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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
TODAY-OR YESTERDAY

WTHILE the specialists down at Washing
~ ton grope about among the wreckage Of
the NRA to see if any of the pieces can be
patched up and used again, the rest Of us can
properly take time out to mediate over the
underlying issue which the United States
Supreme Courts decision brings into promi-
hence.
That issue is nothing less than the ques-
ton, How far can the original American at
titude toward the functions of the central
government be preserved in the face of mod
ern conditions?
The confusion of thought which resulted
in erection of an NRA framework so COM
pletely unconstitutional that the court was
unanimous in knocking it down comes
straight from the fact that we tend to look
on the Federal government in a light entirely
different from that in which its founders
viewed it.
The men who founded the American gov
eminent represented many schools of thought
but they were close to agreement on one point
they distrusted a strong central government
as an enemy of democracy.
Their first attempt to found government
left the several states almost independent.
The articles of confederation were too loose
1t took only few years of experience to prove
that tighter union was necessary; but even
when the existing Constitution was framed
the trainers took pains to limit the powers of
the Federal government, and to reserve all
possible rights to the states.
Since then the whole structure of society
has changed. In place of a predominantly
agricultural nation, in which each community
was largely self-suffcient, we got tremen-
dously complex industrial nation with COM
mercial and financial ties that made every
section dependent on all the others.
In the face of that change, there arose
feeling that many problems could be handled
properly only by the national government.
We long ago discovered, for instance, that
railroad regulation would fail if left to the
states. We seem to be moving toward similar
attitude in regard to public utilities.
In the NRA decision, the Supreme Court
simply reminded us that We have carried this
tendency altogether too far
For while one section of public thought
tends to rely more and more on Washington
to provide the reforms and the supervision
which a complex twentieth century society
needs. the fact remains that our basic law is
founded on the belief that the central govern
ment should do as little of that kind of work
as possible.
The problem of the moment, then, is to
think the whole matter through with extreme
care. determine Just how closely we wish to
cling to this original theory. and out exactly
where modern conditions make necessary
revision of it, and then formulate our future
policies on a logical and enduring basis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
DISILLUSIONED WOMEN

THE outlaw usually gets most Of his pub
Il ucity before the law catches up with
him. once he is safely locked away in
prison he drops out OF sight and that, IN
some ways, is too bad. If his dreary. mo-
notonous years behind the bars could get the
same attention his lawless forays got, he
might lose a good deal Of his glamour in the
ewes of impresSionable youth.
This thought pops Up when one reads
brief news dispatch telling how former IN
derworld gun molls' have settled down 10
the use of mop and broom in the federal de-
tention prison a. Milan. Mich. Here are such
women as Kathryn Kelly. Evelyn Frechette,
winona Burdette. and others whose associa-
ton with big shot public enemies made them
front page celebrities.
A day-dreaming, empty-headed youngster
might have seen something romantic in these
women when they we're in their hey-day. But
to look at them now-clad in drab prison uni
forms, hopping floors and working In the
fields-ought to he convincing evidence that
the glamour Of crime is pretty phony.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
CONSCIENCE

DHILIPPE WERNER was condemned to
solitary confinement in French military
prison because he did not want to be trained
TO kill
He was just starting his career as clergy
man when he was summoned under the COM
pulsory CONSUMPTION law. He declined and was
arrested. At his trial he told the court:
I recognize the right of the law to con-
denim me, but cannot recognize its right to
take possession Of my conscience. believe
that the French law which obliges all young
Frenchmen to kill or to prepare to kill is con-
trary to the truth"
Vernier. now &C. was sentenced to two years.
Upon expiration of the sentence he will again
be asked to do military service. If he refuses
he Will be returned to solitary confinement
This routine can go on until he is so, when he
no longer will be liable to military duty.
Which is the greater, the bravery of YER
nier and his conscience, or the bravery of the
battlefield?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
/ 10hoHy disopprove of 1ohot you sag and r0iu
defend to the death your right to sag it-Voltajre

stroke that there may be more than
one standard of morals.
Either Mr.. Walgreen should have
been kept alone III his castle, away
from intelligent nieces and the
world in general, or he should have
been educated far earlier in life
when it would have been less dam
aging.
AS it is. Mr.. Walgreen. no doubt a
stout-minded fellow in his youth, is
falling into fitful shouting and MUIR
muring due TO the sudden shock Of
learning about morals.
Too, Mr. Walgreen has had an
added shock. He learned that books
revealing the theories of commu-
nistic and sOciahstic governments
we're actually III the University Of
Chicago library, where all might
view them.
1 fear that any day Mr.. WAL
green may be taken to his bed with
the news that innocent school chill
dren are taught in the public schools
that the fathers OF the United
States broke away from Mother
England because of some differences
over taxes and representative gov
eminent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
WHY?

A MERICA breathes easier for the return Of
n little George Weyerhaeuser. The country
had feared another Lindbergh tragedy.
There is encouragement also in the fact
that the "Federals' are on the kidnapers
trail. J. Edgar Hoover's operatives are win
ming laurels in their manhunts under the
Lindbergh anti-kdnaping law. OF the more
than 30 major kdnapings since that law was
passed, all but scant hslf-dozen have been
solved. Some 70-odd criminals are serving
more than 100 years Of sentences for the
cruel crime known as "the snatch racket"
These arrests and convictions have greatly
diminished once hourishing criminal indus
try. The Federals ike the Canadian mount
ed, get their man
While cheering on the hunt, some Aineri-
cans may pause to wonder that Congress,
unchalenged by the Supreme Court, can send
forth these Federal detectives from Washing
ton to catch criminals and yet be prohibited
by the court from policing the nation against
such offenses as child labor, sweatshops and
other industrial evils the New Deal seeks
through Congress to curb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
The Book World

DAUL Won HINDENBURG, the great field
L marshal and president Of the late German
republic, has come back TO life. The broad
shouldered. austere field marshal stalks through
the pages Of Emil Ludwig's "Hindenburg (Wln-
ston; $3.50 in all his glory.
II is grand tale, this latest biography Of
Exile Ludwig and. if anything. it matches his
Napoleon And although Herr Ludwig is in
tensely anti-5unker, he has developed a sort Of
reverence for the old warrior But he does not
let his liking run away with him and he treats
the field marshal's faults with the same OBJ
jective style he uses on his virtues.
OF all the Germans in the World War, only
Hindenburg was steel-nerved. writes Herr Lud-
wig-steel-nerved because he had no nerves A
large part Of this latest biography is taken up
with the war and almost as much with the
seemingly endless class struggle that ragged in
Germany for years. Ludwig has done extremely
we'll with "Hindenburg' It is well worth
reading.
A CLEVER bit of fiction writing is Till
"A Heaven Cracks" CHartney Press: so, the
latest novel by Mcheline Heating An indict
ment of ultra modern ideas on the part Of
wealthy super-sophisticates Till Heaven
Cracks is damned with conversation on morals,
war. pacfsm, and what not.
The background Of the book is excellent and
if the plot seems just little haky, Miss Keat-
ngs writing pulls 1t out nicl.y. 1t is a lively
book, right up to the minute and excellent en-
tertainment.
A MOTHER excellent novel IS "Out of the
L n Whirwind" by Thomas Walsh Mcbride;
$3.50 Ardently Catholic in viewpoint the
books locale is New Engla1 and Mr.. Walsh
has contributed a powerful and moving piece
of work on life, love, and religion.
Mr.. Walsh has constructed brilliant story
Frov,
cent Of the crime goes to prison where he
passes through a series of beliefs ending in his
return to Catholicism.
Bound to be intensely interesting to all
Catholics, this book also has a great appeal for
the non-Catholic who is interested in religion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
Pictures Father CoughIin as DictatOriaJ

Just like lobbyists for the soldiers
bonus. munitions makers and
Wall Street
Yes, Mr.. McKinnon, if l had
auto trouble I certainly would go
to an auto specialist. But if he
tried some theory of repair which
was highly questioned by other
specialists, would I not have a
self respecting right to resist?
And Just so with the radio priest.
The Sixteen Points are a shrewd
bid for power-not democratic
power, but dictatorial power,
theocratic power; not power OF
the people over bankers, but pow
err of Father Coughlin, ct al, over
the people. 1t is a dark and de-
vious way, secret diplomacy. 1t
proceeds on faith, not knowledge.
If Father COughlin represents
theocracy. and the bankers rep
resent actual monarchy, as he
says, then it is easy to see that
Father Coughlin is merely re-
opening the old fight between
church and state. priesthood and
monarchy, wherein democracy
and the people are completely
ignored or antagonized. Get and
read his whole application, not
just the sixteen points.
True, there are but few objec-
tionable words in the application.
But they are enough to shear
off centuries Of our cultural his
tory, and throw us back beyond
the reformation and the Renals-
sance. Such men and such
theories are out of place in our
public life. On this one point 1
am in accord with Cardinal
O'Connell of Boston.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
ASSERTS COMPLAINTS ON
MORALS ARE OF OLD DAYS
Rr A. y. Y.

BY A. y. H.
Mr.. Walgreen, like many men who
have lived a narrow, set life and have
reached a certain age, is having
Nightmares and frightful daydreams.
The other day he said that he I'M
derstood his niece to say that there
might be more than one moral
standard.
Mr.. Walgreen. while perhaps he
knows what little pills help head
ache and take away a hangover, evil
IDENTIFY has never read a book outside
of Pilgrims Progress or yentured
far away from his Chicago mansion.
The venerable scribes who wrote
the Bible sometimes admitted con-
fusion in the matter or morals. Phi
losophers have debated on the topic
for years as to whether there ever
was a moral standard at all.
Certainly psychologists and emil
nent medical men have stated firmly
that emotions or love are not things
YOU can condense into capsules ard
give 10 clients. Now Mr.. Walgreen
learns all of a sudden this late in
life when it is apt TO bring on a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
SOFT SOAPING SEEN AS
UNIVERSAL STATE

BY Charity.
What fortuitous fate hath so
adorned an identical editorial page
of your paper with two such COM
plimentary articles? May % we
had 1.-THE Witch Hunt" Beside it
an erudite example of bewitchlng
soft soapery entitled Compliments
and Criticism Are Accepted by
Ionia. How we love it!
Advertised in packages every day
more novel-granules, powders, fakes.
It matters not so long as the re-
suit is slick, soft soap. Oh, my, we
love modern education sold and pro-
duced by witches. Words stirred
by a magic pen! Gog-wog-be corky.
Soon every one says Schools and
newspapers are the balm OF elite
liberation and pusillanimlty. The
Voltaire of Ionia is but nall
cracked single taXer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
By w. L. Ballard, Syracuse. Ind.

BY w. L. Ballard, Syracuse, Ind.
Mr.. McKinnon's letter intimates
that I am a dumbbell because l
can not see Father Coughlin, and
for not wanting to be the follower
of a man who frankly does not
want associates. But 1 am not
dumbbell enough to think Father
Coughlin a dumbbell, nor do l
miss the significance of what he
asks us to sign. Signers of his APP
plication are like some persons
crossing a busy street. Absorbed IN
avoiding one auto, they ignore sew
eral others. Signers see a band
wagon bearing a banner they like
(the sixteen points,. They Chamber
aboard, with little thought as to
who is the crew, what is below
deck, or where the wagon is
headed.
My objection is. not that Father
Coughlin champions wrong causes,
but that he skillfully chooses a few
things in the Constitution and
does not even subscribe to the
rest; and also the fact that mem
bers of his union vote only once
(they sign the application and
then, like MusSolini parliaments,
they must go home and take what
they get. They may get some OF
the flesh pots of Egypt" but will
not get that self-respect without
which there is no humanity. The
whole of human history condemns
that practice. If Father Coughlin,
or Huey, thought one-tenth as
much of us as they let on, it would
never occur to them to look upon
us as so much tripe, to be thus
scalped and so carried into ire
sponsible lobbyism at Washington,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
POETRY
AND MUSIC

BY JOSEPHINE DUKE MOTLEY
My hopes have surpassed my doing,
I know,
AS the hare's leap spans the snan's
pace;
Air castles Of yore have vanished
like snow
In the dead heat of destiny's face;
Til what I am now is. not what I
dreamed
OF being or doing at all;
It's only phantom Of what once
seemed
Like f1otsam tossed w in squat.
Just where have I vanished2
wonder, myself.
What's become Of what I meant to
be?
Am I hidden away like a book on
a shelf
Or cOckle shell lost in the sea?
All no, I think not, for when music
I hear
And sweet songs come over the air,
I'm sure my old self Is then very
near
And life's once more shining and
fair.
I dream the old dreams all over
again
Till tears well ike pools in my eyes;
Ny soul is caressed as patterlng
rain
Brings sieep to a drowsy child's
eyes.
Oh, let me have music as long as
live
And poetry's beauty and song;
Then life's disappointments 1 shah
forgive;
To the self Of my dreams III belong
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
CAREFUL THINKING ON
TWO ISSUES URGED
BY McFeeters.

BY McFeeters.
President Roosevelt tells the press
the people may need 10 years to
decide whether the views expressed
in the NRA court decision finally
shall prevail. This will bring us to
1945. the same date to which the
President adjourned settlement
with the veterans. 1t is a pleasure
to find myself in agreement with
the country's chief executive, and
I crave the honor Of so testlfylng
publicly.
Let us bend earnest thoughts to
the two subjects, and be ready IN
1945 to collect the service certif1-
Gates. and then register our ma
ture judgment whether the United
States Constitution shall be ce-
nounced or reverently preserved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
FAVORS MODERNITY
IN CHURCHES

By Times Reader.
With reference to Mr.. st. Clair's
letter in the Message Center, claim
ing the people are turning their
backs to the church just because
the preacher has gone haywire by
allowing lively entertainments in
place of the old-time sermons.
The facts are the free thinking
persons no longer believe in the
old fogy ideas Of the past, and are
conducting the churches as organi-
cations for the sole purpose Of try
ing to live better and getting the
most out of life. I heard Volun-
teer Army man say he believed one
could sing his way to Heaven as
we'll as pray his way in I believe the
church attendance has doubled IN
the last four years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
ONE MAN GOVERNMENTS
SOON COLLAPSE
Bv Jimmy Cafouros.

Bv Jimmy Cafouros.
Some nations are run by one man.
Other nations-the United States,
and France and England-are run
by the Lord only knows how many.
The nations run by one man
usually have hectic careers, spiral
speedily and high into the lrma-
ment of achievement and nosedive
as swiftly as they rose.
The nations run by whole lot
of men move more slowly, spread
their advance over centuries, take
generations to act, but are great
deal more sturdy. In crises much
depends on the judgment Of one
man. When government is running
smoothly and efficiently large Of
fee force collects. When first taken
on these are mere subordinates but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
The Message Center

Times readers are nvtted to cypress
their UietoS in these columns. Make your
letters short. so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ toords or less. Your
letter must be signed. but names totH
be 1cithheld at request of the letter
iii
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03

in time some how they worm them
selves into authoritative positions.
Not long ago America paused at
a crossroads. And today we have
again come upon the crossing of
the main highway. The calculating
Franklin D. Roosevelt took the
wheel the first time and steered us
through. Now a few men up in
front are trying hard to stop us
by dropping spikes.
Now is no time to bubble and
cant over hair lines presuming what
is and what is not constitutional.
Does it work? That is the main
issue. That is all important. When
a patient is very i'll, deathly i'll, an
improvement in his condition is
often priced more highly than con-
ventional or unconventional meth
DDS of cure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT
SPEEDWAY DEPLORED

BY II. w. d.
The deplorable traffic tangle at
the Speedway caused by lack of sys-
tematic routing and also in a large
measure to the lack of traffic han
ding ability of the men in charge,
will have considerable effect on
future attendance at this event, ac-
cording to the reaction of many who
were detained from one to two
hours by the tangle.
My suggestion would be that next
year the Boy Scouts be placed in
charge of traffic. They could no
do worse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
MONDAY. JUNE 2 io7s
THE COAL CRISIS

THE threat Of nation vide strike Of soft
coal miners on June II can not be blamed
or the Supreme Courts MIRA decision, for the
threat was made before the decision. But it
dramatlzes the necessity for some Federal con-
troll within the narrow confines Of that deci-
s.on-pcnding the outcome OF the Presidents
awaited move to push back those confines.
The miners are demanding higher wages
and shorter hours. but their essential protest
is against wage-cutting chiselng and the
general chaos IL coal. NRAs coal code miti-
gated but failed to curb that trouble. The
miners believe, and most mine owners agree,
that in the pending Guffey coal control ill,
Congress has not only means Of stabilizing
their industry, but also constitutional for
mula for Federal regulation of similar indus
tres.
The Gufey bill appears to meet the courts
two objections 10 the NRA code method of
regulation.
First it does not delegate legislative powers.
i sets up 2 National Bituminous Coal Com
mission. named by the President with Senate
consent. This body would set standard wages
and hours, fix minimum and maximum
prices The bill defines certain unfair labor
practices, provides for collective bargaining
and creates a coal labor board to mediate dis
pules These provisions seem to follow the
rule suggested in the Schechter decision of
"Iayine down policies and establishing stand
ards" for an administrative board to execute.
NEXT the bill does not appear to seek Fed
- cral authority over an ntra-state indus
try Coal mines furnish nearly all the fuel
to run the railroads Half of our electricity
is generated by coal Only under most lit
eral Interpretation Of the recent decision can
coal be held involate from Federal regula-
ton.
AS President Roosevelt seems to suggest,
st is illogical for the courts to give Federal
sanction to injunctions against striking miners
and then forbid Federal attempts to better
miners conditions. II is recalled also that
the Supreme Court in the Appalachian Goals
case in 1888 held that the chaos in this in
dustry justified Professionally at least, mar
keting agreement designed to stabilize prices.
The GufTey bill is not perfect instrument
but it offers a lifeline to an industry crying
for help.
The impending mine strike removes this
question Of industrial regulation from the
academic plane. A general coal miners strike
would throw nearly half million men out of
work. leave only % days supply of coal above
ground. and paralyze much Of transportation
and manufacture. These realities confront
Congress today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03

Grams to vote on the immediate pay
ment Of the bonus.
1t would be as just as permitting
the farmers to vote, but maybe the
old cry of class legislation would
arise, as it appears class legislation.
in the eyes Of the present Admins
tration applies only when the vet
Grams are involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03

ordinary group, blocked by many reasons, now
can not expect TO touch.
Purdue has led the way in showing the
nation what the future holds for most Of US.
This state and the remainder Of the nation
should not neglect to follow the home project
step BIZ step to It's future goal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
VETERANS ONLY VICTIMS
OF CLASS LEGISLATION

By LLOYD Compton
I suggest that those Senators who
voted against the bonus and who
voted for the National Economy Act
and who yet have the nerve to claim
they are friends Of the veterans, to
pass a resolution allowing the vet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03

Twice Laura ingalls, has failed to set a new
transcontinental record. It's surprising that
no one across the nation has thought to tip
her of by wire on a bargain SALE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03

Predictions that the next war will be more
horrible than the last are strengthened by news
that Germany is equipping her army with
thousands of automobiles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03
So They Say

Your professional criminal-the
fellow who's guilty Of big league
crimes all the time-knows how to
get away with it, and generally does.
Leslie Charters, visiting English
novelist.
Never was there a time when so
mary chances for service beckoned
to man to go out and do some
thing for his fellow men.-Henry H.
Woodring, Assistant Secretary Of
War
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-03

Iowa farmer has a pig with three eyes, two
shouts and noses. and an diversified head. The
last-named feature is hardly a phenomenon
in these days Of high meat prices.