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One More Heaton One more reason for a constitutional convention in this state to rewrite the charter of liberty is found in the threat of the judiciary to invade the right of free si>eech and freedom of the press through the use of injunctions. The first move is made in another state. But judicial encroachments upon other departments of government have the characteristics of a meningitis epidemic. They spread rapidly and they destroy utterly. The Constitution of every state and of the United States plainly prohibits the legislature from enacting any law to limit free speech or freedom of the press. Now great aggregations of capital assert that the courts have the power to prevent newspapers and magazines from publishing articles which judges may believe are inflammatory of public opinion. From the capitalistic viewpoint any article that would arouse resentment against the plunder of the public would be inflammatory. The courts of this state have gone far in reaching out for power. They have gone far in taking over legislative, and to some extent, executive functions. In establishng the rule for contempt of court in this case, they have asserted that truth is no defense for an editoi or public speaker who dares to denounce judicial injustice. The method by which judges are elected turns every candidate into a politician. He must first make his peace with political leaders of his own party. He must satisfy them of his regularity. He must to a certain extent disqualify himself before he can Quulilj. To win at the polls he must go farther. He is expected to support every candidate on his ticket, even though he may know the candidate to he crooked, venal, vicious and unworthy. It is small wonder thal judges obtained by this method should reach out for power and show small respect for the fundamentals of liberty. It is small wonder that judges elected by such a procedure see nothing wrong and outrageous in overthrowing the Constitution. The one way to change this system is through a constitutional convention which will limit very plainly the powers of judges. They have decided that they can not be impeached and can serve as long as they keep out of jail. They may be expected to go farther. A reform of the judiciary is necessary to maintain any respect for law or courts. And the chance to get anew Constitution is here. Facts Are Needed Senator Carter Glass ot Virginia propoae.s a study by a senate committee of the federal reserve banking system. Also, he has prepared legislation designed to restrict the use of federal reserve credit in speculation. Glass was one of the authors of the reserve act. He helped administer it as secretary of the treasury under Wilson, and since has given much study to its operation. No doubt the proposals of Glass will be assailed in many quarters as another instance of attempted government interference in business. The criticism, however, is not sound. There were innumerable charges that the reserve board did not function during the recent era of sto;|; market gambling. Credit was diverted from legitimate business and industry, Itnd money concentrated in financial centers, to the detriment of the rest of the country, which the reserve system was designed to prevent. Tire final crash menaced the country’s economic structure. An interesting aspect of the difficulty was the wide disagreement among bankers, economists, and business men on causes and cures. Thp reserve board was attacked by and praised by other financial leaders for the measures it undertook. % Whether the remedies proposed by Glass will prevent a repetition of the recent panic and its attendant evils can be determined only after study. There is no reason why such study should be detrimental to business in any way. A sane and intelligent examination of facts without muckraking, which is what Glass wants, rather should be helpful. If no changes are needed, well and good. If they are, let's have them. A Futile Hope Pi'esident Wiiliam Green of the American Federation of Labor announces from Florida that the federation proposes to start an active compaign to elect congressmen favorable to labor in the elections of 1930. He intends to follow the method made historic by Mr. Gompers; namely, that of patting the back of one of the old line parties and slapping the wrists of the other: “The traditional policy of Samuel Gompers of rewarding those who have proved friendly to labor by their votes and punishing those who have been unfriendly, regardless of party labels, will be followed.” If Mr. Green had announced that he was about to start for Oregon in a covered wagon, he could not have been more out of date in his proposal. The federation would seem to learn singularly little by t .pv.-..Li;ce a. . r mirty years of such tactics, organized labor remains negligible as a national political force in the United States. This, in spite of the fact that labor easily could turn the balance of any -lection if labor voted as a unit. American labor will not win any congresses or aajrtblng else of moment until it finds some method of jiringing political cohesion and loyalty to the

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ranks of the working men. Both old parties have learned that the political threats of labor leaders are of little moment. If American labor desires to put a labor congress under the dome of the Capitol, there is only one way to do it. That is to organize a real labor party. As long as the average laborer's political loyalty stands apart from his economic loyalty, the political power of labor Is bound to be hamstrung. A man who is a Republican or a Democrat In politics and an organized laborer in economic life is bound to waver between his loyalty to his party and his devotion to his union. When he is ordered to vote contrary to his political affiliations, his partisan prejudices may override his economic Interests. With a labor party in the field, this confusion would disappear. A leading argument used by Gompers against a labor party was the power of the supreme court to set aside legislation. This would destroy progressive legislation enacted by any congress in control of a labor party—but the same would hold true of the work of a Republican or Democratic congress influenced by organized labor. Still further, the supreme court bench Is filled by presidential appointment. Nine judges appointed by a series of labor Presidents would be likely to decide cases with as much friendliness toward labor as the present bench bestows upon capitalism and individualism. Neighbor Quotas Representative Box of Texas has revived his ten- j year-old fight to place Mexican immigration upon a quota basis. The original Box bill would have admitted an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 Mexicans a year; the new bill approximately 1,800. The neiv bill applies to Canada and other countries of the western hemisphere. But it provides special restrictions against persons ineligible to citizenship and those who do not habitually speak the English language, which would strike directly at the Mexicans. • Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee has a companion measure. A determined effort is being made to force action on one or the other, or a compromise measure, this session. Some sort of limitation, more effective than has been applied in recent years, ought to be placed upon the horde of peon labor that has been coming in from Mexico. Ultimately, it may be necessary to establish a quota. But there are other problems which ought to be considered before we rush blindly into quota fixing. The state department, for example, insists that restricting immigration from neighbor countries probably would disturb seriously our somewhat newly acquired friendly relations with Latin-American nationals. And there is the problem of labor supply for southwestern farmers who have built up their operations with Mexican help and who insist that if the supply is cut off disaster would follow. Possibly this fear is exaggerated. Possibly there are enough Mexicans already in southwestern states to supply this need. Possibly also—and reports from investigators for this newspaper indicate it is true—exploiters of labor are taking advantage of the farmer’s need and Mexico’s immigration status to import an industrial supply of cheap labor. We ought not fix arbitrary quota limitations until we know the facts. To forestall Mexican quota restrictions the state department last year instructed its consuls in Mexico to apply to Mexcans the same regulations on issuance of visas as apply to European nationals. Simultaneously, the immigration service tightened border restrictions. Asa result Mexican immigration has been cut in half. At El Paso admissions have been reduced to one-sixth of the old figure. If El Paso’s method of application were applied along the entire border Mexican immigration could be cut to 10,000 or 12,000 a year. Before any new restrictive legislation is enacted a request from a recent southwestern farm conference should be carried out —that an unprejudiced commission be named to make a thorough study of the facts and the probable results.

i REASON

NEW YORK CITY’S play producers find a tough competitor in the talking picture and they say he legitimate stage has been injured by the wicked ticket brokers who have bought the best seats weeks in advance and sold them for exorbitant prices. Such a complaint is a great joke, inasmuch as the producers have been hand in hand with the brokers and have shared in the plunder. o ts a The speaking stage has been injured by the proucers themselves by charging twice as much as they '.lould. $4 for a $2 seat, and they have further put heir business upon the toboggan by giving it over u the production of plays so indecent the audience had to put on gas masks. The way to restore the speaking stage to public favor is to charge honest prices and take the plays out of the bedroom and plant them in the sitting room. tt a , a IT is a hopeful sign that the Mexican government is encouraging its people to plant olives, for while it is not so important that the Mexicans eat olives it is imperative that they should learn to wave olive branches. a tt a President Hoover probably does not care much about having Boulder Dam named for him. for his letter to Dr Johnson of Ohio State university would seem to indicate that his enemies have dedicated a great many others in his honor. a a a The danger of carrying the merger spirit to an extreme is shown in the case of Mrs. Evelyn Barnes of Carthage, Mo., who is now in jail because she is married to five husbands. a a a AN admiral of the Chinese navy was shot the other night while he was addressing a banquet. We don’t believe that a banquet speaker should be shot unless he talks more than half an hour, but if he goes beyond that the bombardment should become general. a a a Which reminds us of a Chicago banquet where a judge was last on the program. * Those who preceded him talked for hours and it was 1 a. m. by the time the judge was reached. The toastmaster arose and said: “Judge Jamison now will give his address.” Whereupon the judge arose and said: My address is 1900 Dorchester avenue—

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THE liNDIAiNAFULIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Those Who Elude the Auto or Escape Falling Into an Open Manhole Still Run a Big Chance of Being Shot by Thugs or Dry Agents. COMING to London with the idea that an Anglo-American alliance only had not been established, but that it represented the greatest threat to France, Andre Tardieu finds himself permitted to act as peacemaker between Ramsay MacDonald and Henry L. Stimson. To let him tell it, England and the United States have not only failed to form an entente cordiale, but actually are facing a dangerous split. Not begruding Mr. Tardieu any credit he may deserve, or receive, in his efforts to reconcile these two governments, it is only fair to recall that he made a whale of a mistake at the start. a a *r Secretary of Treasury Mellon indorses the idea of transferring the job of enforcing prohibition from his shoulders to those of the department of justice. So would any one else in Mr. Mellon’s place. Law enforcement, not only with regard to prohibition, but with regard to most everything else, has become a rather thankless task In these days of super-regulation on the one hand and popular resistance on the other. It probably suffers from nothing so distinctly as the fact that nobody who can get out of it wants to assume it. a u a More Security Sought AS law enforcement fails, the cry for security increases, and with good reason. Though it is true that we have given the human baby a better chance to grow up than it ever enjoyed before, as far as disease is concerned, we have confronted it with a greater risk of getting killed in a dozen different ways. a a a It goes without saying that most people want the naval conference to succeed, not only because it might make war less probable, but because it certainly wuuld reduce taxes. What they want more than that, however, is protection against the violent, or unnatural, causes of death or physical injury which have come to beset them on every hand. While many of these causes are mechanical in their nature, and can be remedied only by mechanical means, quite a few of them rest on our apparent inability to enforce the law. a tt e Marked for Death A WEALTHY Chinese of Newark, N. J„ just has received “the flower of death” from his tong. Though a policeman has been set to guard his houae, and though the authorities are willing to do what they can for his protection, it is taken for granted that he presently will pass out of the picture. In other words, the state of New Jersey is not at all sure that It can prevent a group of Chinese from killing one of their number, openly, deliberately, and after having published their intention to do so. tt a v Out in Milwaukee, the editor of a suburban weekly starts a campaign for reduction of street car fares in favor of his community. The power company applies for a court injunction to forbid him from publishing articles of “an inflammatory character.” The judge to whom the application was made says that, though courts have the right to issue such injunction, the facts in • this particular case do not warrant jitThe street car company appeals I to the supreme court, and no one j knows whether the press will be ■ hamstrung, or confirmed in its traditional liberties. tt a a Periled in Many Ways ON the other side of the picture looms that colored brother j from the West Indies who arrived j in New York only a short time ago j with a swollen knee and collected | damages in no less than twelve | suits against various transportation j companies, by claiming it to have | resulted from as many different j falls. Those who elude the auto, or esi cape falling into an open manhole, still run a big chance of being shot by thugs, or dry agents, and if they don’t succumb to that unhappy i fate, the racket still remains. tt o tt The homes of Jesse L. Lasky. ; famous motion picture producer, an i !of his sister, Mrs. Blanche Lasky Turnbull, are being guarded by officers, because of a death threat recently made against them. The threat merely stated, “You i are going to be killed —shot. Bei ware.” No one would take such a threat seriously, except for the fact that confidence in law enforcement has broken down. Though we have more courts than ever before, more peace officers with guns in their hands, more taxes to : maintain the judicial system, there never was a time when average people felt so insecure in the face of threats, thugs and racketeers.

Questions and Answers

How long is a fortnight? Two weeks, or fourteen days. On what days of the week did Nov. 7. 1906, and Dec. 20, 1886, fail? Wednesday and Monday, respectively. With what President of the United States is the expression “Bull Moose” associated? Theodore Roosevelt. What prevents our eyes from freezing in very cold weather? The heat of the body plus the saline solution of which tears are formed prevent the eyes from freezing. When it Is very cold the tears t&m nos copiously, _____

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Child Death Rate Still Too High

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela, the Health Magazine. IN Great Britain more school children die of tuberculosis than of any other cause. Second to tuberculosis is violence, most frequently the result of street accidents. Sixteen and four-tenths per cent of the total deaths among school children in 1928 was due to tuberculosis, so that this disease remains the chief menace to life among children of school age. The incidence of tuberculosis has declined greatly since 1907, largely due to increased knowledge of proper diet, hygiene, ventilation and similar factors. Deaths from accident are likely to increase in number, due to the increase in the amount of traffic and the dangers to the child from machines which represent the chief factor in modern civilization. Among British school children,

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Representative sirovich of Now York has called upon President Hoover and urged him to sponsor a law for non-poisonous denaturants in industrial alcohol. It so happens that Congressman Sirovich is a doctor, and his advice should be considered carefully by the President. The strongest argument put forward in behalf of Herbert Hoover during the campaign was the assertion that there was a man well versed in large affairs, who would give America government by experts. This claim has been made good, at least, in part. Following the Wall Street collapse, the President summoned the leaders in each great industry, so business should be stabilized. The problem of poisonous or nonpoisonous denaturants is a problem of public health. Accordingly, it is not fitting that the executive decision in such a matter should be largely influenced by little corn belt lawyers, or bishops of the Methodist church. These gentlemen have their virtues, but not one of them can qualify as an expert on the question of public health, which most distinctly is the business of the administration. tt tt tt Life at Stake IF it be objected that Dr. Sirovich is a politician as well as a physician, then let President Hoover summon a nonpartisan committee of medical men to pass upon the probable effects of a wood alcohol ration. When life and death is at stake, the government should summon none but those who know. Poli-

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violence was responsible for 12.1 per cent of deaths. Although we have good knowledge of the cause, the method of prevention and proper treatment of diphtheria this disease caused 11.8 per cent of deaths among school children. As long as there are people so ignorant as to fail to avail themselves of what modern science has accomplished, such deaths will continue to occur. The next group of disorders are what are known as the respiratory disorders, bronchitis, pneumonia, and other infections of the nose, throat and lungs. These are not infrequently assocated with the great crowding that occurs under modem conditions of living, and particularly with conditions found in slum districts. In the next group of serious disorders are meningitis, diseases of the nervous system, heart disease, measles, whooping cough and rheumatic fevers. Here are diseases associated with

tics should end somewhere short of the cemetery gates. I realize that only recently a promise was made to drop prohibition as a columnar theme, but lately other good resolutions have cracked a bit, so that might go down with all the rest. There was. for instance, the dedication to reduction. Under a set of distressing circumstances, it hardly held. Mostly, I blame it on a speech. Being invited to speak at a Lambs’ gambol seemed to me a compliment, Even an ex-critic expects scant hospitality from actors. Actors are like elephants. I want to plead the critics’ cause. It seems to me that Variety’s box score has done much to rob reviewers of all interesting violence. The theatrical weekly has undertaken to keep tab on the newspaper dramatic members. If a critic says that he dislikes a play, and that piece succeeds, it is scored against him. And if he expresses no opinion at all, he also is penalized. a a a Nonpartisan WITH the logic of this latter ruling I am in sharp disagreement. Under certain circumstances, failure to express an opinion may serve as the most devastating sort of criticism. I once went to a place and found there Charles Butterworth, the comedian in "Sweet Adeline.” Leaning against the bar was our joint public, who accosted us. He said: “I have with me a young woman who wants to sing.” She did, and did. At the end of each song we said, in chorus: “That

bacterial organisms. Unfortunately the only method of control known to medical science include the general care of the child, healthy surroundings, and a well-balanced diet. Diseases of the heart seem to be associated with infections elsewhere in the body, particularly in the nose and throat. The early detection of such cases, and particularly the early detection of heart disease and treatment by absolute rest constitute the most scientific medicine has to offer at the present moment in the control of such conditions. The greatest advances made by modern medical science are prevention of infant mortality and acute infections in childhood. Nevertheless, these still take a considerable toll of humanity. The reasons are two: First, the necessity for more knowledge than scientific medicine now has; second, lack of education of the public in the application of knowledge available at suitable times and in the vast majority of cases.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most Interesting writers and are presented without reyard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

was fine.” After the fifth number 1 faked a telephone call and w r e escaped. Coming out into the morning air, I asked Butterworth: “What did you really think of that voice?” “How the hell would I know 9 ” was his answer, and it seemed to me a pertinent estimate. In regard to plays concerning which the critic can’t make up his mind, it seems to me that the playgoer should have no difficulty. Later, at greater length, I will argue the critic’s right, and even his duty, to be wrong occasionally. I mean wrong from the sense of the public’s verdict at the box office. Since when in the world of ideas did it ever become an offense for an individual to be in the minority? The speech before the Lambs went well. At any rate, actors are kindly folks, and several said: “It was a good talk, and won’t you split some ginger ale with me?” tt a a Seductive ttvRYS are quite right in their U contention that beverages may lead to greater evils. Before I knew it I was in a restaurant and somebody had set down before me Schnitzel ala Holstein and lemon meringue pie, as a delicate just-be-fore-going-to-bed repast. I am a man of character, but not an anchoret. When the egg upon a Schnitzel looks up at me and pleads, I am but wax. Something of honor was retained, but not enough. I did not eat the meringue nor the fried potatoes, nor the pickles, and only seven-eighths of the anchovies. But I did nibble at the rest. Today I am contrite and heavier. And so I say farewell to Schnitzels for a while. Prohibition goes along to limbo. And as for speeches, they're taboo forever. It almost seems that every time I open my mouth I must put something in it. (Copyright. 1930. by The Times)

Daily Thought

The fool foldeth his hands together and eateth his own flesh. Ecclesiastes 4:5. a a a A learned fool Is more foolish than an ignorant fool.—Moliree. How many Negroes were overseas daring the World war, and how many were killed? Negroes killed in battle numbered 747, and the total Negro fatalities were 9,765. About 200,000 Negroes went overseas. What is the derivation of the name “NLemes?” According to one authority the name is derived from Neid, meaning envy, Jealousy.

JAN. 23, 1930

SCIENCE By DAV7D DIETZ

The Nation Has Entered a New Era in the Field of City Planning, Says Los Angeles Expert. AS 1930 gets under way, the outlook for comprehensive, intelligent city planning is better than ever before, according to Charles H. Cheney of Los Angeles, chairman of the committee on city and regional planning of the American Institute of Architects. Two hundred forty American cities have city plans in various stages of completion and 750 have planning commissions, Cheney says in a review of tile progress made in 1929. “A few really great plans have been brought out during 1929,” he says. “Most notable of these is the New York regional plan, presented to the city last June after seven years of intensive study. “Then there is that enormous group of new public structures in Washington, on a scale befitting the national capital, to go in the triangle between Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, and recently authorized by congress at the urging of President Hoover and Secretary Mellon. “The St. Louis river front development program, w r ith its great plaza of buildings, is on a scale with the largest world projects. Meanwhile, Chicago has been forging ahead with its enormous lake front park system. “The year also saw Philadelphia at last authorized to have a city planning commission.” tt a tt New Era THE nation has entered anew era in the field of city planning, Cheney believes. He calls It the planning age. “This is an age that will brook no little plans, no tinkering, no dalliance with half-way measures,” he says. “The emphasis today is no longer merely upon economic or social grounds. Esthetic considerations must be met. Beauty has become the watchword of business and industry and beautiful cities are demanded of our city planners.” Cheney feels, however, that the nation is a long way from the goal which architects believe it should strive for. “America must build better cities,” ihe says. “We are a rich nation, but a tawdry one in appearance. Our station in civilization demands and requires a better dress. Our progress in education and culture Insists upon a better environmental condition for our children and our children’s children. “Our cities, their architecture and planning, are the chief measure of our civilization. “Despite the falling off in building, during the last year something more than four billion dollars for new structures was expended in cities and towns of this country. Yet it is estimated roughly that three billion dollars’ worth of these structures were so ugly, so badly planned, so inappropriately located or or such narrow or inconvenient street! as to have been a liability instead of an asset, almost from the day they were completed.” a tt it Sunlight “TK TIINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY TY-NINE also will be remembered as the year in which the first adequate school of city planning was set up as a graduate course at Harvard university through the aid of the Rockefeller Foundation,” Cheney says. Dr. Henry V. Hubbard of the faculty of landscape architecture of th university, has been named directoi of the new school. “The demand for spaciousness ir, our city and regional plans is ons of the most hopeful signs of thf times,” Cheney says. “Common-sense relief of conge# tion and overcrowding goes hand b hand with it. “The studies of Henry Wright, architect of New York, showing thit better and more permanent incomes can be made from apartment houas covering only from 50 to 55 per celt of the lot than from those whith cover 65 to 75 per cent, because of the increased sunlight and air, foim another contribution to the important data on this subject. “Andrew J. Thomas, architect of New York, proved that U-shaped apartments which covered not more than 50 per cent of the lot were the more profitable and most sought after by permanent tenants. “The social well-being, the future stamina of our citizens, requires that we give all families plenty of room, sunlight, and air, and that we do not allow them to congest too many under one roof.”

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NATIONAL ELECTION DAY Jan. 23 ON Jan. 23, 1845, Cong Tess designated the present national election day as Tuesday after the i first Monday in November. | The continental congre.ss apj pointed the first Wednesday in I January, 1789, as the day for choos- ! ing the first electors; the first | Wednesday in February as the day | for the electors to give their votes, | and the first Wednesday in March as the day for the new government | to go into operation. In 1792 congress enacted that I the appointment of electors should ;be made within thirty-four days preceding the first Wednesday of December, every sou-th year; and this rule continued in force until 1845, when congress made the day uniform throughout the union—the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. The first Wednesday in March, 1789, was the fourth day of that month. Congress enacted in 1792 that the term years of the President and Vice-President being on March 4, and Amendment XII makes this day a part of tbs Constitution itself.