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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04

so-called patriotism does not alter
the fact that his actions have spoken
louder.
In spite Of the fact he thinks his
interest bearing bonds should be
taxed, he has at any rate placed his
money there for the very reason
they are not taxed. Of course, now
that he has been discovered, he
would try to explain and in that ex-
planning, claim he bought them for
patriotic purposes. His patriotism
seems to have been marked by dol
lars and cents, not by the standard
as the poor people understand it.
Also, the idea that he has been
adviser to five presidents is no argu-
ment in his favor, as a commentator
remarked on the radio the other
night. In fact, his advice has been
so bad, we are in depression such
as the American people have never
experienced. 1t seems to me, after
the damage he has done, the real
head of our government should take
over the reinS and guide this nation
as We all believe he could guide it.
His one mistake that would account
for and explain all his errors is
that he has listened to men of
Baruch'S ilk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
WHAT NEXT?

WITH the bookie joints closed in the city
w come reports that policy games have
picked up many new customers, slot and mar
bic machines are in action and that the book
les may carry their activities outside the city
limits
In other words you can't cure gambling
human race by inroads here and there. If
there is going to be enforcement Of the law it
should encompass every known form of it, or
such enforcement should be abandoned with
the logic that morals can not be legislated.
Chief Morrissey may have lot to explain
yet The vice squad system is a poor one and
equipping officers with sledges and wire-tap-
ping devices only rubs the fur the wrong way,
bringing additional resistance against authori-
ties.
Chief Morrissey and members of his police
department remember the resentment that
grew during prohibition when public, massed
against the law, was harrassed by ax-swinging
policemen, wire tappers and stool pigeons.
Conditions always will be the same. If law
enforcement is the order of the day-for
change-let the police handle the situation
openly and not through the nefarious channels
which are supposed to have passed with repeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
BOOMERANG PROPAGANDA

nROPAGANDISTS look foolish when they
get caught dealing too loosely with facts
For months, publicity monographs of the
National Coal Association and various pri-
vate utility organizations ground out attacks
on the governments power program. They
described the IVA and other proposed gov
eminent water power developments as waste
full. The power market was already glutted,
they said.
They are more than answered in the Fed
eraI Power Commissions report on national
power facilities. Instead of a power surplus,
there is a threatened shortage, which will be-
come critical in event Of war or industrial re-
covery, the commission found unanimously.
Three hundred million dollars worth of new
power generating plants are imperative, 1t
concluded.
For five years private utility companies
have waited for prosperity. They have built
very few new generating plants, and have let
many inefficient units become more obso-
lete. Meanwhile, due partly to lower rates,
the use of electricity has expanded.
The public has educated itself on the power
issue It will continue to demand more and
cheaper electricity, for it knows that count
less kilowatts of energy are rolling to waste
down embarrassed rivers and are bottled up
in mines of unmarketable coal.
If private business fails to meet the chal-
lenge. the government will.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04

BY Also-Ran.
I am one of Gods gifts to the
bookies-a horse player.
And between past performance
readings and how such-and-such
a dog" did a training trip in
Halls for six furlongs I've
heard said that Chief Mike Nor
riSsey intends to close all pork
and-bean stores in the city and
keep them closed.
Your newspaper in lordly fash
ion cries for padIocking these
vicious resorts.
But your newspaper also prints
nightly in your final editions the
race results from the various
tracks. Now the average daily
race at Bowie or Bow-Wows is of
no more news interest than a
SNOWFALL in an Eskimo igloo to the
average newspaper reader.
Why do you print the results?
Can it be possible that you rec
Ognize a species of mankind that
gets the "squintS" from reading
racing forms? Can it be possible
that your race results cater to the
horse player?
Or mayhap you're only build
ing up reader interest for the
coming kentucky Derby on May 4
by acquainting your readers with
the performance Of the thorough
breds?
Do you believe that the only
folk in indianapolis who will have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
GAS COMPANY PRICE
TOO HIGH, HE SAYS

By Herman Hagemier.
I don't see why we should take
over the citizens Gas Co. and its
debts when we can build new
plant cheaper.
Are the tax payers Of indianapolis
going to play Samaritans to the
stock and bond holders of this firm?
These stocks and bonds do not rep
resent money spent on the plant as
much as money spent to pay divi-
dendS and interest. 1t will cost US
eight million dollars to buy out
their stocks and bonds, and nine
million in addition if we wanted
to own the pipe distributing system
as a unit.
We would then have a manu-
featuring plant which would be
practically worthless if we put in
natural gas, and natural gas seems
to be the only way to effect a really
great decrease in the gas rate. The
city should get an estimate on what
it would cost to build the gas
system we really want and if these
stock and bCndholders want to sell
their property for anything beside
junk they can meet that estimated
cost and sell to us at that price.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04

Hawaiian japanese are looking toward Wash
ington and not toward Toxic.
The very advertisements have an Ameri-
can ring-as, for instance. a CHEEKY broad
SIDE from the Young Mems Buddhist Asso-
cation"
And there IS in it an article py a japanese
resident Of the Islands pleading for under
standing by white Americans Of the japanese
Americans viewpoint. This Japanese-born
under the American flag. educated in Arneri-
can schools, proud Of his position as an Ameri-
can citizen-says bluntly:
What more can you expect from a man
than that ne be willing TO sacrifice his life
for his country, if necessary? hope TO God
that this country will not be involved in an
other war, but If it does you will find the New
Americans fighting among the front ranks for
the stars and Stripes So.
our blood and our hearts thrill at the
sound of the 'Star-Spangled Banner We
hold sacred the great heritage given US by the
trainers Of the American government.
The moral Of all this is almost too clear to
need exposition. It has proved possible for
the two races to get along in harmony on an
isolated group of islands; and since that is
true those of US who never see a japanese
from one years end to another ought to be
able 10 calm our fears.
These inevitable enemies" seem to become
very good friends, once any one takes the
pains 10 meet them halfway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
STABILIZED DOLLAR is
CURE FOR DEPRESSION
By J. Edgar Burton

By J. Edgar Burton.
I have heard the Three Great
Musketeers" = Johnson, Long and
Coughlin. have read Irving
Fishers Money Illusion" "Booms
and Depressions" and Imitation"
also Keynes Essays on Money Man
agement," as well as Frank Wander
lips criticism of the Eccles plan.
Through all of this there seems to
run a similar skein Of thought,
to-wit: the vital imperative neces-
sity Of fixing the money currency
system so that the United States
shall have some sanity in its fnan-
cial system. In other words, what
they advocate is that we do away
with the present fat bogus money
and issue stabilized fixed value
money.
With stabilized values as ex-
pressed in stabilized money, all in
dustry and business men will know
where they are and this knowledge
will promote confidence, which is
the basis of trade and all human
relations.
If a manufacturer contracts to
deliver 1000 yards Of 36-inch cloth
at $1,000, to make a profit Of $500
and, when he comes to make deliv-
cry. finds he must deliver 1000 yards
of 54-inch cloth for the $1,000, how
much has he made? Answer: The
change in the value Of the dollar
If a farmer plants 80-cent wheat,
at the time Of planting, and harv-
ests to sell on 20-cent market,
who robbed him? Answer: The
change in the value Of the dollar.
The value Of a dollar varies now
I'D and down according to the whims
of the spectators and gamblers.
The value of all property commod-
tiles, farm products and labor varies
as the value Of a dollar is raised or
lowered by the spectators and
gamblers.
The accumulation Of wealth in
the hands Of the few Wall Street
and international bankers partial
" is the result Of this robbing the
poor people of the nation through
this speculation and gambling.
President Roosevelt has declared
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
RAIN
BY MARY r. WHITE

I saw the evening through the rain
Close pressed against my window
pane,
Not silvered by one ray Of light
From twinkling stars that shine at
night.
The wind goes by with moaning
sound
Like some lost soulful rest is found
Then long drawn whispering sigh
Then rain a low sweet lullaby.
No moon to lend her mellow glow
Just cool darknesS-soft as snow.
My eyelids close, drift to dreams
OF starlit skies, and soft moon
beams.
The earth is bathed in golden light
A dream picture for my delight,
I awoke-I heard a whispering
sigh
The wind bidding the night,
goOd-by.
When the evening comes and brings
the rain
Close pressed against my window
pane:
And soft cool darkness, no ray OF
light
Bringing dream pictures with the
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
He Bets Against Us

a bet on this years Darby" will
be those who attend the race?
The day causes an influx Of
newcomers to racing and those
yearly bettors VINO wouldn't let
a derby field go to the post with
out having up a dollar or so on a
nag. The bookie shops are crowd
ed that day.
Do you believe, does Chief Nor
rissey believe, that this Derby day
on May will see betless Indian
apolis?
AS for that hardened individual
the confirmed horse player-do
you expect to stop him from bet
ting? Your altruism is refresh
ing.
1t isn't SO long ago when in con-
nection with the ignoble expert
nt-prohibition-you said edi-
torially that morals could not be
legislated.
There's only one law-the law
Of averages-that'll ever make a
puritan out Of a "hosS player"
And for good measure you can
throw in Damon Runyon's axiom
Of "All horse players must die
broke" as an extra shroud for the
poor aimleSs, squirting men who
would just as soon ruin their
sight on a form chart as throw a
ligament out Of place on a golf
course or toss a bank roll away at
cent-a-point bridge. I dare you
to print this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
ARRESTS AND DEATHS

MYTH the police drive against traffic &C
w cidents IN full swing more than dozen
persons were injured IN automobile accidents
In Marion county yesterday.
Luckily. none Of the injured died, but that
Is only the touch OF good fortune that Travelled
with the bad in these Instances.
Marion county figures show Il persons have
been sacrificed 10 the mania Of speed and care
IeSsncSS since the first Of the year. This total
is almost double the figure for the same period
last year.
The only manner in which remedy can be
effected IS through steady pressure exerted by
authorities 20 force pedestrians and motorists
70 follow traffic rules and regulations.
4 few days with scores OF arrests and as
many severe sentences should put a crimp in
deaths batting average IN this county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04

his policy to achieve a 1926 price
level With a program on this basis
established as the law of the land,
We are saved. With stabilized values
and stabilized dollar, we will have
a stabilized nation with a reasonable
profit preserved in cash transactions
and with a minimum Of gambling
and speculation.
We should cease to listen to the
bunk of the politicians and their
various smoke screens Of false hopes.
Let us all demand that Congress
and the President legislate fixed
stabilized dollar (the Vanderbilt
Eccles PLAN ard then we can all go
to work and rebuild values and
mayhap recoup some of our lost
savings accounts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
STANDS AGAINST TALK
OF WAR IN 1885

By NJ. D.
You had an article in March %
from some noble and obliging
person, Rudolph Kuehn, stating,
among other things, we should be
in war not later than July 5, 1885.
My noble and heroic person, you
can just go over the water and
fight whenever you are ready. 1t
is an assured fact that you did not
know anything about war. = seems
to be a nice game for you.
I, for one, am so glad that you
are not the ruler Of our country and
I expect there are others who feel
the same way. I might go little
farther and add that you talked like
a Democrat. I hope not, for I have
been one and lived through both Of
Grover Cleveland's terms.
I wonder what other readers think
Of you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
SUPREME COURT RULING
ANSWERS DEBT PROBLEM
BY r IL. Slime

By r. H. Stone.
The decision of the Supreme
Court points the way out of the
present wilderness Of debt. 1t is the
logical sequence of the definition Of
the powers of government which the
Supreme Court upheld in the gold
cases. If the government in the
name Of tie public welfare has the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
BARUCH HAS DONE
POOR JOB OF ADVISING

By Mrs L. F. Kunkel.
After reading an editorial in Sat
urday nights paper I am writing
you on the Baruch-Long- Coughlin
debate. The editorial said Long and
Coughlin would have TO find new
target for attack since Baruch has
voiced his sentiments. I. and mil
lions like me, disagree with you. Just
because Baruch mouthed a lot OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
Looking at America
BY GEN. HUGH s. JOHNSON.

T SEE every day complete collection Of news
l. editorial clippings. They cover nearly every
daily paper in the country I have heavy mail
including hundreds Of kilograms. The comment
on my first speech. on the organization of radical
blocs. the pied ppers." was about 80 per cent
favorable.
This was not greatly changed until after the
replies TO that speech. Some editorials and
mail have taken on a different tint.
Editorial comment was that the country was
tired of the brawl and this was a 90 per cent
judgment I agree that the discussion must
continue from this point on issues only But
the assault was made in the way it was to call
instant and complete attention to our threat
ening present danger. You can't avoid it by
shushing it.
Ny mail changed its color both as to the
kind of people who were writing and as to what
they said. Some of it is angry and vicious
This plainly comes frora people who have suf-
fered the most from this depression. They are
bitter, resentful and desperate.
THEY resent a challenge by any one of any
i promise to put an end to this misery or
of any leader who makes that promise They
say that nothing government has yet done has
relieved their suffering They want any plan
that promises action now. They charge xhat
my speeches were made to prevent action and
to protect the moneyed interests.
A very small percentage Of complaint comes
from people who thought attacking the
Catholic church and repeating the bigotry Of
the 1923 campaign. That can be answered
shortly. The Catholic church-both priesthood
and laity-knoW that it has no more ardent adj
mirer outside of its own fold than I. This
comment comes from people who did not hear
distinctly or did not read what 1 said.
understand and feel warmly with the writ
ers Of this mail. AS boy, in the terrible de-
preston Of 1892 I saw my father lose his job
and everything he had. Our family, driven from
its roof, had to migrate to new country where
there were neither money nor houses.
THE veterans Of that suffering never for
4 gave it. To mention the house of Morgan
to my mother to this day is just like talking
about the society Of Satan. People don't get
over such wounds in lifetime.
This depression has gone too long. The
present hating and confusion of the New Deal,
added to this resentment of sufferers is a dan
gerous thing because a majority are sufferers.
Father Coughlin is as eloquent and effective as
Peter the Hermit. My reason for opposing him
is that 1 know his plan won't WOrk-that it will
double misery rather than relieve it.
But this is certain If the powers of govern
ment and industry can not, by some immediate
and determined action, be exercised to lift this
curse-no power on earth can avert big trouble
soon.
Copyright 1885. United Feature Syndicate, Inc. All
rights reserved. Reproduction in whole
in part forbiddenl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
Daily Thought

Judgments are prepared for
scorners, and stripes for the back
of fools.-ProverbS, 1929.
IN all unbelief there are these two
l. things: "A good opinion Of ones
self and bad opinion Of God
H. Bonar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
The Message Center

Times readers are inrited to cypress
their uieCS in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4cOrds or less. Your
letter must be stoned, but names 1cfH
be qcithheId at request Of the letter
tCrfter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
ONE GAINS, ANOTHER LOSES

THE Fascist government in Germany is
l. trying a new method Of approach to the
problem OF caring for the aged. 1t is going
to abolish old-age pensions for all persons
between 65 and so who are capable of doing
any kind Of light work
Special shops Will be set up in which these
people can earn their own living-vith work
especially adapted to their physical powers
Robert Ley. leader Of the Nazi Labor Front,
explains that Germany can not afford TO
waste energies" and that enforced rest is
prejudicial TO the interests Of the old people
themselves.
The chief objection 10 this attitude would
seem 10 DC that there is an infinitely greater
waste OF energy involved in the disemploy-
ment Of young. able-bodied men than there
IS in the penSioning OF the aged.
Until the unemployment problem is COM
pletely solved, it IS futile to talk about con-
serving energy by putting the aged TO work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04
So They Say

He is grand person. I adore him
as friend.-Mary Kirk Brown,
speaking of Max Baer.
I refuse to believe that Germany
will be ruled forever by the Nazi
murderers, gangsters, and thieves
Gerhart Segar, exiled former mem
Der Of the Reichstag.
I believe in taking care Of my own
people. Every cent I give to charity
will be given in Princess
Barbara Hutton Mdivani.
Spankings are unforgivably rude
We don't hit our friends when they
10 what We don't like. Neither
should we hit our children.-Mrs.
Clara Savage LittledaIe, noted child
rearing expert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-04

President Roosevelt and Congress have
gotten along so well during most of their
honeymoon that you'd imagine they would
We third party in 1886
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delivery in Sydney, to which port, ap-
parently, he was booked.
A puzzling feature of his passport,
which spoke of extensive travelling
mostly in the Near East, was visa,
bearing yesterdays date, by the Egyp-
ly suggested that Mr.. Chow's plans had
been changed and that he was going
ashore at Port Said.
Haig presently presented himself in
the captains cabin. There, he remained
for whole hour, busily transcribing
from the borrowed Marconi books a
number of incoming messages and out
going messages, received or dispatched
by the suspected five. While some Of
| the messages seemed innocent enough,
others, notably those sent by Doctor
| Oestler quite obviously were compiled
| in some sort of code.
! Haig went to his cabin and settled
| down before the little table to see what
he could make out of this new mate
rial.
The half-caste woman known as Miss
Ednam, and supposed to be vaude-
vile artist, Mr.. Len Chow, and Doc
| tor OeStler were the suspects whose
names appeared in the Marconi books.
Studying list of telegraphic adj
dresses, which the captain had bor-
rowed from the wireless room, Haig
discovered that Mr.. Chow's first two
messages had oeen addressed to Lii
ung Causeway London"
Excellent" he murmured "Lilung
Causeway London" was the telegraphic
address of 10 Lungs establishment in
Limehouse!
The messages themselves were sim
| pie enough. They were these:
One: 'Arran~ed to transfer or signed
Chow"
"Your friend is on board signed
Chow"
"That's clear enough Haig mused
He is informing friend Polodos that
he has arranged to cancel from Port
Said to Sydney and is leaving at the
former He later sends the information
that there is friend on board, mean.
ing Durham, of course Durham tnought
he was spotted. He was quite right
Then, in order of date was an in
coming message which read,