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The Cheka Confesses The agente provocateur becomes the cheka. The first is the name for the most infamous secret police of France. The second is the title of the most infamous secret police of czaristic Russia under the regime of tyranny. The special agents of the prohibition department in this country become both. Yesterday, the prohibition agents, with all the insolence and arrogance of the cheka, decided that no longer would any reporter from The Times be permitted to visit their offices, supported and paid for by you. Whenever any reporter goes to any public office, he goes not as a representative of this newspaper, but as your representative, in search of information to which you are entitled. It generally has been a useless adventure. The prohibition agents never give news, real news. At times they give propaganda, but never the real facts. For example, no reporter ever has been able to discover from them what became of the whisky and fine liquors that they confiscated. It has disappeared from the federal building. Thousands of dollars’ worth of it. Enough to make drunk many men or more women. Now these agents, who convicted George Dale on the evidence of discredited and degraded human beings, arrogantly declare that no longer may any reporter from The Times enter their sacred domain. The reason is an editorial, written by the editor of this newspaper, in which it was suggested that the word of an honest man, who bore credentials of confidence from the people who knew him, should be of at least equal value with that of the prostitute, the professional gambler, the “business man” who admitted his advertised business was a blind for the operation of a gambling game. The United States government, as represented by these agents who draw pay from the government, has decided that the government no longer will permit The Times to send its reporters to seek information from them. That relieves The Times. It suggests that these men are so fearful that some newspaper will report their real actions that they no longer dare to face the test. The thing came about through George Dale, mayor of Muticie. Here was a man who fought the Ku-Klux Klan, at the risk of his life. Most of these prohibition agents owe their jobs to some political heir of the klan. The Russian czars had their secret police. For years this land of liberty shuddered at the actions of those who imposed tyranny upon the helpless. \Yc have them now, here, in the form of these indescribable hirelings who dare to overthrow every tradition of this nation and impose their ignorant, fanatic censorship over a newspaper, in an endeavor to terrorize the forces of decency in a battle for justice and for right. The readers of The Times may be assured that their newspaper will give them the real news when it is possible to get the facts. It may be able to give them, for example, even after the cheka tries to hide it, the secret of the disappearance of the liquor it confiscated that they believed to be a little too good to be emptied into the sewer. The cheka has started. The Times will try to finish. Meanwhile, there is but one question. Is it possible for an honest man, like George Dale, who fought against graft, who fought against civic corruption, who fought against every protected vice and the pandering to the passions of men. to be sent to the penitentiary on the evidence of men and women whom nobody believes? That is serious and immediate. The Times does not believe that this cheka. with its own confession of arrogant power, still can control federal courts. It still believes that there will be a judge or judges with sufficient courage to declare that the forces of hate can not substitute palpable perjuries for truth. If the cheka has arrived, then any decent man would rather go to jail with Dale than endure the insecurity which such a system involves. A Flat form You Cfui Remember Pussyfooting is the conventional politician's most conspicuous trait, a trait that reaches its highest expression at national convention time, when the platform is reported. Soft-treading committeemen bring it in. Carefully swathed in language. It reads long and sags nothing. What should be the party s most important declaration hedges and stalls and ducks and dodges Ull you can defy any intelligent reader to go through Its words, sentences, and paragraphs, and tell what It is all about. Are we to have from the Chicago conventions the customary equivocation? Will the platforms merely as usual go on record for public health and against crime, or will they meet the probiems that beset a sorely troubled people? How our form of government rises to the crisis, what Its major parties say in their June declaration* will mean much in answer to that question, so often heard nowadays—ls democracy disintegrating? Not only the Democratic, but the Republican, leaders well may take to heart what Newton D. Baker said Monday night in an address: •The most important thing to be done at Chicago

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is the adoption of a platform short enough to be memorized by a man whose memory Is not very good: a platform bold, truthful, and constructive, and addressed to the evils from which the country is now suffering.’* May the pressure of the times and the seriousness of the future bring forth such a document. Smith and Hoover Plans A1 Smith's reply to the President's attack on a general public works bond issue and building program for unemployment relief helps to clear the air. He shows the fallacy of some of the President’s argument, without —in our Judgment destroying Hoover's main contention, that self-liquidating projects are best for such a program. As we said at the time, the Hoover argument against a lvnd issue as such Is a contradiction, because his own plan rests on large scale credits advanced by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which must be raised by government borrowing of some kind. Smith states this clearly. Smith's point that jobs of any kind are better than charity, also is well taken. But he is not convincing when he tries to prove that there is no real difference between productive and nonproductive public works. Certainly there have been plenty of nonproductive federal construction projects in the past, such as white-elephant buildings and pork-barrel dredging, which soak the taxpayer and nerve no legitimate purpose. There is no excuse to waste the taxpayer's money in such manner, when plenty of useful projects are awaiting action. Hoover is wise in trying to hold the bulk of public works now to the income-producing type. But that should not exclude useful and needed federal public works of the other type which already have been studied and authorized by congress and the President. Unfortunately, the President's plan was too rigid here. Obviously, the Democratic steering committee plan, in providing for some of this useful but nonincome producing type of public works, along w’ith a much larger amount of the self-liquidating kind, has hit upon a practical compromise between the Smith and Hoover programs. Neither side should be stiff-necked; there must be give and take in the interest of getting quick action. Doubtless this was in Smith's mind when he said: "I would give him (the President) the power in the broadest possible terms and the responsibility which should go with it. If we don't tackle this problem now in a big way, we shall be driven to mueh more drastic measures a few months from now, when the millions of unemployed will not be so patient with quibbling over words.” The compromise plan introduced by the Democrats, which meets the President far more than half way, should be made law at once. The unemployed are waiting. Back to the Land? The country is being barnstormed by enthusiasts shouting a slogan that is likely to prove particularly stirring in these days of city unemployment and spring. It is that seductive old slogan, “back to the land!” Americans love slogans. But they should be particularly cautious about adopting this all-too-simple remedy for the complicated problem of unemployment. An adventure in rustic life is likely to prove tragic to a family fresh from the city streets. A little farm productive enough to support a family would prove an ideal answer to a man without a job. But he should have some capital and experience, and he must have infinite courage and patience. Harm will come from such propaganda as is being put out by a weekly magazine, painting in glowing colors the possibilities of setfling the army of unemployed on the 180,000.000 acres of unsettled public doman. These lands, minus irrigation, are good only for stock, and stock requires plenty of money. The 640 acres allowed a settler under the homestead acts is too small for grazing. Reclamation farms require $2,000 In capital and two years’ experience. The national advisory and legislative committee on land use says: "There is need for a public policy in guiding and directing this movement, and preventing exploitation.” Wisely, the committee suggests that better opportunities lie in providing unemployed with garden plots near the cities, where they can augment wages with small farm incomes.

Just Every Day Sense Bl’ MRS. WALTEB FERGUSON

“PRESIDENT DOUMER." announced the newsreel si speaker as a view of the recently assassinated French president was flashed upon the screen, “gave four sons to his country during the World war." Don't you feel just like rising in your seat and shouting a vehement contradiction when you hear something like that? For the dead French president, nor any other parent. ever gave a son to his country. The country took him. This is true of any nation where military conscription is in effect or the draft is used. Aren't we ever going to be honest enough to speak the truth about war? How much longer will we be content to hear the rubbish and lies that are entwined about this subject? Is it a sacred topic that we approach it so gingerly? Or are we merely afraid of what we shall see. once we unveil it? If there ever is to be any hope of getting rid of war we must regard it for what it is. a disease upon the political body, just as cancer is a disease upon the physical body. And we are not accustomed to speak in pretty words of cancer. a a a WHAT we mothers want about war are the straightforward facts. If through these we learn that it is necessary to fight, I imagine not many of us would shirk actual duty. We are citizens and we deserve to know the truth. But we are far more than citizens, so far as we are concerned. We also are the individuals who are asked to furnish the living material with which wars are fought. We supply the blood that is spilled, we create the flesh that is mangled. We aurse the bodies that are blown to pieces. Therefore, we should know how our efforts at child bearing and training will result. Will the sons we mother beer me useful citizens, or merely carrion upon a battlefield? For we are tired of pretty speeches about the cancer that continues to feed upon our quivering flesh. We are tired of hearing that we give our boys willingly and gladly to cause or country. That is a lie. It always has been a lie. And we are wean,- of orations that speak of the glory of death in filthy trenches while we fight it doggedly everywhere in other guises. Our eyes are dim from looking at stone monuments where living men should be. We are sick of wars and of rumors of wars.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy Says:

Those Running This Government Appear to Have Lost Their Grip, Vision and Power to Act. NEW LONDON, Conn , May 25 A 10 per cent tax on tires, but not a sister, niece, or cousin reported as taken off the secret pay roll; a tariff on coal, oil. lumber and copper. but not a cent for relief. Farmers are said to be encouraged at the way favors are being passed out. If this is to be a season of subsidies. why shouldn’t they get their share? The performance began with some very fine talk regarding economy, but unless present signs fail, the budget will be balanced by taxpayers. Bootleggers and big business seem likely to be treated with indulgence, but their turn will come when campaign contributions arc collected. Meanwhile, we might as well give up hoping for anything purposeful, or constructive until the conventions are . over and, possibly, until after the election. a a a Government Loses Grip FOR one reason, or another, those running thi£ government appear to ’ have lost their grip, vision, and power to act. Under such circumstances, the people have no choice but to express themselves clearly through their political organizations. That means a far more virile interest than yet is apparent.. But if definite action is not taken by one, or both national conventions, this country is headed for worse conditions than it thus far lias experienced. Since the Civil war, this country has not faced such a critical situation as confronts it today. The American people are up against a much more serious problem than they were in 1917. The depression already has' cost them more than the war. Their earning power has been reduced by nearly one half and 31 cents out of every dollar they get goes for taxes. * a a Work Only Remedy MAKESHIFT philanthropies have done irreparable harm, multiplying professional panhandlers on the one hand and stirring up deepseated discontent on the other. Work is the only remedy for idleness which leaves honest iolk unimpaired. Work, no matter what the cost, or sacrifice, should have been our great objective, and average people thought it was. Since the fall of 1929, average people have assumed that just as soon as the government could make the necessary preparations, it would substitute employment for charity wherever possible. Average people assumed this not only because of their own good sense, but because of what their political leaders said. a a a What Has Been Going On? THE country has been fed statements and conferences when it had every right to expect effective action, and nqw it calmly is informed that tttc government must i not use its credit for public work, because the government is not ready to proceed and couldn’t get ready in time. Just what has the government been doing with all its engineers, architects and draftsmen since business collapsed, or has the government gone on the theory that the j collapse was not very serious and would not last very long. Beyond that, has the government convinced itself that states, cities and towns were unable, or unprepared. to provide work if it made , funds available. Average people may be entirely wrong, but they have the suspicion that the government is not doing all it could to straighten things out; that to a certain extent, it has been stalling, in hope that some favorable break | would spare it the necessity of do- j ing much; that it has taken long ! chances with Lady Luck and lost; that it has given far more thought to such problems as international disarmament than it has to domestic distress, and that the net result is a tragic failure.

m TODAY / WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY

SUBS IN U. S. WATERS May 25 ON May 25. 1918. German submarines arrived in American waters and began to raid shipping within a few hundred miles of the principal Atlantic ports. Precautions were taken at once to guard against possibility of air raids on the coast. The war department in Washington announced that the first shipment of American planes had arrived in France, being used in a training camp back of the lines. Operations on the western front were of a purely local nature. A new German major offensive was expected at any moment. German troops continued their advance into the Ukraine, occupying important towns and seizing large quantities of food supplies. British successes against Turkish forces continued, and English officers reported that the morale of the Turk soldiers was beginning to break.

Questions and Answers

What American university awarded a degree to the king of Belgium when he visited here in 1919? University of Pittsburgh. Please named President Hoover's secretaries? Theodore G. Joslin, Lawrence Richey. Walter H. Newton and George A. Hastings. ..How manv sa’ioons. breweries, and distil ertes were there in the United States just prior to prohibition? There were 177,790 saloons, 1.090 breweries, and 236 distilleries. What la saloop? An infusion of sassafras chips, or similar herbs flavored with milk and sugar, formerly largely used as a beverage.

Copper, Tin, Chromium Found in Body

BY DR. MORRIS FISIIBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hvreia. the Health Marazine. THE scientist has begun to give increasing attention to infinitesimal amounts of certain substances in the human body. The minimum protective dose of vitamin D against rickets in the bedy of a rat is one tefi-thousandth of a milligram of viosterol, an amount so small as to be infinitesimal. The amount of iodine necessary to meet all requirements of the body in any one day is 0.05 milligram, which is five one hundred-thou-sandths of a gram, and there are thirty grams in an ounce.

IT SEEMS TO ME

IT is entirely possible that before the repeal of the eighteenth amendment is accomplished I may turn into a militant dry. Whenever the bandwagon jumpers appear in numbers, it always is a temptation to change sides. “And those who came at the eleventh hour every man received a penny.” says the Good Book, but I always have felt that the arrangement was not equitable. In the next two years we are likely to find scores of politicians who lived by the Anti-Saloon League manifesting an unwillingness to die by it. Possibly I would not go to the length of supporting any of the unreconstructed abstainers, but. at least. I will feel impelled to tender them my respect. It is the right of every man to change his opinion in the light of new evidence, but it is never an appealim thing to see a senator shed a conviction for the sake of expediency. a e o Too Late to Mend IF Herbert Hoover had switched on the enforcement problem at the time the Wickersham report enme into his hands. I would have regarded his conduct as proper and intelligent. But if he offers himself as a last-minute convert to the cause on the eve of the next national election, I hope that wets will give him no greater volume of huzzahs than the drys. I can not see that the case against prohibition is appreciably stronger now than it was in 1928. I mean from the standpoint of logic. Os course, it is palpable that the tide has turned and that repeal now is the popular side. And I hope, but do not believe, that the winners will behave themselves with a greater respect for fact than was the custom w len the Puritans were in the saddle There are some arguments for prohibition even now. They are not sufficient to my way of thinking, but, at least, a case can be made. Unfortunately, the advocates of the amendment never used their best reasons, but indulged in fantasy of the most mendacious sort. Even up to the moment of going to press, certain diehards are fond of advancing the not particularly persuasive plea that prohibition has brought us a bountiful prosperity They are still babbling about sav-

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‘Our Pal!’

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

I It takes one part in two million of vitamin A in the body of a rat j to have the protective action of that | substance. Amounts of calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, and other salts in the human body are ! exceedingly small, but yet exert a tremendous influence. One investigator reports the amount of iodine necessary to prevent goiter in a healthy adult is so small that iodine requirement for ; three years would be no more than the amount of iron required for one day. In a recent survey of the subI ject Dr. Mary Swartz Rose reports that chromium, copper and tin have been found in practically all

ings banks in a day when millions are idle. a a a Falling Into Same Trap BUT this is an error which the wets do not seem inclined to avoid. Some of the claims advanced for the tonic effect of repeal are broad beyond all possibility. It simply isn't true that no man will go hungry the moment good beer sells for 5 cents a glass. Nor is it any more likely that gangs and gangsters will vanish from the earth the Instant it becomes possible for us to saunter once again through swinging ddors. There are only a few things which I would like better than the privilege of standing in full view of street traffic and saying in a loud, clear voice, “Make mine Manhattan.” But I doubt that even that will solve the problem of reparations. Probably nobody in the country today, with the possible exception of Mrs. Ella Boole, actually believes that Volsteadism has accomplished everything which its exponents prophesized. One of the reasons for the swing of sentiment is due to this disapoointraent occasioned by the contrast of extravagant promises as lined up beside meager facts. But it will be well for wets to mark this phenomenon and to stake out modest claims when they conduct their campaigns. I have every reason to believe that man is better with his beer than without it. But I gravely doubt that he can live by that alone. a a a Not the Only Issue ONE of the reprehensible practices of the Anti-Saloon League was its willingness to back any candidate, however inadequate, if he happened to be right on the one issue of wet and dry. It will be a grave mistake for repeal and modification organizations to take the ground that they likewise will ask nothing of a man except a bitterness toward Volteadism. Senator Norris, for instance, represents a high type of political character and intelligence, and it would be monstrous to send him down to defeat simply because he sticks to his guns on the prohibition question. In New York we already have seen one example of the way in which a politician may try to ride out the storm simply by identifying

of the organs of the body; silver and aluminum in many; cobalt and nickel in the pancreas but not in the liver; zinc especially in the generative organs, thyroid, liver and kidney, and tin in the adrenal glands. Moreover, arsenic, boron, titanium, vanadium, rubidium, lithium and strontium will be found in analysis of milk. It is impossible at present to point out the exact significance of many of the rare metals in the human body, but what recently has been learned about copper, iron and phosphorus is sufficient to indicate that they must be of great , importance.

, IV lIEYWOOD bY BROUN

himself with a legal alcholic content of from 2.75 to 4 per cent. Not to be too vague about it, I think that James J. Walker might march from New York to Pike's Peak, Colo., and still remain undeserving of re-elec-tion. No. not even if he carried a banner all the way proclaiming, “No beer, no work!” Testifying for myself alone, I may say that, even though I worked in day and night shifts from now until the morning of my death, I could not consume a sufficient quantity of beer to convince me that James J. Walker is a fit and proper public servant. I Copyright. 1932. bv The Times*

I '— People’s Voice

Editor Times—The Times of April 26 contained an article by Dr. Harry Elner Barnes, Ph. D.. which shows that Dr. Barnes, though he may be a good philosopher, is a faulty economist. He speaks of th depression of the greenbacks in Civil war time. New York bankers asked such exorbitant interest for a loan to the government, in its great hour of need that President Lincoln and Secretary of Treasury Chase determined on the first issue of greenbacks in 1862. That issue of greenbacks never depreciated. Then the scheming Wall Street financiers connived to get on the second issue something that would make them depreciate. An exception clause was inserted, declaring these legal tender for all debts, public and private, except interest on the public debt and customs duties. This limitation caused their depreciation. Tlie strength of a currency of the kind rests on the stability of the government issuing same and the confidence therein. A large paper money issue of this kind would furnish ample funds to balance the budget, pay the ex-service men's bonus, including all the interest charged to date, and launch a great program of public improvement, such as the building of roads, dredging of rivers, lighting of our highways, etc., that would put the millions of idle men to work. That would give the great armies of unemployed the means with which to buy millions of pairs of shoes, clothing, home furnishings, radios, automobiles, and would start the wheels of industry turning in a way that would give the farmer millions of customers for his commodities. FOREST HACKLEY. Editor Times—The voice of the silent Governor of Indiana. Harry G. Leslie, who gives the impression of a man seeking a political job only, seldom has been heard in the critical economic depression, other than in statements that no one in this state is starving or even hungry. I wonder if our Governor ever would accept the challenge and visit just a few of the many, thousand homes and families in this state, particularly in Indianapolis, so that he may learn prevailing conditions? It seems that our Governor is making his statements based on reports by some of his committees, who are well fed and possess warm homes with plenty of clothes and can not judge the seriousness of these conditions. L. REW. Editor Times—Politics now seems to be front page news. Candidate bees are buzzing everywhere, but ; the voters’ eyes are focused upon I men of ability and vision rather

Ideal* and opinion* eipreisrd in this column are those ol one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without retard to their agreement or disaereemem with the editorial attitude of this oaper.—The Editor

-MAY 25, 1932

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Cheyenne Indian Woman Tells Interesting Story of Life in Her Tipi. EVEN dignified science occasionally goes in for a “true confession” storv. such a document Just has been made public by the Smithi sonian institution. It is the autobiography of a southern Cheyenne Indian woman. The story was obtained by Dr. Truman Micheison, Smithsonian technologist. The story of her early days illustrates that the life of children everywhere has many things in common. Her story follows: ‘At first,” she says, "we girls played what we called ‘tiny play. Our mothers made rag dolls of women, men. boys, girls and babies. We used forked sticks, pretending to move camp. ‘‘Sometimes a baby would be bem or a marriage would take place—in fact, anything we knew about older people. We did not allow any boys to play with us. We had rag dolls to represent boys. ‘‘As I grew a little older, we played what we called 'large play. This play consisted of real people, namely boys and girlr. The boys would go out hunting and bring meat and other food. ‘We girls would pitch our tipis and make ready everything as if it were a real camp life. Some of the boys would go on the warpath and always come home victorious. “They would relate their war experiences, telling how successful they were. We girls would sing war songs to acknowledge the bravery of our heroes." mam Marriage Ceremony AS she grew older,’so she tells, various braves tried to force their attentions upon her, but she reputed all her suitors. One day, however, she came home to find that a man she hardly knew by sight had been negotiating with her father for her hand. And so, after she had consented to the marriage, her relatives escorted her to a place near the camp of her future husband. “There," she relates, ' m.v future husband's women folks met me. carried me in a blanket the rest of the way, and let me down to the entrance of his tipi. "I walked in and sat beside him. He was a stranger. He never had come to see me. I wondered if I ever would learn to love him ‘‘After some little time the women brought in many shawls, dresses, rings, bracelets, ieggins and moccasins. Then they had me ehsr.„e clothes. They braided my hair and painted my face with red dots on my cheeks.” This was her wedding attire nnd the carefree days of an Indian girlhood were over. They were married and in the years that followed had eight children. Then, she continues, “my husband’s health became broken. We summoned many Indian doctors and gave away much personal wearing apparel and some clothing.” * a a Sacrifice Offering day,” she continues, “he V-/ pledged a sacrifice offering, a sacred ritual which is regarded as a prayer to the spirits for health and strength. But he passed away before we could carry out the pledge. “I surely loved my husband. His death made me very lonely and was a terrible event In my life. I missed him more than I did any of my children who died afterward. “My hair was cut off just below my ears. This was done by an old woman. Before cutting off my braids, she raised both her hands toward the sky. touched the earth with the palms of her hands, and made a downward motion, repeated four times. “Thus my braids were cut off in accordance with the belief that the spirits would be pleased and extend blessings and sympathy to the bereaved. “The old woman was given a blanket and a dress. His death marked the passing of our tipi.” In her narrative she also describes some of the games played by the young Indian women, including one called "kick ball.” It consists of counting the number of times a ball can be kicked with one foot without allowing it to touch the ground. Some girls could run up a score of 50 or 60. Another game played by the girls consisted of sliding a stick along the ice and betting on the distance it would go. which depended both on skill and luck. than petty politicians. Particularly is this true regarding our national candidates. The Democratic national convention is not far off. A great responsibility rests upon the action of that convention on candidates and platform declarations, a candidate for President should be a man who is strictly honest, who possesses physical, mental and moral strength and courage. He should be one whose vision in practical affairs is broad enough to meet the present economic problems confronting the nation, one who has had wide experience in national and international affairs; one possessed of high legal attainments, whose statesmanship is of high order; one who can and will patriotically administer justice to all the people, and one who will not place petty politics above human rights. JOHN ROBBINS. Editor Times—There are many causes which contribute to the present economic condition. Two major things are the rich man hoarding money and the employer taking advantage of the employe. To illustrate. I will relate the following : In one of the office buildings downtown, the employes are compelled to work every other Sunday. There is no chance whatever of getting the day off. Also, the employes receive the same wage for seven days’ work as for six. In other words, they are donating one day of their time to the rich man, with no extra pay. Why could not the wealthy man give these extra day* to men out of employment? This would help remedy the unemployment situation. ONE WHO KNOWS. Editor Times—A dirty deal! After working four years for a city firm. I was fired for working at the polls Tuesday, May 3. I had asked and received permission to be off. The next morning when I reported for work I was told I was not needed any longer. A TRUE REPUBLICAN.