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Evening star., 1935-06-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Danny Deever.
When you're seated at a table and the
walters hurry near
With coffee and cigars to usher in an
hour OF cheer
Some gentle barytone will rise with
voice in splendid shape
And call on Danny Deever to unfurl
yard of Grape.
They're hanging Danny Deever-
which they didn't do.
They've hanged him oft before and
now they're hanging him anew.
The ices iridescent are resplendently
displayed
Till Danny Deever turns it to funeral
parade.
They're shooting one another in the
council chamber dim
And folks are shot at sunrise in a
manner swiftly grim.
But Danny Deever has the situation
in command
And holds the stage because he brings
along his blooming band.
We don't know what he did. but it no
doubt was something wrong
When Johnny Marches Home Again"
would be a cheerier song;
Should old acquaintance be forgot"
has chased away the blues
Till they pull another extra on the
Danny Deever news.
Home Sweet Home.
"A woman's place is in the home"
$50 Is a MANS" said Senator Sor-
ghum. People who don't stay home
are liable to miss some of my radio
speeches"
Jud Tunkins says there are two sides
to every question of CRAFTS, the insiders
and the outsiders.
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Screams But viii Not Scram.

Screams But viii Not Scram.
That old Blue Eagle Ii bird
Who still insists on being heard.
Cats have nine lives. but even they
In course of time will pass away.
But Echo tells in accents clear
The stout old fowl is lingering near.
And mid the mighty din Of talk
We recognize him by his squawk.
'I hears talk bout dividin' around
property" said Uncle Eben. but ies'
de sam. I keep sshotsun handy to my
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Bargain.

do you favor Government owner
ship?"
"Of course" said Mr.. Dustin Stax;
IF I can dictate the prices at which
the Government buys snd have hand
In financing the deal"
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
A BETTER BILL

IRON both humane and business viewpoints
l. the social security bill as reported by the
Senate Finance Committee is a better bill than
that passed by the House
It is broadened to include Federal aid for
the needy blind. Among the 100000 or so
blind in this country, nearly one-half are past
65, and less than IS per cent are gainfully en-
ployed. Only "a states have pension laws for
the blind, and state assistance under these
laws averages only s1825 a month. Federal
aid, on the same $3.50 basis as proposed for
the needy aged, would enable all states to pen
sion their blind adequately and take thousands
of them from poor-relief rolls
It restores the provision to permit Treasury
sale of voluntary annuities of not more than
500 a month. This thrift provision, opening
the security door to those not covered in the
general program, should not have been re-
moved by the House.
The bill sensibly requires that aged en-
ployes retire from regular fuI-time employ
ment at 65 as a condition Of receiving security
benefits. This will save millions of dollars in
annual payments
1t properly puts the Social Security Board
III lilc 1DtpdA VI 45dDOI anu IuIilS ONSI
to the Children's Bureau administration of
grants in aid to the states for dependent chill
6ren These changes are in the interest Of
logic economy and sympathetic administra-
ton.
Tt widens unemployment insurance cover
age by taxing employers of four or more
workers within 10 weeks of any year, instead
of employers of 10 or more within 20 weeks of
the year This would add more than three
million workers to the insurance system.
1t permits wider state experimentation with
jobless insurance by allowing company reserves
and tax credits to employers for stabihzing
employment States like Wisconsin and Utah
thus could continue their company account
type OF unemployment insurance which they
believe will make for industrial planning and
regularIzation of work.
The Senate and House should accept these
changes. They aH appear to be for the bet
ter.
The bill even now is far from perfect, as
the Senate committee admits. But it rep
resents minimum of what the American peo-
pie have right to expect from this Congress-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
ESCAPE FROM REALITY

THE confirmed alcoholic suffers from al
- cohol less than he. suffers from himself,
according to a report recently made to the
American Psychiatric Association by DR. James
H. Wall Of Bloomingdale Hospital. He makes
a sot of himself, that is, to escape from a
mental conflict rather than because he likes
the taste of the stuff.
Excessive drinking, viewed in this light,
is simply a reflection of weakness of will.
The drunkard is dissatisfied with himself, with
his life generally; instead of doing his best
to grin and bear it, as ordinary folk do he
tries to escape by swilling at the jug-and of
course, winds up by making bad matter
great deal worse.
Bearing this in mind. it would seem that
the cure for the alcoholic would consist in
helping him to face reality like a man. His
inebriety is a sign and an .aggravation of his
trouble, but not its cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
PENALIZING THE DISABLED

THE -. clause which states that the pay
ment Of certificates will not create an ad-
ditional debt, raises a fundamental question Of
sound finance. To meet a claim Of one group
bv this deceptively easy method of payment
will raise similar demands for the payment OF
claims OF other groups.
1T is easy 10 see the ultimate result OF
meeting recurring demands by the Issuance OF
treasury notes. It invites an ultimate reckon
ing in uncomfortable prices and in the destruc-
ton Of the value Of savings that will strike
most cruelty those like the veterans who seem
to be temporarily benefited.
The first person injured b. sky-rocketing
prices is the man on a fixed income. Every
disabled veteran on pension or allowance is
on fixed income. This bill favors the able
bodied veteran at the expense Of the disabled
veteran. Prom the Presidents bonus veto
message.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
COMING TO SEE AMERICA

TOR a great many years, the TRANSATLANTIC
Il tourist trade has been One-way propo-
sition. Hundreds Of thousands of Ameri-
cans have crossed the ocean each year to
tour Europe. have gained much in the way
Of pleasure and cultural advancement as
result. and have helped to enrich Europe by
their expenditures; but there never was more
than a thin trickle of European tourists COM
ing TO have a look at America.
Now the tide has begun to turn. The de-
valuation OF the dollar has made an Ameri-
can tour less expensive, and Europeans are
taking advantage Of it. Steamship companies
believe that there will be more European
visitors in America this summer than ever
before.
The development IS wholesome one.
Americans can learn much. and become bet
ter citizens Of the world community by Wis
iting Europe. Europeans can do as much
for themselves by visiting America.
Reversal Of the time-honored trend ought
to be a good thing for everybody concerned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
TIDE DEFINITELY RISES

IF the auto industry is a dependable barom-
eter for business conditions generally, a
fairly complete industrial recovery ought to
be upon us before very long.
Figures compiled by the Automobile Man
ufacturers' Association show that auto pro-
duction for the first four months Of 1885 was
the second largest for that period in the in
dustrys history. Only in 1925 was a great
er number of cars produced in the first four
months Of the year. and production to date
outranks that for all 1882.
Figures like these are too impressive to
be laughed of. Somewhere, down below the
surface, a tide of recovery must be rising.
Well probably be arguing for another
half-century about what caused it and who
was responsible for it-but, for the present,
we can do nothing but welcome it with deep
rejoicing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
MONDAY. MAY q. 1895.
WORTH FIGHTING FOR

THE House should grant the Presidents re-
Il quest for a two-year extension Of NRA. As
a minimum. It should permit codes to cover
business that substantially affects interstate
commerce. and sanction price fixing where 1t
IS needed 70 prevent monopoly.
Anything less than this would subject MIRA
10 the slow death decreed by the Senate's Clark
resolution.
It is significant that enlightened leaders Of
both capital and labor have organized TO de-
mand the two-year extension Of this first
American project in industrial planning. These
leaders know that if MIRA we're killed outright
or sentenced to a lingering death such as the
Senate has proposed they would see new IN
employment. industrial unrest, setback OF re-
covery and an early return TO the old piracies
To iquidate NRA now is to invite reversion to
business anarchy and jungle law
Let Congress forget if it must the myriad
little unfair trade practices and business tricks
the codes have tried to curb. Let 1t think
upon those trade practices that made many in
dustries into instruments Of expoitation-star-
walton wages. excessive hours Of toll sweat
shops. child labor. the denial Of the self
ter conditions OF life.
NRA has not reformed capitalism over
night. nor changed it into a happy live-and-
let-nve system But with all its frailties and
failures it has built a bottom to wages, greatly
reduced working hours. virtually abolished
sweatshops. and freed more than 100000 child
workers from mines. shops and mills. It's sec
ton IA. which Congress now should perpetuate
under a permanent and independent labor dis
putes board as proposed in the Wagner BILL
has written industrial history and prevented
much suffering and disorder.
Whether MIRA is a success" or a failure"
we shall leave to the theorists, the reaction
aries and the perfectonists to settle. Out on
the far-fung industrial frontiers employers
and workers know that to a very large degree
it has worked and that with time it can be
made to work better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27

IN precarious state, and no one knows Just
when It may dissolve.
Once a European war breaks out, II would
be infinitely more difficult 70 put such pro-
gram through than it is now. We ought to have
action on the matter before this session of
Congress ends.
To get such. action. it may be necessary to
squelch some Of our high naval officials. Roc
ney butcher reported recently that the Navy
bigwigs are heartily against these proposals.
II is their opinion that the Navy can protect
American commerce under any and all condi-
tons, and they are lobbying earnestly to pre-
serve the status quo-under which in 1917 we
got into a war We might well have stayed out
Of
Some one should remind these gold braided
gentlemen that the function Of military men in
a republic is 70 obey orders and not TO make
policy. II is up to Congress and the President
to decide what is to be done; for the Army or
Navy to try to interfere with such decisions is
militarism Of the worst kind
That aside, there seems to be no very good
reason why this program should not be adopt
ed There is no question that the American
people want TO stay out of war. The Nye-
Clark resolutions ought to do much to help
them attain their wish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
So They Say

A citizen who merely believes and
does not live his life according to
his belief is a dangerous, unpatriotic
citizen.-Father Charles E. Cough
lin.
The attitude, as I see it, is this:
If the NRA is worth extending at
all, it is worth extending two years.
If it isn't it ought to be junked.-
Speaker Byrns.
Seventeen or 10 is the age to mar
ry. Marriage postponed until 80 or
IS causes a nervous strain which is
undermining our efficiency and
threatening to destroy our civiliza-
tion.-Dr. Carl Holiday, California
college professor.
I would like to live in San Fran
cisco if the public would quit treat
ing me as though I we're the Gold
Dust twins or the DiOnne quintup-
lets.-Countess Barbara Hutton
Haugwitz-Reventlow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
The Book World

| CHOULD you be interested in biography and
! - more particularly in that charming gentle
man who some day viii be king of England, you
probably will want to read Frazier Hunts The
Bachelor Prince" Harper 81 Bros; 245 pp.;
| $3.50, no more. no less, than the story Of Ed
ward, Prince Of Wales.
1t is a highly pleasant, fond review Of the
life Of the Prince, whom Mr.. Hunt seems to be-
lieve will win his spurs as England's Socialist
King"
DUT if you happen to be interested in really
- fine writing then turn to the beautifully
done Young Joseph" the second of the great
translated from the German by H. T. Lowe
Porter $3.50. The trilogy, Of course, is Joseph
and His Brothers" and Mr.. Mann has produced
another great and moving novel.
| CLANCING at go in the Shade" 90. of North
" Carolina Press; 1876 pp.: $3.50, one feels a
/ twang OF grief for the talented and stimulating
author, Clarence Cason, who died only few
days after the book had made its appearance.
The late Mr.. Cason attempted to offer char
acter" for the South and did a courageous and
stimulating job.
THE book has received yards Of publicity
i already, but Road to War" (Houghton
AIif1in; So, Walter Mills studious work what
! led America into the World War, deserves men
ton here. If you haven't read it, get it as soon
! as you can.
IF you like mysteries (and who doesnt?) you'll
l. be interested to know that Leslie Charters
/ has produced another book on the escapades of
his gallant hero, Simon Templar. The name of
the book is The Saint Goes On" Crime Club
So and it's a dandy
The popular Mignon c. Eberhart has pro-
duced a new thriller The House on the Roof
Doubleday, Doran; So The characterizations
are great and the love interest-ah!-is splendid.
Riley Blackwood is back again, this time in
THE Great Hotel Murder" by Vincent Starrett
Doubleday, Doran; so. It's good reading.
ENASY and pleasant reading is THE Auto
H biography of John Hays Hammond (Farrar
& Rinehart So. Content with an active, thrill
crowded life is the famed mining engineer, now
90. Greatest personality he has ever known was
Cecil Rhodes, says Mr.. Hammond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
NEUTRALITY ISSUE ALIVE

THE things that are getting most Of Con-
Il greSs attention these days are such up-to-
the-minute measures as the holding company
bill. the Wagner bill, the bonus. and the bank
ing bill
Buried way down underneath, however, is
proposal which might ultimately be Of greater
Importance TO the country than any Of these.
This Is the movement-led chiefly by Sem
stors Gerald Nye and Bennett Clark-to reoast
American neutrality policies in such way as
to keep Us from being drawn into the whirlpool
Of another European war.
These Senators have introduced three reso-
lutions 10 attain that end Their resolutions
would bar any kind Of loans. public or private,
10 any foreign nation at war or any firm with
In that nation; would prohibit granting OF
passports 70 American citizens wishing 70
travel in war zones; and would provide that
any shipment OF munitions or contraband from
BUYERS risk
The idea back Of al this. Of course, IS the
eminently sensible one that the way 10 stay
out Of a fight is 10 stay entirely away from il.
The innocent bystander might not get beaned
with a brick so often. If he had the sense TO
refrain from standing on the sidelines and YELL
ing encouragement TO one Of the combatants.
So far. this program has remained buried
mediate concern. But European peace today is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
HE HAS A RESENT
ON TRACKLESS TROLLEYS

By Jimmy CafourOs.
Speak of S. Neridian-st. Every
one knows it well. Down there on
S. Meridian-st certain things are
awry. One thing in particular,
however. is wrong. That is the
trolley BUSES.
They speak of speeding motor
cars. Have you ever seen a speeding
trolley bus? There's nothing just
like it. If an office building or the
War Memorial plaza came racing
down through the thoroughfare,
blasting and blaring its horns, you
would have a rough idea of this
ever-mounting bus complex.
1t seems that their service Is the
worst on record and their speed is
the greatest. Signs, school signs,
slow signs, stop signs, big signs and
little signs mean nothing to them.
Corners were made to wink at, or
sneeze at, or thumb noses at.
These bus lads have not one scin-
tilla of respect for the motor cars
of the folk who reside on the street.
Park your car and the bus borrCws
pair Of tenders, smashes a wheel,
or takes the hub-capS along. There's
a $3.50 chance that bus will pull
over to the curb when stopping.
If it does pull over to the curb,
and you try to pass it, a screeching
toot stabs the air and the cumber-
some fortress wings far out into the
lane of traffic. If you're lucky you
came through mscathed. Talk Of
stopping. Why those BUSES can stop
on this side Of a nickel and they
do stop that way and stop lot of
other cars behind them after the
radiator fits snugly against the cowl.
When the buses first came the
people, motorists included, liked
them. Then they respected them.
Now they fear them. They have
come to be looked upon as mammoth
battering rams set loose upon the
defenseless, unsuspecting public.
Already there is whispering
among the people, and a crashing
of teeth, and mean vindictive glances
full of omen and foretelling great
change. Yes, there'u be some
changes made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
A FRAUD STANDS REVEALED

IT is not in the least surprising to learn that
l. a Swiss court has declared the notorious
Protocols of Zion" an absolute forgery, de-
void Of the slightest historical significance
The only surprising thing is that it should
take a court decision to make any one realize
that this virulent product of race hatred was
a fraud from start to finish
The protocols" of course, purport to be
documentary evidence of a vast scheme by
Jewish leaders to dominate the whole world.
The best evidence shows that the manuscript
was cooked up something like rs years ago;
and the thing was aimed originally. not at
Jews. but at Free Masons!
During the course of years some one decided
to tack the thing on to international Jewry"
and leave the Masons out of it. That was
done; and the connection has done much. since
then. to fan the flames of race prejudice.
It would be we'll if this Swiss decision
should help to make people forget the whole
business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
By w. Williams.

By w. Williams.
The people of the United States
are the most Superstitious people
politically in the world.
They believe that they move and
have their being under a repre-
sentative form of government.
Actually they are governed by the
nine humans sitting on Capitol
Hill, who are believed to be wiser
than all Of us, including the rep
resentatives whom we sent to
Washington by casting a ballot.
These same representative are
supposed to make the laws or
rules which govern the lives of the
voters. These laws or rules have
no force whatever unless a ma
jority of the nine legal men rules
that they are constitutional. If
they rule to the contrary these
laws are null and void. With the
choice of these legal leaders the
people have nothing whatever to
do.
They are appointed by the
President, subject to the conf1r-
nation of the Senate. The pres
ence of these nine, sitting on their
mahogany roost in the same
building with the Congress, is a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27

would love to meet him and shake
his hand. I admire him for the
statement he made concerning a
minister, of our city. I am a Chris
tan minister filling a local pulpit. I
love the calling of the ministry and
admire the man who has courage
to speak his convictions regardless
of his faith. But I can not tolerate
one who wants to crack down on
another simply because he can't see
and believe as he himself does.
Cracking down" may be term
permissible in a law-making body
but it most assuredly has no plan in
the vocabulary of the pulpit, the
place where we as ministers are to
teach our people to Love one an
other even as Christ loved us"
I can't believe that the desire to
crack down" comes from a heart
convicted against the things for
which Father Coughlin is fighting
for but rather from the conviction
that Royal Oak has more power in
the White House than The Temple
of the Air" has in the state capitol.
What we need in and from the
pulpit today is more of the Love Of
Christ" and less political bravado."
Paul, the Apostle, said, Woe! is me,
if I preach not the Gospel" Jesus
said, 4 come not to judge the world
but to seek and save that which was
lost" We, as ministers, are called
to preach the Gospel. Politicians
and law makers are called to make
the law. If each would heed his
own calling how much better our
world would be.
So say, Let the lawmakers keep
to their law making and the min
listers stay with their ministerirg
and there will be no need Of Protes-
tantism cracking down"