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TAX REVISION 'HE Douse subcommittee on ways and means has done a commendable job in its partial report on how to stop tax avoidance and evasion. But we believe with Senator Norris that national sentiment is ripe for fundamental changes in our tax system that will have lm* portant social effects as well as yield large revenue. Senator Norris will fight for a stiff inheritance tax to curb the passing of great fortunes on from one generation to the next. He doe-- not want to deprive the heirs of great fortune:- of & : 1 the luxuries they want, but he dies demand that the government take a proper snare of the millions that are willed from one generation to another. Others believe that this is the time to levy an excess profits tax of real proportions. In the law now is a mild excess profits tax, which will be repealed along with other recovery levies because of prohibition repeal. The experiment with this small tax apparently has been successful. They want it continued, and the rates increased against a brighter business future when there are more and larger excess profits than today. Still others want the income surtaxes increased beyond the present maximum that levies 55 per cent on all net income in excess of $1,000,000, The general problem of tax revision in the -coming session of congress will be one of its mo t important. First there is liquor taxation, which must be fixed at a level that will kill bootlegging. Then, taxes to guarantee the $3,300,000,000 public works bond issue must be • provided, if liquor taxes will not yield sufficiently. Several of the lesser nuisance taxes ought to be repealed because their yield is small, the cost of their collection is large, and their effect on business bad. The tax discussion already has reverted, in some quarters, to the old sales tax idea. But the Roosevelt administration stood pat • against that once, and we believe it will again, unless the actual cost of the recovery program can be met in no other manner. A reasonable tax program that will bear lightly on the average consumers, that wall bear but little heavier on the people of moderate income, and will rest its greatest burden on great wealth should be part of the new deal. The sooner it is enacted the better. HERR HUEY’S MISTAKE T TERR HITLER'S novpl one-party election •* ■*- was a grand success in Germany, Since nobody dared to vote against him he won hands-down. On Tuesday Senator Huey Long tried the Hitler election scheme down in . Louisiana's Sixth congressional district. It was a complete flop. * Herr Huey tried to make it easy for the voters, so he dispensed with the formality of a nominating primary and ran the widow of his friend, the late Representative Bolivar Kemp, as the only candidate to succeed her husband. Citizens' committees rioted, tied up three of the district's twelve polling places by injunction and caused a voters’ strike in the others. Out of 40.000 voters only 5.000 cast ballots. Certain that congress would refuse to seat the Widow Kemp under the circumstances, Governor Allen promises to call another election, in the meantime the first three election commissioners to come to trial, in a list of 513 indicted for fraud, have been found guilty. The Long Island washroom hero doubtless admires the simple directness of the Munich beer-hall hero. He just got his geography mixed, and forgot that Louisiana is in the U. S A. SHABBY TREATMENT 'T'HOSE things which separate our civilizatfon from the every-day life of George Washington's times we owe primarily to the scientists and engineers. Our material civilization Is almost exclusively their product. Without them we would not have our modern machinery’; our transportation devices from the railroad to the airplane; our telephone. telegraph, cable or radio; our bridges, subways and tunnels; our factory system; urban life as we know it; our sanitary engineering which alone makes city life possible, and many other factors which are characteristic of the world we inhabit in the twentieth century. Yet these scientists and engineers have received only a slight material reward for their efforts. The money-makers have exploited the intelligence and industry of the scientists and engineers and thus have built up the great fortunes which characterize our age and Its concentration of wealth. The manner in which the great speculative financiers have capitalized on the skill and ingenuity of engineers constitutes the most colossal example of “muscling in" in all history. Engineers may receive only a few thousand dollars for all the labor Involved in designing a great plant and its machinery or in building a great railroad system, while those who supply the capital may make hundreds of millions of dollars out of such an enterprise. When the depression came along and buiidtng and construction all but ceased, the engineers of the country were ruthlessly abandoned by those who could not have made a cent had it not been for the engineering brains they had exploited. It has been estimated that in New York City alone there are no less than 20,000 unemployed engineers. The wife of one of those wrote me, in part, as follows; , “With all of the daily articles that I read. I have failed to find one that speaks of the plight of the unemployed engineers in country and of what will jfcuuually become^ i F*

of them or how they will be absorbed Into other lines of employment. “My particular case is as follows: My husband was employed by the New York Telephone Company for twelve years as an electrical engineer. On April 1 he was laid off along with many others, because they told him there was ‘no outlook for this concern until 1937.’ They are still laying off their men and the same sppHn* to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, which still is discharging men every week. “Our President, Mr. Roosevelt, is appealing to the employers over the country to co-oper-ate with him in his re-employment program. He is surrounding himself with all types of men for the furtherance of this program, among whom Is the president of one of the above-mentioned firms. Are these men really sincere in their efforts to bring back normal times? It seems to me, if they were, they would take care of their own men and tide them over even at greatly reduced salaries, just so they could meet their expenses, and not turn men adrift when they know there is no work to be had in the engineering field. “Our President's NRA plan is an admirable one as far as It works, but until the heads of large corporations and concerns change their business morals and tactics and become ethically concerned about what Is going on within their own houses, the whole thing is bound to collapse. “We have our monthly expenses to meet besides seeing two children through school. Since this thing occurred, our expenditures have' entirely ceased except for our rent and food and we will be compelled to have our phone discontinued now since the telephone company advanced our rate to the regular consumers' rate, the first month my husband was off the pay roll. “I do not know whether these conditions generally are known. If they are not, it seems to me something should be done to bring the condition to light.”This is a moving appeal for more consideration for the engineering class. But much responsibility rests upon the engineers themselves. No other group is so absolutely indispensable in modern life. This is only another way of saying that no other group is so easily able to take care of itself if It would develop the proper organization and esprit de corps. If they go on leaving themselves absolutely at the mercy of capitalism; they are likely to be treated in the future as they have been in the past. A NEW COMPETITION SHREWDNESS of Yankee traders is a household phrase. It is only in America that we have David Harums, according to the popular—and blindly smug— view. But the Japanese seem to be showing us a few tricks along this line. And these tricks have reached the point where they hurt. American manufacturers visioned a steady flow of gold into this country when they started to receive orders from Yokohama. Tokio and Osaka. Locomotives, factory machinery, engine parts, valves and many other United States products went across the Pacific. Factory owners prepared for repeat orders on a large scale, once the Nipponese became acquainted with our products. But they reckoned without the wily orientals. To the last cotter pin. the Japanese copied the American machinery. United States models served for factory machinery. Out of these factories came low-priced goods, made with cheap Japanese labor. Statistics show that great harm has been done to American manufacturers by the Japanese “copycats.” Export trade has been damaged severely. What can be done to circumvent this new threat is a matter for serious thought on the part of American industrial leaders. HERITAGE TJ OOTLEGGERS, hijackers. _ smugglers and other criminals who waxed powerful and daring under prohibition are turning to new and more viciously unsocial fields for easy money. An upstart and incredibly rich underworld aristocracy created by the earnings from illicit traffic in beer and liquor, survives to dodge taxation, corrupt officials and defy the law. Most serious of all. thete are the marks of intolerance and contempt for the courts which tnis misadventure lias left upon the people of America. The outbreaks of mob anarchy in California. Maryland and Missouri are signs of the times. Wisely the federal government has written codes for control of the distilling, brewing and importing industries pending passage of permanent laws by congress. These, if properly drawn and strictly enforced, should protect the dry states and the consumers of the nineteen wet states for the time. America is entering into another experiment —regulation. This calls for fair and just rules, honest and fearless enforcement, and a determination by every American to play the game. Together government, industry and the public can write a happier chapter. A REACTIONARY BOOMERANG WASHINGTON correspondents are beginning to report that the recent assault on President Roosevelt's monetary and recovery policies has had one entirely unexpected effect. It has solidified congressional sentiment in his support and has made it probable that he can get his program through congress this winter as smoothly and rapidly as he did last spring. The reason for this is simple. Right or wrong, it has seemed to congressmen as though all the fire that has struck the White House has come from guns in the camp of the extreme conservatives. In consequence, those solons who had planned to kick over the traces and flood the coming session with all manner of radical proposals have taken a second thought and have decided that their first duty is to repel the attacks of the reactionaries. And they can do this only by standing by the President. Several weeks will elapse before congress convenes, of course, and the picture may change by that time. But it would be an ironical turn of fate if the net result of all the recent furore was only to strengthen the President's hand in his dealings with congress. Queen of Irak, married to the king by proxy last September, will meet him finally for the first time. A mistake. Now she'll be just his wife.

ONE INSULL RETURNS 111HENEYER monetary policy is discussed * * there is a great deal of talk about the investments of widows and orphans. Bu s it remained for Canada to take the latest practical step for their protection. A Canadian judge has ordered Martin J. Insull ULtftuhtmt to thto eeswitry to face charges of grand larceny, embezzlement and theft. Trial and possible punishment of Martin Insull will do little to repair the fortunes of investors who lost their savings in the crash of the Insull empire. It should, however, have a very important effect in protecting investments in other concerns. As long as corporation heads believe they can escape unscathed after abusing the trust placed in them by their stockholders, the temptation to frenzied finance will continue. If punishment is made certain and severe it should help to restore personal integrity to business. EXPOSING CRIME 'T'HE crime problem, like the poor, is one of those things that always is with us. A great many citizens have expended much honest labor in recent years trying to find out just why and how the underworld manages to get its steady stream of youthful recruits; and often enough some investigator reports that one big reason is the fact that newspapers give so much space to crime news. This isn’t anew charge, to be sure; but it is heard fairly frequently, and it has bothered a number of high-minded and conscientious folk. An excellent answer is to be found in testimony given not long ago befor the senate subcommittee on racketeering by Dr. Carleton Simon of New York, associated with the New York police force for the last thirty-five years as criminologist. The task of uncovering the elements that create crime, says Dr. Simon, “is made greater and more difficult by the vast confusion of public thought” which arises from this effort to hold newspaper crime stories culpable. Some people, remarks Dr. Simon, demand that every medium of intelligence, education, and entertainment be made completely harmless to the subnormal mind of the delinquent child. And it does not take the doctor long to carry this thesis to its logical—and absurd—conclusion. Details of a train w'reck. vividly presented, would be too harrowing for a sensitive adolescent mind. Therefore—let the press keep silent about all wrecks on* land or sea. Murder stories affect those with strong homicidal tendencies. Therefore—let no newspaper ever mention any murder case. Congressional debates, with their mudslinging and partisan criticism, can give a child a dangerous contempt for political institutions. Hence w 7 e must have no more reports of the activities of congress, no more exposures of malfeasance in office or derelictions of duty by public officials. And Dr. Simon remarks; “A truly comprehensive research of the causes of crime requires a study of every influence, good or bad, brought to bear on our youth. Heredity, parental guidance and home life, physical influence, association, school and church influences must all play their part, "We can not hope to solve the problem of crime in relation to youth by drawing the curtain down upon crime.” Billy Sunday is planning to go to Alaska for a revival tour. He'll get a cold reception there. Its correct to say, “None of them are here,” according to an English professor at the University of Michigan. If he means prosperity bringers, “none of them never wuz here.”

M.E.Tracy Says:

NRA will be dragged into court, which is about the last place it could do any good. Some people, however, rather would fight over the question of whether an experiment is constitutional than see it succeed. The fact that we are in the grip of a great emergency and that no one knows precisely what to do means nothing to them. This country always has been able to afford the pleasure of splitting legal hairs. Th<* fact that it proposes to go right on shows how deepseated some of its traditions are. There are plenty of legal hairs to split. No one with common sense denies that the Roosevelt administration has gone very far in its efforts to rejuvenate American life. No one with common sense doubts that the President is fully aware of the thin ice on which he is skating. Meanwhile, we are in the midst of disaster. Too much havoc is being wrought for us to hold our hands until every fine point has been decided. tt tt U MAYBE certain phases of NRA are unconstitutional. but so are conditions which deprive millions of the right to live comfortably and happily. We are not true masters of our fate for the moment but must compromise with circumstances unless, indeed, we are prepared to intensify misfortune for the sake of being technically correct. A terrific calamity has overtaken us. Old methods have proved inadequate to meet it. We are not sure whether new ones will work any better, but do we have to deny them a trial on that account? When the emergency is over there will be ample time to square accounts with the Constitution. When bread and meat have been restored to the hungry multitudes, it will be quite proper to restore those liberties which may have been abridged during the process. The President has undertaken to reorganize the country, not necessarily on a permanent basis, but to do what had to e done for the time being. He has insisted on temporary laws and has frankly conceded their experimental character. Time after time he has told us that he could not be sure how the various plans, programs and policies,would work. Time after time he has expressed willingness to alter them. as. if and when that seemed desirable. a a tt OF what profit to quarrel over the constitutionality of measures which may cease before a test case can be completed? On the other hand, what harm may result from the demoralizing effect of such an attitude! It may be unconstitutional for an ordinary citizen to take command of a bewildered crowd in case of fire, flood or famine, but who will say he should be stopped on that ground? Horace Greeley constantly accused Lincoln cf violating the Constitution, but urged people :o support him nevertheless, because, in Greeley's opinion. Lincoln was doing what had to be done in the only possible way and the preservation of the Union outweighed strict obedience to law.’ The present job is to preserve American life, American institutions and American ideals. We know that it calls for temporary sacrifice of privileges. Why suppose that the privileges of a legal gabfest is immune?

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

(Times renders 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 a Times Reader. Twenty-three years ago, a man with a wife and two children bought a horse in Morgan county. Another farmer living nearby went his note for SIOO. Twenty years ago this September, the man who bought the horse was killed by a train at La Crosse, Wis. Five yea'rs ago in June, the party who went on the note called to see the widow, now 65, and who lives alone, and asked her if she remembered the sale of the horse. She said she remembered her husband buying a horse, but knew nothing about it. He explained to her that she was obligated to pay this. Os course, this frightened her and she gave him $lO her first pay day, as she was cooking at a sanitarium in Martinsville at that time. Befbre he left her house that day, he had her sign on a piece of paper. A couple of weeks after, she found she had signed anew note for SIOO. Every one told her this was wrong, that she would not have to pay it. I went to see the lawyer who was trying to force her to pay it. He admitted it was dirty, but said that there were as many lawyers in Martinsville as there were grocery stores, and if he didn't take the case, someone else would. In the meantime, the plaintiff died. So the heirs are putting her little house up for public auction on Dec. 23. between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. at the courthouse in Martinsville to collect SBO. This widow has no money, no job and is two months behind with her payments on her house which she has been paying on for nine years. Will the citizens of Martinsville investigate this and learn what kind of fine neighbors they have to let such as this take place in their own ctiy? This auction notice was published in Martinsville last week. By Beniamin F. Stuart. Now that the ill criticism, like a windstorm, has spent its force, it is time for reason to assert itself in regard to Indiana’s exhibit at the Chicago Century of Progress.

W ’INTER calls upon you. as a parent, to protect your child against all sources of colds, and protect other children against your child when he happens to have a cold. Ordinarily, winter is just about as healthful a season as any other, if you know how to practice the simple rules of hygiene and exercise common sense in their application. You know, of course, that exposure may harm the human body, and you can. in most cases, guard against it. A diet sufficiently rich in calories will provide warmth for the body, which is more necessary in winter than in summer. You know, of course, that the common cold is more frequent • in winter than in summer. That’s because of artificial heating, wrong clothing and other physical factors which can be brought under control. We do not icnow definitely the chief cause of a cold. It is. no doubt, a germ not yet found. But we do know that contributing factors in-

HOW is a wife to obtain justice and her fair share of money when the sentiment against alimony is growing? A Cleveland mother faces this problem. She has seen her husband spend hundreds a month upon his mistress while she and her children have lived on S6O a month, doled out to her by the court? The adjustments in such a case necessarily must depend upon the judge, and probably we need not expect justice until courts are improved and judges are immune from human frailties. Certainly the man who has a 5440 a month income should be compelled to give an adequate sum to his children. Os that sum the wife should have her share, not pecause she has been

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Guard Children Against Winter Colds BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

: : A Woman’s Viewpoint : : — BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON —-*

‘My Cup Runneth Over!’

Hon sing By Alexander Freeman. We, the members of the Reciproco Club, believe that the Community Housing Corporation will do a great work. This movement has beeen indorsd unanimously by this club, it will be of great benefit in our slum districts where housing conditions for Negroes are unfit for human habitation. We hope this project will be carried out successfully.

The idea of telling the story of Indiana by means of a series of pictures was a wonderful idea, and it took lots of hard work to put it into concrete form. Indiana is the pioneer and has set a precedent which other states will follow in the future. These pictures represent typical scenes that have transpired in the state, and even in many communities from the time of the Indians and Jesuit missionaries to the present time. These pictures which constitute this great painting tell a true story of Indiana that would require great volumes to tell. It is a wonderful piece of work, and the plan, its execution, and the final location is a credit to Governor McNutt, Colonel Richard Lieber and his co-workers, and the state. It will become a shrine which will be visited by thousands of students of our public schools, and those interested in the history of our great Hoosier state. It will be one of the great attractions of Indianapolis and the state. Now as to Thomas Hart Benton, the artist who did the work, history will place his name along with the name of the artist who painted that famous piece of art, “The Battle of Gettysburg.” By a Times Reader. Asa citizen and taxpayer, I would like to express my opinion of the situation at the Walkathon and our “noble city attorney” and police department, especially chief Morrissey. It is no wonder the city of Indianapolis is the laughing stock of the entire state’ with such narrowminded people trying to run our affairs. It seems to me that the city attorney would have plenty to do if he would look after the financial

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elude the presence of someone who has a cold, and a reduction in general resistance of the body which permits germs to get in their vicious work. The child in school is exposed constantly to meetings with people who have colds and who do not worry much about distributing them to others. Responsibility of eliminating such children rests on school teachers, as well as on school nurses and school physicians. The greatest responsibility, however, rests upon you, the parent, who should not permit your child to go to school if he has a cold. In addition to the contacts made in school, the child is likely to be exposed in crowded vehicles and motion picture houses. The best care that can be given to a child under such circumstances is to put him to bed until he is well enough to get about.

a wife, but because she is doing her work as a mother. The citizen who performs this task, most important in' the nation, deserves proper compensation, if possible. The woman who denied this is bitter. Could we expect her to be otherwise at first? tt tt tt BUT I think women, whether married, single or divorced, must learn that courts never can settle the problems of life. Neither justices nor jurors are able to give us back our lost dreams or to resurrect our dead hopes. If one has been married to a scoundrel who deliberately takes from his children that which should bs theirs, to spend it on loose women, there is no earthly tribunal that

interests of the taxpayers and leave the Walkathon alone and let each and every individual be his own judge as to whether he cared to spend his money for that kind of entertaining. When something like the Butler university deal is pulled off they close one eye, or even both, if necessary. and let the taxpayer be the goat, as usual, but with the Walkathon, that brings in revenue to the state and affords those who care for such entertainment a chance for a little recreation, they are horrified and decide it must stop, regardless of how many sign a petition for it to continue. As for Chief Mike Morrissey and his brave bluecoats, he should have a medal for bravery for taking his life in his hands and going into such a dangerous place, amid all those desperadoes with only twentyfive of his trusty men to guard him. That episode Saturday afternoon should go down in history as one of the chief's greatest "roundups.” Had there been a call into headquarters that the Dillinger gang were out at the manufacturers’ building, he would have warned all his trusty cruising squads to get under cover and publish in the papers the exact location of all his fortifications so Dillinger would have the safest route out of town. Here’s hoping the Walkathon wins out against all this silly opposition. I dare you to publish this. Questions and Answers Q—Are lotteries legal in France, Italy and Spain? A—Yes. Q —Would an alien woman who became an American citizen through marriage prior to 1922 lose her citizenship if she now marries another alien? A—No. • Q—What was the language used in the original Treaty of Versailles and Armistice Proclamation? A —French and English. Q —ls Ricardo Cortez a Jew? A—Yes.

Enough has been said about consumption of proper food and p“oper elimination for good hygiene, to make parents realize that, in times of excessive strain on the body, these factors are especially important. There is a tendency in winter either to take too little exercise or too much. Some parents coddle their children in winter so that the child spends all his time indoors. Other parents, with a view to hardening the child, insist on his shoveling snow and messing about in the dampness. Here again reason is the right attitude. A suitable amount of outdoor air. with the surety that the child is well covered, that he does not remain wet out in the cold, is a well worth while stimulus to lungs and circulation. For those children who have frequent colds, and especially for those with infection in the sinuses, swimming should be forbidden in the winter in any kind of indoor pool.

truly can compensate us for such injustice. One lives and one must endure. The way for such a wife is hard, but she will hav° to walk upon it. After obtaining as much help as possible by legal means, she simply will have to set herself to the joi>, of bringing up her children alone and upon very little. Railing against fate and cultivating thoughts of hatred only will hinder her in the performance of her task. Let's look at it in another way. Compare what both husband and wife now possess. He has his income and his mistress. She has her integrity and her children. If betting is to be done upon the chance of either for future happiness I’ll put all my money on the woman.

.DEC. 8, 1933

It Seems to Me - BV HEYWOOD BROUN-

\TEW YORK. Dec. B—And then lM they add “but.” I am speaking of many eminent ! and intellectual citizens who begin ! with denunciation of Governor Rolph and then supplement it with a paragraph. "Yet it must be admitted that the administration of criminal law in this country has broken down.” This statement has been made so frequently that it is accepted as a matter of course. And yet it will bear a little scrutiny. When people say that law has broken down they mean, as far as I can gather, that too many safeguards are placed around the defendant. They generally mean that trials should be far more expeditious and punishments more severe. It is admitted that there.is a high incidence of crime in this country, and it is generally assumed that the courts and the law must be wholly at fault. I think this theory is probably untrue. I certainly think it should be subject to rigid examination. It is distinctly possible that the prevalence of crime is only remotely connects with our present court procedure. a tt a Scorpions for Whips FIRST of all, there is no convincing evidence that an increase in the severity of sentences meted out necessarily results in an accompanying decrease in crime. In fagt. there is a great mass of evidence on the other side. England many years ago found it necessary , to limit the offenses punishable by death. When a man who stole a sheep was liable to hanging very few convictions were found against sheep stealers. In America today it is generally difficult to , get a verdict of guilty when the death penalty is involved, because the jury has a sneaking fear that it may be w-rong and that there will be no chance of righting the wrong if later evidence turns up. If the proponents of more severe punishment were wholly logical they would of necessity go even beyond the electric chair and the j gallows and urge a restoration ol ! such penalties as the rack and | boiling in oil. Such savage punishj ments have been discarded not beI cause of a growing humanitarian feeling but because of a realization of the fact that the devices are not effective. a a tt Not Always So Hard NOR can it be said that convictions in court are universally difficult. A learned judge in Alabama has just ruled that when a white woman testifies against a Negro her word should be accepted regardless of the character of the white witness or the lack of corroboration. And it is in the very 7 sections of the country where convictions may be obtained almost for the asking that lynching is most prevalent. I see no justification for' the assertion that mob violence arises largely because of the inadequacy of legal procedure. Not very long before the San Jose incident the state of California caught, tried and executed a young criminal guilty of a most atrocious murder and kidnaping. The trial was expeditious. If the American community is sincerely desirous of limiting crime it must give its major attention to the causes of crime. These rnvs do not lie primarily in court practice. Nobody wants to see corrupt justice or inexact justice, and so I say that too great a severity, too arbitrary a riding down of the rights jf the defense, are just as bad and. for that matter, just about as ( imon as unwarranted acquittals. a tt tt The One Great Cause THE one great cause of crime is poverty. Look into the case history of all criminals and in a large majority of cases you will find that you are dealing with a human being who was undernourished, undereducated, warped and ruined by his inability to cope with a fiercely competitive world for which he wSs wholly unfitted. Anybody who raises these considerations is called a sentimentalist. The realist is the man 'ho says: “Let ’em live in slums; let ’em go hungry; let ’em go cold, and when they become prostitutes or killers that’s the time to >tep in and give ’em whacking good jail sentences and expeditious electric chairs. That'll teach 'em a lesson.” But it will not teach any lesson to the child who ,now is growing up under precisely the same environment and heading in precisely the same direction. I can take anybody to certain blocks in large American cities and point, to crowded sidewalks and dark doorways swarming with boys and girls just learning to walk. And I can say with complete truthfulness : “Here is your kindergarten for San Quentin. Meet some members of the freshman class of 1950 at Sing Sing. Here is abjeef, grinding poverty, and here, as sure as poppies grow in Flanders, are the seeds of crime.” Are we to be fools all our lives and talk of restoring the whipping post and abolishing juries and quitting the parole system and taking the law into our own hands and all that nonsense? Why don't we take the slums and poverty itself into our hands and * tear down these things? There’s the rope on which to put your hand and pull with all your back and soul and shoulders. (Copyright, 1933, by The Time*)

Futility

BY EUGENIE RICHART I saw you then and knew It was the last time. I think I seemed indifferent to you. I think you did not know 7 my heart was screaming Across that terrible chasm between us two. You went away like a shadow in a dream. Standing beside the bier of love I know How a young mother feels when her child's dying. And she can only wait, and watch it go. Why touch the corpse? My cold hands will not warm it. Why stretch my arms up to drag down the mbon? But God. it's hard to stand here with hands folded Beside this bright-faced thing that died too soon.