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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
WELL-ROUNDED LIFE

THERE is something very humanity and
a touchingly apt about the fact that the
late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was the
son Of the man who wrote the poem about
the wonderful one-hOSS shay
II YOU remember that famous old poem.
you viii recall that Poet Holmes wrote of
a New England deacon who Swore that he
would build a shay that couldn't break
down. The ordinary shay-o- chaise. If you
prefe. always developed a weak spot,
socner or later. The deacons was going to
5e different.
So he got the stronSs=. oak obtainsble
anywhere for spokes and eoor and sills; the
strsientest and toughest sshwood. the finest
elm. the best iron and stee, for tires. springs
and so on And when hs had built it the
old deacon allowed that here. as last, was a
shay without a weak spot.
And so il was. The years rolled by, and
the shay rolled over the roads without hitch
-nsver a breakdown. nsser q repair Finally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

It rounded out a solid century Of service; and
then. stu so stout that it couldn't break one
place sooner than another. it simply gave way
altogether died Of old age, as you might
say.
Nov Oliver Wendell Holmes, doctor. essay
ist and poet managed to get a pretty good
exposition Of the solid, substantial unyielding
old New England character into this poem,
and few Americans have ever eXemplihed that
character as well as did this poets own son,
Justice Holmes.
What life the man had, when you stop
to think about it, Soldier and statesman, man.
Of letters and jurist. rising to his greatest
heights at the age when most men are past
their best powers-he seemed to grow younger
with the years. to develop resilient indie
structibility Ike that Of the one-hoss shay it
self.
And his end, too, was in character. No
long. painful decline, no bed-ridden and hazy-
minded years for him; there simply wasn't
anything about him that could break down.
He came to the end Of a long and sur
passingly useful life, and, having taken little
leisure to glance back over it he departed
from it. quietly. easily, and swiftly.
America has seen few lives quite as ad-
mirable. as well-rounded. and self-sufficient
and complete, as that of Justice Holmes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
sATrRDAY- MARcH .. -.
PEPPERS PARADISE
Ia srnIrrs-HnMARn NTWarAPERl

A PPARENTLY the peppers are not going to
n get their pink slip paradise after all
on Monday. or soon after. the House Of Rep
resentatives is expected to vote repeal Of the
income tax law provision opening the pink
slips to public gaze. Senate sentiment for re-
peal also is growing.
ANY normal man or woman hates
snooper. That. perhaps. is the chief explain
alton OF the sweeping upswing in public oppo-
sition to pandering to tax curiosity seekers.
Exerence shows that this sort Of thing works
out to the profit Of the pepper and gossip
monger rather than Of the taxpayer or the
government.
Take the pioneering case Of Wisconsin.
After seven years Of experience with state
tax publicity law, the Wisconsin tax commits
- sion reported:
These expected results tof fewer incor-
rect returns and Of discovering much unre-
ported income) have not materialized in any
degree in tire administration Of either the in
dividual OF the corporation returns. There
have been no instances where public inspec-
ton has brought fourth unreported income.
more correct income returns experience has
shown that it has had the opposite effect
"A survey shows that public examination
is almost wholly without any public motive or
significance but that advantage is taken Of
# to serve purely private and personal inter-
ests. our filed returns are used by credit or
carnations. Returns are examined to
prepare lists or prospective purchases Of stocks
and bonds and for other soliciting and adver-
Using purposes. A common use of returns is
to secure information in negotiating for the
purchase of business properties, and very
frequent use is made Of them in delving into
the intimate concerns Of business competitors.
o.. Income tax files are also frequently
used for information in court actions, and
many examinations are made out OF curiosity,
and at times for the sole purpose Of annoying
and haraSSing a reporting taxpayer"
The theory behind such publicity provi-
siOns Of course. is that the average honest
citizen by looking at his neighbor's tax return
can find errors missed by the government and
also brighten the neighbor into being honest.
But. in practice. the average honest citizen has
neither the time nor the inclination to do this
prying job. II he did pry, he would not have
sufficient expert knowledge to check the mean
ing or accuracy Of the highly intricate returns
OF upper bracket taxpayers and corporations.
There is an added reason why the pink
slips are senseless. Unlike the Wisconsin law,
they do not give publicity to facts. They dis
tort facts by giving incomplete and therefore
usually misleading information. The pink
slips list only five sets Of totals: Gross in
come. total deductions, net income. total
credits against net income. and tax payable.
II Is absolutely impossible to arrive at any
fair Judgment morally. much less legally.
without detailed information Of the deductions
and credits which is hidden by the pink slips.
We believe that Congress should and will
promptly get rid of the pink slips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
SKATING
BY MARY r. WHITE

With you, and the lake,
And the great yellow moon
Behind feecy white clouds
In my heart a love tune.
On our skates smoothly gliding,
BY the nights eerie light
Down the silvery moon-path
Straight into the night.
On the face Of the moon
Like a silhouette small
Some lonely night bird
A feather fluff ball.
On the silvery lake
BY the moons soft light
We're gliding. yes gliding.
Adown a moon-path tonight.
Away from just living
To the land Of your dreams
We're gliding-yes gliding
Down the golden moon beams,
our skates are the dream ships
That viii carry us away
Away from reality
In the dream worlds 70 stray.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
So They Say

I think dueling is the only INTEL
ligent way in modern times OF set
ting a dispute. because it ends
either in the death Of one Of the
parties or in friendship.-Betrand de
Jouvenel, French journalist.
I am perfectly satisfied with the
way our monetary policy has worked
out in the last year and I see no oc-
casion to change it.-Henry Nor
genthau Jr., secretary Of treasury.
It doesn't matter what you write
into the recovery act; it's how you
administer it.-Gen. Hugh S. john
son.
We are going to honeymoon IN In
dia. not because we're afraid Of
gangsters or kidnapers. but because
we want to escape eporters.-Mrs.
Doris Duke Cromwell.
I'm out, but I'm far from down.
Mrs. George A. Waters, ousted war
den of Oklahoma State Reformatory.
I hate a man who stands so that
the people can not tell where he
stands.-Senator Robert r. Rey-
holds, of North Carolina.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
LABORATORY TESTED

COCIAL security would be nearer at hand
- II less attention we're being paid to fan
tastic plans for it, and more to Massachusetts
successful experiment along those lines
One form of security has been sold over
the counter in Massachusetts, for % years. at
prices every wage Garner can afford to pay.
The experiment is now self-supportng 1t has
prospered through the depression. 1t has won
the confidence and approval of employers as
well as workers.
The plan was devised and put into opera
ton by Louis D. Brandes before he became
a Justice of the Supreme Court. 1t is very
simple Mutual savings banks sell life in
surance. under state supervision. Because
they have no selling costs and no extra pro-
fits to make, they sell it at rates IS per cent
lower than ordinary insurance. They sell week.
" premium insurance at SO per cent less than
private companies. Policies are never de-
clared forfeit if six months premiums have
been paid. Annuities can be bought and are
being bought faster than ever before.
Twenty-three banks have s1OOOOOOOO in
policies outstanding. The Associated Indus
Tries VI N1doSdCAluSSttSS az AAoG ShSpIiCdl, Ids
given unqualified Endorsement and has even
hired its own field agent to explain the sys-
tenn tc workers.
President Roosevelt has proposed annuity
sales through the Treasury as part of his So
cial security program. 1t is a most practical
and desirable part, judging by results in Massa-
chusetts, and one that should be written into
law without fail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
TOWNSEND PLAN OFFERS
SECURITY TO THOUSANDS

By L. L. Hopkins.
I should like to answer j. Pierce
Cummings and Charles Barnett In
these columns Feb. 27, in regard to
the Townsend Pension Plan.
The Townsend pension bill is now
before Congress introduced by Rep.
McGroarty of California, is known
as H. R. 1857. Section 3 of this act
provides for a levy of per cent on
the gross dollar value of each bust
ness, commercial and or financial
transaction done within the United
States. The President is empower
ed to, by executive order, increase
or decrease the 2 per cent by not
more than so per cent when IN MS
discretion he deems it advisable.
In other words, the President may
make it IL per cent or 212 per cent
at his discretion. How this could
be multiplied to cost so per cent or
40 per cent as feared by Charles
Barnett is beyond me.
Nothing would be further from
my mind than to take away from
the person getting 500 a month in
order to give any one a 5000 a
month pension. However, would
not hesitate to take from that
person two or three times 2 per
cent to provide an annuity for such
person of $500 a month on arrival
at age of so, nor do think that any
sensible person would object to this.
The government is taking 80 per
cent from Federal employees in
order to provide them with an an
nuity sufficient to enable them to
live above want in their old age
and those employees are not object
ing to it. To the contrary this is
one of the reasons why govern
ment jobs are so much in demand.
The townsend plan is not primar-
lily a pension plan. 1t is business
recovery plan coupled with gen.
eral old-age annuity plan in which
we are all, old and young, vitality
interested because we would all
eventually participate in it. II is
the only plan now proposed which
promises any immediate results.
To Mr.. Cummings would voice
the opinion that intimate associa-
ton with the United States Cham
Der of Commerce has seldom seemed
to be conducive to a sympathetic
understanding Of the problems of
the workers and small business men.
The advocates of the Townsend
plan are indeed fired with zeal for
the welfare of humanity, but they
have not lost sight Of facts. In
deed they seem to be about the
only ones who are willing to take
cognizance of the cold, hard facts
that stare us in the face where
ever we look. The facts of terrible
and unnecessary suffering from
| want and restitution IN a land OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
Ldnd Program Is Landed

BY Joseph L. Watt.
In Mr.. George Aliens letter he
knocks the governments program
of buying sub-marginal farmland
that is unfit for agricultural uses.
He knocks a program that desires
to make southern Indiana beau
ty spot by planting and develop
ing a large forest crop that will
be worth $3.50 to $500 an acre in
100 years and will be big source
of revenue to the Federal, state
and county governments. He
knocks a program that would
make southern Indiana into
beautiful playground and a hap
py hunting ground of the future.
He knocks program that will
employ several hundred men the
year round and several thousands
during planting seasons.
Mr.. Allen wants the government
to pay him for the crops he can
not raise. Ill other words he
wants something for nothing.
Perhaps Mr.. Allen misunderstood
the motives of the governments
acquisition Of sub-marginal land.
If Mr.. Allen understands the pro-
gram, as he processes, then I
would not have signed my name
to such a letter as he wrote.
1t has been proven by other
purchase areas over the state that
the acquisition of those lands has
lowered taxes considerably, has
furnished employment, and has
brought money into the country
from such sources as tourists, the
selling and renting of cabin sites
and the issuance of hunting IL
cenSes.
The land that is being contem-
plated for purchase has been ex-
plotted in every way possible,
timber has been cut, the soil is
poor and hillsides are badly erod-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

ed. The people on this kind of
land are unable to pay their taxes
and as a result. thousands of dol
lars of delinquent taxes and school
fund mortgage interests are piling
up and causing a high tax rate
which people who own good soil
in these localities must pay. And
these people are being taxed into
abject poverty.
Through the purchase Of this
land thousands of dollars will be
introduced into the county, main
tenance of some roads will be
lifted from the county, schools
costing $500 a year to operate
will be abandoned, families on
poor relief will be moved to bet
ter localities or an opportunity
will be given them to own their
own homes and make a decent
living. After this land has been
purchased it will be reforeSted,
erosion controlled, streams ditched
and dredged, propagation of wild
life and game will be started.
This will result in saving thou
sands of dollars to the county and
state government, a potential
hunting area will be available in
80 years, through which revenue
can be obtained from the sale Of
hunting licenses, a part Of which
will be turned to county, state and
Federal treasures. In addition,
the reforestation of millions Of
acres will stop soil from washing
into streams and being carried
into lower valleys and rivers; stop
the drying up of creeks and
streams in the dry seasons; stop
overflowing of land, keep the
moisture in the soil and keep the
streams from being filled with
sediment that is constantly being
washed into them from the de-
nuded hillsideS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
SUGGESTS GAG RULE
AGAINST HUEY LONG
Rx Disguised Reader

BY Disguised Reader.
1 am sure many others as well as
myself are disguised when they pick
up the paper or turn on the radio
You are sure to see and hear some
thing about Huey Long doing this
or that.
1 believe the general public is
pretty we'll fed up on his dictator
ship tactics and aspirations, espe-
cially to be the leading news item
in the daily headlines.
I am sure if the papers failed to
give him the publicity he Graves for
two days he might take the hint
and no doubt most of us would for
get he ever existed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

TINE honest bourgeois (even the dishonest
i bourgeois, probably, enjoys his caviar as well
as the most confirmed Russian radical.
If any one doubts this fact, he should have
been as the reception given the other DAY by
the ambassador of the Union of Soviet Social
ist Republics and Nine. Troyanovsky. When the
crowd of guests had thinned sufficiently 1t pc
came apparent that something like 10 ice bowls
of black caviar had been devoued.
Ambassadors minister cabinet members SEN
ators. representatives, dowagers and debs all OLD
their part. They need no blue eagle TO Souno
the advance. They scooped the black sturgeon
eggs out of the ice with spoons and forks. Huge,
cleaning mounds disappeared down gaping
Threats before you could say Joseph VlsSarlon-
ovitch DiugashvilI" (Stalin's real name)
Good heavensl They're even putting caviar
in their pockets" lamented Rep. Sol Bloom OF
New York, as he eagerly pushed his way toward
the magic delicacy.
They weren't exactly doing that, but they
we're putting it every place else-on coffee-cup
saucers. on pieces of pistachio cake, on toast
crackers, sandwiches and crusts OF bread.
Soils lament reached a crescendo as waiter
carried off an empty ice bowl
Those caviar spectators" he walled nave
taken all the. best seats"
TNPERTURBED and serene. Minister Djahal
- of Persia revealed a surprising fact about
That caviar" he announced calmly, comes
from, Persia 1t is produced through firm OF
Russians and Persians located in a Persian port
and thence shipped through Russia to Europe.
Dalai said he is now trying to have caviar
shipped directly from Persia and bearing the
Persian instead of the Russian label. In that
case since Persia has now officially changed her
name to Tran" it might be termed "1kra from
Iran"
ATEARLY the entire diplomatic corps was
IN present-the ambassadors seeking caviar,
the ministers seeking distraction and the young
girls seeking the tall, blond Slav giant who Is
the Russian military attache.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, His Britannia Majestys
ambassador. arrived early, as befitted the dean
of the diplomatic corps But not too early, as
also befitted the dean. He accepted cup OF tea
with British condescenSion and departed pink
and pleasant.
irish Minister Michael MacWhite arrived
early. still looking for "comrades'-one OF his
little jokes.
The staff of the French embassy. including
two of the loveliest women in town zone Amer
lean. one Chilean, gathered about the buffet.
They discussed with interest Napoleons Love
Letters (now appearing in The Times and other
Scripps Howard papers,, Russian art and Amer
lcan cuisine. They approved of all three.
The Spanish ambassador, Senior Calderon
and his witty French wife, were surrounded by a
circle of friends In his dark suit with white pin
stripes, His Spanish Excellency looked spick and
span. But since Communist riots are virtually
ended in SPAIN Soviet at homes" have lost some
Of their thrill and zest for Spaniards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
FILLING STATION WORKERS
PRAISED FOR COURTESY

By Buster.
In an interview an Englishman
who recently visited this city de-
scribed the courtesy Of service sta
ton attendants as the thing which
impressed him most. Local motor
lists accept this courtesy as matter
of course so accustomed are they to
getting it.
However, it is little short of mar
velous the way attendants retain
this courteous attitude when one
analyses their problems.
First, the multitude of duties they
are called on to perform. They are
good housekeepers, good bookkeep-
ers, good painters, good statesmen
and good sports.
They are always courteous-even
under the most trying conditions.
They work seven days a week with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

potential plenty for all, and as for
economic facts and statistics, just
try out any well Informed Town
sendite or better still read their
literature and study the McGroarty
bill now pending before Congress.
Finally, the only right way to fix
the amount of any old-age pension
is by the Golden Rule. Therefore
whatsoever We would that men
should do to you do We even so to
them; for this is the law and the
prophets. Mathew 7-12.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

mainly the working class. So what?
Your customers, your chief assets
are broke, you are badly bent, your
credit shot.
It won't be long now when we
can all laugh together.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
The Message Center

(Times readers are invited to cypress
their UieiCs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so oil can haze a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 11ords or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names tctH
be toithheId at request Of the letter
aCriteT.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

The IVA will have to change its name
since a Federal Judge has ruled its sale OF
power unconstitutional. For whoever has
heard of an authority" without power?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
Daily Thought

And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name Of
the Lord shall be delivered: for in
Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall
be deliverance. as the Lord hath
said, and in the remnant whom the
Lord shall call.-Joel ii, 80.
n GOD, how beautiful the
~ thought, how merciful the blest
decree, that grace gan always be
found when sought I'D naught shut
out the soul from IT, e.-Elizs Cook
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
JUSTICE FOR EVERY ONE
is READERS DEMAND

BY steve Douglas.
I have just read your editorial OF
the malicious treatment of Betty
Cow at the sharp end of Attorney
Riley's tongue, and please, Mr.. Ed
itor, let us also be fair to the de-
PENDANT. I have absolutely no re-
spect for Bruno Hauptmann now
that he has been found guilty by
II good and reliable citizens. Didn't
he have just as many constitutional
rights as you or I. He had not been
proved guilty-only accused.
Mr.. Wilentz was anything but
kind and polite to Hauptmann. Let
us give the devil his dues until he
is proved guilty. After all, our
country was founded on justice for
every one. Maybe am wrong
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

Abyssinia and Italy have agreed on neu-
trail zone. In the World War soldiers used to
refer TO such zone as No Mans Land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

Mrs. Roosevelt has earned quite sum OF
money broadcasting for charity, and yet there
are some meanies who think it would be even
more charitable If she stopped talking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

America should revolt against Greek re-
volts If only to stop reading all those I'M
pronounceable names.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09

I out vacations Of any kind. They
are VIGOROUSLY underpaid when you
consider the conditions under which
they work.
The next time you purchase gaso-
line give the attendant friendly
smile of appreciation for his serv-
ices. He deserves it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
West Union

The ladies of st. Alexius church
will give a card party and serve a
lunch at the church hall the even
ing of October 20. All are invited.
Friends from Sank Centre of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Wakefield
pleasantly surprised them Thurs
day evening on their Both wedding
anniversary. Cards were played
and good things to eat were served
at late hour.
Mrs. Joe Marthaler left Tuesday
for Long Prairie where she was
called for jury duty.
Mrs. Effie Smith and son, Hugh,
of Alexandria, were Tuesday even
ing guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo.
Noeske.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Vennewitz,
of Alexandria, visited at the H. G.
Wakefield home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. G. H. Sohle was a Minnea-
polls caller Friday.
The Skat club was entertained
Monday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Didier's.
Miss Louise Marthaler accompan-
led Miss Viola Miller to her home
at Sank Centre over the weekend.
Mrs. Anna Schlicht visited at the
home of her sister and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Kueffler at FL
rosa Friday night.
Mrs. Ann Tweeten and son, Cor