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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
EMOTIONS AND MURDERS

DEsPITE all the talk about organized
- crime. the average murderer in this
count'y is not a hardened criminal or
vicious aren. but is a native-bo-n adult be-
tween the ages of IS and "a with no pre-
vious criminal record
This disclosure is made by StatiSticians Of
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, VINO
have been checking up on the country's
homicide record
Il confirms what many students Of crime
have long suspected; that the crime OF muir
der is usually committed on impulse. man
inos himself in a tangle that seems unen-
durable; he sees no way out save by remov-
ing from the scene some other person who
seems to be responsible for his trouble; so
carried of his feet by blind emotion, he
kills
This is not to discount the Importance of
gang wars and hired killers. It does. how
ever remind Us that in the main the task
OF reducing the homicide rate involves the
PROBLEM Of putting some restraint on IN
stable and emotional persons who are not.
in the ordinary sense. criminals at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

DERHAPS the most interesting thing about
this man Lawrence Of Arabia was the fact
that he turned down wealth and ran away from
fame
Here was a man who gave the twentieth
century a unique bareback to the age of chiv-
airy. In a time when men in the mass seemed
to be all that counted, he restored the worth of
the lone individual. He took one little corner
of a war in which machinery and swollen bat
talions were all-important, and made it n one
man show
And then, having done all this-having
helped to remake the map of the world and
written an epic of old-fashioned knightly
achievement--he voluntarily stepped out of the
spotlight.
He dropped out of the service of the British
colonial office and buried himself in the
anonymity of an army enlisted man. He wrote
one of the most abSorbingly interesting books
of modern times and withdrew it from circula-
ton after it had paid his expenses-although
it might have made hundreds of thousands of
dollars for him.
He retired to an obscure country cottage
and-at time when newspapers and maya
zines would gladly have paid him fabulous
prices for anything he cared to write-put in
four years translating the Odyssey.
Now man who could do all that can be
set down as a freak if you wish; but a verdict
like that doesn't begin to cover the ground.
What is apparent when you think the mat
ter over is that this Lawrence somehow learned
something about life and the rewards it can
give man which most of us never quite dis
cover.
It is as if he had quietly told us that all the
things we prize most highly wealth, fame.
high position leisure and the acclaim of our
fellows-do not, after all, amount to pint of
beans.
The things that make the difference be-
tween good life and failure lie deeper: they
take place inside a man, deep in the recesses Of
his own heart, and the outward, visible trap
pings are less than the dust
This. to be sure is not a new discovery.
Great men Of all times and places have usu-
ally reached the same conclusions, have dis
covered that If a man can square matters be-
tween his own soul and the mysterious God
given impulse that drives him forward, that is
all that counts.
But the rest of us seldom get more than a
suspicion Of it. We want the outward. visible
signs of succeSS-even if these signs be no more
than a fine home in the suburbs, or a r.
cylinder car. or our picture in the newspapers
That, to US. is what makes victory complete
until man like Lawrence comes along and
tells US that We don't know what we're talking
about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
NATURES PEACE TERMS

IN the little red schoolhouse, debaters once
exercised their forensic talents on such SUBJ
jects as, Resolved, That fire is more destruc-
tive than water"
Farmers in the Southwest, who few days
ago squinted through dust at fields of drift
ing sand, now gaze with mixed feelings at mud
and gullies in the same fields. They may ask
which is worse-wind or rain. The prayed
for rain pounded down on to the powdery
wind-swept soil. The water hit the ground
and kept going, carrying loosened soil with it
down sloping fields and into the rivers on its
rush TO the sea.
Sitting dust and plant-choking drifts one
week Murky floods and silted river beds the
next These are natures reprisals for mans
thoughtess act of uprooting the sod that ma
ture had grown through the centuries.
To end the unequal war and save his civ
ilization, man must sue for peace. Man must
pay an indemnity by resodding great stretches
of the plains with grass to anchor the soil and
hold the raindrop where it falls.
There will be no armistice until man has
fulfilled natures peace terms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
PRESERVE A SPORT

IT was just 80 years ago that John James
Audubon. the great naturalist, was born;
and the American Nature Association sug-
gests that the best way TO mark the ami
versary would be to declare a closed season
this fall on all migratory waterfowl.
According to the associations experts, we
can choose between having closed season
now or permanent closed season 1.-THE
later. Last year nearly 100000 hunters
vent out after game in the United States and
Alaska-and, by sheer weight Of numbers,
demonstrated that hunting like golf and base
ball is a mass sport nowadays.
1t is the associations contention that
geese and ducks are being slaughtered to
such an extent that in a few more years there
will be no good hunting for anybody. 1t
might, indeed, be advisable to call a halt for
a year or so hat one of the finest of all out
door sports may be preserved for the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
BERATES CITY FOR
LOCAL STREET CONDITION

By J. W. Mann.
Your editorial of May 18 is true,
but the city street department
doesn't have to tear up the APP
proach to Little Eagle Creek bridge
on w. Michigan-st and leave it
torn up nine months out Of the
year. Holes 10 to 20 inches deep
in this stretch of Hell's Half Acre
cause the city administration to be
cursed day in and out.
Your paper told story Of visit
ing engineers and their being shown
over the city and commenting on
the beautiful bridges. They would
have a different story to tell had
they been shown the bridge on w
Michigan-st When two cars meet
on this bridge and pedestrian is
in the middle, he must climb over
the railing and hang on the out
side to keep from being hit or
mashed against the side.
Then there is the OIin-av bridge,
closed for over two years; the W.
10th-st bridge closed for more than
five years. They had plenty of
money to dig a big hole in the east
bank of White River for no pur-
pose, but leave the bridges closed
and leave our streets in this filthy,
rotten condition. And for all this
we pay a gas, oil and license taxes.
When we get the government re-
lief money we will use it to make
a fine home for tadpoles instead of
some constructive work such as
track elevation or putting streets,
roads and bridges in at least pass
able condition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
TOO MANY DUMBBELLS
IN WORLD TODAY

Bv A. J. McKinnOn.
AS a member of the National
Union for Social Justice I would
like to express a few points for the
benefit Of w. L. Ballard, who has
placed cold shoulder against one
small word It the bottom Of the
Leagues application blank.
1t seems to me Mr.. Ballard has
stretched his imagination to the
limit on this word.
During my life. I have followed to
some extent this principle: To
listen to others while they tell what
they think. I have never found a
bright mind who says, L do not let
any one do my thinking"
You and I can not get anywhere
on individual thinking but when
unionized on Is points produced by
one mans thinking who got his
thinking mot from Debs) but from
sound principles in the past, that
means a whole lot. 1t is not up to
us to fellow him, but to take up
his points ana Sc busy. roll along
and vote men into Office who can
handle the Is points for the bene-
fit of all. you included. although
you may not see the light.
Mr.. Ballard, suppose you took a
drive in the country and finally
something went wrong with your
car. You get out and you examine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
I 1choHy disopproUe Of 1ohat yOu sag and ,0W
defend to the death your right to sag it.-Votare
MAY %, 1895

it. juggle the carburetor, test wires.
juggle the timer and finally get it
going and by good management get
to a garage. The repair man APP
pears and looks the car over. He is
going to do your thinking. He tells
you your battery is about dead. your
battery will have to be charged
currency.
Now then. according to your way
of thinking, here is what would hap
PEN If that is what is wrong with
my car, l have a battery dope to
put in my battery interest On
bankers bonds. I refuse to let that
guy tell me that the best way IS
to have real charged battery mine
billions gold and silver. new money,
no interest, no dangerous inflation) q.
A few months later, battery finally
dead and useless bankers clipping
| too many coupons. and taxpayers
become broke from paying INTEREST,".
It's a great old world, too many
dumbbells experimenting at our ex-
penSe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
ASKS WHO WILL ASSUME
GAS COMPANY BUY BURDEN
RY z. /. Minck

Bv r. J. Minck,
The citizens and taxpayers can
thank your paper for the publicity
it has given the proposed purchase
of the Citizens Gas Co. You have
spent considerable money and time
to get the true facts before the peo-
pie.
am stanch believer in munich
pal ownership, but here are some
facts to be considered.
In purchasing the Citizens Gas
Co. with the present lease agree
ment. the city is purchasing on an
inflated valuation of S5,500,000
You will find the book cost Of the
gas company is s12,000,000. My I'M
Outstanding is that after the bonds
are sold the city will be paying 5
per cent on S17,5O0,0O0 for IS
years. In addition it must create a
sinking fund on 100000 and will
have to pay s475,000 every year to
the Indianapolis Gas Co. This lat
ter amount represents 5 per cent on
50 100000.
It is apparent that after the bonds
are sold the city will operate at a
million-dollar loss the first year
after mixing natural gas with man
ufactured gas, under the contem-
plated plan.
The 1888 Indiana Legislature
passed a bill permitting cities to
purchase their public utilities
through condemnation proceedings
I am in favor of the city buying its
public utilities but not on inflated
/ values, which can only mean annual
I loss and excessive rates.
indianapolis, the capital city OF
+ the state. should lead in municipal
ownership but should make such
purchase only after reputable gas
/ engineers and auditors have made 2
survey showing that the purchase i:
a profitable one.
Deterioration in gas mains IS very
high; some Of the mains involved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
GO TO SAN DIEGO

A MERICANS planning to so places this
4 summer viii 90 well TO turn their cars
west by south. OF board a weSt-bound train.
Hnd travel until they arrive at that most
comely OF California cities San Diego. There.
on a hillslope overlooking the bland Pacific.
men and nature have contrived something to
make visitors forget the troubled past and
stop worrying about the yawnine future-the
California Pacific International Exposition. 1t
opens MAY %.
Unlike most expositions. this one cele-
brstes nothing in particular except perhaps.
the dawn OF more cheerful economic era.
San Diego likes company Her latchkey always
Is out Now she is fiinging the door wide open.
Older folks who attended San Diego's 1915
exposition viii remember how well that affair
seemed to recspture the old Spanish and IN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
NRA'S RECORD

Al SMITHS formula for sitting the
wheat from the chaff-"Letis look at
the record might we'll be applied to argu-
ments about NRA.
The record shows. according to the nom
governmental National Bureau of Economic
Research that in 20 months under NRA: The
number Of waee-earners employed increased
from an index OF Us to l33. total pay rolls
increased from I27 TO 172. average earning
per worker climbed from 10 to l26, average
hourly wages from Of to I34. and average
hours o. work for each person each week
dropped from ia TO 95. In al OF these in
diceS. the figure 100 measured conditions pre-
vailing in February and March. 1888
Responding 10 the bureaus circular ask
ins why they increased wages. 500 industrial
establishments said they did so TO cooperate
with MA $50 admitted that NRA codes
forced increases. 227 said they thought in
oreaseS good policy to avoid unrest. al
credited increases 10 better financial condi-
tons, 70 10 collective bargaining negotiations.
50 to increased value of employees. and IS
said they thought it good policy to pay as
high wages as possible
NRA'S friends admit its plumbers and its
need Of Improvement
Can NRAs opponents explain away its
record OF achievement?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
NEEDING-AND WANTING

Il CAN NOT in honesty assert to you that
to increase that deficit this year by two
billion two hundred million dollars will in it
self bankrupt the United States. Today the
credit of the United States Is safe.
But 1t can not ultimately be safe if We en-
gage in policy of yielding to each and all of
the groups that are able to enforce upon the
Congress claims for special consideration. To
90 so is to abandon the principle of govern
ment by and for the American people and to
put in its place government by and for polit-
iCal coercion by ninoritieS.
We can afford all that we need; but We
can not afford all that We want.'-From the
Presidents bonus veto message.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
This Book World

TASTING an eye on the literary awards BY
~ the Pulitzer prize committee one finds that
the much abused board members did very well
indeed in selecting Prof Charles Mclean An
drews for his The Colonial Period Of American
History" vol I; the Settlements; Yale Univer-
sity Press; s4).
In Prof. Andrews work there is mellowness
and mature reasoning so long missing in the
works of history concerning the United States. A
former president Of the American Historical
Association. Prof. Andrews apparently has set
out to compile a series on the settling OF the
American colonies.
His first volume is an able, learned account of
the settling of the colonies. 1t isn't racy, but it
is easy reading.
A LFRED E. SMITH has written book-"The
"A Citizen and His Government" (Harper e.
Bros: 264 PIP; s2.50)-but it isn't as Al Smith
that he has written, but as former Gov Alfred
Smith of New York.
HIS book should be especially interesting to
Indiana readers for Mr. Smith advocates many
reform for which Hoosiers long have been
lighting In a style so clear and vivid that It
practically dazzles the reader, Mr.. Smith comes
out for an end to wasteful county government,
and a number of other things.
Typical Smith barbs: Those who think
borough government is serviceabe should also
advocate going back to horse cars with straw in
them to keep the passengers feet warm
Nothing else belonging to New York is quite as
old as the charter itself, except perhaps Brooklyn
Bridge, City Prison, City Hall and the sewer
system" County government is simply an
organization to keep few favored local residents
in paying jobs at the expense Of the others
To Al Smith: Five stars.
GETTING to late fiction, Ursula Parrott has
" written a new novel Next Time We Live
Iongmans, Green g. Co.; 298 pp.; $3.50 which
happens to be a view of marriage and careers
or to make it still clearer marriage with not one
but two. careers.
Next Time We Live" is easy and pleasant
reading the characters are well drawn, and Mrs.
Parrot has done an excellent job OF being
natural.
ONE to stay far, far away from, HANDFUL
~ by George Michael &C. P. Putnam's Sons
S2) 1t is supposed to be a grand expose OF how
the Roosevelt Administration has censored the
press the radio and free speech.
It's false it's ridiculous, it's plain hooey.
Maybe you've guessed it, It's terrible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
So They Say

OF all the quivering, vacillating,
responsibility lodging gangs ever
assembled under one canvas in
Washington, the NRA is the greatest
show on earth-Robert H. Pritchard.
chairman, Joint National Code
Authority.
They're going 10 re-elect Roose-
welt in 1886 A lot of folks who are
opposing him now will be support
ing him then-Speaker Byrns.
know what I would have done
lone ago I would have come back
to face the music. But I hope his
wife succeeds. should like to see
my son again.-Mrs. Emma c. Berg
doll, mother Of wartime Stacker"
The demagog's hypocritical cry
Of divide the wealth" If followed
would take away incentive not only
of future progress, but also Of
further production.-Irenee du Pont.
II was like a bachelor who goes
along fine for Is years and then de-
cides to get married. I am married
to America. It IS so beautiful
Gertrude Stein.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
SATURDAY. NAY IS 1875.
LOOSE TALK

WE agree with William Green in his sup
w port Of the Roosevelt plan TO extend
NRA two years rather than merely nine
months But Mr.. Green oveueached himself
IN his New York speech. He intimated there
might be a general strik1 by labor throughout
the United states II the longer extension is not
voted by Congress. Fortunately. that over
statement was toned down by his testimony
yesterday before a congressional committee.
No one knows better than Mr.. Green that
the a F. Of L. and the general strike don't
mix He v.n have TO repudiate it, if and when
general strike movement gets under way, as
he repudiated the general strike movement IN
san Francisco last year.
The A. r Of L. deals through crafts which
enter into contract with employers by col
Icctive bargaining. This means that when
ever craft fails 10 reach an agreement and
decides TO strike it must do so on its own;
and that other crafts. which have arrived at
contracts do not strike in sympathy. no matter
how strongly they may feel in moral support
Of tho strikers Specifically If there should be
a strike Of coal miners. the building trades
would not walk out because. if they did, they
would he abrocating their own contracts.
When in the heat OF labor trouble an A. F.
OF L. union has sought to strike in sympathy.
such action has not been approved under union
law By the high officials Of that union and of
the A F. Of L. The reason is obvious. A general
strike would spell the official end Of the A. F.
oi L. form OF labor organization and Of the
William Green type of labor leader.
Now there are labor leaders who advocate
the general strike under the "one big union"
idea. They think craft unionism of the A. F.
Of L. type is wrong and ineffective. They con-
tend that all labor should be organized in such
a way as to move on all fronts in sympathy
with any group that may have a grievance,
whether there are grievances at the moment
in other groups or not. Against that philos-
oDhy the A. F. of l. has always fought. There
has been a running battle on jhe subject ex-
tending back to the days wnen Samuel Com
pers was head OF the A. F. of L. and the L w.
W was in flower The hostility of the Ma
tiOnal Association Of Manufacturers toward the
a F. OF L. is mild compared with that of the
one big union advocates toward the A F. of L.
A general strike in this country might, of
course be possible but not with the A F. of
l. in it, When Mr.. Green predicts that wide
spread labor unrest might be the result of fail
ure to extend MIRA he is within bounds. But
ne should be the last person in the country to
talk loosely about a general strike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
HE UPHOLDS CURRENT
TOPICS IN BIBLE CLASS
Bv Edward BavIess.

By Edward Bavless.
would like to comment on Har-
vey st. Glars letter which appeared
in this column Tuesday.
The writer was badly mistaken
on two important points. First, the
subject Remember, It's a 500-Mile
Race" was not that of minister,
but was that Of an Indianapolis
business man. Second, it was not a
sermon, but was a talk for a men S
Bible class.
If the church is losing members,
as Mr.. st. Clair states, which 1
doubt very much. it is because men
Of Mr.. st. Glars type never pass up
an opportunity 10 criticize ministers
and church people justly or unjustly.
am member of this Bible class
and the lesson given upon the sub
ject was one Of the most inspira-
ticnal have ever heard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25

your pulpit" May every preacher
initiate Paul q Cor. lid and de-
termine to know nothing in the
pulpit save Jesus Christ, and him
crucif1ed.'
Mr.. st. Clair is right, too, in con-
demning side shows to lure people
to church. Not only are banjo
players and fancy drummers" out Of
place as drawing cards, but they
are real profanity to the sacred
worship of Jehovah to the sim
plicity that is in Christ"
Mr. St. Clair is very reasonable
and scriptursl when he deprecates
divisions among Christian 90 peo-
pie But let him be not merely a
destructive critic, but let him unite
with those urging unity. and helpl
May many religionists tire Of
modern high-pressure shows and
ask for the old paths. where is the
good way, and walk therein"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
He Has Some Questions

metallic dollar in the United States
Treasury?
Does not the Constitution Of the
United States authorize Congress
to coin money and regulate the
value thereof? How did this right
get into private bankers hands?
1t seems to me that these ques-
lions are far more important than
those which you are asking Judge
Baker. l know that lot of people
here in the city would like to see
them answered. OF course you
probably dare not print this letter
in the Message Center for fear it
would take the spotlight off Judge
Baker and stop your pet hobby.
The Times is opposed to Father
COughlin'S theories and initiation
because The Times believes that
at this time, the welfare of the
needy in this nation would be
hampered by bonus payment and
initiation. Your dare to print your
letter is accepted. The Times can
assure you it will not interfere
with other articles printed in this
paper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25

By p. B.
You have been putting Baker on
the spot by asking him unanswer-
able questions. If he answered
them he would kill himself po-
litically in Marion County. Now
would like 20 ask you a few ques-
lions.
You are opposed to whom,
Father Coughlin the priest or the
man? Are you in favor of an an
nual living wage for the laborer
and a fair profit for the farmer?
Why is the Patman bill an in
f1ation bill when there is in the
United States Treasury nine bill
lion dollars of idle gold, and only
five and one-half billions of cur
rency issued against it? How is
it that the bankers with only one
billion in actual currency can lend
thirty billions and not be called
infationists? Is it not true that
the Federal Reserve Act which is
the creation of Senator Glass of
Virginia authorizes the issuance
of $3.50 currency against every