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The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
A GOLDEN DILEMMA

THE mysteries Of international finance are
much too much for practically all of us.
And here is just another of the paradoxes
that make it so. We think of gold as good,
something to be desired. Yet American fnan-
ciers are actually worried because gold con-
tinues to pour into the United States.
During the last six months, the total Of
gold brought into the country exceeded the
amount sent out by s8O4,163 900. Now that is
equal to IS per cent of all the new gold pro-
duced in the world in 1884.
Without going into technical details, this
much is evident to any one; such flood Of
gold coming into the country means that trade
relations between the worlds countries are
still in terrible state of unbalance. For what
comes to us is being sent out OF other countries.
The working of the gold standard. or any
international standard yet devised. implies
that all countries must have a workable
amount of the precious metal used, so that
exchange may take place. 1t is like poker
game Every player must have some chips if
the game is TO go on.
But as the stack of golden chips rises be-
fore Uncle Sam. the other players have fewer
and fewer. That, however, is where the like
ness to poker game ends.
In real poker game when man wins all
the chips he quits and goes home.
In the international game, If one country
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13

and now we have the junk on which
heavy loans were obtained with
ease.
Money was so easy-that is, credit
was so f1ush-that phoney sales con-
tracts were written, no down pay
ments, just notes" for down pay
mentS, and the sucker "contract"
buyers took hook, line and sinker
The 25 per cent discount on this
paper credit kept this frenzied
finance game going until the credit
rubber would stretch no farther. 1t
almost matched the stock market
credit balloon. Houses built during
the boom period are all out of date
today, really as obsolete as BOOM
period automobiles.
We can build better houses for
less money, if financing interests
did not gouge the home buyer for 7
per cent interest on balances. If
Uncle Sam can get money for the
HOLC for 21a per cent, he can force
reductions in the private interest
rates on homes to 4 per cent. Then
watch us build homes as slick as
streamline cars, and with such low
upkeep costs that all the junk on
todays market on which we put
that per cent credit money will
look like 1926 cars or a last years
birds nest.
Let FHA get us 4 per cent housing
finance and we'll show Mr.. Roose-
velt how to take the building trades
men off relief. Today'S buyers won't
be held up with per cent interest
rates. We have the buyers if in
terest rates drop to 4 per cent.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
YOUTHS OPPORTUNITY

THOUSANDS Of college graduates today
have their diplomas and their education
because the government interested itself in
them. There will be more thousands next
year.
That is the first answer of the National
Youth Administration to the query. What are
you doing for American youth with that s5o,-
100000 fund you were handed. to give it a
boost?"
A hundred thousand young men and wom-
en- were enabled TO attend college during the
year le34-35 because the government paid
them SIS a month for work on or near the
campuses of nearly 1000 colleges. This coming
college year Of 1856, some 25o,Oe0 will be so
aided. The NYA has taken over and expand
ed the work started by the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration last year.
This is the newest effort to answer the
pressing problem of youth. problem that is
answered In. Germany by labor camps. and in
= Italy BY the army. The answer means .
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
1Oholy disapprove of tOhat you say and will
defend to the death your right to say it-Vottaire.

| his name on his propaganda? Isn't
this very act biased and partial?
You hear lot about Communists,
Radicals. etc. nowadays, but I'll tell
you the truth. The most radical
and disgruntled human beings that
I have come in contact with have
been Republicans. None that I
know of has advocated shooting
those on relief, but perhaps that is
due to SO many of their political
faith being on relief as well. Ex-
President Hoover also refused to
acknowledge that the country was
even in need OF relief.
Some time ago 1 suggested that a
representative for the unemployed
be sent to Washington to lobby for
them since all they had left was
their vote. Since then, 1 have
learned that 1,O91944 white families
and 698,839 Negro families in the
South Garter Glass comes from
Virginia) have been disfranchiSed
by the simple process or requiring
1884 and 1885 poll tax receipts to
vote
Every one who has common horse
sense has a reason for voting as
they do, and if one votes with
reason, that vote can not possibly
be unbiased, and this applies to
every sane person, not just those
catalogued by Carter Glass Demo-
crat.
If no one voted with sense or
reason, there would be no need to
advocate DISTINGUISHING them. Evi-
IDENTITY some one is afraid of what
the masses will do when they see
the light. Quite evidently in this
case the truth is that capital has
closed up shop to force the people
to accept relief and now they say
disfranchise these millions who are
only guests Of the government.
Isn't it funny that it never oc-
CURED to private industry that the
depression could be cured by them
practically over night by putting
people back to work at living wage.
Millions need everything but new
hide, but they say, why manutac-
ture when there is no money to
purchaser" So to solve this prob
lem, the unemployed are given a
grocery order or few hours work a
work and I expect in time this will
make prosperity-yeah.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
THE POWER COMPANIES
WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN

! BY Reader
just read the headline, Dare
Roosevelt to Campaign on Utility
and Holding Company Issue" This
Chicago Tribune article speaking
for the power industry, challenges
the President to make that the is
sue. Wed welcome it," said
Philip H. Gadsden, who as chairman
of the committee Of public execu-
tiveS, directed the recent intensive
campaign against such legislation.
The article is bubbling over with
elation over how they wish he would
and how they will fix him if he does.
1t mentions five million stockhold-
erS; that each one means two votes
in his house, all told amounting to
probably ten million votes with
which to swat Mr.. Roosevelt.
Great buffers. The whole thing
is a dead give-away. The old game
of scare. However, this is the first
attempt to frighten a President that
I recall. The facts are, the power
industry would have the issue be
anything but what they pretend to
want. They don't want their stock
holders to know any more than they
already know and are right now in
pitiful tremble. I am reminded
of back in 1903 when New York
state was investigating life insur-
ance (the New York companies), :,
which created so much stir. One
company whose turn had not come
became very indignant and made a
public demand that it be examined
Immediately.
When I read that I thought that
listens like stink, and, sure enough
when that company was examined
it developed that it needed an over
hauling as much, if not more, than
the others. It's higherupS fell out
through windows, back doors and
anywhere they could find a way out
The bluff didn't work. Thus we
have another grandstand play by
the power industry. Their challenge
is revealing; as stated before,
dead giveaway.
1t shows they are expecting Mr..
Roosevelt to be the nominee in 1886.
1t shows that the other side (what-
ever sort of an animal that is to
be) has no issue and expects to sub
NIT to whatever issue Mr.. Roose-
velt proposes. Looks like the Con-
stitution and Supreme Court are
slipping as an issue. One can i'm
agine how Mr.. Roosevelt will laugh
when he receives this challenge. He
has been accused of laughing ex-
cessively and out of place Wouldn't
this make any one laugh, even at a
funeral.
If the power industry will just
keep its breeches on and be pa
tient it may have its wishes come
true, and my, what a time it will
have explaining to its five million
stockholders what it is all about.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
A, Suggestion for Japan

I don't relish the idea of Mr..
Saitos boss reaching out across
the sea and telling me that he is
the son of Heaven and no smart
cracks.
Frequently, and all in the spirit
of fun,' various high national
figures in America have been rep
resented as something more than
sons of Heaven.
1 don't recall of the Depart
ment of Justice ever stopping the
show, LAS Thousands Cheer" be-
cause Herbert Hoover had been
subjected to ridicule. No one
seemed to mind, likewise, when
the show, "Of Thee 1 Sing" had
a little fun at the expense of the
Supreme Court.
Probably the japanese have
some pretty clever ideas about
Americans. Emperor Hirohito
ought to hire hall in Seattle and
put on a good slapbang burlesque
of American government or buy a
page in Vanity Fair to print a
picture of Senator Huey Long
driving a garbage cart. That
ought to satisfy everybody.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
HE CRACKS DOWN ON
CARTER GLASS DEMOCRAT

BY W. c. Gulick
I am wondering just what type or
species is a Carter Glass Democrat?
In the Aug. 9 Message Center, ne
advocates disfranchisement Of every
one who receives money or direct
benefits, such as relief, from any
governmental unit-Federal, state,
county or municipal. He likewise
states, most Of them could not, for
their very lives cast truly i'm
partial, unbiased vote on political
issue"
Since the Constitution IS also
mentioned, all one has to do is add
half and half. and that. in my opin-
ion, figures up at least one Carter
Glass Democrat listed as Repub-
lican on the poll books of Marion
County, if he is a voter here. If
this is not so. why doesn't he put
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
KEEP UP THE DRIVE

DROGRESS has been made during the last
u two weeks in the drive against weed
ridden corners that are traffic hazards.
However, it appears that there still are
many dangerous sites which Should be in
cluded on the list
The Times suggests that city and county
police survey the entire situation again and
concentrate on cleaning up the places which
have not yet been visited by the man with the
sickle
Then in about 10 days, these same law en-
forcing authorities should make their final
check of the summer. BY the middle of Sep
tember. nature will start to solve the problem
but, until then, Indianapolis should keep up
the drive against weed infested danger spots.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
THE S5OO,0OO MUSE

A POETS life, like that OF w. s. Gilberts
- policeman, is not happy one"
Too often. an unappreciative world wants
no part of his poems. But that, of course, is
the worlds fault.
Now comes Earl CuvaS of Washington,
otherwise known as the Poet Laureate League,
Inc, with plan for 100000 project to aid
unemployed poets. Part of the plan is first to
make America poetry conscious, and then to
hunt up unemployed poets and hire them.
There was a certain suspicion down in
Washington that Mr.. Cuvas was kidding. On
the other hand. there are lot of funny plans
in the air these days, which their authors in
sist deserve serious attention.
Let US add an amendment to Mr.. Cuvas'
plan. 1t is this: That the government pay the
rest Of us to read the poetry!
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
GOOD AUGURY FOR FALL

T~HERE have been many signs of brisk
business activity for the fall and early
winter. Business opinion is almost united in
expecting an improved season.
Noteworthy among these signs is the num-
ber of out-of-town buyers arriving in New
York in July.
They number more than 1000, a figure
well ahead of any July since 1929 Indica-
tions are that in August the total will be
still greater.
Buying budgets are up from 10 to Is per
cent, merchants expecting a pronounced 'lift"
in retail trade when the $4OOOO0OOOO work.
relief program gets fully under way.
Shrewd merchants do not buy unless they
are pretty sure they can sell. Their rush to
stock up against fall trade, therefore, is one
Of the surest signs of better business to come.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
SEEKING MURDERERS

W1TH the usual straishtf0rwardness that
W has marked his policy in office since he
became sheriff, Otto Ray today indicates that
he is nearer to a solution of the baby murder
on the High School-rd.
Sheriff Ray has several crime cleanupS to
his credit since he took over the post in Mar
ion County. And it appears that he is we'll on
the way to solving another one.
AS long as Sheriff Ray continues his policy
of really working on the job and not using it
as a political stronghold. then the people of
this county can be assured that results will be
forthcoming.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13

BY l. r. L.
see by The Times that the
sensitive japanese are mad again,
having switched their grievance
from the polite Vanity Fair to a
bunch of rowdy clubmen in
Seattle, Wash.
At the risk of provoking
another insult" 1 suggest that
when japanese Ambassador Hirosi
Saito came TO this country he
smiled pleasantly and told how he
liked American ideas. He even
cracked few jokes with news
papermen.
All of that would indicate that
Saito had a sense of humor and
that Japanese in general we're
affable souls who didn't mind a
little laughing matter now and
then.
Now it seems that Japan has
banished it's sense Of humor and
not only that it demands that
sense Of humor be ruled out in
America.
1t is none of my business
whether or not the japanese En-
peror is the son of Heaven, and
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
WELCOME. LEGION

1T has been some time since this city enter
tanned large gathering of members of the
American Legion. However, from Aug. "a to
q, thousands of members of the state division
of the American Legion will be guests in Indi-
annapolis.
indianapolis wants you to have good time
Legonnaires, and you can bet that there will
be no one in this town who will not wish you
we'll
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13

gets all the chips, it AS no home to which
to go.
For gold has no value in itself. 1t is only
as a medium of exchange that it has value.
And if you have it all, nobody can exchange
with you.
Soon. despite rising government debt, it
appears that We will actually be faced with
the problem of getting rid of gold, Of devising
some means whereby the other players will
get part of our stack Of chips so the game
can be kept going.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
In the Cards

BY NJ. c. w.
Early through still, hot summers
air,
He went to join the National
Guards,
Eager to go and light with care
This lad who seeks life's shufied
cards.
The years have slipped by one by
one,
He grows more sure, more on his
own.
The toys are past, real Is the gun.
He speaks of war. He's nearly
grownI
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
INTEREST RATE DROP
WILL SOLVE PROBLEM
BY a Reader

BY a Reader
The survey under the relief pro-
gram on housing revealed a very
heavy shortage of decent housing
in America. AS a home builder,
want to state some reasons which
have held the construction of homes
to almost nothing since 1929
Credit was so easy during the
years 1926 to 1929 that every Tom,
Dick and Harry went out to build
homes. Preachers. lawyers, doctors,
statesmen and Office girls became
home builders. knowledge of con-
struction was not required. Hire
the cheapest jackleg on the mar
ket to throw the shack together and
cover up the defects with paint and
wall paper, that was the program
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
So They Say

Actors don't live their parts. They
can't. If they do, they are lost
Ernest Cossart. famous English
actor.
I have publicly acknowledged that
I am ashamed.-E. P. Cramer, who
apologized for a whispering CAM
paign against President Roosevelt.
My influence with this Congress
would not be worth anybody's nickel.
Former War Secretary Patrick ].
Hurley.
I am going to Washington with an
open mind.-Charles F. Risk, Re-
publican elected to Congress from
Rhode Island.
This business OF diplomacy is
never dull. I'never know what will
happen next week.-Ruth Bryan
Owen. U. S. minister to Denmark.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
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Daily Thought

Keep thy tongue from evil, and
thy lips from speaking guile
Psalms 34:13.
TN scandal, as in robbery, the re-
L ceiyer is always as bad as the
thief. Chesterfield.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13

Mahatma Gandhi has rallied to the cause
of Ethiopia. Now, with the comic interest
added, MusSolinis melodrama is complete.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13

1t is estimated that the "soak-the-rich"
plan would reduce a fortune like Henry Ford's
from s500.000D00 to about $72O0O0O0. How
can any heir live on mere s72.OO000O?
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-11

- Washington's pitching staff
but not merely in the role of one of
Bucky Harris starting pitchers.
Loquacious Louie, of the fast line
Of CAB and even faster delivery, also
has designs en- proving to be the Ma
tionals' ace relief hurler. Buck wants
to grab the fire hat regularly, now
that his fractured kneecap is healed
completely, in addition to taking his
regular turns.
In this request he has found, and
will discover frequently in the near
future, that 1t is okay by Bucky
Harris.
WHY not?" typically asks Harris.
w Bucks big, strong fellow with
an arm of rubber. He loves to be in
the game every day and he is one
pitcher who can be used both as q
starter and as relief man. He can
do it on successive days, If necessary.
Apparently I haven't any one Of
the second string lot that can be de-
pended upon regularly to save close
ball games. Hadley and Whitehill
strictly are starters and they, along
with Newsom. will take regular turns.
The fourth starter will depend upon
which of the rest-Coppola, Russell,
Linke and Pettit-seems fittest.
"Of course, we're not going to let
Newsom do all the relieving and let
the other fellows just sit in the bull
pen. But the way he stopped the
Tigers yesterday has convinced me
that Bucks our best bet as a relief
pitcher in q clutch"
NEWSOM played both starting and
' finishing roles with the Browns
in 1884 and during the Spring Of this
season, but yesterday marked his de-
but as q pinch pitcher with the Ma
tionals. And he did good job.
When Earl Whitehill was lifted In
the ninth with two Tigers on base and
nobody out, Ed Linke was sent in.
Promptly the fat boy fell into an old
habit. He walked Hayworth. his first
opponent, and Harris yanked him
pronto.
Meanwhile Newsom had thrown
only four balls in the bull pen and
consequently was cold" when he went
into the box. Marvin Owen connected
for a single, scoring two runs and
making it IL to 10 in favor Of the
Griffs, and then Newsom forced Pinch
Hitter Hugh Shelley to fly out.
But Petey Fox followed with an
other single, scoring Hayworth and
leaving Owen and himself on the
bases. Truly it was q ticklish spot
for Newsom, but, warmed up by then,
he was ready for it.
Gerald Walker popped to Kuhel for
The second out and thsn Charley
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Has Star Outfielders.

Johnny JONES, formerly with
" Hollywood of the Pacific Coast
League and the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, roams right field. Jones went
to training camp with Dayton, Ohio,
this year, but was forced out of league
base ball for several weeks when
spiked on the arm and decided to re-
turn to Government service.
Willis Benner, another Maryland
ace, who shines equally as well on
the gridiron, covers center and sports
a perfect fielding average in addition
to being a steady man at the plate
and a dangerous man on the bases.
Headed by Walter Murphy, who
used to plunk them plateward for
the Boston Red Sox, and backed up
by Ralph Ruble, Maryland's star
moundSman in 1884, the Aggies'
pitching staff need make no apologies
to any team.
Troubled with ligament IN his
tossing arm, Murphy recently respond
ed to treatment and he now is able TO
take his regular turn in the box.
Against P. w. A. in the first half
Walter famed Is men to win his
game, 81. He usually is an excellent
batter and can play the pasture posts
when called upon. Ruble was the
leading intercollegiate pitcher on the
East Coast last year when he won the
great majority Of his trays.
Three Catchers Battling.
ZOE BERTILINI, regular catcher for
- the past several seasons, Is fighting
hard to keep his backstop post away
from Jack Hussey, who caught for
several seasons with Minneapolis in
the American Association, and Ed
Heflin. former Tech and Central star.
Dick Fox. University of Montana.
has proved himself one Of the most
capable first basemen in the District.
while Johnny Bradley and Henry
Weigle stop the hot ones at shortstop.
Jack Caspar, who plays left field, is
an old sight to sandlot fans, having
played with the Aggies for a number
of years and still is one of the leading
hitters in the departmental loop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-11

HE WAS the mantle American
fifth at Deal in the 1920 British open
with a caddie and a scorer-posted
his score in front of big gallery
and offered just one remark-"Ill be
back"
He came back to win four British
opens and give the British lesson in
taking a game in ones stride with a
greater caSualness than they had ever
known.
This is the same Hagen. in a Brit
ish open down the stretch, who hooked
his ball into heavy rough.
You're in a terrible spot" some
bystander remarked.
After the way hit it. that's where
it belongs" Hagen said.
And still he won.
If you had been willing to pay the
price" said to Hagen recently, you
could have won a dozen champion
ships"
"A dozen championships" he said
with half smile. is that all there
is in life?'
had forgotten at the time that
he had won dozen championships.
including the P. G. A., probably the
hardest of them all to win.
When Hagen stepped into the rain
and wind at Oakmont on his third
round he was 43 years old, with %
major campaigns behind him.
He was still with some friends at
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Criff Rates As, Mats
One, Two, Leaving
Out Pitching.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN

pitchers almost kick away ball game
in which his Nationals made IL runs.
mo, I haven't given up on Dee
Miles If We were playing anybody
but the Tigers now I'd have Miles
in right field every day.
But. you see, we just got
through playing the Yanks and
we don't want any possible
squawks about not having our
strongest team against Detroit.
II made mistake with Miles. l
had no business putting him in the
final game with the Yanks. 1t was
too tough spot for kid breaking
in. He had played double headers in
Chattanooga last Friday and Saturday
and then Travelled all night on a
train. Furthermore. the train was an
hour late and ne still was out of
breath when he got here Sunday.
II don't think the kid can
miss being q good ball player.
Sure, he looked bad. but how
about Jake Powell and Sam Hol-
brook in training camp?
Powell was terrible and
wouldn't have gwen a nickel for
H0lbrook's chances.
But they've certainly done all
right since