Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 10 March 1933 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1933.

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THE POST-DEMOCRAT

'4 l>enim:rntic weekly newspaper n presir ‘.mg the Democrat* ot Muucie, Delaware County and the lOtt Congressional District The only Democratic Newspapei in Delaware County. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice * at Muncie, lidiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. ; PRICE 2 CENTS—$1.00 A YEAR 223 North Elm Street—Telephone 2540 CHARLES H. DALE, Publisher

Geo. R. Dale, Editor

THE COLOSSUS

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Liuicie, Indiana, Friday, March 10, 1933

An Outstanding Document (Chicago Herald and Examiner) President Roosevelt continues to move in the banking crisis with sure steps and a clear sense of his objectives. His message to Congress at the opening of the special session says all that need be said at the moment and all that can be said at this stage of the remedial process. The President is granted by Congress the requisite power to make effective immediately the measures upon which expert judgment finds it possible to agree. The first task, as the President, says is to reopen all sound banks. The resumption of business waits upon this. There must be no delay that can be avoided—not even the delay of forced resort to Congress for the validation of each decision as it is reached. For this reason the Congress took the only intelligent course in clothing the executive with the requisite power so that the ability to act is already created and in existence, ready for each step as the point is reached where action is possible.

Of course, as' the President reminds Congress, no one in the short space of jjve days can formulate completed measures to prevent the recurrence of the evils of the past. A radically altered banking system should not be forged in haste. To be good, it must be fashioned with, care. Hasty decisions, reached under pressure and not weighed and i examined, are apt to prove faulty decisions. 11 r • 1 The complete interruption, however, of the nation's business through the withdrawal of all banking facilities catl« for the promptest relief. Such relief can be worked out with the banking facilities already in existence and at the President’s service if given the power to use them. The President’s message sustains the impression he has already made upon the nation of complete adequacy to the great responsibilities which have been put upon him. r .' r* After the dullness and inertia of the administration just closed, it is inspiring to see how a man of ability and energy attacks problems, even the most stubborn and difficult; how he throws off honessentials, hews to the lines, cuts through red tape and indecision and moves swiftly and directly upon his goal. It is also gratifying to note the absence from the scene in Washington of any representative of the American banking firm, with Londpn connections, which acts as Great Britain’s fiscal agents in this country. The new deal has apparently stilled its voice. Its counsels are not sought. An America, self-confident and self-governed, with an American President in the White House, true to his country and its people, and caring for nothing else, is a very pleasant change indeed!

Postponement of Elections Postponement of municipal elections in 102 cities of Indiana appears to be causing no particular worry except to the Republican political leaders, who had hoped to use this wedge t-5 stage a comeback. The people are satisfied that the moratorium on city elections will save them around a half million dollars in addition to the excitement of a campaign that is superfluous now that the readjustment period has set in and there are other more important matters to be given attention. It is true that sixty percent of the Indiana citizes are controlled by Democrats, but that does not seem to be causing any great uprising among the people. These Democratic administrations were elected four years ago because of Republican failures and the administrations have gone down the line on economy programs set up by state and national leaders of the Democratic party. As long as the city administrations adhere to those principles, the people are not concerned with who is filling the city offices, be they Democrats or Republicans. Republican leaders are setting up a hue and cry that putting off the municipal elections is an usurption of the people’s rights. Since when did these leaders become so concerned about the rights of the people? One only need look into the records of Republican administrations for the past twelve years in Indiana to learn that the people and their rights have not been given much thought by these leaders. They had their chance and they failed to make good. Now they are the first to howl when the Democrats show constructive and progressive leadership designed first for the people and then for the party. The only opportunity for the Republican party to stage a swift rejuvenation in Indiana was through a smoke screen of untruths in a municipal campaign this year. It would not have been a campaign for benefit of the people of the individual cities. It would have been one based on state proportions and the truth would have been handled recklessly. That is demonstrated by what has happened in the past two months. Elimination of city elections this year w^ill give the people a breathing spell from the type of campaign that has often been successful for Republican leadership although fatal to the public.

Rain-Barrel Comes Back Who remembers the days when the rain-barrel stood at the corner of the house under the downspout where kids of the neighborhood could see their reflections in the water it held and yelling into it they received the echo of their voices that fell only on their own ears? Well, the rain-barrel has passed out of vogue, but there are still a few who use criticism as a rain-barrel to look at themselves and to hear the sound of their ow n voices and thoughts. The session of the state legislature just closed has produced a number of these persons, whose unfounded criticisms reflect their viewpoint of progress and whose voices fall on their own ears. Hardly had the administration become seated in office and the legislative session gotten under way than these rain-barrel devotees began practicing their favorite outdoor sports. One of them shouted into the barrel’s clear water that the new governor is asking “$84,000 more for a certain purpose than Governor Leslie used. ’ The echo carried a few feet but it soon died away when a graduate of the rainbarrel age discovered it was an unjust and untruthful charge. Another yelled into the barrel that the administration was repudiating a greater part of the platform and killing the party’s chances of electing another Democratic governor for forty years. For proof, this yeller claimed the administration rode rough-shod over protests of the people, although he had been telling the rain-barrel for years that what was wrong with the state was lack of leadership. Then he offered the piteous plea that the $1.50 tax law had been liberalised without reasoning that this was clone to permit payment of the honest debt he helped to make when he petitioned for a new school building in his town. Really, it is almost comical the way some people believe that echoes carry weight. Every state in the union is looking upon Indiana as the leader because of what has been accomplished in two short months. But, there always have been those who u^ed this form of public contact and there probably always will be.

Strong Arm Methods The c ntire country is behind President Roosevelt in his drastic move to -olve the financial situation placed on his doorstep the day

MAYOR’S CORNER

the right to be heard thereon^..commissioners will fix a date of After the -special appropriations (hearing in thfs City. :? have been decided upon by the COMMON' COtlNCTL- ’OF C\VY Council, ten or more taxpayers,,! OF MUNCIE, IN’DIANA. feeling themselves aggrieved, by;Linton Ridgeway, City Clerk, such appropriations may appeal io Mch 10-17 the state board of tax commission-

of his inauguration. There is not the least criticism of the “strong arm methods’’ he is exercising, for it is generally agreed this is a time when such methods are necessary. The country is in its present dilemma because of vacillating leadership of the past three and a half years and the people are convinced that a leader is here to fulfill his promises of a new deal. • It is of particular interest to the people of Indiana that the nation al emergency and the manner in which it is being met have much in common. President Roosevelt is handling the national situation in much the same manner that Governor McNutt has been handling the Indiana situation. One of the first things being done by the new r national administration is for an agreement to be reached that emergency banking legislation will be jammed through the special session of Congress. This will be perfectly agreeable to all the country. Even the Senate, which stands for tradition in' maintaining its rights, is agreeing to uphold caucus sessions as a support to the program of the President. All this is bound to restore confidence of the people in the government and those who head it. Some groups have criticized the new administration in Indiana for its use of “strong arm methods” in dealing with legislation during the assembly session just closed. Even these groups are now' admitting that President Roosevelt is right in his position, and if they admit that then they must admit that Governor McNutt is right in the similar position he has taken. Naturally, a state that has gone so long without a leader finds it unusual to accept leadership and organization which accomplishes results. Present conditions demand leadership and organization and Governor McNutt is supplying those necessities. Never before in history has there been an assembly session that accomplished wdiat the past session has done. It may have been through “strong arm methods” but that is of small importance if the results are satisfactory.

The new secretary of the treasury is named Woodin, and he ought to be an authority on advising the people against taking any wo'^en money.

Closing of the banks also must have left the bank bandits feeling pretty blue and not a bit kindly toward the new administration for this interference with their business affairs.

Governors of all the states backed up President Roosevelt in his banking holiday, most of them being willing to get his endorsement of the plan they have been following for a week or more.

When President Roosevelt gets finished with the international bankers and the selfish financiers they may know' What it means to be “taken for a cleaning.”

Of course, President Roosevelt had no reference to former President Hoover leaving Washington, when he announced that the money changers were being driven from the temple.

Perhaps Mr. Hoover, former president of the United States, cancelled his deep water fishing trip so he could hang around and see w hat a real statesman does in a great crisis.

Some of these financial experts, who try to place the blame for conditions on people hoarding their money, apparently need a postgraduate course in the school for training of experts.

With President Roosevelt in Washington, the people of Indiana are beginning to believe they have found the end of the rainbow and will soon discover the pot of good government.

Driving Nails Like Stopping Car

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(BY LESTER C. HOLLOWAY) People, people, everywhere. Hotels crammed and overflowing, streets lined and jammed with sightseers, thousands and thousands of cheering voices almost continuously heard, miles and miles of parading bands, floats, fife and drum corps, uniformed squadrons of soldiers, cadets, midshipmen, American legiohnaires, Democratic men’s and women’s organizations, a sky full of roaring airplanes flying in beautiful formations and dodging around the gigantic dirigible, the Akron, and hearts filled with increased hope and confidence both in Washington and throughout the land. These are descriptions of the greatest inauguration ever held in Washington placing Franklin D. Roosevelt in the highest office of this land as President of the United States, witnessed last Saturday by myself and wife together with Mr. and Mrs. George Dale, Jr. Forty acres of people stood solemnly on the east side or the front of the capitol building while Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administered the oath of office to President Roosevelt. Standing bareheaded on the inaugural platform which was a high, white, pagoda-like structure ei'ected in front of the Capitol, between high, white Grecian columns, strung with ivy and bedecked with Hags, a chilling breeze blowing, the President solemnly swore to protect, preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States. The retiring President, Herbert Hoover, was the first to congratulate Roosevelt and wish him success after which the new President stood facing the multitude of anxious listeners with a smile, and delivered his inaugural address in a firm, impressive, and forceful manner. After this ceremony, the President, the First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Senator Joe Robinson, Democratic leader of the Senate, rode in an open motor car through the thronged streets to the White House. Amidst a great ovation from people everywhere, Roosevelt was happy and waved his silk topper hat from one side to the other. An all afternoon parade followed the procession up Pennsylvania avenue where acres of wooden seats, temporary bleachers, filled with spectators, reviewed such and took on a new' symbol of hope for the future with a new leader and power at the head of our national government. The new' executive declared* in his inaugural address that putting people back to work was our greatest primary task and he pledged action now. Such a task can be helped, says the President in many ways, not rrereL talking about it, but acting and acting quickly. Such a cours to have been chosen by Roosevelt, inasmuch as the next day after assuming the leadership of his country, instead of spending it with a doffed silk hat posing for photographers, he immediately declared action against the grave banking problems and closed all banks throughout the land until Congress gives him control over the banks for the protection of depositors with the authority to open all sound banks and reorganize others requiring such treat-

ment.

The talk in Washington filled the air with renewed efforts to pull this depressed commonwealth out of the rut and restore degrees of prosperity throughout the country. Fireworks lightened the darkened sky that night for hours as the sea of people rejoiced at the beautiful setting of bombs bursting and colorful flashes exploding above the capitol dome. The inaugural ball held at the Washington coliseum that night was attended by hundreds of notables from all parts of America. The receipts from this event is to be used for charity. All the splendor in Washington, the Capital of these United States, was evident at the inaugural party given in honor of the new President, Vice-President and newly appointed Cabinet officials. Hundreds of tourists and witnesses of the inauguration oh their first trip to Washington, D. C. such as myself and party, found all the expected glories in visiting the halls of fame on Capitol Hill, the Washington monument, the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Cemetery and the tomb of the unknown soldier, the sights of Mount Vernon along the Potomac, and the many other interesting scenic spots in and around the District of Columbia as well as between here and there among the mountains of the Cumberland valley.

ers for further and final action thereon by filing a petition therefore with the county auditor not later than ten (10) days from the date of the final action of said council and the state board of tax

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF DELAWARE COUNTY COUNCIL

Notice is hereby given to the members of the Delaware County Council that there will be a speoial meeting of said Delaware County Council of Delaware County, Indiana, at the office of the Auditor of Delaware County, Indiana, at the hour of I'fr o’clock a. m. on Monday the 20th day of March, 1933. The object and purpose of said meeting is as follow's: “To make such amendments to the certain ordinance determining to issue and providing for the issuance of poor relief notes in the amount of $97,300.00, which ordinance was adopted by said Delaware County Council on the 2nd day of February, 1933.” The amendments to said ordinance purposed to be considered at said meeting are such as may be necessary and proper by reason of the order of the State Board of Tax Commissioners of Indiana made on Match 6, 1933, relative to the issuance of said notes. Dated this 10th day of March,

1933.

W. MAX SHAFER, Auditor Delaware County, Ind. March 10.

It. is not the force equivalent to the weight of the hammer, but the force which comes into existence when the hammer is stopped that drives thenail into wood. A simple thing, easily understood. It is not the force equivalent to the weight of an automobile, bu* the force which comes into existence when the automobile is stopped that

causes personal injury and damage to property.

The harder the hummer strikes a nail the quicker it penetrates wood. The faster a moving automobile strikes an object or person the greater the damage and more serious the injury. Let a hammer accidentally hit one’s thumb, lightly: then with a resounding whack,]the

and the full import of the danger of increasing rates of speed will be amendatory

appreciated.

NOTICE OF SALE OF DELA-

WARE COUNTY NOTES

Notice is hereby given that up to 10 o’clock a. m. on Saturday the 1st day of April, 1933, sealed bids will be received by the Auditor of Delaware County, Indiana, at the oflice of said Auditor in the Court House in the City of Muncie, Indiana, for the purchase of the County of Delaware Poof Relief Notes in the amount of $95,300.09, bearing interest at the rate of five (5) per cent per annum from date and payable at the office of the Treasurer of Delaware County in the city of Muncie, In-

diana.

Said notes will be dated April U 1933, numbered 1 to 96 inclusive and will be in the denominations and mature as follows. No. 1 to 47 inclusive, for IlyWO.flG each and No. 48 for $650.00 shall mature and become payable on May 15, 1934; No. 49 to 95 inclusive, for the sum of $1,000.00 each aud No. 96 for $650.90 shall mature and become payable on November 15, 1934, with interest at'the rate of five per cent per annum from date thereof payable on May 15, 1934 and November 15, 1934. Said notes are being issued pursuant to Chapter 73 of the Acts of 1931 of the general assembly of state of Indiana and acts

thereof, for the pur-

jpose of paying claims incurred by

trustees of various townships in relief of the poor of their respective townships and which claims have been filed with the board of commissioners of the county of (Delaware,, ^Indiana. Specifications of said notes and information concerning the same are on file in the office of said auditor and may be obtained on application therefor. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Each bidder must state the full amount of cash w hich will be paid by the bidder for the notes purposed to be purchased. Each bid must be accompanied by certified check for three pe,r cent of the par value of the notes bid upon and drawn against moneys in some reliable bank in Delaware County, Indiana, said check to be payable to the hoard of commissioners of the county of Delaware which will be held as a guaranty of the performance of said bid should the same be accepted, ami also accompanied by affidavit of non-collusion as provided by law. Bids must be made upon the form provided by the auditor without additions, alterations or erasures, and no other form of bid will be considered and no alterations shall be made in the form prescribed. Said bids shall be sealed in an envelope marked “Bids for Delaware County Door Relief Notes” and shall hav.? no other writing or printed matter or distinguishing marks on the outside of the envelope. Said notes will be ready for delivery on day

of sale.

W. MAX SHAFER. Auditor Delaware County, Ind. March 10 and 17. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON APPROPRIA-

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In the matter of the passage of certain ordinances by common council of the City of Muncie, In-' diana. Delaware County, providing for special appropriation of funds. Notice is hereby given taxpayers of the City of Muncie, Indiana, Delaware County, that a public hearing will be in the city hall, Muncie, Indiana, on the 3rd day of April, 1933, at 7:30 o’clock p. m„ on ordinance making special and additional appropriation: An ordinance appropriating the sum of $638.65 out of the general fund of, the city of Muncie, to the department of law of said city, for the use of said department in the payment of judgment and expenses in the case of Merella Moore vs. City of Muncie. et al„ and the case of Chauncy G. Moore vs. the City of Muncie, et al. Taxpayers appearing shall have

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