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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
$40 FOR BOSS; 81 FOX HIRED HAND

WHEN they get going in the business of turn
w ing out mechanical cotton pickers, the Rust
brothers say they will limit their salaries to 10
times the salary of their lowest paid employee.
At first blush, this doesn't seem to be such
magnanimous proposition. Ten to is pretty
big spread. Using such yardstick, a boss paying
a good wage scale could do quite we'll by himself.
But let's see how it would work in some of our CO.
ing concerns.
Take the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
for example. It's public monopoly and the pub
lie properly scrutnize it's operation. In 1884
it paid it's president, Walter Clifford salary of
$210050 and he probably earned it. Mr.. Clifford d-
reefs successfully tremendous corporation which
pays good dividends to its stockholders and gives
good service to its patrons. But what fine thing
it would be if every one of those nice switchboard
girls got one-tenth that much-$21,OO5 year.
In 1923, Bethlehem Steel paid President Eugene
Grace $83l,445 bonus. We don't recall what his
salary was but do recall that 1923 was one of
the years in which Bethlehem paid no dividends
If the lowest puddler in Bethlehem mill that year
had been paid $83 1445O, none of them would have
objected to Mr.. Graces bonus. The stockholders
sans dividends, might have felt differently of
course.
And while we are induging in arithmetical
fancy, why hHlC Inc ~ 10 scale 10 cofporaVlonSF
The heads of unions draw down $4,000
year. Does the lowest of his dues paying members
get $500? A congressman gets $4,000. He would
really be worth than that if Congress enabled
each of its humbest constituents to earn one-tenth
of $4,000. And what if every American family had
an opportunity to one-tenth of the 5000 paid
to the President?
We're not suggesting that any corporation labor
union or other organization should put this scheme
into practice But in connection with the country's
need for increased purchasing power, it is in
teresting idea to explore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

TINE Republican proposal to collect million
IL dollars from million voters for campaign pur-
poses broadening the base" of political contribu-
TONS is another chapter in an old, old story.
The Republican National Committee tried the idea
from another angle in 1920 seeking to restrict con-
tributions to $1,000 each-and wound up about y
million and half dollars in the hole.
Proposals have been made frequently to have
government contribute to campaign expenses, in an
effort to avoid the obligations incurred when very
rich men contribute large sums to campaigns.
Colorado's famous "two-bt" law, passed in 1909,
provided that each party would receive from state
funds IS cents for each vote received in the pre-
vious gubernatorial election Other contributions
we're barred, and strict accounting was required
The State Supreme Court held the law uncorst;tu-
tional on technical point and it not repassed
for test of the major principle
Theodore Roosevelt in his 1907 message to Con-
gress suggested that the idea of governmental SUBJ
sides be considered together with limit on contri-
buttons from any one donor. and publicity on gifts
The 1901 acts of Congress known as the Corrupt
Practices Act limited expenditures in campaigns for
Congress- and provided for publicity on contributions
In 1920 William Gibbs McAdoo, former Treasury
Secretary and now Senator from California Maid he
believed Il would purify politics immensely to pay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

A DVOCATES of strong national defense might
deserve pat on the back if they only talked
up large Army an aggressive Navy and plenty
of submarines, planes and cannon
But their program includes so many other kinds
of armament. Red-baiting for instance and the
hecklng of tmid school teachers and the suppress
sion of free speech.
They are the biggest bunch of fraidy cats ever
saw. When they get together, or one of their
spokesman comes around, we are invariably treated
to another harangue on the perils of our position
Like the traditional old maid they are always look
ing under the bed.
1 can't remember when such warnings we're not
going on. 1t used to be the l. w. WIS who were
overthrowing the Constitution taking over the gov
eminent and reducing to state of servility
Then it was the Pope Sheeted and masked men
rode through the night carrying blazing crosses.
protecting us from the menace of the Vatican the
Synagogue, and Harlem A great rallying of one
hundred percenters took place. The nation tremhled
with the filters, until sufficient number of sensible
men dared to tear the masks away and disclosed a
slick bunch of promoters who were making their
fortunes
The enemy was only mirage created by the
overheated imaginations of men well paid to do
the creating.
And now its Moscow our defenders are scared of.
A Red skulks behind every bush and Stains going
to get us if we don't watch out
Again we are asked to ARMAND with what?
Suspicion, fear intolerance, hatred Injustice and
cruelty. The same old weapons are brandished
against the same old eneny-a ghost conjured out
OF thin air by those paid to sound the tocsins
If our Americanism is so weak and cur faith in
democracy SO feeble as the one hundred percenters
contend, we'd better go over to Moscow and take
lessons IN courage If we can't stand up against the
persuasive arguments of few Reds, let's haul down
the flag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
AESOP COULD POINT A MORAL

WHEREIN two news items make one editorial;
w Washington D. C.-Senator Wheeler of Mon
tana, telling how lawyers and lobbyists work
their racket, says: They make living by soaring
business men with msinterpretations of proposed
legislation. Then although the bill may be passed
in its original FORM they take credit for eliminating
Objectionable features which existed except in
the lobbyists mind
Oklahoma City. Okla.-Postmaster w. c. john
ston telling how he rid the Federal Building of rats,
says: I'VE caught five or six big rats in the wire
traps-caught them alive We took a blow torch
ana singed them good We didn't SINCE the front
of them because we wanted them to keep their sight.
We burned their tails, then turned them loose. The
word spread like wildfre. The rats must have a
swell underground grapevine"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
FROM THE RECORD

y EP. zIoNCHECK Cd, washo: Well, I am
radical and I am damn proud of i'll What
do you think of that?
Rep. Scott Cd. Cali: Some time ago attended
meeting at which saw very interesting expert
ment staged. The speaker got up with bottle in
his hand and told the audience that the bottle
contained ammonia He pulled the cork out of the
bottle, shook the contents over the floor and said
Nov, just as soon you people in the audience
smell this ammonia I wish you would put up your
hands"
Almost Immediately a man in the front seat
stuck up his hand. Gradually back through the
audience, until they clear to the back. the
hands were still going up. Just as soon as the
man in the back seat had signified the fact that
he smelled ammonia the speaker took the bottle
and drank part of it, He said not to be disturbed
about that part of the experiment, because the
bottle contained pure water
1t illustrates very nicely, think, the power of
imagination. That a harmless experiment.
But when the imagination begins to run riot and
when, in addition to the imagination the malicious
element begins to enter then it ceases to be harm
less thing and becomes dangerous thing. I refer,
OF course, 20 the practice in recent of idivd-
uals with very active imagin} S who see red
riots and troublesome radicals the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
WEDNESDAY. MARCH is, 1885.
SMOKY CITY
tA scRIrPs-HowARp NEwspAPERl

A SHOVEL of coal goes into boiler or furnace
- fire and comes out in indianapolis in your
eyes, n your lungs, in your pocketbook.
The coal-shoveler be he apartment house custo-
dian or factory fireman. home-owner merely a
snoveler by proxy seemingly is oblvious Of the
monetary waste pouring from his chimney
He is oblvious that his shoveling is not bene-
shown by the special survey running in The
Indianapolis Times, is just harmful to stone
buildings and steel Orders as it is to body
membranes.
This mo Mean City" with it's no mean smogs
would have no smogs, weather observers declare, if
1t had no smoke
Realty values would be enhanced by smoke and
SCOT abatement. Laundry bills and the work of
every housewife would be essened this city con-
sumed its smoke before the smoke reached the
chimney-tops.
Coal fires be built to consume smoke instead
of dollars Fuel can be used that is smokeless.
We have pure water but we paid in health be-
fore we woke up to the realization of the cost
We can have pure ozone instead of paying SIS 000-
o. annually TO assume a BLACKJACK role among
cities high the list of dirty" of the nation.
Indianapolis citizens do not enjoy eating smoke
They do not like this increased toll from pneu-
monia. They Go not revel in the SCOT which ruins
clothing, merchandise, memorials and mutipies
sinus sufferers.
Indianapolis can do something about it, and
should.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
TEACHERS OATH vOODOOIsM
New York Daily News.)

New York Daily News.)
DRESIDENT JAMES ROWLAND ANGEL of Yale
- in his Alumni Day address harshly criticised
teachers loyalty oaths with particular reference to
the oath required in Massachusetts, DR.. Angel saws
it is absurd
that situation should exist which compels
President Conant of Harvard to take such an
oath while at the ane time it allows a priest
10 escape such an oath and pour out weekly over
the radio, under the blessed name of social JUS
tlce, the most poisonous and nflammatory eco
nomiC and social nonsense
compel all persons 10 take such an oath if
you Will, but do not insist on the teacher while
you spare the radio speaker, the newspaper edi-
ter the maker and purveyor of the movie
ana the movie newsreel, all of them far more
powerful agents for insidous propaganda than
the unfortunate teacher.
We think President Angel has the simple com
mon sense view of the matter. This teachers loyalty
oath business sn1acks of voodooism
How much more loyalty, for instance, was kin
died in the bosom of Prof. K. F. IIather of Harry
ard, who didn't want to take the recently imposed
Massachusetts, loyalty oath, but finally took it in
order to hold his job and keep himself and family oft
relief? There will always be few richards refus-
ing to take the OATH those who are loyal to the
Constitution won't be made loyal by this oath;
those who are Reds or Pinks at heart will take it
with their fingers crossed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18

beef cattle. and the animals are
hardy enough to find their own food
even in the coolest weather. Salts
factory hybrids were produced after
long experiments by the Canadian
government.
Glow much income does the
United States Department of Labor
estimate is necessary to maintain a
family of five?
A-Twenty-six dollars week on
bare subsistence basis.
Q-Can salaries of Federal en-
ployes De garnisheed?
A--No.
Q-Are soldiers who served in
Mexico in 1914 entitled to the bonus
A-No.
Q-What is the value OF United
States gold dollar dated 1850
A--$l50 to So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18

national campaign expenses out of the United States
Treasury
A BRAHAM LINCOLNS first presidential cam
paign cost only 100000 for instance Most of
the money in those days spent on spellbinders.
who were deemed the greatest vote-pullers. Now
the money goes for printed matter, RADIO newspaper
advertising organizers. helping other organizations
poll-watchers and clerical help
The lavish campaign waged by Mark Hanna in
1895 to elect Mckinley over Bryan cost s3,5oO,ooo
whereas the Democrats spent only s675 o00 Yet this
amount was eclipsed by the Hughes campaign of
1916 the Harding campaign of 1920, the Coolidge
campaign Of 1924 raising the high of 1928
In the Hoover-Smith campaign the Republicans
spent s9,433604 the Democrats s7152511, the 1928
total for both parties being nearly $1,000 O00 Ex-
perts believe that with state and local campaign
funds added in, national presidential election now
costs about s2OOO0Ooo.
The relative support of the parties given by rich
men has been analysed to the 1928 election in
which 800 gave 5000 more to the Republicans and
only 1873 made such large contributions to the Dem
ocrats.
The increase in the cost of election campaigns
has caused an increased dependence of political
parties on their rich merlberS, many of whom turn
up few years later with important government Jobs.
tax exemptions and other objects of value 1t also
causes an increasing percentage of large contribu-
tons from the very rich This is hardly healthy
development in democracy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

THE prominence of two famous
l. star clusters in the night skies
Of March-the Pleiades and tie
Hyades, both high in the southeast
sky in the constellation of Taurus
serves to focus attention on the
general subject of star clusters. The
subject is of particular interest to
astronomers today for no theory of
the origin of the universe or the
evolution of the stars can be COM
plete unless it explains the clusters.
The Pleiades and the Hyades are
two Of the very clusters which can
be discerned with the unaided eve.
An observer who examines the
Milky Way with a good field glass
or small telescope finds his field of
view richly strewn with faint stars,
and as he proceeds with his exami-
nation he occasionally comes upon
spot where the stars are particu-
larly numerous DR.. Robert j.
Trumpler of the Lick Observatory
says.
Such groups of closely crowded
stars, standing out distinctly from
the surrounding star field, are called
star clusters. The many formations
of this kind vary widely in appear
ance. Some are large, scattered
groups of fairly bright stars covering
an area larger than the disc of the
moon; others are small. but densely
filed with faint stars
Some clusters with numerous stars
of the same brightness appear like
swarm of bees, Prof. Trumpler
says. But he thinks that the most
fascinating sight is offered by those
clusters in which a few stars OF
sparkling brilliance are Embedded In
q field OF fainter ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
W atch Your Health

GUS effects on the kidney itself
attacking it at one time in one por.
ton, and at another time in another
portion. 1t may be associated with
hardening of the blood vessels
swelling due to accumulations oil
water in the tissues, and deficien.
cies of the blood resulting from
malnutrition.
In the acute type Of kidney in
flammation and infection, patients
usually are given fluids, fruits ano
cereals. During this stage, because
the patients are seriously sick fol
a short time, the diet is not so sig.
nificant.
In the chronic type of kidney in.
hammatlon, one has to be GER.
tain that the diet is not too rich in
sugar and fats, because of the ten
dency to produce surplus weight
Therefore, these patients should
receive enough protein food to pro-
vide for body building and tbs sue
repair. Usually at least 40 grams
of protein day should be included
in the diet, and even so grams, ii
has been shown, will not damage
the kidneys or raise the blood pres
sure
OF course, a person with chronic
inflammation of the kidneys can not
undertake to outline his own treat
ment as it applies to diet or any
thing else. IT. is well, however, fol
him to know the essential prin-
ciples.
In this condition. the doctor very
carefully watches the water taken
in and excreted, to prevent an ac-
emulation of fluid in the body
These are some of the main con-
siderationS in control of this dis
order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBErN

EOR many years belief prevailed
4 that waste. products resulting
from digestion of porteins would
damage the kideny, and so those
having kidney disease were forbid
den to eat meat, fish and eggs. They
were supposed to subsist largely on
milk and vegetables.
But extended investigation now
leads authorities to believe that
diseases of the kidney are due pri-
marily to germs. If this is true, the
use of diet, obviously, is not the
primary method of control.
Knowing that the kidneys fire.
quently are damaged in scarlet
fever, investigators treated two
groups of children having this dis
ease, by giving one group a vegeta..
rian diet and the other meat and
meat products. In each group there
were more than 1000 children. The
amount of Inflammation of the kid
neys in one group was about the
same as in the other.
Obviously, therefore, the absti-
hence from meat did not prevent
the nephritis, or inflammation of
the kidneys. In fact, the children
who had meat in the diet had good
color and were energetic, while those
who did not receive meat were pale
and tired.
These observations have led to the
conclusion that abstention from
meat and meat products does not
prevent nephritis. Moreover, the
vegetarian diet fails to provide the
substances necessary for blood build
ing.
THRONIC Inflammation of the
~ kidneys may be due to innum-
cradle causes, and may have vari-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
THINKS HOOVER LIVES
IN GLASS HOUSE

BY Mrs. Eldon H. Ewing
In Mr.. Hoover's latest speech he
evidently was speaking of his Ad-
mlniStration when he said only five
million people paid income taxes
and So million have life insurance
In his shots at the present Ad-
ministration he failed to mention
the life insurance that the people
lost or had to cash in to live on
during his term of Office.
Perhaps he knew how the public
liked his Administration by the
outcome of the last election.
People who live in glass houses
should not throw stones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
JUST A HAPPY FAMILY

MYTH one of the Roosevelt boys becoming vice
president of Hearst Radio, Inc and another
reported to be seriously wocng du Pont heiress
all in an election year at that-there does not
seem to be much political RECOMMENDATION inside the
First Family.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
ARTISTS THANKFUL FOR
FINE SUPPORT"

BY Wilbur d. Peat
want to thank you on behalf
OF the Indiana Artists and the Art
Association for the fine support you
have given the current exhibition
at the John Heron Art Museum.
Those of us who work behind the
scenes on a project of this kind get
our satisfaction from watching the
response of the public. Due to the
work of your critics and reporters
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Times readers are tnDite6 to cypress
their Uiet1s in these columns, religious
controUe sizes excluded. Make Dour letters
short. so all can haze u chance. Limit
them TO ESQ t0ords or less. Your letter
must De si0ned. but names 4ciH be
Nithheld on re0uest.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18

we would simply plaster the side of
the Mississippi with soldiers.
The Rhine with it's old castles,
with Heidelberg and Cologne is the
very heart of Germany. The Rhine
is Germany itself.
We Americans are known as
good sports. Let us be fair in our
Judgment against Germany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
DAILY THOUGHT

For he breaketh me with a tenn
pest, and multiplieth my wounds
without cauSe.-Job GIT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
LIBERTY LEAGUE is NOT
G. o. p, HE SAYS


BY Pourquoi
1t is difficult to comprehend the
ordinary mind which imagines that
any anti-New Deal group must
therefore be Republican To retire
some of the current confusion con-
corning the backing of the Liberty
League, it can not be emphasized
too strongly that the Liberty League,
good or bad, is still principally an
organization of leading Democrats.
There is absolutely no connection
between the Liberty League ard any
G. o. P. organization.
Mr. Farley might we'll climb out
of the mud hole of promiscuous and
rash invective in which he has mired
himself. He's trying to pass the
Liberty League buck to the Repub-
licans. Remember. Farley was the
chap who, but a year or so back,
knew positively that the Republican
party was no more. So now, Sour"
James, with nothing else to do, is
Singing smut at ghosts!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18

Q-Is there a law prohibiting a
person from throwing his own
money away on the streets?
A-There is no law on tie sub.
ject, but person who did so prob
ably would be arrested on a techni-
cal charge and held for investiga-
ton into his sanity.
Q-What is a cattalo?
A hybrid resulting from cross
breeding of buffaloes and domestic
cattle. Possessing some of the char
acteristics Of both COW and buffalo,
the meat Of cattaloes IS ike that OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18

PUNISHMENT is lame, but 1t
l. comes-Herbert
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This then must 1 learn bitterly;
That you are here; your lips, your
face,
But that warn inner soul of you
Has sought another resting place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18

we have been able to reach a very
large audience.
In return for this assistance we
can only assure the community that
we will do everything possible to
assist in building up a sounder and
more wholesome appreciation ard
unders standing, by Offering our
major activities to the public with
out charge and by opening the gal
leries free OF charge as often as
possible
Whatever the final consensus of
opinion may be about the current
exhibition, we are certain that the
community at large is realizing. that
it is more than dull and whim-
steal project. 1t clearly shows that
the state is capable of producing
creative art of high quality even
though all of the painters and
sculptors have not reached full
maturity in their chosen fields.
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IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TINES!

Inclose a 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, 1936-03-18
BITTER KNOWLEDGE
BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICF

ok hAhhALA CCOI OLlNlOH
This then must I learn bitterly;
TIC live without absorbing love.
To build wall around myself;
Beneath myself, and close above.
To walk unseeing through my days,
Knowing no love, knowing that
Shall have no heartbeats thrill to
mine,
When daylights fade and twilights
die,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
ASKS FARMERS ATTITUDE
TOWARD GERMANY

BY an American of German Descent
In the last few days we could
read great deal about Germany
Selling the Rhineland" Any one
who is not familiar with foreign
geography must think that Ger
many's soldiers crossed her border
and marched in France.
1t would be we'll if we would real
lie that the Rhineland is and has
been a part of Germany and we
might ask ourselves: How long
would we stand it if somebody said
we couldn't have American soldiers
along the Mississippi. In that case
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
Vagabond
from
Indiana
ERNIE PYLE

EDITORS NoTE-This rowing reporter
for The Times goes where he pleaseS,
when he pIeases. in search Of odd stor-
les about this and that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
The HOOsier Forum

d2s0pproVe OF oOhdt yoM say-dad rOiU defend
to the death your right to say it.-Voltdire.