Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 112, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1933 — Page 10

PAGE 10

The Indianapolis Times < A SC RIP PS-HOW ABB NEWSPAPP.R ) KOY W. HOWARD rr€*l(Jeot TALCOTT POWELL . Editor XARL D. RAKER Rnln** Manager Phone—Riley 5531

Member of Untteil Press, Rcrlpps - Alliance, Newspaper Enterprise Association. Newspaper Information Hera-lee and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Owned and published dally fexcept >in ia i by The Indianapolis Tim-s l/nblishirig Cos.. 214-220 West Maryland street. Indianapolis. Ind. Prica In Marion county, 2 cents a enpy; elsewhere, 3 rents—deliTored by carrier, 12 rents a week. Mail ■ubs<-rip-tlon rates In Indiana. 13 a year: outside of Indiana, 65 cents a month.

#!'#< • AAB 0(t H'jht and tht Ptoplt Will Fin* Their Own

TUESDAY. SEPT I#. 1933 STRIKE SUBSTITUTES EITHER yesterday's militant notice from President that his federation of labor will not be swayed from organizing the nation's unorganized, nor the record outbreak of more than 200 strikes this month should be an occasion for head-wagging or fingershaking Both indicate anew hope in the workers’ hearts. The recovery phases of former depressions always have been marked by an increase of labor disputes. Despairing people do not protest. However, strikes are disruptive, and particularly now. unfortunate expedients. The new conception of the workers' role In Industry should make them unnecessary. Under the NRA labor assumes a place as partner with management in the conduct of industry. The old commodity theory of labor Is scrapped. As Labor Secretary Frances Perkins says. The NRA has made labor an integral part of our modem state.” The workers now meet the government on an equal footing with capital and negotiate through their own chosen spokesmen. Employers who Insist on the discarded master-and-man relationship miss the meaning of this experiment in ordered capitalism. Such backward employers can stir endless mischief and disorder. Machinery to put this theory into practice is inadequate. The national labor board, composed of equal representatives of capital and labor, and headed by Senator Wagner, acitng for the government, is an ideal national setup. Senator Wagner claims the board already has settled strikes or threatened strikes involving 200.000 men. Similar boards should be set up in each industry. To attempt to delegate mediation powers to the 7,000 or so compliance boards is a grave mistake. The function of these volunteer bodies is to persuade industry to live up to the President’s re-employment agreements. No mediation boards should be given power to act unless it gives labor and management equal voice and unless it is tied into the people’s government. CHALLENGE TO LABOR, INDUSTRY IN a time like the present the horizon is fairly cluttered up with signs and portents. None of these is much more significant than the sudden epidemic of strikes—an epidemic that has broken out in the last month or so and that is giving the federal doctors one of the busiest seasons they will ever have. Whatever else these strikes may mean, they at least prove that industry no longer is stagnant. They didn't put in an appearance during those dull months when we were at the bottom of the depression. They’re coming now for a number of reasons, but chiefly because things are picking up. Men don't strike when the plant is closed down for lack of orders. And the strikes present—to a nation which already has a century's supply of problems to settle in a few months—a new problem; one that carries a double-barreled challenge, one barrel for industry and the other for labor. It is a challenge that must be read in the light of the NRA program. The national labor board's ruling, which emphasizes the fact that the law guaranteeing the right of collective bargaining means exactly what it says, is part of the background for these strikes, and it conditions their significance. First of all. the problem challenges the directors of industry. It is a test of their spirit of fairness, of their willingness to co-operate in the tremendous experiment of the new deal. Labor has gained a great victory in the industrial recovery’ act; the industrialist who seeks reprisals and wants to ’’put labor in its place’’ is piling up trouble, not only for himself but for the entire country. Secondly, the problem challenges labor itself. It puts upon labor the necessity of ijeveloping some broad-gauge statesmen. It calls on labor to take the long view of things, to exercise patience in places where patience comes hard, to get rid of the racketeer and the self-seeker. Both of these challenges must be met. The present outbreak of strikes could, if unchecked. lead to a catastrophic situation. It can. if the leaders of the contending forces meet the test with intelligence and patriotism. be the forerunner of anew era in American industrial history, an era in which both sides can profit as never before. BAN WOODEN COACHES AS an aftermath to the recent wreck of an Erie railroad passenger train at Bingham tern. N. Y.. in which fourteen lives were lost, comes the announcement that all of the Fries eighty-three wooden coaches are being replaced immediately. It was the use of a wooden coach—sandwiched between steel sleeping cars—that was responsible for the high death toll in the wreck. All of those killed and twenty-five of the injured were riding in that wooden car when a milk train crashed into the rear of the passenger express. Now the Erie, through the New York state board of public utility commissioners, says that by Sept. 25 only steel passenger coaches will be in use and that the wooden cars will be scrapped That, of course, does not absolve the railroad from responsibility for using such a car In the Binghamton wreck. But it does show that Erie officials have finally awakened to the dangers of utilizing such antiquated equipment. And while the Erie is replacing its few remaining wooden coaches, other railroads . should do likewise. The Pennsylvania, the vKrt York Central and some smaller railroads stifi are reported to be using wooden coaches

In emergencies, when steel cars are not readily available. Unfortunately, there is no law forbidding railroads from using such antiquated rolling stock, although the interstate commerce commission has repeatedly asked congress to enact such legislation. But if the federal government applies the proper pressure, through its railroad co-ordi-nator, and also offers to provide the necessary loans, it should not be difficult to induce all railroads using wooden coaches to go along with a general scrapping program. Certainly, the railroad executives would not be hard to approach on the subject, for they —as well as the traveling public—must realize the danger of continuing to haul passengers in such antiquated equipment. Asa matter of fact, the other railroads should follow the Erie's example, without any government pressure being required. But if they fail to do so, Washington should not hesitate to take the initiative. PROMOTING CHILD HEALTH IT is encouraging to read that Labor Secretary Frances Perkins is undertaking to tackle the problem of restoring the health of children who have suffered by the depression. Figures presented to Miss Perkins indicate that no less than one-fifth of all the children in the country are now showing signs of undernourishment, lack of proper medical care and inadequate housing. That statement speaks for itself and needs no comment. Now Miss Perkins has called a meeting of child health leaders, to convene in Washington on Oct. 6 under the auspices of the children’s bureau. To say that this conference will have plenty of work to do is to put it very mildly. It will have to find a way to meet one of the most distressing situations imaginable. The whole country will wish it all kinds of success. THE GRAF SAILS ON ANNOUNCEMENT that the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin will appear at the Chicago Century of Progress exposition on Oct. 26 reminds us once more that the Germans seem perfectly at home with these lighter-than-air liners, no matter what difficulties other nations may have with them. This remarkable airship has, by now, a record of achievement so long that no one can recite it all without a reference book. It has flown around the world, it has crossed various oceans so many times that people have lost count, it has acted as a commercial carrier, and it has never had a really serious accident. Now it is going to revisit the American middle west, and no one has the slightest doubt that it will make its trip right on schedule. All in all, the career of the Graf Zeppelin is a striking example of the things that can be done with a dirigible by people who know the tricks. SECURITIES LAW SAVES DISPATCHES from Washington indicate that the new “truth in securities” law, passed by the last congress amid wails from the financial district, has already saved American investors a good many millions of dollars. During the speculative frenzy of the early summer, it seems, some of the smart boys decided to cash in by promoting a lot of new gold mining and brewery stocks. The legalization of beer and the high value of gold had paved the way. and the public was back in the market again. Chances looked very good for a killing. But under the new law there must be filed a public record of all the data an investor needs to determine for himself the value of a new security, and this record must include the size of the promoter's cut; so a lot of these issues never got to the public at all. And the general public has, thereby, saved a good deal of money. INDIANS GET A BREAK INTERIOR SECRETARY ICKES has put into effect for the national parks anew policy which deserves three snappy cheers. He has ruled that all Indian-made articles offered for sale to tourists in the parks must, henceforth, actually be of Indian manufacture. Previously, it seems, vast quantities of “Indian” handicraft, which had really been made in New Jersey factories, were unloaded upon national park tourists. In the future these must be bona-flde goods, made by Indians in the traditional way. The tourist gets a break, in that he is protected from a lot of shoddy imitations; and the Indian, relieved of competition in his efforts to turn an honest penny by selling the product of his craftsmanship, gets an even bigger one. THE SOONER THE EETTER SIGNS continue to pile up that the administration intends to recognize Russia. Quiet but official trade negotiations are continuing. Dr. John Van A. Mac Murray, former minister to China, former assistant secretary of state, leading American expert on Far Eastern affairs. director of the Johns Hopkins School of International Relations, and recent visitor to Moscow, has just accepted the unimportant post of minister to the Baltic countries—presumably as a vantage point for some much more important official work related to Russia. And now Senator McAdoo, a party leader not without influence at the White House, is en route to Moscow. All of which is encouraging in a way. But it also is disappointing. The question is not whether we are going to recognize Russia, but when. March 4 was the best time for the administration to act. But the President had his hands full that day, and most of the days since. Meanwhile, we have been losing. We have been losing much in trade when we need business for our idle factories and unemployed. Large scale trade can not be carried on in the present backdopr manner. Also we have been losing in our international relations. With the Far East in ferment, with the Pacific the center of new naval competition, with Fascistridden Europe reeling through a precarious peace, it is no time for us to make enemies of those who want to be our friends. Russia’s -stake in preserving world peace Is as great alourn. She is a determining force in world af-

fairs on all fronts—economic, political, military. It is absurd for us to continue our lefthanded dealing with such an important power. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose by immediate recognition of Russia. “IKE” HOOVER YTTHILE statesm?n. politicians, and gold- ’ * braided dignitaries came and went one simple American citizen stayed on at the White House through four decades of the republic’s history. He was Irwin Hood Hoover, chief usher of the executive mansion, who died at his post Thursday night. “Ike’’ Hoover’s career will not be studied in classrooms, yet it is worth more than passing comment. Coming to the White House fortythree years ago as an electrician, he stayed on through the terms of ten Presidents. His job was humble enough. All he had to do was to make the social routine run without a hitch. He was not a personage, but he was very much a person. The Presidents from Cleveland down were glad to call him a friend, and Presidents’ wives confided in him. Probably no American knew more state secrets than he. It is proof of his character that Ike Hoover kept these secrets locked in his mind. His memoirs would have made him rich. He died poor. „He was a man of great tact, trustworthiness, dignity and old-fashioned honor. ' OLD LIBERALISM LOSES FAITH NOTHING is much more instructive, in a world where progress is the watchword, than to listen to the reminiscences of a disillusioned reformer. A Washington correspondent the other day sat down to chat with Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma. Senator Gore used to be an ardent liberal, a Wilsonian progressive, a teammate, in the old days, of such fighters as Bryan and the elder La Follstte. Now he has cooled off, and he doubts that reformers push things along much faster, in the long run, than conservatives. “Years ago, when I was coming along in life, I thought we were going to solve all the problems of the world,” he said. “First, we wanted the initiative and referendum. It was obvious that with the powers of the initiative the people would do whatever needed to be done to make ours a perfect society. With the referendum, the people would hold in check whatever should not be done. “Os course we also had to have the direct election of United States senators,” he goes on. “We got that, and, 10, it hath made cowards of us all. To cement and consolidate our gains, we had to have woman suffrage. We knew’ the good women would vote only for honorable and able public servants, wise and human public policies. “And to cap all our reforms we needed prohibition. We were going to substitute the moral code for the penal code.” And he concludes: “We knew that when we accomplished these things we could sit off on the sidelines and w’atch all our problems solve themselves.” Any adult w-hose memory goes back to prewar days can see that all of this was, pretty largely, the old progressive credo. It hung, for the most part, on an unquestioning faith in pure democracy. Give the people all the power possible and all will be well; the remedy for the ills of democracy is more democracy; the voice of the people Is the voice of God—so ran the philosophy of the liberal. The progressive sounds a different note today. No longer does he rely on an extension of the principles of Jefferson and Jackson. Democracy has to function in an infinitely complex society. Your up-to-date reformer is more likely to be an economist or an engineer than a politician. He fights for the same old cause—a freer, happier life for the ordinary man—but he has been forced to use different weapons. The old ones were good, but they weren’t enough by themselves.

M. E.TracySays:

THE question of repeal has ceased to be interesting. Every one knows the answer, especially since Maine voted. The psychological background is not quite so clear. By W’hat mental processes did we get into the jam and by what mental processes are we getting out of it? That riddle has some bearing on the future. It is impossible to review our antics with regard to liquor during the last twenty years without suspecting that they originated largely in emotionalism. Even the present attitude contains too much sentiment. Sound as it may be to get rid of the eighteenth amendment the way we have done it bespeaks neither poise nor .studied conviction. Except as President Roosevelt may give us a program, we have little idea of how the liquor traffic will be handled. In two months or so the lid wall have been removed. Authorities in every state are w’ell aware of this, but how many have prepared to meet the situation in a thoroughgoing, practical way? BBS IN most states, the prospect of revenue overshadows every other consideration, but the problem can not be solved on that basis. In spite of all that has been said in itsffavor, liquor still is intoxicating, and weak people are going to get drunk. Os even greater consequence, a return of the old-fashioned licensing system would mean little save the return of the old-fashioned politics, with a liquor ring in every large center and a liquor lobby in every state capital. Maybe we have no choice but to set the clock back and write off all the experimenting as a total loss. But if that is done, we shall step right into the temperance movement again, though, of course, with some modification. The point is that we are not approaching repeal from a constructive standpoint. Too many people accept abandonment of prohibition as enough. They think they are going to be happy and satisfied once the law is annulled, but they won’t. B B B IF the pressure for revenue results in too high taxes, bootlegging will go right on, with the rackets and gang rule to w’hich it has led. Liquor interests will be obliged to organize and lobby for their own protection. Politicians will line up either with one or the other maybe both People who look on repeal as solving all the difficulties would be disappointed with such conditions, and would go in for another crusading spree. That is one thing we should avoid if possible. The good old game has endured long enough, and thus far it has brought nothing that could be described as a satisfactory method of handling liquor. Possibly, there is no satisfactory method, but we can not admit as much without acknowledging such weakness and inability as would disqualify us for tackling most any job. If we can’t solve that problem, what problem can we solve?

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

: : The Message Center : : - I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend to the death your right to say It. —Voltaire —'

(Times readers arc 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.) A Times Reader. I have been reading about the work program in The Times and I would like to express my opinion on it. There are several things about this that I can’t understand. They are as follows: How is a man going to pay rent on that kind of wages? How is he going to buy coal? How is he going to buy clothes for his family? How is he going to pay his taxes that are lined against him? I am a working man myself. I am like any other man. I like to make at least a half living. If some of these men who fix the prices on what the laboring man has to work for had to live on the same wages, they w’ould say that a basket from the trustee would be just as good as their low wages. By G. J. B. It’s hard for a casual reader oi The Times to understand the present attitude of many of the former supporters of the present administration. No one denies that mistakes have been made. In fact, common sense would indicate that in so many ventures into untried fields some would prove mistakes. But the administration is doing everything in its power to better conditions and everything indicates that progress is being made. Now, why is it necessary for “former supporters” to criticise every move the administration makes? For my own part, I do not feel sure that the destruction of hogs, cotton, wheat, wool, etc., can be justified economically, but on the other hand, I can not believe that the men advocating and directing this destruction are either crooked or imbeciles. Other so-called “former supporters” seem to be afraid that the administration will make too much of a showing in the present emergency. One critic seems to be satisfied with economic conditions at the 1926 level; more advocate the level of 1929. Just why the economy program should be called off at first sign of

FAILURE to gain weight, or poor nutrition, is considered to be one of the most serious conditions that can affect the child. Interference with nutrition unquestionably tends to lower the general resistance of the body to disease; it also interferes seriously with regular growth. The number of children in the United States who are under weight, according to Dr. Robert A. Bier, has been estimated as from onefourth to one-third of all of them. A child generally is considered underweight when it is more than 7 per cent under the weights usually listed in height-weight-age tables. There are, of course, many reasons why a child may be undernourished. Chronic diseases of all types are associated with undernourishment, including such serious conditions as tuberculosis and heart disease, and such minor conditions as diseased tonsils and adenoids, as well as slight disturbances of digestion. Children who are excessively active because of irritable nervous systems also tend to be undemour-

YESTEDAY I was shocked anew j by the knowledge that I live < in a strange and different world i from that which I knew in child- j hood. The 9-year-old boy in our family looked up after a grave study j of the evening newspaper and said: I “Mother, do I have to go to the | circus tomorrow?” Behind the question I discerned ' a faint unwillingness to disappoint his elders. He sensed that to us the circus still was a great American institution. But it is no such thing to him. Then I remembered how’ the people used to come for miles, with children heaped in wagon beds, and great hampers of food, and hay tied on behind for the horses; how the hired man and the hired girl went, too, and everybody was excited and happy; how hues the

U. S. Steel Increases All Salaries!

V*- S* ~v Vijs>’- ' * .

Poor Nutrition Puzzle in Child Care — BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN ■ - -

: : A Woman’s Viewpoint : :

Not Thugs By Abner Dillon. In regard to an article in The Times Sept. 15, quoting Mike Morrissey calling pushcart men, “push cart thugs” I wish to say that I have a pushcart w’hich I use in going through alleys on ash collection days, trying to make a few honest dimes to feed a family of eight. The trustee basket’which I received is insufficient to feed all of us. We so called “pushcart thugs” are suffering enough humiliation without being called thugs.

improvement is beyond me. At no time in the last 100 years had the condition of the farmer been so distresssing as in the “roaring twenties.” The same can be said of the coal miner and workers in many other fields. To be sure the "fifty financiers” who ran the country were showing profits of from five to fourteen millions yearly; the international bankers had evaded their income taxes, and enough of the “upper crust” were buying and selling on a rising market to give them the impression that the millennium had come. Give the administration a chance, Mr. Former Supporter, even if you do not see the ultimate objective, and keep hoping that recovery does not stop with any level of the “roaring twenties.” Bv a Driver. I have been reading your j columns for years and I think your “Readers’ View” column is all right. I want to say this about semaphore “leaning posts,” so-called by one of our police officials. I say, put them back on the intersections, so the motoring public can tell what to do. I have noticed innumerable drivers bawled out for mistaking one signal for another. They can’t help it sometimes, especially on a threeway intersection, where it is bard to tell which way the officer is standing. If the traffic is heavy, a driver can’t see the officer at all and on some noisy corners can’t

Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hvxeia. the Health Magazine. ished. Others are undernourished because they do not eat well, lack appetite, hurry to get out to play, constantly battle over food with their parents, or play so much that they become exhausted or fatigued. The obvious way to overcome poor nutrition is to feed more food. However, there are other ways of getting at the problem, representing in a way the reverse of what is done when one wishes to reduce weight. For instance, the food that is chosen should be of the type that tends to increase weight, including sufficient amounts of carbohydrates and plenty of vitamins. It may be desirable to low’er the irritability of the nervous system by suitable psychologic measures or by giving medicaments capable of lowering such irritability. Sometimes it is worth while, in causing the child to eat more at meal times, to make certain that it does not eat between meals. A

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

elephants loomed and the chills raced up and down our backs when the lions roared, and how our sides ached w’ith laughing at the painted funny clowns. B B B IT was the greatest day of the year—circus day. Nobody missed it. And from the moment the gaudy posters went up until they finally were tattered and obliterated by rain and wind, we children lived it —first in anticipations, next in wondrous reality, and then in fond memory. Perhaps w T e should not regret the change too much. The movies now give our children all the thrills we used to find under the big tent. Frank Buck captures live animals for them in jungle; Tarzan lives in splendor upon the l

even hear the whistle.- Some drivers are partly deaf, too, but none of them blind. As far as the “hick” element Is concerned, how about the “robot” cops all over town, with one or two “eyes” missing most of the time, causing consternation among drivers. I, for one, am in favor of the semaphore so I can tell what is W’hat, without having to guess what to do. I think semaphores speed up traffic and I think all drivers should have a say w’hich they would rather have. So come on, all you drivers, and send in a request to the safety board, whether w r e want semaphores or a raving scarecrow, waving his arms in the breeze. By H. R. Waeonpr. NRA represents anew theory in social and economic readjustment, and it will be a godsend for the working class, whether in factory, business or office. The profits of industry will be divided justly among those who actually produce and conduct the industry and the investors who own it. The profits of business will be handled in somewhat the same manner—better pay and better livig conditions for the workers and a safe and profitable investment for the investor. Every American, whether a worker or investor, should support this great movement 100 per cent.

So They Say

An industry which has been given the privilege of preventing unfair price competition must assume the responsibility also of preventing unfair wage competition.—Frances Perkins, secretary of labor. I am not accustomed to talk much publicly about public affairs.—Governor Murray of Oklahoma. The law of equal freedom has been evoked by the President.—Herbert J. Tily, Philadelphia merchant.

piece of candy or a glass of milk taken just before meal time will kill the appetite for food. The next step is to make sure that all correctible conditions are taken care of. This would include the care of tonsils and adenoids, minor infections in sinuses, overcoming eye strain and establishing of regular habits of bow r el action. It is of particular importance to emphasize the necessity of a considerable amount of sleep and, even if the child will not sleep, to make certain that it gets plenty of rest. In difficult cases it may be desirable to put the child to bed for the full day, permittting it to get up only to attend to its usual physiologic wants. In the less difficult cases the child should remain in bed until at least 10 o'clock in the morning, taking a long nap in the afternoon, say from 1 to 4 o’clock, and then to go to bed at its usual bed time at 7 o'clock. Rest will permit the food taken to be used in the body for growth and for the repair of tissue.

screen for them, and the marvelous mechanical King Kong tearing his thunderous way through five reels make stiff competition for any side show. Moreover, nearly every sizable town has its zoo, where lions sleep through long afternoons and monkeys cavort in their cages. And the comic strips—do they not bring clowns into our front doors every day in the year. But my generation will see with regret and sorrow the passing of the circus. It seems sad to know that before another three decades have elapsed, its glory will be entirely gone! Good-by, shrill calliope, good-by, dear clown' May the spirits of all the children you have made happy cheer your way into oblivion. \

£ PT. 19, 1933

It Seems to Me

BY HEY'TYOOI > BROUN

NEW Y’ORK. Sept. 19— I have just received a letter from a friend of mine in Berlin. I know him to be a reliable and a swell newspaper man. “If you hear any one say,” he writes, "that the stories from here about persecutions are exaggerated, hit him one for me. The trouble is we can’t print half the stories we know to be true. As soon as you print an atrocity story, the government asks you. ’Can you prove it?’ Usually, proving it means naming the Jew or Socialist or Communist involved. And if you name him, it means probably death to him. “The censorship here is the worst :n the world, because when the censor refuses your story, he doesn't tell you about it. Two of us fell over a lovely story which we had all by ourselves, and very proud of our baby we were. too. We wrote it and sent it and a few hours later complacently told our colleagues about it. They, being more cautious. toned the story down. The next day we got queries from our offices asking up why the hell w’e didn't have that story.” B B B Concerning Adolf Hitler CONCERNING Hitler, my friend > writes: “He is not like the person pictured by most people in New York. He has everything but brains. God knows he is courageous and sincere, and. if it makes any difference. an ascetie in his private life. And what a knack he has of making people worship him! “By the way, if you see Winchell, tell him he is absolutely wrong about Hitlpr. If he’s effeminate, then so is Jack Dempsey. Even the correspondents over here. who rather dislike Hitler, laughed uproariously when I told them the Winchell legend. “It is a very amusing show—the whole business if you don't lose your temper and keep your sense of humor. Such stupidity on such a large scale is something to marvel at. And sometimes you marvel so much you forget to get sore. "It's a musical comedy country, all right, Heywood, and you should come over. But bring your sense of humor or you'll end up by being an international incident, and God knows we have enough work here without getting you out of trouble.” B B B 1 Wouldn't Like It WELL, I’m not going, because I t am pretty sure I wouldn't be amused. My sense of humor is not a very extensive one, and I think that months ago the proper time went by for somebody to step up and say, “Adolf, it isn’t funny any more.” The German situation has almost a macabre quality. It offers the most curious mixture of clownishness and downright cruelty which the world has known within our time. I see no silver lining in any of the clouds. But it is just barely possible that the world may learn to accept the fact that the greatest vice in any government or public leader is stupidity. I think cruelty is a first cousin. The two qualities generally go together. Even now' I have not lost sight of the fact that there could never have been a Hitler but for the Versailles treaty. I remain dubious as to the efficiency of putting greater pressure upon a land already gone slightly mad. The ancient asylum technique never worked well for individuals. I have small faith in it as a curative for a nation. B B B Subconscions Exploration INTERNATIONAL attitudes must take on something of the more modern psychiatric methods. Not much can be done about Hitler until he is completely more understood, both here and abroad. The conditions which brought about his accession to pow’er are the very things which must be changed in order to slide him out. I have felt for many years that the accusation of war guilt has come to be almost a clot on the German brain. It is difficult to understand how Germany can maintain both Hitler and self-respect. But the truth of the matter is that the successful nations in the war did their very best to take away from Germany all self-respect. Unfortunately, they succeeded. I think they should give it back to Germany. In exchange, of course, for Hitler, a bird dog and a couple of left-handed pitchers. (CoDVrieht. 1033. bv The Times)

To NRA

BY JOSEPH B. ADLER No matter what your opinion may be. You should never condemn until you see. That you have proof of what you say, For you may be sorry at some later day. It is very easy to create a debate, So much easier still to publicly state, Something which may not be so true, So try to be careful, twixt me and you. Nira is now the great cry at Issue, And some regard it just thin as tissue; But there are many not able to see. They could do no better for you and me. It is so very easy to make a noise. While assuming a great dignified poise, j And criticise the very good fellow, But usually we find such critics yellow. Some critics stick to the old road. And no matter how hard to carry a load, They still persist in same old cry. While thousands for bread and milk die. If brain of critic is so productive. Why doesn't he plan idea constructive. To create prosperity on this shore? Else keep his mouth shut for ever more. Any innovation that’s started today, | Will cause many arguments in every way; Impartial advice should be respected While politics here should be rejected.