Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1931 — Page 3

JAN. 17, 1931.

CUBA IN GRIP OF DESPOT, CHARGES OUSTED EDITOR

PUBLISHER IS GIVEN 48 HOURS ' TO QUIT ISLAND Washington’s Eyes Closed to True Affairs, Asserts American. ‘NATION IS IN CHAOS’ Recent Events Leading to U. S. Intervention, Observers Think. BV WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS bcrlopu-Howard Forelrn Editor WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—Like the slow tick-tock of the deathdealing pendulum in the pit of Poe, events in Cuba are bringing intervention nearer and nearer Washington. Intimating the island republic now is in the grip of a despot, and that Washington either has not been informed of the true state of affairs down there or is deliberately closing its eyes to it, John T. Wiliord of Alabama, owner and publisher of the Havana American, has been given forty-eight hours to get out of Cuba. Along with the American, President Machado has closed down practically every important newspaper in the country, some of them owned or edited by men formerly among the President’s most ardent supporters. The purpose is to keep grave news from spreading to the interior. Island in State of Siege Mysterious burning of cane fields, reports of gun-running operations along the coast, clashes between the people and the soldiery, and other disquieting events, have caused Prsldent Machado to put the republic virtually in a state of siege. “The worst economic and political ohao6 that ever has existed in the Island now prevails,” declared an editorial in the American, Wilford’s banned newspaper. “This has been brought about gradually and by various reasons, the article explained. "The abnormal, low price of Cuba’s principal product; abnormal expenditures by the Cuban government; abnormal taxation: excessive lOMign loans; a faulty fiscal system; non-enforcement of laws; despotic and coercive measures and decrees; a national lottery furnishing funds for corrupting the body politic; egotism, self-aggrandize-ment. and enrichment of public office holders at the expense of the people—all these have contributed to creat the abnormal situation.” Divided in Two Camps “The country is divided into two camps,” the editorial continued. One camp Is composed of prob-

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ably 3,500,000 of the inhabitants of Cuba who are in open opposition to the present regime. “The other camp is headed by the chief executive and his army and a few thousand persons who live from the public treasury. “The national university is closed along with most of the other higher educational institutions of the country. “Martial law prevails. Thousands of men, women and children are being placed in Jail for no other reason than their open, but peaceful, opposition to the present regime." Theoretically, the newspaper charged, “the American government credits an ambassador to Cuba to keep it advised as to the actual conditions.” Cites Platt Amendment And, because of the Platt amendment, which makes the United States morally responsible for the security of life, property and civil liberty there, this post “becomes the most important held by any American ambassador.” Judging by Washington's attitude, however, Wilford’s paper asserted “the ambassador has not reported fully conditions existing in Cuba, or ' the state department has not advised the senate of actual conditions there.” Otherwise there would be no need for a senatorial investigation as demanded by,, certain members. The Platt amendment, in the view of the suspended newspaper, “covers Cubajike a blanket,” and makes the United States responsible if there is tyranny, despotism or dictatorship. Many Persons Exiled So long as it is in force, therefore, it declares, “it is the duty of the American government to extend its protection to every resident of Cuba against the tyranny of unscrupulous politicians temporarily in control.” The colony of Cuban exiles'now in this country is growing fast. New members are added almost daily. They assert nobody can oppose General Machado and continue to live in the island. Furthermore, they declare that j had the state department quietly warned Machado when he first began his strong-arm bid for power, the present Impasse would never have been reached. Now, they fear, it may be too late j to avoid intervention.

LAKE COUNTY GROUP , BIDS FOR MARION AID Representatives Engage in Log-Roll-ing to Obtain Support. Lake county representatives who have introduced several pet measures are engaging in a little logrolling to obtain the support of the Marion county delegation. They propose to introduce a bill to increase the salary of the Marion county prosecutor from $7,500 to SIO,OOO, and that of his chief deputy from $3,000 to $5,000. The Lake county legislators have introduced such a bill for their own county and point out that where their prosecutor handled 17,000 cases last year, the Marion county prosecutor handled 31,000.

CAPITALISM IS ON TRIAL, SAYS ENEMY OF REDS ____ Representative Fish Says U. S. System Must Be Purged of Evils. BY RUTH FINNEY Times Staff Cor respondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Now that the congre,' sional investigation ! of Communism is over, the tall, athletic young New York congress- j man who conducted it, Hamilton Fish Jr., is going to turn his attention to capitalism. During the year he lias been probing and dissecting red activities he has had little sympathy or support from the liberal groups to which he belonged all his political life. Now he is going to start fighting some of their battles as vigorously as he has been fighting Communism. * “Grave Abuses" Cited For he has ended his year’s study of Communism, convinced that capitalism, if it is to survive, must adopt some of the practices of its great rival, and must purge itself of many “grave abuses.” He is for the survival of capitalism, and he is going to try to make it capable of surviving. “I believe in capitalism as opposed to Communism,” Fish says, “but capitalism shorn of its abuss and ugly greed to exploit labor and mankind for the almightly dollar. “If Communism is on trial, so also is capitalism. “Communism, although I believe it j is a failure, has exposed glaring weaknesses in the armor of cap- i italism, and if capitalism is to win j out in the end, it must clean its | own house.” Both Can Not Survive i Fish is convinced that both Com- j munism and capitalism can not i survive. He believes the world • eventually must become all socialized or all capitalized, and as for him, he does not propose “to take orders from the politbureau at Moscow." “And this is something we can not afford to laugh off,” says Fish. “Communism is in operation throughout the Soviet Union, cover- j ing far more territory, and a larger! population than the United States.; “For this reason I say it is up to the capitalist system to clean its Augean stables and divest itself of

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DIPLOMA WORTH CITED Moose Head Tells of Prison Reform Work Done by Lodge. Investigations into prison reform work were cited by Rodney H. Brandon. Springfield, m., supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, at a meeting of Indianapolis Lodge No. 13, Friday night. “A high school diploma is insurance against a prison sentence, Brandon said. He was the principal speaker at ceremonies initiating a class of more than 100 candidates. some of its manifestations of greed, inhumanity, and reaction. “There are some lessons we can afford to learn from the Communist experiment in Russia. “Russia had acjopted 'a seven-hour day and a five-day week and claims it has done away with child labor. Lessons for Capitalism “Capitalism would do well to do away with some of man’s inhumanities to man and put into effect a maximum of eight hours a day in all industries and half day on Saturdays, or a total of forty-four hours a week. We may have to come to a five-day week, and a seven-hour day, particularly if our power of production is beyond our capacity for consumption. “We should have a uniform oldage pension law to which the states should contribute two-thirds and the feedral government one-third of the funds. “It might be well for industrial capitalism to consider providing additional insurance to protect its employes, such as sickness and partial unemployment benefits. “Summer vacations might well be extended to two or three weeks for the benefit of American labor. There is no reason w ? hy certain industries in sections of the south should be permitted to work their labor more than fifty-four hours a week, for an average wage of sl2 a week, and to employ child labor.” Fish is very careful, in talking about Communism, to distinguish it from the liberalism of this country, and to point out that they are far apart in their aims. He himself, though he comes from a family that was on Alexander Hamilton’s side of early American thought, a rich family, a family that stood by President Grant through his conservative administration, has been independent in his political conduct.

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CARLOAD FOOD SENT ARKANSAS BY NEBRASKANS Dispatching of Potatoes and Beans Bring Ripple of Joy to Suffering Region. BY MERRILL E. COMPTON Cnlted Press Stff Correspondent ENGLAND, Ark., Jan. 17.— News that citizens of Morrill, Neb., were sending them a carload of potatoes and twenty sacks of beans caused a ripple of joy today among England farmers, who only two weeks ago threatened to raid the town to get food for their starving wives and children. N It was only a riple, however, and there were no shouts like those that rang through the business district when the farmers threatened the merchants. Mayor W. O. Williams explained the heart had gone out of the men and that potatoes and beans, not just the news they are enroute, are needed. Williams, a quiet, middle-aged man, has “almost broken” during the last month, hi 9 neighbors say,

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epidemic might follow the disaster. The spread of disease has been more rapid, they said, since the recent discharge of the nurse who directed health work in the public schools. She was discharged because there was no money to nay her. UTILITY RULINGSTgIVEN Commission Authorizes Bus Line to Carry Small Packages. American Stages. Inc., was authorized to carry small packages on its Indianapolis-Crawfordsville line in an order handed down at the public service commission conference Friday. ' A $750,000 Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Securities issue was approved. Switching rates increase on the Erie railroad at FL. Wayne were denied. Abandonment of four unprofitable bus routes of the Shore Line Motor Coach Company in Lake county was authorized.

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THOMPSOAPFIGHT FOR NOMINATION NARROWS De Priest Says Name Entered by Practical Joker. By United Prett CHICAGO, Jan. 17. —The number of men opposing William Hale “Big Bill” Thompson for the Republican nomination for mayor was reduced to seven today with withdrawal of Charles V. Barrett and Oscar De Priest, Negro congressman. Barrett, who was the first to file announced he was withdrawing in an effort to unite all of Thompson's opponents behind one candidate inthe hope of “ridding the city of Thompsonism." De Priest, who is in Washington, withdrew because he said his petition had ben filed by a practical joker. New Officer Chosen ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 17.—The board of safety appointed Roy Shuman, son of the late City Judge Jesse C. Shuman, as a police motorcycle officer. He succeeds Clarence Keel, resigned.