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The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-15
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SECURITY BILL
PLEDGES HELP
TO 100000
Held Americas First Step in
Combating Major Haz-
ards of Life.
This IL the first ~ three articles
analyrinE the Economic Security Act.
BY MAX STERN
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Aug. I5.-Wken
President Roosevelt signed the Wag-
ner-Lewis-Do -Douehton Economic Sc
curity act he wrote history for the
United States.
This measure. attacked by ex-
tremists Of right and left. is Ameri-
cas- first step toward meeting in a
national wsy what President Roose-
velt calls the major hazards and vi
cissitudes Of life"-indigent old age.
unemployment. childhood depend
ency. illness, and other physical
handicaps.
The act does, not. Of course.
promise security to every one. It
does essay 10 cushion the blows OF
adversely for some 27 million wage
workers and their families.
II does this in two ways. The
first is by Federal assistance to
states. under the ong-accepted sys-
TEN OF grsnts-in-aid. for the aged
poor widows. dependent children.
the blind. crippled and sick.
Encourages Thrift System
The second is by Federal encour-
ment and cooperation with the
states in setting up two industrial
self-help systems. one Federal
system for retiring the veterans of
industry. and the other a statc-Fed-
eral plan for providing weekly bene-
fits to bridge temporary periods Of
unemployment.
Thus. for the dependent il as
sumes Federal-state responsibility:
for the active wage-earner it seeks
. to establish compulsory thrift
system to prevent his becoming a
dependent.
The bill Is a tvpicallv American
adventure. in that it picks its way
carefully between Federal leadership
and control on the one hand, and
states rights on the other.
Federal leadership is vested in a
Social Security Board of three
l0,OO0-a-year members. no more
than two Of whom will be Demo-
Gratis. This board. TO be named by
the President with Senate consent.
is likely to rule eventually an insti-
tuition larger than the Veterans Ad-
ministration
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WEBB CITY, Mo. Aug. Is
Webb City is hoping for a business
revival because a man who made
a fortune from the lead and zinc
mines of the tri-state area-that
section where Oklahoma. Kansas
and Missouri touch-became tired
Of seeing his old friends and CO.
workers idling on relief.
Frank ChildreSs of Joplin is the
angel" who may be instrumental
in restoring to Webb City some of
the wealth and prosperity that was
common in the days when it was
the heart of the worlds greatest
lead and mining district.
1t was in 1915 that Webb City's
decline started. In that year a new
field was discovered at nearby
Picher, Okla. the town that jack
built" That slogan is painted on a
sign outside of Picher. Jack is lead
and zinc ore. Webb City mines.
holding reputed inexhaustible
supply of ore, were abandoned to
seeping water. From a town of
10000 in 1915 Webb City slipped
until 'oday it has 1000 inhabitants.
~. Childress, son of a miner. and
.npathetic with the plight of the
men with whom he once labored.
first tried to interest the PWA in the
project of pumping out the old
mines and making them available
to the unemployed. He failed,
however. and finally volunteered to
furnish the capital for the gigantic
job
He has obtained leases on approx
imately 5000 of the 10000 acres of
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planned the rural electriication pro-
gram and said it was the desire Of
the organization to have electricity
available to every rural home in the
county.
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REOPENS MINES
TO HELP PALS
NOW ON RELIEF
Tired of Seeing Old Friends
Idle, Miner Hopes to
RehabiIitate Town.

An old miner. who reaped a fortune
from zinc. has a plan to rehabilitate the
webb City MOI lead and zine field.
abandoned for two decades. His plan.
prompted hy his dislike cf seeing old
friends idling on relief. has been dis
closed to stan reporters Of the Spring
field (Mo) Leader and Press.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-15
40 BLACK WIDOWS FLEE
JAIL; TOWN IN FRENZY
Deadly Insects Escape Case in Of
flee of Arizona Entomologist.
BIZ Z Hitrd Press

BIZ JHitcd Press
PHOENIX. Ariz, Aug. 5-The
state entomologis's office here was
avoided today by Capitol visitors as
though it were plague-ridden, after
40 black widow spiders escaped
from a glass case. Only few have
beer reca ptured.
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RURAL POWER PROJECT
DISCUSSED AT OUTING
Program for Hendricks County
Outlined by Farm Bureau.

BV Initfd Pffss
DANVILLE. Ind. Aug. Is
Methods of obtaining a Federal
project for rural electrification were
discussed at the annual Hendricks
County Farm Bureau Association
picnic here yesterday.
J.E. Reitzel. bureau chairman, eX-
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health service the new health meas
uresD
The bill apropristes relatively lit
tie money-s94, 49l 900 for the fiscal
year 1886. This is distributed as
The Indianapolis times., 1935-08-15
Appropriates Little Money

1t will administer old-age assist
snce and benefits. iobless benefits,
aid to dependent children and the
blind. The United States Chill
dren's Bureau will administer
maternity-infancv aid and aid to
crippled children. and the Teasury's
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In no recently passed Federal-aid
law is there less of Federal control
Outside of certain minimum stand
ards the states are given wide lati
tude.
With the work of scores of experts
toiling for more than a year, aided
by IA advisory groups of interested
citizens. the measure has met little
opposition in Congress considering
its abrupt departure from American
tradition.
Inasmuch as nearly every part of
the measure calls for state cooper
alton, it is expected that many
governors will call special sessions
of their legislatures this fall and
winter to change their existing laws
or pass new cooperating ones.
TOmorrOw-Protecting the aged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-19
S@ stov kv HAL COCHRAN

Rips wife smiled at the Tiny mites. No doubt you've seen a lot of sights, but I'll bet this good spanking was 8 brand-new one," said she.
 My husband is a lazy man. He snoozes every time he can. It seems as if he just delights in ir- sfitating me. G A However, he's been spanked enough. Now, tell me, just who are you tots, and how did you meet Rip?
 "1'm glad you came to visit me, and we will have some fun. You'll seei You look tired out from travelling. Have you had a long trip?"
 Wee Scouty stepped right up and said, "A happy little wood nymph led us to a monstrous forest, where we found poor Rip asleep.
 We woke him up and he asked us to come here, so he'd dodge a fuss. He thought, instead of ridi- culing him, you wouldn't peep"
 Then Goldy said, We're Tiny.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-19

mites just trav'ling round to see new sights. Oh, we have been most everywhere, and now we're glad to rest.
 "Perhaps you'll let us work and earn some food. We all will take turn at doing anything you say, and we will do our best.% {! t'~.oh,s that's not necessary. miss came the reply. "A band like this is always welcome to some food Some lunch will prepare"
 "Hurray for you one. Tiny cried. And then they all rushed to her side, as she sat in a rocker. Soon their voices filled the air.
 They sang a little song, and then wee Duncy shouted, "Once again poor Rip has fallen fast asleep. He's in a hammock, now,
 Lets let him rest till time to sup, and then I'll gladly wake him up. Oh, please don't spank him, Mrs. Rip! Twill only start Q row."
 (Thc Tinies enjoy a wonderful meal in tho next stOry.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-19

(The Tinies enjoy a wonderful meal in tho next stOry.)
Evening star., 1935-10-11
They Get Their Man.

True to their tradition, the Canadian
''Mounties" continue to get their men.
They have, in collaboration with local
constables in Alberta, just completed a
roundup Of malefactors that leaves no
further pursuit necessary. The cost has
been q heavy one, two "mounties" and
two constables dead. But the cost is re-
garded up in that part Of the world as
not too heavy to pay for the fulfllment
Of the tradition that the law must be
maintained and indicated at any price.
The value Of this tradition is demon
strated by the comparatively low per-
centage of lawlessness in the dominion.
Whether on the frontiers or in the more
thickly settled sections, the fear of the
long arm" Of authority has long dis
couraged the enterprise of the crooks and
criminals.
On this side of the boundary the same
tradition is being established, has indeed
become definitely guarantee of per-
sistent and eventually successful pursuit
of the Iawless. This has been accom-
plished partly through legislation, broad
ening the field Of operations Of the Fed
eral authority in crime detection and
pursuit. and partly through the develop
Evening star., 1935-10-11
Honesty.

When q Twenty-Five -year-old delivery
man earning three dollars and fifteen
cents q week-with tips and extras
bringing his income sometimes as high
as seven dollars-found a package of Sc
curities worth one hundred and fifty
York and promptly returned the treasure
to the owners there was a very general
expectation that he would be rewarded.
And that expectation has been justified.
The owners of the securities, brokers,
have hired him at figure which neither
side will disclose but which is known
week. The firm believes that he has
ability as well as honesty. Certainly he
has good sense, which is valuable as
set In any line Of endeavor. Without
it he might have thought to profit some-
how illicitly from his find. Elementary
reason told him that bundle Of Sc
curities belonging to somebody else be-
comes liability to dishonest finder.
Well. the traditional tale is thus re-
peated. An honest lad finds something
precious and despite his own pressing
needs he hands it over at once and is
rewarded. This has happened many
times. More often than the other way
about. Thievery by chance is not usual.
1t is the exceptional case when the
finder Of something that has been "lost"
appropriates 1t for himself. Pessimists
to the contrary notwithstanding, there
Is far more honesty than dishonesty
among the members Of any civilized
community.
Evening star., 1935-10-11

Assistant Attorney General John Dick
inson's new book, Hold Fast the Middle
Way-An Outline Of Economic Challenges
and Alternatives" identifies him with
Goethe's definition of liberal which the
author quotes as a preface: 'The true
liberal endeavorS to effect as much good
as he can with the means which he has
at command; but he would not extirpate
evils, which are often inevitable, with
fire and sword. He endeavors, by a
judicious progress, gradually to remove
glaring defects without at the same time
destroying an equal amount of good
by violent measures. He contents him.
self in this imperfect world with
what is good until time and circum-
stances favor his attaining something
better"
Authorities expect but comparatively
few New Deal Supreme Court decisions
during the present term. 1t is fore
shadowed that only the Hoosac Mills
processing tax case, the T. v. A. suit
involving the Governments right to
generate electric power and resell it at
retail; the Bankhead cotton control act,
affecting indirectly tobacco and potato
control, and P. w. AS right to condemn
property for Slum clearanceS, face rela-
lively early Supreme Court dicta. New
laws concerning holding companies
social security. labor relations. railway
retirement and bituminous coal stabili-
zation are not headed for final review
at the current session. Decisions due
during the next few months neverthe-
less will be far-reaching and of immedi-
ate influence upon legislation and the
presidential campaign. Formulation of
the Republican agricultural program
awaits A. A. AS constitutional fate.
Former Representative Bascom Slemp
of Virginia, one-time chief assistant to
President Coolidge, returns to the
political arena with personally con-
Quoted presidential boom of former
Gov. Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois.
Slemp claims that Lowden best persona
fies the G. o. P. policies necessary to
win the farm belt, on which the party
has special designs in 1896. The fact
that the westerner who was a strong
bidder for the nomination in 1920, Is IA
yearc old evidently doesn't disqualify
him in the Virgfnian'S opinion.
X y X
Republicans are elated over their
sweeping victories in Connecticut local
elections this week In their eagerneSs
to grasp at favorable straws they chortle
that there can no longer be any doubt
that the anti-New Deal wind in the East
is in full blast and that as Rhode Is
land and Connecticut have gone will go
the rest of the Atlantic seaboard. Hoover
carried Connecticut in 1882, but many
towns that voted for Roosevelt went
Republican the other day. The elephant
now is trumpeting: "On to Kentucky in
November!" One of Connecticut's nick
names, by the way, is the Constitution"
State.
(copyright 1850
Evening star., 1935-10-11
Grateful Memories
of Francis Wilson

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your appreciative and discriminating
editorial on Francis Wilson Is q deserved
tribute to an actor who gave untold
pleasure to former generation of play
goers. His Cadeaux In "Erminie" was
unique in that no other player could
essay the part with anything like equal
conviction. It is the opinion of many,
in which I earnestly share, that the
acme of humorous portrayal, especially
In Intellectual Characterization, was
reached by Francis Wilson in the part
he made so famous and which is so
identified with his career. I remember
very well attending my first musical
play at an old theater in Boston with
"Erminie" as the attraction, with the
stately Pauline Hall In the title role. I
shall never forget the entrance of
Cadeaux and the prolonged and thun-
derous applause with which he was
greeted by q loyal and extraordinarily
enthusiastic audience If there was any
restraint in the Puritan strain, it was
not perceptible in that irrepreSsible re-
ception. In that cast appeared Marie
Jansen. She had q minor part, but she
almost stopped the show" In vivacity,
artistry and chic she has never had a
double on the English speaking stage,
and we have to go to the classic examples
of the French theater to find her like.
"Erminie" ran for about 5000 con-
Secutive performances. 1t was presented
to a generation stepped in the best ira
ditions of light operas and therefore its
success had an undoubted quality of
authenticity. Why is 1t that operettas
of that kind and those related to it
such as La File de Nine. Angot," "The
Brigands," LA Belle Helene" Fra
Diavola," Bohemian Girl" and Chimes
of Normandy" are ignored? They are
Just as replete with melodious numbers
as the offerings which are now the vogue
are deficient in them. Never does any
of these "old-timers" depend upon a
single tune to carry the show. Then
why this neglect? {.
WILLIAM I. WYMAN.
Evening star., 1935-10-11

ment Of Q highly eficient organization.
Pursuit of the lawbreaker whose offense
lies within the Federal jurisdiction is
implacable and persistent, skilled and re-
lentless. It's percentage Of success is so
high that the slogan "they get their
man" has been brought across the bor-
der and applied to the "G-Men" Of the
Department of Justice.
In this latest case OF costly but sue
cessful pursuit Of criminals in Canada
there was close and effective co-opera-
ton between the mounted police Of the
Dominion and the local constabulary.
That makes an effective combination,
which has not heretofore been usual in
this country. Lately. however. the Fed
eral and local law-enforcement agencies
have been brought into closer and more
effective relations and the result is a
greater percentage of efficiency in the
fight against crime.
Evening star., 1935-10-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The problem Of trying to be polite to
an ofiice visitor at the same time one
Is working Is q large one.
Many q man must be his own secre-
tary and ofice boy.
He has no ante-chamber In which
guests cool their heels while watching
the play of sunshine on the wall.
He has no waiting room, like the den-
tist, where persons desiring to see him
can read last years magazines until they
get in a subdued mood.
Folks walk right in on him and he
must make the best or worst Of them.
Callers divide themselves into regulars
and irregulars.
The question Of motive comes in here.
The man at his desk must play fair
in this regard and welcome the honest
caller who values his friendship and
advice.
Yet it must be understood that often
this sort Of regular caller, when he comes
when the man at his desk is busily en-
gagged, is on the order of q mild nuisance.
Why did he not select some other time?
1t is curious fact that very few per-
sons give any thought at all to other
peoples time, and what they have to do.
They simply come in and expect one
to be courteous and delighted.
Often one may be both and still wish
that he had chosen some other time
of day.
How is the unwelcome guest of the
nonce to be ushered out with ceremony?
Perhaps the best way Is the shoulder
hug.
After the guest has been permitted to
talk for a few minutes the man at the
desk leaps up as If overcome by some
thing the other has said.
Heartily agreeing with him, he claps
him on the shoulder in delight.
That is just the thing, old mani
Then the right hand, instead of de-
scending, keeps on until firmly but pleas
antly placed on the far shoulder of the
intruder.
All this time rapid conversation is
being kept up.
If the talk is permitted to lag, the
caller may realize that something is
being put over on him, as the expression
has it.
Under the cover Of talk, however, he
never suspects the steering hand that
deftly pilots him to the door.
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Once in the hall, the thing is done.
He Is out before he realizes 1t. and,
confronted by a closed door. even as the
sounds of hearty farewell are ringing
in his ears.
Some persons are positive geniuses in
the use Of this shoulder hug or steer.
1t is at once the most polite and the
most sure of all devices for getting the
unwelcome gues-of the moment-on
his way.
There are other ways, of course.
A nervous look at a watch or the taking
up of selected papers and the putting
them down again sometimes are effective
Occasionally nothing seems to work.
The guest fingers and fingers and fingers.
Evening star., 1935-10-11
Goodwill Industries.

The coming of the Goodwill Industries
to Washington is an event of more than
ordinary social significance. Designed
to aid aged, crippled or otherwise handi-
capped men and women, customarily
considered unemployable, the idea rep
resented in the organization is not new.
Indeed, it now is all Of thirty years since
the Rev. DR.. E. J. Helms established the
first Goodwill center in Boston. His ex-
ample, followed with success in nearly
hundred other cities, is the inspiration
OF the present effort in the Capital.
AS the name suggests, the Industries
project is q job-making venture. Be-
sieged by needy applicants during
period Of depression-the hard times Of
1s05-the founder of the Boston under
taking set people to work in his church
making over worn and discarded gar.
ments collected from the homes Of SYM
pathetic families. The enterprise grad
ually developed into q huge renovating
Evening star., 1935-10-11
The s'king Business" -"

Eleven years of republic have ap-
parently suflced for Greece. She is
ready to revert to monarchy. At Athens.
following swift but bloodless coup
detat, the National Assembly has voted
to abolish the regime which has had
fevered and precarious existence since
the end Of 1923 and Supplant it with a
re-established throne. George II, who
was compelled to abdicate, will be re-
called from exile in England and re-
stored to power. He has always pro-
claimed a readiness to return If Greece
invited" him. Years Of royaliSt agi-
tation have at length accomplished their
purpose Venizelos is in Punishment,
the militarists and monarchists are in
command, and the stage is set for the
classic land of the Hellenes to resume
its place among the relatively few coun-
tries still left in the world that owe
allegiance and do obeiSance to the
purple. The king business" in at least
one place, is about to recommence opera
tions at the old stand.
In consequence of the World War
crowns and thrones .toppled in all di-
rections. Republics succeeded them in
many cases. Then came the Dictator
ships, sometimes supplanting republics.
as in Turkey. Poland and Germany.
while in Italy's instance the Dictator
ship permitted the King to continue to
reign, but no longer to rule. The tragic
result Of Fascism's dethronement Of a
constitutional monarchy at Rome is seen
in the war Mussolini is now waging in
Africa and in the world condemnation
he has called down upon the Italian
nation because of it.
Perhaps surveying postwar history
with its kaleidoscope background Of
monarchies, republics and relationships
make up their minds that monarchy is
their best bet. There was no dissenting
voice in the National Assembly when
the "little corporal" General Kondylis,
engineer in chief of the royalist coup,
proposed that the republic be incon-
tinently thrown out, with the stigma
of failure upon it's brow. Though the
Assembly's vote sounds the republics
death knell, plebiscite will be held on
November to let the people validate
the restoration Of royal rule. The result
is foregone conclusion.
internationally the King business in
Greece is not destined to provoke any
important consequences that can now be
foreseen. The Greeks have joined the
Balkan entente for preservation Of
peace in the Near East, and the re-
habilitated monarch may be expected to
maintain policy with neighboring
Turkey and Bulgaria looking to avoid
ance of new ruptures over old grievances.
George II is q modern, enlightened per-
sonage, with influential relationships,
especially in Great Britain. He may be
ordained to give Greece q new birth Of
freedom and restore 1t under twentieth
century conditions to some of its ancient
glories.
Evening star., 1935-10-11

business, salvaging and reconstructlng
great quantities of waste materials for
sale at approximate cost to the economi-
cally distressed Numerous philanthropic
values, it soon was evident, were In
yolved. Producer and consumer alike
were advantaged. For example, man
who repaired an umbrella in the Indus
tries shop was paid for his labor, while
an unknown brother In distress who pur-
chased the umbrella in the Industries
store bought at price within his slender
means. Yet no unhappy connotation Of
charity appeared in the circumstances;
no violation Of self-respect occurred.
Every community certainly is familiar
with the problem which has brought
the Goodwill plan into existence. There
always are few individuals who prefer
to make their own way" who do not
wish to feel dependent" but who are
not competent to sell their intelligence,
strength and skill in the open market.
The Industries Solicits discarded ma
terials for them, furnishes them with
a place to work and with a place to dis
pose of the articles they make or re-
make. Psychologically the whole con-
ception is sound. 1t is both pragmatic
and altruistic. Self-help and mutual
aid are the forces which are concerned,
and there are no later nor more
notably effective po.. RS in the world
today.
The Washington center, of course,
will be independent. An indorsing COM
mittee of citizens is sponsoring a cam
paign for the funds required for tools
and equipment. The officers of the
Community Chest have given their ap-
proval. In the Industries the city will
have a definite asset against poverty.