Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1931 — Page 4

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To Those Who Sleep Once more a nation pays its tribute of love, honor and gratitude to those whose courage and patriotism have preserved the ideal of liberty and self government. It lays its flowers above those who sleep. It raises its hand in salute to those who, on this day, remember with moistened eye the comrades of other years. The day itself was set aside after the great conflict between the states when men of the north and men of the south pitted themselves against each other, each with the same fine legacy and tradition of belief in liberty and self government, men of the same race and often related by ties of blood, lighting for what each believed to be the one way to preserve and protect the ideals of liberty. Each was sincere. The south saw the individual ctate as the proper custodian of real liberty. The north believed a union of states alone could safeguard the legacy of the Revolution. At the end of the struggle millions of men and women whose skins were black found themselves free and the institution of chattel slavery passed. No longer would this nation or any civilized land permit the ownership of one human being by another. Liberty and freedom and equality had gained anew definition. The sons of those who fought have stood side by side at San Juan when the sovereignty of the Stars and Stripes was jeopardized. Their grandsons lie together in Flanders field and march in unison today. The hatreds of seventy years ago are gone. Only a few of those in tattered blue are left to visit the Last Tenting Ground. But a nation pays them the tribute due to men of courage, to men who will ever stand guard against invasions of liberty and freedom, men who were ready to die in defense of their faith and their principles. And on this day, can we, grateful for the past, say that w r e keep faith with those who sleep? Liberty is not a phrase. Self-gov-ernment is not mere formality. Freedom must be real. There can be no self-government if the lowliest as well as the highest in the land do not receive equal protection of the law. The legacy is lost if the Bill of Rights be invaded by the powerful from within or threatened by despotism from afar. The right of free speech, the right of a free press, freedom of worship, the right to the pursuit of happiness, the right of every man to earn his living and provide for his loved ones—these are the very essence of liberty. It was for these that the brave men died, upon whose graves today the flowers are strewn. Today, sacred in our national calendar, calls for anew dedication of every citizen. We must keep faith with those who sleep or they have died in vain.

Billion Dollar Bonds The federal treasury needs to exercise its traditional caution now as news reports tell of its plans —so far unofficial—to float a long-term bond issue as a means of meeting the billion-dollar deficit. Also, the treasury needs to explain some of its earlier statements about bond issues if it does decide on this method of financing the government’s present difficulties. Secretary Mellon, appearing before the senate finance committee in January as it was considering soldier bonus bills, warned against the proposed big, long-term bond issue with which, it had been suggested, bonus loans or full bonus payment be made. Such a bond issue, Mellon declared, would kill the bond market for any other securities, and this. In turn, would mean that “many large undertakings, especially public works and public utilities, which it Is planned to finance through the bond market, would be abandoned." 1 That was the treasury’s policy five months ago. We agreed with Mellon then, and he also had the backing of the country’s foremost financiers, although many expert economists scoffed at his stand and said immense amounts of money were easily available for purchase of government bonds. Now, apparently, the treasury is contemplating just such a bond issue as it denounced in January. If a big government bond issue in January threatened to prolong the depression, would not a similar bond issue be just as dangerous, now. when, according to cabinet officers, things are beginning to look up? Citizens have a right to have that question answered before tire treasury surprises them some morning with news of an immense financing plan. Altogether apart from this question, it is bad financial policy for the goverment to sink complacently so much farther into debt. Economy and safety dictate a pay-as-you-go policy. With any kind of foresight whatever, the treasury wouid nave called for r tax increase by the last congress to meet the deficit, which was large even then. Now, as then, a tax increase is the only way out. And the longer we wait, the more we shall have to pay—for we shall pay not only the deficit, but also interest on the deficit Under the bond plan. That increased taxation will have to come from the large income taxpayers and death duties on huge estates. To take a larger tax toll from the lower and middle class incomes during depression would restrict the country's purchasing power disastrously and thus prolong the depression. Ebb and Flow The battle for civil liberties in the United States has its ups and downs. Judge Walter B. Wanamaker of Ohio lately declared the Ohio criminal syndicalism law void. Now we learn that Representative R. J. Goode is pressing a criminal syndicalism law in the Alabama legteUture. This defines criminal syndicalism as ad-

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vocacy of “crime, sabotage, violence or other unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishing industrial or political reform." The maximum penalty prposed is a prison term of ten years, a fine of $5,000 or both, for joining any organization which advocates criminal syndicalism. Such laws are dubious, even when literally interpreted and applied, in a country which was founded upon devotion to revolutionary principles. Much worse, however, are the abuses. It simply opens the prison doors to all who oppose powerful interests in any state. In California five men received sentences of from three to forty-two years for merely contemplating the unionization of melon workers, employed under incredibly atrocious working conditions. Loan—Weevils Anew aspect of the down-and-out farmer's difficulty just has come to light. After he has plowed through the intricacies of the various documents, that lie between him and a government seed loan, and at last has received the cash he needs for anew start, it now appears that he is forthwith beset by creditors. When he protests that this money represents his stake from the government toward anew crop, and refuses to turn it over, the creditors go to court to garnishee the funds. The short-sightedness of such - conduct is almost incredible. The agriculture department has done well to appeal to Attorney-General Mitchell for legal action to protect Uncle Sam’s Investment in the farmer’s future. „ " ; * i Keeping Cool Summer is upon us, and with it a few modern improvements for keeeping cool. Not only can we have mechanical refrigerators for food, but we can purchase a machine which will cool the air of our living or bed rooms to a comfortable degree. Along one line, however, there has been no improvement for years and years. Electric fans are still as ugly as ever. Won’t some bright inventor improve the appearance of these necessities to summer life so that they will be a pleasing adjunct to our home furnishings? A Matter of Talent If you have to regulate it, why not run it? Or, to put it another way, why have a watchman to watch the watchman? That sums up Joseph B. Eastman's position in behalf of government ownership of those public; utilities which, because of their character as natural monopolies, have to be supervised so elaborately by public bodies, such as the interstate commerce commission. ’/ J. Eastman speaks from sixteen years of experience; at the regulating end. He objects to the present system, on the ground of divided responsibility and dual control. If all men on regulatory bodies were as efficient and intelligent and sincere as Eastman we could be enthusiastic for his idea. If all regulatory bodies ■were as effective as the commission of which he is a member we could have the confidence that would assure faith in it. The weakness in the idea is found only when we think of its- application in the light of some of the regulatory bodies we know. r Too frequently they are made up of broken-down politicians, elected or appointed In a political system and underpaid by a begrudging public. We'd hate to be riding on a train they’d run. The inefficiencies that we see in politics still are the greatest single argument against a general application of the policy of government ownership and operation of all natural monopolies. When and if the public is willing and able to find and pay for talent as skilled as private industry is willing to pay for, then an era of successful public ownership and operation may come about. - In a few cases, like the interstate commerce commission, the public is well served. In many more, the regulatory bodies aren’t capable of regulating. And if you can’t regulate, you can’t operate. Zaro Agha, oldest man, and eleven times married, says that flying is safer than getting married. Most men, however, will prefer a falling out with the wife.

REASON BY F S CK

TODAY belongs to departed soldiers of the republic, without whose valor the dreams of Washington would have, vanished into empty air and riveted upon the world for years to come the yoke of absolutism. 1 BBS For had this nation shown itself too weak to defend its own life, all the defenders gs self-goverilment would have been brushed aside as hopeless visionaries, and so that shot against Sumter was a shot against the march of freedom in all nations. BBM . .We are thinking of the soldiers of the Civil war when we say this, for ’6l was the crucial hour, the hour when tyrants everywhere fondly looked forward to the collapse of liberty and to ensuing strengthening of their own foundation. a b b THIS day belongs to all our soldiers; to all oi them of high and low degree in every battle in which our fortunes were involved, but we think of it as being a little more intimately associated with the solliers of the sixties because they are vanishing from our view. a a a Within the memory of millions now’ living, the day will come when the bells will toll and a hush fall over the land, as with solemn ceremony everywhere tbypassing of the last Union soldier will be lamented. a a a As wo look backward upon that conilict, we marvel more and more, not that .the Union forces were able to subdue the forces of secession, but that the Union was able to muster those forces, and with this marveling goes an increased veneration for those who saved the republic. ~ * ' THOSE who answered Lincoln's call did so from the most exalted fidelity to country. They were not threatened in their homes by armed invasion and how easy it would have been to sa;f “If the southern states do not want to live with us. let them go!" a a a We can see how one could take this position, and, seeing this, we see also in a grander light the legions which put behind them all considerations of ease and safety and poured their blood upon Liberty’s altar. U tXU Those who have fought on later fields are entitled to our homage in equal measure; the slabs at all our soldier graves are all one size, whether they be in this war or that, whether they be the modest marker ot the man in the ranks or the soaring obelisk of the general. In a grander sense they ail have ona common monument—the nation wiuciyfcey served f*

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Since the Dawn of Time, Depression, Drought and Other Disasters Have Dogged Man, and He Has Found Xo Way to Elude Them. AS I understand it, the latest economic fad is to discourage the accumulation of about everything except cash. Nor is it par- | ticularly strong for cash, if credit can be had. Just enough rooms to go around, : if you please, just enough food in I sight for the next meal, and just , enough autos, vacuum cleaners, or : other contraptions to meet the immediate demand. Experts describe it as a scientific adjustment of production to consumption. Grandfather had a simpler name. He called it “hand-to-mouth shiftlessness.’’ - Grandfather didn't worry if there were two or three spare rooms in his house or more vegetables in the cellar than the family could possibly eat. a tt a Is This Idea Good? IF modern industry can’t provide work without forcing people to dwell on the thin edge of things, is it so good? If we must empty the grain market each year, regardless of flood and famine, or the cotton market, regardless of what worms and weevils may do to the next crop, have we discovered such a safe or excellent scheme? Why are we so scared of the wheat on hand? It won't spoil if properly stored, and it might come in handy some day. What’s the big idea in not wanting anything to spare save money? Money won’t keep starving people alive unless food is available. Asa matter of fact, money is of no value whatever except as it can be exchanged for essentials, which means that we can not be safe without keeping an adequate supply of essentials on hand, t a it We Fail in Our Duty IF we weren’t so everlastingly sold on this proposition of maintaining a constant adjustment of production to consumption, we could have found a way of bringing our surplus wheat and our breadlines together. Some of the older governments could do it, but they believed in surpluses and know how to handle them. Our inability to make wise use of surplus essentials when disaster oomes is due largely to the fact that we do not believf in surplus essentials and are vastly more interested in avoiding them than in employing them to even things up. tt a u . Can Not Dodge the Issue THE situation we have been through during the last eighteen months, and which still is with us, should not be regarded as exceptional or unlikely to occur again. ■ Since the dawn of time, drought, depression, and other forms of widespread disaster have dogged men’s paths. We have discovered no Way of eluding them. We merely think we have. The illusionment is doing more harm that anything else. We shall not accomplish much that is helpful or constructive until we admit that such misfortunes are chronic and fall back on the Old idea of being prepared to meet them. That idea is not very complicated or mysterious, which may explain why it has failed to interest us. In the first place, it calls for the accumulation of adequate surpluses, and in the second for a plan which makes their rapid and equitable distribution' possible when the need arises. . - This is how Kublai Khan did it, according to Marco Polo. u a a Great Khan Solved ,lt “'TPHE Great Khan,” writes Polo, A sends every year his commissioners to ascertain whether any of his subjects have suffered in their crops from unfavorable weather, from storms of winds or violent rains, or by locusts, worms, or any other plague, and in such cases he not only refrains from exacting the usual tribute of that -year, but furnishes them from his granaries with so much corn as is necessary for their subsistence, as well as for sowing their land. “With this view, in times of great plenty, he causes large purchases to be made of such kinds of grain as are most serviceable to them, which is stored in granaries provided for the purpose in the several provinces and managed with such care to insure its keeping for three or four years without damage. “It is his command that these granaries always be kept full, to ! provide against times of scarcity; and when, in such seasons, he disposes of the grain for money, he requires for four measures no more than the purchaser would pay for one measuitj in the market.” Modern civilization could do far; worse than adopt a similar plan.

Questions and Answers

What nationality is Dr. Axel Munthe, the author of “The Story of San Michele?" Is be a physician? He is a Swedish physician who received his training in France under Charcot and Pasteur. He became a successful specialist in the treatment of nervous diseases. He retired from active practice when he was past 70. and went to live m his villa San Michele, which he had built on Anacapri. over the ruins of the famous residence of the Emperor Tiberius. What does “Cimarron” mean? It is a Spanish word meaning wild or unruly, y How many persons have been killed in the enforcement of prohibition? The United States department of justice, on Nov. 20, 1930, issued a memorandum in regard to agents and civilians killed in connection with prohibition enforcement; “Total number killed to date, agents. 69; civilians, 158; kllled-during last fiscal year, agents, 10; civilians, 8; killed to date, Nov. 20, 1930. during present year (1930-31) agents, 4; civilians, 3."

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Diphtheria Still Danger to Many

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN, Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyeeia, the Health Masazine. DIFHTHERIA is one of the diseases about which, scientific medicine has most information, yet the condition is far from being under complete control. Every year the American Medical Association checks the records of ninety-three cities, with a view to finding out the extent to which the disease is gaining headway or being subdued in each one of them. Duluth and Salt Lake City had only one death from diphtheria in 1930 and in both cases the victim was a non-resident. San Diego, Cal., had three deaths from diphtheria, all of which were non-resi-dents. All the New England cities, except Waterbury and Summerville, had lower rates for 1930 than for the preceding five-year average.. The rates for New York City, 2.9 and for Philadelphia, 2.5, are astounding when it is considered that the rate for New York City between 1890 and 1894, before the discovery of antitoxin, was 134.4; from 1900 to 1904, 58: from 1915 to 19-19, 21.8, and from 1925 to 1929, 10.7.

IT SEEMS TO ME

T OS ANGELES is, I assume, a large city. It must be, because I am told that it is the final resting place of all those who get bored with living in the state of lowa. And so the conduct of Mayor John C. Porter is not wholly a matter of his personal concern. Indeed, even those of us who have no intention whatsoever of living in Los Angeles have a stake in the behavior of this American official now participating in a good will tour of France. If the French w 7 ere acquainted intimately with the models and manners of our nation, the blighterism of Mayor Porter might have been dismissed with a mere shrug and the exclamation, “Oh, that’s just Los Angeles manners.” However, the inevitable criticism will hit-a larger body, and it may possibly be felt in France that John C. Porter is an American type. You probably have read of his rudeness at a banquet given for eighteen visitin mayors at Havre. . The mayor of Havre just had raised his glass of champagne and invited his guests to drink the healths of the president of France and the President of the United States. , At this moment commotion was observed in the Porter family. Mr. Porter, speaking in his native tongue, exclaimed loudly that he could not permit himself or his Wife to be photographed in the midst of “such lawbreaking.” aaa _ _ Not a Navigator SEEMINGLY his honor crossed the broad Atlantic in a daze and was not conscious of passing the 12-mile limit. He appears to have labored under the misapprehension that he and his fellow strode into the banquet hall by the process of rapping three times upon the outer gate and saying: “Is this Tony's? Let me in. I'm a friend of Charlie Duckworth's.” Or possibly jJohn C. Porter feels that Los Angeles maintains extraterritorial rights in France. Where he sets down his foot there is some portion of the earth that is forever California. Once outside the den of iniquity, where the champagne flowed but never touched the Porters, the mayor of Los Angeles issued a for-: mal statement to the members of the press: “Yes ,we are dry,’ said Mr. PQrter. “We believe in following the American Constitution, even when on foreign soil. We have not taken one drink since we left the' United States, and we don’t intend to touch alcoholic stimulants while in France.” Os course, the point, from a legal standpoint, is not so much whether Mr. Porter follows the American Constitution as whether the Constif.uion follows him. He seems to labor under the delusion that he is a flag . Os course, it is not against the Constitution to take a drink here in the United States if you can get it. And still less fvould the supreme COUrt maintain that thfr pjghtppnth

‘Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage!’

The rates for Philadelphia are approximately the same. These are excellent examples of the way in which modern scientific preventive medicine can control a disease of this character, if given the opportunity. Wilmington, Del., and Norfolk, Va.,_ in their particular section, have the highest rates, and Wilmington would seem to be in particular need of a campaign on the subject, since its rate never has gone below ten. In Detroit a special immunization campaign has been carried on in recent years. The figures promptly reflect this in a steady decrease, the rate for Detroit in 1930 being the lowest in the history of the community and one-half the average for the previous five-year -period. The rates for Chicago, Evansville and Peoria in 1930 were somewhat above the previous five-year averages. Nashville was much worse, but Chattanooga and Louisville showed improvement. San Francisco and San Diego had approximately the same rates for 1930 as for previous years; Los Angeles showed extremely slight improvement.

amendment is a Mary's lamb to follow each and every one of us to even the furthermost reaches of a foreign clime. St O tt At Wet Banquets BUT the question is less one of constiutionality that of common courtesy. Mr. and Mrs. Porter might have kept themselves kissable and lived up to the best traditions of their consciences without publicly affronting their host. In the matter of toasts, one need not drain the goblet. It is enough merely to raise the glass in the air. Coming from motion picture land, it may be that John C. Porter has an exaggerated impression of the insidious effects of what is known hereabouts as champagne wine. He has been present at those films where the heroine came alone at night to the bachelor’s apartment. He has watched the villianous Japanese valet prepare the treacherous supper of chicken salad and fizz. Indeed, Mayor Porter may have been conversant with pictures in their transition from the silent stage to articulation. And, like all good movie fans, he knows that the tell-tale pop of the cork is a sound more menacing in the life of a young girl than a pistol shot. Again and again he has seen her raise the fatal glass to her lips—a

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UXDINE’S SENATE SPEECH May 30 /"\N May 30, 1917, the prince of Undine, cousin of the king of Italy, made an address in the United States senate on behalf of the Italian diplomatic commission, which he led to this country. He said in part: . “Italy entered the war with aims equal to those which you pursue. Her .territory had not been invaded, her insecure boundaries had not been violated. “Our people understood that the sacrifice of free nations was the prelude to our own sacrifice, and that we could not remain indifferent without denying the very reasons of our existence. “Italy has not-been and never will be an element of discord in Europe, and as she willed her own free national existence at the cost of any sacrifice, so she will contribute with all her strength to the free existence and development of other nations. “The mission of which I have the honor to be the head and in which there are representatives of the senate of the kingdom, of the chamber of deputies, and members of the government, desires to express through me the liveliest sympathy tc the representatives of the American people."

Ten cities with the highest diphtheria mortality for 1930 include Elizabeth, Chicago, Detroit, Newark and Lynn, They were also on the high list in 1929. Grand Rapids, New Haven, Cambridge and Duluth are on the list of cities with the ten lowest rates for both 1929 and 1930. Flint, Mich., is the only city without a single diphtheria death in 1930. Des Moines was the only city with a similar enviable record in 1929. Experts in epidemiology are not certain whether the recent sweeping reductions in diphtheria mortality have been caused by a natural change in the disease itself or in a decrease of susceptibility to the disease. Neither can it be estimated exactly what part has been played by the gradually extending use of toxin-antitoxin and other metho:< of resistance to the disease. However, the iteady improvement in records certainly is a warrant for continuing the preventive measures that have been used so successfully and with so few harmful results in recent years.

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blackout, and the caption “Came the Dawn.” In the next reel both heroine and child are being turned awry from the house of her father, a stern Vermont agriculturist. Surely we may be asking too much of this dry mayor from the coast to expect him to run such a risk. What would the voters of Los Angeles say in the nex.; election if he came upon the hustings bearin upon his knee a lutsy infant speaking only French? His constituents hardly would be appeased if he explained that it never would have happened but for that fatal glass of champagne wine. Nor would it suffice to justify himself if he said that he was seduced through driking a toast to the health of President Hoover. Even a loyal Republican must set limits beyond which he does not care to go in party loyalty. (CoDvrlsht. 1831. by The Times) What unit of measurement in countries that use the metric system, corresponds to an American mile? The American statute mile contains 5,280 feet and the corresponding unit in the metric system is the kilometer which equals 0.6214 of a mile. Where is Grover Cleveland Bergdoll? He lives in Germany and is still a fugitive from justice. He has made several unsuccessful attempts to return to the United States. llow many laws were passed by congress from the beginning of the first congress to the end of the third session . of the seventy-first congress? The total number of public and private acts is 54,136.

Those Pests With the warm days of spring and the hot days of summer, the household pest war is on. Our Washington bureau has ready for you a packet of five bulletins, giving authoritative information on combating pests that will enable any housewife to “take steps” to free the house of their annoyance and dangers. The titles of the bulletins are: 1. Exterminating Ants. 3. Cockroaches. 2. Getting Rid of Bedbugs. 4. Moths and Their Control.* 5. Exterminating Rats. A packet containing these five bulletins will be sent to any reader. Fill out the coupon below and mail as directed. Dept. 129, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times. 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.: I want the packet of five bulletins on Household Pests, and inclose herewith 15 cents in coin, or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs. Name St. and No City .. state I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.>

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

MAY 30, 1931

SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIETZ—

i California Comes to Front as Scientific and Educational Center. DECISION of the officers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to hold ths first of a series of summer meetings in Pasadena, serves to focus attention upon the scientific and educational organization of California. Not only has the state itself benefited by the rapid growth of educational and research facilities, but the whole nation has been helped. The west received its first cultural influences from the east. But soon the west developed a courage and a freedom from conservation and , conventionalism in educational matI ters which has reacted to the adI vantage of the east. The territory of California was ceded to the United States bv Mexico in March, 1848. In the very next year, the constitutional convention. called to draw r up a con- \ stitution for the state, made provisions in the course of its delibera- : tions for a state university. It was not, however, until 1868 ! that the University of California was established. Meanwhile, however, a number of other institutions were started. Santa Clara college was founded in 1851, the college of the Pacific in Stockton in 1851. Mills college in Oakland in 1852. Contre Costa academy in Oakland in 1853, and St, Ignatius college in San Francisco in 1855. u a a Famous Laboratories THE University of California. founded In 1868. was the result ; of state, federal and private enteri prise. The Governor signed the bill : creating the university on March 23, 1868, and the doors of the new institution were opened in September. 1869. The University of Southern California was founded in 1880. Leland Stanford Junior university, given by Leland Stanford and his wife in memory of their son, was established in 1885. The cornerstone was laid in 1887 and instruction begun in 1891. In connection with the school of biological sciences at this university, there is one of the finest marine laboratories in the world. It is known as the Hopkins Marine station and is situated on Cabrillo Point on Monterey Bay. The laboratory contains two units, both named after famous biologists. The first, known as the Alexander Aggassiz laboratory, was built in 1917, the second, known as the Jacques Loeb laboratory was completed in 1928. Another famous marine laboratory in California is the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, founded in 1912 through the generosity of Miss Ellen Scripps and others. This laboratory, located at La Jolla, is associated with the University of California. The California Institute of Technology, much in the news recently as one of Professor Einstein’s hosts, was founded in 1891. “Cal Tech” includes a notable group of laboratories, among them the Norman Bridge laboratory of physics which is under the direction of Dr. Robert A. Millikan. tt a a Its Great Telescopes CALIFORNIA long has been famous for its great telescopes. In fact, its observatories, because of the excellence of their equipment, constitute a sort of supreme court for the realm of astronomy. Not a few debates in astronomical circles are settled by the evidence of the gigantic telescopes of California. The two great observatories are Lick observatory, associated with the University of California, and Mt. Wilson observatory, operated by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Lick observatory is located on Mt. Hamilton. For many years its director was Dr. W. W. Campbell, who later became president of the University of California. It was the measurement of the eclipse photos by Dr. Campbell and his associate, Dr. Trumpler, which verified the displacement of the star images as predicted by Professor Albert Einstein in his famous theory of relativity. Mt. Wilson observatory is located on Mt. Wilson near Pasadena. The observatory contains the 100-inch telescope, the largest telescope in the world. The observatory also maintains laboratories and machine shops in Pasadena, and because of its nearness to the California Institute of Technology, many problems are attacked jointly by the scientists of the two organizations. Mt. Wilson observatory was designed by Dr. George Ellery Hale, now its honorary director. Dr. Hale now has a private observatory in Pasadena, where he carries on his researches.

Daily Thought

Or unto Governors,, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.— I Peter 2:14. The sins committed by many pass unpunished.—Lucan.