Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1926 — Page 4

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No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana. *

WILL IT WIN ? Can the campaign of silence win for Watson? Will the people of Indiana forget tho many Instances of his long career In office which has brought criticism often and praise seldom? Are the voters of his party ready to make good on the secret deals he has made for support of political organizations and power seekers and permit him to retain his office through their own lethargy and indifference? Will the fear that the widely advertised machine, which he is presumed to have working for him, cause the voter who does not agree with the Watson viewpoint or ideal of politics, to stay away from the primaries? If you should get a real, frank confession from any one of the leading supporters of Watson, you would discover that the one hope of Watson for the nomination is that the majority of the men and women of his own party will not go to the polls. They understand that the full force of the Watson strength comes from those who have obtained favors in the past or hope for favors in the future. They know that the man or woman of the Republican party who has watched any part of Watson’s public record and who wants nothing from the Government but a square deal Is much more likely to vote against Watson than for him. That is the reason why no open campaign is being made for Watson and no arguments advanced in bis behalf except that he has been In office for a long time. His managers hope that his record, both official and In Republican politics, will be forgotten. They hope most of all that the voters of their own party will not vote in the primaries and that the compact machine of favor seekers and office holders Tvill be sufficient to rule the party. There is a strong indication that they will be mistaken. The farmers appear to resent the inference that they can be satisfied with a bag of peanuts. The wage workers are remembering Watson and his indifference to their problems. President Coolidge has issued a call for broader participation in Government by the people. He urges women to vote. He urges them to get men to vote. If this appeal is answered, that speech will in all probability be later Interpreted In Indiana as a direct attack upon Watson. For the one thing Watson’s managers fear is that you will cast an intelligent ballot in the primaries. GENERAL ANDREWS The professional prohibitionists who have started a demand for the resignation of Gen. Lincoln Andrews, head of the Federal enforcement forces, may find they have sown a wind that will j:oine twisting and tearing back upon them as a whirlwind. Ajrfurews came into his job after a career as a soldier and a successful executive. He tackled prohibition as a job to be done as effectively as he could do it. He has put his brains and energy into it, without reservation, and few dispassionate observers will argue that any other man in the same place could have got any more results than he has got. He seems, however, to have one shortcoming, from the standpoint of the professional reformers He doesn’t deal in bunk. He doesn’t exaggerate the accomplishments of prohibition to date. Not even to win t-redit for himself does he paint as an arid desert a land where springs are flowing. The professional reformers naturally don’t want that kind of man. They’d prefer a practiced politician. In this, they are likely to find, they are out of ■tune with the rest of the country. The country rather likes the frankness of General Andrews. It is refreshing in the confusion of charges and countercharges to hear his blunt statements of fact,. It will take pretty persistent propaganda to make the country believe that Andrews hasn't been living up to his oath of |iee, that he hasn’t been striving intelligently and industriously to place prohibition on the list of enforceable laws. Our advice to these professionals is that they leave Andrews alone. Let him continue to do his best and let him continue to tell the truth. ; The country may or may not be satisfied with prohibition. But it isn’t dissatisfied with Andrews. It isn’t—with the exception of two classes: the professional reformers and the bootleggers.

TILE BETTER REMEDY Down iu ono of the Eastern cities a wife is .charging that her husband and a pretty Sunday 'school teacher used a church pew as their "love nest.” The pastor of the church furnishes corroboration to the extent ol’ saying that the parishioners hud furnished the title for the pew because of the fact that the man and the girl always sat together and gripped hands much more firmly than they did his message. Had the incident happened in a dimly lighted movie theater or had they taken their unconventional to a public dance hall, it is quite certain that many sincere people would be so shocked as to demand that a censor or a policeman or more lights or an injunction be used to prevent uny such deplorable affairs in the future. In a secular setting, the minds of many would have blamed the environment tyid not emotion for the defiance of conventional morality. Certainly no one would think of applying any fort of force to a church or suspect for a moment that it had any influence whatever to deflect minds and morals of those who are caught in their sin. '• It is most patent that opportunity had nothing c at all to do with the digressions of these two weak mortals. But it is history ,of recent trend of thought to blame environment and opportunity rather than hu man weakness when men and women yield to temptations and as a result we have various and vociferous demands for regulations of places, the naming of other humans as guardians and watchmen, a threat of jail to compel obedience to established standards of human jnorality. a This Articular church had a much better em-

edy which It applied when It discovered that two of its members had erred. There was no protest but an urgent appeal, from those who lamented the actions of this pair, that they change their thought and their impulses and turn to paths which are more acceptable. There were prayers for the erring and an earnest endeavor to change the viewpoint and to assist in making strength of character and conscientious conviction the guardians against sinfulness. When these failed, they used the weapon of ostracism as a means of emphasizing social disapproval of their actions. They did not blame environment. They did not suggest a law forbidding all women to sit in the same pew with any man. They did not establish a rule that men and women should not glance across the pews nor endeavor to build a wall between them. They understood that most men and women are strong enough to withstand temptations, that only the very few defy tho conventions, that only a very small number yield to their baser desires or translate a passing attraction into a great passion. They recognize that in this case, at least, it was merely that ancient battle between vice and virtue which has waged In the human heart from the days of Eden. They chose the better remedy and the more effective weapon of argument, or persuasion, of personal appeal to the good Impulses and an endeavor to make character the corrector of human weaknesses. Their chances of success are much better than are those who rely upon a policeman or a law to regulate sins and transform them into crimes. No man or woman who refrains from evil because of fear of punishment is really ever good.

AN INSIDE PICTURE This man Dennis, member of the United States tariff commission, who has been testifying before the Senate committee investigating the tariff commission, is more than an economist and tariff expert. He should have been a novelist. For instance: “Almost every case in which reductions might be made suffers euthanasia —painless death—within the commission.” “I went on the commission believing, in my innocent way, that the flexible tariff was designed to correct inequalities. But I soon lost my faith in a Santa Claus.” , “The ideaof a nonpartisan, scientific commission has broken down under the bias of the chairman (Thomas O. Marvin). He is backed up in his unfairness by three other members. I’d hate to be tried for heresy by him, or by any one of like mind. We are personally friendly, but the minute we discuss tariff I am up against a state of mind—and obsession—which governs him.” “I never have a chance to speak in the commission meetings. Theoretically, I am allowed to speak, but I sit there like a man with a sword hanging above his head by a thread—and a breeze blowing.” “In all cases Mr. Glassie (Henry H. Glassie, another comm ssion member) lined for high protection, except in the taximeter case, when he objected ta being booted into action by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania.” “I went to the chairman and almost begged him on my knees to take up the case of cotton hosiery, which to my mind was a case for tariff reduction. He responded by setting a program containing seven items. .Five of them, which called for higher tariffs, have been acted upon. The other two, which called for lower tariff, and including my hosiery case, have not.”

Ncwest grand opera star is only 20. No doubt due to bad environment. Turkish women are bobbing their hair. Sheiks may smoke cigarets soon. ' It’s a. funny world. There are people who can worry about bridge. QUESTION’ RECALLS FAMOUS MURDER CASE You can pet an answer to any Question of fact or Information b.v writ me to The IndiananoUs Timel Washington Bureau. 1323 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C. inelosinar 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot he given nor r. an extended research tic undertaken. All other Questions will receive a personal reply. Unsiened req cents cannot be answered All letter* are confidential.— Editor. When was Pearl Bryan murdered? Her decapitated body was found near Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, Feb. 1, 1896. What is ihe meaning and derivation of the name Stephen? It is derived from the Greek and means “a crown of garlands.” J lias Groat Britain a cabbiet officer in charge of education? The president of the board of education is a member of the cabinet. The present incumbent la Hon. Lord Eustace Percy, who was appointed in November, 1924. Who were the parents of the late Vice President, Thomas Riley Marshall? Did the Vico President have any children? Thomas It. Marshall was the son of Daniel M. and Martha Patterson Marshall. The Marshalls had no children of their own, but dopted a small boy who died a few years before the death of Mr. Marshall. How many convictions have there been under the Sherman anti trust laws from its passage in duly, 1890, to date? The Attorney General of the United States recently has reported to the United States Senate that from the date of its passage to the present, forty-two persons have been convicted and imprisoned finder See. 1 of the act; 1,338 persons have been convicted ami sentenced to lines, the total amount of which is $1,717,727; 104 decrees have been entered in civil proceedings brought by \the United States, sixty of which were consent decrees. There have - been four proceedings in contempt to enforce these decrees, resulting in the conviction of thirteen persons for contempt and the imprisonment of eight; twenty-nine persons convicted and sentenced to prison in trial courts had their convictions reversed upon appeal; forty-two persons convicted and fined in trial courts had their convictions reversed upon appeal; seven decrees in civil suits In favor of the Government have been reversed by the Supreme Court. Who were the secretaries of slate during the first Administration of Andrew Jackson? Edward Livingston and Martin Van Buren both served in that capacity. What is the population of Manila, P. I.? 285,396.

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Say, Mister! Oh! Have You Met Rosie’s Sister? Cause She Is Some Real Girl

By Walter D. Hickman Itosie was some gal herself if we can believe the song writer. Rosie had moro beaus than a centipede has hips, according to the man who turned out the tune and the words and also according to Wendell Hall, known as "The RedHeaded Music Maker.” Am trying to tell you about "Say Mister: Have You Met Rosie's Sister?” as rceorded on a Brunswick by Hall, accompanied by Tarapatch. Here is one. of those warm and good little novelty numbers that' has class, charm, laughs and some real inelody-rihat stuff which gets into , your very being. Ilall is a comedian who knows how to register. You can understand every word that he says. He tells you that Rosie is some girl, having more’ sweeties than Juliet had Romeos, but that you should meet Rosie's sister. Rosie has made the world daffy, but Rosiess sister is as sweet as taffy. Here Is a nove;ty Brunswick record that I am quite wild over. The other morning when I was faking my morning plunge in my bath tub, I permitted my phonoI graph to play this Rosie number. It's quite the thing now to take a morning bath plunge to popular tunes, try It if you don't get up too early, as the neighbors might object. Bome New Ones Here Is my opinion of some new tecords that I have reviewed: “Down by the Winegar VV'oiks,” and "Don’t Call ’Dm in the Morning,” sung by Billy Jones on an Okeh. A pleasing novelty record of two popular numbers. “Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" and "Am I Wasting My Time on You?” sung by Billy Jones with Dave Kaplan at the piano. It Is an Okeh record. In the "Gimme” number you will find that Jones Is doing some real work. It tells ot a little boy who hked a little girl who was lwd to get. He wanted a little kiss and thought that he was entitled to it because he wasn’t asking for the world. “Nightie-Night” and "Looking for a Boy,” two hits from the musical comedy hit, “Tip-Toes,'’ sung by Virginia Rea, a fine artist, and Franklyn Baur with the Brunswick Hour orchestra. Here are two really fine classy numbers put over with true artistry. Here Is the intimate moonlight parlor stuff, which Is so successful In clean plays. You are going to love the lyrics as well as the melody. If you want the best, then buy this Brunswick record. ‘‘Song of the Flame,” from the musical play of that name, and “Rhythm of the Day,” from Earl Carroll’s new Vanities, played by Vincent Lopez and his Gasa Ipez orchestra. Here Is an orchestra that Is an orchestra. An Okeh record. The Carroll number Is really “cute.” •!• •!• -ITndlanapolls theaters today offer "The Boomerang,” at English’s; Gilda Gray, at the Circle: MazetteLevvls Company, at the Lyric; Albertina Rasch Girls, at Keith’s; “Sandy,” at the Colonial; “For Heaven's Sake,” at the Apollo; "Miss Brewster’s Millions,” at the Ohio; Brady and Mahoney, at the Palace; burlesque at the Broadway and "The Yankee Senor” at the Isis.

A Sermon for Today —By Rev. John R. Gunn

Text: “If thou bring thy gift to the altar and there reniemberest tiiat thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way. first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. —Matt. 5:23, 21. If we followed this rule strictly, what a pile of gifts would be left before the altar. Here you come with your gift, a gift of money, and as you stand there Iteforc the altar with that money in ydur hand, God says. "Hold on a min ute; what about that brother with whom you are not on speaking terms?" You did not expect that, question. You thought God would bo so beholden by your gifts that He would not be looking into yoiw* heart. Here you come with your gift, a gift of praJ*N a solo., to sing, and as you stand there with your song book open, God says. "Stop, shut up that book; go make friends with your neighbor before you try to sing my praise; I cannot listen to you sing with all that bitterness in your heart.” How it shocks you to hear Him say that. You thought God would be so charmed with the melody of your voice that lie would not see the malice lr. your heart. "But, Lord,” you ,w.y, "it Is his fault.” Never mind about your excuse**. Never mind about whose fault It. Is. The question Is not whether you have anything against your brother, but whether he has anything against you. Never mind who is at. fault, God places the responsibility of reconciliation on you, so far as It lies in your power. “Hast thy brother aught against thee?” Your Jxtrd says, "Go to your brother and set this matter right." Do not wait until you feel right

Go to Church, Then Play, Says Pastor Church people should attend one service every Sunday during the summer months and then get out into God’s great out-of-doors, the Rev. Henderson L. V. Shinn, pastor of Immanuel Reformed Church, Prospect and S. New Jersey Sts., urged Tuesday night before the Men’s Loyalty Club. "My religion may be wrong, but you need to get out on Sundays," said the Rev. Shinn. "Get a breath of fresh air and a good treat, and tlie church ought to cooperate with you.” That his congregation may enjoy their Sundays, the pastor announced a summer program in which the Sunday school and church services will be merged. Sunday school will open at 9:15 a. m. and the church service will end about 11. Henry E. Jasper, president, presided. A piano solo was given by Harold SchortoJnei<\

THE VERY IDEA

Love Dreams An arbor that harbored a lass who was fair, still lingers, so kind, In my mind. Her face was the trace of all sweetness. Her hair round innocence closely entwined. Mtd Ivy that grew there, it seemed that I ljnew there was love calmly waiting my call. She was just the right sort. Not a portion too short, nor a portion. I might add, too tall. Tho sight of her caught me. A heart thrill she brought me. I longed for the touch of her hand. If I could possess her. If I could cares her. I felt that she'd well understand. ’Twas just In the dark that my mind had this lark. Her being spread over the wall. Came the first streak of dawn and the vision was gone—a dream for the moment —that's ail. • • • People used to run across an old acquaintance. Since we’ve had autos they run across most anybody. • • • Any soldier will tell you that the best thing to induce chest expension Is medals. • • • Those who persistently think about themselves don’t understand that It’s foolish to worry about trifles.

At the Circle

Gilda GrayVarious forms of dancing and wiggles are being presented by Gilda Gray at the Circle this week.

about it. Do as your Lord says. The right act will bring the right feeling. Go without delay, for delay will make reconciliation all the more difficult. When you do as your Lord commands and then come back to the altar, perhaps you will find your gift doubled. Perhaps your brother will come hack with you, bringing an additional gift. (Copyright. 1925, by John R. Gunn)

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to. R- C. Criswell No. 11, St. James Apts.; VYillys-Knight, 2S-939, from Twenty-First and Meridian Sts. Harold Meek, Keystone and Bradbury Aves.; Ford, from New York and Meridian Sts. A. O. Ruse, Clermont, Ind.; Ford, 512-511, from 2800 W. Tenth St. James R. English, 2155 N. Ave.; Ford, 543-345, from Bird and Ohio Sts. E. C. Andrews, 1215 N. Tacoma Ave.; Ford. 29-680, from North and Illinois Sts. Carlos E. Harrison, 2612 Brookway Ave.; Overland, from 3634 Roosevelt Ave. Joe Bessesl, 704 S. Noble St.; Cole, DOO-203. from rear of that address. H. M. Agertcr. 3633 Coliseum Ave.; Moon. 996, front Vermont and Meridian Sts.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Paul Searffln, 4603 Park Ave. - . Chevrolet, found at Meridian and New York Sts. Chandler touring car, license 103140, found at Brazil, Ind. Ford touring car - , license 511-455, found at Delaware and Vermont Sts. FOR STATE INCOME TAX Farm Federation Tells How Candidates Replied to Questionnaire. Enactment of a State income tax is favored by 11C candidate for State Representative or State Senator in the primary election, * the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation announced today. The information was gathered from replies to a questionnaire sent out by the Federation. Six candidates said they were opposed, while fiftyfour wero indefinite. TO ADDRESS ANGLERS "Causes and Effects of Stream Pollution” will be discussed by State Conservation Director Richard Lieber before the Terre Haute chapter of the Izaak Walton League Thursday night. Lieber will emphasize the importance of determining the cause of pollution as well as the remedy.

By llal Cochran'

She strolled out through the fruit patch, A happy girl was she; Until she picked a berry that Was just a bumble bee. * * * The only licking a kid Is In favor of is the one that has to do with the frosting dish. * • • Sympathy is the thing most any gossip is willing to offer, in return for the Interesting details. • • FABLES IN* FACT ONCE THERE WAS A WIDOW COMMA WITH FIVE BOYS PERIOD SHE LET IT BE KNOWN AMONG HER FRIENDS THAT SHE WAS ANXIOUS TO MARRY A WIDOWER WITH SIX BOYS PERIOD EVERYBODY THOUGHT THIS A TERRIBLY QUEER THING AND WONDERED AS TO THE WHY AND WHEREFORE PERIOD THEN COMMA ONE DAY COMMA THE WIDOW LET THE SECRET OUT DASH THE OLDEST SON WANTED TO ORGANIZE A FOOTBALL TEAM PERIOD (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) WILL ATTEND COUNCIL Purchasing Agent to Be Active at District Meeting. Purchasing agents of many Indianapolis concerns trill attend the fourth district council of the National Purchasing Agents Association at Lansing, Mich., April 30 to May 1. Among them will be Robert Ramage. Diamond Chain Company; Charles Gray, Citizens Gas Company; Paul D. Birdsall, Merchants Heat and Light Company, E. R. Kennedy, Esterline-Angus Company; Earl Wolf, Hibben-Hollwegg Company; W. S. Campbell, Interstate Public Service Company, and H. S. Riley, National Paper Stock Company. Indiana men will take an important part in the session. George E. Howe of the Lyon & Greenleaf Company, Ligonief, will speak on “Trade Associations and Business Ethics,” and G. B. Tuthill of Conn Ltd., Elkhart, will preside at the final session. STUTZ FACTORY BUSY Plant Work-. Night Shift, t„ Fill 2,700 Orders. With nearly 2,700 unfilled orders for cars, many departments of the Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc., are working night shifts in order to speed up deliveries. A total of L’47 orders were received tho first two days of this week. This is thought to be a record for local motor companies, excluding auto and show periods. NURSES ENTERTAINED Polk Milk Company Host—Musical Program Is Given. The Polk Sanitary Milk Company was host ‘Tuesday night to more than 350 nurses from Indianapolis hospitals at a musical program giver, at the Carr Tire Company studio, 502 N. Delaware St., and broadcast over WFBM. On the program were the Green and Gold Orchestra and Miss Dorothy L. Kautsky, Clay Gullion and Earl Davis, soloists. YALE YELLS IT’S WET University Votes Overwlieliningly Against Prohibition. By Times Special NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 21. Yale University has voted overwhelmingly against prohibition In a one-day poll taken by the YaJe Daily News. The vote shows 446 for enforcement, 1,836 for modification and 2,282 for repeal.

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IN INDIANA

SELECTION of Judges Members of the Indianapolis Bar Association have balloted on the forty-four candidates for the nine judicial offices In Marion County to indicate their choices for party nominees. A pre-primary preferential vote. The result Is a Bar Association slate on both Republican and Democratic tickets. Presumably the lawyers, by their votes, have Indicated which candidates, in their opinion, are best qualified for places on the bench. It will be Interesting to see how far ordinary voters, laymen, follow the suggestions of the legal fraternity. Theoretically the attorneys themselves should know best as to the fitness of Judicial candidates. They are In Intimate contact with courts and legal machinery. The plain citizen on the other hand, seldom comes Into court and Is then too scared to form an accurate judgment as to judicial qualifications. Yet under our system of popular election the selection of Judges la left to the people least qualified to choose—the general public. Maybe such popular election of Judges Is all wrong. Certainly it has often resulted In the elevation of some startling misfits to the bench. Good handshakers who think Blackstone Is only a hotel. The Federal system of male in g judges, presidential appointment and life tenure, may be better. It may put more competent and fearless men on the bench than Is possible by popular election. But is also has flaws. Judges so often become arbitrary, despotic and unsatisfactory. Perhaps the best system would be to let the bar associations pick the judges. In practice, however, even that method would probably develop wormy spots. No matter how they are chosen, judges are liable to be disgustingly human. Until Providence by a special act, or scientific evolution, creates a special race of judges, probably popular election Is as good a way as any of picking them. WINTER IS OVER Indianapolis coal dealers announce reductions in the price of coal for spring and summer delivery. The reductions range from 50 cents a ton on Indiana lump to $2.50 on Pocahontas lump. The announcement marks the official advent of spring. No matter what your nose knows, or what the weather bureau and its thermometer says, winter Is over. Coal Is down. More than a hundred exhaustive investigations and a library of weighty tomes written by coal experts, that brief announcement of Indianapolis coal dealers reveals what is the trouble with the coal mining Industry*. It is c seasonal industry. 'When winter comes and the days grow short and brittle and Boreas plants a frigid foot In the back of the householder, the coal business booms. Old Ultimate Consumer Is in the market for all the coal he can get. Mines and miners work at top speed and fuel prices soar. Conies spring, the demand slackens. Prices droop. Mines close. Miners fish, idle or strike. And coal dealers run their brain cells into a lather trying to devise schemes tc stimulate spring and summer deliveries. Most coal can bo stored without deterioration. It is not a particularly perishable product. In fact, some coal won’t even perish In a furnace with the drafts wide open. There Is no reason why coal burned in December could not bo mined the previous June. It just Isn’t. Tho genius who can devise a plan for keeping the coal mines steadily In operation all the year ’round, accumulating in spring and summer the surplus to take care of winter's excess fuel demands, will bring contentment and stability to the coal fields and save old Ultimate Consumer millions of dollars.

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By GAYLORD NELSON

FROM ONE CELL TO ANOTHER Ralph Lee, who has seeped out of more prison cells than any other Hoosier of his years, Is behind the bars again. Nine days after he and sixteen other convicts made a spectacular escape from the Tennessee State Penitentiary he was picked up and Jugged by Buffalo police. Marion County officers are on the way to bring him back to Indianapolis to stand trial for murder. If that falls he still faces enough uncompleted sentences here and there to keep him busy the rest of his life. Life to Ralph Lee seems to be simply a succession of spry leaps from one cell to another, Interspersed with brief Intervals of precarious freedom while he is being chased. No one can blame him for finding prison life irksome and Improving every opportunity to escape. The blame for his record of escapes is on our lax prison and jail systems. In the cruel old days when a person was dumped Into prison he stayed there until he rotted or was released by the authorities. Prisoners didn’t ooze out of tho bastile every few minutes. The Count of Monte Crlsto didn’t pry himself out of his dungeon with a can opener. Perhaps our humane treatment of prisoners la better. But when such fellows as Ralph Lee are placed behind the bars sufficient precaution should be taken to Insure holding them, even If it does disturb their privacy and cause them discomfort. The "law” can’t spend all Its time chasing agile jail-breakers. STATE CHARITY WORK PRAISE Dr. Edward T. Devine, prominent social worker of New York,*, In Indianapolis to address the Community Welfare Institute, praises highly the work of the Indiana State board of charities. “I know of no State In the country whose board of charities can present such an enviable record ofaccomplishment,” he says. Very flattering. Here Is one department of our governmental machinery that Is functloningi smoothly, efficiently and in a man-’ ner that elicits praise and criticism. What is the secret? Perhaps one reason the charities, board presents such an enviable record of accomplishment Is the! absence of politics in board affairs. Board members have been ap-* pointed, term after term, without regard to political considerations. Tho personnel of the department has remained unchanged despite changes In tho party or faction' ruling State affairs. John A. Brown, secretary, ac* tlvcly In charge of the work of the board, has been with the department for years. So has L. H. Millikan, In charge of the work with dependent children. Consequently there has been a continuity of policy and effort, undisturbed by political shakeups and orgies of hiring and firing. Put competent men In charge and keep them there, has been the policy. Somewhat different than the policy pursued with our municipal boards, park board, board of safety and boa”d of works. And the results are different. Do you hear any distinguished visitor praising our municipal boards?

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