Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 205, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1931 — Page 4

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Food Riots Perhaps the food riots in Arkansas will jar the administration out of its complacent argument that present relief measures are adequate. When the administration blocked Increased relief to farmers with the plea that the Red Cross could care for all individual distress, the President took upon himself a very serious responsibility. And when the President and the secretary of agriculture decided that none of the drought relief authorization should be used for human food, despite ihe intention of congress to the contrary, they increased the administration's responsibility. That hundreds were starving in one section of Arkansas was widely known before the 500 farmers stormed the styes of one town last Saturday. More than three weeks ago reports from there were read into the Congressional Record, stating that 200 school children were starving. According to Senator Caraway of Arkansas, the Red Cross has been trying to feed the starving by paying each $1.19 a month. When the riots occurred Saturday, a special grant wxs obtained from the Red Cross giving to 265 of the 500 families a food ration worth $2.75 each. That ration already is gone, and the families are as hungry as before—with no more food in sight. £ “The merchants of England either must move their goods or mount machine guns on their stores,” says the town official, who was .unable' Saturday to turn back the attacking farmers. “Our children arc crying for food and we are going to get it,” was the threat of the rioters. The American government must not let Americans Starve to death. t That would be inhuman. Also it would be very dangerous. •: These rioting farmers are not foreigners, are not Communists; they are conservative Americans ofr • pioneer stock. As such, they will fijht if necessary to feed their children. Without any delay, President Hoover should ascertain why the Red Cross is not feeding the starving, as he promised. If it is because—as appears evident—that the Red Cross lacks sufficient funds, then that fact should be made public at once. If the emergency can not be met by private funds, the federal government should help—just as it has helped many times in other emergencies in this country and abroad, without question. The Worst of Charlatans You might excuse a mere thief of money. But he who takes a human life in the guise of an ambassador of medicine and mercy can not be condemned too severely. ; The sick long have been the victims of quacks. The oldest manuscripts and the earliest printed medical books give marvelous recipes for the cure of all manlier of disease. Some of these were the work of the lineal ancestors of the modern physicians and medical research worker. Others were produced by mere charlatans. Wc still have charlatans. The treatment of cancer Is one of the most fruitful fields for the medical quacks of today—and one of the most deadly for his innocent, hopeful, suffering victims. The man who tells you “I can cure cancer,” and tries to sell you his pills or salves, you may put down as a charlatan. The only effective ways of treating cancer known today are surgery and radium. But neither the surgeon nor the radiologist will tell you deflntely that he can cure your cancer, though he may offer good hope if you consult him very early. Not to be confused with the out-and-out charlatan is the man who investigates in a scientific way the effectiveness of various substances and methods in the hope of finding something specific that really will conquer the dread disease. Practical test of such a -man’s theory may prove it merely another chimera. If he is a true scientist he will be the first to acknowledge this. % Scientists have decided on what is known as the five-year test of any proposed cure for cancer. If the disease does not recur and the patient is alive and well five years after treatment, the method may be said to have cured him. . However, if he Is alive and cancer-free five years after any treatment except surgery or radium he probably did not have cancer In the first place. Old Age Security Out of this winter's hardships, when young men and women implore work which they can not find, a better future may come for old men and women whose condition is desperate in every season, every year. Six more states probably will pass old age pension laws when their legislatures meet this winter, bringing to a total of eighteen state those that pledge security instead of misery for the close of life. • The old age pension movement is receiving more support this winter than ever before, because young “lnen and women are realizing that to make more jobs for them, the aged must be taken out of industry. It is not surprising that only this selfish approach .to the subject can stir people in the prime of life to action. The human mind sin-inks from recognizing the fact, in spite of evidence on every side, that under . present conditions it is impossible for any one, no "matter how wealthy, no matter how honest, how thrifty, how hard-working, how cautious, to assure himself absolutely of security in old age. Recognition of that fact robs men of their selfconfidence, and may reduce them to fatalistic despair. The young fight against believing it, and when they are old and want is upon them, it is too late. Nineteen thirty saw New York and Massachusetts join the ranks of states acknowledging the right of the aged to an income, freeing them from the horror of the poorhouse. This year, Indiana, Delaware, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois will .consider old age pension laws. The Baltimore Sun 5 On New Year’s night fire destroyed the plant of the Baltimore Post, yet regular readers of the Post received their paper next day as usual. The reason „ was—and Is, for a newspaper plant can not be built .In a day—the Baltimore Sun papers. It has become a newspaper tradition that when 'fire or other catastrophe levels one newspaper its nearest neighbor comes to the rescue. The Sun pa- ■ Per, in this instance the Evening Sun, met ihe emergency in Baltimore last week in a manner more than worthy of the tradition. i- While firemen still were fighting to save some part of the Rost building, the Evening Sun was clearing away working space in its editorial, advertising and circulation rooms for the staff of its competitor and .allotting a press. Stereotyping equipment and a number of its linotypes for the latter's use. Thu Tfrat is grateful. And so is each of the Scripps-Howar* newspapers, to which family the Post belongs. .

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Old Blind Tom When Henry Ford or Thomas Edison is asked to give his opinion on prohibition or any other issue outside his own special sphere of experience and success, it brings to mind Blind Tom, a remarkable character of two generations ago. Blind Tom was a Negro musician. He could make a piano sing. He was taken all over the country to play the piano at concerts and played to crowded houses. He was considered a marvel, a freak of nature, because he couldn’t read a note of music and mentally was not far removed from zero. But nobody could play the piano by ear better than old Blind Tom. Nevertheless, nobody sought to interview him on the tariff, the Napoleonic wars, prohibition, or any controversial topic or issue then exciting the minds of men in this country. Nobody expected Blind Tom to radiate wisdom on any subject—even on fiddles, though fiddling was the best thing he did. Nowadays, however, we are such worshippers of success that we foolishly imagine all eminently successful men are superlatively wise—especially if they are rich. There are many of the most outstanding men in industry, however, who owe their position much more to accident than to any singular ability, and who are men of most ordinary mentality. Only the lew who come in personal contact with them know that they are not the supermen they are cracked up to be, but merely are riding along with a superb organization of capable subordinates. If you want information from a bricklayer, get him to talk about bricklaying. More Power The power fight goes on, and many bored newspaper readers wonder why. National Electric Light Association statistics for the last year supply one answer at least to that question. Five hundred fifty thousand new customers were recorded last year on the books of the power companies. That means 550,000 more families became dependent upon power companies for essentials of their lives: Light, heat, refrigeration or cleaning, cooking or other appliances. One hundred thousand more farms were electrified last year, which means, in many cases, that the farms became dependent for their water, as well as other things, upon the power companies. Increase in use of electricity on the farm was 18 per cent, of domestic use of electricity 14 per cent. These are the largest increases taking place in any one year. Whether we like it or not, the power fight is part of our daily lives. Our lives would be unthinkably poorer if we did not have electricity at our command. But the power fight goes on so electricity may not, in the end, command us; that the servant may not become the master. “Every knock," said the speakeasy proprietor as he opened the door, “is indeed a boost.” Anyway, the fellow who keeps his nose to the grindstone Is usually pretty well grounded. To the waiter who depends on extra gratuities, it is unfortunate that a customer gets tipsy and tight at the same time. A drop in the market, observes Margin Max, has sent many a man in shipshape condition on the rocks. If time is money, can you blame the Scotchman who hasn’t a minute to spare? Then there is the tightwad who declined to weigh himself on hearing a remark about tipping the scales. To many a disappointed investor, the “tone” of a stock market means just one note after another. “Germany Inundated by Foreign Money.” Headline. Here’s one flood they won’t “damn.” #> The Boston police department has equipped itself with paraphernalia for detecting fake antiques. It takes a copper to know his brass. When a fellow gets started on the wrong track, says the office sage, then is the time to make better connections.

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TIS said that neither Mr. Cooiidge nor Mr. Hoover desire to dedicate the tomb of President Harding, and if this is true it is but an index to the frigidity of politics. tt tt a \ So long as Harding lived he was courted, but now he is dead. We suggest that those in charge of the Harding memorial invite James. A. Cox to deliver the dedicatory speech. Cox was Harding's Democratic opponent for the presidency in 1920, but we believe he’s thoroughbred enough to do it. tt tt tt MR. HARDING was not an angel, but many who now shun his grave eagerly sought him when he had power. And as for angels, we thank the Lord we don’t have to depend on politics to furnish them, else we should be rather short on wings. Admiral Byrd thought he had found the coldest regions when he flew over the poles, but he was wrong; he should have gone into politics. st tt tt You may not have been a lover of Roosevelt, but there was one thing about him you had to admire; he was loyal to his friend in season and out of season. And he stuck closer to that friend when he was under fire. tt tt tt During the Progressive campaign of 1912 several of us went to Oyster Bay to suggest that he eliminate George W. Perkins from Bull Moose leadership, Perkins’ past relations with big business discrediting his professed interest in good government. tt tt tt TEDDY heard us through, then said; "Mr. Perkins now sees the evils in the practices of privilege and wishes to do all he can to promote good government. In this fight every man is welcome, to fight for the right, no matter what his past.” That ended the debate. tt n And one night in Cleveland, Teddy handed it to those who criticised him for staying at the home of Dan Hanna. When he came upon the stage .in a vast tent some 10.000 people shouted, then he lifted his hand and >aid something like this: ‘T have been informed that I am criticized for accepting the hospitality of Dan Hanna.” tt tt a It was still as death, then Teddy concluded: “Dan Hanna is my friend, and I welcome his assistance. "If the time ever comes that I am too cowardly to stand by my friend, I hope the Lord will remove me!” - And that crowd took the roof off that tent.

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M. E. Tracy —, SAYS:

The Hotels and Garages Which a Tourist Finds Far Down in Texas Are Simply Amazing. * EL PASO, Tex., Jan. s.—We took three days to make the trip from San Antonio. We could have made it in two. Some folks make it in one. All things considered, it was the easiest 590 miles we have found since leaving New Yorkwide, smooth, well-graded roads, even if they were mostly gravel, and gasoline never more than twenty miles away, even though there was not a single town of 10,000 people It’s a wild, weird region, especially after you leave the Kenwille country, with vast expanses of sagebrush, cactus and tumbleweed, broken by flat-topped limestone mountains. You note the thousand of longhaired goats, fine sheep and fat cattle, and wonder how they do jit You see Lincoln cars coming out! | of ranch roads and wonder how the ! ranchmen do it on twenty acres to | a steer, or three acres to a sheep. Someone has done a he-man's job, not only in blazing trails through this desolate waste, but in making it yield enough wealth to provide modem comforts and conveniences. It wasn’t the bad men, or twogun sheriffs who did the trick, though they played their part, but the boys who studied animal husbandry and improved the stock, who bored wells and found water, who dammed creeks, started irrigation projects and laid out townsites, who built decent houses for wives and children, who spent their surplus , cash for community betterments. tt tt tt Hotels Are Amazing TRAVELERS used to consider themselves lucky if they could find a decent drink of water within fifty miles. Now they yell if they don’t get a room with private bath and a bellboy to carry the bag, which they generally do. The hotels and garages one finds in towns of from 1,000 to 2.000 people, like Junction, Ozona, Ft. Stockton and Vanhorn, are simply' amazing. They not only possess all modern equipment, but an originality of design which makes them doubly delightful. These children of the desert are making good culturally, as well as commercially. One senses it not only in the new school of architecture they have developed by adapting the Spanish mission and Indian pueblo to modern life, but in the many other things they are doing to encourage artistic effort. # tt tt Escobar in Limelight WE ARRIVED in El Paso to find General Jose Gonzales Escobar occuping the front page once more, which did a lot to make it seem like old times. General Escobar is one of those numerous “Liberators” who suffered defeat in trying to save Mexico, but without getting killed, or failing to turn an honest penny. In the spring of 1929, he startled Mexican authorities not only by issuing a thunderous proclamation of revolt, but by seizing a large sum of public money. We landed just in time to see, or more accurately hear, one of his lieutenants take Juarez. Just now the general is being sued by his wife, who claims she is not, or ought not to be, his wife. Since he already was married to another when he led her to the altar, and who wants such part of the general’s property as the court may think she deserves. Among other things, it is alleged that the general has some $200,000 tucked away in Montreal, where he is supposed to be residing under an assumed name. u u u Lives Thrown Away SPEAKING of generals and revolutions, what about the wholly unexpected turnover in Panama, or the equally unexpected recurrence of trouble in Nicaragua? Revolt may be more successful where our marines are not present to uphold the hands of constituted authority, but it appears to less bloody. How many lives have been taken to prove that we can maintain the kirtd of government we want in Nicaragua, and what have*we accomplished by. proving it? Os course, now that we are in the mess, we have got to see it through. But let’s not overlook the moral when a similar problem arises in the future. While we have been putting on this demonstration to teach LatinAmerica the sinfulness of changing government by revolution, several Latin-American countries have been so impolite as to do it; and, except for the ousted officials, no one seems to be any worse off. Even our own prestige seems not to have suffered in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina or Brazil, though we sent no marines there when rebellion broke out, or denied the rebels recognition when they won.

Questions and Answers

Did a prohibition enforcement official recently state that the Volstead act permitted the making of home brew and wine for family use? How would this affect the Wright bone dry law in Indiana? Amos Woodcock, national prohibition director, recently announced it is the policy of the federal enforcement agencies under his direction not to ferret out the home brewer or wine maker who is brewing beer or making wine for his own consumption- His announcement did not affect the illegality of such manufacture, but reflected only his policy on enforcement. Homebrewing and wine making are just as unlawful in Indiana or anywhere else as before he made the announcement, but Woodcock indicated federal agents will not search out these off enders unless they are selling their products. How old is Douglas Fairbanks? Forty-seven years.

Daily Thought

Unto the pure all things are pure.—Titus 1:15. While uor hearts are pure, our lives are happy and our peace is sure.—William Winter. ]

But Who’s Running This Trqin?

DAILY HEALTH* SERVICE Printing Trade Is Hardest on Sight

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. THERE has been much discussion concerning the effects of close work on vision. Under auspices of the Medical Research Council of Great Britain, Dr. N. S. Duke Elder just has made available a report of an investigation of this subject. Studies were made in the London school of .printing, in which boys between 14 and 20 years of age study composing, binding, lithographing and other parts of the printing trade. Eighty compositors who worked with overhead windows and with overhead lights setting type by hand were examined over a period of years. It was found that two of them who had normal sight became slightly nearsighted. Those who already were nearsighted had slightly worse nearsightedness in most instances after

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'T'WO prominent men spoke wisely recently concerning America’s attitude toward Russia. And this was all the more remarkable, since one was a United States senator and the ether a Baptist clergyman. Bronson Cutting of New Mexico not only recommended the recognition of the Soviet republic but added, “And Instead of stipulating that they should not propagandize in the United States, we should invite their propaganda.” The senator explained that “the more our people know about the Soviet system and conditions, the less they would like it.” But this last observation seems to me slightly irrelevant. The people of America have a right to know what is going on in the world whether they like it or not, and it is ridiculous that any barrier should be set against the freest opportunity for the presentation of all arguments which can be made in favor of Communism. St tt St Their Mistake IT will be argued that Russia does not permit any such freedom of speech. That, I think, is their mistake. I see no reason why we should repeat it. And, again, the point will be raised that some of the statements made by Russian representatives might fall short of complete truth and accuracy. But that is to be expected. Nobody’s propaganda is 100 per cent accurate. I should not be willing to subscribe to every claim which h^

DECATUR’S BIRTH January 5 ON Jan. 5, 1779, Stephen Decatur, American naval officer, distinguished for his services against Tripoli was born in Sinnepuxent, Md. He entered the navy as a midshipman when but 19. Six years later he led a small party which burned, in the harbor of Tripoli, the American frigate Philadelphia, after it had fallen into the hands of the Tripolitans. For this exploit, which Admiral Nelson pronounced “the most daring of the age,” he was raised to the rank of captain. In 1812 he was in command, as commodore, of a squadron off the Atlantic coast and on Oct. 25, he captured the English frigate Macedonian. Decatur later was sent to operate against Algiers. He captured two important vessels and helped end the enslaving of Americans by pirates of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. He was killed March 22, 1820, in a duel with Commodore James Barron.

a period of years in this occupation. The amount, however, of increase was small. Those who had farsightedness remained stationary in the majority of instances, but about one-third of the persons studied had less farsightedness after several years in the composing department of the printer’s trade. A study of the muscle balance indicated no definite trend for better or for worse as a result, of the occupation. Lithography does not involve any great degree of eyestrain. Nevertheless, the changes in the eyes of the lithographers were just about the same as those of the compositors. On the whole, it may be taken as a general rule that compositors are engaged in the work which causes the greatest amount of strain on the eyes. , In the majority of other trades less near work is involved and the work in general is much more varied. 4

been made by every leader in regard to the virtues of America. If our present system was successful in completely ending all Russian propaganda the debate might take a different turn. I still would be for free traffic in ideas, but any such controversy is purely academic. It is palpablethat much discussion and muc’n missionary work go on. And I have yet to hear any plan even from the most violent of the suppressionists which could end it. In a sense it is the old prohibition problem over again. We could get more authentic stuff if it were not for various laws which make it necessary for the building economist to rap three times upon a door and say “I’m a friend of Stalin's” before he can get his position of radical philosophy. To me it has always seemed that the spokesmen of the Soviets in this country are not truly representative of their own land. The Communist cause is most imperfectly presented when its interpretation is left in the hands of the Fosters and the Bob Miners. Once recognition was assured, we would have a right to expect contact with Communist leaders of a much higher grade of intelligence. The synthetic stuff which lias been •served out to us is pretty bad. tt a IVJore Light ONE does net need to be proRussia to desire more light on one of the burning problems of our day. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler has been frank in saying that we need a close and clear conception of Communism for our own good. At the moment we are not getting it either from the Fosters or the Fishes. And the clergymen whose entrance into this particular column has been delayed so long is another who wants more understanding and not less. n Dr, Fosdick’s Sermon “/CAPITALISM is on trial, with V_/ Communism for its world competitor,” said Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick in a recent sermon. “I do not like Communism. I love liberty too much. I can not stomach such suppression of free speech, free assembly, free labor as Communism involves. “But the verbal damning of Communism now popular in America will get us nowhere. The ultimate decision between Communism and capitalism depends on one point only: Can capitalism so adjust itself to this new world, so move from its old individualism dominated by the profit motive into a co-operative epoch of social planning and social control, that it becomes the servant of the welfare of all the people? “If it can, it can survive. If it can not, our children will have some form of Communism thrust upon them. Be sure of that.” I am not as sure as Dr. Fosdick, And I also think that if society rids itself of the profit motive it no lon-

The compositors are compared with all other employes, it is found that they have a higher percentage of nearsightedness and that as time goes on, the refractive error increases toward nearsightedness, more than in the other groups. In addition, the percentage of compositors suffering from a considerable amount of imbalance of the eye muscles is higher than in the other groups. The British investigators are inclined to bc’ieve, therefore, that any occupation with a considerable amount of eyestrain has a deleterious effect on the eyes, and that one of the results of such occupation is to encourage the development of nearsightedness. The period during which the boys were studied, namely, the second decade of life, is one in which the eyes undergo changes fairly easily and a similar amount of which is to be expected in the third and fourth decades.

Ideal!! and opinions expressed in this column are those o[ one of America’s most interestimr writers and are nresented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

ger will be in any sense capitalistic, even though it may stop short of Communism. But I agree wholly that the mere reiteration of dislike and disapproval is no answer to Communist thought—or any other, for that matter. (Copyright. 1931. bv The Times)

People’s Voice

Editor The Times—The East New York Street Civic League desires to go on record as asking the members of the state legislature and the Governor to give consideration to the removal of the woman’s state prison, located at Randolph and East New York streets. We believe that the entire east side of Indianapolis is united in the desire that this should be done. There is no reason to delay this project any longer. The contract can be let on account of the present unemployment situation at a lower price than at any other time; also the same goes for the ground to be acquired. It is a humanitarian question as well, as it is an opportunity to give employment to the building industry where it is most needed. The city is no longer a place for high fences and the environments are not such as to cause the inmates to reform. The institution is overcrowded badly and the ground can be sold for almost enough to build

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SCIENCE' —BY DAVID DIETZ—

Lightning Is One of the Greatest Benefactors of Mankind. MAN always has feared th lightning. The story Is told that Napoleon, fearless upon the battle field, was troubled by a thunder storm. Julius Caesar also is said to have been afraid of lightning. Apparently these men who felt so certain that they were masters of their own destiny, feared this force of the heavens over which they had no power. * So if a thunderstorm worries you, remember that Napoleon and Caesar {shared your fears. “Scurry to the cellar and Jump into the furnace if you want to be ’ absolutely safe during a severe | thunder storm,” says K. B. McEachron, research engineer in the light- | ning arrester engineering department of the General Electric Company at Pittsfield, Mass. “This is. in effect, a solid iron room perfectly grounded, which would be the ideal safe place for a human being to be. “Since this is impossible, however, we simply should carry on, if we are in the homes with the ordinary routine, but should remain away from overhead wires, keep away from the radio, not take a bath, be chary obout. using the telephone, and keep away from metal objects of appreciable size. Then we are in little : dan ßer. '‘Some of the old ideas about protection from lightning really are sound after all.” " u St u Lightning Helps BUT though we fear lightning, it is well to remember, as McEachron points out. that in spite of its reputation as an enemy, lightning is one of the greatest benefactors of mankind. t i “It produces, free of charge, about i 100,000,000 tons of fixed nitrogen yearly over the earth’s surface,” he says. “It acts in this capacity the same as heavy electric discharges do in nitrogen fixation plants. “The only difference is that the bolt of lightning coming down through the air, which is approximately four-fifths nitrogen and one-fifth oxygen, breaks down the chemical constituency of the air, and deposits fixed nitrogen on the soil, all at no cost to the farmer. “In manufacturing nitrogen, electric sparks of from-15 to 20 feet in length are used. In nature, lightning provides a spark thick and fasj for perhaps 2,000 or more feet in™ length, thus producing immense quantities of this absolutely essential themical in agriculture. Hence, it is that we find lightning , as a great benefactor, although sometimes it does jump about wild and loose, causing considerable property damage and even loss of human life.” tt tt U Open Windows THE old idea that it is not wise to stand near an open window or door during a lightning storm was a wise one, McEachron says. “It has been proved in several different ways,” he says, “that lightning can be blown and moved from its path by the wind. “This is possible because many lightning discharges consist of a succession of dicharges, too rapid for the eye to distinguish, but not too rapid for the wind to blow along. “Recently a photograph was taken of a bolt of lightning passing near a large radio transmission tower which shows very clearly the stroke being moved in its path some little distance. For that reason it is not wise to stand in an open doorway or near the open window, for if lightning should strike and be blown by the wind in the direction of the person standing, it might prove fatal. Such instances, however, are rare. “Another old idea concerns the lightning rod. The very valuable instrument came in disrepute a number of years ago through the high pressure methods of traveling salesmen who peddled lightning rods all dressed up with fancy bright balls and unnecessary trimmings and caused the idea to suffer in consequence.” %

anew institution. I have interviewed many prominent clubwomen, who all agree its location should frontside of the city. While this is not strictly an eas' side movement, yet we can not hope for growth with institutions of this kind in our midst. The removal will give at least three or four outlets or new streets for this part of the city, which we are much in need of. Bear in mind the crowded condition, lack or sunlight, and the natural tendency of those incarcerated to be gloomy. Sunshine in the open may be the saving point for some of these women while they are down. Fresh air and sunshine will bring better thoughts and a greater desire to live and may save the souls of some of these unfortunate women. We would be pleased to hear from all woman state organizations on this removal. SAMUEL HARRIG, Chairman.