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was saddled with an impossible peace.
Preparations totals were put way up
beyond the farthest borders of san
ity. Every humiliation that could be
devised was imposed.
AS the years went on, Frances at
titude remained the same. Germany
was to live, permanently, crushed
and impotent.
The fact that Germany for some
years had a government which hon
eStly tried to work out some peace
full solution to Germany's problems
made no difference; the unyielding
die-hard attitude of France made it
impossible for that government to
survive and gave Herr Hitler and
his Nazi thugs the kind of soil in
which they could grow.
So what we have today-German
troops along the Rhine, French
troops moving to the frontier, the
spark suffering its way closer and
closer to the dynamite-is merely
the logical fruit of French postwar
policy.
France has been asking for trouble
ever since the war. If the trouble
comes, and we are asked in the
name of Lafayette for sympathy.
money and guns, let's remember
that.
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CURLING PATRONAGE

A PROSPECTIVE reduction of about $500 in the
field personnel of the Home Owners Loan Corp
has spread an epidemic of prediction patronage
filters over Capitol Hill.
The pairing down is already under way 1t will
reach major proportions about June, when HOLC
lending privileges expire and when Democratic can
didates for reelection to Congress would like to
be telling the folks at home how they've been keep
ing their friends in government jobs
The present HOLC force of about 500, including
the Washington employees, is engaged in ID winding
up the lending business and CO servicing nearly
million home mortgages which the corporation has
refinanced After June operations will be confined
to the latter activity
Some of the 300 local Offices which have been en-
gagged in loan-making have already been closed and
others will be discontinued speedily as action on
pending applications is completed Offices in larger
cities will be kept open to make collections from
borrowers
The budget for the year beginning July / has
been cut by $4,000. about IS per cent for per-
sonnet Nearly 100000 has been cut from other
administrative expenses
Efforts at the Capitol to forestan the impending
personnel reduction have been unavailing President
Roosevelt, by his action in withdrawing a billion
dollars in surplus credits FROM FoLc. killed of a
move sponsored by gro Michigan House
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AGAINST THE GRAIN"

A SUPERINTENDENT of schools in Mississippi
n contributes 81 month for 80 months to help
pay for a building to house low-wage garment
factory.
He is quoted as saying: at goes against the
grain to give money to erect building for Million
aires; we are economic slaves but what We dor"
The Federal government unwittngly con-
trbuted to this scramble to attract sweatshops to
Mississippi where free buildings, free rent. FIVE
year tax exemption and cheap labor trained at pub
lie cost are the bait offered manufacturers WPA
funds obtained under the pretense of vocational
education" have gone into the building of shirt
factories for prosperous corporations. Other Fed
eral funds from the office of education have been
diverted to the same projects.
particularly insdious form of industrial
slavery is being fastened upon Mississippi, and to
a lesser degree other Southern states by greedy
employers aided and abetted by Chambers of Com
merce all eager to squeeze penny out of human
exploitation.
Wages of 1919 cents hour after period of
training during which no wages are paid were re-
ported by Federal investigators who visited some
of the sweatshops. Even on this pttance workers
were expected to contribute to the cost of erecting
the factory.
The only thing the Federal government appears
empowered to do is to refuse further WPA and
vocational education funds Mississippi until it has
cleaned house.
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members to continue loan-making for another year
The HOLC board, expressing the view that the
emergency had been met, also vetoed the idea
The HOLC also turned thumbs down CT bill by
Rep Lamneck ID, o., which was backed by the
entire Ohio Democratic delegation in the House. to
make each local Office separate collection agency
and to abolish the present system of II regional
Offices.
1t was estimated the bill would have added from
1000 to 5000 names to local HOLC pay rolls.
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A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

TINE pursuit of culture by middle-aged women of
- the leisure class is commemorate crusade. The
fact that it runs contract bridge close second as
timeker ought to call forth cheers although I con-
fess mine will be faint.
The anger about self-culture is that it contains
SC 18th the world falling about our ears
it seems oddly tragic to see so many beautifully
govned nicely marceled, kid-gloved women delving
Shakespeare's realism.
With their eyes fixed on the stars they avoid a
direct look at the scenes around them 1t is one way
of running away from the unpleasant-this escape
into past which romantic and glamorous.
When we study about dead poets we are relieved
from worry about certain dangerous intellectual doc
trnes of the present.
So these women meet regularly. They talk about
service and tolerance and love, yet are content to
abide in a society where all three are at low ebb
Let me hasten to say they not always con-
scious of the TACT. Many are generous with their
money They give stable checks to all worthwhile
enterprises so long as nobody urges them to step
down and walk in the filth of poverty look their
unfortunate neighbors in the eye Thus they
age the modern form of charity which damns both
recipient and donor because it lacks spiritual sgn-
canoe It is not really charity it is salve to con-
conscience.
What tremendous progress might be made if all
women now bent upon intellectual pursuits would
give I'D improving their own minds for five years. let
us say and improve their hearts by lettering social
conditions Why not have closed season. on high
brow fiddle PADDLE, at least long eno.gh to make
America safe for culture?
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TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

A STRONOMERS are wondering
1 n if they will ever again see the
"Delporte object" the smallest
heavenly body known with the ex-
ception of the meteors or shooting
stars. At present it is receding from
the earth at a speed of 100000
miles per day.
The star-gazers are hoping that
they have calculated its orbit with
sufficient precision to find it upon
its return. There is the possibility.
however, that the influence of the
planets may disturb its orbit sufTi-
GENTLY to make it impossible to
find it again.
Observations mare Photographic
cally at the Harvard Observatory
ard usually by Dr. c.. Van Bies-
brock at the Yerkes Observatory.
indicate that the object is an as
teroid and not a comet. In both
cases the object was found to have
the sharp star-like image charac-
teristic of asteroids and not the
fuzzy outline which distinguishes a
comet.
Approximately 1000 asteroids are
known. They revolve in an orbit be-
tween the planets Mars and Jupiter.
According to one theory they are
the remnants Of a planet which dis
integrated. The largest known,
Ceres, has diameter Of $50 miles.
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FROM THE RECORD

CENATOR BONE Cd. WashO: I suspect we may
~ all agree that bankers are in many instances
possibly most instances-very fine gentlemen, good
husbands good fathers and certainly very excellent
providers but there is vast general feeling abroad
in this land that if the bankers of this country were
ever really happy anything the mass of the
American people should be in panic, Tor there
would certainly be something rotten in Denmarkr"
ID EP. HARLAN Cd, o.: Two of the weakest
N Presidents we have had since the Civil War
were swept into Office by wave of fear created by
the cry Save the Constitution In each case, fol-
lowing the election, those patriots who directed the
campaign and pulled the ropes entered upon such
carousal of corruption and orgy of governmental
debauchery as few countries would tolerate
ID EP. CURLEY Cd, ". W: 1t is not an exaggera-
toa to say that were it not for the stern warn
ings carried in the Hearst newspapers-in editorials
that the man on the. street understandable
country today might be under the domination of the
Soviet government. Russia, too is aware of this and
there Is man in the world today they fear more.
All uxe americans owe a debt Of gratitude to Mr..
Be<fSk
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w atch Your Health

cd of treatment may be given
credit for the improvement, or be
blamed for the relapse.
In every infectious conditions or
in every long disease, there is a
tendency to damage the blood
Hence, person with chronic
arthritis must make certain that he
receives enough iron, liver, and
similar materials to keep his blood
in good condition, even though he
does gain weight.
Here is a sample days menu
which will give the patient about
1000 calories, and which also
will provide all necessary blood
building substances:
Breakfast:
Juice of one orange Chilled
one soft-boiled egg, buttered toast
coffee with cream and sugar Omit
ed.
Luncheon:
One tablespoonful of boiled rice,
buttered, broiled calves liver, stewed
celery, sliced tomato, one corn muf-
fin with butter, baked banana, glass
of milk.
| Dinner:
Roast beef, lamb or one-half
broiled chicken, mashed potatoes
carrots with butter sauce, pear
salad, mayonnaise dressing, one
slice of bread and butter, prune
ielly with two tablespoons of cream,
glass of milk
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WHEN. HE ASKS, WILL
RELIEF BE SHIFTED?

By Times Reader
The President was visited by
members of the National Economic
Council, composed of some of the
leading business men of the nation,
who urged curtailment of Federal
spending for relief, and establish
ment of a balanced budget.
Firmly and quietly the President
replied:
When you business leaders are
able to re-employ this group on re-
lief, we will curtail relief expendi-
lures. 1t is for you to make relief
unnecessary as a condition for re-
ducing the relief expenditures"
Relief expenditures are form of
charity, and receipt of charity is
always humiliating to the self re-
specting person. These relief ex-
penditures do not attempt to solve
the problem which makes the eX-
penditure necessary. These expen-
ditures are in reality an irritant
that causes a prolongation of time
AOA Wl1lSll lCllC1 4ullSU UG SuDUll6Q.
The 'proletarian mind" represent
ed by the relief victim is responsible
for the condition in which the group
on relief finds itself. The group
lacks fundamental requirement
necessary to raise it above the will
ingness to accert charity. When this
group recognizes it's potential power
as creative agent, and organizes
it's individual initiative power into
group initiative, to produce and
distribute the normal requirements
of life on an abundant scale, then
relief will cease.
These groups have lost more than
a job, they have lost the will to
create on their own initiative the
things to make for rich living. Poor
thinking is behind their poor liv-
ing. If the government wants to be
relieved of its burden of relief, it
should teach this group how to use
its latent power for the creation of
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FRENCH ARE BLAMED FOR.
EUROPEAN SITUATION

By B. C.
Reading the dispatches from Ell
rope these days is a good deal like
watching the sputter and crackle OF
spark moving along a fuse to-
ward a sheaf of dynamite sticks
You get the feeling that there will
be a grand explosion pretty soon if
somebody doesn't get up and stamp
on the spark; and so far everybody S
feet seem to be nailed to the floor.
Whatever happens to this newest
development in the Rhineland, no
one can doubt that the people over
seas are building up for a war. 1t
may come next week and it may
not come until 1888, but that it is
actually on the way is painfully
evident.
And as the screams of virtuous
surprise go up to the unfeeling
heavens from France, it might as
well be pointed out right here that
the French have been asking for
something like this for the last Is
years.
Whoever may have been to blame
for the war of 1914, the one clear
fact is that when that war ended
the way was open, for the first time
in modern history, to build an en-
during peace in Europe. The mill
tarists were discredited; the COM
mon people were everlastingly sick
of war.
But tired old Georges Clemenceau
was a great hater, and he took his
people along with him. Germany
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

EOR years the belief has prevailed
u that it might be possible to
control arthritis and rheumatic
disease by diet. Some have argued
that the diet should be poor in
protein; others that the sugar
should be reduced.
Many persons with arthritis are
overweight. Therefore, the first
diet tried should always be one
with a low number of calories and
small amount of carbohydrates.
People with arthritis usually take
plenty of water; in fact, II to IA
glasses daily instead of the usual
eight.
Otherwise, the diet in arthritis
may be just about the same as that
in any infection with low fever. For
a person with chronic arthritiS, the
diet is kept much the same, except
that there is more solid food.
You should remember, however,
that diet alone does not cure ar
Thrills. This, Notwithstanding the
fact that a great many dietary agi-
tators claim avoidance of mixtures
of proteins and carbohydrates, or
of other food combinations, will
control the disease.
II EEP in mind that arthritis
N tends to get better and to get
worse, and the latest diet or meth
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IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TINES!

Q-When was David Copperfield,
by Charles Dickens, first pub
hshed?
AIN 1850.
Q-What is the selection played
after "Adeste F'ideles" at the begin
ming of the motion picture, "a Tale
of Two Cities?
Att is an original selection By
Herbert Stothart, musical director OF
the production.
Q-What is the estimated
amount of damage done annually
by rats in the United States?
About 50 per person, or
roughly more than s200,000.00o a
year.
Q-What is the source Of the
biblical story about three Hebrews
who were cast into fiery furnace
and came out unscatbed?
A-Book Of Daniel. Chapter 8.
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FLAYS LEGISLATORS FOR
MERIT VOTE
By E. S. Barbe

BY Z. 5. Barber
Shame, shame on our legislators
for overwhelmingly voting down the
merit system, and without the cour-
age to put themselves on record in
dividually. Is there one among
them bold enough to tell why he
voted against it? Can there be any
reason other than a love for rotten
politics? Do they like having the
name politician" term of re-
proach? Have they ever had the
glorious dream of being truly a
servant of the people, disinter.-
ested, conscientious, acting only
for the public good?
1t only shows we must be more
wide-awake in choosing our rep
resentatives, more active in sup
porting the splendid few who truly
represent us.
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initiative in cooperative enterprise,
to supply their wants in abundance.
After the teaching has gripped
their imagination and fired them
ready for action, the government
should loan them funds at low in
terest for the development of CO.
operative production and distribu-
ton, and the organization Of credit
for their social use.
The japanese government has as
sisted $4,000 cooperative organiza-
lions for the economic development
of it's citizens. This fosters initia-
tive and prevents it's having the re-
lief problem, due to a psychosis of
paternalism. When will Uncle Sam
shift the burden?
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UNSUITABLE HOMICIDE
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

BY POLLY LOIS NORTON
Bare branches clutch at slate
skies
Like sorrow, stark and grim,
To pierce the sullen winters
eyes
And murder him.
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DAILY THOUGHT

When my father and my mother
forsake me, then the Lord will take
me up.-Psalms xvii, 10.
THE voice of parents is the voice
Il of gods, for to their children
they are Heavens lieu1enants.--
Shakespeare.
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The HOOsier Forum
dlsapproUe of aOhat you say-and aUW defend
to the death yomr right to say it.-Voltaire.

Times readers are invited to cypress
their vieaCs in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. Make DoMr letters
short. so all can have chance. Limit
them to ESQ 1o0rds or less. Your letter
must be siQned. but names aouI be
1ithheid on fe0uest.J
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With
THE HOOSIER EDITOR

w one on himself when he was
in town last weekend to appear in
"Dodsworth' at English's.
Mr.. Huston was playing "The
Barker" at a New York theater and
parked his car across the street
after ascertaining the cops on the
the beat would not object.
One night when he emerged from
the stage door and walked over to
where his car was parked, he found
a policeman waiting for him.
Say, buddy" the copper said,
what d'yuh mean parkin' yer car
here all evening? Can't yuh read
the no parkin' signs?"
DUT I understood that it would
Obe all right for me to park
here" Mr.. Huston replied.
Say, who d'yuh think you are
that you should be allowed to park
here and nobody else?"
why I'm Walter Huston, and I'm
playing in that theater across the
street"
After a pause the cop replied, $50
you're Walter Huston. D'yuh know
the last time saw you?"
mo, I DON'T" said Mr.. Huston.
We'll, you were. doing vaudeville
at the Palace and played the cor
not tho viii ArO110ctY-o -
NN a Tuesday morning during
" the late cold spell the water
pipes in MIR. AS house froze. He
lives here in indianapolis and
there are two children in the fam
lily. It was necessary to get water.
Mr.. A called the water company
and their engineers said the break
undoubtedly was within Mr.. AS
property line and that it was none
of their affair.
He called a plumber and the
plumber said the ground was
frozen too hard-that he, had better
wait for warmer weather. The news
paper, said the plumber, said it was
going to get warmer.
Mr.. A went to the Weather Blu
reau and asked them. They said it
undoubtedly would get warmer but
that it would get colder first. Mr..
A asked whether ground thawed
from the bottom up or the top
down. The Weather Bureau said
from both ways.
MEANTIME water had to be
1yI carried from next door and
the bathtub was filled. The young
daughter saw the full tub and
thought something was wrong. She
pulled out the plug.
Mr.. A attached length Of gar
den hose to the neighbours tap and
that was satisfactory until it, too,
froze and burst.
The plumber dug on Mr.. AS lot
and found that the break was I'M
der the street and outside the prop
erty line. He said he couldn't dig
in the street-only the water COM
pany could do that.
MIR. A went to the water COM
pany and officials there said they
had had 1000 calls that week and
couldn't give special attention to
any particular one. It was Thurs
day by then.
MIR. A quit work and camped in
4V1 the construction department
of the company. He finally ran on to
man who turned out to be the
manager. He said the company
would dig, but that if the break was
within the property line the COM
pany couldn't do anything about it.
The company dug in the wrong
place, and then dug in the right
place The workers came to a six
inch pipe they said was burst, and,
calling it the responsibility of Mr.
A, picked up their shovels and
left, saying they couldn't do any
thing about it.
Mr.. A called his plumber bacl,
and the. plumber worked with a
steam arrangement from $3.50 Sat-
urday morning to Sunday morn
ing before it was fixed.
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Inclose a Scent stamp for reply when
addressing any question Of fact or in
formation to The Indianapolis Times
Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th
Sc, N. W.. Washington. ID. G. Legal and
medical advice can not be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Q-When were 1-cent pieces with
the Indian Head design first issued?
Ain 1859.
Q-What is coloratura singer?
"A soprano who ernbeilishes her
songs with trills and graces, rapid
runs and ether melodic figures in
PRODUCED for display.
Q-When was the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad built?
Alt was chartered in 1927;
ground was broken for construction
on July 4. 1928, and on May %, 1880,
the first division, between Baltimore
and ElKicott Mills, was opened.
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from
Indiana
ERNIE PYLE

EDITORS NOTE-This rowing reporter
for The Times goes where he pleases,
when he pleaseS. in search of odd stor-
les about this and that.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
Large Audience
At the National
Marks Seasons End

INA CLAIRE was greeted last eve
= ming with enthusiasm by the resi-
dents of her home city when she ap-
peared in the delightful play End OF
Summer" at the National Theater.
Judging from the audience last night
the title of the play is most apropos,
since it decidedly marks the opening
Of the Winter season in Washington.
Looking about the house and wander
ing in and out Of the lobby it was
obvious that many persons have re-
turned from their Summer vacations.
Being welcomed on all sides was
Mrs. Hendrick Eustis. who at this
time Of year spends long week ends
hunting in Virginia. returning to New
York Tuesdays. She was accompanied
by Mr.. Joseph Alsop. Others present
were Count and Countess Guerino
Roberti of the Italian Embassy, with
MIR. and Mrs. w. Jasper du Bose; Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Emory Scott Land,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee P. Warren:
Mrs. F. Lammot Belin and Mr.. and
Mrs. ingalls, Sard; the Marquis and
Marchioness of Sant'Orsola of the
italian Embassy, who are constant
first nighters, as are also Mr.. and
Mrs. Royce Powell of Alexandria; Mrs.
Harry Cootes and her daughter, Miss
Mary Cootes were present and may
be found at the play every Monday
night.
Mrs. Mitchell, wife of DR.. James F.
Mitchell, was there last evening ac-