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Evening star., 1936-03-23

Few authorities in Washington believe
that the United States will be persuaded
to take part in the proposed new League
of Nations peace conference to liquidate
the various questions churned to the sur
face by the remllitarization OF the
Rhineland. 1t was indicated at London
last week, when the Locarno powers
decided upon the conference method OF
tackling Hitler's proposals, that this
country would be invited, along with
others outside OF Europe and the League,
to send observers" With augmented
danger of another devastating conflict
"oyer there" American public sentiment,
particularly as reflected in Congress, has
probably never been more "anti-Euro-
pean" and anti-war than at the present
moment. It is believed that about the
last thing President Roosevelt would
think of doing in an election year, OF
all others, would be to take any step
involving the remotest risk of entangllng
Uncle Sam in Old World controversies.
One current suggestion is that II a con-
ference invitation is received here, the
United States might reply that Europe
should first try to make progress with
out American collaboration, and then
submit to this Government any tangible
results achieved, looking to our eventual
identification with agreements which
would not call for political commit
ments on our part.
Ex Il X
Whatever his chances for the Repub-
lican nomination may be, Senator Borah
is treating the country to one OF the old
fashioned political campaigns which the
American people like. His Washington
headquarters is confident that IN going
straight to the voters in pivotal States
and directly asking their support in
delegate primaries Borah is making
friends among all classes, conservatives
and liberals alike. His supporters are
contrasting the Senator's fortnight
methods with the "pussyfooting" tactics
of Gov, LaEdon and claim that by con-
vention time Borah's demonstrated
readiness to proclaim his views from the
hustings will bear substantial results in
the form of delegates. His recent state
ments at Youngstown and Chicago that
he is an honest-to-goodness candidate,
and not merely seeking,' as hitherto
suspected, to dictate" the nominee and
the platform, are designed to build up
Borahs fences. Admirers contend that
II the idol of Idaho wins in Ohio and
Illinois, he will be well advanced toward
victory at Cleveland.
II X 4 y
Though he persists in saying nothing
definitely to justify such theory, the
view will not down that Herbert Hoover
is highly receptive candidate for re-
nomination. Friends insist that no other
Republican now before the country Is
putting the case against Roosevelt and
the New Deal so forcefully and vividly
as the former President. Hoover's six
speeches have been widely circulated in
pamphlet form throughout the country
not without purpose, politicians think.
Also, Hooverites say, Democratic leaders
have in their inner recesses far more
respect for and fear of a Hoover candi-
dacy than they publicly reveal, despite
Evening star., 1936-03-23

he threw coin in the air till it was
heard to ring against the distant roof;
how the widest horses trembled under
him. In three things he desired to ap-
pear faultless to others-in walking, in
riding and in speaking. He learned
music without master, but his COM
positions were admired by professional
judges. Under the pressure of poverty
he studied both civil and canonical law.
- . In his twenty-fourth year he
set to work at physics and mathematics.
And all the while he acquired every
sort of accomplishment and dexterity,
cross-examining artists, scholars and
artisans of all descriptions, down to the
cobblers, about the secrets and peculiar
tiles OF their craft" He modelled and
painted, wrote novels, made after-dinner
speeches, and great admiration was
excited" by a camera obscura" which
he built-the forerunner of the modern
motion picture show!
Meanwhile, Leonardo Da Vinci created
two Of the most widely famous works Of
art ever to be applauded by an interna-
tional public-his Last Supper" and the
so-called Mona Lisa" in the Louvre at
Paris. But these masterpieces were the
product of studio where their maker
also invented cannon, designed flying
machines. composed sonnets, played on
the lutte and sang, advised statesmen,
negotiated treaties, initiated the sciences
OF botany and geology, pursued archeo-
logical, chemical and mathematical re-
search and. incredibly, entertained an
army of friends.
Today the earth sis so full of num-
Der of things" that individuals perforce
must specialize. But tolerance and
charity, if not the positive joy of living,
even now may be enhanced by generous
appreciation of the whole gamut of
human interest and enterprise. The
universal man" may be an impractical
ideal, yet the aspiration which is symbol
lied by the phrase still is good and
worthy.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Balances of Power.

Despite the generally accepted theory
that the balance of power system was
the root cause of the World War, Europe
adheres to 1t tenaciouSly. Even the fact
that the Franco-RuSsian mutual assist
ance" alliance led directly to Hitler's
remilitarization of the Rhineland and
the resultant crisis has not prevented
Italy from seeking to effect with Aus
tria and Hungary combination which
would create yet another balance OF
tripartite conversations at Rome had as
their object merely the extension of the
1894 accordS, providing for "consulta-
ton on matters of common interest" and
for certain commercial agreements. 1t
may safely be assumed in light of cur
rent turmoil on the continent, that
much further reaching subjects came
within the scope Of discussion.
Hitler's undisguised bid for German
military supremacy, to destroy the
hegemony exercised by France since the
"NAA0 "hAt AAARSAo oAA Va t4kC xtCAIlA
neighborS to revise their political
strategy and consider new alignmentS.
The Austrians, after the Rhineland re
occupation" must fear for their inde-
pendence more than ever. AnSchluSS
(union with AuStria) comes next on the
Nazi's list, after their successive tri-
umphS in recovering the Saar, rearming
and re-establishing "the watch on the
Rhine" Mussolini also now has a greater
incentive to link up a chain that would
provide a barrier against German
aggression in Central Europe Hungary,
on her part, covets not only lands OF
which she was despoiled by the allies,
but bankers to increase her army beyond
the limits imposed by the treaty OF
Trianon. All three of the nations con-
ferring over the creation of new Euro
pean entente thus have various interests
OF their own in setting up balance OF
power capable of resisting not only
rising German military might, but also
the Little Entente states-Czecho-
slovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia-
principal heirs of the territory which
once comprised the Dual Monarchy.
An Italo-Austro-H Hungarian phalanx
could hardly stand against rival Euro
pean groupings like France and her
allies, or possibly even against a re-
armed Germany. In view of the shift
ing combinations which will come with
the Europe of tomorrow, Mussolini and
his Danubian partners manifestly are
maneuvering so as to be in position
eventually to identify themselves with
that aggregation of strength most likely
to promote their respective aspirations
in Europe or Africa.
1t Is machtpolitik (power policy in
its most cold-blooded form. League
peace conference proposals and "collec-
tive security" schemes to the contrary
Notwithstanding, all Europe is at this
hour pursuing it. Even Great Britain
is suspected of desire for an Anglo
German understanding" to counteract
the Franco Russian alliance. For the
immediate present these Vaccinations
do not threaten conflict. But they are
laying the foundations of future war
as inevitably as the old balance of power
system paved the way for the holocaust
of 1914-18.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

cannot really be wasted, after all, If they
make all of us keep in mind the basic
agriculture of our country.
This is a pleasant game, this bird
feeding, but throughout the Nation men
go out TO sow and to reap, to plant and
to harvest, in order to make living for
themselves and others, and to provide
us all with foods.
AS we let handful Of wild bird food,
we call 1t, run through the fingers, as
children do grains of sand at the sea-
shore, we cannot help but wonder where
this particular batch came from. Prob
ably, like our milk, from many sources.
1t may be that the Canadian peas really
come from Canada, and that this millet
from one State and this sunfower seed
from another.
1t may be that all these things were
grown hereabouts, and have made no
long journey to this sack, and this bird
feeding device. After all, the birds don't
care.
All the rain, which brought flood and
disaster elsewhere, just meant health
and happiness to these grain plants. now
arising into the light.
shrubs and trees of city and suburban
places.
1t gave that gracious green to the
grass which the whole world loves.
Evidently the inimical Winter, far from
hurting grass, helped it.
One recalls great expanSe Of lawn,
which, when first uncovered by melting
snow, showed almost yellow.
afe n n
that. But only few days of light were
necessary to take away that harsh col
grafton.
Day by day the green grew deeper, un-
til by the famous ides of March grass
everywhere had fresher look than it
has had at this time in many years.
Let us take stock of good points and
bad points of bird feeding.
Mostly it is gain, but it has some
drawbacks. One of the latter is the
wrecking of the grass beneath feeders
affixed to trees in lawns.
Getting good grass in such locations is
always difficult, SO that when one has
attained it, one will not be desirous Of
doing anything to harm it.
The feets and bills of hundreds Of
birds, over long continued period, will
play havoc with the grass, wearing it
down to bare earth.
Whether the roots are intact yet re-
mains to be seen. We had a feeder on
a locust tree, beneath which the grass
was exceptionally fine.
When feeding was started at this
point, the birds were lost to sight in the
grass, as they went after the grains
tossed out, as aforementioned.
Before month had passed the song
sters were easily visible there. and in
two months they had worn patch clear
for about feet around the tree.
They loved to browse and scratch
after seeds which had gone to the
| farthest limit of the bare space.
%x*x
But why continue looking into the bad
points of bird feeding? Mostly it is
gain, and gain in ways which cannot be
gagged by ordinary methods. AS with
intelligence, and spirituality, the usual
methods of measurement are lacking.
There is something of happiness and joy
| far above costs, something of the sublime
| happiness always gained by doing good.
Let no one quarrel with others methods
of doing good, so long as the good done
| is really good. Some will have one way,
some another, but in the end it is all
gain, and gain of the Intangible kind
which, after all is said and done, is the
| very best sort of gain there is to be
found.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Blue Kids.

The young clerk offered shoes 50 stout
They'd serve her well in city route,
And in them she would find her feet
Protected from the rain or Sleet.
She said when all the town was ice
She might have found them very nice;
But In the Spring she could but feel
Shed like pair with more appeal
He begged her pardon. Eyes Of blue
He matched in kid of the same hue.
AS it was Spring, he took chance
And asked her If she liked to dance.
Days later, on a rain-swept street.
He overlook those small blue feet
Slowing her In his car, he sped
To q cleric-and the kids were wed.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

The Republican elephant harks back
to the days of P. T. Barnum, who created
surprise when he harnessed one to a
plow and proved that it could be adjusted
to agricultural problems.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

A torrential experience calls for aid
to prevent soil erosion not only from
farmers, but from boatmen and sand
baggers.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Requesting the Limit.

"Do you resent harsh and unjust
criticism?"
NO." answered Senator Sorghum,
mot if it's sufficiently harsh and unjust
to make fair-minded people feel sorry
for me-"
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Government by algebra has its prob
lens, one of them being the expenditure
of several billions of dollars at a time
without getting some of the minus signs
in the wrong place.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Radio wisecrackers cause something of
the superficial agitation that the Chinese
used to employ when they undertook to
settle battles with firecrackers.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Weather conditions call for Red Cross
service with no fear that Ethiopian con-
ditions may be duplicated to the extent
OF dropping an occasional careless bomb
on an ambulance.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

They hope that the resentment of the
Republicans now supporting Borah will
be carried into the national campaign.
The Borah Republicans are intent upon
destroying the present organization lead
ers II they can.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Al Smith liked the sidewalks of New
York, but is waiting for some one to
write good march song about the stair
steps in the tall buildings.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

If Federal relief can dig up some plays
worth while to employ actors it may find
a long line of waiting taxpayers lined
up to pay currency into the box Office.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Herbert Hoover enjoyed appointing
commissions, but is willing to admit that
good idea can be overdone.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
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Evening star., 1936-03-23

Nobody" said Uncle Eben, "kin be
as good as his friends say nor as bad as
his enemies think"
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Mutual Consideration.

The candidate goes through the land
And calls upon us to rejoice:
If we lend him helping hand,
He will lend us helping voice.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
AHOi.

whats the idea of a shooting gal
lery in Crimson Gulch?" asked the
travelling man.
1--WE don't really need it," admitted
Cactus Joe, "but it's a sort of alibi to
keep strangers from being startled when
real shooting starts in the night club
next door,"
Evening star., 1936-03-23
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Evening star., 1936-03-23
Under the Roof.

Under the Roof.
My radio! My radio!
I listen by the hour
To words and music as they flow
With notes both sweet and sour.
My radio! My radio!
You nearly have me sunk.
My mind is like an attic; so
You're filling it with junk.
Jud Tunkins says, just to show you
how times have changed, he can re-
member when amatoors used to be e.
little bashful bout singin' in public.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

papers, the Chicago Tribune and the
Chicago Daily News one morning and
the other an afternoon publication, be-
cause of the overlapping of their editions.
Registration of voters in Cook County
has gone beyond any figures ever found
in the county's history-the total figure
being well beyond 100000. The prun-
ing knife is being used, however, on the
registration lists by judges and clerks
of election, and scores of thousands of
names have already been removed as
fraudulent. Many of the names have
been on the lists for years and have been
used by unScrupulous politicians for bal
lot box stufing. It is estimated that
when the pruning operation has been
completed, some $780, 900 names will have
been eliminated, partly due to fraudu-
lent registration and partly due to
changes Of addresses. Even so, the reg
istration will be very large. The polit-
ical leaders are wondering what has
been the cause Of the big registration.
Some hold that it is because of the
intense feeling aroused by the guberna-
torial contests in both the Democratic
and Republican camps, others that the
citizens are intensely interested in the
political situation and are sharpening
their hatchets for the elections next Fall.
In Ohio, the Republicans are really hope
full of carrying the State, both in the
State elections and for the Republican
nominee against Roosevelt. The Repub-
licans there are not only better organ
lied, but they have been successful in the
more recent local elections. The Demo-
Gratis are looking hopefully to Senator
Borah and his candidacy for the dele
gates to the party's national convention
against the organizations determination
to send . delegation instructed for the
favorite son candidate, Robert A. Taft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
WORKERS ARE TO MEET
Hosiery Federation to Hear Report
on Executive Board Action.

Meeting of the American Fedora
ton of Hosiery Workers is to be
held at 1870 tomorrow afternoon in
Castle Hall Building. Walter Tru-
man, district manager, is to report
on the national executive board
meeting held in Philadelphia last
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
rides over roads designed and posted

rides over roads designed and posted
for one-ton limits.
Large trucks have caused thou
sands of dollars of damage to roads
in the northwest part of the county.
Mr.. Bloemker said, because of Road
81 being closed between Both and
34th-sts while an overhead is being
built over the Big Four tracks.
Similar traffic has caused serious
damager to the Georgetown and
Salt Lake roads (Which are only
about IL years old, and several
150-foot sections in the roads must
be rebuilt, he said.
According TO Mr.. Bloemker, the
regular detour is being ignored and
the trucks have been using black
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
F. D. R. SCORED
FOR STAND ON
CIVIL SERVICE
Rep. HaIleck Says President
Is Hypocritical on Postal
Proposal.

Times Special
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Rep.
Charles A. Halleck, Indianss only
Republican congressman, assailed
President Roosevelt's plan to put
postmasters under civil service on
the grounds that 1t means reten-
ton of Democrats.
His criticism was voiced in a
House speech which was distrib-
uted by the National Congressional
Committee.
THE New Dealers, headed by the
President himself, now are pro-
claiming loudly their belief in and
support of The merit system in Fed
eral appointments" Mr.. Halleck
said.
Charges Hypocrisy
What travesty! Hypocrisy Is
a hard word, but what else fits
when we consider that this Admin
istration has done more to tear up
the merit system and apply the
spoils system than any Administra-
ton the countryNever has seen?
"Is it possible that the defendant,
after being tried and found guilty
at the bar of public opinion,
charged with the greatest raid of
Federal jobs in our country's his
tory, shas finally decided to go
straight?
Human experience has proved
that the motives back of hasty
reformation must be examined if
we are to know whether the
reformation is sincere, or just an
other promise.
Called Base Strategy
The new-found devotion of MIR.
Roosevelt and Mr. Farley to the
merit system is the basest sort of
strategy. It is intended to give
permanency to the quarter Of a
million henchmen this Administra-
ton has put into Office.
THAT and that alone tells the
real story back of the sudden dis
position of the New Deal to try to
convince the public that at last it
intends to keep one of the prom
ises mades when il was seeking
Office"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13

top roads instead of the concrete
highways.
Justices of the peace are to CO.
operate with the department in the
drive, and violators are TO be liable
to fines of IS to $50 and costs for
each load found in violation of the
law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13

is to follow with Helene
Kramer, pianist. and Francis Loom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
Arthur Crabtree 2038 N New Jersey-st.
Plymouth coupe, found at 42d-st and
Boulevard-pl.
Robert Afford. 1920 N. Tacoma-av. Ford
coupe. found at 200l Barth-av.
N. l.. Douglas. 1902 NJ Capitol-sv. Ford
sedan found in the rear of home.
Claud Compton. IS S. Brookville-rd.
Dodge sedan. found by owner.
James Gootee, 9 s. Rural-st Ford
coach, found at 18th and Illinois-sts
Edward Strack 93i Bradbury-st Chev-
rolet sedan. found at 1900 E. Troy-av.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
SIX BUTLER STUDENTS
ENTER PEACE CONTEST

University Representative to Be
Chosen April 8.
Six Butler University men have
entered the annual peace declama-
ton contest which is to be held
on the Fairview campus April to
determine who shall represent the
university in the state contest
May l.
They are Eugene Fife Jr., Will
liam Stalcup, Valentine Williams,
Alexander Kahn, Allan McDiarmid
and James Ready. Prof. Charles
H. Walters, instructor in speech, is
in charge of the elimination con-
test.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
2S-Ounce Hoosier Baby Dies

By United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 49,
Mary Caroline, 28-ounce daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Durham, died at
st. Mary's Hospital yesterday. She
had been placed in an incubator
shortly after her birth Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
O. E. S. MEETS MONDAY
Irvington Chapter 1854 Is to Confer
Degrees at Temple.

Irvington Chapter 1854, Eastern
Star, is to meet Monday at in the
Irvington Masonic Temple to confer
degrees. Mae Kunkel. worthy ma
iron, and j. c. Updegraff, worthy
patron, are to preside. A musical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
Blue Star Kills
The Itch Germs

To get rid of itch. rash. letter, foot
itch. ringworm or eczema. cover with
soothing Blue Star Ointment which
contains tested medicines that kill the
itching. Money back on first jar, if il
fails to Standardization
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
TRUCK DRIVERS
GIVEN WARNING
BIoemker Opens Campaign
Against Operators Who
Damage Reads.

Herbert Bloemker, county sur
veyor and highway superintendent,
today started a drive to prevent
heavy trucks from "bootlegging"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
Speakers Club Meets

The Speakers Club is to weigh the
National Union for Social Justice
Friday at 7:45 in the Lincoln. Glen
L. Barr is TO preside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-13
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to-
Harold Leonard, 851 N. Denny-st Ford
va coach 25-460, from rear of 900 N
Meridian-st.