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THURSDAY. JUNE 29. 193 J

SENATOR ROBINSON AGAIN 'P' VERY good Democrat Is pleased to hear that Senator Arthur Robinson Is planning to run again. They feel that his nomination would mean certain victory for any candidate they choose to run against him. It is unnecessary to review the senator’s record at this time. Macbeth’s phrase, ‘‘Full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing,” about sums it up. True, Senator Robinson has furnished a certain amount of amusement to Washington. But it is a type of entertainment tob much In the manner of the late Senator Heflin. It is outmoded and has no place in the modern scheme of things. Personally we had rather listen to a jug band any day. The Hoosier senator is not even a good guesser. He is so out of touch with Indiana that he actually thought his constituents were dry! He so misjudged the people that he believed the bonus should be passed and actually introduced a measure that would have plunged the country into bankruptcy, wrecked any chance of a “new' deal” and possibly led to the collapse of civilization as we know it. That is a strong statement, but the bank holiday showed people how close this modern ■world was to collapse. Had the operating budget of the nation not been balanced President Roosevelt would have been completely stymied in all his plans. Senator Robinson undertook to prevent this budget balancing by foisting a bonus scheme upon the empty treasury, on the one hand, and preventing the collection of revenue from legalized beer, on the other. If the man was insincere in proposing such mischievous legislation his action must have been taken merely in the hope of snaring the votes of a few bigoted drys and a corporal s guard of unthinking veterans. If he was sincere, then his thinking on matters of grave public importance is shallow, to say the least. In either case, the gentleman has long ceased to be a credit to Indiana or an ornament to the United States senate. The government of the United States has been built on the two-party system. Each party should strive to nominate men well fitted to the offices te which they aspire. There are several Indiana Republicans eminently fitted for the senate. If their party renominates Arthur Robinson that would just be carrying a Joke too far. THE CITY DEFICIT ✓CONSIDER the job of Mayor Reginald Sullivan. For months he has battled to give Indianapolis a business-like administration. He slashed expenses to the bone. He has kept the city's finances on an even keel. In all of his quiet, yet strenuous, effort he has not deprived the people of one essential city service. Despite the tremendous funds it has been his duty to handle not one breath of scandal has touched him or his aids. Despite all that he has done an unexpected shrinkage in tax returns has brought the city government squarely up against a deficit variously estimated at from $300,000 to $500,000. It is going to be well-nigh impossible for the mayor to make both ends meet without eliminating some city services and crippling others. People are going to be inconvenienced. There is no help for it. They should bear with the mayor. He has a hard task to perform if Indianapolis is not to go the way of Chicago. He has made an excellent record and he merits public confidence even though circumstances will force him in the coming weeks to do some unpleasant things. JOY IN PALESTINE "PALESTINE weaves a spell over those who go to visit it. Now returns Molly Picon, loved Jewish theatrical star, from Jerusalem to New* York, telling of ‘ a perfectly happy Zion—a Jewush homeland where there is no unemployment, no misery, no financial crisis, nothing but the sound of the builders’ hammer and the songs of happy children.” Acting thrives, the actors working in the day and rehearsing and presenting their plays in the evening. Former American professional men till the soil, with no wish. Miss Picon declared, ever to return to western industrialism, and Zion has become the center for Jewish writers, who work amid a growing accumulation of schools, libraries and cultural centers. Only recently the death of the famed Cantor Josef Rosenblatt revealed his realization of his desire to die in Palestine, where he had wished more than any other place to live. The idyllic, bucolic process of carving a new center of racial civilization out of arid earth, making the soil blossom and the people sing amidst their simple surroundings, has a particular appeal to individuals of an idealistic turn of mind. A locality and a movement so infused with the zealous spirit of communal creativeness and enjoyment deserves to succeed. Its failures should only serve to give poignancy to the achieved pleasures. TALKING WITH RUSSIANS ABOUT the only good news coming out of the unhappy world monetary’ and economic conference is the report of conversations between members of the Russian and American delegations. It commonly is assumed that these conversations are a forerunner to formal diplomatic recognition. As to that we do not know. There have been so gnany false reports in the past regarding tbi

imminence of Russian recognition, that we have grown skeptical. * President Roosevelt’s failure to resume normal relations with Moscow immediately after taking office in March has been one of his few major errors. . Perhaps tne Rooseveltlan policy is to bring about recognition gradually. At least, that is one Interpretation of his purpose in including Russia in the list of nations to which he sent his world peace plea and in now treating the Russian delegates at London as human beings. But no good purpose is served by delay. Either recognize Russia or we do not. As long as we do not, we shall continue to deprive ourselves of much-needed and valuable trade and we shall continue to encourage unrest in the Far East and eastern Europe. Senator George W. Norris and others place the figure of waiting Russian orders for American goods as high as half a billion dollars. Not only does Russia offer a market for our surplus industrial and agricultural products, but a market that pays for what it buys. Russia is the only country which has not defaulted one cent of commercial obligations. The idea that we should not recognize Russia because we do not approve of its form of government is obviously untenable so long as we continue to recognize Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and militaristic Japan—to mention only a few. Os course, diplomatic recognition has nothing whatever to-do with approval of the form of a foreign government, which is the exclusive business of the inhabitants of that foreign country. With so many problems of American foreign policy apparently deadlocked at London and Geneva, the President should welcome the opportunity to dispose of at least one problem by immediate and unconditional recognition of Russia. A. F. OF L. SHOULD CLEAN UP nPHE example set by the International AssoA elation of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers In ousting Theodore M. Brandle, long notorious ‘‘czar’’ of building trades in New Jersey, should not be lost on other labor unions. It is better and wiser for unions to take the initiative in getting rid of despots and racketeers than to wait until the courts take a hand. Brandle, it is true, has not wholly escaped the courts. But, at least, this international acted before President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor, could make good his long-standing threat to suspend any affiliated union that fails to expel racketeers. We hope the threat is still alive—though so far the A. F. of L. has been strangely slow to prove that it means what it says. In a newspaper article, Raymond Moley, assistant secretary of state, states that he hopes for much from the industrial recovery act, which provides for codes within specific industries; also penalties for organizations that defy such codes. Obviously, here is another weapon that can be used against rackets in labor unions, for no code can permit extortion and oppression to enslave workers. This power of the government, under the industrial recovery act, should hasten housecleaning in many unions before the federal eye turns upon them. It should strengthen the A. F. of L. in demanding speedy cleanups, even in the biggest and most powerful unions, despite the old cry of "local autonomy.” The A. F. of L. now can point to compelling force in the background. Home rule is no sanction for home misrule. The sooner organized labor accepts and acts on that, the better for hundreds of thousands of union worlds upon whom heavy toll now is levied by union czars for mysterious “costs of organization,” big salaries and gifts, huge fees for lawyers. The expulsion of Brandle should speed the doom of others like Brandle, who think labor Was organized to be exploited. IT’S IN THE AIR /CALIFORNIA and West Virginia, the far west and the near south, voted for repeal by 2 to 1 majorities. The repeal score by states now stands 16 to 0. Since neither state was claimed by the drys. the results surprised nobody. San Francisco's 16 to 1 wet majority was expected. Southern California’s vote to repeal and also to lift the state ban on race track betting was more significant. Los Angeles long has been the Elsie Dinsmore of American polities. There prospered the Rev. Bob Shuler, the bewitching Aimee, and other pulpiteers of the hellflre school. There until this summer ruled Mayor Porter, famous for having re/used to toast France’s president in a glass pf champagne while he was guest of the French republic. Selfrighteousness and reaction held dominion for years over the City of the Angels. Suddenly Los Angeles turned. It went Democratic for the first time. It ousted Mayor Porter and named instead a publicownership liberal. It voted to rescind the state dry enforcement act and on Tuesday sent in a 100,000 repeal majority. That the pervading winds of tolerance have swept this Anti-Saloon League fortress proves that they are more than zephyrs. In the words of Goethe, “the air of freedom blows.” COMPANY UNIONS A DMINISTRyVTOR HUGH JOHNSON’S warning to employers seeking to' evade the industrial recovery law by forcing workers to join company unions is timely and gratifying. The recovery administration is getting disquieting reports of the sudden activities of such employers, particularly in the coal, hosiery, and steel industries. The reports disclose that in Kentucky coal towns miners are being evicted and their furniture thrown out of company houses for refusal to Join company unions. Organizing workers in the full-fashioned hosiery mills of the south and Pennsylvania are reported to have been fired. The Carnegie Steel company has formed what Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins calls a “war bridegroom,” one of many company unions hurriedly formed to evadg the collective bargaining clause in the new act. This company proclaims that “this plan shall be and remain in full force and effect

during the term of the national recovery act and thereafter it may be terminated by the management.” These tactics are in open violation of the new law, which specifically declares labor’s right to collective bargaining through representatives of its own choosing. “No employe and no one seeking employment shall be required" to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing,” the law reads. The government lets down some of the anti-trust bars to encourage stronger employers’ trade associations. By the same token, the government will protect the workers in forming genuine unions. A TRAGIC ATTITUDE r T''HE Japanese emperor's statement to Roy W. Howard that America and Japan must find a way of continuing unbroken their friendship is a welcome and encouraging development. Not often in the last decade have any strong, definite steps been taken on either side of the Pacific to keep these two nations on friendly terms. On the contrary, America and Japan have drifted slowly but surely toward trouble. It is an open secret that the officers of both navies look forward, without the slightest doubt, to a conflict; and that attitude, on each side, has trickled down slowly and had its effect on the mass of the population in each country. The fact that both America and Japan would have a great deal to lose and very little to gain by such a war seems to have made little difference. We have gone on fearing it, expecting it, preparing for it; and if we continue in that attitude long enough we eventually shall get it. But how tragically foolish and wrong it would be! As Count Uchida told Mr. Howard: "In the matter of trade, the two countries are bound by mutual interests that can not be severed without disaster to both. Japan is your best customer in the whole Orient, while the United States is our best customer anywhere. “I believe this economic bond, which will grow stronger as its importance is understood bettei, will be intensified as American trade in Manchoukuo expands, as it will in the near future.” Looked at from that angle, this AmericanJapanese war takes on a peculiar aspect. Every time we let off a gun at the Japanese we would be killing a customer. The same would be true of the guns the Japanese let off at us. Each nation would be striking a deadly blow at its own commerce, its ow r n prosperity, with every blow at the other. The end would be mutual disaster. This “hands across the sea” talk is usually bunkum. When there is a solid commercial foundation back of it, however, it means something. There is such foundation in the case of America and Japan, and it is due to grow larger and solider in the near future. Aside from these entirely practical considerations, is the fact that war is both futile and foolish anyway. Senator J. Ham Lewis, in a prediction that the London conference will fail, intimates he is tired of beating around the bush. Has he decided to shave off those famous whiskers at last?

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FORTUNATELY for themselves and for the w’orld in general, few people took this economic conference seriously. No matter how statesmen, diplomats, and experts may have been intrigued by the prospect of doing something big, ordinary folks, whether in London, Moscow or New York, sensed the absurdity of it all. Theoretically, there ought to be some w r ay of making people think alike with regard to tariffs, money, trade, armament, and national aims, but the simple fact that we still lack common language, a common currency, a common religion, and a common code of morals is enough to indicate how far we are from such a goal. still is a world of nations, provincialisms, beliefs, and traditions. None of the larger countries has been able to eliminate racial and factional prejudices. Class consciousness, as the Russians call it, is but a phase of the inherited discord by which we are plagued. It is healthy to hope and dream of an end to that discord, but it is almost? idiotic to look for such a happy result, except through the slow, long-drawn-out processes of education. In time, we may be able to overcome many of those customs and traditions which now divide the human race into its component parts, but no one can review history without realizing that it will take a very long time. AN orderly world envisions disciplined cooperation, the surrender of privileges and advantages on every hand for the sake of the common good. Well, we are finding it very hard to accept that even on a national basis. Asa matter of fact, social relationships in the simpler walks of life show a marked tendency to break down. Marriage, the family circle, law enforcement as applied to individuals, and contractual obligations with reference to small undertakings appear peculiarly hard to maintain. The dream of trying to make life easier for ourselves by establishing anew order throughout the world is based largely on our failure to overcome difficulties and solve problems close at home. Everywhere there is a disposition for. men, communities, and nations to lean on one another, and that disposition goes back to the simple truth that many of them have lost confidence in their ability to stand on their own feet. 000 FOR fifteen years we have been trying to improve conditions' by telling one another what to do, by minding everybody’s business but our own, by building up a superstitious belief that conferences could take the place of courage and hard work, and that If we only could agree on something or other on a worldwide basis, national, local, and even personal problems presently would disappear. We have mistaken the meaning of co-opera-tion which is limited to specific purposes. Men can, and do, organize to achieve this or that particular objective, but they never have and they never will organize to control life. There are certain things which each one of us is compelled to do by himself.'or herself. There are other things which communities must look after, and still others which fall to the lot of national sovereignty. No plan, no scheme, no technocratic setup ever will disestablish the necessity of individuals, communities, and nations taking care )f themselves in certain fm.'rijru>nt.n-i respects.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

(Tidies readers are invited to express their views in these columns. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less.) By The Ameriran Humane Association. The American Humane Association and societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals are making a plea, national in scope, to prevent abandonment and neglect of animals and pets during vacation periods of the summer months. Many owners of pets, finding it inconvenient to arrange for their care or shipment while vacationing turn them loose in city streets or along the highways on their journey. Hundreds of thousands of animals are abandoned each summer in this way. Much' needless suffering is caused.- All owners of pets, who otherwise can not provide for them are urged to get into touch with local animal societies. These societies will attempt to find homes for unwanted dogs, cats and birds, and failing to do so, they will be destroyed humanely, to prevent suffering. It is a somewhat common practice for owners of cats and dogs to leave them behind or liberate them along the road when starting on a vacation. This is a practice of extreme cruelty, for such abandoned animals are almost certain to suffer from thirst, starvation, or resulting diseases. Some folks have a superstition that to humanely destroy an animal or to turn it over to an organization equipped to do the work properly will bring them bad luck. It is a misdemeanor so to abandon an animal and is punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, but we are appealing to human kindness to prevent this wholesale suffering among dumb beasts, by turning them over to animal societies. By L. C. D. The taxpaying public, as well as the beer-drinking public, is interested in the draught beer situation. It that this might be a good time for Governor McNutt to come out plainly and tell why he is taking no steps to give us keg beer, now that the repeal convention is over. A nickel glass of beer would be a boon to the thirsty citizen these torrid days and it is certain that it would mean a great deal more revenue to the state. Let’s hear from the Governor on this subject.

TN most large cities rules are established by health departments relative to proper cleansing of dishes and glasses used at restaurants, soda fountains and other public eating places. In the case of an epidemic in Madison, Wis., in 1909, forty-one people developed typhoid from eating food served in dishes which were wiped and stacked by a waiter who had typhoid fever, but who was not sick enough to be in bed. Investigations have been made repeatedly of waiters, dish washers, soda fountain clerks and others employed in the handling and serving of food. Often, careful study reveals a considerable number of cases of tuberculosis and of venereal diseases capable of transmitting indirectly through utensils.

I MET a woman the other day who still i- sorrowing for her 24-month-old ueby, dead now these ten years. During all that time she has nursed her grief while her family and friends have tried to distract her mind from an almast continual contemplation of her loss. • But, filled with some false sense of loyalty to the dead, she never has permitted her mind to wander long from sad retrospection. Death, she declares, is the cruelest of all enemies. But in that. I think, she is wrong. Life is in reality far more cruel to us than death, and though they live, our babies die daily to us. The family circle may remain unbroken, yet the children we loved yesterday are not the same children we possess and adore today.

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Disease Spread by Poorly Washed Dishes ■ ■ BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

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Play Safe By R. C. F. FIREWORKS bargain Stands are springing up all over the city and already firecrackers are banging in several sections of the city. It is to be hoped that city officials take some action to confine Fourth of July shooting to the holiday. There is enough danger to children and grownups with a one-day celebration, without having this menace con-

Questions and Answers

Q—Who originated the idea of selling Christmas seals? A—ln 1903, Einar Hoelbell, an obscure postal clerk in Denmark, hit upon the idea of selling Christmas stamps to relieve the suffering of tuberculosis patients, and in 1904 there was a nationwide sale of these stamps in Denmark. The response was overwhelming. In 1907, Jacob Riis received a letter from Denmark on which he noticed the stamp with its health message. He wrote an article for the “Outlook” describing the plan. Miss Emily Eissell, of Delaware, reading the article, thought of applying the idea in the United States, as her particular problem was to raise funds for a small tuberculosis sanitorium in Delaware. The first national sale of Christmas seals in the United States in 1908 realized about $135,000. Q—How many Yeomanettes were enrolled in the U. S. navy during the World war? A—ll,Bßo. Q —On what date of the Jewish calendar did Abraham Lincoln die? A—Fifth day of Passover, 5625. Q —Which vice-presidents died in office? A—T. A. Hendricks, Garret A. Hobart, George Clinton, Eldridge Gerry, William King, Henry Wilson and James Sherman. Q —Do snakes close their eyes when sleeping? A—They have no eyelids and can not wink or close their eyes. Their periods of rest, however, are equivalent to sleep.

Editor Journal of the American Medical Association of Hygeia, the Health Magazine.

In many cafeterias, restaurants and soda fountains, glasses and spoons merely are rinsed, drained and used again, the finger bowls frequently are used over and over wimout being rinsed, and seldom indeed are dishes boiled or even washed thoroughly in chlorinated water. In most large establishments, dishes now are washed by mechanical dishwashers which guarantee the use of boiling water and strong soap solutions which destroy the vast majority of germs. In most cases when dishes are washed by hand the water is kept merely lukewarm.

The sweet prattlers quickly become the long-legged 10-year-olds and, before we realize it, these in turn develop into gawks adolescents Then, too soon, they are young men and women, with never a faint resemblance to the . fats they used to be. 000 TIME, in its passing, takes from us something precious, something never to be.recaptured, every moment. The small beings who rushed so joyfully to our arms and to whom we symbolized security and never-wavering love, gradually move away from us, their mothers, fhto larger and ever-widening orbits of life. Reluctantly, sadly, yet bravely we must watch them depart. They go forth to fulfill ther destinies, whatever they may be. %

tinue for several days ahead of time. It also might be a good idea to have some kind of inspection of the wares sold by these bargain houses. Too many purchasers have been gyped by inferior goods sold in other years by fly-by-night merchants. Notice —If the the man who wrote to The Times over the signature, “One of the Unemployed,” concerning working conditions among women in Indianapolis, will call at The Times office, he will be protected fully.

Q —ls the expectation of life for Negro males in the United States greater or less than for white males? A—At birth, the expectation of life for white males, is 53.98 years and for Negro males 40.14 years. Q —Where should one go to apply for an old age pension? A—Apply to the county commissioners office after July 1, 1933. Q —State the amount of the gold reserves in the principal countries of the world. A—The total estimated reserves on Jan. 31, 1932, were $11,915,000,000, of which the United States had $4,074,000,000. On Feb. 28, 1933, the estimated stock in the United States had declined to $3,808,000,000. . Q—Does the Constitution put any restriction upon the inhabitants of the District of Columbia with respect to voting? A—The Constitution restricts the selection of presidential electors to the states, but congress could provide for local elections in the district without violating any constitutional provision. Q —Are both members cf the old comedy team “Gallagher and Shean” living? A—Edward Gallagher died In May, 1929; but A1 Shean is living. Q —Name the governor-general of Bermuda, and state when and by whom' he was appointed. A—Lieutenant-General Sir T. Astley-Cubitt was appointed gov-ernor-general in 1931 by the king of England.

An investigation in Montreal showed that the lose of boiling water is probably the most important step in the washing of dishes, and that dishes washed in a properly operated mechanical dishwasher and permitted to dry in the air contained only one-tenth of the number of germs found on dishes washed and dried by hand. Obviously, the types of disease most frequently transmitted in this way are the cough, cold, and respiratory diseases which constitute today the chief type of infections attacking human beings. If every person who sees obvious violations of good sanitation in the handling of dishes will make complaint to local health authorities, much of this type of disease transmission will be avoided.

The one fixed law of life is change. Even adults, though they alter little in their outward form, are not the same individuals they were five years ago. TWfey do not cherish the same beliefs nor follow the same customs. Our ideas, our ideals, our concepts of life ever are shifting, flowing, changing. Thus, it is only possible to keep our babies in memory. They e> st nowhere else. Life buries them inevitably, irrevocably, and our own hearts are their tombs. There they are a part of us, as they were when we bore their flesh in our physical bodies. And it may be that the mother of the baby who is dead keeps that baby more securely, more truly than we ever can be said to keep our living, children.

_JUNE 29, 1933

It Seems to Me BY HEYWOOD BROUN =

TATEW YORK. June 29—Things are happening today which should shake faith of the constitutional fundamentalists. lam not thinking particularly of what the supreme court may do in passing on various phases of the Roosevelt program. The factor which I have in mind is not even mentioned in any article or amendment. And yet it is grayely important in the functioning of the American government of today. Our forefathers fromed a system divided into to executive, the legislative, and the judicial branch. They overlooked the radio. The President is off the air at the moment, but in a single Sunday night we had General Hugh S. Johnson expounding the recovery act and Louis McHenry Howe explaining the President. On several occasions there has been the suggestion that Franklin D. Roosevelt might take to the ether to force a rebellious congress into line. It may become necessary from now on for every great state document to begin with the announcement, ’’This is not a toothpaste or a cigaret hour.” a a a Freedom of the Air TYUT. in all seriousness, the in--13 creasing importance of the radio as a political instrument should cause concern as to the organization of the industry itself. Men have bled and died for a free press. It is true that certain types of opinion find their way into print with no little difficulty, and yet it fairly can not be charged that severe repression exists today, since even the revolutionary Communist party has its daily paper, which circulates freely, although not extensively. The very least than can be said about the state of the press is that it is much more free than the radio. I have yet to hear even the mildest sort of Communist utterance over a network. Mast people are likely to reply to this, “And that’s a very good thing, too.” But before or after they make reply, I wouid ask for two minutes of silent cogitation. If it is possible to deny one group access to the air, the same ban might under certain circumstances be extended to any other. I was talking the other day to a South American revolutionist who seized power in his native land, but was unable to hold it. “I made a mistake,” he admitted. “I got the arsenals, all right, but I forgot to grab the radio.” Far short of any act of calling out the troops it is comparatively easy for one group to control the radio in America. During a political campaign it is customery for the great chains to be ever so scrupulous in the giving or the selling of time. Norman Thomas as Socialist candidate for President has on several occasions been granted a free hookup. He didn't get as much time as the Republicans or the Democrats, but he got some.’ a a a Gestures of Generosity THE radio chiefs are rather fond of these gestures of generosity. Mr. Thomas had no chance of being elected, and it looked well to cultivate the appearance of impartiality. But the time ceded was a gift and not a right. I fear both Greeks and radio executives when they come bearing gifts. The radio today is a keen rival of the newspapers, and this condition is unfortunate, because with very few’ exceptions broadcasting in America is decidedly reactionary in its tone. Edwin C. Hill, one of the most popular of American broadcasters, is constantly on the conservative side and bitter in his comments on all W’ho criticise Morgan or any fact or factor in the status quo. He has been extremely effective in keeping alive the antagonism against the recognition of Russia. Mr. Hill was and is a superb reporter. It may be that the opportunity to editorialize has gone to his head. Many of us city room bej’s , have been affected in this way. But I am not saying that the side for which Mr. Hill fights should not be represented. There need, however, be no campaign for that. It always is represented. I am merely contending that liberal and radical thought on the air never gets the same opportunity. a a a What Sponsors Want THE answer of the stations would be that the responsibility is not up to them. The sponsor selects the commentator whom he delights to honor. The sponsor of any product broadcast over a national network is engaged in some form or other of big business. He isn’t likely to tie up his product with a five-minute talk by Trotski. Newspapers with very few exceptions. are dependent upon advertising to make a profit. The attitude of publishers ranges from a spirited independence to a complete spinelessness. But I think that even the weakest link in the newspaper lineup is strong-minded compared to radio’s relationship to its bread and butter. And if you're skeptical, just make the experiment of trying to buy a fifteen-minute period on a coast-to-coast network to broadacast a fif-teen-minute talk on the evils of tobacco. (CcmvriKht. 1933. bv The Times!

The Daisy

BY MARGARET E. BRUNER The garden flowers look dull and dry, Despite my constant care, They have no power to defy The sun’s fierce, withering glare. But yonder by the railroad track In soil like desert sand, The daisy seems to feel no lack, It’s hard to understand. Unless some special providence Protects this wayside bloom, And shields the flower of innocence fBKR dtcught’a impending