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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
POLICEMEN SCORED FOR
ACTIONS ON DUTY
. BENG
By Mrs. Iva Morrison.

By Mrs. Iva Morrison.
I read in your issue Of March
that Chief Mike Morrissey has put
into effect a new break for the pub
lie, wherein he has put lot of his
fine police back to walking beats in
stead of riding around from one
booze joint to another, and flirting
and insulting young girls and Wom-
en- on the street. Had he put this
into effect sooner the three police
men would not have run into a train
at Kentucky-av and the Belt Rail-
road crossing in violation of traffic
signals and busted up one Of the
baby buggies that the taxpayers had
to buy and have repaired
Of course, our brave policemen
got away with it because the train
did not give way to a police car.
This thing Of police riding around
is a big joke and on several occa-
siOns it has been proved so.
Chief MOrrissey should be COM
plimented highly for this move but
it will not meet with the approval
of some Of our sheik policemen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
EDUCATIONAL COMICS

ITO the average child the comic section Of
Il the newspaper Is described as the fun
MES" but in reality the various cartoon cspers
O. the comic characters that appear IN the
paper each night have another value far
more important than mere amusement.
They are really educational Through the
activities Of "Freckles and His Friends" for
example. children learn about dirigibles. radios
and practically al our modern scientific in
ventions.
Through Alley Oop" they find out about
prehistoric animals. and the average child OF
four or five years can rattle OF words today
that would have been tongue-twisters for the
grade school pupils OF a generation ago.
Then the swsshbuckling adventures Of
wash Tubbs and Easy and the general in
formation that IS found in other comics all
have their place in helping 10 educate modern
youth.
Theirs is little doubt that the child Of to-
cay Is better informed about the march Of
progress than the child OF a generation ago
and the comics are in large way responsible.
The trouble with most comics 20 years ago
vas that their sole aim was to entertain or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
FAILING THE TEST

WHATEVER else the Greek revolt may
w 90. It should al least give us some new
iirht on the argument over the respective ca
liabilities Of sirplanes and surface warships.
According 10 one account. upward Of three
score airplanes went out after one cruiser
snd a half dozen destroyers and failed to
oueu them. Another dispatch has go bombs
raining on a rebelhous fotilla without. ap-
parently. sending any ship 70 the bottom.
Il Will take much detailed study Of the
whole fracas. OF course. 10 justify any fixed
conclusion. So EAR. however. the claims Of
the airplane school 90 not seem 10 be stand
Ing up very we'll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
CRITICISES ACTIVITIES
OF MRS. ROOSEVELT

BY Mrs. o. r. NJ
We see so much in the papers
about married women working AS
long as our First Lady of the land
continues to grab every job she can,
even to running factories, housing
projects, writing and talking, hold
ing the jobs that hundreds of men
and women can do as we'll, and who
need the money so badly, how can
we expect married women to quit
their jobs?
If I remember, it was this wom-
ans husband who asked the job
holders all over the nation to divide
their work with others and not to
hold more than one job.
If this is a day of grab for one,
why not for all? I believe the peo-
pie would like to see this same lady
be mistress of the White House now
and, after that, who cares? One
wonders if the country is being hurt
by too much "RooSeyeltism." So
quit grabbing until the head ones
set an example for us all.
Our most beloved First Ladies
were busy being just what their
position called for-miStreSse OF
the White House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
HEAVY SHOWS WELCOME

JUDGING by news dispatches from various
- parts Of the country, the United States
as a whole is suffering a much more severe
winter than it had a year ago. And while
this isn't especially pleasant for that large
majority which likes its snow in moderate
doses, it may be a pretty good harbinger for
the coming summer.
The destructive drought Of last summer
was not simply a matter of deficient summer
rainfall; deficient winter SHOWS also had a
part in It,
The mountain reservoirs FOR our streams,
depending on heavy blankets Of melting
snow. were not properly filed curing the cold
months Water levels everywhere we're low
cred as result
The heavy SHOWS that are reported all over
the United States right now should at least
relieve us Of that difficulty this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
British Fund Explained

that had been accumulated dur
ing perious years.
During the years following This
period, especially the years 1924
and 1875, the fund had almost re-
paid its earlier loans from the
government, but when the serious
depression years of 1880 and 1882
came on, it was found impossible
to continue this repayment and
completely liquidate the loans.
Under the amended law of 1882
the British government Cancelled
the balance of these loans to the
insurance fund. and from that
time on the British treasury has
been paying all Of the expense in
voIved in paying benefits to those
who are unemployed for more
than the 26 weeks period.
The insurance fund today is &C
tually accommodating a surplus and
recipients of the pension must
prove a need to procure any bene-
fits after the first 26 weeks
period.
1t is not true, therefore, that
the insurance fund owes at the
present time $575, 100000 to the
government as the balance of all
such prior loans have been can
celed. Neither is it true that the
rights of millions of workers to
relief were dissipated, as the ed
itorial stated. Neither is it true
that the investment of the more
prosperous workers who first
Joined in contributing was dis
solved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
BY Richard A. Shirley

BY Richard A. Shirley.
There appeared in an issue of
the indianapolis News on Feb. Is
an editorial entitled "Unemploy-
ment Pay" By this editorial the
British system of unemployment
insurance was discussed and GER
tain statements made which were
most misleading in line with facts.
This editorial mentioned that
there was a deficit in the British
insurance fund of $575, 100000 at
the present time, and the inference
was drawn that the British SyS-
tenn of insurance might be con-
Sidered a failure.
In the first place, the British
government first started upon this
program Of social insurance in
1908. In the depression years i'm
mediately following the World
War it was necessary for the gov
eminent to loan a considerable
sum of money to the unemploy-
ment insurance fund in view of
the fact that insurance was ex-
tended to millions of new unem-
ployed who had come back from
the war and who had made no
contribution to the fund of their
own. The government deemed it
essential at that time to continue
payments to unemployed after the
contracted 26 weeks as originally
provided, and this meant an I'M
due and unusually large drain at
that time on very large fund
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
WHERE MONEY IS NEEDED

THE statement Of Gov Mariner Eocies Of
Il the Federal Reserve Board. that economic
recovery depends upon getting money into the
hands Of those who Will spend 1t for goods,
vas a weu-timed rebuke both to currency in
lationists and coupon clippers.
The former would end our troubles by swell
ing the volume OF money. trusting that those
who now have none would somehow get their
hands on more OF It, The latter think higher
profits the prime essential and would boost
dividends 10y cutting wages.
Gov. Eccles' diagnosis holds the lack OF
purchasing power to be the fundamental NAL
adjustment saving in effect that most Of all
business needs customers.
He prescribes redistribution Of income in
part by use Of the taxing power.
Statistics on the division of income quoted
in recent speech by Chairman Biddle of the
National Labor Relations Board support Gov
EccleS' diagnosis and tend to justify his pre-
scription.
Pay rolls i'm December, 1884, Chairman Bid
de recounted were about 90 per cent Of the
total Of 1925. while dividends and interest were
$50 per cent Of their total in 1926.
Prosperity must have a broad basis. 1t can
not balance on the apex Of the pyramid
Chairman Biddle said
Eccles referred TO that valuable study, the
capacity to consume" in which the Bookings
Institution reported that in 1929 about q per
cent OF Americas families received only As per
cent of the income while one-tenth Of per
cent Of the families at the top OF the income
list received practically as much as the AZ per
cent Of the families at the bottom Of the scale.
one family in the upper tenth OF one per cent
received as much as 40 families at the bottom.
Messrs. EccleS. Biddle and the Bookings
economists have made an analysis far more
useful than all the eloQuence Of the Huey
Longs. Father Coughlins and Ogden Millses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
SUGGESTS OLD-AGE
PENSION FUND FOR ALL
Bv Edward e. DeJonrnett.

BY Edward E. DeJonrnett.
Please excuse me for my forward
ness with the idea about the old-age
pension, but 1 am forced to do so.
1 believe most all persons would
like to be self disappearing. If we
pay from SIS to S12 a year and draw
$50 or $50 a month, then the pen
sioners and sick and disabled would
be proud of themselves because they
had paid for it in their young days,
The dues could be paid in each
town or city.
They will feel that they are not
a burden to the government. This
could be payable in five years. AS
you may know, old people are not
wanted much anyhow at home or
elsewhere. They would start paying
at the age of 10 years until death.
All pensioners should pay every
year. I think this should be COM
pulSory.
I would like TO be self supporter
then I could spend my money as I
pleased.
I sent this idea to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in December,
1884, and received an answer from
Executive Director E. WHITE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
SEEMS AS IF MR.. HERNDON
STARTED SOMETHING

By Mrs. A. B.
Just a few lines in answer to
Harry L. Herndons question as to
the liquor control bill What differ
ence does it make to him, as to
banning the sale of liquor to road
houses, etc?
He states he never had a steady
job playing as a musician in the
city. Why didn't he? I can tell
him. First, because he couldn't play
hill-billy stuff. and next he could
not play requested numbers of pop
ular tunes or some of the old-time
music.
AS to a fob, why is he kicking
when he is driving a soap truck?
When he did play for some one in
the city, he got what he was worth
not what he thought he was worth
If he is such a good musician, why
is he playing in night club in
stead of playing with some popular
band. which doesn't play hill-billy
stuff and not hold down two jobs?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
MARRIAGE
By AUSTIN JAMES

A question used to cross my mind
Can man in self-sufflciency
Remain premier Of all his kind
Supreme in independency;
Or must this man to gain from life
A cup well filed to overflow
Enfold unto himself a wife
To polish him to mellow gloW?"
Now some assert the marriage state
Kills individuality
Suppresses man beneath his mate
And heightens rancid jealousy.
While others woefully insist
All chance to bring about redress
Is gone-and rue the fun they've
missed
Because they've got wife-conscious-
ness.
And still I ponder DER the fact
That many fear to loose their sail
And voyage into marriage pact
And wrap their future in a veil.
Alas I'm sad for those who see
In marital union of the sex
Lost individuality
And fears, to them, still more COM
pick.
I've found in marriage, happiness
In making joys where none exist
And revel in sweet tenderness.
Ny lifeboat knows no roll nor list.
NY mate and I together live
Supporting each the other still
And sharing while we learn to give
Assistance TO the others will.
Compatibility we know,
The fruit of daily honesty,
And understandings we bestow
Preclude all tints Of jealousy.
Each lives within the others realm,
AS one we strive to reach our goal,
AS one we're captain OF the helm
Yet each IS captain Of his soul.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
SUGGESTS DAILY PRAYERS
FOR NEWSPAPER READERS

BY Rene C. Newly.
I heard a minister in one Of the
early morning broadcasts this week
say that if every newspaper in the
country would call our nation to
prayer, we would get out of this
depression. Prayer changes things.
Men ought always to pray. I
wrote the President to issue a call
to the nation to come back to
prayer and God. A very lovely let
ter came from his secretary, Mr.
Howe, but Mr.. Roosevelt is so very
busy-may he not forget he, too,
should put God first.
AL the gold and silver belong to
the Lord. He holds the wealth of
the world in His hand, so please
Mr.. Powell, as a Christian gentle
man, be one of the first to give
space in your paper and issue a
call for prayer.
Another sign that we should be
much in prayer is that he'll rides
on wheels in our country in the
form OF drunken drivers. The new
cars are called stTeamli1es Let the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

again, he quotes the following Scrip
ture, Vengeance is mine, will re-
pay, sayeth the Lord"
What Bible student of any iudg-
ment would classify the execution OF
a murderer as vengeance or re-
venge? 1t is not, nor ever was, in
tended as revenge but rather justice
and the protection Of society. Gene
sis ks reads, Whose sheddeth
mans blood by man shall his blood
be she'd" and again, Leviticus xiv.
IT, And he that killeth any man
shall surely be put to death"
These were not laws of vengeance
but Of justice and were so intended
to protect society.
Again Mr.. Woodard says execu-
tions are no deterrent of crime. I
respectfully call his attention to the
fact that about Is years ago Eng
land had just such a crime wave as
we now have. They began at the
top and revised their criminal laws
and for certain crime certain
punishment. They made the crime
of murder punishable by death and
not one murdereg has escaped when
proven guilty. }
Their laws are swift and sure.
which is the sUrest deterrent yet de-
vised by man to suppress crime. Then
why fill our prisons with these dan
gerous cattle to feed and clothe the
rest of their lives? The history Of
all penal institutions is that the lifer
is the most dangerous.
Why can't or legislators get busy
on some real constructive legislation
on tax reduction and stop this fool
ing around? Surely the tax payers
would appreciate such legislation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

people know what the Bible says
about automobiles.
THE chariots shall race in the
streets, they shall jostle one against
another in the broadways, they shall
seem like lightning"
I think the preachers Of our city
would get together and contribute
sermonettes for the daily paper at
your suggestion. am sure they
would be glad to do so. It would
reach thousands of readers of your
paper who never go to church and
I am sure if you do this you will re-
ceive blessings untold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
So They Say

When Washington came to the
Presidency, almost every move he
made was denounced by news
papers and not infrequently in
Congress as paving the way to
dictatorship if not to a crown
James A. Farley.
Faces are at least as important as
stockings, and every woman knows
that silk stockings will get her job
where cotton Wont.-Dr Vilray P.
Blair, St. Louis plastic surgeon, adj
vocating new faces for ugly per-
sons"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
ABOLITION OF CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT BRINGS PROTEST
Rv n W. Jackson.

By D. W. Jackson.
About the only thing our law
makers have done is TO create new
Jobs, boost salaries and propose
crazy, demoralizing gambling and
divorce laws. Now comes one G. E.
Woodland proposing to abolish cap
ital punishment and in support Of
his argument he quotes the Sixth
Commandment. Thou shalt not
kill" Any sane student Of the Bible
knows that this Scripture refers to
wanton killing or murder. Then.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
The Message Center

Times readers are MUited to cypress
their uie,cs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have q chance.
Limit them to ESQ toOrds or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names 1ciH
be tcithheId at request OF the letter
1CrfteT,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

A noted columnist says legs aren't impor-
tant, but brains are. But just let him sit down
with his bullying dome beside chorus girl
showing a generous stretch of silk hosiery and
see who gets into the picture
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

Mussolini proclaims he can mobilize $780,
900 men for war, thanks to the mass produc-
ton contests he has held among the Italian
mothers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
Daily Thought

Behold the fowls Of the air: for
they SOW not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your
Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are
ye not much better than they?-
st. Matthew vi, 26.
EAITH is to believe, on the word
L of God. what we do not see. and
its reward is to see and enjoy what
we beliege.-AuguStine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

While the nation feels sorrow for the
Macon disaster, no one would display grief if
some of the smaller gas bags in Congress
would bump against the ceiling and explode.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

The Hauptmann jury has decided to stay
of the stage which probably saves the audi
ence the ordeal of bringing in verdict for
electrocution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

In considering the effects of the depression,
one optimistic note Is found-the tomatoes in
the seed catalogs ars IS large and luscious
appearing as ever.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

Peggy Hopkins Joyce admits she's 80 years
old, which is the first time we ever heard OF
a moratorium on ages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08

An Iowa statesman says an emergency can't
last five years. Then let him explain II he
can, why we still have croOners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

IT fascism The ground occupied by that
fsirest child OF the New Deal, the iva,
proved in this case to be a sanctuary where
ancient American rights found refuge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-08
Liberal Viewpoint
by DIR. HARRY ELMER BARNES

IN a preceding column I called attention to
Il the marked growth of repressive sentiment
in California, due in considerable part to the
| alarm thrown into the reactionaries by the San
Francisco strike and the Sinclair campaign.
This move toward reaction is not limited to
suppresSive doctrines in the Hearst papers and
other conservative journals. There is an effort
to ram through the legislature at Sacramento
the most restrictive bills which would make adj
varced liberal radical doctrines feonious-
would render Thomas Jefferson and Abraham
Lincoln, for example, liable to persecution if
they were writing, speaking or teaching in
California today.
Personally, I am no advocate OF revolution,
Any informed student of history and society
must realize that revolution is defensible only
as a last resort to secure social justice and
decency.
1t is destructive. wasteful and frequently pro-
ductive of disastrous counter-revolution. More
over all talk of revolution in the modern world
is downright silly a practical proposition.
The constituted authorities now have almost
exclusive control Of death-dealing weapons so
devastating as to make informal and private
revolution nothing short of suicidal
If radicals wish to take control of govern
ment, their only sensible procedure is to get
ready to take over the responsibilities of admins.
istraton once the capitalistic system collapses
as a result of the stupidity of it's. custodians or
of suicidal which they are likely to wage.
This is the point emphasized by Prof LaSki,
Lewis Mumford and other sane radicals.
But staunch Americans must, nevertheless,
not fail to defend the right to advocate revolu-
ton if anybody wishes to do so. There is NJ
principle of AmericaniSm more Clear-cut o
better grounded historically than the right to
recommend revolution.
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