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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-21
SEES TOWNSEND PLAN
AS TAXATION CURE

By w. L. McNeer
The letter of Mr.. Arthur L. Dun
can in your issue of Oct. IA surely
hits the spot. The present security
legislation surely is inadequate and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-21

Both the old parties have been and are con-
tlnuaIly conniving at the reign of monopoly. One
refuses when in power to enforce the law against
monopoly and the other when in power suspends
the laW.-Senator Borah.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-21

Labor thinks more of the Constitution than the
Liberty League ever thought of it. They want to re-
store the liberty to starve to death-Senator Rush
D. Holt, West Virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-21

The American houSewife-ah Her roast tur-
key chicken pot pie, and hot breads have the once
predominant French cooking on the run-George
Rector, famed food connosseur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-21

What OF it if Italy was found guilty by COM
mttee OF the League of Nations? It happens in
the best families that one loses case at court
The Rev Dr. j. A. F Maynard, New York, defend
ing Italian cause
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-21

man who succeeded Roosevelt would have a
tough job and would probably be the most unpopu-
lar man in history-Gov. ALT N. Landon, Kansas.
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| opportunity by attending these
meetings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
OLIVE BRANCH GROWS THORNS

CHORTLY after passage Of the bitterly contested
~ Utility Holding Company Act in the last Con-
gress SEC Chairman Lands adopted conciliatory
attitude, expressing himself in radio speech in such
language this:
The grant of these powers Chose contained in
the holding company law was intended to correct
recognized and disastrous abuses-abuses that did
exist and to a degree that made of them national
scandal 1t is foolish to deny their existence as to
regard the Holding Company Act as some of its
opponents have, effort relentlessy to destroy
the good with the bad And there is so much good
in this industry that will not only be untouched but
immensely improved by the elimination of the bad.
Indeed it is easy 10 ind numerous examples of WISE
efficient and trustworthy management and of COM
panies which truly deserve to be called public service
corporations"
But to this conciatory approach and to other
appeals for cooperation that followed the holding
companies answered first by sniping at the laws
constutionality in one-sided Baltimore court pro-
ceeding to which the government not a
party of interest, and later by multitude of in
junction suits filed in courts throughout the land.
Tired of this harassment, the SEC yesterday dis
carded the olive branch and placed legal sword in
the hands of man who is the type that will relish
using it. He is Robert H. Jackson, lawyer whose
custom it is to ask no quarter, and give none.
With the gusto he displayed when, as coun-
sci for the Internal Revenue Bureau, he went after
Andrew W. Mellon for three million dollars in in
come taxes, MIR. Jackson yesterday moved into the
enemy's sronghod-the lower judicial district of
New York which embraces Wall Strickland filed
suit to compel the farfung Electric Bond and Share
Co to register with the SEC as the holding company
law provides.
Big holding company interests should have a
wholesome respect for Mr. Jacksons legal prowess.
They need only recall some of the Tits they had
with him when he was practcing lawyer in James
town. N Y representing small local utilities in court
battles with the giants.
If Mr. Jackson handles them roughly in court,
the holding companies can't complain. They asked
for it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW

I United STATES policy it is now said will be to
restrict to normal-time quotas the export of So
called key materials to belgerents
Pending further drastic action by the League of
Nations, the revision of our own neutrality law
broadening and clarifying its application, this would
appear prudent
Postponement of the League embargo on oil and
other key products to Italy, after various United
States officials had warned American interests to
cease such shipments, left the United States some
what out limb, with the result that Italy de-
cared that we had ceased to be neutral
The aim of Congress in passing the neutrality law
last August to keep America out of foreign
quarres. The aim Of the President he himself said
is to discourage" wherever they may occur, but
that despite whatever happens on continents over
seas the United States shall and must remain .
unentangled and free"
The American people have shown themselves
Overwhelmingly in favor of these detectives But so
straight and narrow is the path of neutrality that
unless we watch our step easily stumble.
In attempting to keep ahead of the procession, we
risking the very thing trying to preserve
namely our neutral position. Our tendency to be
caught on limb-whether in Manchuria Africa or
elsewhere-We suspect is due largely to fear of
being charged with cooperating with the League
10 AVOID bn2t vastly OVeT-raIeQ pOHCCdl DugdDOO we
seem inclined to try to guess what the others are
going to do and then do it first.
1t is both awkward and dangerous. If we are not
to cooperate with the League openly and above
board We should define our own neutrality policy,
broaden the law enabling it to function then apply it
without fear favor to any and all belgerents in
line with our predetermined plan.
Like it or not that is the only path to complete
and effective neutrality
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
THE ENGLISH MEETING

TNHE National Council of Teachers of English is
the guest of the city for a short convention this
week, bringing here some of the countrys dis
tinguished university men and women.
The delegates are to discuss the teaching OF
English in changing curriculum That is one way
of stating one of the difficult problems of teaching
today.
From time when students expected to have four
years of English in high school and four in college,
we have reached place where is hard to get into
course as much English the student needs Other
enthusiastically economies and political science
have been crowding English. So have the natural
sciences. The leisure necessary for the mastery of
English is lacking.
Such clements as spelling punctuation and simple
sentence structure elude many business ana pro-
fessional people today because they were educated
during the time when English was losing its former
high place We don't know what the council can 90
about it but we hope the concentration OF so much
wisdom and experience at this meeting may bring
about an Improvement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

T AM told there husbands who welcome sug-
gestions that the stairs be painted or the living
room papered the furniture done over
Mine was never like that. However, as every
woman knows, there comes the moment when
wife must take things into her hands. let
the results be what they may. Such moment
rived at our house this fall.
After a severe struggle with the opposition and
the inner woman. who very much disikes discord
summoned, first my determination and next the car
penters and paper hangers. BY night the house was
in such state that I almost deplored the deed my
self.
And I thought the roof would go from the mascu-
line blasts let loose at the dinner hour. According
to the boss verdict everything wrong, and
apt to finish the job in the poorhouse, but the
biggest bone of contention the proposed addition
of bookshelves, paint and paper to the paternal
sanctuary known in domestic circles as THE Fraid
Hole" because it is a refuge from feminine inter-
ference
What if the place meSsy-raged the COM
plaintiff suited him. didn't it? He liked part of his
books on the floor Dust never bothered him or his
friends. He wanted it known once and for all that
he did not wish, indeed he would not have his be-
longingS disturbed.
But living with upward of 20 years teaches
you to distinguish between real anger and mere
buster. So, although relations were little strained
for some days, proceeded with my program, any
woman does who knows herself to be in the right
The bookshelves went in the place repapered, all
to the laundering silence of the man who to pay
for it.
And what, 90 you ask were the consequences of
my rash act? Precisely what had expected. Now
as visitors are shown clean and charming
room, without single expression of conjunction the
head of the house takes all the compliments to HIM
self and by Christmas will really believe he thought
up the whole idea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 81. 1885.
THE ROBERTS SCHOOL
a sCRIprs-HowARD NEWSPAPER

ETTING contracts for the James E. Roberts
- School for Crippled Children was an act appro-
pirate TO Thanksgiving.
Not only is new construction sorely needed but
so are special facilities for handicapped children
And since the money for the school comes in part
from an estate there is the element of personal COM
passion IN the event.
There IS no finer public private undertaking
than smoothing the way for youngsters starting life
at a physical disadvantage
The only remedy for handicaps is education
When one considers what crippled persons the blind
the deaf and others have accomplished through
education one feels spurred toward helping all de-
fectives along the road.
We understand that the Roberts School will be
a model offering all that modern science can give
for the crippled 1t should make the people of In
danapolis feel proud.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
WORTHY LITTLE PAPERS

TINE little newspapers published at CCC camps III
i Indiana give a new sidelight on the work gong
on there They are much like high school papers ana
show the same effort to raise the morale OF the
young EDITORIAL. and other articles in CCC papers
that have come to our attention have the forward
look The camp members and stats are thinking
of the day when these young men Will return 10
their homes and to private employment
One of the editors was writing about the work
the members are expected to do for the government
in exchange for their food, shelter, clothing and
wages He spoke of the eight hours day with the
hour out for lunch, and he was urging the members
to give the full eight hours of honest work so they
would form the right work habit for the future
Possibly many had never been told that giving
the full measure is as necessary to character as
telling the truth.
The camp stats are to be commended for foster
ing the CCC newspapers They help give the camps
a tone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
THE VIA APPIA
BY BERTRAM DAY

The Romans built the Via Appia,
The Queen of Roads" as it was
proudly named:
1t led to Rome's great harbor Ostia
This highway artery is now world
famed.
For miles along it's sides are ancient
tombs,
And Roman Emperors are buried
there;
Magnificent the sacred marble
rooms,
In which they lie along this thor
oughfare.
The daisies grow above the grave of
Keats,
This poet died in Rome-unhon-
ored Plume!
And Shelley's heart so full of love
still beats,
His epitaph is brief: Cor Cor
dunn"
So life and death are mingling
evermOre.
And give poetic dreams of days of
wore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27

Of the paper over the stain and
apply hot iron above it, taking care
not to scorch the paper. Another
method is to wash the spot with
chloroform or benzine, place it be-
tween white plotting paper, and then
pass a hot iron over it.
Q-How do Germany and Cali
fornia compare in area?
A-Germany has 1889 square
miles and California has 158,297
GLOW should chestnuts be
roasted?
A-Make a cross cut through the
outer shell and put the cheStnuts
on a griddle over hot flame. Shake
them from time to time and when
the shells are crisp, remove them
from the fire.
Q-Who played the role of Andre
DePons" is the motion picture,
Cardinal Richelieu?"
A-Cesar Romero; born in New
York City, Feb. Is, 1907. He is OF
Cuban descent, and prior to acting
in motion pictures in 1884, he was
ballroom dancer for three years and
an actor on the legitimate stage for
four years. He is feet, 2 inches
tall, weighs ITO pounds, has black
hair and brown eyes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27

been too free and his excessive free
dom has resulted in the growth of
unethical and dangerous practices"
If a man shoots another he is
duly sentenced, but if the man sells
another a poison over the counter
under the guise of food, he can not
even be apprehended under existing
laws unless he sends his product to
another state.
We, neighborhood housewives, ask
that you find out the names of the
concerns manufacturing these
harmful foods and print them so we
may at least be warned. Your
newspaper is in the public interest
supposedly; then act in the public
interest. One case of poisoning
FERA workers last summer was
beautifully quashed and for all the
questioning by readers, nothing was
done, Well keep Fostering until
something is done this time, prom
Use you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
URGES WIDE PUBLICITY OF
IMPURE FOOD CASES
By Mrs. Stephen LeVar

BY Mrs. Stephen LeVan
The stories carried in recent
edition about the spoiled hamburger
fed Indianapolis prisoners and the
adulterated soda sold to San Fran
ciscans is just the sort of thing we
can expect with the weak food and
drug laws we have, and with the
criminal laxity of the Food and
Drug administration.
These stories were too big to
quash, but the Lord only knows how
many more cases of poisoning and
illness have been caused by poison
Gus and adulterated foods and drugs
of which we have no knowledge,
which were quashed by the produc
ers and a too-tolerant press because
it would spoil business
And we'll get more and more of
the same sort of thing if we don't
do something about this food and
drug administration. The Scripps-
Howard papers are liberal in policy,
but even they do not print news
which is so necessary for consumers
to know; for instance, those pro-
ducers who are brought into court
charged with violating the pure food
laWs-weakened as they have been.
American business men howl
about government interference, yet
if the consuming public is not to be
killed off with impure foods and
drugs. cosmetics, etc, they need gov
eminent interference of the most
stringent kind. Bishop Lucey sums
up the situation so we'll, I'll quote
him:
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music because the voters had turned down liquor.
They did not want taverns in their town of homes
And they jubilant over the majority decision
1t Just goes to show that no blanket opinion on
liquor is reasonable Repeal came with suddenness
that took many persons off their feet. 1t seemed to
be right and after another Of the states accepted
it. But there are drys, after al. And they have a
habit Of going to the polls
The vets should be aware of opposite sentiment
and do everything possible to keep the liquor traffic
under such control that it will not encourage gen.
eral uprising.
We note that in the Williamsburg dry jubilee min
listers of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish congrega
tons took part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
JUDGES DO DISAGREE

TIME law is the law, it is said, and even though
n aynen, lawyers and minor magistrates dispute
the meaning of the law the correct answer always
be found by consulting the nine eminent juriss
who sit on the United States Supreme Court.
Yet in nine decisions handed down by that tri-
bunal recently, those nine justices disagreed
with each other In four of the decisions, the dvi
sion was 5 to 4. None of the referred to in
volved broad questions of policy constutionaity
They merely involved differences of opinion as to
the meaning of written statutes.
All of which seems to indicate that judcature is
something less than an exact science
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
in this crucial period, is economic

in this crucial period, is economic
security, not political liberty.
Among the great army of the I'M
employed, among the leglons OF
men continually harassed and
haunted by the grim specters, hun
ger and want, freedom is not the
great desideratum. Among these 1t
is not a primary but a secondary
consideration.
Hilaire Belloc in England and
Glenn Frank and others in this coun-
try have pointed out how important
factor in society human wants and
mere animal necessities are. They
declare that not only the survival of
liberty, but the permanence indeed
of our entire Western civilization
are jeopardized by gross economic
want and insecurity among the
masses. In other words whether
democracy shall survive or not de-
ponds on the ability of our industrial
age to bring to the people adequate
assurance of we'll being and plenty
in this age of plenty.
Esau, we are told, being hungry,
sold his precious birthright for
mess of pottage. The disinherited
among us may be willing to eX-
change political freedom for the pot
tage, represented by food, shelter,
security against poverty. A man
will surrender almost everything
rather than StarVe.
Mr.. Belloc suggests that the great
danger besetting our society and era
is that the masses may prefer being
well-fed. well-sheltered Helovs to the
status of political free men deprived
of these economic necessities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
JUSTICE FOR A JUDGE

DEN LINDSEY has been reinstated as an attorney
~ by the Supreme Court of Colorado Disbarred
in 1929, he went to California where he was elected
to a judgeship.
Lindsey's "otfense" was that he took realistic
view of the problems of youth in period when
youths offenseS were being settled by the specific
application of the law. He was really prophet,
with the conduct of his Juvenile Court in Denver
a prophet before his time
Today most people appreciate that with the fire.
quent breakdown in family life there must be great
latitude of judgment on the part of courts in cases
of delinquency Socieys duty is to salvage, rather
than to punish
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
A TAXICAB DRIVER
GIVES HIS SIDE
By Terry Wilson

BY Terry Wilson
Don't you think this hearing,
Street Car Co. versus Cab Com
panies is an absurd thing? If the
City Council passes an ordinance
prohibiting cab drivers cruising the
streets upon which street cars and
buses pass, that will cause most of
our cabs to go out of business, there
fore causing a number of men to be
out of employment.
Our boys don't want to go on re-
lief. Will you please ask vote of
the people, through your paper, just
to see how many people are in favor
of such an ordinance?
My home depends very much on
my job and so many other boys are
the same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
ON THE NEW DEAL
bishop Robert E. Lucey1

The present Administration has
made an earnest effort to control
by legislation the conflict and inn
morality that are rampant in in
dustry 1t has tried to help owners,
employers and workers; it has de-
sired to eliminate child labor and
protect women in industry.
At every step the Administration
has met with defiance and stu
pidity.
The American business man has
been too free and his excessive free
dom has resulted in the growth Of
unethical and dangerous practices.
Now that this swollen and exag-
gerated freedom is under attack,
headstrong men are rushing to the
shelter OF the dear old Constitution
which has been twisted and bent
to their satisfaction these many
years.
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Questions and Answers

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when addressing any question of
fact or information to The indianapolis
Times Washington Information Bureau.
Legal and medical advice can not be
given. nor can extended research be
undertaken. Be sure all mail is add
dressed to The Indianapo Times Wash
ington Bureau. Frederick NJ. Kerby.
Director, 1913 Thirteenth-st. n. W.,
Washington. d. C.
Q-When was the troop ship
"Persic" torpedoed, and how many
lives were lost?
A-The torpedoing occurred in
1918, but no lives were
lost. The ship carried 1899 Amer
lean troops, mostly from Chicago
and Cleveland. Though far out at
sea, the ship was beached safely.
Q-What COW holds the worlds
record for the production Of butter
fat?
A-The Australian COW Melba XIV
Of Darbalara is said to hold the rec
ord. This COW is OF the Milking
Shorthorn breed. and her produc-
ton of butterfat was 1871 pounds
in 365 days.
Q-Can grease spots be removed
from paper?
A-Scrape. fine pipe-clay. mag
nesia. or French chalk on both sides
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
OTHER OPINION
JOY IN WORK



The idea of joy i'll ones work
has long been ridiculed, but never
theless, it is fast taking root in the
minds of many and proving its
value and merit. Whether you work
in an office or in a factory you can
take cheerfulness, willingness and
eagerness with you, The days bur-
dens are lightened, fatigue is kept
away and depression is not given a
chance to envelop you.
Dissatisfaction is responsible for
most aversion to work. When we
drown this dissatisfaction in a de-
termination to make our work
pleasant by bringing it into an at
mosphere of JOY and happiness, then
and only then can we expect to live
life as it should be lived.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
IN BEHALF OF VIRGINIA'S
'CURFEW GIRL
,y Mrs. Carrie Washmuth

BY Mrs. Carrie Washmuth
Please allow me a little space in
your paper in the interests of the
"curfew girl Edith Maxwell.
think every Times reader should
sign a petition and send it to the
Governor of Virginia to free that
poor girl.
She had a perfect right to defend
her own life against a brutal, drunk
en- father. I am a mother of four
children and believe that girl did
no harm, and 1 think this whole
nation of ours should turn out and
sign a petition to free her Get
busy and start the ball to rolling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
SAYS SECURITY is FIRST
THOUGHT OF MASSES

BY Thomas D. MCGEE
EX-President Hoover, Mr.. Knox
and others leading the war on the
New Deal, make the same mistake
in their approach to the subject.
That mistake, may it be pointed out,
is this: They assume that the thing
uppermost in the minds of the great
American masses is liberty.
The assumption is gratuitous and
erroneous. 1t may be surprise to
these gentlemen, but it is neverthe-
less true, that the consideration up
permost in the minds of the crowd,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
1T WAS A PLEASURE
TO HELP

BY Arthur NJ. Bowman President, Town
send Club 10
We, the officers and members of
Townsend Club 10, desire to thank
you for the publicity given us for
our Townsend Clubs Carnival held
Nov. IA, Is and Is in st. Joseph's
Hall. Our carnival was a success
and we feel the publicity given con-
tributed greatly toward making this
event successful May we express
through you our appreciation to
each one who had any part in our
program?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
ONE DRY CELEBRATION

WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, is a heavily populated
w borough adjoining Pittsburgh. Its main street
is one Of the streets of Pittsburgh and most of
its residents work in the city stranger would not
know whether he was in the one or the other.
The Williamsburg people have just held civic
celebration and for interesting this far
away. Thousands met to hear speeches and listen to