secret coun-
terpart,
Our lives are folded in your purple
robe.
The Colosseum spells old pagan
Rome:
It stands dethroned, defiant, yet
sublime,
It's crimes are sleeping now in
Nero'S home
But Christians have survived the
tooth of Time.
Though Roman roads diverge to
every shore
Her former golden milestone is no
more.
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CITES BEVERIDGE PLEA
ON CONSTITUTION

BY Andrew REM
Recent articles appearing in the
papers have professed to repeat
something that Albert j. Beverage
had to say about the Constitution.
I wish to call your attention to
several paragraphs from his keynote
speech before the Progressive Party
convention in 1912.
1.-THE Progressive Party believes
that the Constitution is a living
thing, growing with the peoples
growth, strengthening with the peo-
pies strength, aiding the people in
their struggle for life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, permitting
the people to meet all their needs
as conditions change.
From certain sources we hear
preachments about the danger Of
our reforms to American inStitu-
tons. What is the purpose Of
American institutions? Why was
this republic established? What
does the flag stand for? What do
these things mean?
They mean that the people shall
be free to correct human abuses.
"They mean that the men, women
and children shall not be denied
the opportunity to grow stronger
and nobler.
They mean that the people shall
have the power to make our land
each day a better place to live in"
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in nation are just as bad as those
between nations.
William Graham Sumner pun
gently describes the tariff as one
or the principal method of mulct-
ing the farmer and the UNDER
privileged laporing class. This de-
vice, said Sumner, consists in de-
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INDUSTRIALIST THINKS ONLY
OF HIMSELF, is CLAIM

BY Subscriber
George Macaulay Booth, Brit
ish shipper and director Of the
Bar of England, in an address
BET Re members and guests of the
NV York Bond Club, advocated
international cooperation in the
gradual elimination of trade bar
riers toward ultimate free trade.
Booth said, I'VE have status
quo in bushes which is extremely
unsatisfactory. Man has failed to
adequately distribute his resources.
Between nations, we should treat
each other as assets and resources
and deal on that basis. I should
like very much to see the principle
of free trade extended the length
and breadth of the world"
And the state of conditions with
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Questions and Answers

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apolis Times Washington informal
ton Bureau. Legal and medical
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Indianapolis Times Washington
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Q-What is Teapot Dome?
A naval oil reservation in
central Wyoming. In 1922 it was
leased to private interests by
Albert B. Fall. Secretary of the In
terror. A congressional investiga-
ton into the legality of the leases
led to disclosures of irregularities
that resulted in several lawsuits,
and the return Of the oil lands to
the government.
Q-Was military service COM
puisory in Russia in 1884? How
long were men~required to serve?
A-Russian youths were called
for military service at the. age of
q. The period was Is years-six
in active service, and nine in the
reserves. They served only such
portion ftl1e six years of active
service as was necessary to keep
the army at full strength. and the
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Daily Thought

But woe unto you that are rich
for We have received your consola-
tion.-St. Luke 6:24.
ITO have what we want is riches
L but to be able to do without is
power.-George Macdonald.
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A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
- BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson -

D like to be rich for one reason-so could have
- horse. Something lovely seems to have gone ont
OF the world when the common little bow can have
no association with the nobest of animals except by
watching his papa place bets at race track
For there's no satisfaction in looking at some
body else's horse You want one of your own to
know what love exist between man and animals
And hiring steeds for riding will always strike me as
an upslde-down way of doing things
There is nobility about the nature of the horse
that makes association with him of vast value to
humans While the dog has licked mans boots the
horse has borne is burdens, shaved and died for him.
worked to death under the yoke or been torn to bits
upon hundred battlefelds.
ANY one whose memory holds the treasure of such
an ownership can never forget the morning smell
of the stables the feel of soft against his
palm or the sensation of power given by the strong
muscles beneath him.
In our family Button bay with white star in
his forehead the favorite Long years he served
us, striding through night and Storm through heat
and dust carrying the doctor miles Of country
to the sick and dying No trip ever too long to
take the fire from his valiant heart.
Sometimes when I think of the past can still
hear the ring of swift hooves upon pebbled road
which in childhood the signal for getting fathers
meal ready.
Old Button spent his last days. as every good
horse should, in green pastures But even So think
he died of the that consumes neglected ami
mails When there were more journeys for him to
make, ard his doctor had departed he was done with
living
What, wonder, life with its automobiles and
airplanes give my children to compensate for never
knowing what it is to own and love horse?
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Forum Of The Times
ndw the it,

fTimes readers ere inrtted to cypress
their pie'os in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. NGke pour letters
short. so all can hare chance Limit
then, to $50 4oords or less. Your letter
must be stoned. bit names will be
NtthheLd ON renMeSti
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think anything is beneficial that makes men
realize that there is much greater power in the
universe than the human being on earth-Charles
Hayden. banker, referring to Nev york's new Hay
den Planetarium
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Next year may be too late to prevent the next
war. Today is the time to create a will-to-peace
that will not be swept away by war cries that may
sound within the next six NOTWITHSTANDING Francis
j. Mcconnell, New York.
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A mystical faith. similar to that of unciviized
mankind for their idols, is springng up around US
faith by which called upon to submit all our
problems to being called the government-John
w. Davis, famed attorney
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The butcher. the grocer or whoever sits in the
jury box is just as important and just digniied
an officer of the court is the judge who receives
$4,000 year.-Chief Judge F. E. Crane, New York
court of appeals.
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Our patriotism, prosperity and love of justice
are sure sign of virty and greatness but they
are also emotions and elements that lead easily to
war in time of war.-Ex-Gov Alfred E. Smith.
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