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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1885,
AGAIN. THE DRUG

ONCE more the lure Of imitation is being promoted
- in Congress. Seductive arguments heard for
paying the easy way Just print the money!
The temptation is powerful one. More powerful
than last 1t is stronger in ratio to the
increased size of the debt.
The bonus is an actually now. And then few
hundred millions being added for agriculture
Vast additional sums for relief will soon be asked
And this is campaign year, with Congress in deep
fear of tax legislation at such time; knowing that
political traditlen says that's dynamite Many look
longingly for SOME shot in the arm to carry the
country past November next, when the voters will
have their say. If its then the deluge-anyway-
they'll be in the ark
So, sentiment is being sormed And it should be
remembered that the printing press was avoided last
summer only by the narrowest of margins-eight
votes in the Senate-n a session when the pressure
of politics much less than now.
Today therefore are facing what If inf1ationary
sentiment continues to grow will be the most i'm
portant issue since the crisis of March, 1888.
DO We yield to the lure? Do take the course
from exhlaration to collapse which every nation that
ever tried it has gone?
It's time again to dust off the history books ana
read of the assgnats and the continentals,
the kronen and the mark; of the money that became
no gooo ana OF tne parper shops tnat were papereo
with dollars.
Make no mistake about it, if imitation once gets
under way, what follows will make the depression
seem like good times by comparison, and those who
will suffer most will be the poor the with mod
crate income, the great rank and file"
If ever there was time when we should benefit
from the mistakes that history reveals, this is it,
And with particular reference to the veterans, one
of whose leaders, James Van zandt, talks about
making them the goats" by paying the hard way
CT taxation, desire in all kindness to point
that the amount received in bonus will buy little if
anything if the resistance to imitation breaks
No better method could be found to make the
exsoldier the goat than by the price rise the print
ing press would bring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03

typical states, Pennsylvania Alabama, New Hamp-
shire and Indiana. It found some shocking things
doles as low as 81 a month for family of fve
thousands Of eligbles waiting list one county
supplying relief 80 per cent below subsistence level
pensioned old folk suffering actual hunger, fuel and
medical care cut off, widespread malnourshnent
among children politics and inefhciency in admin
istration.
The outstanding fact of this report is that the
transfer Of unempoyables to the communities has
meant sharp and alarming cut in family budgets,
many already too far below heath-and- decency
standards
The Survey Graphic said Of this report:
1.-The Federal government has washed its hands
Of relief clients too old, too young too handicapped
to work. The local communities are unprepared to
carry those who lack resources of their own. And
the price is being paid this winter in the insecurity
Of old people sick people, needy children, in hunger,
cold, fear and humiliation among the 'unempoy
ables' of your town and mine"
The Federal government has met the commune
and by its Social Security Act it offers supplemental
relief to the states crippled children, widows blind
and aged poor. Its old-age annuity and jobless in
plans should shift much of the relief burden
gradually to industry and to the workers. made
quate, it may be, but it is something.
Let the new states Fighters add to their slogan
another: States duties. To the extent the states
and communities assume their share of the common
relief burden, to that extent they will relieve the
Federal government, and to that extent we
approach an American standard of decent relief for
the helpless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
THE MINERS AND ROOSEVELT

A HALF MILLION coal miners, through their
powerful union, the United Mine Workers of
America have pledged not only their votes but also
their hard-earned dollars to the reelection of
Franklin D. Roosevelt whom they describe as "the
greatest humanitarian of our time"
Why have the miners done this? Why have they
abandoned their traditional nonpartsan policy of
holding aloof and making the two parties bid
against each other for their support?
1t is not likely the miners would have gone off
the deep end for Roosevelt if they had thought they
stood good chance of gaining anything by the
election of an anti-New Deal Administration But
apparently the Miners along with others OF the
working class, have come to despair OF fair treat
ment from those who have captured control of the
Roosevelt opposition The mine leader, John L.
Lewis is lifetime Republican and conservative in
labor ranks. Most of the miners reside in Repuo-
lican districts But apparently they have decided
this is to be no ordinary Republican Democratic
battle.
Why did they decide that? Why indeed? The
miners were not the first to abandon nonpartiSan-
ship Did the Manufacturers Association, SYMBOL OF
big business in convention in New York last summer
concede that the New Deal had even trace OF gooo!
No. Those who ran that convention Jammeo
through resolutions declaring the New Deal to be all
"a
ing over control of the Republican Party
TUT the miners largest of the labor groups know
ID that the New Deal is not all bad, for them
They know that, far from hindering recovery ana
DESTROYING liberties, as opponents say it has, the
New Deal has promoted their welfare and bulwarked
their liberties.
They know that when the Roosevelt AdmlnlStra-
ton came into power, the coal industry was pros
trate They know that unlike previous AdmlnlStra-
tons which professed that the plight of coal was
utterly hopeless the Roosevelt Administration tried
to do something. They know that through NRA
IL established measure of stability which put many
thousands back on the pay roll and protected their
rights to organize and bargain collectively by which
they have raised their standards. They know that
when NRA was kicked out, President Roosevelt
pressed for passage of the Gufey Coal Law through
which the miners hope to achieve permanent gains.
Both NRA and the coal law were denounced by
Roosevelt opponents as destructive of liberties The
miners did not agree.
Abraham Lincoln speaking at the sanitary fair
at Baltimore in 1864. said something which seems
apronos of this conflict Of opinion
"sThe shepherd drives the wolf from the sleeps
throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd
as his liberator while the wolf denounces him for
the same act as the destroyer of liberty"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

VX7EAT would you do if you had million dol
w lars to frivol away? My first enterprise
would be the purchase of large tract of rough land.
Then I'd build a paved meandering road through
it. Next, I'd fence the whole thing with chicken
wire, lock the gate and go for an automobile ride.
Imagine the grand sensationl Motoring is the
most soothing of pastimes, under the right condi-
tons. You relax at the wheel, and move along at
a sensible speed with mind and body at You
look at the scenery, sniff the outdoor odors and
enjoy the hum of the engine while your thoughts
go round and round with the wheels. Or, if you
prefer you sink into mental torpor, half
waking half sleeping comfortable as a lizard on
a rock.
Think of the bliss of heading toward corner.
knowing nobody could be coming from the opposite
road or of speeding up and slowing down accord
ing to your whm.
Such things are not possible these days to the
person using the public highways or even the
country lanes. He must remain in a state of con-
slant tension. Cars whiz by at comet speed. His
eyes, ears and muscles are strained. He doesn't
enjoy a drive; he manipulates a machine.
A great deal of money might be made from my
scheme if somebody were found to finance it. There
are multiplied thousands of Americans who would
pay for the fun of having the whole road to them
selves; might get rich just by charging so much
hour to the boys who like to use one arm for
driving and the other for hugging. This is one
pleasure of which progress has deprived US
Actually the only reason ever banker for
norse-anc-buggy days is the ride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
THE NEW POOR

CWALLOW-TAILED banqueteers who cheer at
~ tacks on costly relief expenditures and social
security should recall remark by John Ruskin
who said you only sit at feast because you sit
blindly They sit blindy at feasts who do not realize
the presence in their rich land of vast army of the
new poor, known the "unemployables." whose
needs can not be ignored in the budgets
The poor. We have heard. with us always. But
never in such numbers as now. Eventually most of
the male among Ss jobless probably will find work
The unemployables-those men and women who are
too old, too sick. too crippled too unadjusted
earn their bread-are being turned back to the COM
munities and in all too many states counties
cities and poor districts unprepared to for
them decently
The American Public Welfare Association has
Just completed current survey Of relief in four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
CLEVER CLEVELAND

PHILADELPHIA bid in the Democratic National
Convention with 100000 check. Then it got
100000 from the WPA to repair it's convention hail.
Net: Philadelphia will be 100000 in the red when
the Democrats hit town.
Cleveland bid in the Republican National Con-
vention with $150,0OO check. Now it plans to get
100000 from the WPA to repair its convention hail.
Net df the latter deal goes through: Cleveland will
be $4,000 in the black when the Republicans hit
town. Moreover, Republicans usually have more
money to spend, and this year their convention
promises to be much livelier and longer than the
Democrats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03

used for the firSGG time in Alsace in
1890, but did not come into general
use for heating until three centuries
later. In 1744 Benjamin Franklin
invented cslst-iron open heater,
which projected from the chimney
and radiated heat into the room
from the back and sides as well as
from the front. The castriron box
stove was invented in 1852. Early
in the nineteenth century cylindri-
cal sheet-iron stoves were made.
About 1880 the first hase-burner was
put on the market in America.
Q-Is the United States a repub-
lie or a democracy?
A-There is no contradiction in
applying both terms republic and
democracy to the United States. A
democracy is a political system in
which government is directly exer-
cised or controlled by the people
collectively; a government by the
people as distinguished by an aris-
tocracy. A republic is a state in
W1liCll ellC SOfclciSA-tJ 4cSluSo Ia Tic
people and the administration is
lodged in officers elected by and
representing the people; a represen-
tative democracy.
Q-How did white potatoes get the
name of Irish potatoes?
A-They acquired the misnomer
from the fact that the Irish were
the first Europeans to recognize
them as staple food product. Po-
tatoes are one Of the leading crops
of Ireland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
OTHER OPINION
AL Smith Sincere

1.-THE Fort Wayne News-SentinelI
The Democratic New York Times
calls Al Smiths address the heav-
lest blow which the New Deal and
the Administration have suffered"
While arguing that Mr.. Smith may
have overstrained the point of an
immediate choice between Moscow
and Washington as capital of the
United States, the Times declares
that mo one can question the sin
certify and simple good faith with
which he clings to the fundamentals
of democracy" which have been
seriously impaired and imperiled by
policies adopted at Washington
since March 4, 1888. Also, 'the
serious parts of his speech were
very serious, indeed, and came from
MIN with ring of deep conviction"
Truly, as this important Demo-
cratic newspaper ayers, 'the Smith
defiance is one to make the Demo-
cratic managers pale and gray"
And well in advance of Senator
Robinson's attempted ome-back,
the Times quite accurately Con-
Guided that ITO suppose that Sena-
tor Robinson can answer Mr.. Smith
SO effectively is funnier than any,
thing Mr. Smith, produced" We
say accurately" after having heard
the Robinson effort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
Your
Health
By
DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
VXTHEN your child refuses food,
w it does not always mean that
he has lost his appetite.

NTHEN your child refuses food,
w it does not always mean that
he has lost his appetite.
Remember, that a child's appe-
tite is much more delicate and SEN
sitive than that of grown-up.
One youngster may eat everything,
While another may be hungry and
yet refuse food.
Occasionally, a refusal to eat
may be traced to psychological dis
turbances. Thus, a child may drink
his orange juice and then abso-
lutely refuse cereal. Sometimes he
may refuse because the edge of his
appetite has been dulled. Again.
a child who has been spoon-fed by a
nurse may refuse to eat by him
self.
In many cases such baking at
food may prove serious. If he is
malnourished, a child is more likely
to become i'll.
A youngster of the neurotic type
may take food under pressure, and
promptly vomit it. While the treat
ment for this condition is largely
psychological, physical defects
should be sought. Thus, If he has
infected tonSilS or adenoids, or fire.
quent sore throat, the child will
find eating difficult
Or he may have an inherent sus-
ceptibility to certain foods, and a
tendency to have pains and erup-
tons after eating them. Without
understanding why, he may there
fore push away his food to avoid the
disagreeable after effects.
IF child's digestion is always up
l. set, he is quite certain to avoid
food. A child who is tired is not
hungry, and it should be remem-
bered that he can be exhausted just
as much by being nagged and driven
to eat as he can by too much play.
Another frequent cause for loss Of
appetite is frequent eating between
meals.
An interesting fact in this connec-
ton is that children of rich people
are more likely to have weak appe-
tites than are those of the poor. A
special study, for instance, revealed
that 35 Of 100 children from wealthy
families were found to be hungry,
and the remainder had to be urged
or coaXed to eat.
On the other hand, 81 of 100 poor
children were found to be hungry at
every meal and only 80 had to be
urged to take food.
In the homes of the poor, the food
is put on the plate, and the family
need not urge the child to eat The
youngster does this as a matter Of
course.
All of which seems to prove that
overlooking and luxurious feeding
destroy the appetite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
BLAMES F. ID. r., CONGRESS
FOR AAA RULING

BY Charles NJ. knight, Morgantown
Venom of partisan resentment and
selfish disappointment has been
spewed over the Supreme Court by
Secretary Wallace, Senator Minton
and others. The people should con-
slider all sides Of the controversy in
placing blame for the mess brought
about by AAA decision.
President Roosevelt rubber
stamped Congress into adopting
AAA. He and Congress must have
known that the Constitution did not
empower them to regulate agricul-
tural production. But Mr.. Roose-
welt expressed himself as uncon-
cerned as to doubts of constitution
atty of legislation, and urged Con-
gress to take the same attitude.
The whole blame for the AAA
and other unconstitutional New
Deal laws should be placed on the
heads of the President and Con-
gress, who deliberately adopted
program that is prohibited to the
Federal government by the Con-
Stitution If the program had been
within the powers granted by the
Constitution, the machinery for the
AAA would not have been set up
in its forbidden form; the processing
tax which was added to the price
of the peoples food and clothing
would not have been a total loss
to them. Now the money is gone
and the consumer is again the goat.
1t is not the Supreme Courts fault
that the Constitution does not con-
form to the AAA. 1t is the fault
of the President and Congress that
the AAA does not conform to the
Constitution.
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The HOOsier Forum
sic and the League of Nations or
top Of the world. That is news.
->Egau-
achouy dlsapprove of a0hat you say-and a0ils
defend to the death your right to sag it-Voltaire.

sic and the League of Nations on
top of the world. That is news.
am afraid Mr.. Whites wisdom is
lacking when he thinks Halle has
some of Solomon's wisdom. Solomon
was never king over a hell-hole. He
produced fine national law and
moral law, something Halle Selassie
knows nothing about. Halle lets
every kind of vice run wild. To place
this man up as the man of the hour,
when he is not even the man of a
minute, is really dangerous.
If you had put Raskob and Al
Smith in the hopper instead of Fa-
Their Coughlin, you would have come
nearer hitting the nail on the head.
I once thought Al Smiths words
were like gold flying in all direc-
lions. But any man today could not
be a deep thinker and fall for AIS
rugged individualism and liberty. It
has such license attached to it that
you and I might just as well be
shackled.
There is no grievance between
Father Coughlin and the President.
In fact the President told us he
might make mistakes. If Father
Coughlin tells us of these mistakes
it is not a slap at Roosevelt.
Roosevelt is coming along fine if
the Supreme Court would inst LET
him alone.
A few more uppercuts by the Su-
preme Court and we will have to
tell the nine old men that our Con-
stitution says that they have the
right to interpret the law and no
right to make decisions against Con-
gresS and us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
MARTIAL LAW ORDER
BRINGS REBUKE
BY A. Martin, Greenfield

By A. Martin, Greenfield
1t always has been by under
standing that Gov. McNutt was a
hacker of President Roosevelts
ideas. One of Roosevelt's ideas was
better wages. Every time a group
of laborers tries to get living wages
what does Gov. McNutt do? He
sends his pack of tin soldiers out to
protect strike breakers so as to
make cheaper wages.
would like to see him live on
SIS a week. I am talking now
about the New Albany Jeffersonville
strike. I wonder if he ever stops to
realize that it is these peoples taxes
that help him live in luxury.
Roosevelt in his Georgia speech
said the common people were living
on third-class scale. 1t looks as
though Gov. McNutt is advocating
fifth or siXth-class for the laboring
people.
Mothers and fathers should be
proud of their tin soldier sons.
have two sons and they will never
be members of the National Guard
and live under my roof.
McNutt and his gang have shown
their true colors about the laboring
class of people. hope the laboring
class shows McNutt and gang what
it thinks Of cheap labor and martial
law in the coming election.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03

cheap and faulty, but sometimes
the speech came in clear as bell.
Then we could hear the fat chuckle
of the capitalists and munition
makers among whom the former
Governor has placed his porpoise-
like travelling bag.
AS Al resorted to the old market
slang and grew nasty in his dia-
tribe against our President, a radio
singer very appropriately inter-
fered with, eyes, We Have No Ba-
nanas." If Al could have heard
that he would have cried out, Fish,
fish, nice fresh fish," and offered
them at bargain prices to compete
with the banana man.
Yes, it was a good example of a
spoil-sport at his worst and con-
clusively proves that you can take
the boy out of the market but you
can't keep him from climbing back
on t.le fish wagon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03

GLOW much does it cost to send
a letter to Ethiopia?
Alive cents for the first ounce
or fraction and three cents for each
additional ounce or fraction.
Q-How much gasoline was con-
sumed in the United States in
1884?
A-Total consumption was IT,
900, 567 900 gallons.
Q-Where was President James
Monroe buried?
A-Hollywood Cemetery. Rich
mond, Va.
Q-Who played the role of 'Ren-
ny" in the screen play "Jalna?"
Alan Hunter.
Q-Why does aluminium discolor
more in some communities than in
others?
A-Discoloration is caused largely
by the iron, calcium and rnagne-
SUM in the water.
Q-When were heating stoves in
vented?
A-They are said to have been
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
TODAY'S SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

THE secretary of women's club
l. asks me to give list of 10 or II
books of popular science suitable for
a seasons reading program. On the
assumption that other clubs or read
ing circles, both men and women
may be interested in similar prof.
ect, I shall give the list here.
Astronomy is an attractive science,
appealing to the imagination and
the sence of the romantic, and so I
shall suggest this as good place to
begin Therefore my first item is
Prof. F. R. Moultons new book of
popular astronomy, Consider the
Heavens" (Doubleday-Doran)
A briefer astronomy, writteISo7ith
less literary embellishments is
Worlds Without End" by DR.. H.
Spencer Jones, the astronomer royal
of Great Britain. (Macmillan)
Those wishing to pursue that
branch of astronomy which cuts
across the cosmic phenomena affect
ing the earth, sunspots, cosmic rays,
magnetic storms, ETC., will find this
newest branch ably discussed by Dr.
Harlan Stetson of Harvard Univer-
sity in Earth, Radio and the Stars"
(Whittlesey Housed
4 Il u
DY now our club members may
I'D have gained sufficient courage
. plunge into the new world OF the
atom quantum theory, relatively
wave mechanics and the like.
There is a wealth of material from
which to choose in this field.
I would suggest that we begin
with Sir James Jeans "The New
Background of Science" (Macmil-
LAM This can be followed with Sir
William Braggs' 1.-THE Universe of
Light" (Macmillam, and Sir Ar
thur Eddingtons New Pathways in
Science" (Macmillan).
The reader wishing to make an
easier entry in this realm might
start with j. w. N. Sullivan's eX-
tremely simple Science, a New
Outline" (NelSon).
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
EXPLAINS WHY AL HAD
"TUMMY" ACHE

BY Leroy S. Moore. Bedford
Wishing to discover to what
depths man can descend in an
effort to rid himself of an old
fashion "tummy" ache, we tuned
in to hear the radio speech Of ex-
Gov Smith.
Many people will wonder when
and how such disorder first came
upon the once-genial Governor. 1t
is our opinion that this gastronomic
ailinent first seized the writhing AL
when Franklin D. Roosevelt cap
tured the Democratic nomination
at Chicago. Immediately after that
Al grabbed his grip and quickly de-
parted from that convention.
The radio to which we listen is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
TO ONE ILOVE

BY JOSEPHINE DUKE MOTLEY
Sometimes she wears a ginghan
dress,
Sometimes green, silk or gray;
Sometimes she frowns in great dis
treSs,
Sometimes she's bright and gay.
But always she is good to me
And this is what I know
The very best of pals are we
And always. have been so.
She's one possession that I prize
Above any other.
And if you're quick to analyze =
You'll know she's my mother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
Questions and Answers

Inclose Scent stamp for reply when
addressing any question of fact or in
formation to The Indianapolis Times
Washington Service Bureau. 1913 18th
st, N. w., Washington, d. C. Legal and
medical advice can not be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-03
HALLE is NOT TOPS,
HE DECLARES

BY A. ]. McKinnon
I notice in The Times Forum that
C. E. White has put Hitler, Musso-
lini and Father Coughlin in the
hopper. and has placed Halle Selas-