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Vote for Progress To those to whom this message comes before they cast their ballots, an urgent plea is made that earnest consideration be given to th> proposal to call a convention to revise t tie Constitution. To vote for this measure, pull the lever marked “Yes” at the top row of the voting machine, after pulling’your party lever. If you vote by ballot, mark a cross under the quart' for “Yes” on the separate small white ballot. This is a vote for real progress—or at Fast the opportunity for progress. The present Constitution was written for die days of the covered wagon. It hampers nrogress. It does not permit, of legislation emanded in our new complex and industrial iifo of city dwelling. ft places the burden of taxation upon 'angible property and permits the man of large income from so-called intangibles to escape his fair share. Every big tax dodger and man of large income is against this convention. Me shudders at the thought of a taxation system which will distribute the burdens justly, in accordance with the. principles that taxes should be levied in accordance with tin l protection afforded him by government. Every backward thinking man is against jt. Every forward-looking organization is for it. The Farm bureau, the League of Women Voters, that alert progressive, straightthinking body of homekeepers who demand justice and an equal opportunity for their children, the forces of organized labor have indorsed this convention. Now the plea is made by technical lawyers that the law giving you this chance itelf is unconstitutional. Avery large and emphatic majority in its favor by citizens might be more powerful than a lawyer’s plea when the question goes to the supreme court, for courts have been known to follow the election returns. No matter what party ticket you vote, join the forces of progress and vote for the convention.

A Human Marvel Tonight in hundreds of thousands of homes, people sitting comfortably by their fires will learn the major results of the election a few hours after the polls close. The information will come to them over that mechanical marvel, the radio, but it is a human marvel that will make it possible for the radio to transmit those returns—the newspaper. The swift and accurate announcement of election returns, is one of the major achievements of journalism. It, would not be possible if American newspapers had not through the years built up a fast clicking organisation of intelligent and tireless deskmen and reporters, which, through long habit, has learned to find out what millions of voters have decided two hours after they ha\e spoken, one by one, in the election booth. From every city neighborhood and country crossroads, returns flow in by countless telephone and telegraph wires to the newspaper offices. There the returns are compared with records of past years. If a Republican stronghold is voting two to one for the Democratic candidate, the fact is noted. If city precincts are voting dry and rural precincts are voting wet, it means something. By such comparisons, and from his knowledge of the situation, the newspaper analyst soon is able to ascertain the trend of flic election. From the newspaper office* the compiled and analysed returns flow to tnc central offices of the press associations, there to be further .compiled and the total sent back to the newspaper offices. Extras pour forth from the presses, but the newspapers, m order to give their readers double service. Tso give, through their press associations, bulletins to be transmitted by the broadcasting companies and local stations. Behind the simple words, “By United Press," or “By Associated Press,” on the air tonight will be the brilliant team work of the vast army of the American press.

While Children Work Every child in America gainfully employed means an adult out of work. Child labor, therefore, is an unemployment problem. In fact, one of tlTc potent causes of adult unemployment is child employment. Child labor in so rich a country as ours always was an intolerable evil. Today, with upward of ■r>, ooo.ooo men and women out of work, it becomes not only morally bur economically indefensible. The cure for this evil is at hand. The “twentieth -.mendment," giving power to congress to prohibit or icgulate the labor of children under 18, has passed both houses overwhelmingly. It has been ratified by nve states. It is before the other states’ legislatures. Only thirty-one states of the remaining ones that i.ave taken no action need ratify to mrke the 'an effective and rockbound against supreme court rv 1 - ngs. Only the propaganda of child-employing manu iacturers and the fears of some farming groups stand n the way of final victor! for this long-deferred rciorm. Perhaps the legislators of ihe forty-three states •hat have failed t) ratify -he child labor amendment might be moved by these statistics from the United states children's bureau: A total of 1.060.858 children between 10 and 16 ar< sinfully employed in the United States. Besides these there are 1.712.648 young workers o< 16 and 17. Os those under 16. 413.540 children are at work in ; onagricultural jobs: 54.000 are in textile mills; 11.7:. in clothing shops; 6.357 in mines. Tire state laws governing child labor are a hodge •odge. making it essential that the federal goveronent lay down the rules. In thirty-two states children may go to work before completing the eight! l , grade. Jn ten states minors between 14 and 16 mav vork nine hours or more, and in six states children of 14 may work 10 or 11 hours Between South Carolina, that permits 3 4-year-olds ?G work eleven hours a day and sixty hours a ycek

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and Ohio where children may not work full tine until they are 16. all sorts of sectional rules apply. Let's call upon the states of the Union to place themselves in line with twentieth century economy by taking these children from factories, mills, mines and stores and sending them back to school. Let's join with the American Federation of Labor and other organizations in demanding state action in the coming legislative season for better state laws and for ratification of the twentieth amendment. It Is France’s Move Whatever his real views may be, Gustave Herve’s letter from France to Herr Hitler, German Fascist leader, has provoked the latter to make a public statement embodying international statesmanship of the highest order. Hitler rejects the proposal to allow Germany to regain an arms parity with France. He says that what should be done is for France to disarm rather than for Germany to arm. He holds that it would be bad for France and Germany to form an alliance. Joint trust an the League of Nations would be far preferable. Finally, neither German armament nor a Franco-Gcrman alliance would be compatible with the spirit of the Kellogg pact. “Having put her faith in guarantees. Germany disarmed and thus fell a victim to treatment the equal of which can not be found in modem history,” says Hitler, “Germany wants to live in peace and friendship with all civilized nations, but peace continually is threatened by France’s attitude toward Germany “I believe the maintenance of European peace is dependents on a real understanding between France and Germany, based on the principles of human rights.” If these observations are genuine, then Hitler is a far better guide for European opinion than Tardieu or Poincare. If he is bluffing, then here is a fine chance for France and the league to call the bluff and force Hitler to show his real colors. Certainly, it is France's next move.

Formosa Head Hunters It will come as something of a surprise to most of us to read that head-hunting savages on the island of Formosa have raided a Japanese village, massacreing more than one hundred, among them many school children. We are accustomed to thinking of Japan as a well-ordered land, where peace reigns. But Formosa with a population of some four millions, is not an integral part of old Nippon. The Japanese acquired this southernmost island in the empire a third of a century ago, after a successful war against the Chinese. Chinese constitute most of the inhabitants. Only a handful of Japanese have immigrated despite the excellent climate and the richness of its resources. The aborigines, we are told, revolted when an electric company planned a dam which would inundate several square miles of territory, forcing natives to move. It is a long way from here to Formosa, yet there is American interest in the incident, because the Morgan group is reported to be negotiating for a $22,000,000 loan on the project and because Formosa lies close to the Philippines. Chinese ages ago populated the island, but the natives have persisted. There are more than 100,000 "subdued savages” and about .a third that many natives whom the Japanese never have conquered. Worst of the lot is the head-hunting Taiyal group, whom the Japanese have attempted to confine behind a wire fence some 260 miles long, most of it electrified. The Formosans, who have held out against Chinese. Europeans and Japanese through centuries, will of course be forced to give way in the end, as did our own Indians. Nevertheless there is something romantic, and pathetic, in their stubborn, hopeless defense. Political candidates who have been saying sharp things about their opponents, probably were inspired by the expression: “Give till it hurts.” The economists have predicted an upward turn, out so far it has been noticeable only in the overcoat collar. "This is going to be a long-drawn-out affair." said the confectioner as he started on his taffy recipe.

REASON by

THE country will indorse the President’s desire for another international understanding, looking to a further reduction of the navies of the United States. Great Britain and Japan, for it’s burning good money to build iron fighters these days. a a a So far as we individually are concerned the President can go the limit and cut out our battleships and cruisers, for they are back numbers. He can cut them out without the consent of any other nation, for it's as plain as the nose on you? countenance that .the sky is the battlefield of the future. B B B Our 'own naval experience is confined to the Eel and tlie Wabash rivers, but a fellow l needs no more than this to know that bombs from above have put upon the scrap pile every ship, save three, the submarine, the swift destroyer and the airplane carrier B B B THE chief value in international agreements to reduce naval burdens, even more valuable than the money saved, is the planting of the habit of agreement instead of the habit of suspicion. Competitive building is the seed of international laughter. B B B Competition is the very prophecy of conflict; it has :o other justification and no other ofc Active, and s nations, as well as human beings, are only bundles i habits, the most important thing is to manicure he habits. If nations .can visualize each other as partners in he business of keeping the peace instead of rivals in the business of making war, we then will have gone a long way toward twisting the tails of the dogs of war. a a a THE nations signed the Kellogg pact to refrain from war, but war will be outlawed only by confidence mutually established by one covenant after another observed in good faith. Thus only can international faith be built. a a a Os course, the scrapping of armies is another mat.er. particularly in Europe, for over there the menace of the Russian Bear is enough to keep other nations in arms. Russia has tnc greatest army in the world in numbers She is all dressed up and has no place to go. unless she goes into the territory of European neighbors and the neighbors dread her not only for her military power, but for the challenge her form of government issues .to every political system. a a a Happy is the nation free from such danger, that can carry to other nations the gospel of international faith that -an hold the visibn of the world-wide peace above the turmoil of the iime*V % s

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Outside of Dwight Morrow , the Republicans Have Nothing to Look for Today but Reverses. Democrats wm win control of the house and probably the senate. The change of votes since 1928 will be sufficiently large to be described as a “landslide.” The Republican party will emerge not only defeated, but demoralized. | President Hoover will have to disi play better qualities of leadership during the next two years than he has during the last two, if he lives down the rebuke. Morrow's victory in Ndw Jersey will be the one Republican bright spot. For that reason a great deal will be heard about him from now on, but it hardly will bring pleasure to the White House. Morrow is more opposed to administration theories and policies than are some Democrlts. He is wet, where the administration is dry; inclined to be liberal where the administration is reactionary, and positive in his viewpont where the administration has shown a tendency to be negative or noncommittal. Morrow is much more- likely to be a thorn in the flesh than a pillar of the party. a a a Prospect Is Dreary OUTSIDE of Morrow, the Republicans have nothing to look for but reverses. Some of those reverses are going to be bigger than even Democrats hope. New England will elect at least two Democratic senators to take the place of Republicans, while Ohio. Delaware, West Virginia, Illinois,, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and probably Minnesota will elect one each. Representative Garner of Texas runs little risk in buying a cane and spats, with the idea of living up to the Longworth tradition as speaker of the house. The lines are being shaped for 1932, By and large, the situation is a dead ringer for 1894, when Grover Cleveland was President. It all goes back to a stupid, stub-’ ; born brand of politics. ft a Dodge the Issues etno begin with, Republican leadA ers refused to recognize prohibition as an issue. Worse still, they were not content to let the prosperity alone which landed them in office and which they bragged so much about all through the 1928 campaign, but tried to “boom” it with the worst tariff bill ever passed. When they found themselves in the midst of a depression, they stuck their heads in the sand and | said it wasn’t so bad, and when ; they couldn’t get away with that any longer, they tried to | explain that it was the result of i world-wide conditions' over which they had no control and about ! which they could do nothing. The only time that President Hoover has shown great spirit or concern was over a series of news- ! paper articles which amounted to very little either way.

Coolidge Wore It Out BRIEFLY stated, this eleetion turns on disgust at the tree-sitting philosophy of government introduced by Cal Vin Coclidge and carred on by President Hoover. There are times when people prefer an inactive, non-committal policy, when they have become so weary of war and its effects that they want nothing*so much as quiet at the national capital. Calvin Coolidge not only came into office at such a time, but he exhausted it. The people elected President Hoover, not because they thought he was like Coclidge, or wanted him to be, but for exactly opposite reasons. They regarded him not only as a man of great efficiency, but as a dynamic executive, especially in the face of emergencies. They accepted his record as head of various relief agencies during the war and as food administrator in good faith. They took it for granted that he would be at his best when Confronted with peculiarly difficult tasks. a a tt Hoover Falls Down HOOVER'S failure to cope with the depression in a forceful or effective way has been a tragic disillusionment. So, too, has his growing disposition to be guided by the old guard. To the victors belong not only the spoils, but the responsibility. From now on Democrats can not get away with the interesting role of critic. What happens in 1932 will depend largely on the way they conduct themselves during the next two years. If they force a downward revision of the tariff, if they can do something to remedy the farm situation and accept the challenge which the breakdown of law enforcement, particularly with regard to prohibition, involves, the people gladly wall give them a chance to go on.

Questions and Answers

Is it possible to remove cod liver oil stains from white material? They may be removed while fresh from practically all materials by freely sponging with carbon tetrachloride followed by washing the garment thoroughh’ in warm soapsuds. It is important that attention be given to such stains as soon as possible after they are made, because in a short time they become extremely difficult to remove. Did Lindbergh carry a kitten on his flight to Paris? He planned to take a kitten, but at the last moment he decided it would become cold and hungry, so he left it in the hangar at Curtiss field.

Daily Thought

Come, let us return onto the Lord; for he hath tom, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind ns up.—Hosea 6:1, Repentance is second innocence. —De Bona Id.

Oh Father, Dear Father, Come Home With Us Now!

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Posture Affects Blood Pressure

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Mediral Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. ONE of the few physical measurements of his own body that the average man can make is to count his pulse. * Variations in the pulse, he will find, if he does count it accurately, are not at all infrequeunt. As far back as 1897 investigators proved that the pulse and the blood pressure will change if a person who has been lying down suddenly stands up or vice versa. Usually when a person who has been lying down stands up, his pulse rate becomes more rapid and his blood pressure a little higher. Apparently it makes no difference whether the person gets up on his own account or is helped up by some one else, although active use of the muscles will make a somewhat larger increase than the change helped by outside efficiency. If the blood pressure does not rise in the change from lying to standing, according to Dr. D. G. Ghrist, the person is assumed to be

IT SEEMS TO ME BY 11 BROUN D

IN the case of mystery plays the program frequently contains a note asking the reviewer not to give the plot away, as it may spoil the fun of future spectators. Sometimes there isn’t any rnn, but that’s beside the point. I wish there were some such custom among the critics of books, and I am not thinking at all of the reader’s enjoyment but of his rank pretensions. Hundreds of people use the literary magazines for the base purpose of gathering enough catchwords to make a showing on current fiction. In this matter I am no Puritan at all. With my life I will defend a man's right to have an aggressive attitude concerning some work which he has skimmed. There are books which reveal their quality, or lack of it in the first ten pages. Some few may be appraised merely by balancing the volume in the hand. This is particularly so of such stories as splay out into two volumes. I would not deny the reader’s privilege to venture the opinion “tedious” concerning any novel which requires more than 100,000 words for the telling. Occasionally the blurb upon the jacket provides excellent circumstantial evidence that a crime, or at the very least a misdemeanor, has been committed. This method, I will admit, is not infallible. A few excellent efforts have been badly corseted by the publisher.

Critics Say HAVING admitted all these as people qualified to say “I like ' or “I can not abide" this book, it seems to me that the time has come to call a halt. No longer will I listen patiently to the opinions of the exceedingly articulate people who tell you just what they think of something newlypublished upon no basis other than the reviews or, maybe, the advertisements. This strains charity beyond all reason. Do not think I am being whimsical in suggesting that such a practice is in vogue. I know, and should, for I have been a sinner: If the lady on your right inquires. “What do you think of the dinner guest is churlish if he replies, “I haven’t read it." I don't even think it helps much to answer, “I'm sorry, but I haven’t read it.” Such a reply leaves one of those uncomfortable pauses not unlike the dreadful calm which follows the telling of an unsuccessful joke. tt U a Lady on Right I CAN'T explain it on scientific grounds, but through long observation I am prepared to state that 98 per cent of all literary conversation at dinner parties comes from the lady on your right. The one cn your left is southern and is much too busy preserving her accent to pay any attention to books. With her you are generally safe, but once a haggard victim staggered into my apartment late at night shouting and screaming that he had been betrayed. At his le|t. so he said, there

somewhat lacking in proper tonus of his blood vessels. The term tonus indicates that the dilating and contracting of the blood vessels is being held under proper control by the nervous system. A steady fall of the blood pressure may result in the appearance of symptoms of shock, including fainting or unconsciousness. Quite recently, Dr. Ghrist undertook a number of careful studies of effects of change in posture on blood pressure and pulse rate. The persons studied were permitted to lie horizontally on a table. After ratings of the blood pressure and pulse seemed to be standard, they were gradually changed to inclined positions by an electric motor moving the table, and this was continued until the patient was in an erect position. Following each change of from 15 to 25 degrees in the angle of the table, estimations were made of the blood pressure and the pulse rate. Twenty-three women and seventeen men whose average age was about 27 years were studied. It was

sat a personable young woman from deepest Georgia who not only insisted upon conversing about current literature, but did it all in baby talk. Fortunately, such experiences are rare. Throughout this article “Cimarron” has been used as a sort of symbol. Possibly this suggests too great an ease for the unread person who desires to get by and never confesses ignorance. Any fool, I take it. can talk about “Cimarron” sight unseen. This book has been so much in the news that I would be quite willing to wager any clever fellow could maintain a running comment on its qualities without ever having dipped into the tale at all. I was about to substitute “I” for “any clever fellow,” but refrained not only for the sake of modesty bur accuracy as well. I belong to that vast army who have read “Cimarron.” “Main Street” remains, I suppose, the finest example of the nation's eagerness to sip and quit. ana Purchase Right NATURALLY, I am not railing against this practice. As one who hopes some day to write a novel, I much approve of the fact that it is possible to collect royalties even upon copies which do no more than ornament the library table. If this essay still is heading in the same direction as at the begining, my contention remains that any man who owns a book has a right to an opinion about it without further research. Purchase should be enough not

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RODIN'S BIRTH Not. 4.

ON Nov. 4, 18-10. Auguste Rodin, a French sculptor, and one Oi the greatest of all time, was born in Paris of a poor family. His only general education was at a school maintained by his .uncle in Beauvais. At 14 he entered a school for decorative art in Paris, and later, studying under Barye, he began to exhibit in the*salon. First of his works to attract attention was a head called the “Broken Nose.” Though he modeled this at 22, critics regarded it as one of the most powerful of his works. After service in the army in the Franeo-Prussian war, Rodin gained considerable attention by his statue of the “Age of Bronze." He later received the commission for the bronze door of the Museum of Decorative Arts. The door never was finished, but the figures and groups Rodin prepared for it are among his best works. Among them are “The Thinker" and “Adam and Eve.” “Rodin's art," wrote a critic, “is the culmination of the naturalistic sculpture of the nineteenth century and yet in knowledge of anatomy and profound mastery of technique he stands with Michelangelo

found that a gradual change from a lying position to a standing position causes a rise in the blood presstTre of about 12 millimeters of mercury and a rise in the pulse rate of about 12 millimeters of mercury and a rise in the pulse rate of about fifteen beats. Following the determination of the normal response, similar studies were made on persons suffering with various types of diseases. It was found that people with high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, diabetes, and those who complained of general weakness did not have a normal rise of blood pressure on changing from lying position to standing position. It is obvious, therefore, that people with conditions of this sort must be careful about sudden changes of posture because of the possibility of shock due to the difficulty of adjustment to the postural change. It also was found that the use of certain drugs which have the special ability of raising the tone of the blood vessels help to control this condition and to. aid the development of more normal response.

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

only for matriculation but graduation, too. The lazy public is not an enemy to us who live by our wits and our writings. All I ask of any cherished work of mine is that in time it shall be moved from off the bookstore counters. And, naturally, I mean moved out into the world and not down in the cellar. Accordingly, we have one foe, and one alone—the critic. Not infrequently he quotes the best passage, and nearly always he outlines the plot. He may improve it in the telling.' Indeeed, I can’t agree at all with the familiar contention that criticism in America is barren stuff. It’s much too good. Again and again I have seen a browsing dilettante look up from the literary section of some daily newspaper or weekly journal with a happy smile upon his face. “There’s one more book I will not have to read,” the miscreant will boast. “I’ve got enough now to be able to talk about it.” (Coevrieht. 1930. bv The Times* Is the Union of Socialist Soviet republics, larger or smaller than old Russian empire? It is smaller, being 3,336,864 square miles, as against 8,660,000 square miles occupied by the former Russian empire. This diminution in territory is due to the loss of Finland, and the formation of separate countries of Esthonia. Latvia, Lithuania and Poland from the western portions of the former Russian empire, to the cession of the Kars district to Turkey, and the occupation of Bessarabia by Rumania.

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SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIETZ -

Twelve Landmarks Are Cite<% in Mans Advance t <i, Knowledge of the Stars. TWELVE great landmarks its man’s achievement of a scientific knowledge of the stars arei listed by Sir Arthur Stanley. Eddington, - famous astronomer oC Cambridge, England. Sir Arthur, one of the most brilliant of living scientists, himself has contributed much 40 the recent progress of stellar knowledge. Eddington’s landmarks are as follows: 1. Discovery of the .ariabls star by David Fabrictus in 1595. 2. Discovery of the first dcubio star by Jean Baptiste Riccioli in 1650. 3. Discovery that the stars, hitherto regarded as "fixed.'' actually possessed real motions of their own by Edmund Halley, after whom Halley's comet was named, in 1718. 4. Discovery of the motion of the solar system through the galaxy of stars, by Sir William Herschel in 1783. 5. First measurements of the distance to a star, made independently by Bessel and Henderson in 1938 6. Application of the spectroscope to the stars bv William Huggins in 1682. tt s a Photos of Stars O EVEN: Application of photography to the stars in 1882. 8. Applications of the spectroscope to the measurement of the motions of stars in the line of sight in 1888. 9. Discovery that the stars were moving in two great streams by J. C.vKapteyn in 1904. 10 Division of stars into giants and dwarfs in 1913 as a result of the researches of Russell and Hertzprung. 11. First direct determination of the diameter of a star by the Michelson interferometer, made at Mt. Wilson in 1920 by J. A, Anderson. 12. Application of the theory of ionization to the stars by M. N. Saha in 1920. Eddington's list is an interesting one. Analysis of it yields many interesting facts about the progress of science. The first important discovery, that of the existence of variable stars, was made by Fabricius in. 1596, before the invention of the telescope. Variable stars are stars which do not shine with a constant brillancc, but instead vary in brightness over a period of time, in some cases ••(, few hours, in some cases a number of days. Fabricius, from faithful observation of the heavens, discovered that a star in the constellation of Cetus, the “whale,” varied in brilliance. He called it Mira, meaning “the wonderful.” tt tt a The Telescope NO other great advance in knowledge of the stars came until invention of the telescope. It was in 1610 that Galileo turned his little telescope upon the heavens for the first time. Until then no man had seen more of the heavens than is visible to the unaided eye. Now it was possible for man to scrutinize the heavens through a powerful visual aid. The size of the telescope was increased rapidly, and in 1650 the second great landmark on Eddington’s list, Riccioli discovered the existence of double stars. A double star really is two stars close together, which, because of their immense distance from the earth, appear to the unaided eye as a single star. Tire discovery of variable st<h,3 and double stars are the only important event prior to the begin - ning of the nineteenth century, and both of these discoveries were the simpler types, namely, the noting of the existence of certain types of objects. It is not until the nineteenth century that a beginning is made of the problem of unraveling the mysteries of the stellar universe. The first important step, the measurement of stellar distances came in 1833. It- is interesing to note that the last four of Eddington’s landmarks all lie within the twentieth century.

People’s Voice

Editor Times —The Republicans appealed to Democrats in the southern states two years ago to help elect President Hoover on the ground that he was half-Democrat, and they succeeded in this appeal. That being the fact, we Democrats now feel that it is nothing more than fair for the Republicans to help us elect a Democratic congress for the next two years. Certainly President Hoover would not be embarrassed any more by a Democratic congress the next two years than he has been the last two years, with a Republican congress. W. K. FOLEY. ' Lebanon, Ind.