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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-01-18
Ex-Senttle Man Tells of
Ideal Conditions in USSR

. present. l was up in New Hamp-
shire on a job putting in new
drivers and your letter came
when l was gone or l may have
answered sooner. We have lots
of prospects but you know how it
is, they all seem to be afraid to
move, not knowing what the gov
ernment's next move will be.
Before | forget, suppose you
read about Metropolitan Wick
ers men being in trouble in Rus
STA. l can't explain all that to
you on paper, but | was close
enough to them and knew some
of them personally. | met some OF
them in Moscow and they also
had a gang of men putting in
turbines in the power house that
supplied the power for the pa
per mill, so we used to visit back
and forward and had a few good
parties together so | know all
about them and the dirty work
they pulled off.
They were all guilty and they
should all have gone to jail and
been kept there. l have three
books in English giving the whole
trial. It's certainly good reading.
You may have read the books
as no doubt they can be bought
out there, Vol. /, 2, 8, "Wrecking
Activities at Power Station in
the Soviet Union" Ii you have
not read them ask some of the
Party members if they have got
them.
If you have been reading
about the munitions investiga-
lions in Washington and then
know as much as ! do about
these men, it Is quite plain
that they are working for tbs
British government or some
munition ring.
/ heard MOnkhouse, an English
spy in Russia, give speech in
the st. Andrews Town Hall when
l was home. The hall was packed
with people expecting to hear
about the trial but all he did was
give a talk on conditions in the
country and showed few slides
of places he had been to, power
houses and so forth. He said he
had enjoyed his stay there and
would have liked to stay there to
see the experiment carried to its
final stages, as it was quite inter-
esting.
He merely touched on the trial
and had nothing very much to
say about the Russians at all,
having been told, l suppose by
whom he was spying for, to keep
his mouth shut.
In regard to the British gov
eminent forcing the Soviets to let
them go, l don't believe that is
correct. l think that after the So
viets had Shown the whole world
that they had been proved guilty,
and showed the British govern
ment that they would put them
in Jail in spite of their protests,
they then decided that it would
do no good to keep them there
and cause a lot of trouble over
trade, retarding their own pro
gress.
So Jack thinks conditions are
bad out there. Well, would like
to know where they are good.
The USSR is the only place I
know of missing the panic and 1t
hit them to certain extent.
/ remain, yours truly,
L. r.. Stark.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-01-18

The tractor plant in Stain
grad on the Dneiper River is the
largest tractor plant in the world,
and Col. Cooper, the Cleveland
consulting engineer, said that
the hydro-eleetric plant and hte
dam on the Dneiper River was
one of the wonders of the world.
They have also built enormous
steel mills up towards the Ural
Mountains.
They certainly have done won
ders in a very backward country.
The old methods they had for
doing anything were terrible,
about a hundred years behind
any other country, but they are
coming right along now. But it
will take another Is years for
them to bring up to somewhere
near all other countries.
What they have in Russia is
State Capitalism with the work
ers having a say in running OF
the industries. Through their I'M
ions which they still keep up,
they carry on the wage system as
it is anywhere, else one man re-
ceiving more than the other; of
course this is done to create an
incentive to work and piece work
is also carried on for the same
reason, and lots of contract work
too.
Those ideas are still necessary
there and will be for some years
to come, as the workers and peas
ants who have had very little ed
ucation along socialist lines don't
realize that everything belongs
to them.
Developing Youth
The young generation certain
ly knows, the young Communists
and the school children, as 1t Is
driven into them, and they are
not given a chance to forget it..
It's kept in front of them all the
time, through propaganda in diff
ferent ways, the movies included.
All workers get military train
ing so many months a year, de-
pending on their age. The young
er ones who have just started
working and who are going to
night school or industrial school
after work, get their training at
home, what we would call home
guards. And when they are all
old enough they put in their
time in the regular army.
And it's some army, believe me.
Any nation starting in on them
will sure get surprise, and they
are not lacking in military equip
ment.
It's impossible for me to ex-
plain everything on paper. l just
wish L could drop in there and
have talk with you. You can
at least tell all the old radicals
out there (you know who I mean,
the rOund-the-corner revolution
ists) that l at least have done
my bit toward building up a so
cialist commonwealth and il the
opportunity arises 1 am going
over again.
In USSSR Four Years
l was in Russia about four
years and in that time they gave
me trip out to the old country.
| was there about a month that
time and when 1 finished up 1
stayed in the old country about
year.
l am still with the Bagley &
Sewall Co. of Watertown, N. Y,
but there is not much doing at
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-01-18
"A ZINE MANp

Norman Thomas, American So
eialist Party leader, declared re-
Gently that he considered Father
Coughlin, rising fascist dema-
gogue. q "fine man."
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-01-18

Paul Robson, one of the worlds foremost
Negro actors and singers, is planning on spend
ing q great deal of time in the Soviet Union
studying the minority peoples and devoting
bis great talents to serving them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
STATE MASONS HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTIONS
Rudolph Horst, South Bend,
Is Grand Master.

Rudolph H. Horst, managing edi-
tor of the South Bend Tribune, will
serve as grand master of the In
diana Grand lodge, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, during the coming
year. He succeeds Harry Yeo, Mum
Gle.
Other new officers elected at the
opening session of the 18th conven-
ton of the state order in Masonic
Temple yesterday are Thomas Will
son, Corydon, deputy grand master;
D. Burns Douglas, FIT. Wayne, senior
grand warden; Frank E. Gavin, In
dianapoliS, grand treasurer; William
H. Swintz, indianapolis, grand Sec
rotary, and Obie j. Smith, Indian
apolis, grand trustee to serve three
year term. The last three were re-
elected. Mr.. Gavin has been treas
urer more than 40 years and Mr..
Swintz has been secretary more than
20 years.
Business sessions will continue to-
day and appointive officers will be
named. More than , 500 delegates
are attending the meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
MRS. BURNS VISIT
TO LAWYER Barred
Seemed in Good Health at
lime, Sheriff Told.

Although reported by DR.. John E.
Salb, her personal physician and a
deputy coroner as well, to have been
in such physical state that she
could not walk more than a few
yards without being exhausted, Mrs.
Minnie Burns, investigators learned
today, visited a lawyers Office with
her husband May 9 in Indianapolis,
and appeared to the attorney to be
in good health.
This developed when Sheriff Otto
Ray was told that during the visit
they put two pieces of property into
joint deed. the only two they owned
which had not been previously held
in partnership.
Mr.. Burns died late Monday of
wounds inflicted by two 80 caliber
bullets fired into his head by some
one after what probably was
hand-to-hand conflict in the Burns
home, 1926 w. Morris-st, the night
of May %.
Mrs. Burns vanished from the
home and no trace of her has been
reported since.
Services for Mr.. Burns will be at
2 tomorrow at Lebanon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
SLAYER
CONVICTED BY JURY
Leniency Recommended in
ManSIaughter Verdict.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, May 29-Joseph
Leib Steinmetz, spoState son of an
orthodox Jewish family, was found
guilty today of first degree man.
slaughter for the killing of his IT.
year-old bride, Ruth, whom he
found in a hotel room with the
Rev. Joseph j. Leonard, Catholic
priest
The jury deliberated Is hours.
Steinmetz collapsed when the
verdict was given.
Your verdict is amply supported
by the evidence" Judge Charles G.
Mott said upon receiving it, land
the court will take into consideration
your recommendation for mercy"
The jury was reported, during its
long elaboration, to stand 10 to 2
for acquittal, and the manSlaughter
decision was evidently a COM
promise. Steinmetz faces l to 20
years imprisonment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
ARTISTS EXHIBITION
is SET FOR OCTOBER
Ruthven Byrum Is Reelected Pres
ident of State Group.

The annual exhibition Of the
Indiana Artists Club, which has
been held at the Spink-Arms Hotel
for the last three years, will be held
from Oct. to 10, in the L. S. AyreS
Co. gallery, it has been announced
by the club.
Ruthven H. Byrum was reelected
club president, it was announced.
Other officers are: Mrs. Emma
Sangernebo, first vice president;
Miss Dorothy Morlan, second vice
president; Hollis E. Milleson, third
vice president; Miss Anna l.. Lee,
secretary, and Damian j. Lyman,
treasurer.
Five new directors of the club
were named at the meeting They
are: Wilbur D. Peat, Robert Craig,
Mrs. Helen Woodward, Oakley Rich
ey and Francis Clark Brown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
JESUIT EDITOR /
FLAYS COUCHLIN
MONEY STAND
Warns Priests Followers
Not to Be Distracted
by Arguments.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, May 29-The Rev.
Wilfrid Parsons, S. j. editor of the
Catholic weekly. America, criticised
the monetary theories of the Rev.
Charles E. Coughln and warned
followers not to be distracted from
the more necessary work OF indus
trial reform in the last Of series
of articles on the radio-priest pub
lished today.
Money theories. he pointed out,
are the heart of Father Coughlin's
reform platform. He characterized
them as theories of the money
famine" the circulation OF credit,
government financing, and price
levels.
The scarcity of money, in the
sense of purchasing power which he
said Father Coughlin apparently
meant, was not a monetary but an
industrial problem with the fac
tory more at fault than the bank.
In answer to Father Coughlin's
demands that the control of credit
be placed in the governments hands,
Father Parsons showed that credit,
moving in a circle of production,
wages and sales, created new wrath
but disappeared itself when obliga-
tons were met. The Jesuit editor
said Father Coughlin lost sight Of
this.
For years, Father Coughlin has
done an incompatible service in
calling attention to evils of the
economic system" Father Parsons
said. He is now offering plans based
on monetary theories which are, to
say the least, untried.
THE danger is that they will dis
tract his followers from the much
more necessary work of the reform
of industry where the trouble really
lies. If people begin to look for
prosperity in some easy magic of
monetary reform, the long hard job
of social justice in the factory will
be overlooked. And that will be
tragic"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
FORMER RESIDENT OF
KENTUCKY DIES AT rs
Funeral for ]. F. Hardwood Will Be
Held Friday.

Funeral services for j. F. Hazel
wood, 1903 w. 10th-st, who died in
his home yesterday, will be held at
10 Friday in the home, with burial
in Floral Park Cemetery.
Mr.. Hazelwood. who was IS, for
merly lived in Danville, KY. Sur
v:ving are the widow, Mrs. Sallie
HaEelwood: seven sons. Clarence and
Ollie Razelwood. both of Danville,
KY; John Hazelwood, Lexington;
Jasper, Everett, Henry and William
Hardwood, all of Indianapolis. and
two daughters, Mrs. Edward Wood
lock. indianapolis. and Mrs. Eva
Wallace, NobleSVille.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
$804, 26O SOUGHT FOR
FIT. HARRISON PROJECT
War Department Files Request
With Work Relief Board.
By Times Special

bU tmtS Specfut
WASHINGTON, May 29.-An APP
preparation of $804260 for recon-
struction, new buildings and other
Improvements for Fl. Benjamin
Harrison was included today in re-
quests of the War Department filed
with the division of application and
information of the works program.
The building program will include
new barracks, officers quarters, a
chapel and school for bakers and
cooks, the Army reported.
Another appropriation for Indi-
ana asked is 1891, $50 for new build
ings an improvements at the JEFF
fersonville depot.
Total amount asked is $43, 926, I'll
to lie expended at Y posts in %
states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
FIRE REPORTS
PURDUE CHIEF SPEAKS
AT GYRO CONVENTION
Col. Rickenbacker Also Heard by
International Delegates.

DR.. E. c. Elliott, Purdue Univer-
sity president, and Col. E. V. Rick
enbacker, president of the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway, Inc, ad
dressed delegates of the Gyro In
ternational at a luncheon in the
Lincoln today.
Delegates will hold a stag party
in the Lincoln tonight, and tomor-
row viii attend the 500-mile race
The convention will close Friday
with election of officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
BAR WILL PAY TRIBUTE
TO FRANK |. LITTLET0N
Memorial Set for Friday; Funeral
Held This Afternoon.

Memorial services for Frank l..
Littleton, indianapolis attorney, who
died Monday, will be held by the
indianapolis Bar Association in
Marion County Superior Court,
Room 3, at IL Friday.
Services for Mr.. Littleton we're
held this afternoon in the Flanner
e. Buchanan Funeral Home, Is w.
Fall Creek-pkwy. Active pallbearers
were G. P. Stewart, DR.. L. A. Ems
minger, F. K. Murphy, c. G. Dibble,
0. E. Smith, Ralph Span, John K.
Ruckleshaus, and Albert ]. Bever-
idge Jr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
HUMAN BAT TO MAKE
LEAP AT CITY AIRPORT
Glenn Sohn Will Perform After
Speedway Race.

The Bat will drop from the skies
at 5 tomorrow afternoon at the
Municipal airport.
Glenn Sohn, who emulates the
winged thrillers of Dracula, will per-
form a human bat parachute jump
from a plane at the height of $4,000
feet as one of the features of an
aerial show to be given following
the Speedway race.
Bill Davis and Art Newman, the
Chevrolet sky writing pilots, will
give examples of underwriting by
two planes at noon and following
the race.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
TWO DIE IN PLANE CRASH
Ship Falls in Flames, killing Pilot
and Relative.
By United Press

BV Cutted Press
CARLINVILLE, ILL.,, May o.
State police early today removed the
bodies of a mali pilot and his
brother n-law from the fire-twisted
wreckage of a Chicago-to-New Or
leans transport plane which fell in
flames in farmers field.
John B. (RedD Lynn, 33, Oak Park,
Ill, the pilot, ard Paul Gardner,
Fairfax, Okla, we're killed when the
tri-motor ship of the Chicago and
Southern Airlines plummeted to
earth last night in a heavy fog.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Guard Filler Commissioned

Wilfred Elmer Brown. Carmel, has
been commissioned first lieutenant,
Air Corps, 18th Observation Squad
ron. 3Sth Division, of the Indiana
National Guard, it was announced
today. He received his appointment
from Gov. Paul V. McNutt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Was Once a MadhOuse

The United Press correspondent
walked through the auditorium to-
day with Juan De EscObar. an in
terpreter. who recalled the old days.
"Once this same room resembled a
madhouse," he explained. This was
once known as the examination
hall. The inspectors in those DAYS
handled $50 immigrants in the same
time that 1t now takes to examine
one"
The auditorium was far from
madhOuSe this morning. A large
pipe organ at the far end gave it
almost a church-like appearance.
Scarcely a dozen persons we're in
the room. Some of them gazed
through the haze at the Statue of
Liberty. at the busy New York har-
Dor traffic. Others were reading.
sewing or writing.
The meZZanine houses the Segre-
gated quarters for men and women.
Immaculate. white-tiled, they are
scrubbed twice daily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Bank Club Names Officers

Fletcher Trust Mems Club last
night elected Edward G.. Freihage,
assistant cashier of the bank, preSi-
dent; Robert F. Scott, vice presi-
dent; Dean Berry. secretary, and
Sylvester G. KaSberg, treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Famed Cartoonist Is Dead.
By United Press

COLUMBUS, o., May 29.-Wil-
liam Billy Ireland, widely know
cartoonist for the Columbus Dis
patch, was found dead in bed to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
DRAW AUTO ORDINANCE
Measure Would Establish Brake
Testing Station.

An ordinance establishing an au-
tomobile testing station under po-
lice supervision is being drawn by
the Citizens Safety Committee and
will be introduced at an early meet
ing OF the City Council.
Brakes, steering apparatus, lights
and other parts would be examined
at the station.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
CIemency Is Denied Eighteen

Eighteen petitions for paroles,
among them pleas of five life term
ers, were denied today by the State
Clemency Commission. One parole
was granted and one sentence COM
muted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Is DELEGATES TO GO
TO G. O. P. FARLEY
Gavin Payne Announces Twelfth
District Representatives.

The apopintment of IS Twelfth
district delegates to the Republican
grass roots" convention in SPRING
field, Ill, was announced yesterday
by Gavin L. Payne, district chair
man, and Mrs. Paul Weathers, vice
chairman.
The delegates are H. G. Atkins,
Walter Marmon, Obie j. Smith,
Edgar Evans, H. Claire Kimber, G.
E. Whitehill, Irving Lemaux, Charles
Kern, Joseph Gilman, Ben Davis;
A. M. Glossbrenner, Arthur Baxter,
william H. Jackson, Negro; Mrs
Archie Bobbett, Mrs. Florence
Thacker and Mrs. Wolf Sussman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Socialist Grouu to Meet

Plans for organization in rural
communities. district meetings and
work with labor and unemployed
groups will be discussed at a meet
ing Of the state committee of the
Socialist party Sunday in Kokomo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
NEW Y0RK-ALBANY
FLIGHT RECORD SET
Hop Made on 18th Anniversary of
Glenn CurtiSs' Trip.

Glenn CurtiSs' Trip.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, May 29.-JuSt 25
years to the day after Glenn H.
CurtiSS won $4,000 prize for fly
ing from New York to Albany in 2
hours and as minutes, modern, IA
passenger transport plane scared
the 14O-odd mile stretch in so min
uteS and Is seconds.
The flight today, concentrating
the epochal two-stop trip of the pio-
neer of 1910, set a new mark for the
route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
Butler Gardens Open to Public

The Butler University botanical
gardens will be open for public in
spection Sunday afternoon, Prof
willard N. Clute announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
GREAT CHANGES
TAKE PLACE AT
ELLIS ISLAND
Famed Gateway to U. S.
Far From MadhouSe of
20 Years Ago.

Here - the last Of two dispatches
sonssrninr Ellis Island. the threshold 10
Amsrica for AL aliens entering the port
81 Nsu YORK and exit for undssir-
ahlss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29

says,-"I had such pains that
could not stand on my feet. Your
Tablets relieved all the pain, also
my terrible headaches"
These Tablets ease periodic pain
and GfsoossforL Chocolate coated.
Sold AZ SH drug stores
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
SCHOOL BOARD WILL
ASK FEDERAL GRANT
Commissioners Prepare Request for
Funds for New Building.

FunuS TOT NEW buIIuIHgs
The Board of School Commission
ers prepared today to ask Federal
authorities for a grant of funds to
be used to build a grade school at
24th-st and Paris-av.
1t was explained at the meeting
last night that if this money was
received other requests would be
made for funds to enlarge city high
schools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
FINAL PLAY AT BUTLER
Thespians to Close Season With Of
fering Friday.

Their last play of the season will
be presented by Butler University
Thespians Friday noon at the work
shop in Arthur Jordan Memorial
Hall. The cast will include Richard
Levin, Nina Ruth Sherman, Martha
Parrish, Hazel Chapman and Rose
mary GLADDEN..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-29
BY SANDOR ;. KLEIN
T,ff.a Press stan Correspondent

NEW YORK. May 29.-The young
German woman walked confidently
through the high ceilinged audi
toyin1n With its spOtless walls, past
a handful Of immigrants seated oil
rows Of benches.
She paid. scant attention TO them.
Some in gay dress we're Of Slavic
origin. Here was an Italian group
chatting spiritedly. Papa wore a
cheap American suit: Mama and
their two daughters covered the dull
ness Of their dresses with bright
shawls. At a table a tall. blond
Dane shifted mcomfortably as he
thumbed through the pages Of an
American magazine.
She went up the stairs TO the sec
ond floor. strobe confidently into
the anteroom Of the office Of Immi-
grafton Commissioner Rudolph Rel
mer. The commissioners secretary
smiled. The young woman explained
she wanted an extension Of her stay
IN the United States beyond the
June 3 limit.
You see, I expect to get married
and my husband and I want to go
on a honeymoon to Canada and we
want TO get back here again before
going abroad" she said.
Bearing Is Confidence
Her bearing. her self confidence
told. IN brief. the story of the
change that 20 years have brought
to Ellis Island, the first bit of Amer
lean soil OH which the newcomer
stands, and the last GLIMPSE of the
country afforded the depJrtee.
The buildings Of the island still
are ivy-clad, Of rcd brick. The
change is within. 1t demonstrates
itself in the faces of the immigrants.
in the accommodations for their
welfare. in the little courtesies
shown them by government inspec-
tors.
The Ellis Island Of the past, nat
uralized Americans will tell you, was
a priSOn-like institution. Harsh, in
human. sometimes even brutal treat
ment, it was charged, greeted the
droves of peasants who carried their
belongings in handkerchiefs or pa
per boxes and stood all day awaiting
their inspection.
Not So Many Immigrants
Social agencies have come into
the picture, have demanded and re-
ceived better treatment for the flu
ture citizens. Secondly. the legal
bar has greatly reduced the num-
Der of immigrants. This, perhaps,
underlies the change; this gives the
foreigner the benefit of greater per-
sonal attention.
once hundreds were huddled in
large groups in the auditorium. San
itary conditions we're unSpeakable
Inspectors sometimes drove them
through the wickets like so many
cattle. The immigrant of 1905 or
1906 had first glimpse of America
that was far from a happy one.
The 5000 aliens passed through the
auditorium IN a single day. Twenty
eight harried inspectors who la
bored y hours a day rushed them
through $50 at time. Ocean liners
fingered off the island for days al
a time waiting the opportunity to
rid the steerage of their human car
goes.
Was Once a MadhOuse
The United Press correspondent
walked through the auditorium to-
day with Juan De Escobar. an in
terpreter, who recalled the old days
once this same room resembled a
msdhouse." he explained. This was
once known as the examination
hall. The inspectors in those DAYS