Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 246, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1929 — Page 3

■MARCH '4,1929.

HOOVER URGES LAW OBEDIENCE IN INAUGURAL SPEECH

6AIN IN GRIME PAINTED CHIEF PERILTO U. S. Relief for Great Burden on Judiciary Is Urged. GIVES DRY LAW VIEWS Fails to Make Prediction on Business Future for Country. Bn 1 nitfd Preux WASHINGTON. March 4.—Following is the text of Mr. Hoover's inaugural andress: My Countrymen: This occasion ?s not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service of our people. I assume this trust in the humility of knowledge that only through the guidance of Almighty providence can I hope to discharge. its ever increasing burdens. T is in keeping with tradition thri ughout our history that I should express simply and directly the opinions which I hold concerning some of the matters of present importance.

Our Progress

If we survey the situation of our nation both at home and abroad, we find many satisfactions; we find some causes for concern. We have emerged from the losses of the-oreat war and the reconstruction following it with increased virility and strength. Prom this strength we have contributed to the recovery and progress of the world. What America has done has given renewed hope and courage to all who have faith in government by the people. In the large view we have reached a higher degree of comfort and security than ever existed. For wise guidance in this great period of recovery the nation is deeply indebted to Calvin Coolidge. ' The failure of our system of crimin justice. The most malign of all dangers today is disregard and disobedience of law. Crime is increasing. Confidence is rigid and speedy justice is decreasing. I am not- prepared to believe that it indicates an impotence of the federal government to enforce its * laws. It is due only in part to the additional burdens imposed upon our judicial system by the eighteenth amendment. Tire problem is much j wider than that. Many influences increasingly had complicated and weakened our law enforcement organization long before the adoption of the eighteenth amendment. , To re-establish the vigor and effectiveness of law enforcement we must consider critically the entire federal machinery of justice, the redistribution of its’ functions, the simplification of its procedure, the more effective dVganization of our agencies of investigation and prosecution. We are fortunate in the ability and integrity of our federal judges and attorneys. But the system which these officers are cailed upon to administer is in many respects ill-adapted to present day conditions. Its intricate and involved rules of procedure have become the refuge of both big and little criminals. There is a belief abroad that by in voking technicalities, subterfuge and delay the ends of justice may be thwarted by those who can pay the cost. Reform and strengthening of our whole judicial system has been discharged for years by statesmen, judges, and bar associations. First steps toward that end should not longer be delayed. Rigid and expeditious justice must be provided so that, it can not be defeated by the indifference of the citizen, by exploitatio.n of the delays and entanglements of the law, or by combinations of criminals. Justice must not fall because the agencies of enforcement either are delinquent or inefficiently organized. To consider these evils, to find their remedy, is the most sore necessity of our times.

Prohibition

Os the undoubted abuses which have grown up under the eighteenth amendment, part are due to the causes I have just mentioned; but part are due to the failure of some states to accept their share of responsibility for concurrent enforcement and to the failure of manystate and local officials to accept the obligation under their oath of office zealously to enforce, the lqws. With the failures from these many causes have come to a dangerous expansion in the criminal elements who have found enlarged opportunities in dealing in illegal liquor. But. a large responsibility rests directly upon our citizens. There •would be little traffic in illegal liquor if only criminals patronized it. We must awake to the fact that this patronage from large numbers of law-abiding citizens is supplying rewards and stimulating crime. I have been selected by you to <*ecute and enforce the laws of the country. I propose to do so to the extent of my own abilities. But the measure of success that the government shall attain will depend upon the moral support which you. as citizens, extend. The duty of citizens to support the laws of the land is co-equal with the duty of their government to enforce the laws which exist. No greater national service can be

given by men and women of goodwill, who. I know, are not unmindful of the responsibilities of citizenship, than that they should, by their example, assist in stamping out crime and outlawry by refusing participation in and condemning all transactions with illegal liquor. Our whole system of self-govern- ; merit will crumble either if officials j elect what laws they will enforce j or citizens elect what laws they w r ill j support. The worst evil of disregard for some laws Is that it destroys respect for all law. For our citizens to patronize the violation of a particular law on the ground that they are opposed to it is destructive on the very basis of all that protection of life, of homes and property which they rightly claim under other laws. If not like a law. their duty as honest men and women is to discourage its violation; their right is openly to work for its repeal. To those of criminal mind can be no appeal but vigorous enforcement of the law. Fortunately, they are but a small percentage of our people. Their activities must be stopped.

Dry Law Probe

I propose to appoint a national commission for a searching investigation of the whole structure of our federal system of jurisprudence, to include the method of enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and the causes of abuse under it. Its purpose will be to make such recommendations for reorganization of the administration of federal laws and court procedure as may be found desirable. In the meantime it is essential that a large part of the enforcement activities be transferred from the treasury department to the department of justice as a beginning of more effective organization.

Business Problems

The election again has confirmed the determination of the American people that regulaiton of private enterprise and not government ownership or operation is the course rightly to be pursued in our relation to business. In recent years v T e have established a differentiation in the whole method of business regulation between the industries which produce and distribute commodies on the one band, and the public utilities on the other. In the former, our laws insist upon effective competition; in the latter, because we substantially confer a monopoly by limiting competition, we must regulate their services and rates. The rigid enforcement of the laws applicable to both groups is the very base of equal opportunity and freedom from domination for all our people, and it is just as essential for the stability and prosperity of business itself as for the protection of the public at large. Such regulation should be extended by the federal government within the limitations of the constitution and only when the individual states are without power to protect their citizens through their own authority. On the other hand, we should be fearless when the authority rests only in the federal government. The large purpose of our economic thought, should be |o establish more firmly stability and security of business and employment and thereby remove poverty still further from our borders. Our people in recent years have developed a new-found capacity for co-operation among themselves to effect high purposes in public welfare. It is an advance toward the highest conception of self-govern-ment. Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of co-operation in the community—not from governmental restraints. The government should assist and encourage these movements of collective self-help by co-operating with them. Business by co-operating has made great progress in the advancement of service, in stability* in regularity of employment and in the correction of its own abuses. Such progress, however, can continue only so long as business manifests its respect for law. There is an equally important .field of co-operation by the federal government with the multitude of agencies, state, municipal and private, in the systematic development of those processes which directly affect public health, recreation. education and the .home. We have further need to perfect the means by which government i can be adapted to human service.

Education

Although education primarily is a responsibility of the states and local communities, and rightly so, yet the nation as a whole is concerned vitally in its development everywhere to the highest standards , and to complete universality. Self-government can succeed only j through an instructed electorate. ! Our objective. is not simply to | overcome illiteracy. The nation has marched far beyond that. The more complex the p-oblems of i the nation become, the greater is i the need for more and more ad- : vanced instruction. Moreover, as ; our numbers increase and as our life expands with science and invention. we must discover more and more leaders for every walk of life. We can not hope to succeed in dire'ting this increasingly complex civilization unless we can draw all the talent of leadership from the whole people. One civilization after another has j been wicked upon the attempt to ! secure sufficient leaderstiip from a single group or class.

World Relations

Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial ex-

Highlights of Hoover Speech at Inaugural lit) L nilcd Press “npHE most malign of all these dangers (which confront this A country) today is disregard and disobedience of law/’ nun * * * “There would be little traffic in illegal liquor if only criminals patronized it. We must awake to the fact that this patronage from large numbers of law-abiding citizens is supplying the rewards and stimulating'crime.” s' s tt n a s "Through liberation from widespread poverty we have reached a higher degree of individual freedom than ever before.” u s a s u s “I have been selected by you to execute and enforce the laws of the country. I propose to do so to the extent of my own abilities, but the' measure of success that the government shall attain will depend upon the moral support which you. as citizens, extend.” u n a sun “Our whole system of self-government will crumble either if officials elect what laws they will enforce or citizens elect what laws they will support.” sun tt a s ' “Regulation of private enterprise and not government ownership or operation is the course rightly to be pursued in our relation to business.” ass sun “Progress is born of co-operation in the community—not from government restraints.” tt tt tt tt tt “We have need further to perfect the means by which government can be adapted to human sen-ice.” s a s s tt “The whole world is at peace. The dangers to a continuation of this peace today are largely the fear and suspicion which still haunt the world. No suspicion or fear can be rightly directed against our country.” u tt a s tt “The animosities of elections should have no place in our government, for government must concern itself alone with the common weal.”

pansion. for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. Our form of government is ill adapted to the responsibilites of other peoples. Superficial observers seem to find no destiny for our abounding increase in population, in wealth and pow’er except that of imperialism. They fail to see that the American people are engrossed in the building for themselves of anew economic system, a new’ social system. anew political system—all of which are characterized by aspirations of freedom of opportunity and thereby are the negation of imperialism. They fail to realize that because of our abounding prosperity, our youth are pressing more and more into our institutions of learnings ; # “hat our people are seeking a larger vision through art, literature, science and travel; that they are moving toward stronger moral and spiritual life that from these things our sympathies are broadening beyond the bounds of our nation and race toward their true expression in a real brotherhood of man. They fail to see that the idealism of America will lead it to no narrow or selfish channel, but inspire it to do its full share as a nation toward the advancement of civilization. It will do that not by mere declaration but by taking a practical part in supporting all useful international undertakings. We not only desire peace with the world, but to see peace maintained throughout the world. We wish to advance the reign of justice and reason toward the extinction of force.

International Court

The recent treaty for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy sets an advanced standard in our conception of the relations of nations. Its acceptance should pave the way to greater limitation of armament, the offer of which w’e sincerely extend to the w’orld. But its full realization also implies a greater and greater perfection in the instrumentalities for pacific settlement of controversies between nations. In the creation and use of the Instrumentalities we should support every method, of, conciliation, arbitration and judicial settlement. American statesmen were among the first to propose and they have constantly urged upon the world, the establishment of a,tribunal for the settlement of controversies of a justiciable character. The permanent court of international justice in its major purpose is thus peculiarly identified with American ideals and with American statesmanship. No more potent instrumentality for this purpose has ever been conceived and no other is practicable of Establishment. •The reservations placed upon our adherence not be misinterpreted. The United States seeks by these reservations no special privilege or advantage, but only to clarify our relation to advisory opinions and other matters which are subsidiary to the major purpose of the court. The way should, and I belie will, be found by which we may take our proper place in a movement so fundamental to the progress of peace. Our people have determined that we should make no political engage- i ments such as membership in the i League of Nations, which may commit us in advance as a nation to become involved in the settlements j of controversies between other ! countries. They adhere to the v be-j lief that the independence of America from such obligations increases its ability and availability for serv- * ! ice in all fields of human progress 1 I have lately returned from a. journey among our sister republics j of the western hemisphere. I have | received unbounded hospitality and courtesy as their expression of friendliness to our country.

Plea for Peace

We are held by particular bonds ■ of sympathy and common interest j with them. Each of tsem are build-

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ing a racial character and a culture which is an impressive contribution to human progress. We w r ish only for the maintenance of their independence, the growdh of their stability and their prosperity. While we have had wars in the western hemisphere yet on the whole the record is in encouraging contrast w’ith that of other parts of the world. Fortunately, the new- world largely is free from the inheritances of fear and distrust which have so troubled the old world. We should keep it so. It is impossible, my countrymen, to speak of peace without profound emotion. In thousands of homes in America, in millions of homes around the w’orld, there are vacant chairs. It would be a shameful confession of our unworthiness if it should develop that we have abandoned the hope for which all these men died. Surely civilization is old enough, surely mankind is mature enough so that we ought in our own lifetime to find a way to permanent peace. Abroad, to w r est and east, are nations whose sons mingled their blood of our sins on the battlefields. Most of these nations have contributed to our race to our culture, our knowledge and our progress. From one of them we derive our very language and from many of them much of the genius of our institutions. Their desire for peace is as deep and sincere as our own. Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense. Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentalities for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness. I covet for this administration a record of having further contributed to advance the of peace.

Political Parties

In our form of democracy the expression of the popular w’ill can be effected only through the instrumentality of political parties. We maintain party government not to promote intolerant partisanship but because Opportunity must be given for expression of the popular will, and organization provided for the execution of its mandates and for accountability of government to the people. It follows that the government both in the executive and the legislative branches must carry out in good faith the platforms upon which the party was entrusted w’ithpporer.w r er. But the government is that of the whole people; the pgrty is the instrument through which policies are determined and men chosen to bring them into being. The animosities of elections should have no place in our government for government must itself concern itself alone with the common w r eal. Special Session of Congress Action upon some of the proposals upon which the Republican party w’as returned to power, particularly further agricultural relief and limited changes in the tariff, can not in justice to our farmers, our labor and our manufacturers be postponed. I. therefore, shall request a special session of congress for the consideration of these two question. I shall deal with "’each of them upon the assembly of the congress. .

Continue Progress

It appears to me that the more important further mandates from the recent election were the maintenance of the integrity of the Constitution: the vigorous enforcement of the laws; the continuance of economy in public expenditure: the continued regulation of business to prevent nomination in the community: the denial of ownership or operation of business by the government in competition with its citizens. The avoidance of policies which ; would involve us in the controverI ries of foreign nations; the more i effective reorganization of the dej partments of federal government: the expansion of public works, and

the promotion of welfare activities affecting education and the home. These were the more tangible determinations of the election, but bevond them was the confidence and belief of the people that we would not neglect the support of the imbedded ideals and aspirations of America These ideals and aspirations are the touchstones upon which the day to day administration and legislative acts of government must be tested. More than this, the government must, so far as lies within its proper powers, give leadership to the realization of these ideals and to the frution of these aspirations. No one can adequately reduce these things of the spirit to phrases or to a catalog of definitions. We do know what the attainments of these ideals should be: The preservation of self-governrqent and its full foundations in local government: the perfection of justice whether in economic or in social fields: the maintenance of ordered liberty; the denial of domination by a group or class; the building up and preservation of equality of opportunity: the stimulation of initiative and individuality, absolute integrity in public affairs; the choice of officials for fitness to office; the direction of economic progress toward prosperity and the further lessening of poverty; the freedom of public opinion; the sustaining of education and of the advancement of knowledge; the growth of religious spirit and the tolerance of all faiths; the strengthening of the home; the advancement of peace. There is no short road to the realization of these aspirations. Ours is a progressive people, but with a determination that progress must be based upon the foundation of experience, jll-considered remedies for ouf faults bring only penalties after them. But if we hold the faith of the. men our mighty past, who created these ideals, w r e shall leave them heightened and strengthened for our children.

Faith in Nation 1 This is not the time and place for extended discussion. The questions before our country problems of progress to higher standards; they are not the problems of degeneration. They demand thought and they serve to quicken the conscience and enlist our sense of responsibility for their settlement. And that responsibility rests upon you, my countrymen, as much as upon those of us who have been selected for office. Ours is a land rich in resources; stimulating in its glorious beauty; filled with millions of happy home; blessed with comfort and opportunity. In no nation are the fruits of accomplishments more secure. In no nation is the government more worthy of respect. No country is more loved by its people. I have an abiding faith in their capacity, integrity and high purpose. I have no fears for, the future, of our country. It is bright with hope. In the presence of my countrymen, mindful of the solemnity of this occasion, knowing w’hat the task means and the responsibility which it involves, I beg your tolerance, your aid and co-operation. I ask the help of Almighty God in this service to my country to which you have called me. SUES FOR $122,000 $92,000 Fraud in Sale of Stock Charged. Suit was filed in sperior court tw’o Saturday by the Union Trust Company, executor for the estate of the late Albert A. Barnes, president of the Udell works, to recover $122,000 worth of stock. The defendants named are Samel E. Rauh. chairman of the directors’ board of the Belt raiiroad and president of the Union stockyards; William E. Day, of New Haven, Conn., president of the Union Land and Timber Company and his wife, Florence H. Day. The complaint alleged that Barries, while ill in 1926, sold stock in the Union Land and Timber Company, to the* defendants for $30,000 while its real value was $122,000. The suit alleged that Mr. Barnes was defrauded of $92,000. The court is asked to restore the stock to the estate and have an accounting of dividends, paid since the sale, made. TWO DIE WHEN PUPIL LOSES PLANE CONTROL Pilot Fights Vain Battle to Wrest Ships From Student. Bii United Press NEWARK, N. J., March 4. A desperate battle in the skies with a former war pilot, attempting to wrest the controls from a panicstricken flying student as their plane plunged crazily toward the earth, was described by airport officials here today. 4 Joseph W. Imbriaco, 21, of Elizabeth, N. J., whose parents wanted him to be a chemist instead of an aviator, and Lieutenant A. Peyton Schenk, 33. flying instructor for the Newark Air Service, Inc., lost their lives Sunday when their plane hurled them into a nearby swamp. Hours of labor by firemen and policemen were necessary oefore bodies of the men could be reached. Clasped tightly in Lieutenant Schenk's hands was the ship’s fire extinguisher. CHEATS STORE OF S2O The Brady drug store, College avenue and Fifty-second street, was mulcted of S2O Sunday night by a young man who worked the familiar “change gag.’’ Telephoning the store from a North Delaware street address, the man asked for some merchandise and change for a S2O bill. When the delivery boy arrived he was given aw orthless S2O check for the change. • - - • 't, - ' ' X . ■' '■ j "

Vice-President's Speech

BY KENNETH G. CRAWFORD . Vailed Press SUIT Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 4. - Charles Curtis of Kansas will not ; follow in the footsteps of Charles j G. Dawes of Illinois, as a would-be : reformer of senate rules while Vice- j President of the United States. He made this clear today in his inaugural address. “He (the Vice-President) is not one of the makers of the law. nor is he consulted about the rules adopted to govern your actions,” said Curtis. “His obligations to the country to whom he owes his high position and its duty to you senators call for a fair and impartial interpretation of i the rules which you yourselves have ■ adopted and which you alone may | change.” he said. j Four years ago Dawes criticised I the senate severely for its tax rules and served notice of Iris campaign to change them. He carried on the campaign, as promised, but the rules have not been changed. High Tribute to Senate Curtis paid high tribute to the senate. He declared it “one of the most distinguished legislative bodies in the world/’ and its present personnel “of a calibre equal if not the superior of any previous hody.” His entire address, less than two printed pages in length, was, in a measure, a defense of the senate. Contrasted with the inaugural address of his predecessor, it was almost lamb-like. “The United Statese senate today is one of the most distinguished legislative bodies in the world—one of the greatest actual and potential powers for the promotion and advancement of civlization. Its personnel is of a caliber equal to if not the superior of any previous body heretofore assembled. “Any individual, no matter how outstanding in the realism of leadership, political or otherwise, might well be proud to preside over its deliberations. Seeks to Be Worthy “I, therefore, may be pardoned in declaring here the feeling of pride w’hich I experience that through my election as Vice-President of the United States such a signal honor has come to me. I hope I may prove worthy of the people’s choice, and of you. “No efforts of mine will be spared to aid and assist you in the successful solution of the numerous intricate and important problems which will come before you.

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“During the course of my twenty years’ service among you as senator from the state of Kansas, I have profited much from the wisdom. tact and experience of the members of this august body as displayed by its most modest and unassuming members as well as by its most outstanding and brilliant leaders. “My relations with the senators during all these years have been pleasant. My memories of persons and events in this chamber constitutes the most delightful in a long public life by no means devoid of warming memories. Praise for Dawes “At this point I, with propriety, I think, may be permitted to offer to the honorable gentleman who is retiring as presiding officer of this body. Mr. Dawes, an expression of appreciation, admiration and esteem. We will all agree that he has filled his arduous and frequently onerous duties with credit and distinction, not only to himself but to the senate and to the people of the United States. “It would seem fitting also at this point to offer a w'ord of and. greeting to our new senators. They will find their fellow' senators, as I have found them, most human and kindly gentlemen, willing and anxious to help newcomers where they may.” TALKS ¥TYNCHING Colored Official Says Cases Have Reduced Greatly. “Lynching has been reduced from 150 cases in a single year to eleven in 1928 in the United States,” declared William Pickens, field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, addressing a mass meeting at the Simpson M. E. church, Missouri and Eleventh streets, Sunday night in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the associatoin. “The accomplishments of the N. A. A. C. P. are greater for the twen-ty-year period, for the amount of money expended, than is true of any similar organization,” Pickens asserted. Sunday night’s meeting was under auspices of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P., of which R. L. Bailey, local attorney, is president. Dr. L. B. Meriwether presided.

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G.O.P. FEARS FOR FATE OF PRIMARY BILL Platform Measure May Be Victim of Amendments, Backers Believe, Fears were held today by backers of the Republican platform primary modification bill that the measure may succumb to a “complication of amendments” before the legislature closes one week from today. The Indiana house of representatives and senate are at loggerheads on the bill which awaits second reading in the house. As introduced in the upper house, the bill proposed four changes: Placing nominations for Governor and United States senator in state convention, for representatives in congress in district conventions, and of the presidential preference feature of the primary. As passed by the senate, after amendment, the bill throws nominations for Governor and United States senator into state convention, eliminates the presidential preference, leaves congressional nominations in the primary; provides for use of the Australian ballot in convention and for the election n the primary of alternates as well as state convention delegates. The latter provision would put an end to proxies in convention. To allay opposition in the house, the house elections committee reported the bill favorably with an amendment eliminating the use of Australian ballots in convention. The report and amendment were adopted. Now several members of the senate, chagrinned at removal of the ballot feature, say they will not concur in the house amendment unless provision is made to restore voting power to proxies. An amendment to accomplish this will be offered when the bill comes before the house for second reading, according to Representative Harold R. Donnell of Paris Crossing, chairman of the elections committee. The first cablegram was sent from London to New York on Aug. 28, 1857.