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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
1886 MODEL JUSTICE AND JUSTICES?

THE Supreme Court in the past often has caught
l. up with the changing times. Atty. Gen. Cum
nlings recently listed 10 instances in which it has
reversed previous constitutional interpretations
along with the three notable instances in which the
people by constitutional amendment reversed the
court. The painful Civil War part of the
process that overturned the courts ideas of chatte
slavery, too.
Now the court is about to hear arguments on the
validity of the Guffey Coal Sterilization Act Fed
eral regulatory law which trade practices and
working conditions.
In the NRA and AAA decisions the majority
justices made it clear that they hold such condi-
lions outside the Federal pale In the AAA case
an industry just as basic mining specifically
assigned to the states for regulation.
BY this same reasoning, the Guffey Act would
seem earmarked for the discard.
But several of the coal-rnining states have just
entered the picture in a-manner which the justices
can not disregard. In their semi-soveregn capacity
as states they have filed with the court statements
of their obvious inability to control the industry
with effectiveness or with the uniformity necessary
in national industry.
In this case, as in the other New Deal cases. the
phrases of the Constitution involved are vague and
general There are adequate precedentS in the form
OF previous supreme CouIC rulings oh ooVll o1"oo'
Precedents very dear and necessary for judges
We like the precedent Of Justice Roberts opinion III
the Nebbia milk case in which he said
THE guaranty of due process, as has often been
held, demands only that the law shall not be I'M
reasonable arbitrary caprcious; and that the
means selected shall have real and substantial
relation to the object sought to be obtained"
The states by their action have gone far to estao-
1ish that "dlle process has been complied with by
Congress in enacting the Guffey Act
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
FROM THE RECORD

. EP. BLANToN Cd. Tex0: Does he CRep Nc
Ia Corrnack) know that The Daily Worker in
New York. which is a renowned Communist paper,
with connections with Russia has its reporters right
in our press gallery?
Rep. Mccormack d. Mass0 hope the gentle
man intends to yield me additional time
Rep. Maverick 3D., Tex0: Does the gentleman OBJ
ject to g representative of the Communist press in
the gallery =?
Rep Blanton: Yes; absolutely If I had my
way about it they would be kicked out of the
press gallery.
Rep Maverick: Mr.. Chairman, I object to The
gentleman from Texas answering Besides it is a
she"
Rep Blanton There is one of both, 'he" and
a '"she"
Rep Mccormack The two gentlemen from
Texas can argue that out between themselves, but
not in my time.
ID EP. RICH (R, Pa: When will we stop this ex-
~ travagance? I want to say that we have talked
about responsibility. Whose responsibility? Whose
Mr.. Bankhead? Is it yours or is it the members of
this House?
Rep. Bankhead ID, Ala): Mr.. Chairman, 7 rise
to point of order.
The Chairman: The gentleman will state it.
Rep. Bankhead: Mr.. Chairman, am net ssnsi-
tive about the matter, but I am little metculous
about observance of the rules of the House and it
direct violation of the rules of the House for
member to refer directly by name to any member
upon the floor and shall have to give the gentle
man little preliminary schooling on the rules OF
the House and may add to it little later on The
gentleman should say, THE gentleman from Ala
bama"
The Chairman: The chair confirms the state
ment of the gentleman from Alabama and sustains
the point of order. =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
SPEAKING OF LIBERTY

NOW that the American Civil Liberties Union
has joined the American Liberty League in at
lacking the activities of the Black Lobby Commit
tee, maybe the League will join with the Union in
behalf of certain similar causes
Defenders of the peoples liberties is unfamiliar
role for the League, which apparently hasn't yet
learned to distinguish between the prerogatives and
privileges of a wealthy few on one hand and the
human rights of the common man on the other
But before this Lobby Committee scrap is over,
the League may pick up few points from the
ACLU. which has been unfolding the bill OF rights
long enough to know that assaults on liberty have
to be met head-on wherever they crop up and re-
CARELESS of whether the alleged victim is prospec-
tive sush fund contributor just man in picket
line.
To counter an attack of the Liberty League
Senator Black could take the offensive with re-
cital of the Leagues record in alying itself with
wealth and privilege But the protest of the Civil
Liberties Union that the procedure of your commit
tee is on par with tapping the telephone wires of
private citizens" not be turned aside by such
strategy For the ACLU came into this battle not
from the feshpots, but from the front lines in the
battle for human rights where frequeners of well
warmed and we'll stocked clubs do not 60
Defending sharecroppers from eviction because
they dared to organize to protect themsevs in an
uneven contest with landlords, defending the rights
of strikers to picket peacefully defending freedom
of thought and teaching in universities dominated
by reactionary regents, defending the right of the
unemployed to organize and petition for redress of
their grievances defending the right to fair trial of
accused men who can't afford hgh-prced lawyers
protesting the lawlessness of police third degree
lynch mobs and vgilantes
Senator Black may contest the premises, but he
can not question the motives of such an organiza-
ton.
N|HILE waiting for the Senate to complete the
W evidence in the Lobby Committee case, the
Liberty League might well take a look at some of
the other in which the Civil Liberties Union
has already interested itself
There are the Mccormick military disaffection
and the Kramer anti-sedton bills, designed to muz-
ze civilian free press and free speech There is
the Dobblns postal censorship bill, which would au-
thorze prosecution for sending objectionable"
matter through the mails in a jurisdiction of the
prosecutors own choosing. There are the humiliat-
ing teachers oath bills in various states
In these times of unemployment and unrest
with repressive measures widely advocated by Fas-
cist-minded groups, the liberties of the people are
threatened as they never have been in the memory
OF living men, war years excepted There is ample
work for the Liberty League in this field if it desires
to make good its pretentions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
By Mrs: Walter Ferguson

, "DEFORE I realized it we were up to 49," How
often you overhear such remarks, And every
time it is uttered you know that something besides
the car engine was going IS. The drivers nerves
were also racing.
Which means extra wear on his circulation, blood
pressure and heart. Enough of such extra wear and
he may expect his innards to give out earlier than
they should Just as his automobile engine might if
he continued to race it.
s,a Even if the modern nloterist escapes sudden
death or Gripping accident, he can not escape the
fact that fast going may cut short his llfe Inc
mortal frame can not Withstand the hairbreadth
escapades, the gh-tension rigidity which must be
maintained by our Highway Hurricanes.
Traffic speed represents something more Slgnlh-
cant than getting somewhere. 1t means are all
geared up to 80. Even if only around in
circles most of us are going much too fast for good
sense or pleasant living.
If utilized intelgently, the energy we waste rush
ing around to no purpose might revolutionize ex-
istence and enable us to cultivate the art of living,
which we seem to have lost somewhere between the
red and green light.
There are men, for instance, good business men,
too who dash mady around the country under the
impression that their hurry will cover up their lack
of thought. They remind you of little whirlwnds
you see in summer country roads; faster and
faster they come until they finally dsintegrate and
dissolve into nothingness.
There women, too, who seem literally to
leap from one occupation to another. They race
to the dentist, hurry to luncheon, dash off to
make fourth at bridge. Then, worn and wilted.
they run home to dress for dinner to which they
are invariably late, and for excuse they offer the
old plea of being too busy. They aren't really busy
they are only amess BUSTERS; little chips caught
into the maelstrom of modern h. which is sweep
ing all without dignity into the sea of oblivion
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invisibility and why there is talk of general
ufacturers sales tax. the visibility of whch-to the
customer who pays its practically zero. F'ortu-
nately the committee is backing away from this
one) 1t explains also why special processing taxes
on farm products are in the picture, and likewise
the proposal to boost many Of the nuisance taxes
another half cent on gallon of gasoline, larger
cut on theater admissions, etc.
Ninetyf1ve per cent of our population pay no
Federal income taxes. But these people pay
most of the invisible taxes which constitute about
two-thirds Of all Federal leves.
1t is no pleasure to reiterate day after day that
such taxes pick the pockets of the people and are
unjustly burdensome to the poor. But we hope that
constant repetition may in time goad the people into
demanding abolition of hidden taxes, and the SUBJ
stituton of honest, visible equitable taxes based
the principle of ability to pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
THE COLONEL SCORES

lust as sporting proposition, Col Frank Knox
deserves the break he got in the New Hamp-
shire primary, where Republican voters elected
solid bloc OF Knox delegates for the Cleveland con-
vention
The Colonel having been once a resident of New
Hampshire and having the active support of the
state political machine and having no ayowed can
dldate opposing him. the result came as no surprise
nevertheless he is entitled 70 whatever satisfaction
he can draw from his victory. For in recent months
the Knox candidacy has been ebbing fast as the
breaks nave gone to Others Only recently was his
embarrassing experience to be put on spot where
he had to print in his own Chicago newspaper
public opinion poll which showed him running far
down the list of potential Republican nominees
We haven't yet seen The Chicago Daily News of
Wednesday, but We bet the New Hampshire election
made the front page And we don't blame the pub
Usher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
CAMPAIGN YEAR TAXATION

MO tax has ever been devised which comes from
any source other than the pockets of the people.
But many and ingenious are the devices which at
tempt to camoufiage this truth
There are taxes such as Income and inheritance
levies which come from the people in proportion to
individual ability to pay These are the fairest of
taxes. but they also the most visible and there
fore the most painful and politically unpopular.
And this being campaign year, it is but natural
that the candidates Tor reelection who comprise the
House Ways and Means Committee should be giving
but scant attention to possibilities of raising add
tional revenue by this type of taxation
Il is reported that the only changes ii, income
ard inheritance taxes receiving consideration are
proposals to dig little deeper into the upper brack
cts This would risk alienation of the political afec
tons of only those comparatively few voters who re-
side in the silk stocking wards And since the Weld
from such upper bracket increases would be very
small. the committee always will have to contrive
some scheme to raise the bulk of revenue from the
rank and fiie
Which explains why there Is such a premium ON
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

ilton makes this frank confession
st never expect to see perfect work
from imperfect man. The result of
the elaboration of all collective
bodies must necessarily be a COM
pound Of the errors and prejudices,
as well as of the good sense and
wisdom, of the individuals of whom
they are composed. The compactS
which are to embrace 13 distinct
states must necessarily be a COM
promise of that many dissimilar in
tereSta and inclinationS. How can
perfection spring from such ma
terials?"
Hamilton then quotes from the
historian Hume the following words:
ITO balance a large state of society,
whether monarchical or republican,
on general laws, is a work of SO
great difficulty, that no human
genius, however comprehensive, is
able, by the mere dint of reason or
reflection, to effect it. The judg-
mentS of many must unite in the
work; experience must guide their
labor; time must bring it to perfec-
ton and the feeling OF inconven-
fence must correct the mistakes
which they inevitably fall into in
their first trials and experiments.
In view of these things, the voters
of Indiana can not eScaOe from one
or the other of two conclusions:
Either that Senator VanNuys has
some private reason for attributing
to the Constitution a perfection to
which the trainers themselves did
not pretend, or that he has no
feeling of inconvenience" at the
present plight of his country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
TODAY'S SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Three inscriptions By the ancient
Etruscans, preserved in New York
and Philadelphia museums, are
helping to clear up one Of the puE-
zles of how the alphabet originated.
The three pieces of writing, now
among museum treasures Of this
country, suggest strongly that the
Romans got the alphabet letters di-
rectly from the Greeks.
This has been one of the weak
and uncertain links in the long
chain of evolution through which
scholars trace the modern alphabet.
From modern letters-in which this
newspaper is printed-the evolution
airy changes go back through Latin
alphabet, Greek forms, Phoenician.
even farther back toward a still
somewhat mysterious origin, perhaps
near 1900 B. G. in the Near East.
For many years, language students
have argued over two rival theories
as to where the Latin alphabet was
borrowed. One faction said the Ro-
mans caught the idea from Greek
colonists in southern Italy. Another
faction thought that Rome's near
neighbors, the Etruscans, were the
people who gave Rome inspiration
for an alphabet,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TINES!

Brown was exhibiting a French
dueling pistol and accidentally
dropped a lighted match on the
cap, causing the pistol to discharge,
and the bullet hit a mahogany
dresser and ricocheted, hitting Co
Jumbo just above the eye and en-
tering his brain.
Q-How much longer can Hitler
continue to exercise full dictatorial
legislative power in Germany?
A-The German Reichstag passed
the law abdicating for four years all
its power in favor of Hitler on
March %, 1888. The law expires
April 1, 1887.
Q-Who was Thor?
k-The Scandinavian god of war,
thunder, and agriculture. He was
the son of Odin and lord, champion
of the Aesir, and benefactor of man.
He was the irnplacable foe of the
giants, whom he slew with his magic
hammer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

WHILE a person is suffering
w from acute infection, his diet
should always be light. 1t should
include preferably fluids, such as
milk and thin Cruel. It should be
rather low in proteins, also, to
avoid possible irritation to the
kidneys.
The greater the intensity Of the
disease, the more liquid the diet
should be. 1t may include matted
milk, and lemonade, orangeade, or
oranges, to provide the alkaline
effect.
Later, toasted bread, crackers,
and various kinds of cereals may
be added, and still later, baked
potato, rice, corn starch, and many
other cereal and milk foods, as well
as a greater variety of fruit.
The diet in infection should al
ways be modified to fit the patient.
The main object is to avoid de-
priving hmi of any element that he
requires to promote his health and
to keep up his nutrition, and, at
the same time, to avoid gastric and
intestinal indigestion.
Doctors are often asked whether
the patient may have coffee. Pro-
vided the blood pressure is not too
high, the heart not too irritable,
and the patient not too nervous
and restless, coffee may be given
him morning. and noon. or coffee
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y Il
COFFEE always should be con-
~ sidered as representing SO much
caffein. When q person is sick, it
should not be taken late in the aft
ernoon or evening, as it may cause
just sufficient stimulation to pre-
vent sleep.
During fever, digestion is i'm
paired. At the same time, because
of the greater demands, there may
be increased appetite. For this rea-
son, long continued infections re-
suit in under nutrition and loss Of
weight.
If child is undernourished wher
the infection begins, it is likely tt
become seriously undernourishec
before the infection has progressed
very long.
In children, infections of the cal
and of the kidney, and occasionally
tuberculosis, produce the worst
effects in this direction. Under such
circumstances, the child may neee
not only a quart of milk each day
but diet rich in nutritional sub.
stances, to keep its weight and blooc
up to par.
If the forcing Of fluids, necessary
because of the infection, makes il
difficult for the child to take the
amount of milk recommended, the
use of powered milk, evaporatee
milk, or a similar preparation vii
serve the purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
ADVISES VANNUYS TO
READ 'FEDERALIST

BY George Gould Hine
cts a great world" says Charles
M. Schwab.
cts a successful SYSTEM" says
Senator VanNuys, and in effect
calls upon five million graduates of
high schools and colleges to recog-
nize it as perfect, even though they
can't get jobs.
sit must not be tinkered with, -
says the Senator and calls upon 20
million reliefers to agree with the
Supreme Court that their condition
is local problem, as was said of
the farmers.
ut is final, as far as I am con-
cerned," says the Senator and lays
down for the count of 10. He
admits the Constitution is perfect.
But while the Senator is resting
on his back he might refresh and
strengthen himself with the
thoughts of the founders. Let him
read the 'Federalist."
He will find that Alexander Ham
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

rural districts, and often they are
forced to collect part of this pittance
by boarding arourd" with the farm
ers, as backWoods schoolmasterS
did in pioneer days.
The new plan would unite seven
or eight of these districts and con-
struct a central school to which
children living at a distance might
be transported. Competent teach
ers then could be employed at fea-
sonable salaries, and modern equip
ment installed at a total expense
not greater than present costs.
If the proposal is adopted and
works in Michigan, it is a new deal
for rural children that no state can
afford to pass up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
RURAL SCHOOL PLAN
is PRAISED
BY a Reade

BY a Reader
States and communities suffer-
ing from small, badly equipped and
poorly stated rural schools might
well take a cue from Michigan.
DR.. Eugene B. Elliott, superinten-
dent of public instruction there, is
seriously considering plan to re-
duce the number of Michigan
rural schools from 6700 to TOO or
800. He charges that the present
system is extravagant and a disgrace
to education.
Michigan, along with other states,
he points out, pays it's teachers as
low as $50 month in the poorer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
LAUDS SELECTION OF WEST,
AS FUND HEAD

By ]. F. C.
The choice of Harold B. West as
general chairman of Indianapolis
Community Funds seventeenth an
nual fund campaign next fall is a
signal honor to this young business
executive, long active in civic affairs.
1t also is happy choice SO far
as the fund is concerned, because of
Mr.. VESTS demonstrated ability in
fund work.
And the selection of Arthur ".
Brown as the 1886 honorary member
of the fund was specially appropri-
ate because Of Mr.. Browns long rec
ord as a civic, welfare and financial
leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
SATURDAY. MARCH IA. 1886.
DEMOCRATIC MIRACLE

nEMOCRATIC Senate Leader Joe Robinson raises
the alarm that Herbert Hoover is apparently
trying to for himself the presidential noina-
ton" Isn't Joe a little more wishful than fearful?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

Q-What language is spoken in
Mexico?
A-The language of the country
is Spanish. About 4,500, 900 Indians
speak their own vernaculars, and
many of the 100000 mixed race
also speak Indian dialects as well as
Spanish.
Q-When and how did Russ Co
Jumbo, the screen actor, die?
Ale died in a hospital in Holly
wood, Sept. 2. 1884, a few hours
after he was shot in the head by the
accidental discharge Of an antique
pistol at the home of Lansing
Brown, portrait photographer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
DESIGN FOR DYING

RR1TA1NS war minister. Alfred Duff Cooper
says: With large numbers of young and active
unemployed men living the dole, no better ad-
vice could be given them than to join the army
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
DAILY THOUGHT

For it seemeth to me unreason-
able to send a prisoner and not
Withal to signify the crimes laid
against him.-The Acts XIV, 81.
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The HOOsier Forum
disapprove of a0hat you sag, but I aUM defend
to the death your right to say it.-Votaire.

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controversies excluded. Make pour letters
short. so all can have chance. Limit
them to ESQ 10ords or less. Your letter
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LIE who commits injustice is ever
= l. made more wretched than he
who suffers it.-Plato.
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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-15
Not Bobby's

Teacher-Bobby, you have some
thing new at your house, haven't
you?
Bobby-NO, ma'am.
Teacher-Now think? Are you
sure2 ...r
BObby-Aw, teacher, you mean
the baby. That's MONS.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-15
Handy
Team Work

"Can you serve cOmpany?" asked
the housewife when she was hiring
the servant.
"Yes, mum; both ways"
"What do you mean?" asked the
puzzled one.
"So's they'll come again, or stay
aWay."-Wall Street Journal.