Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1933 — Page 10

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Today and Tomorrow BY WALTER LIPPMANN

TT generally is recognized that while the new provisions for veterans under the economy bill cure one of the most scandalous abuses in American political life, the present regulations are imperfect, work som* Injustices, and will need to be amended. The President has been among the first to admit this, and measures already have been taken to work out a fairer

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application of the law. There is, therefore, no real excuse for the action of the senate in striking at the whole pension reform, unless it is the intention of these legislators to revive a pension system which has become intolerably expensive and intolerably unjust. The President has no choice but

to resist with all the power at his command any new legislation which strikes at the fundamental principles of his great reform. It Is one of the foundation stones of his whole porgram. Without retrenchment on pensions, the effective balancing of the budget of normal expenditures will require another tax program over and above the taxes now levied and the new taxes which congress will have to levy before it adjourns. The balancing of the budget of normal expenditures has been accepted by the country and by the world as the proof that the government is in control of the financial situation. nun IT is this proof of control that justifies and sustains the program of recovery. It is the foundation of the farm bill. It is the foundation of the proposed expenditures on public works. It is the foundation of the policy of controlled inflation. Because these far-reaching experiments are to be conducted under auspices of an administration which has demonstrated the courage and the sincerity of its financial operations, the nation as a whole has approved them and been confident that they were in trustworthy hands. In so far as this new’ veterans’ legislation threatens to deprive the President of his control of so vital an element of the financial situation, it is deflationary and destructive. The issue presented is not a matter of dollars and cents. It well may be that some part of the old payments ought to be restored. The issue is whether the President shall restore them after careful examination and with the help of disinterested advisors, or whether random congressional majorities actuated by political panics and the pressure of lobbies shall vote great sums of money, regardless of the effect upon the treasury and upon the whole nation. ts tt tt THE essence of sound government finance is to have all the items of expenditures under responsible control. When they are under control, a government can borrow and it can tax for any purpose which it considers publicly desirable. But if the government does not have its expenditures under control, if it has to pay tribute to foreign nations, or under the compulsion of organized minorities, if it has to make payments which are unjustified and against public policy, then the government is not sovereign and it will not command the confidence of the nation. No one would wish at this time to see a great, conflict between congress and the President. But such a conflict would be preferable to a surrender by the President. For if he surrendered, every one would know that the bonds of his authority had been broken, and that the victory of one organized minority would give the signal for an assault by all the others. The position in which Mr. Roosevelt finds himself is not unlike that in which Mr. Hoover found himself four years ago this month. Mr. Hoover also enjoyed a high prestige. Mr. Hoover also had called a special session, and had presented it with a program. Then it developed that under the pressure of tariff interests congress was preparing to ignore the President and rewrite the whole tariff law. tt tt a MR. HOOVER was offered a chance to fight that move. He did not fight it. That proved to the representatives of special interests in congress that they safely could ignore him. and from that time forward the Hoover administration, though it had an immense Republican majority. was rendered helpless. The lesson is clear not only for Mr. Roosevelt, but for the Democratic leaders. If they fail to stand firm now, they may never again be able to stand firm on anything. The prestige of the administration and of the Democratic party is at stake. Their authority is at stake. Their future is at stake. They can not yield. (Copyright. 19331

MOTION PICTURES STAN LAUREL OLIVER HARDY in the 31-G-M comedy hit “THE DEVILS BROTHER’’ with DENNIS KING ANN HARDING yAß'f, Robert foJpjST MONTGOMERY r " ‘TO LAOIES MEET’*

KWjSt t'pry One Kle to tn-e B "Be Mine Tonight”

ALASKAN WILDS TESTING GROUND FOR SURVEYORS Mapping of Vast Areas Is Conducted by U. S. Geologists. BY DAVID DIETZ Scripps-Howard Science Editor Romance and adventure are combined with scientific triumphs in the story of the Alaskan branch cf the United States geological survey. When Uncle Sam bought Alaska in 1867, it was an almost unknown country whose resources were ! thought to be chiefly wild animals and vacant land. Then many years later came the discovery of the rich gold fields of the Canadian Klondike. Prospectors began to push their way into adjacent parts of Alaska, and in 1898 the United States geological survey sent out numerous field parties to collect reliable information for the guidance of the prospectors and other pioneers. That marked the real beginning of the Alaskan branch of the geological survey, although it was not recognized officially as a separate entity until 1903. Empowered by Congress The chief duty of the unit was set forth by congress as the “investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska.’’ But carrying out that order required preliminary work of many sorts. When the work was started, much of the inland region of Alaska was so little known that not even the general geographic character was known. Vast areas were entirely unexplored. In addition, such maps as were available for the bestknown regions were crude and inaccurate. The first task faced by the survey, therefore, was one of mapping the territory. The survey undertook the making of both topographic maps and more specialized geologicai maps. This work has gone on for thirtyfive years so that there is available now topographical maps for 260,000 square miles of territory and geological maps for 277,000 square miles. Park Trains Are Used “In making these surveys the government geologists, topographers and engineers have necessarily had to conduct their work so as to fit the field conditions encountered,” says Dr. Philip S. Smith, chief Alaskan geologist of the United States geological survey. “Thus many of the parties have covered the areas assigned for their investigations by the use of pack trains, consisting of as many as a score of animals loaded with the equipment and supplies required for months of traveling away from all centers of replenishment. All means of transportation, from the swift-flying airplane to the slow, laborious plodding of a man with a heavy pack of supplies and equipment on his back, have been employed in the Alaskan survey, Dr. Smith says. No Lives Are Lost “Throughout thousands of miles, the trails and routes of these explorers still are the basis for the only defnitely recorded annals of the country,” he continues. “Working under such conditions the members of the field force of the Alaskan branch must necessarily be all-round outdoor men. It is the proud boast of the Alaskan branch that in spite of the hazards its men have faced and overcome, none of its parties has ever lost a man or had one permanently injured.”

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Next—Locating mineral deposits. \lUe toiiorrotss^culi r,( ‘ ,moni,- o Steak, peas, special I PCrlJ*' salad, mashed potatoes, rolls I I and blitter. 25c. ? MOTION PICTURES

EXTRA! Movietone New* Speedway Kars Pictures. See the Spangler-Fox Crack-up! where big pictures pray 250 Till 6 P.M. lovable star of “Back Street" in The SILVER CORD “ ith Joel McCrea. Frances Dee —... NEXT FRIDAY JAMES DUNN—SALLY F ILERS In - HOLD ME TIGHT”

•asm “INTERNATIONAL HOUSE" A Riotous Musical Comedy With Stars From Radio-Stage Stage and Boudoir

2, INDIANA Now Showing Fay Ralph WRAY BELLAMY “BELOW THE SEA” KD RESEXER and the Concert Orchestra

KU a JJ® . •BEHIND jury doors- I With Helen Chandler, I Win. Collier. Jr. ■ rVWfVMV Illinois 111 KULIuISI at Ohio | St!via Sidney. Geo. Raft PICK IP" TUI 9 T M.

Dancing That Is Dancing Is Done by Lucille Page Carla Torney Girls Form a Beautiful Background for the Work of a Former Earl Carroll's Vanities Star. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN MAYBE our tastes in dancing are not the same, but generally we have agreed upon what is great dancing. We agreed last season when Earl Carroll’s Vanities was here as a road show that Lucille Page, an eccentric wild acrobatic dancer, was a great artist. She does not need Vanities’ sets to still maintain her high standard of dance conceptions. I maintain we can put art in any setting and it ■will be art. if you want to see great dancing then go to the Lyric and see Miss Page dance before the gorgeous background of the Carla Torney girls. Watch her first dance. It is wild but always pure art as to every

movement of her active athletic body. Watch the last number, which is about the same she did in the Vanities if I remember correctly. Here is a woman who

is going very, far in her chosen work. She radiates youth and perfect health. She is essentially the artist, using so many different move ments to interpert the theme of the melody. If we want great revue artists on the four a day j vaudeville stage : we must patro- j nize them just,

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as we do on the legitimate stage. Regardless of what type of dancing you like best, you will agree with me that Lucille is a great artist, a growing artist. I would like in all kindness to ask

Hal Menken, a wooden shoe dancer, to pay more attention to his showmanship. His introductory song number causes a reaction from the audience which handicaps appreciation of his dancing, which is magnificient wooden shoe dancing. I am sure that Menken is no egotist but that was my first impression of him. His dancing is too exceptional and too fine to be slightly damaged by some unwise showmanship. And it can be so easily corrected, Menken, because you have the dancing stuff in you. I am right about that and I think I am right about the difficulty you have at the first in contacting your audience.

Visit the World’s Fair A Century of Progress Exposition CHICAGO Low Round Trip Fares Good in coaches and in Pullman ears at reduced rullman fare* for round trip. ________________ $5.50 day and Sunday, Return following Monday. ~ $6.90 On sale Saturdays only. Return limit 10 days. $7.30 On sale daily. Return limit 15 days. $8.85 On sale Daily. Return limit 30 days. PARTY FARES $5.00 (Each) For 3 or more persons traveling' together on going trip. On sale daily. Return limit 15 days. Big Four Station adjoins the Exposition grounds—just a few minutes walk to Main Entrance. Complete information nt City Ticket Office, 112 Monument Circle, phone Riley 2442, and Union Station, phone Riley 3355. BIG FOUR ROUTE

AMUSEMENTS I Extra! Extra! OUR MAMMOTH COOLING SYSTEM NOW IN OPERATION! ! Beat the Heat! Enjoy Great Shows I in Comfort! No Draughts—No Chills, L Just Refreshingly Cool Always! P I- LUCILLE PAGE 1 FOLEY and LETURE ■ V HAL MENKEN— ■ HIT JOHNNY BRYANT ■ ST VGE TERRELL and SHOW! FAWCETT—in ir .■■■■ TORNEY GIRLS M ITlus Exciting Screen Romance J “ZOO in BUDAPEST” I Loretta Young—Gene Raymond

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Terrell and Fawcett have some good comedy acrobatic falls. They 1 work naturally and use the right showmanship to “sell” their stuff. Eddie Foley is mighty stiff as a master of ceremonies and his material with Miss Leture is too much of that flag waving stuff about Roosevelt and prosperity. I don’t care for that sort of material on the variety stage. Be your own judge. Johnny Bryant is a whistler and he knows how to make old situations look entirely new. The movie is Loretta Young and Gene Raymond in “Zoo in Budapest.” Now at the Lyric. Other theaters today offer: “The Devil's Brother” at the Palace, “Below the Sea” at the Indiana, “Be Mine Tonight” at the Ohio, “The Silver Cord" at the Apollo. “International House” at the Circle, burlesque at the Mutual and Colonial. “Trailing the Killer” at the Mecca. “The Seventh Commandment” at the Rivoli and Granada.

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TAX DODGING CHARGE DENIED BY MITCHELL Practically ‘Broke’ in 1931, He Asserts on Witness Stand. BY SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. June 6.—Charles E. Mitchell practically was broke in November, 1931, he declared todav in continuing his defense against charges of income tax evasion. Mitchell concluded his direct testimony with a broad and vehement denial that he had ever committed an unrighteous action to avoid payment to the government of his income taxes. Addressing a federal court jury at his trial* the former chairman of the National City bank again reviewed the panic of 1929, which forced him to borrow heavily from J. P. Morgan & Cos. By November. 1931, he had delivered to the Morgan bank practically all of his securities, he said, in response to demands for more collateral on an outstanding indebtedness of $5,000,009. “I had only a few odds and ends left in my box,” Mitchell told the jurors, “and I might add that the Morgans knew what those odds and ends were.” United States Attorney George Z. Medalie interposed an objection because of Mitchell's manager of delivering his testimony and Judge Henry W. Goddard instructed the witness not to bring in extraneous remarks.

Columbia Club to Hold Military Dinner-Dance

Third Annual Affair to Be Given June 17: Invitations Out. Third annual military dinnerdance will be held June 17 at the Columbia Club, the event honoring the regular army, the navy, national guard, reserve corps, naval militia, American Legion, Military Order of Foreign Wars. Spanish-American War Veterans. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Grand Army of the Republic. Ranking officers of each organization and their wives will be honor guests. Invitations to be guest speakers at the dinner preceding the dance have been sent Major-General George V. Moseley, commander of the Fifth corps area: Rear-Admiral Wat T. Cluverius of Great Lakes naval training station, and BrigadierGeneral F. C. Bolles, commandant at Ft. Sheridan. 111. General Moseley recently came to this corps area after a tour of duty as deputy chief of staff at Washington. Admiral Cluverius is the sole surviving officer of the battleship Maine still in active service and General Bolles has the distinction of having the Distinguished Service 1 Cross, with three citations, the Distinguished Service Medal, Croix De

“This is the first time I have ever been in a court, let alone being a witness,” Mitchell said with a broad smile. Mitchell then recounted his efforts, from August to November,

Rear Admiral Cluevrius Guerre with palms, the French Legion of Honor and Order of the Purple Heart. Governor Paul V. McNutt has been invited to attend and present a medallion to the oldest member of the G. A. R. present.

1931, to have the National City bark assume the $5,000,000 Morgan loan and responsibility for the 18,300 shares of bank stock still held by Morgan as a part of its security. The bank took no action.

JUNE 6, 1933

OPENS THIRD STRUGGLE FOR REPATRIATION Rebecca Shelley. Wife of German, Takes Case to Federal Court. By United /’rr* DETROIT, June 6 —Rebecca Shelley. Michigan suffragette and wife of a German citizen, who twice has been refused citizenship because she would refuse to bear arms for this country, has filed a ihird repatriation petition in federal court. Miss Shelley, a member of the Lucy Stone League, lost her American citizenship in 1922 when she married Felix Rathmer, a German. Since then her fight to obtain repatriation has become a cause celebre in liberal circles.

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