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With a Prayer Indiana has given presidents to the nation. It has elected presidents. It has accented presidents. Today, thi§ city gives welcome to the man, who, unless there be great stupidity or great calamity, will be the next President of the United States. No one knows better than himself that he becomes the President because of the failure of the present occupant of the White House. The people are voting against the kind of rule and the kind of economics which have been handed to them in the past four years. The people resent the unnecessary idleness of twelve millions of workmen at a time when there is so much to be done. The people resent the urgent appeal for charity at a time when there is need for only justice. The people are tired of phrases and promises. They demand not only food, clothing and shelter, but a part of that civilization made possible by science, invention and mass production. Today the people of Indiana are cheering the man who appears to be the one and- only hope that, through his leadership, will come not only the mythical thing called prosperity, but that better thing, the acknowledgment of his inalienable right to earn his own living. The right to work today is the rigpt to live. When Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the President of the United States, and it now seems certain that he will be the next President of this republic,, he will face a task comparable only to that of Moses, who led the tribes for forty years through the wilderness. And his task is greater. He has only four years to find the Promised Land. When he listens to the cheering throngs he must hear the sobs of desperation which come from enforced idleness. He will hear the echo of hope, deep hidden in human hearts. He will know that in him alone is to be given the final trust of countless thousands, a that humane beings will be lifted from bread lines to self-respect. The people of Indiana come today as they will always come to give a friendly welcome to a great man. They would welcome Hoover with the same brave show of *hospitality, even though he might send anew shudder of fear through their hearts, because tpey know that he has failed them. With each cheer today there goes a prayer. And no matter what words he speaks the people of Indiana today are hoping that behind the words of Roosevelt, the next President will have upon his lips a prayer, a prayer that during the next four years human beings will be free from the fear of poverty and want, be free from desperation, .be free from the ignomy of charity and be permitted once again to stand erect in self support and in self respect. Today civilization stands upon the brink of a great chasm. And the only guide in sight is our guest.

The Final Infamy Until the year 1865 ? white human beings told black human beings how to live and how to think. Today we have Henry Ford. And the infamy of his attempted coercion of what workers he has still in his employ is emphasized by declaration of the Republican national committee, that civilization and liberty are being advanced by the advice and counsel of rich men—manufac* turers and great merchants—to employes and customers as to how they should cast their vote£. These employers only'think they own the jobs which they still are stupid enough to think they give to workers. No employer ever gave a job to a man. Every employer only gives a job when he needs labor, and he hires labor on the lowest basis. , He looks at labor as a coirftnodity, to be bought and sold in an open market, just as the old slave owners in the south looked upon the bronze flesh of a human being, and estimated his value by his muscle, or the value of a black woman by her ability to produce more slaves. The threat of Ford is that he will take away from those human beings the right to live unless they cast their ballots as this self-appointed Jove believes they should. Unfortunately it is not only Henry Ford who is attempting to use job-fear to elect a President. There are Henry Fords in Indianapolis and all oyer Indiana, employers of labor who are using their instable power to compel human beings to surrender their last and <shly right, the right of citizenship. Any employer, whether he be a Ford or the keeper of a small shop, who uses his power to, compel a ballot, reverts to slave days. It means the end of free government If employes have become so servile that they will listen to their “master’s voice," free government disappears.

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Roosevelt on the Bonus For stating his opposition to the bonus now, Govimor Franklin D. Roosevelt deserves some credit. He has been urged by some politicians, it is said, to remain silent and thus cash in on the veterans’ reaction against President Hoover. He has chosen a different course, however, and has stated his position, in part at least, on-this troublesome issue. • At Pittsburgh Wednesday night he said: "I d° n °t see how, as a matter of practical sense, a government running behind two billion dollars annually can consider the anticipation of bonus payment until it has a balanced budget, not only on paper, but with a surplus of cash in the treasury. This brief statement was thrown in as an aside and an afterthought in a speech on government economy. The public expected more, and with the election less than three weeks away had a right to expect more. The great numbers of taxpayers who do not believe in the wisdom or the justice of the cash bonus demand will not find this statement sufficient., for it leaves the inference that the bonus demand is just and that only the present treasury deficit prevents meeting the demand. It is hard to believe that Governor Roosevelt actually holos this view, but so long as he rests on the statement made Wednesday night he invites the inference that he opposes the bonus for that reason alone. It will take a better argument than that to stop the bonus movement. If congress is persuaded that the cash bonus demand is just, the veterans are apt to be paid, regardless of the treasury deficit, and regardless of whether the country can afford it. The blanket cash bonus demand is unjust. That is the issue, and only on that basis can the demand be defeated in the long run. It is unjust because it would profit rich veterans, employed veterans, healthy veterans—the majority of veterans—-at the expense of the unemployed veterans and nonveterans. The only veterans, aside from those injured in service, who have any right to special depression relief are the unemployed victims of the depression. Their right to relief can not be disputed justly, but it is exactly on a par with the right of the nonveteran unemployed. The government must provide federal relief for every hungiy person—including every needy veteran who is not reached by local aid. That is justice. And the veterans, we believe, can be led to see that this is the just policy, if Roosevelt will take such leadership. That should not be difficult for him. Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt favors adequate unemployment relief. At Pittsburgh, he said: If men or (.women or children are starving in the United States, I regard it as a positive duty of government to raise by taxes whatever sum may be necessary to keep them from starvation.” Unfortunately, he failed to make the connection between the relief issue and the bonus issue. Until he makes that compaction Roosevelt will remain open to the charge that he favors a blanket cash bonus when the federal budget is balanced. False Panic Great restraint was shown by Governor Roosevelt at Pittsburgh and Wheeling in commenting on the dangerous Republican propaganda of fear. President Hoover, Secretary of State Stimson, Secretary of War Hurley, and others are telling the people that the administration saved the country from’going off the gold standard and from general financial destruction; they are implying that a Democratic victoiy in the election would end all hope of recovery. The net effect of this misguided partisan pap is to undermine confidence at home and abroad—as was proved by the foreign run on the dollar after Hoover’s almost-off-the-gold-standard speech. Roosevelt Is being gentle, indeed, with his opponents when he says: “To attempt to instill panic into the electorate at a time when we all must have courage and a firm belief that the American characteristic of finding answers to problems will bring us back on the upward trail is a method of campaigning which does little credit to leaders still at this time intrusted with the welfare of the United States.” Four years ago the Republicans stooped to a campaign of religious bigotry and fear. Today their weapon is economic bigotry and fear. Now, as then, the effects of their false propaganda will be felt by the country long after the campaign. A manufacturer says It requires 1,500 nuts to hold an automobile together. And one nut to knock it apart.

Just Every Day Sense By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

THIS was written o’ the anniversary of America’s discovery. Dowi the long vista of the years, Christopher Columb 1 s still is a splendid figure for us i to contemplate. In the first pi ;e, he was the sort of person who ; did not accept .11 the theories of his fathers as j ultimate truth. He did not regard as supreme the ; wisdom of his ? uperiors in power. He question and the most stable and sacred of the traditions of b i time. And, what is more important to us, he did jot sit down and talk or write about his ideas. He abored to carry them out. The second thing about Columbus that should interest modem, is that he was not afraid to attempt the thing that never had been done before. Although he may have been quaking inwardly, he knew that if nothing is ventured, nothing is gained. And so his deed, which, considering the geographical knowledge of that day, certainly is one of the most courageous in the annals of mankind, still may be regarded as valorous, even by persons who can retrace by airplane in three-score hours the path which it took Columbus months to traverse. * u TTTE think of ourselves as a brave people, but are ▼ V we hot a little craven in our souls? To be sure, we are not afraid to go upon any sort of journey into any kind of land, because explorers and maps have located them for us. But how timid we are about setting out upon any new economic, social, or moral trails. We cling to the safe havens of experience like the people of 1492 clung to the shelter of their physical harbors, afraid to meet the fabulous monsters of the unknown. The thought of venturing forth into the magnificent. areas of untried ideals and programs alarms us. Although we can sense the vast richness of improved civilization for mankind, we shrink from beginning a voyage that, although it may be fraught with peril, would lead us to new continents of economic justice and happiness. To resign ourselves to the idea that we can not by trying create a better social order is to be as stupid as the countrymen of Columbus who knew the earth was flat and that the Nina, the Finta, and the Santa Maria must fall* off its edge.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy i Says Can You Beat the Mess That Is Presented by the Nominations for the Supreme Bench in New York City?

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—A curious situation has arisen In New York. It began with nomination of two candidates for seats- on the supreme bench. Judge Steuer, Democrat, was indorsed by W. Kingsland Macy, Republican boss of the state. Senator Hofstadter, Republican, was indorsed by Tammny. All of which harmonizes with the idea of keeping the judiciary out of politics through bipartisan nominations. Without further details, the setup looks all right, but there are plenty of details in the background. Senator Hofstadter was head of the legislative committee appointed to investigate New York City affairs, or, to speak more plainly, the affairs of Tammany Hall. The leading Democrat on that committee was Senator McNaboe. Needlessly to say, Senators Hofstadter and McNaboe did not appear to get along very well while the hearings were in progress. Indeed, the entire Tammany organization appeared to resent the committee’s work, especially as shaped by Senator Hofstadter. Under such circumstances, some people were surprised when Tam-, many accepted the senator as a candidate for the supreme bench, and even more surprise when Senator McNaboe presented his name. tt tt tt It’s a Queer Lineup Republican boss, Macy, was so shocked that he Sent Senator Hofstadter a scorching communication, un which he advised the latter to withdraw immediately and thus cleanse the Grand Old Party from the smirch he had made on its escutcheon. Senator Hofstadter took no notice, but, as the row developed, Boss Macy was obliged to admit that he had promised to support Judge Steur, Democrat, and virtually was bound to support such Republican candidate as Tammany might accept. A great deal has- been said about this queer lineup, particularly by the bar association, which has sho\yn its disapproval by nominating two independent candidates to oppose Steuer and Hofstadter, and by calling off the Hofstadter committee to investigate. ' Calling on Senator Hofstadter to investigate nominee Hofstadter, with Senator McNaboe, who cham- s pioned his nomination, acting as chief obstructionist, indicates a sense of humor not generally looked for in politics. There are those, however, who say that it was not intended as a joke. tt tt tt Can You Beat This Mess? SOMETIMES you wonder at the childishness with which our greatest minds strive to solve simple problems; at the cumbersome, roundabout methods they employ to accomplish ends which would present no difficulty whatever if common honesty and comrqpn sense were given anything like a fair break. Bipartisan nominations of judges to keep the courts out cf politics, but with two political machines to do the trick, and then a committee headed by one of the nominees to clean up the mess—can you beat it? You can not. As long as we look to technicalities for protection against ring rule corrupt politics and bad government we shall get just that kind of stuff. There never was, and there never will be, any virtue in artificial systems as a substitute for common honesty. Law, especially as made and interpreted by politicians, can not take the place of sound moral conceptions, or even a sincere disposition to do the right thing. The only people you can depend on are those who want to play square because they believe in it.

Questions and Answers

How many public schools of all grades are there in the United States? Approximately 265,000. / * What are the proportions of hydrogen and oxygen in water? Two parts hydrogen and sixteen parts oxygen by weight. How far can thunder be heard? Under normal conditions, the maximum distance is about ten miles, and under specially favorable conditions, over cold wattr, it may increase to about twelve miles. How many books are in the library Os congress? About 3,907,000 volumes.

Daily Thought

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.— Psalms 53:2. We find in God all the excellencies of light, truth, wisdom, greatness, goodness and life.—Jones of Nayland.

T ?s9£ Y f / WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY

SUB TOLL DWINDLES Oct. 20 ON Oct. 20, 1918, the allied armies strengthened their positions on a broad front from the : Dutch border to the east of St. Quentin. Spain received an official comI munication from Germany, saying ! that the admiralty had ordered submarines to return immediately to their bases. Great Britain announced that the loss of British shipping due to enemy action and marine risk amounted to 151,593 gross tons in September. This was the lowest monthly total in more* than two years. A resolution for the complete disunion of Hungary from Austria was introduced by Count K&rolyi.

, Strict Laws Govern Sale of Oysters

BY DR. MORRIS FISIIBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. BECAUSE oysters used to arrive on the dining room table highly contaminated by sewage, most states and cities have definite laws regulating sale and production of shellfish. In the sanitary code of the department of health of New York City, is the statement that no shellfish shall be brought into, held, kept, or offered for sale anywhere in the city without a permit issued by the board of health. Today, oysters are shipped into New York City from New York state, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts. Other sections of the country, too, receive their oysters from these places and also from other states

IT SEEMS TO ME

IF this column has seemed of late to turn quite frequently to the subject of education, I must confess that it is not my own which chiefly concerns me. Os that I despaired long ago. No longer do I plan to learn enough of the French language to take a make-up examination and remove at least, one black blot which stands against my academic career. Like Red Grange, I have decided not to finish my college course. But of late I have come in contact with echoes of a school which I attended once. It was and is the only intellectual institution which permitted me to serve out my time and sent me forth, if not precisely trailing clouds of glbry, at least as one stamped with the regular label and trade mark. And now that my son .has matriculated at Horace Manft, I have an interest in trying to find out how things march at the old place. ts tt a Not Forgetting a Promise 1 PROMISED him, as he began to approach years of discretion, not to use his name on off days as material for column filler. This promise I have kept moderately well, and these few lines concern not him, but another whose opinions and prejudices continue to sneak into this space, despite m;; best efforts. I was curiousxto find if any memories of me still endured along those halls above the Hudson. And when I gave the conventional farewell talk to a lad about to go to boarding school, I added that someone or two who had taught me still might be in the faculty' and that I conveyed to them my warm regards. The young man seemed startled at the notion that any one who had instructed me still could be expected to cumber the earth, but when he came home on a weekend, he was forced to admit that such was the case. He had come across a professor in mathematics who was of my vintage year. Although 1906 was not precisely a comet year in the quality of its output, the professor seemed to have me but dimly in mind. I had the advantage of him, since

Washington to Hoover The life stories of all. 4 Presidents, brief but comprehensive, are contained in our Washington bureau’s bulletin, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Facts about their lives and services, their families, their politics, their accomplishments. You will find this bulletin a valuable reference source during the political campaign this fall. Fill cut the coupon below and send for it. CLIP COUPON HERE Department 201, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin or uncaifcelled United States postage stamps to cover return postage and handling costs. Name 1 Street and No City State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

Shades of Deadwood Dick!

daiLy HEALTH SERVICE

along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. Shippers who want to silpply oysters have to submit certificates certifying that the water, flats and shellfish beds are free from contamination. In many places they are forced to show that every handler of shellfish is free from infectious disease in communicable form. Every package must bear the shipping number, the name of the water from which the oysters were taken, the bed number and the date on which the oysters were dredged. Furthermore, health departments are likely to take samples on arrival to make a bacterial study to determine whether or not they are contaminated. Until ten years ago the sale and consumption of contaminated oy-

he was the man assigned in those long-ago years to deal with those who were habitually tardy. Many hundreds of times I wrote under his appraising eye, “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.” a a tt i No Foundation AND because I was compelled to set down these words, and a few more from the same poem, as a stint and punishment, I never have liked the Elegy, nor am I certain of the accuracy of my quotation. The good, gray professor, when questioned by my son, took thought and said, “Yes, I believe I do remember your father.” It was putting him in a nasty situation, of course, Ipecause, having said so much, he felt under obligation to go on and produce some sort of heroic or amusing episode in which I had figured. The fact that there was none made it all the more difficult. But man is ingenious. George Creel once was assigned to write a life of Jess Willard, who was then the heavyweight champion. He felt that it should begin with a chapter on the fighter’s early ( life. Willard was not helpful as a collaborator, but at last he said, “I had a yellow dog.” “What did the dog do?” asked creel. “He didn’t do nothing,” said Willard. By Using His Wits YET out of that seemingly scant material, Mr. Creel distilled 2 000 words for his first installment of “The Life of Jess Willard.” It is out of such situations and necessities that stories of cherry trees and little hatchets are born. And so the professor said: ‘“Why, yes, I remember your father, Heywood Broun, very well. Tall, stringy chap, he was, with blond hair. Oh, yes, indeed. We all thought that he’d grow up to be a cartoonist. “He always was drawing pictures of his teachers on the blackboard between study hours. We certainly thought he’d be a cartoonist. It

sters was common. Today this is exceedingly rare. The chief danger was from typhoid fever, because the oysters were contaminated with sewage which contained germs from people who had typhoid fever. There was a time when no one dared to eat oysters during, a month without an ‘ r,” for the simple reason that the germs tended to multiply more rapidly in hot weather than in cold. Nowadays, with good refrigeration and with proper inspection of oyster beds, and with definite rules regarding the handling of shellfish,, it is safe to eat oysters almost anywhere at any time., The oyster is a valuable food, because it is especially rich in certain vitamins, in iodine, and in nutritious protein.

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surprised us to hear that he’s a lawyer.” And that’s the way such things get started. I never drew any picture of my teacher, even though, now that I am reminded, it seems like a good idea. Nor am I even anxious to enter strong denial, because at my age it is so much better to be remembered inaccurately than not to be remembered at all. (Copyright. 1932. by The Times)

People’s Voice

Editor Times—Politics makes strange bedfellows, but the fight against the veterans makes even stranger ones. Imagine big business and the professional pacifist fighting side by side against the country’s defenders and their dependents. It is true that they are fighting for different reasons, but their objective is the same. The professional pacifists are against everything that the exservice man stands for. They are opposed to an adequate army and navy. They are internationalists who suffer under the delusion that, if the Onited States will disafm, the rest of the world will follow suit. They would have this country scrap all arms to set an example for other countries which already are armed to the teeth and are spending millions each year in increasing armaments. The big bankers who control big business also are internationalists, but they are more practical. Th'ey do not want this country to disarm. All they ask along international lines is that our government cancel its foreign debts. They realize the necessity of an army and a navy, for without defense their wealth would be in peril. In times of war, the big. bankers are in .favor of calling out every young man in the country to don a uniform and hasten to the battle field. As long as their wealth is in danger, they can shout louder and longer of patriotism than any one in the world. But once peace is restored, they forget all about the sacrifices made by the men who defended their doughbags and even their lives. They would have the government turn its back on those veterans who are disabled and on the widows and orphans of those who have passed on. As they fought to defend the country in times of war, the veterans must prepare themselves to defend their country in times of peace. And it’s going to be a tough battle. A TIMES READER. Editor Times—As a unit of the automotive industry, supplying batteries and other parts to automobile manufacturers and the motoring public, we appeal to you for support in an effort to relieve the automotive industry of the unfair and disproportionate taxes placed upon it, which not only are throttling the industry but retarding the return of prosperity. Congress, at its last session, instead of slashing governmental budgets through such consolidations and economies as would be effected by any private enterprise in a similar emergency, made a desperate, last-minute effort to balance exces-

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

OCT. 20, 1932

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Dr. Abraham Flexner Proves to Be Wizard; Eastman 4 Talked Out of ’ $10,000,000 . ONE of the most colorful episodes in the life of Dr. Abraham Flexner, famous educato r who just has signed up Professor Alberi Einstein for his new Institute of Advanced Study, was his encounter with the late George Eastman. Flexner talked Eastman into putting up $10,000,000 to match an equal sum lrom the Rockefeller foundation with which to build the Rochester Medical school. Eastman told about it in his autobiography. “Flexner,” Eastman wrote, “is the worst highwayman who ever flitted in and out of Rochester. He put up a job on me and cleaned me out of a thundering lot of my hard-earned savings. “I just have heard that he is coming up here in June to speak at the graduating exercises of the allied hospitals. “I have been asked to sit on the stage with him. but instead of that I shall probably flee from town, for fear he will hypnotize me again.” The story is told that the first time Flexner called on Eastman, he arrived at 9 in the morning. At noon. Eastman rang for his butler to serve lunch and told Flexner to keep on talking. They talked all through lunch and then Kastman invited him to return for dinner. That night Eastman offered Flexner $2,500,000. Flexner, who wanted $10,000,000, refused it and returned to New York. Later he sent for Flexner and offered him $3,500,000. Again Flexner refused. As the evening wore on, it looked as though Flexner would miss his train. Eastman pretended to show great apprehension. “If you stay overnight, you'll have a mortgage on the house by morning,” Eastman is said to have told him. A third time Eastman summoned Flexner from New York and that time the $10,000,000 was forthcoming. tt tt tt A Sharp Critic pVR. ABRAHAM FLEXNER, always has been a sharp and fiank critic of American education. But he always has followed his criticisms with campaign of action which brought about the results which he thought were called for In 1908 he published a sharp criticism of American education in a book titled “The American College.” He followed that with a survey of the existing medical schools in the country which was so sharp and so well documented that about half of the schools were forced to close their doors. But ten years later, when he had become secretary of the general board of the Rockefeller Foundation, he persuaded John D. Rockefeller Jr. to put up $50,000,000 for the rebuilding of America’s medical schools and succeeded in raising an equal sum from other rich men of the nation. The result was the development of a group of medical schools which has put America on an equal plane With Europe in this respect. In 1930 Dr. Flexner published another book criticising the trend.of higher education in America. It was titled “Universities, American, English, German.” Dr. Flexner felt that American universities were spending too much time on extension activities. # a a Haven of Learning T~\R. FLEXNER felt that the universities were drifting from tneir original and historic mission of providing havens in which men of learning might pursue more learning in quiet. And now Dr. Flexner has proceeded to do something about the situation by organizing the sort of institution which he thinks the nation needs. With his usual genius for obtaining funds, he has obtained an endowment of $5,000,000 from Louis Bamberger and Mrs. Felix Fuld, and organized the Institute for Advanced Study. A few days ago the whole world was electrified by the announcement that Professor Albert Einstein henceforth would spend the major portion of every year in America. Dr. Flexner had signed him as professor of mathematics and theoretical physics at the new institute. I do not hesitate to predict that the organization of Dr. Flexner’s institute willl prove to be a milestone in American education and that it will have an inevitable effect upon American education. One may feel certain that Dr. Flexner will succeed in gathering into his institute other men of Dr. Einstein’s caliber. There, surrounded by graduate students who are serious and sincere in their desire for learning they will carry on their studies and researches. sive budgets by placing a disproportionately %eavy tax burden on the automotive industry. This burden now is so great that it nullifies the heroic measures taken by producers of automotive equipment in an effort to give the public more for its money, and thus recreate a natural buying im-, pulse, the one thing which, in the opinion of most economists, now is needed to lead a return to better business conditions. We, and others in the automotive industry, have been forced by rigid economies all along the line drastically to reduce our costs, only to see the savings we have been able to make eaten up by heavy federal imposts and thus not reach the motoring public, who have every right to profit by our economies. It is unfair to ask any industry to bear more than its proportionate share of the expense of operating the government. When such injustice goes so far as to retard development of a great industry, capable of leading the nation to a return of prosperity, it becomes unfair not only to the industry, but to the public as a whole. We, therefore, seek to enlist your whole-hearted support in an effort to create public opinion for a twofold cause; first, the slashing of federal budgets at the next session of congress; second, a realignment of the tax burden to effect a more equitable distribution of federal taxes, and a lightening of the disproportionately heavy burden which the automotive industry has been singled out to bear. PREST-O-LITE STORAGE BATTERY CORPORATION.