Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 305, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1927 — Page 6

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That Special Session Aside from the cost to the taxpayers, which may or may not be important, there seems to be no argument against the calling of a special session of the Legislature if there is a desire on the part of lawmakers to undo some of the things they have done and do other things which thsy left undone. There should be really no surprise among the lawmakers to discover that some laws which the Governor signed differ in important details from those which they passed. Especially should there be no surprise that the appropriation measure meets this sort of a fate. The disbursement of State money is a powerful leverage in every Legislature and very significantly, it is always passed in the last hour of the last day. True, the machinery is started for raising and disbursing the tax funds in the first week of the Legislature. Also true is the fact that from the very start most members know exactly what will be done at the finish. But lawmakers have local ambitions. Some are always interested in getting money which will benefit their own constituencies. Some are always eager to get a little more for institutions in their counties or districts and this desire is always well understood by the gentlemen behind the scenes who are interested in preventing legislation or in passing laws favorable to their secret masters. For that reason it is quito possible to hold the allegiance or interest of the members who are eager for State funds in their own projects as long as the appropriation bill is not passed. Fear grips these members who want funds. They are afraid to offend. Their judgment is often dictated by their desires. That is the reason the appropriation measure is generally held up until the last night. The real powers in politics do not wish to lose this grip upon followers who might show independence after their own projects had been cared for in the State appropriations. , This year it happens that the mistakes may cast some doubt upon the legality of all State funds, and aside from That, certainly casts a cloud upon the dignity of the Legislature as a governmental body. But if the members come back for a special session, what will they do? That interests citizens much more than the mere rectifying of mistakes, intentional or otherwise. It also interests the utility companies of the State who were very well satisfied with the regular session, which did nothing. That high priced and numerous lobby which had apparently so firm a hold upon the judgment of lawmakers are very much disturbed. They might fare worse from members who have nothing more of legislation to expect and who may have heard the comments of their neighbors back home. Those forces which effectually suppressed all investigations and inquiries are very much interested. They do not want a special session which might show independence. They also have reason to fear a changed attitude of members who have been home long enough to learn what the people think. If the members have decided that they were much mistaken during the regular session, if they have repented their servility to the forces of suppression, if they have decided that the utility lobbyists misled them, then by all means let’s have a special session and let it last long enough to satisfy the conscience of the members and the demands of their constituents.

It Happens Nowhere Else The United States of America is the only large country in the world where lame ducks legislate. Carl L. W. Meyer of the Library of Congress legislative reference service has made a study of election practice in fourteen leading nations, at the request of senators and congressmen roused over the situation at the close of the Sixty-ninth Congress; and he finds this to be true. In practically every country officials assume office within a few weeks after election. No other country permits a defeated Congress to legislate at all. But in the United States thirteen months elapse before a man elected to either house of Congress may assume his seat. Meyer studied election laws of England, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Russia, Austria, Hungary, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil and Argentina in making his report. The English parliament and those of her dependencies are summoned immediately after elections in order to determine whether the ministry has support of these legislative bodies. When the French Chamber of Deputies is dissolved, new elections must be held within sixty days, afid the Chamber must convene ten days after the elections. Most of the other countries fix a date for elections and a date for convening the legislative bodies which are only a few months apart. In contrast with these is the practice in United Gtates by which men elected in November, 1926. do not assume office until December, 1927; when conditions they were elected to copif with no longer exist in many cases, when their campaign platforms have been forgotten, and when their defeated predecessors have had a chance to make irrevocable legislative decisions. The Meyer report will be qsed in the next Congress in an attempt to pass the Norris constitutional amendment providing that Congress shall assemble each year on January 4. If this were adopted men elected in November would assume office two months later. The Senate has passed this amendment three times. The House favors it but the House managers have never permitted it to come to a vote there. Under the present system the administration has decided control in the short session of Congress. The Norris amendment w'ould, in addition to Other reforms, go far toward preventing filibusters. On the Brink Out yonder in China the United States stands on the ragged edge of a precipice over which we may be shoved, or, in our blindness stagger, at any time. The iudlw*...-. are that some of our Eastern diplomats are about to lose their heads hi the excitement of what is going on. Some are recom-

mending a course of drastic action which, if followed, might cause us bitter regret for a century to come. There is such a thing as not being able to see the forest for the trees. There is such a thing as being too close to a thing to see it well. From a destroyer anchored off the Nanking bund, or from behind the barbed wire entanglements at Shanghai, the aclfe of this or that group of undisciplined soldiers may look like the biggest thing in the world: To those so situated it might seem that only a punitive expedition of the bloodiest sort could possibly punish the Chinese enough. The United States must protect the lives of its citizens. And it must make it perfectly plain to both sides of the revolution out there that they will be held accountable for damage to American property. But there are those in China who would have this country join in with the British and clean up the country, spank it soundly and make it behave. To such we would only say, it can’t be done. Oh, certainly we could lick China with one hand tied behind our backs. But she would not stay licked. Something has been begun in the Far East which however it may go for the time being, will not stop until that whole teeming half of the world is completely transformed. v Yesterday afternoon Alexander Kerensky was in Washington. Kerensky is the man who headed the Russia revolution which overthrew the czar, only to be overthrown by tbe Bolshevik], whom he is now fighting. Said he, talking before the overseas writers: “The Pacific has definitely become the new center of the world. Europe and the Atlantic are passing from the picture. Henceforth the great international theater of action will be the Pacific and the Far East.” Kerensky is hair-raisingly right. The drama has begun. China has started to free herself from the shackles of the past. She has set her face toward the goal of equal sovereignty among the independent powers of the world and no matter what we, or Britain, or Japan or any other power may do to her now she will not stop until she reaches her goal. Our policy in China must be a policy which looks forward at least a hundred years. We must not surrender our just rights to her because we feel that some day she is going to be a mighty power, but at the same time we must stop and think dispassionately just how far we are warranted in using our armed forces in Ahis or subsequent crises. In omer words we must maintain the dignified traditions "of a strong and courageous power and at the same time keep a level head on our shoulders.

Never Again, Says Hiram 0 He'll never be a candidate for President again, says Hiram Johnson. He may be mistaken, but there’s reason to believe he means it. That is to say, circumstances may make him a candidate for President; but we believe he is determined not to make himself a candidate. And that, in a way, a splendid decision. It is likely to greatly increase Senator Johnson's usefulness as a public servant. Matter of fact, there are indications that it already has done so; indications at the same time, that the conclusion now announced, was reached some time ago. “I am one member,of the Senate who has had the presidential germ and from whom, it has been thoroughly eradicated,’’ is his way of expressing it. Ho-could not say it had been thoroughly eradicated if this were a sudden decision. Like the germ of other maladies, it requires months and sometimes years to tell whether it is entirely out of the victim’s system. And Johnson, for not less than a year, has shown marked evidences of recovery, lie has been the Johnson of other days, the Johnson that made California a great Governor and later a great Senator, the able, aggressive—and independent Johnson. Os these, the supreme adjective is independent. Johnson, candidate for President, couldn't be independent, not if he hoped for party organization support. He was more independent than most of those who look toward the White Hoqse with a longing eye. Ho even went about the business of advancing his candidacy in a mere independent manner than most. He frankly told the voters that he was a candidate because he believed’ he would bq, a good President —and because he wanted to be. That was refreshing and set him apart from the conventional candidate, but his candidacy was a serious handicap in other directions, just the same. It made it harder for him to be the Johnson whose early days in the Senate were marked by an attitude which said: “I’m for this because it is right and regardless of personal consequences.” When a man believes in himself and the good lie can do, if given the position in which to do it, it is pretty hard for him not to compromise a bit in the effort to attain that position. The whole of American history proves this. But all that is behind him, Johnson says, and -be unquestionably speaks the fact. The past year has seen him come back into the popularity that once was his. With the germ gone, the rancor that followed his first defeat has gone with it. Freed from every consideration save his job in the Senate, Johnapplied himself to that job in the last session in a manner to make him one of the two or three outstanding men in national life. He can continue to be for many years. Keep on forgetting the presidency, Hiram. Who knows, that may be the way to achieve it! A Much-Needed Reform The New York Legislature has just defeated a proposed law that would have allowed public prosecutors, in criminal trials, to comment on the failure of the defendant to testify in his own behalf. To our notion, there is a bill that should have passed, not only in New York, but in all other States. l oi the life of us we can t understand why an innocent man should ever be reluctant to take the stand when on trial. The fact that prosecutors are unable to use a defendant’s refusal to do so as an argument to prove his guilt is, we believe, one of the things that makes the general public deeply suspicious of criminal law.

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Henry Ford Not Always Right, But He Never Stands Still.

By M. E. Tracy No matter what you think about him, you are forced to admit that Henry Ford has the courage of his convictions. He started out to make low priced automobiles when most business men regarded it as little less than financial suicide. Ho chartered a peace ship and allowed himself to be victimized by a lot of highbrow moochers in the face of a war-mad world. He raised wages when everybody said that it couldn't be done. He attacked the Jews, or the international bankers among them at least, with a boldness that was interesting if not admirable. His latest venture is to establish a chain of stores, thus calling down the wrath of every corner grocery man in this country from Eastport to San Diego. Different Henry Ford isn't always right, but he is always doing something. Nine times out of ten it is something nobody else has thought of. That, perhaps, explains his success. Ho made a poor allowing in his efforts to end a world war, and an even worse showing on tlie witness stand in his libel suit against the Chicago Tribune, He has done a good job making flivvers, however, and in running a railroad. It is too early to decide on what side of the ledger his chain store adventure will land. Where Rut Is The grocers are sore because, as they contend. Ford is underselling them and developing competition which they can’t meet. Whether the consuming public will accept this as just grounds for a complaint remains to be seen. Asa general proposition the public likes to buy where it can get goods cheapest, even if the “salesmanship smile” is lacking. The “salesmanship smile” had its advantages, but not too many unless prices are right. If Ford can retail meats, vege- j tables and groceries cheaper than his competitors can buy them wholesale, as is charged, the chances are his trade will grow. Going Too. Far When Ford's critics suggest that J the chain store business may inter-1 fore with the automobile business, j they are on solider ground. There is a kind of competition that counts far more than rivalry in the same Held. Generally speaking, one market depends on another and-when a man tries to grab two or more, lie is likely to find himself in a jam. I saw this vividly illustrated in Texas, where too much klan enthusiasm led to the smash of a good rice cream trade, Wrong Move You remember tlmt during the war there was a grand campaign to promote substitutes for wheat. Among other cereals rice came in for a good deal of advertising, and among concoctions for which it could be used for a base was that of rice cream. I do not know how rice cream was made, but it Jiad an appearance, if not a taste, resembling that j of ice cream, and was put on the ' market as a wholesome and much cheaper substitute. An enterprising Texan organized ■ a rice cream and manufactury and built up a good trade especiany among Italians. Later on he became infatuated with the Ku-Ivlux Klan, not as a* matter of convictions, but because he thought it offered an opportunity to make money. When his identification with the Klan became known, the Italians quit buying rice cream, and he lost more in one way than he made in j the other. Henry Ford has sold many cars i to small grocers; he risks losing a large and valuable market in promoting an enterprise which might put a considerable portion of them out of business, and which is sure to antagonize all of them. No matter what his chain stores might pay, or how great a patronage they might attract, it would hardly make up for such a loss incident to such a boycott as is now threatened.

Killing Jobs Competition is truly the life of trade, and not only that kind of competition that pie ents monopoly in •my single field, but tl* higher kind which prevents an individual or combine from grabbing off two or more fields. The idea of getting things cheap is fine if kept within reasonable bounds, but the idea of live and let live is the real basis of prosperity. If we ever settled down to the notion of buying only what we need and of insisting on a set-up that would give it to us at the least possible cost, nine-tenths of us would eventually be out of work. Luxuries and superfluities are what make general employment possible. The cash, carry and self-service system would undoubtedly make groceries cheaper, but bow would It be possible to sell cars to clerks and delivery men, who lost their jobs? Where can I find a list of Indian names that would be appropriate for summer camps? “Akanu” and “Ashe” are two Indian names for lodge. “Waskwaha” and “Kanosera” mean camp. Others names will be found in a bulletin on Indian names that may be obtained from the Washington Bureau for 5 cents in stamps or coin.

Os |>rayet> Daily Lenten Da)otton\) Prepared by Rer. Charles Emerson Barton, D.D., for Commission on Evangelism of Pederal Council of ths Churches of Christ in America. Ctprrifht isrj

Topic for the Week “SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE” Wednesday "We Should Pray in Public” SCRIPTUR E: Read —Psalms 116:1-14. “Worship Jehovah, in holy array” (I. Chron. 16:29). “I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, yea, in the presence of all his people” (Ps. 116:14). “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; not forsaking our own assembling together as the custom of some is" (Heb. 10:24. 25). See Psalms 33:18; 95:6; 122:1, Isaiah 66:23. MEDITATION: Must we not -ecognize the great fundamental truths in mass psychology? In crowds feeling is infectious. Here souls are responsive and dynamic. In the mob It means evil; in the congregation good. The congregation is tlie power-house of the spirit; the worshiping throng is peculiarly susceptible to God’s mind. The great gatherings of Easter-time have behind them the law of the spirit; furthermore this law reaches out into public morals. "When the community can pray it is in touch with moral power. "Worship is the homage of the heart, and the heart can only pay homage to that which is already in it." HYMN: Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear. It is not night if Thou be near; O may r.o earth-born cloud arise To lijde Thee from Thy servant's eyes! When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep. Be my last thought, how sweet to rest Forever on my Saviou's breast! Come near and bless us when we wake Ere through the world our way we take. Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above. —John Keble, 1820. PRAYER: Thanks for co-labor-ers. t Pray so of public opinion: modern Pharisees. Collect —Heavenly Father, whose tender mercies compel our love, we thank Thee for the gift of Christ our Saviour. In Him our shortcomings are filled up; our rebellious of spirit are quelled. For salvation full and free we bless Thee. In the presence of Thy outpouring of love our selfishness stands revealed. Breathe into us of Thy spirit that we may be strong to forsake sin, to overcome temptation and to live in the light which Christ supplies. O our Father, grant us to know something of Thy passion of love. Help us to proclaim the gospel to all mankind. Record our pledge before Thee that we will exalt the things of the spirit. Amen.

C Auction. Li Fine Points on Finessing Explained by Expert.

The pointer for today is: With eight cards of a suit headed by Ace-King-Jack in Declarer’s two hands, the Jack finesse generally should lie tried: with nine cards, try to drop the adverse Queen. Yesterday we left a Declarer in the midst of a difficult problem, namely: determining how he would be most apt to go game after the adversaries had established a suit, \\<th which they will save game if they obtain the lead in time to do so. The complete hands follow: North S—D-6-4-2 H—B-5-3 D—K-J-6-2 C—Q 8 West East S—K-10 S—J-7-5-3 H—lo 6 4 H—K-9-7-2 D—Q-10-8 D— 9 : 5 C—A-10-6-4 2 C—K-7 5 South S—A-Q-8 H-A-QJ D —A-7-4-3 C—J 9-3 Two Club tricks had been played, the King winning the first and the Queen in Dummy the second. The play had shown that the Ace-Ten and one small Club was left in West's hand, and one small Club in East's hand. As East has a Club to lead, a finesse lost either way would be fatal: and Declarer's problem is how to get the next eight tricks. His best chance is to try for three Hearts, four Diamonds and one Spake. The Diamond suit should be tried first; in it there is only one way to finesse, so trick 3 the Deuce should be led from Dummy and the trick won ■with the Aee. Trick 4, a Diamond should be led from Closed Hand and the Jack i finessed. When that finesse wins, four Diamond tricks are assured: but to make game it is necessary to win the Heart finesse also. The Spade finesse would be just as apt to win as the Heart finesse, but winning it would not make game, so the Heart finesse is the one to try.Trick 6, lead a Heart from Dummy and finesse. When the finesse wins, lead the Seven of Diamonds from Closed Hand and win with the King

Interesting Exhibit of Art Work inw i City Schools on View at Institu|

When the superintendents section of the National Education Association met recently at Dallas, Texas, art work from the Indianapolis grade and high schools formed part of an exhibition gathered from many States throughout the country. At the close of the conference the work done in this city was returned, and is now on view in Gallery I at the John Herron Art Institute. Later it will be shown in other cities. The schools of the various cities tlmt participated in the Dallas exhibition confined themselves to displays of related work, restricted as to scope. Tbe Indianapolis schools selected printing processes and allied courses, including free illustration, design and applied design. Under printing processes are listed block printing, stenciling and presswork. Examples of free brush work from the primary grades are shown, and the development of composition and technique is followed through the years at high school. Expertness of handling is evident even in the work of the beginners. The fifty prints of the year were selected by judges of catholic taste to illustrate as far as possible the various tendencies that influence every form of modern .art expression. The exhibition is a cross-sec-tion of life. Works of art are a reflection of personality, and there are personalities of many sorts represented. There are those who make friends easily, those who arc retirof nature end must bo sought out and concentrated on to be appreciated, and those that seem intentionally to repel all intimacy and appuobntion. It is doubtful if any individual finds them all interesting, much less agreeable. Some please him. some amuse him and some’irritate and displease him. just as with the people he meets. No one will like all of the fifty prints. It is easiest to like faof Diamonds in Dummy, thus providing that the last Diamond in Dummy is higher than the last Diamond in Closed Hand. Then without cashing the fourth Diamond, try the Heart finesse again. When it wins, lead (trick 8) the Four of Diamonds from Closed hand, winning with the Six in Dummy. Seven tricks have now been won; the two Aces insure game, so with three Clubs left in West's hand the Spade finesse should not be risked. Tomorrow we will consider a hand in which Dummy has Queen-x and Closet! Hand Acex-x. (Copyright, 1927, John F. Dillo Cos.)

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miliar things, the tilings that one has been taught to know and love. Birds and animals and young things touch every heart, and presentations of them that are beautifully executed make a double appeal—the appeal of subject coupled with that of technical excellence. It is this combination that makes the que£r little owls, “Brothers of the Night,” a drypoint by H. E. Tuttle, and Frank W. Benson’s etching, “Ipswich Marshes,” universally irresistible. Prints that are assured of wide popularity are J. J. Lankes’ woodcut of snug little houses reflected in a dark stream and Charles H._Woodbu ry’ etching of a bareheaded hoy drifting in an old flatbottomed boat down the river past the town and the shipping. The portraiture in the current Indiana artists exhibition - Is perhaps the most interesting feature of the display. “Geraldine, by Simor Baus, is a three-quarter length standing portrait of a lady in black. It is pleasing in pose and in color and carries adequate suggestions of texture and form. “Sandy Selfridge,” by Hugli Poe, is a more spontaneous performance, and lacks the formality of the Baus portrait botli in composition and handling. But it has a virility, a directness, that give it importance. Three portraits by Marie Goth are solid, forthright presentments. The portrait of Charles W. Dahlgreen is particularly agreeable in its color and shows a facile handling: F. Louis Sohlemmer employs a style very different from Miss Goth's. He achieves depth and modeling by numerous thin washes of paint with a careful distribution of accents. "Self Portrait” and "T.acly Rebecca,” by Crewes Warnacut are executed in a similar manner, but lack somewhat the dexterity that distinguishes Mr. Schlemmer's work. “Reflection," is a dashing little portrait by Virginia. True that displays nice color, and a skillful composition. Blanche Stillson’s charming out-door study of a little girl with a book in her lap, done in oils, and her atmospheric pastel of "Betty” are attractive bits of portraiture and a delicacy of interpretation and a pleasant feeling for harmonious color that give them character. “Man with a Pipe," by Ruthven H. Byrum is a problem worked out in grays—all clean, thin paint, extremely simplified in color. In forceful contrast to this is J. E. Schell's “A Character,” which exemplifies a very different point of view. It is a consistent example of character delineation.

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“Make a Friend for Indianapolis”

MARCH 1

LAST I'KOIU CTION TH*ISj3W LITTLE THEATRE “Aren’t We All?” a comtfVn Frederick Lonsdale, was last night for the first time city by the Little Theatre at the Playhouse. Here is a light little nifty, a ill of a highbrow attempt to poke at modern English life. This is wjp last, regular production of the seasa| of the Little Theatre Society. __ i From a production standpoint* “Aren't We All?” has the honor cfl being the most beautiful and th-fl most complete of the season. On will remember this comedy more for j its settings and some brilliant ex-1 pressions than by the acting. i In the first act, most of the playeuM were ill at ease and this took the needed effect, but the second fl third act had that needed poise part of all the actors, which mad® the comedy situations become reali® brilliant. 1 The cast Includes Alexander! Hamilton, Jack Harding, Mrs. Rus-1 set M. Seeds, Deb Mills, BrucJ Savage, Evelyn Rider, Ottis Luca.® Mrs. James McDill Faris, Hard® Schoen, Mrs. William R. Allen, HerJ man L. Ernest and Howard (tl® Cheney. H "Aren't We All?” will be on vienß for the remainder of the week at the! Playhouse. (Reviewed by Walter D.l Hickman). J Indianapolis theaters today offcr:l “If I Was Rich” at English’s: Fred-1 erick V. Bowers at the Lyric; Ledoval at Keith’s; "Memories” at the Palace;! "Slide, Kelly, Slide” at tbe Ohio;! “Just Another Blonde” at the Up-j town; "The Fire Brigade" at the ] Apollo; ‘Orchids and Ermine" at the j Circle: ‘Obey The Law” at the Isis I and burlesque at the Mutual. What is the difference between a strait and a channel? A strait is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water. A channel is a bed of a stream, a deep part of a river or a wide strait. Did the United States or Great Britain produce the most structural steel in 1925? The United States produced 3,604,130 long tons and Great Britain 1,107,800 long tons. What is the best way to clean terry cloth? Douse it in gasoline, squeeze gently itetween the hands and shake out in the fresh air to dry. Do not rub or iron it.