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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
OLD WAR BABY
IN STEEL FIELD
NEARS ITS END
Tin Plate Mill in Ohio Was
Built on u. S. Order Dur
ing World Conflict.

BIZ Times Special
LEAVITTSBURG, O., July 18.-
Sledge hammers today ring a noisy
tattoo upon the steel framework of
the Liberty Steel Co.'S works here.
but instead of being the work of
construction on the first genuine
war baby" in the steel industry of
the Mahoning and Shenango Valley
the job on hand is one of demoli
ton.
The Republic Steel Corp, which
now owns the mill, is pulling it
apart to use its material for plant
extensions at its Lansingville works.
Steel men grow sentimental as they
watch the framework coming apart
and think of the years of high pros
perity the business has been through
since the Liberty mill was erected,
and wonder just where the industry
is now headed.
Soon Will Be Raced
The heating furnaces and stacks
already have been torn down and
portions of the structural steel of
the superstructure already have been
moved away. Soon the entire mill
will have been obliterated.
The Liberty Steel Co., which was
incorporated by number of
Youngstown investors on April II,
1917, just a few days after the
United States entered the war, was
not conceived as an aid to the con-
f1ict.
Its incorporators, however, saw
the American workingman becoming
prosperous through wartime indus
trial activities and foresaw an ever
growing demand for inexpensive au-
tomobileS. 1t was with the thought
of making steel sheets for automo-
bile manufacture that the COM
pany was founded.
Edward F. Clark, son-in-Iaw of
Jonathan Warner. then president
of Trumhull Steel Co., with sheet
and tin mills at Warren, Ohio; r.
Albert Kenworthy, John w. Ford,
Harold Taylor and L. A Manchester
were the incorporatorS.
But the War Industries Board
which had a large say in the run
ming of American industries in those
days, did not wish an auto sheet
mill. The government needed tin
plate for the war and only on condi-
ton that the plant would be for
that purpose was a license to build it
granted.
Changed It's Plans
So the company changed its plans
in accord with the governme nt'S
needs and built upon the selected
site ten hot black plate mills, eight
cold mills. four double sets. 24x36
inches and 24X40 inches, and IA tin
ming stacks for coke tin plates.
After the war the company sold
its tin plate mills and returned to
its original idea of manufacturing
automobile plates. The same Liberty
Steel stockholders and officers in
corporated the Newton Steel Co.
The TrumbuIl Steel Co. took over
the Leavittsburg plant. In 1923 the
Republic Iron and Steel Co. ac-
quired the Trumbull Steel Co., in
GLIDING the former Liberty Steel
works at LeavittSburg.
But for the last five years the
plant has been a victim of the de-
observation-disclosures and idle. And
since Republic finds it can make all
the tin plate it needs in its Trum-
bull plant at Warren the first war
baby of this district is being dis
mantled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
COAST OIL FLOW UP

California crude oil production in
week ended July Is averaged SOS, 900
barrels daily, an increase of $500
barrels over the preceding week, it
was reported today. A year ago
daily average was 529, 900 barrels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
161 BANKS REOPENED
IN FIRST HALF YEAR
OF the Total $50 Were State-C Char
tered Institutions, Report Shows.

tCICu IIIStItutfUIN, HNtpOIt SIIU"N'
BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, July 18.-During The
first half of 1885 a total of 161
banks were opened for unrestricted
operation. the American Banker re-
ported today.
OF these. 81 were under national
carter and 100 were state-chartered
institutions.
Most we're banks representing re-
organizations and requirements of
institutions closed during the 1888
banking fsliday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
Produce Markets

The prices quoted below are paid for
sock gathered IN the country. while de-
liFered u Indianapolis the price will be a
horn breed hens Zoe heavy breed COCKS
=. Leghorn breed cocks Sc, cOlored
h-oilers. 2 lbs and up i3e. Leghorn broil-
10c; ducks. fun feathered and fat 4c
Fsese, fun feathered and fat &c: No
strictly fresh eggs loss OF iec Each full
case must weight IS lbs gross a deduction
e iac mound under IS lbs. win be made
Butter-No. /. 24l25c; butterfat, isc
quoted ny The Waoley CO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18

City grain elevators are paying II cents
for No 2 soft red wheat. Other grades on
their merits. Cash corn No. yellow.
70 cents and oats 81 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
Wooden Strike Called

This situation is acute because a
strike has been called for July 81
in the wooden mills. Ii Tic strike
is successful, it will mean higher
costs to the manufacturers, higher
costs to consumers and ultimately a
curtailment of consumption.
Is labor justified in striking as
has been scheduled? 1t should be
noted that the number now en-
ployed by the wooden industry is
greater than in 1929; the hours
worked per week by each person are
fewer, and the wage rate is about
equal to the 1929 level Relative to
the employment and pay rolls con-
ditiOns of all manufacturing indus
tries. the situation in the wooden
and WOrsted trade is favorable.
Note also that the wooden indus
try cO-operated whole -heartedly
with the administration in it's war
on depression during the last two
years. Employment wa maintained
at relatively high level, although
the relationship between costs and
selling prices in the industry was so
narrow that in many cases large
capital losses were sustained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
Present Return Meager

Even at present, with the favor
able VOlumSe of business, only a very
meager return is being earned on
the invested capital. Under these
conditions it seems that labor is
making demands which can not be
reasonably granted by the manufac-
turerS.
Demands from labor such as these
are not warranted If labor attempts
to force its way, business recovery
which now seems probable, will be
slow and limited in extent. Yet,
these retarding influences are fos-
tered by such measures as the Wag-
ner labor disputes act, the Guffey
coal bill and other legislation.
If labor plays its part, one of the
greatest obstacles to business recov-
cry will be eliminated. The next
few months will reveal the true mo-
tives of our labor leaders. Will they
urge labor to cooperate along
sound economic lines or will labor be
urged to exploit their new powers.
Real recovery depends on which OF
the two paths is chosen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
Harahan Likely c. e o. Head

W. J. Harahan senior vce president Of the Chese-
peake Ohio Roil1coy is being mentioned the most
likely candidate to succeed to the presidency of that road
1Chich had been held By the late J. J. Bernet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
N. Y. Bonds

Reprinted Prom Yesterday
(By Abbott, Proctor & Panel
DAILY BOND INDEX
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-18
U. S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
LiberfVS

Upright. 1885, by Standard statisticsl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
SHOUSE AND THE NEW DEAL

WHEN Jouett shOuSe organized the
w American Liberty League he was &C
cused by some critics of being r~eactionary.
But one does not get that idea from reading
his book, You Are the Government" Oittle-
Brown, just published. He writes, rather, as
an o~ld-fashioned middle of the-road Demo-
crat. who is equally afraid of Fascism from
the right and Socialism from the left.
He declares complete faith in the Amer
lean system of government as laid down by
the Constitution, and is frankly skeptical of
changes.
This book is more effective than his recent
Liberty League statements because here he
stresses civil liberties and human rights as
well as property rights. Essential to popular
government are freedom of religion, free
speech and the right to engage in political
activity without restraint" he says.
But he is not entirely convincing because
of his failure to deal with the arguments of
progressives that political democracy is hol-
low without economic democracy. If Mr..
Shouse hopes to convert the growing number
of citizens who are critical of the American
system, he will have to write another book
answering the questions of those who have
been driven to believe that a regular job is
more necessary to individual liberty than an
occasional ballot.
Mr.. Shouse does not object to most of the
New Deal activities. Nor is he interested in
mud-slinging. He gives credit to the Admin
istration for doing, on the whole. a good job
under most difficult circumstances. But he
fears that the new and extended governmental
functions, which can be justified as emergency
measures. may be fastened upon the Amer
lean system permanently. To that he is I'M
alterably opposed.
Thus he would take the Government out
of business as rapidly as possible, turn the
flow of federal relief into Red Cross chan
nels. and encourage the states to assume full
responsibility for unemployment insurance,
old age pensions and other social security
devices.
The substance Of Mr.. Shouses argument
is that the trend is toward governmental ac-
Invites which are identified ordinarily with a
socialistic state" to which he objects. In his
statement of the issue he is often clearer and
franker than many on the other side, who
think this trend is absolutely necessary, but
who are afraid to admit the obvious fact that
rluch Of the New Deal is nearer to socialism
than to Jeffersonian democracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY z. 1885.
GIVE HIM A FAIR TRIAL

DRUNO HAUPTMANN. who goes on trial
II today for murder. is entitled to a fair trial
under every safeguard guaranteed an accused
person in our AnglO-Saxon law.
The vile crime Of which he stands accused
has stirred this country more deeply than any
crime in recent years. But the courts must
try him, not mass opinion.
There is in America a tendency that is
menacing to order and law. This is a sort of
hair-trigger justice that treats an accused
person as a guilty one. For days now certain
elements have been seeking to create about
Hauptmann an atmosphere Of pre-judged
guilt. Recently there was flashed on movie
screens a series of pictures of the Hauptmann
trial scene in New Jersey, and among the pic
lures was that Of an electric chair! This sort
of thing is abhorrent to law-loving Americans.
Guilty or innocent. Hauptmann should be
tried fairly. His trial must not be made a
Roman holiday for sensation mongers and
horror hawkers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
PROTESTS EDITORIAL ON
UNION SALARIES
BY a Times Reader.

BY a Times Reader.
I thought I never would write to
the Message Center, because so
many other fools do. But your ed
itorials against high wages in the
building trades has gotten under my
hide. I will be brief.
The high wages you refer to are
union wages, but the union men are
not doing the work. The majority
Of the union men who are working
are taking a good deal less than the
scale and saying nothing about it.
I am a building trades mechanic,
first class, nonunion, and wouldn't
be working today if I weren't. My
wages are so cents an hour. I helped
to build a 30-room palace for one Of
our millionaireS at that rate. My
wages for the last year, including
next Monday, amount to $3.50 a
week. I have had as much time as
a carpenter usually gets. Now, Mr..
Editor, do you think I ought to take
less than that?
Your contention about high wages
might be all right if the majority
of the building work were being
done by union men: but I repeat. it
is being done mostly by 40 and So
cent nonunion men.
High grade, hard working me-
chanics can be had in droves at
so cents an hour, and our best peo-
pie know it quite well and act &C
cordingly.
| I read your paper. All my fam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
BONUS PALACES

TN simple language. President Roosevelt
stated the case against immediate cash pay
ment of the soldiers bonus.
He explained that in 1924, Congress voted
a bonus of 81, 400, 900, 900 and because veter-
ans at that time asked for deferred payment
Congress added a premium of Is per cent and
arranged for the bonus certificates to draw 4
per cent interest, compounded annually, to
have a total maturity value Of S3,500,000,000
in 1945.
Suppose" said the President. that a vet
Grams original grant by Congress was $500
and the veteran did not borrow on his certi-
hcate, permitting the interest to accumulate
to maturity, the s4OO would grow so that it
would pay the veteran, when due in 1945,
$1,000"
This is the answer to the invalid claims
for full payment of the face value of certifi-
Gates 10 years before due.
The President also answered the argument
that immediate payment of the bonus would
stimulate business. He recalled that little
business improvement resulted when approx
imately one billion dollars was distributed to
veterans who borrowed up to so per cent of
the face value of their certificates.
The business improvement argument of the
bonus champions throws a cloak of patriotism
around an attempted raid on the treasury. 1t
is an argument that a majority Of the people
would be better off if the Government took
their money and distributed it among a minor
ity. To confuse the majority, the loudest OF
the bonus advocates talk about printing the
bonus money instead of raising it by taxation.
But most people are intelligent enough to
realize that initiation would merely mean post
poning and making more onerous the day OF
reckoning.
In this time of emergency, when the
finances of the Government are strained car
ing for the needy and unemployed, the best in
terests of the veterans are the same as those OF
the non-veterans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02

promoters of M organization. But
about all the satisfaction I got was
a lot of e~vasions, platitudes and
buck passing. The statute of limita-
tions has now barred all prosecution,
otherwise I'd probably still be trying
to get revenge for the loss Of about
$34O in the preferred" stock.
Could The Times do a better
service to humanity than by ex-
posing some Of the blue-sky peddlers
who infest not only Chicago, but
Monument Circle, indianapolis, and
its enVirons?
AS a promising lead, try the pro-
meters of a certain brewery stock,
unloaded on suckers at SO a share;
now selling at 80 cents or less on
the Chicago Curb. No, I didn't get
an Of this junk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
CHOOSING OUR JUDGES

NEW YORK'S Seabury investigation is
~ ancient history now, and most of us have
forgotten the disgraceful things which 1t re-
vealed about New Yorks courts of law. But
those revelations we're a valuable object les
son. and we forgot them just a little too fast
for our own good.
Broadly speaking. they showed what hap
pens when the courts are thrust into poll
tics-when the attaining of a Judgeship, for
instance, is made the subject of a political
scramble, so thai the man who becomes a
Judge must either campaign like any other
candidate for office or must cultivate the good
will of the politicians who have the appoint
ing power.
That IS the way American judges are put
into office: and a recent article in The Amer
lean Spectator points out that by following
this system We undermine our own confidence
in the judiciary and staff the bench with men
who aren't always fit for their jobs.
The writer of this article, a New York law
yer named Jerome j. Licari. remarks that
England has found a different way of select
ing its judges.
They must not only pass rigid examina-
tions in all branches of the law he writes,
but they must also be scholars in Latin,
Greek. and mathematics, and in most college
and university subjects. They must be cul-
tured gentlemen. When they become candi-
dates for the bench, they must take fresh
examinations in both legal and academic sub
jects."
AS a result, says Mr.. Licari, an English
iudgeShip is a legal career, not a political
career. It is attained by the best members Of
the legal profession, not by the most gifted
politicians. Members of the bench owe Moth
ing to any one; they are above influence and
above suspicion.
When an English lawyer aspires to the
bench, he takes examinations to the lowest
court. If he passes and is appointed, he must
serve a definite length of time there before
he is eligible to promotion TO a higher court.
Thus. when he seeks promotion. he must
pass new examinations. and his judicial rec
ord is carefully scanned, with all r~eversals
counting against him.
In this way. England gets courts that are
the despairing admiration Of Americans. The
method is in sharp contrast with our own.
To be sure. many very excellent men
brilliant. conscientious. and completely indie
pendent-are 10 be found in our American
courts. Blu so, alas. are many who are none
Of these things.
Until w ind some way Of d~ivorcing the
bench from politics. the average level Of our
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
DISCARDED
BY BLANCHE POYSER

In an attic old, midst relics and dust
Dwelt a calico dog, q china cat.
A teddy bear, a bary's chair,
A picture book ard a little white
rat.
Said the picture book to the teddy
bear,
The calico dog and the china cat:
Il know we're much the worse for
wear.
We're not as clean as the little
white rat.
But don't you believe we might
brush up a bit,
Use some skill, that no one would
guess
We're not from Santa's latest pack,
Even knowing. would love US no
less?"
But the teddy bear. the dog and the
cat
Raised a dreadful fuss-they were
quite distressed,
For they loved the old attic-dreams
and dust;
Forgotten ones, once fondly ca
TesSedl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
Capital Capers
GEORGE E

"XXTHAT!" exclaimed tall, elegant Sumner
W Welles, Assistant Secretary of State,
stroking his blond mustache.
What" froWned the customarily amiable
and benevolent State Secretary CordeIl Hull,
with his Tennessee mountain drawl.
WHAT" doomed President Roosevelt, remov-
ing his ivory cigaret holder from his lips and
staring at his informant.
What" demanded Ambassador Aranha of
Brazil, grasping the telephone receiver more
firmly.
These expressions of dismay greeted word
that the Treaty Division of the State Depart
ment failed to inform President Roosevelt, Sec
rotary Hull and Mr.. Welles that the Brazilian
Congress adjournS on Dec. 31-thus creating a
difficult situation for the ratification of the
reciprocal trade treaty with the United States.
For weeks, Ambassador Aranha has been
negotiating with the State Department. The
Administration has been speeding things up so
that the treaty could be presented at the formal
opening of the United States Congress on Jan. 3
for ratification. And now there will be a six
months wait, anyhow, all because the Treaty
Division neglected to mention an important fact
about the Brazilian Congress.
1t is mild to report that State Department
officials are annoyed. They are, as the saying
goes, burned up" The Treaty Division of the
State Department has perhaps less to do than
any other division, and now-When a real service
might have been rendered-it fell down on
the job.
Avanti, Savoia!
ONE is struck as the season progresses, by
~ the fact that members of the old Hoover
Administration never looked more dapper, more
radiant or more happy than they Go today. f.
in fact-as happy.
Take, for instance, former Vice President
Charles Curtis. In the old days Charlie looked
healthy but there were wrinkles Of care on his
brow. Crowsfeet puckered his eyes and a
worried expression lowered about his mouth.
He seemed always on the point of challenging
somebody to retract an unpleasant statement
as, indeed, he sometimes was.
Today-all is changed.
Charlie appears in all his glory at numerous
brilliant functions. At a big Christmas ball the
exuberant Kansan eXuded gaiety. His dress tie
and stiff bosom continually heayed under gales
of laughter. He beamed. He twinkled. He
nodded. He looked as jubilant as Vice President
Jack Garner did on Christmas morning-and
that was very jubilant.
Beside Charlie sat his sister, the famed Mrs.
Dolly Gam. The wars of precedence are
Smoothed away, but Mrs. Gam still retains
foremost place, the cynosure of all eyes. Dla-
mond ornaments ~glistened on her bodice. Her
rich gown of silver brocaded lame shone like
moonlight on the Potomac. She never looked
better at any diplomatic function in the old
days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
President Does HIS Best

I have heard so much about the
greedy and inhuman capitalists
that it is getting monotonoUs.
Such business men as I have had
the pleasure of knowing r very
human and likable.
Why not be sensible enough to
realize that all the greed is not
under the roofs of the wealthy
but that it is born as a part of
every human being? Is it wealthy
people who ride to and from work
under police protection to take
the bread from the strikers fam
lilies? Is the selfish attitude some
times taken by organized labor
toward the acts of wealthy men.
Who is perfect?
Keep your hands off the Gov
eminent. 1t is the best in the
world. Work on the people. The
depression will end tomorrow if
we will share our food and coal
with those who have none. Let
their blood be where it belongs,
upon our hands, for our indiffer-
ence and greed.
In the soft glow of our Christ
mas tree smiles a picture of our
President Roosevelt. A Happy
New Year to you, MI. President,
and if tonight little children are
hungry and cold it is not your
fault but that of ours who will not
share.
A joint committee in Indian
apolis composed of Chamber of
Commerce, Communist Party, N.
U. S. J. and organized labor for
the relief of the distressed by per-
sonal attention would give you
all the opportunity to get &C
quainted and do something useful
which would be followed through
out the nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
By Tom Berling.


This is an answer to a reader
who asks what objection any one
in an ordinary position of life can
have to the efforts of Father
Coughlin.
The last election proves that
the people as a whole approve Of
u present Government and its
policies.
1t is true that there is a tri-
angular blah-blah duel between
the Chamber of Commerce, Father
Coughlin and the Communist
Party. 1t is true that each of the
above has some good ideas on So
cial justice. 1t also gives me great
pleasure to point out to each of
the above mentioned that you are
all radical in your respective
spheres.
To be frank, I consider all these
groups too radical and self-cen-
tered to be entrusted to make
Federal laws or run the Govern
ment. AS I see it your only
quarrel is with each other. You
can all do the present and future
generations Of our country a real
service by patching up your diff
~ferences and observing the law of
live and let live.
I observed with pride and re-
spect the United States infantry
from Fl. Harrison in the Armi-
stice Day parade. Physically
strong, mentally alert, we'll clothed
and fed and equipped with the
best of arms, they are the official
guardians of liberty.
With such an army I see no
need of a sedition law and no
place in America for a one-party
%aristocracy, a dictator or minority
rule,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-02
SUGGESTS TIMES GO
AFTER STOCK PROMOTERS
By J. Charlton Smith.

By ]. Charlton Smith.
Your cartoon, Something More
For His Collection" in The Times
Saturday, Dec. %, is probably as
timely and hard-hitting as anything
of the sort ever published.
I got stuck with one Of insults
$1,000 bonds, a National Electric
Power 5, of 1923, which I salvaged
in 1884 for 2 cents on the dollar,
less brokerage.
For nearly a year I tried in vain
tc get criminal action against the