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The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

for Is unconstitutional This ruling was
based on the Supreme Courts 5-3 decision in 1923
that the District of Columbia minimum wage law
for women was violation Of the due process Of
law" provision Of the Constitution. The appeal may
be filed in time for decision this spring.
The New York case is important not only be-
cause /: may involve the fate OF similar laws in
other states, but also because 1t may bring
ruling whether state has even a limited right to
regulate relations between employer and employe
The Guffey case, and the Wagner Labor Act
cases which probably will reach the Supreme Court
next fall winter, involve the question of whether
the Federal government can regulate these same
relations in broader field.
THE New York State case is narrowed some
what in that the law authorizes the setting of
minimum wages for women, but not for men. Some
feminists bitter against such protective" laws
They say the result is to replace women in jobs with
men whose wages not artihcially supported
Minimum wage laws, most of which apply both
to women and to children under 18 include those of
California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts,, Min
nesota, New York, North Dakota. Oregon South
Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. The New York
test case arose from charge that a laundry paid
lower than legal wages to an adult woman.
Chances for reversal of the 1923 Adkins VS.
Children's Hospital" decision are indefinite Of the
five who voted down the District of Columbia
law. four still on the bench-Vandevanter, Nc
Reynolds Sutherland and Butler. If Justice Bran
deis refrained from sitting because of his prior
tivities in favor Of such law, he did in 1929
the best chance for the law would be A tie
which would have the effect of upholding the state
courts adverse ruling. None of the three dissenting
justices of 1928 the bench
The New York law, drawn with Felix Frank
furter's advice and passed in 1888, has elaborate
provisions to- meet the objections of the Supreme
Court decision. including requirements of hearings,
standards for enforcement, and other legal safe
guards.
minority opinion in the state court defended
the law, quoted from Justice Roberts majority opin
ion in the Nebbia milk law to show that the
state has conformed to the basic law Roberts said:
"The guaranty of due process, as has been often
held, demands only that the law shall not be un-
reasonable, arbitrary capricious; and that the
means selected shall have real and substantial
relation to the object sought to be obtained"
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
FROM THE RECORD

Rep. Rich OR Pa) When / get the floor
wonder if the majority leader is going to be present.
because want to find out from him why We con-
tinue to have these increased appropriations.
want to talk to the majority leader.
Rep. Blanton Cd, Tex): MIR. Speaker, whenever
the gentleman from Pennsylvania gets our majority
leader properly stirred up he is going to find out
lots of things from him. (Applause).
Rep. Church R., Il): Is it the intention now
to prime the taxpayer and make him gurgle?
Rep. Hoffman (R Mich): Before the President
gets through with him, the taxpayer will do some
thing more than gurge. BY the time he pays for
the whns and the fancies, the fooshness the
pleasantres and the diocies of the Tugwes and the
Wallaces the taxpayer will realize that the pleasing
personality, the charming smile, the freside chats
the sweet radio ullabies, have been among the
most costly pleasures in all the world.
Rep. Church: Beyond question, it has been ex-
pensive and wholly without benefit
CENATOR REYNOLDS Cd, N CO: In my be-
~ loved and heavenly section of western North
Carolina there are presented for the national eye
the most beautiful things to be found anywhere
on this great hemisphere. refer to the great
Smoky Mountain National Park of western North
Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
Mr.. Barkley Cd, Ky) rose.
Senator Reynolds: I will admit that our sister
state of Kentucky is likewise possessed of great
natural beauty in the form of Mammoth Cave.
Mr.. Wagner Cd. N. " rose
Senator Reynolds: The state of New York pre-
sents some of the most interesting historic places of
this entire continent 49,.
Mr.. ONahoney Cd, Wyo) rose.
Senator Reynolds Even Wyoming Qaughter)
can boast of the largest national park in america
and some of the most beautiful scenery to be found
anywhere -.
Senator King Cd. UIah): hope the Senate will
not forget the scenic beauties of the great state of
Utah. We have the finest parks in the world ex-
cept. of course, those in North Carolina Il.
Senator Glass Cd. Va: Mr. President. simply
desire 10 extend cordial invitation to my friend
from North Carolina and others to forget their
provnciasm and visit the Shenandoah Valley
Park Of Virginia the greatest state on earth.
uaughter)
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
A LITTLE LESS BLOODY

nELVING into antiquity, the Metropolitan Life
~ Insurance Co. comes up with some interesting
statistics
Taking a group of 160 Greek and Roman soldiers
and statesmen, the causes of whose deaths were
known, the statisticians repor. that SO were exc
cuted, 26 murdered, 20 killed in battle. 1s COM
mitted suicide and died in accidents Thus, 115,
or 64 per cent of the total, met violent Deaths
In the World War, the highest percentage of
deaths to total population 429 per cent, among
the Germans And this, despite machine guns,
poison gas, big berthas, shrapnel and bombing air.
planes.
Of another group of Greeks and Romans-95
philosophers. authors aid artists-21 died by vo-
lence. That's % per cent, compared to our present
peace-time adult death rate from violence esti-
mated at 9.5 per cent. And this despite murderous
automobiles, crime waves, sawed-of shotguns
racketeers and industrial machinery.
So if Aristotle could look upon his generation
with calm, why shouldn't we be philosophical about
ours?
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
WEDNESDAY. MARCH II, 1896.
GIT WON'T BE LONG"

TT won't be long now" That, according to one
correspondent expresses the hopeless fatalism of
the people of Alsace they observe the movements
Of the German and French troops.
If they are right, if their fears are justified it
won't be long until this now peaceful countryside
is turned into inferno, rocked by explosives,
scared by flames, broken to useless pieces by the
machinery Of modern warfare 1t won't be long until
the young men of Alsace facing enemy shells and
machine gun bullets or hiding from these in filthy
trenches and themselves venting the savage lust to
kill which overtakes most humans under the cond-
uons Of war 1t won't be long until the roads lead
ing out of Alsace are crowded by women and chill
dren and men too old and feeble to fight carrying,
If possible, small part of their household effects
to such miserable safety they find behind the
lines Disease and death. Days and nights of hor
ror 1t won't be long.
Indeed it won't be long until peace, the peace
of exhaustion will return to Alsace And the old men
and the women and babes-those that still live
will struggle back to their homes the ruins that
had been their homes. And the young men, those
that survive partly survive also will return. The
dreary and slow process of rebuilding will begin
again.
For what and for how long? Until the victors in
this war have learned the price of victory and the
vanquished have become strong enough to set about
learning that costly lesson for themselves. Aernat
ine generations of French and Germans have
learned it, to be sure, but 1t seems to be lesson
that one generation can not pass on to the next
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
THE COURTS DILEMMA

TINE Supreme Court is on double spot that
i may force it either to reverse itself or to con-
cede openly that there is large mo Mans Land"
of industrial operations which no government
regulate under the Constitution
In the NRA decision the court held that hours
and wages OF live-poultry killers were exempt from
Federal regulation. In the AAA case it held that
the Federal government could not regulate farming
by benefit contracts because of the states reserved
rights.
In the Guffey Coal Act cases, to be argued to-
morrow. similar set Of Federal regulations of the
coal mining industry is involved and the states
reserved rights again issue. But several
coal mining states are filing friend of the court
BRIEFS setting forth their inability to conrc se in
dustry. This is one horn Of the courts tii;s,ama
The other Is that New York state in a few weeks
viii e.e an appeal from the 4-to-3 ruling of the
stases highest court that its minimum wage law
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

ing of over 100000 veterans off the
pension rolls.
The first excuse of the executive
department for asking $1,000,000,000
in new taxes to make up for the
over $10,000,00O,000 in new debts
under this Administration is the
bonus bill. In addition, there now
comes to light the joker in the bonus
bill just passed. It is the fingerprint
provision. It is estimated that it
may take two years to classify these
fingerprints before Identification of
applications for the baby bonds
may be completed.
If history teaches anything, it is
that those in high authority can
afford to trifle least with men of
military experience. Nearly every
other type of men will consent to
deceit and subterfuge for long
periods of time. The soldiers of a
nation are not so likely to stand by
idly when they are made the scape-
goats of spendthrift habits. There
is nothing to prove that American
veterans are any different from
other veterans the world around.
An Administration which sees fit
to make the veterans the guilty
party in dissipating the public
credit is face to face with the real
battle of it's existence.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
MONEY FOR POLITICS

IT'S a. noble undertaking-this widely publicized
attempt Of the Republican National Committee to
persuade one million rank and file party members to
contribute 81 each to the campaign chest. We hope
it succeeds
But pardon us If we hedge our hopes by recalling
that there is nothing new in the idea of trying to
drum up small contributions Every election year
this movement is trotted out by or both OF the
major parties yet there is record that any such
money~rasing plan ever succeeded for either the
Democrats or the Republicans. In fact experience
shows that such an undertaking generally costs more
than it produces, and merely builds up a smoke
screen behind which the big money is obtained from
contributors who expect something in return.
We wish this were not true. We wish that each
one of the IS to 20 million Republican voters and
each one of the similar number of Democratic voters
would contribute dollar apiece to their respective
parties Managers of the two parties would then
have more money than they ought to have for cam
pagn purposes but the parties would belong to the
voters, and the party heads would not have to go
begging to special interests.
Campaign contributors become the controlling
stockholders of political party. And when party
supported by Sew large contributors comes into
power its freedom to promote the interests of the
mass of the people already is mortgaged. All OF
which helps to turn a government of equal rights
into one of special privileges
The people can have democracy when they pay
for it and demand their moneys worth.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

TWO thousand chemists will
I gather in Kansas City on April
Is to spend the next five days in
discussing what chemistry can do in
a world emerging from the depres-
sion. The occasion will be the
meeting of the American Chemical
Society, largest professional organi-
zation of its kind in the world.
Proudest boast of the chemists of
the nation is that there was no de-
preston in the chemical labora-
tories. Research work was kept 60
ing during the depression and the
chemists point now to stainless steel,
new aluminium alloys, new plastics,
and new synthetic dyes which were
developed during the darkest days
of the depression. These materials
are now leading the parade out of
the depression.
At the Kansas City meeting hun
dreds of papers will be read by in
dustrial chemists, university profess
sors and government scientists, dis
closing new and dramatic develop
ments in the field.
With the end of the depression.
chemical research is being speeded
up and expanded, according to Prof.
E. J. Crane of Ohio State Univer-
sity, editor of Chemical Abstracts
one of the publications of the
American Chemical Society.
Through a staff of readers in all
parts of the nation, this journal
seeks to obtain an abstract of every
article published anywhere in the
world dealing with chemical re-
search.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
HORSEFEATHERS
Baltimore Evening SUM

TINE South Carolina Legislature is exercised to
u the point of ordering investigation of rumors
that the Federal government has been teaching
communism to social workers in government tr aim
ing school for such workers in Columbia.
But this report is really little too hot to handle
No matter what may be ones opinion of jobholders
in general or Federal jobholders in particular no
rational man doubts that they loyal to one thing
to w.t. their jobs. Say what else you will about them
and it may be believed but when we are asked to
believe that they working to overthrow the gov
ernmel- from which their pay checks come that is
little too much. Jobholders just don't act that
way.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES!

, wise, if the moons declination is
negative, the man at the North
Pole can not see it. That is to say,
the moon rises and sets but once
each lunar month for the man at
either pole.
Q-Should period be placed
after all abbreviations?
Ayes.
Q-What proportion of an iceberg
IS above the water?
About one-ninth.
Q-How should burlap be pre-
pared for painting?
A-Give the whole surface coat
of ceiling varnish or other cheap
and quick-drying varnish, after
which give it coat Of glue size. The
surface should then be ready for
painting.
A-What is the name of the in
strument used to measure humidity?
A-Hygrometer.
Odd the United States Con-
gress have to approve the election
of President Manuel Quezon Of the
Philippine Commonwealth?
A-No.
Q-How old is Clark Gable?
A-Thirty-five years.
Q-How old was Walter Scott
death Valley Scotty) when he
gained a national reputation by
making a record run from Los An
geles to Chicago on special train?
A-Thirty-two.
Q-What is the largest breed OF
dogs?
A-Probably the Irish wolfhound.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
The HO0sier Forum
disopprove of a0hat you sag, but aOiu defend
to the death your right to sag it.-Voltaire.

local units. Therefore, of necessity,
the compliance laws must provide
for state responsibility in function
ing of the laws.
Local boards must be directly un-
der state supervision.
The bills as now drafted give the
local units the largest supervised
participation possible The con-
stituency of the General Assembly
membership earnestly desires that
their representatives do not play
politics, or attempt to add to their
pay checks by unnecessarily pro-
longing the session.
The consensus is that less than
10 days is needed and that the pro-
longers should be, checked upon by
the electorate.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

A MONG the interesting develop
1 y ments in dietary control of dis
ease has been the use of the So
called ketogenic diets in epilepsy.
Such diets are based on an OBJ
servation that the frequency of
epileptic attacks was reduced when
those afflicted went for time with
out food.
Starvation produces acidosis. Ap-
parently, production of acidosis has
a sedative effect and cuts down the
convulsions.
There is also a theory that the
diet which tends to produce acidosis
is effective, in that it causes an in
creased elimination of water from
the body. There are many who be-
heve that the seizures of epilepsy,
of eclampsia and other convulsive
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
SCHOOL SERIES WINS
READERS PRAISE

By Subscriber
Your recent articles on whats
Wrong in Our Sclools?" have shown
the taxpayers that they are not re-
ceiving full value on their invest
ment in our educational system. It
is gratifying when newspaper pub
fishes articles containing informa-
ton that the public should have.
The original investment in the
Central Library was $625,0O0 and
the interest accrued is $1,014,162
Now, Mr.. Taxpayer, just think of
the fine library or school that could
have been built with the interest
paid on the money used to build
that one library.
To me this is one of the many
proofs that this system, IS restrain
ing progress, not only in our schools
but in our economic life as well.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
OTHER OPINION
WPA Spending
IRep. Lehlbaeh. ,E.. n. ~. in radio talk

REP. Lehlbach. e., N. ~. in radio talk. I
1t is apparently impossible to get
a single cent of WPA money if its
expenditure will be of real use to
any one, but no scheme is fantastic
enough to be rejected by the WPA,
provided always that from the ex-
pendiure of the money entailed
nothing useful viii result. The mot
to of the Administration seems to
be billions for waste, but not one
cent for value
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

BY MARY r. WHITE

Just those gentle, little showers,
That come softly pattering down
To cool the growing things of earth
And soak the dry parched ground.
O. there's such a restful feeling
I can in no other way attain,
An earthly cares just slip away
While driving in the rain.
I care not for the stormy weather,
For raging winds that blow,
King Winter when his temper's
ruffled
And pelts the earth with snow.
I like the bright and sunny days,
But still won't complain;
For me, life holds TO greater joy
Than driving in che rain.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

Q-Who were the parents of Pres
ident Andrew Johnson?
A-Jacob johnson and Mary
(Polly) McDonough Johnson.
O-Where is Fort Knox?
AIN kentucky. 81 miles south
west of Louisville.
Q-Is Lucrezia Bori, the singer,
married?
A-No.
O-When was the first electric fire
alarm system patented?
A-May 19, 1857.
Q-Are there any states in which
atheists are barred from testifying
in court?
A-Maryland and North Carolina
bar atheists from the witness stand.
Q-When it is II o'clock noon,
Eastern Standard Time, in Pitts
burgh. Pa, what time is it in Ran
COON, Burma?
A-11:3o p. m.
Q-Can a man standing at the
North Pole see the moon at the
same time as a man standing at the
South Pole?
Aft the moons declination is
zero. then the answer is yes, but
if the moon has positive declina-
ton the man at the South Pole can
mot see the moon ! all; and ike
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
w atch Your Health

disorders are associated with ac-
cunulation of fluid in the tissues
of the nervous system.
Many years ago, it was pointed
out that diets which are high in
fats and low in sugars have a ten
dency to eliminate water from the
body.
Whether or not the results are
brought about by acidosis, the
elimination of water, or some other
factor, there seem to be certain
cases of epilepsy which are benefited
by the use of the ketogenic diet.
In this diet, which the physician,
of course, prescribes for each pa
tient as required, alcoholic drinks,
spices and condiments usually are
omitted. Fluids, too, are restricted,
since it is the desire to produce
some dehVdratiOn.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
ATTACKS NEW DEAL
ON BONUS STAND
BY Raymond H. Stone

By Raymond H. Stone
The present Administration has
made its most vital mistake. 1t has
broken faith with the veterans of
the World War. Any man with an
ounce of brains knows that the vet
Grams have been made the scapegoat
of the sins of the New Deal.
The public debt was increased
$4,000, 100000 before the present
Administration passed the bonus
bill. The second executive order os
this Administration before Congress
had a chance to act was the throw
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
THANKS PAPER FOR
PUBLICITY

BY Mrs. o. B. Gehring. Secretary
p. T. A. School SO
On behalf of the Parent Teachers
Association of School 36 I wish to
express thanks and appreciation for
the publicity given us recently in
your paper.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

(Times readers are inuited to cypress
their Diea0s in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. Make your letters
short. so all can have chance. Limit
them to ESQ 1oords or less. Your letter
must be si0ned. but names UilI be
t0ithheld on re0uestJ
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

THE memory of past favors is
l. like a rainbow, bright, vivid
and beautiful, but it soon fades
away The memory of injuries is
engraved on the heart and remains
forever er.-Haliburton.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
URGES SHORT, SNAPPY
SPECIAL SESSION

BY Perry Rule
The special session has convened
to enact the necessary legislation
needed for the states participation
in the Federal benefits extended to
it's citizens through the national
security legislation More than a
month has been devoted to discuss
ing and drafting the necessary
compliance laws.
The Federal government deals
directly with the states and not
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
DAILY THOUGHT

There is no remembrance of for
mer things; neither shall there be
any remembrance of things that
are to come with those that shall
come after.-Ecclesiastes i, II.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11

Inclose 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., 1936-03-11

pLURB on box of women's face
ID powder:
Make the famous bite test.
Place a pinch of -- powder be-
tween your teeth and grind slowly.
Feel how wonderfully smooth this
powder is. No grating particle like
sand in spinach. More than 8,0O0,-
600 women have made this famous
test"
Evening star., 1936-03-10
WHOLESALE INDEX
RECEDES SLIGHTLY
Fertilizer Association Reports
Average of 1853, Against
77.0 Week Ago.

Declining for the third consecutive
week, the wholesale commodity price
index compiled by the National Ferti-
lizer Association fell to 76.9 per cent
of the 1926-1928 average in the week
ended March 7, from ITO in the pre-
ceding week
The index last week was at the lowest
level reached since July, 1885, and
was per cent under the first week of
the current year. 1t was 46 per cent
above the depression low point, which
was reached three years ago in the
week of March 4, 1888. A month ago
the index was IT'S and a year ago
76.7.
AS had been the case in earlier weeks
the decline in the composite index
last week was largely due to lower
prices for foods and farm products.
The food index is now at the lowest
level reached since the first week of
last July. The general trend of food
stuff prices was downward during the
week with IA items included in the
group declining; the effect of the
declines was partially Offset by higher
prices for -four and fresh pork.