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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
STATES VS.. SUPREME COURT

COINCIDENT with current protests against SUI
~ preme Court invalidation of acts of Congress,
the states becoming increasingly conscious that
the court even more often knocks out state laws.
About rs congressional laws have been held un-
constitutional in $50 years. but many times that
number of state enactments have been voided.
Protests against action on state laws have been
directed chiefly against the extent to which the
Supreme Court goes, and the basis upon which it
acts-not against the fundamental power The
courts three liberal" justices have complained in
recent dissents that the courts should not take over
the legislative function of determining public policy
and instead should rule merely on the constitution
atty of the method followed.
The late Justice Holmes. in commenting dryly
that the United States would not come to an end if
I'VE lost power" to hold an act of Congress in
valid. added that it might come to an end if the
power state legislation were denied.
The magazine State Government. organ OF the
Council of State Governments, today published
compilation of Supreme Court action overturning
state supreme courts the validity of state laws
1t listed 300 such instances, but this only covered
part of the Supreme Courts ruling on state egs'a-
ton, since fully many cases come up from the
lower Federal courts.
The 300 cases showed most Of the state laws
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson


NOTHING in the category of human effort EQUALS
the struggle between the housewife of the plains
country and the demons who ride the dust storms
during recent disasters when the atmosphere was
gray with grit and you couldn't see across the street
Tor days, many know gave up the struggle for a
"Inue-out only Tor a while. At the first feeble
gleam OF sunshine they were up and at it again
ocruoplng, busting, sweeping pounding rugs shak-
ing out bedclothes. washing extra china polishing
WOODWORK All this in spite of their certain knowl-
edge that couple of hours at most would see an
other film of silt over everything
When man pits his strength against the elements
we experience g thrill of admiration
But there is nothing so spectacular about wornen's
grim fight with dust 1t is futile hopeless, never
ending battle. Day after day, year in and year out
the houSekeepers of the Middle West battle their
primeval enemy. charging it over and over with
broom and mop Momentarily the enemy retreats
Then they see the haze begin to appear upon the
Aorlzon 1t advances as surely as DEATH and the
freshly cleaned houses inundated once again.
The dust creepS into every Granny. 1t gets into their
BEDS into their food into their hair into their skin
Quite literally, they eat it.
And they stir smile They even make Jokes about
it. Between illnesses, and childbrths and funerals.
between each sowing and reaping df there is one)
they fight the hideous. insidious memorable dust
Then they die And it becomes their PAIL gently,
noseessy eternally it sits down upon their graves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
ROPER PLAYS THE FIDDLE

DASSAGE of legislation to clean ont the shipping
l. industry's stables and revive the American
merchant marine again is threatened.
An attempt is being made to shelve bill OF sub
stantial merit introduced by Senator Guffey Cd,
Pa0 for one favored by Copeland ID, N ", whose
Office at the Capitol is the rendezvous of subsidy
seekers.
1t is called compromise" and is supposed to
compose the wide differences between Postoffce
ana Commerce Departments subsidy policies
The Postof1ca Department has indicated
throughout months of discussions that was inter-
ested solely in a measure providing sound and
efficient merchant marine even if the government
were forceu to build and operate the necessary ton
mage itself.
The record fails to disclose that such estimable
objectivity was ever Roper's inclination Impair
TALLY toward hungry industries is not one of the
secretary's weaknesses
So, it is not surprising to find that the bill he
tavors would pour more millions of the taxpayers
money into the Golfers of industry which already
owes the government than 100000 900 Of debts
that are about as liquid as the war debts.
II, as is claimed for this measure Mr. Roper has
persuaded the Postofice Department to swallow
this compromise" the secretary should devote a
moment to the public interest and disclose the
method.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07

knocked out on one another of three principal
grounds:
l. One hundred and two state acts under the
commerce clause which gives Congress sole power
to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
q Ninety-two voided under the due process" and
equal protection clauses Of the Fourteenth Amend
ment, adopted after the Civil war primarily to in
sure civil rights to the emancipated Negroes These
clauses are frequently used in utility rate cases.
3. Fifty-nine invaldated under the contract
clause, Article of the Constitution providing that
mo state shall pass any law rnparing the obliga-
ton Of contracts"
In addition, there have been 81 cases under other
miscellaneous interpretations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
THE BLACK CONTROVERSY

TINE right of the people to be secure in their
Il persons, houses, papers and effects, against I'M
reasonable searches and seizures shall not be vio
Late and warrants shall issue but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particu
larly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons things to be seized"
That language is pretty clear. 1t is the fourth
amendment to the Constituton-the mans home
is his castle" amendment. 1t expresses basic right,
a very precious right right born of centuries of
oppression aud boodshed.
It's violation can not be justified by any ration
izatlon about the ends justifyng the means-such
for example the zealots in prohibition days en-
ployed in their defense of wire tapping and home
raidng without warrants.
Circumvention of this Fourth Amendment is of
piece with that short and easy course of torture
that police and prosecutors often try to take in
securing convictions. On the wel-worn theory that
it is better for hundred guilty to escape than for
an innocent to be punished, the preservation of
any of the inherent rights such the under
discussion now is more vital that any result how
ever good that might be attained through the viola
lation.
The assertion is now made that the Black Lobby
Investigating Committee exceeded its authority
der that Fourth Amendment in prosecuting it's
search for evidence.
The counter assertion is made by Senator Black
that the procedure regular that proper subpenas
were served, that the committee acted in the man
ner employed and approved by every congressional
investigation since 1892.
That the Communication Commission, part of
the executive branch of the government and operat
ing under authority limited against such an act,
provided the Black committee with blanket" copy
OF every telegram sent in out of Washington for
a considerable period of time is also alleged To
that Senator Black replies that kilograms in pos
session of the committee were supplied by any other
branch of the government.
And there the controversy stands
Judgment can not be passed until more evidence
is in court test of the legality under the Fourth
Amendment of the committees action is to be made
We are glad of that. For the outcome will reveal
whether that basic right has been violated or
whether the attack the Black committee is just
another backflre such was instituted in an at
tempt to stop the Teapot Dome investigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
SATURDAY, MARCH 7. 1896.
FALSE ALARM

WAsH1NGToN city hasn't changed its name
W to Moscow. Stain hasn't moved in as dictator
Of these United States. Our Democratic form of
government hasn't tunbled about apprehensive ears
Liberty and the profit motive haven't persisted on
these shores.
And yet Earl Browder Communist agitator, has
spoken his piece, and over a nationwide hookup
and maybe to millions of lsteners-nost of whom
wouldn't have bothered to turn the dials if the pro-
fessional and amateur viewers-with-alarm hadn't
drummed up wide publicity for the speech by pre-
dieting calamitous consequences.
What buid-up! And what let-down!
Much as any other Kansas-born politician would
40 Browder tore into Wall Street. It's always safe
to denounce Wall Street and the man-eatng shark
Much as Democratic, Republican, Townsendlte, free
silverte greenbacker and other spelbinders do daily
Browder solennly told the people what they already
knew-that the biggest problem before America to-
day is putting men to work. Much as Republican
orators say daily he declared that the Democratic
New Deal is bankrupt AS emphatic as any Demo-
crat he said that the Republicans do not have the
solution And as any other political out, he claimed
to have all the answers.
He called for a united Farmer Labor Party and
gradual extension of government ownership and oper
alton of industry. And he advocated the redis-
trbution of wealth and jobs promising incomes from
$500 to $4,000 a year for all who will work Just
imagine any one who listens to the speeches of Gov
Olson of Minnesota who used to listen to Huey
Long being shocked by that mild imitation.
But what if this "subversive doctrine" had been
suppressed? What if Browder had been treated as
Communist country treats an agitator for democ-
racy?
MANY of our citizens would still be trembling in
their boots instead of enjoying disllusionnent And
many other citizens would be calling Browder
martyr instead of flop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

NEW YORK, March Current
~ interest in the motion picture
and newspaper serial versions of
1.-The Country Doctor" should serve
to focus attention upon the most
important medical problem facing
the world today, namely, the role
of the general practitioner in a
changing age
This morning I discussed the
problem with the prototype of 1.-THE
Country Doctor" DR.. Allan Roy
Dafoe, who brought the Dionne
quintuplets into the world. Earlier
this week it was my privilege to at
tend dinner for DR.. Dafoe, given
by Fred Ferguson. president of
NEA Service, Inc, at which eminent
members of the New York medical
fraternity paid their whole-hearted
respects to this country doctor.
DR.. Dafoe is a family physician in
the old-fashioned sense of the word.
Many of his present patients are the
children of those he treated at the
beginning of the century. He brought
many of them into the world, tended
their childhood ailments, watched
them grow up, marry and have chill
dren of their own. He knows their
histories, their medical records, their
psychologists, their ambitions. He is
more than doctor to them. He is
friend, counselor and adviser.
There was a time when every
family in America had a trusted
friend in the medical profession, the
old family physician. Many families
still do. But one of the chief Wor-
ries of medical leaders is the chang
ing status Of the family physician o.
general practitioner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07

Loa, in Hawaii, previous to the one
that occurred in November. 1885?
A-December, 1888.
Q-Has Pennsylvania ratified the
proposed child labor amendment to
The Constitution?
Ayes; in December, 1893.
Q-Is Dalmatia an independent
kingdom? What is the area and
population?
A-Dalmatia was formerly king
dom and crownland of the Austro-
Hungarian empire, in the northwest
of the Balkan Peninsula, on the
Adriatic Sea. 1t comprised 1928
square miles, and was 210 miles
long and 35 miles wide. Since 1918,
Dalmatia has been a part of Yugo-
slavia. Latest available population
figures for the district are gu. 429.
Q-Can mildew be removed from
leather?
Awake a thick paste of bicar-
Donate of soda and rub it into the
leather Let is st7nd in the sun for
| a day. This win kill the milieW,
but the leather may require paint
ing with q new leather finish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
TO-DAY, WE SING

A LII praise to the American Liberty League TO,
introducing poetic note, into an otherwise
prosalc political campaign, by celebrating the Gen
Hagood incident in the meter OF the limerick
"A General there was, named Hagood,
VINO stated the truth-aS he should
But because of the truth,
He's banished, forsooth-
So, telling the truth doesn't pay good"
Thus rhymes the Liberty League bard Not te
be outdone our own staff members turn to thei,
typewriters. Some Of them twang a pretty mean
Tyre:
Here is to Sixty Grand Shouse,
Who can always buy drinks for the House
His A. L. L. hackers
Are not Georgia crackers;
They are paying him plenty to grouse
One Smith, viz: Alfred Emmanuel
Is rehearsing his New Dealers pan-u-au;
His take-a-walk threat
May scare some folks-yet
Such trips have become darn near annual
Southern dirt farmer named Gene
Tried to crash the national scene
But his crimson suspenders s'.f
And Reaction defenders
Gave the country pain in the bean
Vandenberg, once good editor
Now wastes all his time making metaphor
ltS eaSywto see
He's been stung by the bee
AND is searching for things to take credit for.
Ineres Coolidge of Kansas" o .TimeI
(Can you spare poor brother dime?)
Turn back in thy flight
Remember? Good night!
We had one before 80
Q Liberty, virtuous dame
What license is linked with thy name!
Yc;. hold in your hand
The fate of this land
Could the du Points be doing the same?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
Watch Your Health

| DREAKFAST-Baked apple and
ID cream, oatmeal with cream
and sugar, buckwheat cakes with
honey, whole-wheat toast, hot
chocolate.
1920 A. M.-Hot or cold milk.
LUNCHEON-Kidney bean soup,
liver cakes with crisp bacon, maca-
roni and cheese, melba toast and
butter, sliced pineapple, cocoa.
$3.50 P. M-Glass of milk, dish
of ice cream, or bar of chocolate.
DINNER-C onsomme with sieved
raw liver, broiled chicken, boiled
potato balls with chopped parsley,
spinach with sliced hard-boiled
egg, lettuce and tomato salad with
French dressing, corn mullins and
butter, ice cream with apricot or
other fruit sauce, hot cocoa.
BEDTIME - Additional warm
milk or hot chocolate may be taken.
People with low blood pressure
must have suitable amounts of rest
and exercise. Stimulating baths
also are of value; in fact, all meth
DDS included under physical ther-
apy are known to be helpful in
bringing the body tone back to
normal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
APPROVES BROAD
PENSION SYSTEM
By Joseph w. Helms

By Joseph w. Helms
It will be conceded by business
men and women everywhere that
our major problem is unemploy-
ment.
Woman suffrage, the machine
and the advanced living standard
have tremendously affected our
employment, in fact, greatly I'M
balanced it.
Millions still are without work,
and other millions have only part
time employment.
Any social security legislation in
Indiana, therefore, that does not
materially assist in adjusting en-
ployment to modern conditions will
not be for the best interests of
business, nor the masses.
Pensioning those only above 70
will not directly help our unem-
ployment problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
VX7HEN you come to the probler

WHEN you come to the problem
w of low blood pressure, you
will find that diet alone won't cure
it. But diet will help greatly ir
building the health of persons with
low blood pressure.
Exact cause of this condition is
still in doubt. Frequently, it is as
ISOLATED with long continued infec-
tons, such as typhoid. Occasion
ally, it occurs when the heart be-
comes weak. It appears also after
influenza or severe colds.
In many instances low blood
pressure is associated with failure
of some of the important glands to
provide necessary secretions. Il
there are any such deficiencies
therefore, these should be cor
rected.
A low blood pressure diet is much
similar to the kind used in second
airy anenlia, in which minerals anc
vitamins are stressed. Here is g
typical diet for the day:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
FROM THE RECORD

CENATOR vANDENBERG Or, Micho: 1t seems
- to me it is becoming progressively dangerous
to use work relief funds for the purpose of commit
ting the government to great undertakings which
Congress must ultimately finance without any free
dom of action in respect to decision regarding
them. This is not representative government
under the American system. 1t is prodgal para
phrase under which Congress can only rubber stamp
decision originally made by the executive on his
own responsibility
Senator Smith 3D., S. c., discussing the Gen.
Hagood case: Mr.. President, know that discipline
is necessary. but is there man in this body who
believes that such splendid record should be
wrecked and the officer huiniliated in the eyes of
BIS fellows because he expressed opinion every
one OF us knows to be true because of casual idis
cretion-let US put it that way-in the room OF a
committee that had invited him to up before it
and tell the truth? He would not have told any
thing else. for he does not come from that breed,
thank God. that
Crook the pregnant hinges Of the knee
Where thrift may fellow fawning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07

Q-When is Tbs eve?
A-The expression is Irish and
means never" For example, He
will pay you on Tbs eve," which
means he will pay you not at all. 1t
is derived from st. lib or st. Ubes,
and as there is no such saint there
is no st. Tbs eve.
Q-Is Robert Vann, special assist
ant to the Attorney General Ne
gro?
Ayes.
Q-Is it possible to divide a num-
Der by zero?
A-Division by zero is not an ad-
Missile operation, for there exists
no number by such that if it be
multiplied by zero. the product viii
equal a humber.
Q-What was the date of the
eruption Of the volcano, Mauas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07

carriers to adopt pension plans; to
regulate the use of our coal, oil
timber and other natural resources;
to prevent soil erosion; to regulate
munition plants, banks, broadcast
ing: to regulate interstate utilities
transportation and communication
why does not the President rec
ommend that Congress submit to
the states a series of amendments
embodying these specific grants OF
power?
Any such amendments desired by
the people could be approved in
short order. 1t took only nine
months to repeal the Eighteenth
amendment, and II months to ratify
the Norris lame duck" amendment
No change requiring the Supreme
Court to bow to the will of minor
ity Of the court instead of the ma
jority in declaring acts of Congress
unconstitutional can be made except
in the way specified in the Constitu-
ton itself, and that is by constitu-
tional amendment.
But if such a body blow at civil
liberties were taken, and the concur
renee of eight judges were required
to hold a statute invalid, highly
obnoxious statute, such as might
deprive the people of rights hereto
fore considered sacred and funda-
mental under our bill of rights,
could be declared unconstitutional
by a Federal district court, circuit
court and seven judges of the Su-
preme Court, but would nevertheless
become the established law of the
land on the ruling of only two Su-
preme Court judges.
The final decision could be
changed at will by either of these
two judges. Such an arrangement
would undoubtedly lead to the
destruction OF our constitutional
form of government and the substi-
tuition of a parliamentary system.
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POINTS TO DANGER OF
MINORITY CONTROL .
BY a Borah Republican

By a Borah Republican
If it is true that Congress should
have the power to regulate the pro-
duction of agriculture and industry,
prices and labor relations; to limit
the work time and establish mini
mum compensation of wage earn
.ers; to prohibit child labor; to pro-
vide for the relief of the aged, sick
and unemployed; to require common
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
DAILY THOUGHT

These things I have spoken unto
you, that il me We might have
peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation; but be of good cheer
I have overcome the world.-St.
John 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
THE CROWN
BY M. C.. w.

The king is gone from mortal eye
His crown is kept and placed on
high
For one who comes and rightly
reigns.
The man is gone. The crown re-
mains.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
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, 1936-03-07

IF the sun of Gods countenance
l. shine upon me, may well be
content to be wet with the rain of
affliction.-Bishop Joseph Hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
ADDS TO CRITICISM
OF GUARDSMEN

By C. E. Hunt
This is my first letter to your
column. Nevertheless, I wish to kill
two stones with one bird, so to
speak.
In line with the sentiments of
the Ex-Soldier of Westfleld and
Ex-Marine James G. Barnett, I, as
an ex-sailor, wish to voice the gen.
eral contempt and very low opinion
held by Navy men of the "tin SOL
dier," "scab-herding" members of
the state militia.
Regarding your timely series,
Whats Wrong With Our Schools"
the time is ripe for vast improve
ment of these conditions.
Il have no children, but I am
highly in favor of the pay-as-you-go
or similar plan to take care of the
kiddieS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07
ASSAILS TREATMENT OF
WPA FOREMEN

BY Mrs. w. M.
Attention, WPA foremen! Are
you men, or what? During the bad
weather all WPA men were unable
to work, but the foremen had to
serve 165 hours each month whether
they were cold or it was too icy.
My husband caught pneumonia
and as a result is off 5hree, days.
You are off for good and must be
reinstated before you can get any
help. Is this fair? One foreman
slipped on the ice and was injured
and yet they were driven for 1855
hours each month.
The laws set out by the white
collars at 211 S. Meridian-st should
be looked into by higher authori-
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-07

AS a road salesman contracting
many township trustees over the
state, I have been informed that
more than rs per cent of those on
relief or supported by the govern
ment on made-Work projects are
above 40 and under 10 years of
age.
Workers past 40 are not wanted
by business and industry. Where
there is surplus, why not remove
those not wanted?
If our young people are to have
fair chance, the older workers
must be removed and given an ad-
equate pension, so that buying
power will be widespread and
maintained
Such program is socially and
economically sound.
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(Times readers are invited to cypress
their UieUs in these columns. religious
controversies excluded. Make Uour letters
short. so all can have chance. Limit
them to $50 a0ords or less. Your letter
must be siqned. but names will be
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The HOOSier Forum

disapprove of aOhat you sag, but will defend
to the death your right to sag it.-Voltaire.