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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
FRIpAY. MARcH q. lgss.
RED LIGHT AND GRAY DEATH

THE House Rules Committee is the omnpotent
- traffic cop of the lower branch of Congress-
When it switches the green light, proposed legis-
laton reaches the floor. When the committee keeps
up red signal the legislative functions Of 435 Rep
resentatives are held in allegiance by the IA COM
mitteemen, rather by the 10 Democratic men,
bers-and for practical purposes, by the chairman
John J. O'Connor of New York.
For three weeks, now Mr.. O'Connor has had
the red light against simple but highly important
resolution giving the House Labor Committee power
to subpoena unwilling witnesses to complete its in
vestigaon of the sicosis tragedy at Gauley Bridge
w. Va and to determine the danger of this occu
pational disease elsewhere.
After listening to two weeks Of testimony in
January and February, subcommittee reported:
THE whole driving of the (Gauley Bridge tun-
mel was begun, continued and completed with grave
and inhuman disregard of all consideration for the
health lives and future of the employees.
Many workmen became infected with silicosis
Many died of the disease and many not yet dead
are doomed to die as a result of their employ
ment and negligence of the employing contractor"
These statements if untrue or exaggerated,
should be denied formally and under oath by the
contractor. But officers of the contracting firm have
refused to appear voluntarily.
The subcommittee made other statements of even
more Importance than those relating to the sim
gle instance which dramatized the slcosis menace.
1t said:
your subcommittee further finds that the dis
of silcosis is prevalent in many states where
mine and tunnel operations are now, OF. have been
in the past, in progress. The subcommittee is of
the opinion that the investigation thus far has
but laid the groundwork and opened the subject for
further Investigation; that silicosis is one of the
orpa teetn
that state laws governing prevention and
pensation are totally inadequate"
We suggest that Mr.. OConnor and his colleagues
read the subcommittee partial report before de-
Gliding to keep the red light longer against full
public knowledge of the gray death"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
YOU'RE TELLING THEM

A FTER ALL" says G. o. P Chairman Henry P.
n Fletcher in his latest handout the new tax
plan, "the American business system is not merely
a profit system under which greedy corporations ex
tort large profits from helpless consumers, but it is
in fact profit and-oss system under which Amer
lean employers as whole have contributed out of
capital as well as earnings more than the New
Dealers could possibly have spent in the past four
years had they been given complete blank check
der which to operate"
Some businesses might object to being called
greedy by SO ardent champion as Mr. Fletcher But
all of them will agree that the profit system it
operated under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover had
its ups and downs. For instance, American corpora
tons profits of nearly nine billions in 1929 turned
into five and one-half billions in losses in 1888 A
drop of 14h billions! A profit and loss system?
And how!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
The HOOsier Forum
disapprove of 1Ohat you say-and 1UW defend
to the death yoMr right to soy it-VoLtaire.

sound business conditions, and par
ticularly a stable government which
will keep its hand off private bust
ness.
AS the political picture stands to-
day, we might elect a second Cal
vim Coolidge to the presidency and
he would still be helpless with a
Congress of well-seasoned poll
ticianS.
So the brilliant idea is this-and
you don't have to amend the Con-
stitution to do it either Elect tc
public service only men who have
been at the head of successful bust
nesses for at least 10 years.
This would give us a government
of practical hard-headed business
men who know a phoney nickel
when they see it. With them ii
would be hard to put ovre any leg
islation they hadn't read and
studied and then debated thorough
ly in public.
1NO, IL WOUluu incdll ICdCGlOI-
airy" or ultra conservative govern
ment, either, because any man who
has been at the head of a success
full business must have progressive
ideas in order to stay there. The
only trouble is that when a, man
gets to be so or 10 he may lack the
physical agility to put his progress
SiVe ideas into execution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
HEARD IN CONGRESS

d EP. MARCANTONIO Or, N. W: The Repub-
N lican Party is great party The Republican
Party is big enough to hold gentleman like Ogden
Mills and Vito MaIcNntonio within its folds. ZAP
plause and laughter)
Senator Bone Cd, Wash0: Rural electrical
ton as practiced by the Power Trust is misnomer
it is rural electrocuton of the farmers pocketbook
Senator Hastings (R, Del): Mr.. President, e
moment ago I stepped out of the Senate chamber
to talk to newspaper man. and while was out
the Senate passed bill involving SGT 900. I
suppose I should feel fortunate that it was not
$970000000 Ninety-seven million dollars is
such SIN LII matter in these days that I should
not like to take up the time of the Senate to dis
cuss it.
Senator Connally Cd. Tex: Does the Senator
mean to say if man seriously injured the
Senator would rather let him die than have a Re-
publican doctor?
Senator Holt 3D.. w. vao: From the past record
of the Senator from Texas, I believe he would
GaughterO
Senator Frazier (R, N. d.: Mr.. President, will
it bother the Senator if I ask him question there?
Senator Copeland Cd, N. 70: Not at all. Moth
ing that the Senator does bothers me- It is always
Joy to yield to him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
FL DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

TINE standard American diet OF
Il many years ago was dread,
meat, sugar and potatoes. Such a
diet is by no means efficient, since
it fails to include many of the es-
sentials about which I have written
so much in this series of articles.
Although bread has been called
the staff of life, it is far from being
an ideal for food. Indeed, some
bread is a poor food except when
eaten in conjunction with other
foods. Very few people subsist on
bread alone.
White bread contains too few or
too poor proteins. Whole grain
bread contains roughage and more
vitamins than white bread, but still
is short of being a complete food.
Addition of milk to bread serves
to raise the latter's content of cal
cium and of important vitamins.
Remember that bread means diff
ferent things in different places
There are the scenes of Scotland
the long loaf of France, the twist
of Poland, and the American bread
untouched by human hands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ

MATHEMATICS is one of the
Nl foundations of life. The more
complex life grows, the more mathe-
matics must be employed. A farmer
can get along with simple arithme-
tic, but the designer of an electric
motor or a Diesel engine or a sus-
pension bridge needs mathematics
OF very high order.
Few taskmasters are more rigorous
than mathematics. To get a work
ing knowledge of the subject is a
long and arduous job. The reader
who remembers his struggles with
high school algebra and geometry
may be amazed to know that pro-
fessional mathematician classify
trigonometry, analytical geometry
and calculus along with arithmetic,
algebra and geometry. as branches
of elementary mathematics"
When you have finished these ele-
mentary branches, you may then
proceed to vector analysis and the
theory of tensors. BY that time, you
will be ready to tackle the mathe-
MATES of Einsteins theory of rela-
tivity.
1t has been observed that our
schools teach zoo much mathematics
from one point of view and not
enough from another. The average
individual is given more training in
the manipulation of mathematics
than he ever applies after leaving
school. But as a rule he is left short
in an understanding of the under
lying nature and aims of mathe-
mates.
An attempt to remedy this last
defect has been made by Mrs.
Mayme I. Logsdon, associated pro-
fessor on mathematics at the Univer-
sity Of Chicago. She has written
"A Mathematician Explains"
All those who would like to know
what the mathematician is driving
at, who would Ike to follow the de-
velopments of modern science will
find this book the oEa they have
been seeking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES.

Herodotus. Tacitus, Pliny and Keno
| phon.
Q-What is Babe Ruth,s New
York address?
A-345 w. 88th-st.
Q-Would the fact that a resident
OF the United States is receiving a
pension from the British govern
ment prevent him from becoming a
naturalized American citizen?
A--No.
Q-What is the address of the
Authors League of America, Inc?
A-9 E. 38th-st, New York.
Q-Is cancer mentioned in the
Bible?
A-No.
Q-When and from what place
did Coxey's Army start its march on
Washington?
A-Massillon, O., March 10, 1894.
Q-What is the poisonous element
in the exhaust gases of an automo-
bile?
A--Carbon monoxide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
w atch Your Health
MODERN American bread Is
1VA made by machine. 1t has an

MODERN American bread is
1VA made by machine. It has an
established composition. 1t is a
sensible food. 1t is rich in carbo-
hydrates and proteins. 1t provides
mineral salts, fats and some
vitamins.
The Committee on Foods of the
American Medical Association has
approved the following statement
on bread:
81. Bread is our outstanding
source of the largest single need
in the balanced diet-food energy.
80. Bread is a most economical
source of food everywhere is al
most no waste in white bread, as
it is Sc per cent digested.
SO. Bread often is incorrectly
called 'fattening food The fact
that bread is high in food energy
does not mean that it in itself will
produce overweight. Control OF
weight depends solely on the food
energy content of the diet as a
whole, not. on any specific food in
the diet. Bread can be eaten even
by those who are reducing under
their physicians instructions.
a. Bread is completely whole
some food"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
SPRING RAIN
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

The rain is like a million molten
drops
That weight my heart in aching
case of lead
So that the beat is there, yet
rhythm stops
Outside the casing, leaving
songs hung high in space,
the words unsaid.
1t is warm rain. My body knows it's
spring!
1t shakes with gladness, turns
heartward to scold;
1t pulses with the notes, desires to
sing
Leap up. My feet run on to
spring songs, but my heart
keeps winters cold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
MARCH MADNESS

MARCH's winds have slain Old Man Winter. but
49, what fantastic riot of tomfooery they've
blown up all over this funny old panetl
Mussolini, mad as any March hare abolishes his
Chamber OF Deputies and the chamber applauds the
news. Hitler's Won Rbbentrop delivers a "concili-
atory" reply TO the Locarno powers at the same time
rejecting everything in the Horsepower agreement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

Enclose 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, ID. C. Legal and
medical advice can not be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Care passports required Of
American citizens for travel to Cam
ADA?
A-No.
GLOW cid is Buck Jones; is he
married, and has he any children?
Ale is 46, is married, and has
a daughter.
Q-Who played the role of hrs,
Copperf1eld in the motion picture,
David Copperfield?"
Elizabeth Allan.
Q-When was the process of max
ing beer discovered?
A-Historically, beer is of great
antiquity; it was manufactured by
the Egyptians about 1900 B. c. ard
afterward by the Greeks, Romans,
and ancient Gauis. Among the an-
Gent writers who mention beer are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

Times readers are invited to cypress
their Uiecs in these columns, religious
controversies eTclHded.- Make gour letters
short, so all can hare @ chance. Limit
them to ESQ t0ords or less. Your letter
must be si0ned, but names aciU be
1EithheLd OH fenMaRt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

FEDERAL JUDGE MORTIMER BYERS of New
York has held that the presidential embargo
dong since dissolved) arms shipments to Bolivia
and Paraguay during the bloody. Chaco war in 1884
was unconstitutional. The (now also matter
of history, after virtually bankruptng both nations
in men and resources was of entirely con-
stitutional
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
BARRETT HANGING HERE
BRINGS PROTEST
BY Elizabeth Montfort

BY Elizabeth Montfort
In regards to the Barrett eXecu-
ton, I, too, think it an outrage
that such a thing should be per-
mitted in our city. In the first
place, I do not believe in capital
punishment and two wrongs do not
make a right, but if it has to be,
it should be done at the Federal
prison. Why cast such a shadow
over our city? I for one most
heartily disapprove of having such
a blot on our city and wish some
thing could be done about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
CHANGES HIS MIND
ON TAX PROPOSAL

BY Ed Harrison, r.. r. 16
paid very little attention to
President Roosevelt's new tax law
until today when I learned that the
United States Chamber of Com
merce was opposed to the law.
Well! After all, it must be good
law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
THINKS MANY WOULDN'T
WORK IF THEY COULD

By J. B. P.
President Roosevelt wants to know
when industry is going to absorb
more of these relief workers. That's
a laugh.
Fully half of the yaps that are
on this work relief never worked
when they had jobs. More were
cheap 1eggers, petty thieves and
worse, and they don't want work
and wouldn't take work if they
could get it. These gentry are eX-
pert winners and what they want is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
OFFERS NEW SOLUTION
TO PROBLEM

BY L. A. NJ.
Here's a plan whereby intrepid
youth will be given a chance, and
us old-timers who ought to be re-
tired on pension will be put to work
where our wisdom and experience
can do the most good. This whole
idea is based on the major premise
that what this country needs most
of all is return to sound money,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
URGES SUPPORT FOR
LUDLOW AMENDMENT

By L. Stafford
In behalf of our young men
wish that every one could see the
wisdom Of helping Rep Ludlow get
his amendment through. This would
give every one the right to vote
whether the nation will enter any
foreign wars and would take the
profit out of war. 1t isn't probable
that enough people would want war
to get us into one, unless we were
besieged.
Rep. Ludlow has filed at the
clerks desk in the House of Repre-
sentatives Discharge Petition No.
%, to discharge the committee so
this resolution may be voted on in
the House.
Won't you take just the few mo-
ments needed for writing letter
to your Representative in Congress,
urging him to sign Discharge Petit
tion No. %? Two hundred and
eighteen signatures are needed be-
fore it can become effective. So
won't you write now to your Repre-
sentative.
We must not leave one stone I'M
turned in our effort to avert war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27
DAILY THOUGHT

So the poor hath hope, and iniq-
uity stoppeth her mouth. - Job
V, 16.
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/ what they've got-a nice soft bit of
charity.
If Roosevelt would handle the !
unemployed like he handled the
bankers, he could clear this thing
up in less than six months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

A N avowal of poverty is no dis
4 n grace to any man; to make no
effort to escape it is indeed dis
graceful.-Thucydides.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

EDITORS NoTE-This rowing reporter
for The Times goes where he pleases,
when he pleases. in search of odd stories
about this and that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

GAM HOUSTON, though he re-
- members little, has learned
much of Gen. Houston and of
Texas. He is an authority on Texas
history, and the life of Houston,
too.
While I was talking with him at
the school, the wife of the towns
leading banker dropped in to con-
graduate him on his speech at the
Houston birthday ceremonies here
a few DAYS before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-27

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy had a
L n birthday recently and his ia
ther gave him silver dollar and
an old alarm clock. Naturally, he
liked the alarm clock best.
The family thought that was fine,
until today.
At midnight last night it went off
in the kitchen, farthest spot in the
house from the bedroom.
Papa padded out and turned it
off.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
DiSCOurteOuS Drivers

most any town there are good
hospitals or shelters" that will
board your pet for the time you
will be gone, and the little ex-
pense will not be comparable to
the comfort of knowing that your
dog or cat is well cared for and
happy.
Clothes for trips are influenced,
of course, by your itinerary. They
should be of the variety that will
not crush and will require few
coats and extra wraps. 1t is a
good idea for a woman making
a long trip to have small make
up box, complete with every
thing needed for renewing the
complexion. This may be kept in
a pocket in the car and brought
out whenever you feel that stop
will find you looking dusty and
uncombed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
F. nous e~0
Quotations

The wild boar is often held by
a small dog. Ovid.
4 4 K 4 X
A partnership with men in
power is never safe.
-Phaedrus-Fab
4 X X 4 X
Unlimited power corrupts the
possessor. Pitt.
4 h 4 4 X
The powers that be are ordained
of God. Romans XIII. |.
4 X X X X
He who is too powerful is still
aiming at that degree of power
which is unattainable.
-Seneca-Hippolytus.
4 X 4 4 4
He who has great power should
use it lightly.
-Seneca-Troades.
4 K 4 4 4
The highest power may be lost
by misrule -Syrus. MaXims.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Word
Shelf
BY Pauline Parker Carroll
ASSASSINS

"a A SSASSIN," if taken liter
~ ally, would mean nothing
more dangerous than "a dope
fiend," or opium eater; since it
is derived from the Arabic hash
ish Cor hasheesh), which is
species of hemp, strongly intoxi-
eating in it's effects upon the sys-
tenn. Thus, assassin" means liter.
ally only IAN eater of hashish."
In the time of the Crusades, a
certain sect of Moslem fanatics
spread terror through parts of the
Far East by the practice of their
barbarous religion.
This dignitary first placed the
devotees under the influence of the
drug, and then sent them forth to
dispose of some public man, Chris
tian leader, or political enemy,
and the assassins, fired with re-
hgious zeal and frenzied by the
potency of the hashish, lay in wait
for their victim and killed him.
Hence, the word assassin" has
come to mean one who lies in wait
for his enemy to slay him.
The thugs were a religious fra
ternity in India, committing MUIR
ders in honor of their goddess
Kali. They profited in material
way by their activities, deriving
their living from the plunder of
their unfortunate victims.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
BY DR.. Frank Mccoy

ECZEMA is very common skin
T. disorder, during which the
normal, clear, smoothness of the
skin gives way to redness, pimp-
les, blisters, scales and crusts
which are found in varous COM
binations, together with extreme
itching and burning of the skin.
The attacks are most likely to
occur in those having thin, dry
skin or the type of skin seen in
blondes.
Inasmuch as eczema has a
special liking for the skin of the
hands and face, the patient usu-
ally is caused endless embarrass-
ment simply because the unsightly
skin condition is so noticeable.
In understanding the causes of
eczema it is very important to
know the difference between the
systemic causes which are the
true causes and the external
causes which act as exciting
causes. Anything which irritates
the skin such as scratching chat
ing from wooden underwear, or
exposure to chemicals may serve
as an exciting cause. However,
the important causes of eczema
are those arising on the inside of
the body which are due to an i'm
pure blood stream. With the re-
moval of the internal causes, the
cure lies close at hand.
In overcoming eczema to the
extent that the skin remains per-
fectly clear and smooth, the main
part of the treatment must be
directed to removing the systemic
causes. The blood must be made
cleaner in order to remove the
causes on the inside which are
CONSTANTLY CREATING the
skin inflammation which shows
on the outside.
THE impure condition of the
blood is chiefly caused by an
incorrect diet, and constipation. I
find that the toxemia responsible
for eczema is due primarily to an
excess of starches and sugars and
their use in improper combina-
tions with other food. This creates
an over-acid state internally and
brings on skin irritation when
this excess acid is eliminated by
the body through the pores Of the
skin. When, as a result of eating
the wrong foods, wrongly COM