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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-09-27
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
4 CHANGE OF PLANS

TT is generally taken for granted that the
Il Administration and the business commu-
nifty must find a new method of bringing about
business recovery. in view Of the Supreme
Courts NRA decision. and that this method
must include some better system Of applying
those controls which fell to the ground in the
sick chicken case.
Since most people agree that something in
the nature of a constitutional amendment
would be necessary to bring this about, it is
apparent that any such program would take
a very long time to put into operation.
II might be more stimulating to look in an
entirely different direction. The reversal Of
ERA fortunes unquestionably brings the New
Deal program to halt; but the field Of gov
eminent control of business is not the only
one in which a fresh course could well be
charted.
For it is worth remembering that the NRA
was not merely a scheme for migrating the
business world through government action.
It's basic philosophy was the notion that re-
covery could not take place unless prices were
kept up, and this, in the condition of the last
few years was possible only through restric-
ton Of supply.
AS the NFA collapses. the chance Of put
ting this policy into effect collapses also; and
it is worth asking ourselves whether e. change
Of course in this field might not be advisable.
When you try to bring about recovery by
maintaining good prices you run the risk of
mistakng the symptom for the disease. Fall
ing prices, or low price level generally, are
not the cause of bad times; they are the re-
suit of bad times.
II you undertake TO boost these prices by
cutting down on the available supply of goods
you are not getting at the underlying trouble.
The real trouble is the fact that production
at a profit is not possible for the bulk of the
producers.
In other words, it is the flow Of goods it
self, rather than the price level at which the
flow is taking place, that is important. And
the downfall of the NRA may give us an ex-
cenent chance to re-orient our policy so as to
deal with the trouble itself instead of with
its painful symptoms.
We have been trying, so far, to bring about
prosperity through the control of an artificial
scarcity. In some ways this has borne an
unfortunate resemblance to the labors of a
man who tries to lift himself by his own boot
straps. We may be better off if we get away
from the notion that we can help ourselves by
the use Of scarcity, and turn to the idea of
trying to work the trick by stimulating abund-
snce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
CLOSER TO MILLENNIUM

IT seems that every time the doctors of the
country meet they produce so much en-
couragement in the battle against disease that
surely the millennium, at least in health,
should arrive sooner than one might expect.
AT the very beginning of their session in
Atlantic City, for example, the doctors an
nounced such marvels as brain wash" that
has cured paralysis and other human deform-
tiles, and an antiseptic solution 10 times as
strong as the strongest in use today.
OF course, it may take some time before
either Of these innovations can be included in
the regular physicians routine. Such an i'm
portant matter as technique must be worked
out first.
But it does give one feeling Of consider
able satisfaction that the promise of relief,
at least, for some Of our most tragic diseases
and deformities may soon be fulfilled,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
CHOICE OF INTEREST

THE uncut diamond as large as an ostrich
Il egg that arrived in the United States the
other day probably will be admired and safe
guarded for generations to come. Yet the
story Of the inconsequential prospector whose
Kafir slave stumbled upon it and brought it
to him seems TO be more of marvel than the
diamond itself.
For here was poverty and restitution sud
denly become rich. a man in his sixties, re-
signed 10 a pauper's end after long life of
failure and despair. all at once handling more
than 100000 all his own.
The world has been following the adven-
lures Of that paupers unusual discovery much
more closely than the story of the finder him
self. But wouldn't you ike to know what has
happened to Jacobus Jonkher, the struggling
prospector suddenly become wealthy, even
more than you would what happens to that
piece OF hard, Ifeless stone?
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WHY NOT NOW?

A N implied promise that the Gu1ey bill will
~ be enacted prompted coal operators and
miners to continue their wage agreement two
weeks longer, delaying a threatened nation
wide strike.
Although Congress need not act as If gun
were held to its head, there is no valid reason
fer delaying decision one way or the other on
this measure. It has been before Congress
long time. Its provisions are clear; its obiec-
tives are understood. 1t is designed to stabilize
this very sick industry. regularize prices and
wages. and enable the national government to
husband this very valuable natural resource.
We believe II should be enacted. And If it
can bs in time to prevent strike, so much the
better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE

IF the burnt child fears the fire, the Ameri-
l. can people ought to have fairly wary
and suspicious attitude toward the business
Of loaning American money to nations which
are at war.
That being the case, they ought to be in
terested in a bill recently introduced IN Con-
rress. This bill, sponsored by Rep. Kloeo OF
Ohio. would prohibit the making Of loans by
any one in the United States to any nation
engaged in war, or to any citizens or organi-
cations in such a nation. unless that nation
we're the active ally of the United States.
The bill is due for a hearing before the
House Foreign Affairs Committee on June
Is, and the ordinary citizen might reasonably
be expected to hope that it wins approval.
The course of history from 1917 onward
might have been vastly different if such
law had been passed 20 years ago.
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NRA Scored for Labor Troubles

and during the depression, l came
in contact with many people en-
ployed at the bleaching plant.
Those people were in good circum-
stances and contented until adj
vent of the NRA. Then 1 heard
discomfort. Now this change in
conditions was not brought about
by the general system of business,
but by the MIRA system of running
business.
Then I heard the employees were
striking. I could not and do not
yet understand why those people
could be disloyal to the company
that had kept them above water
when so many others were going
down and would have been only
too glad to earn what they were
receiving.
Fortunately, I am now one Of
the workers at the bleaching
plant. When 1 say worker" I do
not only mean so far as doing the
daily task assigned me- I mean
1 am a worker to the best inter-
ests of the company.
Conditions are very favorable at
the plant. A square deal is meted
out to every one. And 1 can not
understand why any one of sound
mind would prefer going on a
strike.
Last but not least, I think Mr..
Young should be praised for the
splendid manner in which he has
controlled the situation, which
we can clearly see was no easy
task.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
TRUCE IN THE GREEN HE'LL

THE truce in the Chsco is epochal. Not be-
IL cause the l2-day srmistice may bring to an
END the green helrs" three-year war. but be-
cause Of the way it was brought about.
In the past when there was trouble in
Latin America. the usual procedure was for
Uncle sam TO stride bumptouSly into it. and
say:
BOYS 7 can't have this. It's got TO stop!"
whereupon he would take over the JOB all
by himself He would act as sole srbiter or
chief mediator or generally make himself un-
popular. Our Tacna-Arica intervention was
conspicuous example.
The Chaco truce is a direct result OF PAN
American cooperation. The ABC powers-Ar-
Eentis. Brazil. Chile-and Peru and the United
States worked together 70 bring il about.
That is the say conflicts between the 81
republics OF this hemisphere should be settled.
That is how domestic chaos in the smaller ma
tons Of the community should be handled-n.
cut OF sheer humanity. something simply must
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15

A WAR.DEBTs COMMISSION!
"a scRIrFs-HowARD NKwsPAPEEl

THIRTEEN rations Of Europe are supposed
IL 70 paw ne United States approximately
tlsOOOO00O today on their war debts.
Only Finland. owing slsS.OOO will pay up
Prom the others not nickel. And a lot Of
US will feel sore.
we let them have it when their backs were
n the vail and their very existence was at
stake Ne say. And they are in honor bound
N pay. II they can't pay it all. why don't they
pay wat they CAM"
In which there is lot Of truth. But there
are two sides TO every question. even the war
debts
True. NC lent Europe ten billion dollars. in
round numbers. But this money was not
transferred across the Atlantic. It remained
night here in the United States. II was used
as credits against which Europe made pur
chsses Of American goods. produced b. Amer
lean workers on farms and in factories.
The goods not the cash, were shipped
abroad. The transactions helped boost wages
IN this country. increased prices and contrib
uted largely to our prosperity.
Today Europe is committed to pay back
some s22OOOOOOOOO in semi-annusl install
ments for the next so years. That is what
principal and interest come to during the next
two generations. And its lot Of money.
But Europe can pay That is to say she
ran pay II We accept payment in the same kind
Of coin We lent. namely goods.
And there's the rub. We refuse to accept
goods To do so would throw out of employ
ment hundreds OF thousands OF American
workers whose product the imported goods
would replace. We demand cash. But as there
Is only some eight billion dollars in monetary
gold outside the United States, obviously %
billion dollars in gold can not be permanently
transferred to this or any other country.
The impssse is complete. Europe is wait
ing for us to make the next move and we are
waiting for Europe. This is a stupid per-
Torrance.
President Hoover once suggested that new
World War Debts Commission be named to
figure a way out We still believe it an excel
lent idea. Congress has tied the hands of the
President and Congress itself has either gone
10 sleep over the issue or else is afraid of it
politically.
A bipartisan commission composed OF
leaders OF the Senate and House. the Seore-
tsry 0f the Treasury, Secretary Of State and
such experts as the President might see ht to
name. clearly could take the matter out of
politics and put 1t on purely business basis,
where it so distinctly belongs.
Unless something is done, and soon, We can
kiss the % billions good-by. Already default.
at first humiliating and hard. has become
pleasant r. 1T. J, time. the war debts will be
as dead as Ire notes Of the Confederacy.
Meantime the debts are brake on inter-
national commerce. sterilization of currencies
and world recovery generally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
The Book World

CENTER Of quite a little attention the last
~ week or so has been highly unusual adven-
tre story, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," by
3. Traven CKnopf. $3.50. Mr.. Traven, author Of
The Death Ship" has unwound a story not I'M
usual because of its adventure theme, but be-
cause 1t bears a ring Of truth and because its
characters are so masterfully drawn.
Absorbing though it is, the book never seems
to touch on the sensational. 1t is a story with
hard edges and more than little insight into
human nature.
Dobbs, battered by life, has the underdog
complex and never gets over it. He teams up with
a hard customer named Curtin and an old PROF.
pector Howard. The trio makes long trip to the
Sierra Madre where they get to work. They strike
pay dust and the resulting developments make
gripping reading.
Mr.. Traven has SHE'D away from lacking a
fancy ending to his tale and it ends just as the
story reads-hard as nails. 1t is a fine book and
one that deserves reading.
A BOOK that has been out for some time and
N that has drawn a wide measure of praise is
Vincent Sheean's Personal History" Mr.. Sheean
is a newspaper man who has been globe trotting
fer some few years and always managing to have
ructions breaking out right under his feet.
Personal History" is an extremely well-done
autobiography and his first-hand portrayal of
the Arab-Jewish riots in Palestine forms splen-
did reporting. 1t is an exceedingly worthwhile
volume.
A UNITED PRESS dispatch from Milan, Italy,
N today disclosed that Gabrielle D'Annunzio,
poet war hero and great lover, is soon to publish
the book he has spent eight years in writing. 1t
is titled: "One Hundred and Hundred and
Hundred and a Hundred Pages of the Secret of
Gabrielle D'Annunzio, Who Is Now Tempted to
Die"
The book is in three parts, the United Press
understands. The first part is an introduction by
Angelo Cocles"-D Anunzio himself taking his
pen name from the old phrase applied by Latins
to person with one eye. D'Anunzio lost an eye
in the World War. The second part is of auto
bogra phical sketches, each ending with cpl
sode in which the poet has considered killing
himself
The third, THE Secret Book" is a philo-
sophiCal listing of numerous notes and obServa-
tons made as night time, in which the author
reveals himself with great frankness.
D'Annunzio has written the book at his ba
ronial home at Garda, where he keeps private
silversmith to strike gifts for his guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
ANOTHER RoGUES' GALLERY

THE old racket Of selling worthless secur-
tiles continues but
The Securities and Exchange Commission
Is giving the raoketeers run for their money
such as they never before experienced.
Complaints against sellers Of worthless
stocks and bonds are arriving at the SEC at
the rate Of more than 1000 a month.
The result has been the elimination OF some
900 dealers the Indictment Of scores Of others.
Several are now reposing in Jail.
So extensive Is this racket that the SEC
has been forced 10 set up a rogues' gallery
70 tsbulste the known dispensers of crooked
securities. The pictures are accompanied by
complete descriptions OF the suspects and cul-
prits
The value OF this aspect Of SECS work alone
Is almost unlimited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15

0y NOEd Lee ncNiys
Having read an article regard
ing the situation at the Indianap-
oils Bleaching Co. plant, 1 would
like to say something in defense
of the management.
To begin with, I never could see
the common laborer was very
greatly beef1ted by the NRA. On
the other hand, it always appeared
to me that the ones who derived
the greater benefit from the NRA
were the ones who were fortunate
in securing the Office positions, or
in other words, those who were
supposed to find employment for
those who were in need of it.
It was my misfortune to be out
of steady employment and was
one of the first to place my APP
pllcation, yet I never succeeded
in getting any kind of work. l
think must have placed my ap-
plication about three or four times.
Each time received a promise of
work, yet when I returned they
seemed to have forgotten the pre-
vious application.
There was project under way
on White River near my home.
made coffee and sold it to num-
Der of the employees. One of the
officials ordered me to stop. I
am a widow and that was the only
way I could make any money at
that time.
Having sold articles from house
to house for several years before
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
WANTS REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT AS PRESIDENT

By Times Reader.
There Must Be Limit" is the
best editorial and the biggest mouth
full you have said in long time.
Now don't go to sleep again, since
you have wakened. Now, if you
really mean there must be a limit,
then use your newspaper to defeat
Franklin Roosevelt, the Soviet So
cialist, or whatever he is and help
elect a Democrat or Republican for
1886.
Outside of those depending on
political jobs, no one really cares if
it's a Democrat or Republican, so
long as he is practical or business
man, man who does not want to
change our form of government, but
one that will aid business, so there
will be work for the multitudes that
are living on relief. Of course, bust
ness was getting better in 1882 and
if it had not been interfered with
by this theoriSt and the radicals he
has advising him. business, like ma
ture, which takes its course, would
be in good shape by now.
We also know that Mr.. Hoover
had the House against him and
would not give him any help. Mr..
Hoover was even humble enough to
invite Mr.. Roosevelt to make sug-
gestions before he left Office. But
no, the Soviet wanted to see us go
down and out to make himself
dictator.
Now remember, if business must
be under government control, the
press also must be under govern
ment control. There must be no
special privileges, remember, or the
barbados will be in the streets. So
back to the good old Constitution,
with a Democrat or Republican as
President. But no theorist, radical,
Soviet, Socialist, etc.
There is power in free press, so
if you think it's time to limit this
useless spending except for real re-
lief, then get to work and do your
share.
What do you think Of the s26,903,-
162 AAA? What do you get for not
printing papers and not taking ad-
vertising?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
ERRORS CONTAINED IN
EDITORIAL, READER SAYS

BY George r. Stewart.
With reference to the editorial.
"Slums Still Stand" in your June IL
issue, this article is all right in the
main. But don't you know that
nearly all folk living in the So
called "slums" are now on some
form of relief and rarely do they
make $40 a week. The average is
probably IS.
1t is ridiculous to even talk about
81 a month a room, let alone 81.
The average "Slum district" prop
erty rents for closer to 50 room.
You should send out two or three
investigators into cheap districts and
you will find that they don't aver
age So a room a month.
Then why not rewrite the article
or editorial, pointing out the fact
that the true situation is hope
less" so long as average wages Of
average persons in slum districts are
so low.
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cerned would be a voluntary reduc-
ton of the excessive salaries paid
of the taxpayers burdens of the cost
of government and the unnecessary
Offices created for political reasons
and that the aged unemployed re-
ceive sufficient money to defray the
expenses of humble homes and the
cost of living.
Something must be done to stop
the plundering of public funds and
by the referendum and make it pos
sible to automatically discharge dis
honest unworthy officials who won't
work if slack laws make it easier or
more profitable to rob their bene-
factors.
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Be done. Our old method was 10 send the
Marines.
fed in playing lone hand in Latin American
affairs has long since passed II, indeed, it ever
existed. So has the usefulness Of the Monroe
Doctrine in its one-sided sense.
Pan-American cooperation is the magic key
to Pan-Americsn friendship and progress. The
present Roosevelt's doctrine Of "the good
neiehbor" will go UNNECESSARILY farther than
the former Roosevelts doctrine Of the Big
Stick"
IN no other way can the old fears, hatreds
and suspicious Of us south Of the Rio Granoe
be finally and completely dissipated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-15
HE WILL REVEAL HIS
PLAN FOR PROSPERITY
By D. S. Sage, osgoOd.

By D. S. Sage, osgoOd.
I have been waiting two years for
the New Deal to bring back prosper
ity. 1 can't see as we are any closer
than we were two years ago. had
my idea or plan and have been
waiting to see if there was another
man in the United States who would
have my plan.
They can think Of everything I'M
der the shining sun, but the right
thing.
When you lose anything you
must look for it just where you
lost it.
A blind man can see that Or.
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M'NUTT SCORED FOR OLD-AGE
PENSION FARCE"
Bv A Citizen.

By A Citizen.
The old-age pension farce con-
tinues to function just as Gov. Nc
Mutt intended when he hung his
emergency clause on to the law to
pension aged men and women.
This same emergency clause has
been invoked to balance budgets and
other items of convenience at the
expense of that class for which it
was intended to furnish relief and
whose age and infrmities make the
earning of living an impossibility.
What would happen if any cog in
the pay roll machinery failed to
mash properly whereby his excel
lency would fail to receive any part
of his $4,000 annual salary or the
same thing were to happen to the
legion of appointees under him, in
GLIDING dozens of useless parasites
or barnacles hanging on the ship
Of state? Nothing would be omit
ted, including an extra session of
the Legislature, if necessary, to
remedy such ar unfortunate over
sight or defect.
1t is a disgrace to the state Of In
diana that deliberate action of
this kind was permitted, to prevent
the aged poor from getting one cent
that was justly due them, that the
nests of political nondescripts, who
absolutely earn nothing of impor-
lance or contribute anything to the
welfare or dignity of the state and
who would be the first to go under
a change of administration, are so
easily feathered.
For more to the credit of all con-
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to this unnecessary tieup Of traffic,
are certainly not going to agree
with by a Reader" that the men
In charge should be congratulated
for having put forth their best.
Speedway BUSES, unloading their
passengers at 10th and Main-sts,
forcing them to walk about seven
blocks to the Speedway track en-
trance, is also not very congratulary
to the men who planned or handled
the traffic at Speedway City on that
date, although I am willing to ad-
NIT that those who planned the
traffic arrangement for that date are
more at fault than the men on the
ground who handled the job.
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The Message Center

(Times readers are united to cypress
their VietCs in these columns. Make your
letters short. so all can hdus q chance.
Limit them to $50 toords or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names toiH
DO toithheld at request OF tho letter
tOriter.l
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BIRTH

BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
From hither and away!
Swept upward gloriously, I shall
snatch a flower
From the pale white breast OF the
Milky Way.
I shall conceal the treasure and nee
before the day;
Returning to baleful earth with not
pursuer and no chase.
In darkness I shall plant . flower
In a storm-ravaged place.
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STILL NO. SOLUTION TO
ECONOMIC PROBLEM

By r. r. G.
Congratulations on your editorial
Grass Roots" June 10-"The need
for a solution to our economic prob
lens is so pressing that no plan
which has a chance OF success
should be kept under cover until
the 1886 campaign"
Your sheet, a staunch champion
Of the New Deal, finally admits that
to date there has been no plan
which has a chance of success and
that there has been no solution to
our economic problems.
Again, congratulations.