Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 149, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1927 — Page 6

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Make Indianapolis Free With, one sweep of his pen Governor Ed Jackson can end the legal maze from which Indianapolis is trying to extricate itself. With one sweep of his pen Governor Ed Jackson can put an end to factional control of the city government of Indianapolis, give this city the kind of government it voted for by the astounding majority of 5 to 1 and in a measure redeem himself in the eyes of the people. As has been suggested by this newspaper so frequently, Jackson can call a special session of the Legislature, repeal the Sims amendment to the city manager law and let Indianapolis start to operate under a plan of government it decided to adopt. Is Jackson afraid that the Legislature, if it' met, might decide to investigate his pre-elec-tion activity and possibly impeach him? Is Jackson afraid to have those 150 representatives of the people come to Indianapolis for one day before his term of office expires 1 Such a state of affairs is hardly conceivable. Still his refusal in the face of demands from the best of Indianapolis’ citizenry can only Iqave one impression. It must be borne in mind that the Sims amendment which prohibited placing city pianager government into effect until after the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, was political expediency. It came on the demand of the bosses in Indianapolis and the bosses in Evans\ille. It came because George Y. Coffin, Marion County boss, was shrewd enough to sense the thought of the people. It came because Herbert Males felt his throne tottering in Evansville. It came because a lot of misguided Democrats thought it would cost them a mayor in New Albany. But things are different now. The hand-shaking, back-slapping, log-roll-ing days of the biennial session of the Legisfature are over. The Evansville bridge bill is passed and signed and they are even now selecting a site for the approaches. There is no medical registration bill to pass that might need a vote here or a vote theie. The oleomargarine bill need not grease the ways for some other measure. The judges have had their salary increases. The new ‘‘judicial circuits are functioning. The new jobs have been created. Most of the boys are satisfied and have no personal axes to grind now. It is more than possible that they, too, ha\e become disgusted with affairs in their capital and will gladly vote for the change. Only one day would be needed to settle the whole thing. It did not take more than that to hold a special session to appropriate $2,000,000 for the new reformatory at Pendleton. Incidentally it might be said in passing that the original bill called for $1,500,000 and the change was made after the vote had been taken. \ Perhaps Governor Jackson does not read the newspapers since the incident of the $2,500 check for the horse or the story of the attempted bribe of Governor McCray, or his indictment. But if- he does—and if he doesn’t his secretary no doubt does—he should read that remarkable statement by J. W. Esterline, who has invested his money in our city and employs labor here: Doubtless the people would welcome an opportunity to do a thorough job of housecleaning right now/ It would be done in two months had it not been for the indefensible acts of the Legislature and the Governor in enacting the Sims amendme Now is the time to resolve that such a spectacle as we have been called upon to witness in this city shall not be possible again The people can not get into this fight, uneir hands are tied, but their turn is coming, and they k lt W will take months and months for the courts to settle all the suits which will be brought. Both sides have plans if they are rebuffe in Judge Milner’s court today. You, Governor Jackson, can settle the whole question in short time—you, Governor Jackson, esc- cut the Gordian knot and make Indianapolis free. Have you the courage, Mr. Jackson?

Pat Presents A Puzzle Pat Hogan offers a puzzle for politicians. Pat was given a job in the New York State census bureau. That is, he was put on the pay roll. His only work as far as he could discover, was to cash his pay check twice each month. This he did with punctuality. But when he tried to find out what else he had been hired to do, the man ift active charge of the census was either out or too busy to see him. Finally he concluded that “if the situation was agreeable to the census department, I didn’t want to break up any organization.” He let the matter slide and continued to draw his $2,000 ft year in bi-weekly installments. The facts here related did not become known until he decided tft resign. Then they came out. _ *" The puzzle, as politicians everywhere will recogrjjpe, is: Why did Pat resign?.

Healthy Aell Raising Now that the winds have commenced to die down in the rigging, we can look about the deck and take stock of the damage done by the storm raised by Admiral Magruder’s criticisms of the navy. As far as we can see, the answer is, “none.” Senator Oddie of Nevada would seem to believe there will result ah opposition to necessary appropriations for the navy’s upkeep, but we do not believe this will be the case. There is likely to be closer and more careful scrutiny of naval appropriations but In this newspaper’s opinion, the commotion raised by the admiral will do more good than harm. The navy’s mortal enemy in the past has been general apathy or Ignorance. Whenever an application for ships was asked for there was always grim opposition on the part of a certain school of congressmen who saw no sense in any money being spent unless it means new postoffices or something in their own districts. If a member lived on a creek and the appropriation included an item for widening and deepening that creek until the battleships could get up to his town, he’d vote for the appropriation. Otherwise not. But that era is past or rapidly passing. We afe all beginning to understand that the navy is just as important to lowa or Kansas as it is to New York or California. If we are licked in a war Kansas and lowans will have to pay their per capita share of any indemnity the same as the rest of us. We are rapidly being wised up on such things and the more Magruders we have the more interest we will take in the subject and the more we are bound to learn. That goes whether the criticisms are just or unjust. The truth will finally out and then we know both sides—the right as well as the wrong.

The worst the country has to fear In connection with the national defense is not from a good healthy row, but from apathy and indifference. The indications are the country is more interested today in military, naval and aviation affairs than at any time since the World War and, to some extent, at least we have to thank the Billy Mitchells, Thomas Magruders and our other well intentioned hell-raisers for this fact. Something Commendable Whatever else may be said about the present legal mess the city finds itself in, one must at least commend the cooperation and decision to p&y the 3,500 city employes promptly. Releasing approximately $600,000 into trade channels is commendable. It should please the men and women who worked for it and live from one pay check to the next and tickle the butcher, the grocer, the merchant and all tradespeople. Let it be hoped that no legal steps will be taken to block this act of common decency. We’ve hardly tagged the World War and put it away on the shelf when along comes Big Bill Thompson and wants to know who •"Won the Revolution. The Kansas correspondent who wrote that Mr. and Mrs. Somebody-or-other were driving anew sedan forgot to mention which one had the wheel. Levine, returning from Europe declined movie offers, refusing “to make a show of himself.” What he probably meant to say was “refusing to continue to make a show of himself.” A New York pastor says he is unalterably opposed to religion in politics and will never vote for Anyone but a Protestant. In some respect, A1 Smith is an ideal candidate. He films well and has a perfect voice for broadcasting. Many a political platform that is called “ a masterpiece of fiction” turns out to be a best-seller. Manhattan cab driver found $450 in the back seat and returned it. Probably figured that one loses caste by accepting small tips. If all the pedestrians in the United States were laid end to end reckless drivers would have an easier job. Did you hear about the Scotch lawyer who acted as his wife's counsel when she sued for divorce? If a man can make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, the world will beat him out of the patent rights. The Russian government seems to have beaten its swords into oil shares. King Alfonso of Spain was thrown from his horse during a polo game. Stealing some of the Prince of Wales’ publicity ideas? It seems President Coolidge called in Senator Fess to explain that what he meant when he said he “did not choose to run” was that he “did not choose to run.” A movie patron in New York fell asleep during the show and the usher woke him up. What’s a man supposed to do in a movie theater these days, anyhow?

Law and Justice By Dexter ML Keezer

A construction worker was protected by the pro* visions of a workmen’s compensation act, entitling him to compensation for injuries arising from hifc employment. While he was working on a building a shell which was used as a war memorial exploded and he was irfiured by fragments of the shell. He sought compensation for his injuries, claiming they were a direct result of his being engaged in the construction job and that, consequently, they arose from his employment. He was awarded compensation, but the case was appealed on the ground that his injuries did not arise from his employment, but were the result of an accident having nothing to do with his job as a construction worker. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Court of Appeals of New York decided that the man was not entitled to compensation for his injures. The court said that to entitle a worker to compensation for injuries arising from his employment therj “must be something more than the mere location of the employe in the pathway of an accident entirely disconnected from the employment.” [ (

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M. E. TRA CY SAYS: With Its Backbone in the Dry South and Its Principal Hope in the Dry Mid-West, the Democratic Party Hardly Would Be Inviting Success by Taking a Pronounced Anti-Prohibi-tion Stand.

Dwight Morrow starts out as a different kind of ambassador to Mexico. Mutual respect, he tells President Calles, must be the basis of future relations betweerf the two countries. It is pathetic that such an idea should sound novel. Mutual respect ought to have been the basis of relations all along, but it has not, and we cannot evade shouldering some share of responsibility. ** * • Patronizing MexicoIn spite of all the fine phrases, our attitude toward Mexico, has been obviously patronizing. . Ever since the Madero revolution, we have shown an increasing tendency to tell Mexico what she ought to do not only with regard to matters in dispute, but with regard to her government. To this end, we “eliminated” Huerta, refused to recognize Carranza and employed the arms embargo as a club only to mention a few of the more glaring examples. * * * Take Master’s Attitude Our role of big brother not only toward Mexico, but toward many other Latin American countries has undergone a surprising change. From one of protection it has evolved into one of meddlesomeness. Curious as it may seem, the Monroe doctrine, which was established for an exactly opposite purpose, has led us dangerously near to paths of imperialism. From acting as a friend, we have been tempted to act as guide, and from acting as guide, it would be an easy step to act as master. Latin America realizes this aspect of the situation all too keenly. • * • Detroit’s Wet Mayor John W. Smith, mayor of Detroit, who wants another term, but who made a sorry showing in the recent primary, appears to have improved his chances somewhat by coming out squarely against prohibition. Like Chicago, Detroit seems rather indifferent toward the bootlegger hunt. There is a feeling in most of our large cities that the increase of crime can be traced to this diversion of police energy and that police forces will have to be greatly enlarged or permitted to devote more time and attention to the pursuit of major offenders.

Walsh Urges Muffler Notwithstanding all the interest in prohibition and the apparent desire of people to express tnemselves on it, Senator Walsh of Montana says that discussion of the question ought to be muffled, especially by the Democratic party. He is probably right if the question is to be considered as no more than an expedient in party politics. With its backbone In the dry South and its principal hope in the dry mid-West, the Democratic party hardly would be adding to its chances of success by taking a pronounced anti-prohibition stand in the next presidential campaign. • * * Meanwhile, the strongest Democratic possibility is Governor Smith of New York, and he believes in modification of the VolStCclCl Rf*.f What is more to the point, his strength rests mainly not on his stand with regard to this particular issue, but on his sincerity with regard to all issues. Sound as it may be from a purely political standpoint, Senator Walsh’s advice does not help Governor Smith. * * * Liberty, but When? “I have come,”, says Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine senate, who is now in Washington, “to ask if it is possible to obtain at the next session of Congress some measure which will put at rest the mind of the Philippine people as to the future of their country. Independence has been promised us, yet no one knows when it will be granted.” The Philippines think they are ready for independence, Senor Quezon explains, but whenever this is suggested,they are told that “the time has not come yet." “Now we ask,” he declares, “when will the time come for the consummation of our cherished hope?” * * * Answer Quezon Whatever one may believe with regard to our Philippine policy, it locks as though Manuel Quezon nad not only asked a straightforward question, but had ample justification for doing so. Whether rightly or wrongly, we have promised the Philippine peo.ple independence and have led them to believe that they would be granted it in the comparatively near future. At the same time, we have refused to fix even an approximate date or to prescribe any conditions which they must fulfill in order to obtain it. If we do not intend to carry out our promise, we ought to disillusion them without delay. If, on the other had, we do intend to carry it out we ought to give them something definite on which to depend.

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You can get an answer to any question ot fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., vashington, D. C„ Inclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. A'l other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot ue answered. All letters are confldential^-Editor. What is the address of Belle Bart, the astrologer? 200 W. Fifty-seventh St., New York. W’hat is the greatest number of runs ever made by one team in a major league baseball game? Thirty-six. made by the Chicago team of the National League against Louisville, June 29, 1897. Has the home of Thomas Jefferson been preserved? • Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, has been purchased by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association and is now a national shrine. In 1924, the first year it opened, about 50,000 people visited the place. The address of the foundation Is Grand Central Terminal Bldg., New York City. The work of restoration is going forward as rapidly as funds can be raised. Has there ever been a law in the United States granting bonuses to parents of very large families? No. Do stars actually fall to the earth? So-called “falling stars” are not real stars at all; they are meteorites—small mases of metallic matter which, in wandering about through space, come into the area of predominating gravitational attraction of the earth, and are thus

Thumb-Nail Sketches

Three times a week Nina’s mother backed her Ford truck up to her parking place at Market. Twice a week she stood alone in back of the little wooden structure which served as counter, selling the fresh vegetables in which she dealt. But on Saturday mornings Nina came to serve beside her, nodding her bright little head to passersby and saying with a smile on her lips and in her eyes, “How about head lettuce today? String beans, sir? They’re excellent! Mangoes for your salad, Madam?” People generally bought of Nina. There were doubtless other heads of lettuce as good, or string beans as pxcellent as hers. Madam could quite easily have dispensed with the curls of mangoes for her salad—but there was something magnetic about the girl. She put her charming young personality arcross that flimsy wooden structure with as sure a touch as any seasoned actress puts across her footlights. And yet, away from the market place and the part she played, she finished before the gaze of school mates—even before her friends in the Girl Reserves. Behind her counter she was Nina, the gardener’s daughter—a different child from the shy and easily confused little girl who pretended to like being a wall-flower. It chanced that a Girl Reserves leader came through the outer market one Saturday and watched Nina unnoticed. If Nina could be made to take a part in a play the girls were rehearsing, if she could be made to feel self-confidence, the joy of accomplishment and the admiration of her fellows, what a gift the Girl Reserves organization would become for her! Had she been a fairy godmother, that leader could have worked no greater miracle that she did with Nina. The child’s personality bloomed forth for the satisfaction of her friends. Her zest, hear leadership inspired them. The gift to her is priceless. Nor can the amount of love, unselfish understanding, and fellowship it brought to the other girls ever be measured by the Girl Reserves or by YOUR COMMUNITY FUND.

Questions and Answers

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(Marion Chronicle) The factional political/fight” at Indianapolis which it appears is going to be kept up until the bitter death is likely to spread and have a reaction that will be a boomerang in certain political quar-

ters. In all the relentless bitterness in the fight against John L. Duvall at Indianapolis certain politicians ignore the fait that he was nominated and elected to the office of mayor because

Aggravating Political Chaos

he was able to get more votes than his opponents. If the politicians who have pursued him can prove their theory that the great majority of these voters have deserted his ship they may win in the end by driving the votes over to the camp of the enemy. If they fail in that certain political interests are bound to suffer. Voters in Indiana outside the war zone would have more concern in the factional fight if there were proof or charges that public monies were involved in the controversy. But it all seems to be a matter of personal and factional antagonism. A national campaign year is coming on. There are issues at stake that mean something. There is the danger if factional fights and personal gievances are permitted to run the gamut in the State of Indiana that vital political Interests of the State at large and even of the nation may be'adversely affected. This rule or ruin policy of disgruntled politicians has developed a situation that has placed Indiana in a false light as a benighted, mismanaged State when the fact of the matter is the State at or near the top of the list in efficient and progressive administrations. It has made Indianapolis a laughing stock throughout the nation and it is aggravating political chaos on the eve of perhaps the most important general election in the present century. Irreparable damage already has been done but some amends may be made if self centered and blind politicians stop slandering the State and playing into the hands of a wily, subtle element that is determined on the overthrow of established American institutions.

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aoO wo P rU. will receive preference. •• To the Editor: On page eight of your issue, Thursday, Oct. 27, I saw this headline, "Clergy Votes Against Drys.” You must know the clergy has always voted wet. The two old parties are wet, and the clergy has always voted for them. The Anti-Saloon League was organized for that' pur;i>se, insisting that clergy and laymen vote for the old parties, then appropriating the tactics and methods of the saloon and using them in their game. Their voting for these parties c’:d not only count for wet, but indorsed the history, past, present and future of these parties, and this voting includes church, W. C. T. U. and those other 100 per cent organizations. The clergy talks like brewers as well as votes like brewers. "You can’t” is always on the end of of their tongue. A Biblet student told me only last evening that Paul told Timothy to drink no water, but take a little wine for his stomach’s sake,” when he should have cited me to First Timothy, fourth chapter, and twelfth verse:—"Allow no man to despise your youth, but be thou an example to those who believe In word, in manner of life, in love, in faith and purity.” See the error in all this. Why vote an approval of these things as a citizen and try to counteract th m in private life. Why have a Savior like Jesus, and a light like the Holy Spirit, and then follow the politicians such as rule in our state and city. A man said this morning, speaking of conditions In our city, that there was not one among them who shot straight. I sr.id to him, “How did Klink and Gentry get away if any one was shooting at all?" But why all this noise? The politicians have a worse man than Duvall to follow. Let’s sec! To better conditions, the people must break from these old parties and politicians and organize a clean party, and then would not have to tear up the constitution and city charter but get right by making the thing safe for democracy in city, state and nation. \V. J. Romingcr, 2349 Bcllefontaine.

(Rtn*tlli‘ftr Republican) (Republican) Repeated and serious inroads have been made since the panicky war period upon the right of free press as guaranteed by the Constitution. Abridgement of

editorial criticism and censorship of news has been approached in more than one instance. There have been many court decisions which have appeared to be contrary to the spirit and letter of the rule laid down by the

Danger in a Muzzled Press

founders of the Nation. The modem tendency to glorify realism may be in part responsible for the attempts to muzzle the press. A press that refuses to censor itself runs a danger of being censored from the outside. But the welfare of society is jeopardized far less by an unbridled though too realistic press than by a censored press. Abridgement of the freedom of the American press is curtailment of the freedom of the American people. Some Judicial rulings have been entirely inexplicable, as, for instance, the case in which the presiding judge announced prior to a trial that he would hold in contempt any newspaper publishing the testimony in a public trial. The public could hear the testimony in the courtroom but could not read it in the newspapers. Other conflicts have arisen, due to the increasing number of court receivers named for public utilities. Criticism of the receiver's management has in a number of cases been termed contempt of court by thin skinned jurists, though the free discussion of the management was essential to the public interest. If newspapers are to be deprived of their traditional privilege and sacred duty of criticising publlo servants, where is the public to look for protection against corruption of the courts and the government? What other agency can uncover malfeasance in office, graft, tyranny, corruption, maladministration and dishonesty in government?

OCT. 31, 1927