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Short-Sighted Reformers Os more importance and significance than the outcome of the effort to renominate Judge Willoughby of the supreme court is the fact that a large number of very sincere citizens are now openly declaring their purpose to elect a dry judge to the supreme court. It is probable that very many others, quite as sincere, hope to put a wet judge on that bench. Whenever any group, intent on a particular viewpoint of a public question, take the position that judges are to be seiected because of their belief or disbelief in the practicability of any law, confidence in the whole structure of the government weakens and a subtle but very sinister blow is struck at our whole theory of government Unless the courts are composed of judges who are able to cast aside any ideas as to the advisability of any law and decide questions according to the Constitution without any reference to reasonableness or expediency, the courts become super governments, overthrowing the legislative and executive branches of government. That is the beginning of dictatorship. The controversy around Judge Willoughby was aroused by a letter from former Attor-ney-General Gilliom whose appeal tor Judge Willoughby was upon a high ground that no small group should control the courts. That was a perfectly sound position, He did not appeal for a wet judge. Gilliom happens to hold the belief that Willoughby has acted in good conscience, has shown courage, is fought because he refused to accept the dictatorship of the Anti-Saloon League or the Klan. That is far different from the position of those who openly declare that they want a dry judge, meaning a judge whose decisions will be written in subservience to the dictates of a particular group interested in a particular subject, without any reference to the Constitution. The reformers who hope to win through a dominated court are most short sighted. They attack the one means by which reforms may be permanently attained. They strike at all the theories of our government. The one question which should interest every citizen is the election of judges who are courageous, sincere and free from prejudice and bias and, at the same time, have a deep enough sympathy with the real purpose and policy of our government to protect any encroachments on the Constitution. The bench can stand a new 7 baptism of real Americanism.

Shall Puritanism Wreck Liberalism? The thorough-going liberal in the United States is certainly in a dilemma today. He does not regard prohibition as one of the most important of our current issues from tla standpoint of its intrinsic merits. \et prohibition enforcement methods have brought about a situation where the issues involved are the most crucial which can face the citizen. They involve those most sacred and basic rights of man for which the race has struggled for centuries. Whether or not a man can get a glass of beer conveniently may not be a problem of the first magnitude. But the sanctity of life, property, and home is such. Moreover, the whole liberal philosophy of life is being challenged. The liberal is a reasonable and urbane person, opposed to snoopers, busybodles and fanatics. Therefore, he is forced to line up actively with others who. like himself, desire relief from the irresponsible aealots of drought. The beleaguered liberal then looks around himseL for leadership. Who is for reason and sanity in the prohibition problem? The leaders of the revolt against the dry inquisition are none others than the old enemies of the American liberal —the Tories and Bourbons who have been gunning for liberals in Lusk Reports, National Security League campaigns, and the like. They are men like ex-Senator Wadsworth. James M. Beck. Austen G. Fox. Frederick R. Coudert, Henry Curran, and the like. It was Fox who tried to get Harvard to oust Professor Chafee for writing his book on "Freedom of Speech.” Coudert was the leader of the reactionary wing of the Columbia university trustees who persecuted Professor Beard for his boob on the ‘ Economic Interpretation of the Constitution.” Where are the customary and dependable leaders ol American liberalism—Borah. Norris, La Follette. :ye, Walsh. Wheeler, Brookhart. et al? They stand :h Hoover, Hughes. Mellon, Ford, and other supporters of the "noble experiment.” Borah is the oratorical Carrie Nation of the senatorial drys—dose on the heels of Elder Wilson of the Methodist board in his apparent zeal for prohibition. La Follette defends prohibition on principle and auds Its rigid enforcement. Brookhart has made a national clown out of himself. And so on down the ine. Not an outstanding leader of liberalism in politics has come out four-square for human rights -id decency in the prohibition orgy. The situation presents the most serious challenge to he liberal movement in America in many generations. It will take a lot to throw any true liberal into the lap of Jimmie Beck. But if it is only under the flag of Beck and company that a citizen can be a gentleman or a self-respecting American, loyal to our deepest national traditions, then he may have to fall in line. It is to be hoped that the liberal leadership will awaken to the seriousness of the challenge before they forfeit their position and wreck the liberal cause. It if high time that tljey cut loose from the apron-strings vj! their youthful Sunday school prejudices and lined up like men, alert and unafraid. They scarcely can be stupid enough to allow the v *

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reactionaries to capitalize what remains of the inherent zeal of Americans for liberty and decency. Infantile puritanism must not be allowed to triumph over the basic principles of American liberalism. The liberal leaders In federal politics can plead only puritanism. They scarcely can stand with Rockefeller, Ford and others, who support prohibition to produce i more docile workers. Hope in North Carolina Those who have despaired of justice in North Carolina should take heart. If the initial rulings of the court in the Wiggins murder trial are a criterion, the state is determined to disprove the charge made so often In the last year and with such provocation 'hat th£re is one kind of justice in North Carolina for anti-labor mill owners and militia and another kind of justice for labor unionists. This case is the test. Ella May Wiggins, widowed mother of several small children, was murdered by members of an antiabor mob. She was going peacefully about her business—which happened to be riding to a union meet- j mg—when she was shot down in the presence of many witnesses. Tire state previously has convicted unionsts charged with shooting the police chief of Gastonia, after the police had initiated a reign of terror against • 'extile strikers. The question now is whether North ! Carolina also will convict those charged with shoot.ng a striker. Textile company lawyers are leading the defense .a this case. And, as anticipated, instead of trying fire ease on its merits, they are attempting to turn he trial Into a w'itch-buming orgy against radicals. On Tuesday these company lawyers tried to destroy he testimony of state witnesses by showing that ■ here were Communist elements in the strike. Attorney-General Brummitt, ■whom the Governor :as sent to aid the prosecution, was quick to chalenge the defense’s attempts so to pervert the trial. Judge Clement ruled that witnesses could not be j uestioned as to their political and social beliefs. If the judge continues as he has begun, to hold j this trial to the murder issue, instead of heresy hunt- | ing, he will help to redeem North Carolina’s shat- j tered reputation. And that, probably more than anything else, would discourage violence on the long I hard road to labor freedom which is ahead of North Carolina. 1 I Cost of Capital Punishment Does capital punishment deter crime? New light on this question is furnished in a report _,ust made public by the League to Abolish Capital Punishment. In twenty-six states which have capital punishment, the homicide - ate in the decade before 1928 was 8.3 per 100,000 population. In six states where there is no capital punishment, the rate was 3.6. The highest homicide figures were found in states vhere other crimes than murder are punishable by death. “These statistics prove conclusively that the homicide rate is not rising in the states which have ended the death penalty,” said the league’s report. There is a growing body of sentiment in this untry which supports the league’s conclusions, and growing belief that hangings and electrocutions stir up rather than allay murderous instincts. _ Tire point of America’s dependence upon rubber was stressed at the naval conference. Tire only rubber Europe need worry about is the supply in the tourists' necks. Anew folding toothbrush Iras been put on the market. Something had to be done to make room in these modern flats. Youth begins to revolt at the age of 12, according to a scientist. We had gone on thinking 60 was about; the age. Golf takes the conceit out of a man, says John D.; No, he didn't say deceit.

REASON

INHERE is a lot of agitation against the third de- i gree, the heroic method by which officers of the ' law wring confessions from those accused of crime. It is said the third degree is brutal, but it is not half so brutal as the crimes committed by the guilty. a x tt There is no doubt that practically all of those from whom confessions are wrung by the third degree are guilty and without it no confessions could be obtained and few convictions gained, particularly f the accused first were permitted to have confidential chats with criminal lawyers a u a There is no reason to regret the fact that Loeb, Leopold, Hickman and their kind were given the third degree and with the artillery of crime now enircling America with bombardment, this is hardly the time to consider any mushy programs, intended to make life more cheerful for poor, downtrodden outlaws. a a e WITH all our dissatisfaction with the enforcement of prohibition, it is comforting to learn that over in Germany, where they have regulation, there s a wild protest because the law proposes to close saloons at 1 o’clock in the morning instead of 3. It is somewhat astonishing also to learn that with all of her licensed saloons, Berlin is full of speakeasies. a a At the Washington naval conference Japan was alowed 60 per cent of the naval strength of the United States and Great Britain and by the terms of the London conference it seems she is to be allowed to have 70 per cent. Japan has to attend only four disarmament parieys to have more guns than anybody else. o >t SENATOR WHEELER of Montana is agonizing because a bill has been introduced at Washington to register all aliens coming in the country, thus keeping tab on them until they shall have proved themselves. It Is perfectly proper for us to analyze, finger print and X-ray all aliens, if we care to do so, and If the aliens don’t like it they can escape it very easily hy staring on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. tt tt B It seems that Mabel Willebrandt, who has been arrested at Washington for violating the traffic laws, had several clashes with the traffic authorities while she was in charge c rarohibition enforcement. We never dreamed that Mabel had her fingers crossed when she was pleading so eloquently for law observance In the last campaign.

By FREDERICK LANDIS

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS: If We Were Living Under the French System, It Is Likely That the Cabinet Would Have Fallen Because of the Tariff Muddle. THE French cabinet falls, after only five days, and because it failed to get a vote of confidence in the chamber of deputies. Such a situation seems incredible to most Americans. In this country, the President and cabinet remain, no matter how the political lineup of congress changes. In France, and most other European countries, it is the parliament that remains, no matter how swiftly cabinets come and go. The French premier and cabinet are directly responsible to parliament. They remain in office only as long as they can command a majority vote. On assuming office, they offer what is called a declaration of policy. and that is when the first vote comes. In all French history oplv three ministries have fallen on this initial test, that of Chautemps being the third. a a a Must Dole Out Favors THE situation in France and other European countries is compi.catea by a multiplicity of partie* There are eight or ten in the prtaent French chamber of deputies, none of which commands a majority, or anything like it. For a cabinet to survive, therefore, it must arrange a coalition beforehand. This is done generally by giving party leaders places in the cabinet, and by formulating compromise policies. To put it bluntly, success in the game depends on log-rolling. Barring such emergency as can be depended on to hold a sufficient number of parties together by itself, the problem of a French premier consists in scattering enough personal favors and political promises to hold the boys in line, a a a A good many people believe in the system, because, as they say, it compels a government to follow public sentiment. The founders of this republic turned it down for that precise reason. In their opinion, public sentimant was not to be trusted except as it had been formed by usage, custom or mature deliberation. Eesides, they regarded complete separation of executive and legislative power as desirable. They realized that this involved the risk of a President and congress opposed to each other, but regarded such a risk less serious than that of overnight changes in general policy. a a V Stalemate in U, S, IF we were living under the French system, it is more than likely that tile cabinet would have fallen because of the tariff muddle. In fact, three or four cabinets might have fallen. But it is just as good a bet that the tariff muddle would have been straightened out long before this, because of the opportunity which such system offers to establish harmony between legislative and executive branches. If we were living under the French system, of course, we would have more than two parties, and not be stalemated as we are. Two parties are all right, provided they are sufficiently cohesive and coherent to afford people a chance to express themselves on major issues. If they are not, however, as is the case in this country today, they serve only to stultify and immobilize public opinion. a a a Could Use More Parties AS things stand, the average American can not express himself on more than one or two issues by being a Republican or a Democrat. In some respects, there is a wider difference between the factions within each party than there is between the parties themselves. Each party has a progressive wing and a reactionary wing, a wet faction and a dry faction, a pacifist element and a jingo element, a state rights crow T d and a bureaucratic crowd. Considering the cleavages that have developed, the new problems that have arisen, and the obvious inability of either < . the old parties to line up on most of them, it probably would be better if we faced the situation frankly and formed such a number of political groups as would enable people to express themselves effectively. Asa matter of common sense, we would be just as well off with one party as we are with two. Asa further matter of common sense, we hardly could be worse off with six or eight.

Daily Thought

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.—Ecclesiastes 10:1. a a a A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool—Moliere. What was the date of the execution of Edith Cavell. the war nurse, and for what was she executed? Edith Cavell’s execution at 2 a. m. Oct. 13, 1915. in pursuance of sentence passed by the German military court at Brussels, on the charge that she had assisted English and Belgians to cross the frontier into Holland. What are some of the largest furniture manufacturing centers of the United States east of the Mississippi River? Chicago and Rockford. 111.; Grand Rapids. Mich.; High Point, N. C.. and New York. Was floyd Gibbons injured in the World war? He lost one eye at the battle of Chateau-Thierry, France, in 1918.

TALBURT

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Delay Perilous in Infantile Paralysis

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. LAST fall an epidemic of infantile paralysis struck in Ontario and 473 cases were reported to physicians. Of the 473 children who were affected, seventeen died. The disease is one of the most menacing that affects children, since it is likely to produce extensive crippling and make life somewhat of a burden after recovery occurs. One of the greatest problems of the medical profession today is the development of means for restoring proper motion and growth to limbs that have been shortened or wasted away after infantile paralysis. The most significant fact brought out a study of the epidemic in To-

IT SEEMS TO ME By HEYWOOD BROUN

IT is an excellent thing for any people to examine with a fair degree of regularity the documents of their great ancestors. By keeping contacts with the past they can renew conviction that every age must solve its problems largely in the light of its own circumstances. I took occasion to celebrate Washington’s birthday by re-reading the famous farewell address so often quoted in political discussions. Isolationist senators have used partial quotations from the address in the hope of thwarting efforts toward international agreement. But they seldom put the whole document into the record, for, if they did, it would become only too evident that Washington's political philosophy was based on a major premise which no longer is tenable. ss st st Prejudices MOREOVER, it must be remembered that Washington war., among other things, a human being. He spoke as an American leader who had waged a war with England and later suffered severely because of the intrigue of French agents in America. Like other human beings, he reacted emotionally to slights and injuries. Undoubtedly he had some conception after the Revolution that his name would be honored and remembered by succeeding generations of his countrymen, and yet chiefly he must have been concerned with the immediate situation of America. A century or so can take the edge off even the most excellent advice. Washington’s greatness did not go to the extent of establishing him as one of destiny's authentic prophets. He said in the course of the farewell address, "Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote connection.” He could not foresee, of course, the extraordinary development of international commerce which would make us feel for good or ill, glut or famine, in even the most remote comer of the continent. He did not anticipate the fact that a Balkan bullet could release a flood of fury not to be stopped this side of many American breasts in Kansas and California. tt a a Different Today SPEAKING of European controversies, George Washington said, “Our detached and distant situation inrites and enables us to pursue a different course. “If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we mav defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve to maintain to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon, will not lightly

The Stumbling Block

ronto was that the use of serum taken from those who have recovered from the disease is instrumental in preventing crippling and death if the serum is given as soon as possible after the disease is discovered. Seventy-three cases which were diagnosed on the first day of illness were given the serum and not one of these children died. With each succeeding day of illness after the first the tendency toward fatal termination is increased. Moreover, the likelihood of multiple paralyses and of extensive paralysis is greater the later in the disease that the treatment is undertaken. Indeed, it has been found that the giving of the convalescent serum after paralysis has actually occurred seems to be of little bene-

hazard giving us provocation.” Even the least of us must know now that the words which great Washington spoke for his own day are not in any sense true of ours. Os vast, fast ships he had no more than an inkling. The submarine and the airplane he did not even vision. No longer are we distant and detached, and in another 100 years we shall be less so. The world grows smaller. Even though the oceans do not dry, they will become as brooks in years to come. Surely it is not fantastic to dream of a day when China will be a nextdoor neighbor and India just around the corner. Nven now, one can goj more quickly to Peiping than an 1 American of Washington’s day could I get to London. a a a Didn’t Work THOUGH the United States became a power great beyond the dreams of the continental congress, not all our wealth of blood and treasure was sufficient to win respect for our neutrality when the i world went mad. Not only did the warring nations i dare to give us provocation, but | they actually courted our intervention. It became a part of the j plan of conflict. "Against the insidious wiles of j foreign influence (I conjure you to j believe me, fellow citizens), the jeal- j ousy of a free people ought to be' constantly awake,” said Washington. I But he was speaking to a people I

TODAY IS THE

LONGFELLOW’S BIRTH Feb. 27

ON Feb. 27, 1867, Henry Wads- ; ■ worth Longfellow, American poet, was born at Portland, Me. Graduated from Bowdoin college at 18, in the same class with Nathaniel Hawthorne, Longfellow at once was appointed professor of modern languages at his alma mater. He resigned in 1835 to study and travel in Europe. On his return he accepted a similar post at Harvard. Longfellow's poetic gifts, apparent in his teens, made him at 34 perhaps the most widely read poet in America. Poems which helped establish him were: “Evangeline,” “The Courtship of Miles Stan dish.” j “Psalm of Life,” “Excelsior,” “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” “Paul Revere’s Ride,” and “The Village Blacksmith.” His fame as a poet rests on two points. First, he gave expression to the commonplace emotions of American civilization with charming simplicity; second, he did much to spread European culture in this country.

fit in overcoming the paralysis. While the statistics may be interpreted in various ways, it seems quite certain that the earlier proper treatment is undertaken, the better it is for the patient. It is recognized that the destruction of the nerve tissue by disease is a form of injury which is less likely to yield to treatment than any other injury in the human body. Nerve tissue is the most highly specialized delicate tissue that we have. Hence, whatever is to be done in the control of such conditions must be done promptly. More and more parents are beginning to learn that the path of safety lies in getting medical attention at the earliest possible moment, particularly in any of the infectious conditions which attack the child.

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

precariously advanced upon what had been the most radical experiment in democracy existing in the world. Across a wide ocean sat kings and princes glowering as red as Russia in the eyes of a Calvin Coolidge. Washington did well to warn his countrymen against putting their trust in any kings or princes. But the background has shifted. It is not so that a free America should view a free England, or France, or Germany, with constant wakeful suspicion. What was true in the days of the Georges, inevitably is not true in the days of MacDonalds and Snowdens. (Copyright. 1930. by The Times)

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times— l have been following with interest your articles by Dick Miller regarding conditions in the fire department and find them [ “food for thought.” In Wednesday’s Times there was an article by Charles Carll, which i says in part, that The Times is in ' favor of placing the fire and police , departments under civil service, j Please continue these worthwhile 1 articles and perhaps you can wake j the people of Indianapolis up to what confronts them. It is my understanding that Indianapolis is supposed to have civil service both in the fire and police departments, but apparently this j law, like many others, is given little or no consideration. To one who has always had a warm spot for the “boys in blue <1 don’t mean policemen), I was rather surprised after moving to Indianapolis to find out how- the firemen ot the state are batted around. A man might be chief one day ; and the next he is riding the back end of a pumper. There is apparently little thought given to what a man know’s as far as the fire department goes as to who he knows in anew administration. This sea- i ture alone is worth consideration. I believe, and there are many like me, that all fire and police departments in class one and two cities in the state should be under civil service. Is it because these departments offer nice political plums that this is not done? It might be all right to leave the job of chief in these departments open for a, .-ointment, but when it comes to the rank and file of the department, those men should be protected by civil service rules. Isn’t it true that you will have a better man for a job who has worked his way up? When a vacancy is to be filled, give the fellow who knows fire fighting a chance and don’t give the job to someone who knows some one who knows the mayor or some other official. This plainly shown in our elections throughout the state last 1 November. Fire departments were

FEB. 27, 1930

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ Rivtrs Wash Hundreds of Millions of Tons of Earth Into Seas Every Year. TWO HUNDRED MILLION tons of the United States are washed into the Gulf of Mexico each year I by the action of the Mississippi river. From one point of view, every river is an enemy to the land, work- '■ ing ceaselessly to wear it away and wash it into the ocean. "The w aters wear away the stones. "The overflowings thereof wash ; away the dust of the earth. So wrote the old biblical sage who | composed tlv Book of Job. In doing so, he showed himself an exceptionally qualtfied observer of na- ! ture. a far better one than all the | poets who came alter him and ' talked of the "everlasting hills." For the hills are not everlasting, and one of the most potent forces in wearing them away is water. It. begins its action as rain. As the drops of rain fall upon the ground, they eat into it. Soon the ground is covered with rain and the water begins to gather into tiny rills. As the little rills flow along they cut channels into the soft ground. These rills do not do much damage on land which is covered with vegetation, because the vegetation tends to hold the soil together. But on newly plowed land, or on land j which has no vegetation, such rills ; do much damage. They will carry j away considerable soil. This is ! especially true of the steep slopes of i hills or mountains. a a a Chemical F' INALLY the rills run into the rivers. Soon the clear river is ! turned a deep muddy hue and the I river flows on its w'ay to a lake or j ocean, carrying along the soil or i rock particles which have been | washed into it. But the rivers themselves do far more damage to the land than either the raindrops or the rills. Every river channel is a valley along the surface of the earth which has been carved out by the action of the river itself. The action of a river is a two-fold one. It is both chemical and < mechanical. The water as it flows over the rocks tends to soften and dissolve out certain minerals in the rocks. For example, the Arkansas river each year carries past Little Rock about 6,800,000 tons of dissolved mineral matter. This is all matter which once formed part of the solid rocks. But it is material which has been i washed out of the rocks by the action of rain, of underground springs ! and of the river itself and is now ; being carried in solution by the river. Eventually all will be carried into the ocean. Geologists estimate that 8,000,000 tons of material are carried in solution and thus into the ocean annually by the rivers of Great Britain. a a tt Mechanical THE second way in which the rivers wear away the land is by mechanical action. The river would have no perceptible mechanical action if it conj sisted of nothing but pure water. But this is not the case. The rain ! and the little rills wash all sorts of | materials into the river until it is full of broken rock fragments ranging from tiny particles of sand to large jagged pieces of rock. As the river flows along it these particles and fragments along. * whirling them about and nibbing them against each other. In this way the jagged pieces, in ( time, become smooth rounded pebbles. But the river also rubs these particles and fragments against its* banks and bed and in this way it* wears the banks and bed away, deepening and widening its channel. And so, year after year, the river cuts deeper and deeper into the valley.

changed and in some cases practically entire new forces substituted because some new man came in office. In Muncie the entire police department was fired and anew one, made up, to a large extent of greenhorns. substituted. Indianapolis rates high in the records of the national board of underwriters as far as its fire department goes, men and equipment, but what good is this force if it is not drilled to meet emergencies? I have noticed on quite a few occasions where a one-inch line is used by the fire department instead of the regular two and one-half inch line. Why? Well, the excuse is offered that by using a smaller line, water damage does not run very high. Well and good, but in most cases the roof or building is a total loss or nearly so. If the first company in would use its regular lines, chances are 3 the fire would be out by the time other companies arrived on scene. It is a well-known fact that a bucket of water at the start of a fire is worth a thousand gallons once the fire Is under way. Get the water on the fire, that is what counts. In the fire at tha American Foundry Company plant, The Times reported a line breaking. That is probably easy to answer. Indianapolis firemen, drivers or engineers apparently do not know how to use a hard suction line. This line will not bend and it takes drilling and lots of it for a driver to bo< able to pick his hydrant and stop in a position to make the connection. This hard suction line is hard to. handle and of course can not b© handled with only a skeleton crew. With five men on a pumper made up of an officer, engineer and three pipemen, which is supposed to be the number on duty at all times, I believe 75 per cent of our losses could ( be reduced to a minimum. We aHh know that fires will happen and it is impossible to stop them all, but with a trained corp of fire fighters, all under civil service, our losses could be and would be lessened. J Please give us some more alonfl | these same lines. H. E. SMITH. H > 345 Burgess avenue. m