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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24

announced he had a series Of legis-
lative measures that he thought
would insure the country against
such depreSsions again, and they
were passed, zip!, and the country
the business men-set up an &C
claim. One of these was the NRA.
Act Three: The NRA took hold
and required these business men and
industrialistS to cut out such cute
items as loss leaders, secret rebates,
child labor exploitation, sub-subsiSt-
ence wages. This hurt, and the
business man thought that wouldn't
it be nice if he could be allowed
to bring about the end Of the de-
preston in his own way. Eventual
" the attack on the NRA got quite
bitter, as the business leaders senSed
there would be a minimum public
resistance to the ballyhoo.
Act -Four: The NRA is invalidat-
ed by the United States Supreme
Court.
Act Five: Business men began
forming volunteer associations all
over the country, pledging them
selves to live up to the code agree
ments of the NRA, now dead pre-
sumably by their own hand.
The NRA was killed, it seems, by
the hit-and-run bank closer who re-
appeared, nysteriously, and has
taken to new crimes. He's now
shooting birds out Of season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
MONDAY JUNE a. 1898.



JUDGE FRANK P. BAKER has shown in
~ the Barker case q rather curious attitude
toward the Supreme Court Of Indiana. He failed
to act in accordance with both the law and the
established usage Of the high court when he
released Leo Barker Oh the same day that Mrs.
Barker pasted $3.50.
Now 10 appears that the Criminal Court
Judge has an equally strange point Of view
about the Legislature. IL is the duty OF the
legislature 70 create positions. Joel A. Baker.
the judges political fayorite has been hold
inc the Job OF Criminal Court probation officer
a. sl700 a year.
The Legislature decided that al proba-
ton officers should take competitive ezamina-
tions. There is no evidence that Joel Baker
ever took such an examination. Instead he
took "a leave Of absence to lobby during the
last legislative session.
Then on March y the judge asked the
County Council to transfer $500 Of the proba-
ton funds 70 a Criminal Court investigator
fund" But the Legislature has created no
Criminal Court investigators position. There
is a serious question as to the legality of the
councils action in transferring the money.
but that is what it did. So Joel Baker other
wise known as j. A. b" went on drawing his
salary from the taxpayers.
The State Board Of Accounts has very
wisely started an investigation Of the precise
status OF Joel Baker. The County Council was.
we think. careless in complying with Judge
Bakers request without making an inquiry Of
its own.
What was Judge Bakers response when
The Times revealed that the legal status Of his
favorites salary was questionable?
The usual obscene remarks about the edi-
tor and this newspaper.
In fact. the judges lewd language has be-
come a commonplace. momentarily unpleasant.
but Of no more consequence than the comings
and goings Of a garbage wagon.
The judges attitude in this case once more
demonstrates that he is utterly unfit by tenn
permanent. training and experience to occupy
a position on the bench. Certainly a judge
above all other public officials should know the
law and scrupulously abide by it.
Both the Barker and the Joel Baker mat
tiers indicate that Judge Baker is either
ignorant OF the statutes or that he does not
construe them strictly when his official con-
duct is concerned.
It becomes increasingly evident that the
Judge is not a iurist, but primarily a mere
politician and vote getter. His intellectual
response 10 criticism has invariably been that
Of a ward politician. so far rs We have been
able to observe.
II Indiana is to have decent and orderly
law enforcement We must have jUrists. not
vote suatchers. on the bench. Judge Baker
stands today as both an indictment Of and
CHI uenge to Indiana justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
NO TIME FOR HURRY

NTHILE We favor the general detectives as
w expressed in the Presidents tax message,
We don't like the lets jam it through and 60
home" talk that is now in the air.
The subject does not lend itself to the
buns rush manner of law making 1t is not
a thing that should be decided with a side
swipe. by a Congress in hurry to wind up
and Get away from the Washington heat.
Nor is 10 a matter to be passed on merely
as a play in great game Of politics The
issue is taxcS-not Huey Long.
If 1t could be assured that Congress would
stay long enough to finish the task with due
labor and deHberation. that would be fine.
But We are skeptical about any such possible
ity. and believe there is real danger Of lick
and-a-promise performance.
With Huey Long steaming up the politics
Of the tax issue. il Is now indicated that the
Senate may Try TO improvise hasty program
and pass it as an amendment to the pending
nuisance tax extension bill, which must be
acted on finally within six days. That. We be-
reve. would be a serious mistake.
1t is not a job to be done on Huey Long
tempo. Under orderly procedure. any tax pro-
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Wavs and Means Committee, then acted on
bv the House then studied by the Senate
Finance Committee. and finally passed on by
the Senate. There should Be no short cut in
handling tax proposal that IS as ramified and
complex as the one suggested by the President
The writing OF an inheritance tax law, for
example. requires much more than the mere
fxine Of a schedule OF rates. We know from
our experience with the Federal estate taxes
that the administration Of such a lsv is not
easy. Careful provisions need TO be made for
lonc-term liquidation Of inheritanceS.
And much more than casual study should
Be- given 70 the proposed graduated tax on cor
porations Wrapped up in this proposal is the
controversy that has ragged since the trust
busting DAYS. over the size OF industrial units
The whole scheme OF mass production is
affected. as well as the equity Of discriminate
ING against the small stockholders Of large
corporation and in favor Of the large stock
holders OF a small corporation.
The taxing power is governments most
po,ent tool. II can be used Ike q surgical
knife TO remove a malignant growth from the
social system. But it should never be used
vantonly and recklessly. ike a bludgeon. 10
main and bru.se-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
THEY'RE NOT BAD

- in his denial that he and Harry Hopkins
have come to the parting Of the ways. He
merely states that there is no rift. schism
clash. row. breach. break or misunderstanding
between him and the works progress admins
traitor.
Washington. which scents an official rue
ton quicker than village does doghght, will
remain skeptical unless Ickes ADDS that there
is also no split. cleavage. division, collision,
opposition. quarrel. hostility, rupture, chasm,
disruption. dispute. difference. dissension or
caesura.
And even then there would always be
somebody 10 whisper that Harry and Harold
have pfIht.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
Times Golf Tourney Praised

built along the same lines and hit
the ball with the same smooth,
graceful stroke. Bill Heinlein is
now serving his first year as pro
at the Coffin course, where the
National Public Links champion
ship will be played late in July. He
is also holder of the Indiana State
Open title, won at Evansville last
year. Young Bill Reed, present
Indianapolis District winner and
local Public Links champion, came
in winner in 1882 and is now
pointing his game toward the
National Public Links title and
possibly National Amateur honors.
Harry Yelton of Cathedral and
slim, grinning Walter Chapman,
Tech star, are other winners along
with Dick McCreary, who was
runner-up this year. Clayton
Nichols, low medalist this year
with a smooth 70 at Riverside,
is the present South Grove caddy
champion. Many of these boys
VINO play eacn year are CduuIeS db
the municipal courses and country
clubs and are able to get at an
early age what we term "grooved
swing"
They are continually gripping
and swinging clubs and as we all
know it is the "smooth-grooved"
stroker who usually scores lowest.
Some of these boys are sons Of
golfng fathers and are given pri-
vate instructions and develop in
that manner, and some are just
like Topsy, they just grow up with
the game. All in all these
youngsters are the good players of
the years ahead and they deserve
encouragement and help. I have
enjoyed assisting Dick Miller in
the handling of several of these
tournaments and hope to be of
use to him in many others in the
years to come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24

letter advises that the NRA code
and scale of wages is not being
maintained.
Reference is also made to the
fact that "the specifications for
these buses were established by the
Legislature and give this concern
more or less Of a monopoly in pro-
ducing them" Apparently these
false remarks are directed against
this company, as no other local con-
Germ is distributing beautiful all
steel school bus bodies"
The letter was so ridiculously false
that it should be ignored were it not
for the fact that it misinforms the
public and we believe the truth
should be told. We cordially invite
any and all interested parties to in
vestigate our records, which Will
conclusively prove that we have not
only complied with the desires Of
the Federal Administration to bring
about unemployment relief at a fair
wage scale, but have actually gone
CCyOAAO NAAG Ill CAAACA4Io VI Vic
Presidents unemployment agree
ment Of July II, 1888.
Our present wage scale averages
a higher rate than prescribed in this
agreement. This agreement is our
governing factor because of the alb
sence of any code that applies 70
the wholesale distributing of truck
equipment.
AS late as May 10. 1885, A. H.
Andrews, secretary of the CONNER
cial Vehicle Body Industry, said, in
part, Il have to advise you that
those who are purely distributors
do not come under the Code Of
the Commercial Vehicle Body In
dustry. The President has many
times expressed his wish that until
a code was established for a certain
industry that it would carry out his
unemployment agreement Of July II.
1885," We are not only doing that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
A GOOD JOB

ATEARLY s1OOOOOO 900 has been disbursed to
mortgages in Indiana by the Home own
ers Loan Corp.
Repairs have been authorized and COM
pleted on $500 homes in the state by the
Hole.
Almost 5000 900 has been disbursed to city
and county treasurerS in delinquent taxes and
Barrett Law assessments through HOLC.
All this has come Though the Indiana
branch of the Federal agency, under E. Kirk
Mckinney state manager
Il is a good job well done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24

By Harry Schopp.
1t seems such a short time ago
that Stocky Bill Merriam came in
winner in the first interscholastic
golf tournament at the South
Grove course. I we'll remember
ruling made against Bills oppo-
nent on the sixth hole for viola
ton of a match play rule. Yet
the records show this happened in
1925 and The indianapolis Times
has very successfully sponsored
this tourney until today, the
tenth annual classic has a field of
about $50 contestants.
Dick Miller, while browsing
around for golf news in the sum-
mer of 1925, was amazed at the
interest shown and the low scoring
of a caddy tournament then in
progress at the South Grove links.
Mr.. Miller suggested the holding
of an annual affair for all high
and grade Schoolboys at the be-
ginning of their summer vacation.
With his enthusiasm and hard'
work, plus cooperation of the
pros at several of the courses and
material assistance of the high
school coaches in the interests of
their boys, this yearly tournament
has done a great good for the
young golfers of the city, it helped
noticeably in the golfing progress
of quite a few local boys and has
made the city high school golf
teams the strongest in the state.
Neville (Chub) Ewing of Short
ridge won the title in '27, and then
lanky Bill Heinlein annexed hon.
ors the following two years, repre-
senting Cathedral. Bill has won
many links titles since, but he still
can remember the thrills of those
boyhood battles. His brother
Louis won last year and they are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
Petunias
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

I saw a growing rosy heap
Before a house scaly and old
That squatted like loathsome, hoary
toad
With jeweIed head. in the trampled
dust.
But so glowing in color,
SO sweet in fragrance,
It was, that sordidness vas Tor
gotten
In contemplating its beauty.
I know a place like that
A human place,
Unlovely to the eye;
But, on, how quickly forgotten
When once one glimpses
The petunia- thoughts that sweeten
all the uglineSSl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
ASSERTS MONOPOLY CHARGE
Is WITHOUT BASIS

By E. J. Hermann.
In your issue of June II appears
a letter by one Of your readers re-
ferring to a local concern that is
turning out many beautiful new
school buses" and through the lack
Of knowledge Of actual facts or de-
nberate distortion Of the truth, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
HE DRAMATIZES LIFE,
DEATH OF NRA

By NJ. T.
The NRA is dead! Long live the
NRA!
Up until now I have been so busy
watching the hullabaloo over the
NRA, from start to finish, that 1
have not had the time, let US say,
to make up my mind as to where l
stand-or stood-on it.
am not an employer, and my
status as an employe was not af-
fected by it, except in minor ways
and for short periods of time. If
there had not been such extensive
wakes held for it, would not feel,
personally. that it is dead. Of
hand, I am sorry it is dead.
But the show was amusing while
it lasted, and its epilogue, now play
ing, is positively aisle-rolling. The
business men and industrial leaders,
who set up a howl at the NRA,
and wanted to be left alone to bring
about recovery by themselves with
no governmental interference, are
the cast Of characters.
Act One: When all banks were
closed, or closing, as President
Roosevelt took Office, the business
men. who were, Of course. in no way
responsible for the closing Of the
banks. were grateful that all re-
sponsibility for action was taken by
President Roosevelt. A thorough
post closing search of the records,
revealing all evidence. developed
that the bankers weren't responsible
for the mess, either. Apparently
they were all closed by a hit-and-
run bank closer, still sought by po-
lice.
Act Two: President Roosevelt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
The Message Center

Times readers are tnUtted to eTpreSs
their Viet0s in these columns. Make your
letters short. so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ t0ords or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names t0tU
be toithheld at request of the letter
ioriteT.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
INDIANA JUSTICE

OVER in Taooma, Wash Harmon N. Valley
~ stood before the bar OF Federal justice
and received a 45-year prison term Harmon
VALLEY had pleaded guilty to kidnapping s-year-
Old George wsyerhaeuser and holding him for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
WHAT ARE RIGHTS?

once more the states rights champions
" are at the microphones and on the floors
OF Congress.
The Presidents Interpretation Of the Su-
preme Courts NRA decision has offered them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24

Prince Mdivani says his life with his for
mer wife, the dime store heiress, is CLOSED
book" In time, European nobility may have
quite library.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24

Chicago millionaire leaves $4,000 to two
courteous traffic cops. That would hardly
cover the expense of the search.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
HE'S DISGUISED WITH
MARION COUNTY AFFAIRS
BY c. W.

BY C. W.
The more I see of our modern
political machinery the more dis
gusted I become. Take for instance
our Marion County setup.
The Times has proved, to my own
satisfaction at least, that there is a
highly undesirable condition existing
in the administration of criminal
justice. 1t is fairly obvious to any
body with a grain of sense, and yet
no responsible Democratic official
has stepped forward to admit some
thing is wrong and offer to do any
thing about it.
I may be wrong. but it seems to
me that the best way to serve a po-
litical party would be to give the
best possible administration. And
yet right here we have a situation
that The Times has proved is far
from the best and still nothing is
done.
The accused persons are as silent
at Wooden Indians except for those
"obscenity deleted" remarks and the
silence extends to every one con-
nected with the party.
I was born" a Republican, but
I got off that horse when I started
to get some sense. I thought Frank
lin Roosevelt held out little better
something in the way of govern
ment, but if he does, he'll certainly
fail, for the cities and counties
where the heart of good government
must start-certainly manage to
get grand crop of weak sisters into
Office.
What shall I do? Which way
shall we turn? Fascist or CON-
muniSt?
I'm all for good revolution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24
So They Say

It is idle to talk of the wickedness
of killing, because if and when the
next war comes, men will think
only of the nobleness Of dying
Lord Hewart, chief justice of Eng
land.
Universal social security can not
be had by sudden inspiration Of
panaceas. There are no short cuts.
Permanent social growths can not
be had by dollhouse methods.-Her-
bert Hoover.
American diplomacy always car
ries with it an engaging smile,
frankness, directness, and efficiency
which is very refreshing Nicolas
Titulescy, Rumanian foreign min
lister.
There is no reason for believing
war inevitable A hundred years
ago human slavery was held to be
inevitable, and abolitionists we're
commonly regarded as crazy cranks.
President K. G. M. Stills Of Bow
doin College.
It is the feeling that nothing is
worthwhile that makes men III and
unhappy.-Dr. H. w. Dodds, presi-
dent Of princeton University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-24

T / 1OhoHy disapprove of 1Ohat you sag and 10i!
defend to the death your right to sag it-VoItaire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24
BROOKE To HEAD
LICENSE BOARD

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, May
24.-William H. Brooke, Of Marl-
boro, Republican minority mem
Der Of the Prince Georges Board
of License Commissioners since
the board was established two
years ago, is slated to become
president Of the board when Re
publicans take over its control on
June 8.
Judge w. Mcdonald Lindsey, of
Lanham, presided over his last
session Of the board yesterday.
His term expiring on June 1, he
will be succeeded by Joseph S.
Haas of Mt. Rainier. Mrs. Mary
II. Browning, of Mt. Rainier,
Democrat, and Mr.. Brooke have
been renamed to the board by
Gov. Harry Nice.
The liquor licenses held by
Frank Beach, Of Silver Hill, was
suspended for 80 days because Of
his conviction in circuit court for
having illegal liquor in his pos
session, while charges against Mrs.
Margaret l.. Harris, Of Mellwood,
were dropped when compliments
failed to appear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24
.R|TCH|E HOLDS
U.S.. IN DANGER

PITTSBURGH, May "a.
Former Governor Richie Of Mary.
land asserted here last night that
If the American people surrender
"self-government and the free
play of individual endeavor" to
a "high-powered nationalism or
to an unduly regimented economy,
then this will mean the end Of
the American theory Of de-
mocracy."
American democracy, he con-
tinued, sis in very real danger.
The danger is not from without,
not from Communistic or Fascist
influences. 1t comes from what
seems to be the unmistakable
trend of certain policies from
within"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24
Islanders of Pitcairn
Can't Keep Teeth

lander was shipwrecked on a
neighboring island and IVES taken
to Pitcairn by the natives. He
married a. native woman.
DR.. Shapiro revealed that most
Of the furniture on the island now
represents gifts from American
and English friends of the Island
ers brought there on the infre-
quent visits Of ships. Said DR..
Shapiro:
ut looks very much like the
attics Of suburban homes had
been ransacked to furnish the
island homes. Much Of the fur
niture is on its last legs"
The island is interesting to an
thropologists, DR.. Shapiro explain
ed, because it shows "the way cul-
ture behaves isolated from contact
with parental groups"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24

Inhabitants Of Pitcairn, a tiny
island in the Pacific, have one
great difficulty. Their teeth are
always falling out.
AS a matter Of fact, Of the 50
women on the island, there isn't
a single one who has a complete
set of teeth. And the men don't
do so well, either. OF the go men,
only five Of them have all their
teeth.
Fifty-eight per cent Of the wom-
en- don't have any teeth at all,
and the men have a similar lack
Of teeth.
DR.. Shapiro Talks
All this was revealed to the thir-
tieth annual meeting Of the Amer
lean Association Of Museums when
DR.. Harry L. Shapiro, associate
curator Of physical anthropology
Of the American Museum Of Nat
ural History in New York, gave
the first illustrated account Of the
Templeton Croker Expedition in
the Marquesas and Society Is
lands.
DR.. Shapiro said he couldn't &C.
count for the failing of the Pit
cairnites. He said that perhaps
the loss of teeth was hereditary
from one Of the original nine
"Mutineers Of the Bounty" who
founded the island.
The island had its beginning In
1890 when the nine English mutt
neerS and some IL or Is native
women from Tahiti, the glamor.
Gus island in the Pacific, migrated
to Pitcairn and began their fami.
lies there.
The present population is an
admixture, consequently, Of the
British and Tahitian types, with
some of the men and women look
ing distinctly English and the 9th.
ers very Polynesian.
Attic Items Abound
There is also an adm,xture Of
American blood on the island.
Several decades ago, a Rhode -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24
Colored Men Serve
On Virginia Jury

FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, Va,
May PA special session of the
Fairfax grand jury, the first in
many years with colored men on
the panel, met here today on
orders Of Judge Walter McCar-
thy.
The session was called follow
ing the action Of Judge Mccarthy
several days ago in dismissing in
dictments against two colored
women when the technical point
was raised that no colored men
had been on the panel which
returned the indictments charg-
ing the women with arson. His
action was in line with the
ScottSboro decision of the United
States Supreme Court.
Counsel for the women, Louise
and Mary Carpenter, cited the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-24
Gun Chips Send
Brothers to Jail

NEW YORK, May "a (U.S0.
Because chips from a revolver
butt found near the body Of a
dead man fitted perfectly their
gun, Morris and Calman Cooper,
brothers aged 20 and %, chose
prison to murder trial yesterday.
On advice Of their attorneys
Tho brothers, termed "two OF
the most desperate men in the
country" entered pleas Of guilty
to second degree murder and
manslaughter respectively.
A Jury already had been chosen
20 try them for first de-
gree murder Of John Fiut, As
year-old night Waterman.