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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

THE evolution of Santa Claus from Saint to
l. Salesman is wonder of our age.
He a modest person in the old days, sneak
ing down chinlneys and generally keeping up an
air of mystery by showing himself rarely the gap
ing youngsters Of a former generation.
Nowadays how different everything is! The tot
who has never seen Santa would have to be blind.
for he's omnipresent for weeks before Christmas and
may be touched in every store. Indeed, from frag-
mentS of juvenile conversation we have overheard,
this mngling with the is losing him prestige.
There was bewilderment in the eyes of a friends
3-year-old, the other day she came in from
personal interview with Santa in the toy shop, to
find her big sister gazing at picture in which he
was enthusiastically recommending brand of
cgarets. Several minutes later she dashed exctedly
into the family circle with another magazine which
carried a likeness of her patron saint as he made
ready to take a snifter of popular gin. after a
heavy nights work at gift distribution.
Look look. Daddy' she shrilled. Santa Claus
is having party, tool"
The answer to all this may be that Santa has
installed a radio. If get up early on Dec Is I
shant be at all surprised discover him with empty
sleigh and tired reindeer. atop a north bound
cloud waving me farewell for another year with
l0-cent box OF widely advertised laxative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25

tax collector is not wholly unwarranted. The tax
payer and the tax gatherer do not speak the same
language. Although the oppressiveness of the COL
lector may in most be imaginary, it nonethe-
less exists in the taxpayers mind.
INCOME taxation is one of the best levies yet
devised for raising revenue the basis of ability
to pay.
No tax is popular, but the income tax is perhaps
our most unpopular, despite the fact that only a
comparative few of citizens have to pay it. And
yet this tax believe must eventually be extended
to embrace millions of citizens now exempt. 1t
therefore behooves the government to rid it of
characteristics which contribute to its unpopularity
To this end, legalistic completely should give way
to realistic simplicity. Exactly how this can be at
tanned we do not know. But long step would be
taken if the taxpayer and the tax collector were
brought closer together.
In its recent study of Federal tax problems, a
committee of the United States Chamber of Com
merce recommended that the entire personnel of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue including the COM
missioner and the collectors and deputy collectors,
be placed under the classified civil service, with
merit appointments and promotions and salaries
high enough to place employment on career basis.
If that recommendation is followed out we may
some day see income taxes paid with smile
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
NEEDLESSLY PAINFUL

IF anything less pleasant than paying taxes when
Il they due, it is being confronted with tax de-
iciencies long after the due date. And that IS
perience common to many Americans this season.
White-collar relief workers. ferreting out evidence
of tax avodances and oversights, are doing their
work efficiently that the Bureau of Internal
Revenue already has collected many millions in back
taxes from citizens who thought they had long
since heard the last of the Federal income tax for
1884 and 33 and earlier
This bit of government enterprise can not be
criticised as boondoggling 1t has proved more than
self-hquidatng.
Yet the fact that these emergency employees are
uncovering many deficiencies proves that some
thing is wrong with our method of assessing and
collecting Federal income taxes
One thing wrong is known to every one who has
filled out an income tax return-and the wrong has
borne down especially hard those of us not gifted
with the talents of a Philadelphia lawyer plus
comprehension of the Enstein theory 1t is the vast
completely of our tax laws.
Under our system taxpayer assesses himself He
seldom brings himself face to face with the tax COL
ector II he can afford to, he hires lawyer as GO
between he can not, he resorts To painful corre-
spondence through the mails.
The custom of keeping at arms length from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
PURSUIT OF PROFIT

THAT perfect combination business of selling ice
in the summer and coal in the winter has been
threatened somewhat by electric refrigeration and
oil burners.
But such signs of progress never thwart true
Yankee business genius, as a recent loan by the
Rural Identification Administration shows.
At Bethany, okla, Earl w. Baker owns an ice
plant equipped with Diesel-powered electric genera
tors of 400 horse power capacity That is more than
enough power for his ce-rnaking, even in mid
summer.
So Mr. Baker arranged to build 80 miles of rural
electric distribution lines to serve the farm around
Bethany and to connect with the nearby village of
Piedmont. The villagers voted the Earl w. Baker
Utilities Co. a franchise to supply electric energy,
and REA arranged $4,000 loan to cover construc-
ton costs.
There will he about l55 customers for the Baker
ice plants surplus electric current. Nor will Mr..
Baker mind if they make their own ice. He will
charge $3.50 a month for the first 100 kilowatt
hours
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION

WE like the suggestion of Clarence C. Klein,
w teacher at Fifth Avenue High School, Pitts
burgh, that the reports of the Senate Munitions
Committee be studied in high school classes
No work of fiction, however powerfully written
and history book, however fortified with facts,
tells the story of and the intrigue behind it as
well does the report of the Senate Munitions
Committee. For it contains not only undisputed
facts the profits and the tactics of the mnition
makers, but their admissions to the things
they have done to promote war.
In that report, students will find such enlighten-
ing comments as this one, taken from a letter by
Frank Sheridan Jones, agent for Remington Arms
and Federal Laboratories Inc:
1--WE certainly in one hell of business where
fellow has to wish for trouble so as to make liv-
ing, the only consolation being however, if don't
Get the business, some one else will. 1t would be
terrible state Of affairs if my conscience started to
bother now"
The report will reveal to them the huge war time
profits of the du Points and other arms manufacture
ing firms; the activities Of that shadowy promoter
of international discord Sir Basil zaharoff, who
oblgingy sold weapons both Sides and the lobby
ing methods of the munition makers to block the
passage of arms embargo legislation that might ham,
per their activities and incidentally keep us out of
Not the least of the interesting facts the report
will reveal to students is the widespread practice
of giving to facilitate the placing of munton
orders. They will enjoy reading the letter of Law
renee Y. Spear Of the Electric Boat Co.. who wrote
that "the real foundation of all South American
business is graft and the letter of Sir Charles Craven
of the famous British firm of Vickers, whose letter
contained this gem: There was a certain action I
had to take which involved expenditure Of which
am you would have agreed with not pos
siby say more in writing
Then there is letter of company trying to sell
airplanes to China, which reads: Discussing the
latter larpane busness) with military authorities, it
appears it will be necessary to pay the necessary
squeeze" Squeeze" of course, is polite name for
graft Other nunt1on makers refer to it as com
mission" "palm-ol," and grease And the classic
of all is Mr. zaharoff's phrase doing the
needful."
We could go on for pages telling about the inter-
esng testimony that is to be found in the report of
Senator Nyes committee. But why spoil the students
fun? We suggest that they read the remainder of
the testimony for themselves-and that teachers CO.
operate by making the report the subject for class
room study, Inspector Klein suggests. They will
learn about a side of war, side that the his
torians have thus far neglected, but a side that
every future American citizen should know.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS. 1895
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

CHRISTMAS, 1885, means more to people
~ than any Christmas since the crash. True,
many still are suffering. Many must endure the day
in sadness. But fewer than last year and the year
before.
In indianapolis we have seen a generous out
pouring of kindness in the Clohe-a Child effort Of
Times readers We have seen other campaigns for
seasonal relief making wholesome progress. There
has been no lack Of support for all worthy under
takings.
The Times believes that Christmas, 1886, will
make many more people happy than are happy today.
1t believes the employment situation in the city and
state will be better than it is now.
To all our readers we wish Merry Christmas!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
PEACE AND GOOD WILL

A ND suddenly there was with the angel a multi
u tude of the heavenly host praising God and
saying Glory to God in the highest and on earth
peace, good will toward men,"
Thus according to ST. Luke dawned the first
Christmas in the hill country of Judea Today that
al-sufficing formula flung across the starlit skies
nearly two thousand years ago still challenges the
human
One nation, the home of the yule log, Kris
Kringle and other Christmas folklore bows to die
tatorship that nvokes old pagan gods and persecues
the people of Chrstianity's founder. Another, the
home of the Christian Catholic Pope, is sent goose
stepping along Caesars path to war against proud
but almost helpless nation in Africa. third
temptuous of world opinion, marches across the face
of peace-loving China. The rest OF the nations
while still reekng from hstorys worst carnage take
millions needed for the arts of peace and spend them
on ornaments. Our country, while preaching
the Good Neighbor policy isolates itself and spends
than defense. Peace and its body
guard, democracy at bay.
Yet behind the facades of governments the spirit
of peace and good will is more alive than ever Never
did the people hate and injustice more pro-
foundry
What better demonstration of this could there be
than popularity of the antItalian sanctions and the
their reactions against the proposed Laval-Hoare
Ethiopian settlement? Except when they
whipped by their governments by mobsters and
demagogs to hate and Cypress, the people toll
Grant and neghborly. And even where fear and
hate are enthroned as national policies the people
continue those personal little nameess acts of
kindness and of love" that knit the human race
into big family. -.
Christmas today in America will be time for
more than the usual festivities of joyous children
and merry elders. The wassail bowl will overflow
in legal toasts better days returning, We will sing
carols old friendships and release our gener
instincts in selfess giving with the knowledge
that there is less of suffering around than in the
last four winters.
But we should do more than that
Civilization being what it is we must rededcate
ourselves to the days real meaning and promise. We
should most solemnly and unsentimentaly swear on
this day of days that will not allow either gov
ernments or men of il-will to make a jest of the
mobiles aspirations Of the human race voiced by
the Man of Galilee--democracy, peace and corn
passion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
The H0Osier Forum
| acholly disapprove of a0hat you say-and aOiU
defend to the death your right to sag it-VoHaire.

founded at the Laval-Hoare pro-
posal to cede tWo-thirds of Ethio-
pia to Italy, but the other members
of the League rose in body to de-
nounce the rape.
So, now, you gentlemen who were
SO sure that England was the whole
show in the League, what have you
got to say? 1t seems that after all,
barring this Laval-Hoare proposal,
England has been doing exactly
what the other League members
wanted her to do.
Why so many of our people are
bitter against England is hard to
understand. We speak the English
language, and despite the fact that
we are the product of many peoples,
our form of government, our tradi-
tons and our culture are predomi-
nantly English. Our haters of Eng
land say she has been land grab
Der. Well, we've done a little grab
bling ourselves, but it surely is high
time that we, along with others,
confess our sins and prove the sin
cerlGy OF our repentance by VOlun-
tarily respecting the rights of small
nations, just as we are forced to
respect the rights of large nations.
And since we do not see fit active
ly to support this principle, we GER
tainly should give moral encourage
ment to England and the other ma
lions which are so doing
1t is argued that Italy is crowded
and Ethiopia is sparsely settled;
that Ethiopia is a slave country. We
could support many millions more,
SO why not open our own doors to
the overflow of Italians? Then, too,
Mussolini has been paying bonuses
for more babies. Why? It's only
matter of some 10 years since we
freed our own slaves. The argument
falls flat. 1t all sums up to just
this: I'm bigger than you and I'm
going to take what I want
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
LIBRARY MARRIAGE BAN"
| AAIAZES WRITER.

BY Patron
I read with interest well-written
timely letter which appeared in your
column, protesting the unfairness
and stupidity of a marriage ban"
which is being enforced against our
city Librarians.
The revelation was amazing to me
that such nonsense would character
ize public institution. Mr.. Dick
erson, chief librarian, in reply to
the letter, stated that the law was
in conformity with a school board
policy. This struck me as probably
being another attempt at the "old
army game" on the part of public
official.
Upon inquiry I have been unable
to find corroboration for his infor-
nation. The policy seems to be an
unclaimed economic blessing" or
rather an administrative "black
sheep"
School teachers employed by the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25

Chairman p Life Begins at Forty"
Doubling Thomas" Steamboat
Round the Bend" and In Old
Kentucky"
iQ-Who is president of the Uni
Versity of California?
A-Robert G.. Sprouts.
Q-How long after desertion in
peacetime is an enlisted man in
the United States Navy liable to
arrest?
A-His liability to arrest abides
SO long as he remains at large, but
after two years from the date of
expiration of his enlistment he will
suffer no penalty except an unsatis-
factory discharge.
Q-Is German national who has
taken out first papers for American
citizenship subject to the laws of
Germany if he returns there for a
visit?
Ayes, because he is still Ger
man national until he has received
his hnal certificate of American
citizenship.
Q-What legal fornality is neces-
sary to adopt pen name?
A-None.
Q-Has the United States ever
been a member of the League of
Nations?
A-No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25

school board operate under tenure
law which would allow marriage in
any event after five years of service.
Questioning of librarians, and others
interested, disclosed that replace
ment of librarians who marry has
necessitated the importation of a
| large number of out-of town girls,
| and recently a few were imported
from other states. This does not in
dictate solution to indianapolis I'M
employment which would be the
only excuse for the existence of the
policy.
| Many librarians have family de-
pendents which burden would pre-
clude marriage to most any average
prospective husband who is conSid-
cred lucky if able to provide for two,
to say nothing Of those many young
and middle-aged men who are not
so fortunate. Marriage for these in
such circumstances is only possible
where both parties are employed.
Library work always has been a
choice lifelong career for women,
but these women are nevertheless
human and need, or at least should
not be denied, the opportunity to
live normally.
1t is gratifying to know that there
are many patrons of the library here
who are incensed over this marriage
ruling and they propose to see that
it is abolished, even if it means a
change of the personnel responsible
for the same or similar rulings.
Congratulations to "a Reader"
who has brought to the attention of
some of us, who were heretofore I'M
mindful, this example of gross un-
fairness and social disgrace prac-
ticed in one of the most important
of our cultural institutions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
THEODORE STEMPFEL

NNE of the most useful and most distinguished
~ citizens of indianapolis, Theodore Stenpfe in
addition to his vocation as banker, contributed
thought and influence to better government and
cultural projects.
Mr.. Stempfel represented the valuable type of
citizen that Germany has contributed to America
Disinterested public service by men of superior
position, such Mr.. Stempfel, is one of the great
needs of American cities Only by such service can
we hope to untange the knots into which life has
been tied by neglect and indifference.
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Questions and Answers

Inclose a Scent stamp for reply
when addressing any question Of fact
or information to The Indianapolis
Times Home Service Bureau. Legal and
medical advice can not be given, nor
can. extended research be undertaken.
Be sure all mail is addressed to The
Indianapolis Times Home Service
Bureau, Frederick NJ. Kerby, Director,
1913 Thirteenth-st, N. W.. Washington,
d. C.
Glow should a communication
to the Emperor of Ethiopia be ad-
dressed?
Ais Imperial Majesty, Halle
Selassie I,->Emperor of Ethiopia
Adds Ababa, Ethiopia. ~
Q-What is the lifetime batting
average of Babe Ruth through 1884?
Alt is .348.
Q-What role did John Howard
play in Annapolis FAREWELL?
A-Duncan Haley, brother OF
Morton CLICK Haley CTom Brown
Q-Give the source of the quota
ton, More things are wrought by
prayer than this. world dreams Of. y
A-.Morte dArthur," by Tenny-
son.
ON what pictures has the late
Will Rogers appeared since 1881?
A-"BusineSS and Pleasure, "
Down to Earth" TOO Busy to
Work, State Fair DR.. Bull, Mr..
Skitch;" David Harufn," Handy
Andy" Judge Priest" The County
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
JAMES PARK HORNADAY

IF there was ever typical Indiana newspaper mar
it James Park Hornaday who died in Wash
ington yesterday. AS Washington correspondent of
the Indianapolis News Mr. Hornaday served with
ability a long period. He achieved the distinc
ton of being president of the Crdiron Club and
active as member of the National Press Club
Many persons inside and outside the newspaper
profession knew and loved him.
We regret that American newspaperdom has lost
such a fine member of the craft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
WONDERS WHAT CRITICS CAN
TALK ABOUT NOW.

BY Charles c. Bender, Bloomington
Now that the Laval-Eoare pro-
posal for settlement of the Ethiop-
ian-Italian conflict is dead, what
will those folks who have been ac-
cusing England Of using the League
of Nations as her tool find to talk
about?
Sir Samuel Hoare has resigned
BY humbling himself before the
House of Commons, Prime Minister
Baldwin saved his scalp. Pierre
Laval holds his position as premier
OF France by a narrow margin. Not
only were the governments OF
France and England angry and as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
SEES PARALLEL IN TROUBLES
OF 1864 AND 1885.

y
SEES PARALLEL IN TROUBLES
OF 1864 AND 1885.
BY r. F. Paine
Verify history does repeat itself
In the summer of II years ago, our
country was in the deepest of de-
preston. 1t was doubtful that the
Union could longer exist. There were
no millions on relief; all were will
ing to sacrifice all they possessed
There were not millions of unem-
ployed; all were employed at cut
ting each others Threats, nursing
the wounded, burying the dead of
that most awful of human calami-
ties, Civil War.
Then, as now, the issue was as to
an abrupt change in policies and
leadership. Should the bloody bust
ness of preserving the Union carry
on? Should that grand, gaunt lead
er at Washington in whose heart
reigned the doctrine of malice
toward none, charity for all and
f1rmnesS in the right as God gave
him to see the right, be retired and
the Unions destiny be entrusted to
Second-rater? -
In June of 1864, the Republican
national convention nominated Abe
Lincoln for a second term as Presi-
dent and upon being congratulated
by the National Union League, Lin
coin said:
Il do not allow myself to suppose
that either the convention or the
league has concluded to decide that
I am either the greatest or the best
man in America, but rather they
have concluded it is not best to
swap horses while crossing the river
and have further concluded that
am not so poor a horse that they
might not make a botch of it in
trying to swap"
There's gold in them thar words
for the business man, the farmer
and the job holder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
MODERN WISEMAN
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

They travelled far in search of
Christ,
They sought for stars and radiant
glory:
I found Him in the urchin's eyes
Who crouched, curb-cold, to heat
the story.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25

THE most violent passions have
Il their intermissions; vanity
alone gives us no espite.-Roche-
foucauld.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25

Times readers are inUfted so cypress
their Uiea0S in these columns. religious
controversies excluded. Make Dour letters
short. so all can have a chance. Limit
then, to ESQ a0Ords or less. Your letter
must be SiGned. but names 10iU be
Withheld on re0ueSt.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
DAILY THOUGHTS

All nations before him are as
nothing; and they are counted to
him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah xi, II.
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The indianapolis Times
"a scRIpPs-HowARD NEWSPAPER,

ROY W. HOWARD
LUDWELL DENNY
EARL ID. BAKER .
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-18
WANSO, TWO TREE
and SHEEP CREEK

Cappy Cook was helping Don Lo-
gan at the coal mine Monday.
Oscar Lobland, Don Logan and
Chike Draszt were callers at Seal
Hoppins Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cobbins visited
at Andy Hansons Wednesday.
Jim Glover and son, Humphrey,
were business callers in Plentywood
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Barge, Frank
Barge and Irene were Plentywood
shoppers Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Glover and
children were visitors at j. C..
Draszts Thursday evening.
Leck BedweIl and Oscar Knutson
were callers In Plentywood Thursday
Bert Cobbins made a trip to Re-
serve Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leverne Draszt cal
led on Mr.. and Mrs. C. O. Bell last
Saturday.
Saturday shoppers in the county
seat were Jim Glover. j. c.. Draszt,
Carl Draszt, Jim York and George
Barge.