Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 202, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1934 — Page 3

JAN" 2, 193*

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By Heywood Bronn

NEW YORK, Jan. 2—l know only one man in America who roally beiievcs in free speech, and it has caused him a lot of trouble and anguish. Os course, many of us say that we believe in free speech. I’ve always contended that I did myself, but there is a catch to it. The point comes where we say. “Oh. but I didn't mean stuff like that.” Roger Baldwin has put the principles of Voltaire into complete action. A little while ago he turned down an invitation to be chairman of an anti-fascist meeting in New York in order to go to Boston to defend the Nazis’ right of free speech. Immediately all the radicals were after him, although Baldwin is away off in the left wing himself. Naturally, he hasn't the slightest belief in Hitlerism. He just happens to be a fanatic about free speech, and when he says free speech he means precisely that. Commenting on his action, the Communist paper. the Daily Worker, said: “To liberals the fight against fascism is some kind of debate in certain kinds of philosophies. . . . The wholp question of free speech can not be separated from the realities of the class struggle. The Communist party fights for free speech and for democratic civil rights for the working class, for all the oppressed and exploited.” In other words, this radical party believes that free speech belongs only to a certain portion of the community. It doesn't want to hear the other side. a a a I MET John Strachey, the brilliant young Englishman who wrote “The Coming Struggle for Power." He impressed me unfavorably because he fell into the same indolent kind of thinking. A newspaper man who was present suggested that as he was studying the American labor movement it might be a good idea for him to see some of the members of the labor advisoryboard in Washington. “Oh,” said young Strachey in a languid tone, "I think that would be a little silly. You mean that A. F. of L. crowd? After all, my stomach Isn’t as strong as it used to be.” Now, I had no interest in young Mr. Strachey’s stomach, but I was concerned with his capacity as a journalist. He is probably the most brilliant exponent of the Communist theory in England. For that matter, he towers over any of its advocates here in the matter of clearly written presentation. But I put him dowm in my mind as a baa newspaper man and as one who would not do the job to which he had set himself completely. It is well within the right of Mr. Strachey or any other theorist to dislike the A. F. of L. as much as he chooses. From the Communist point of view' this organization has been a barrier against the .progress of radical thought and performance. But in order to attack a man or a group of men you must understand him or them as fully as possible. Anybody engaged in a cause should devote himself to finding out everything possible about the side which he espouses and the arguments of the foe whom he intends to fight. If a construction gang were called upon to blast a huge .rock in order to lay down a road it would be the obvious thing for some one of the party to look for the cracks and fissures in the boulder. If you wanted to blow it up and break it into little pieces you would inevitably try to ascertain its structural weakness. a o a HITLERISM can be hated best by those who understand it most completely. The publication of his book in this country certainly made no converts for the Nazi cause. Obviously, what every enemy of Hitler wants is iniormation. The outrages committed through the anti-semitism of the German regime helped to build the case against the dictator. It isn’t enough to say when you are attacking anything. “This is all wrong. Just take that on my sayso.” Any intelligent listener wants the detail. General principles are, after all, made up of ccmponent parts. The case against any sort of fascist leadership lies, at least in part, in the way in which it works. I agree that no man should commit himself endlessly to the process of weighing and investigating and making up his mind. That is barren business. If all the windows in your brain are wide open you will get nothing but a draft. But surely before anybody commits himself wholeheartedly to a policy he ought to know a lot about the objections and the objectives. I feel that one of the strongest cases to be made against American big business is the presentation possible to men who are familiar v'th the practices. Upton Sinclair once wrote a book called “The Brass Check.” He was decidedly on the right track in this attack upon the ethics of many American newspapers. but he foozled his case very badly by being so extremely cockeyed in his facts. I remember he went to the length of declaring that free speech w-as being impaired , because the New York Times failed to print a long letter which he sent them. Free speech is not just a romantic and sentimental parlor game: it is a method of attack. The best way to show up a bad cause is to have it all spread out before you. “Enough rope” is still a good slogan. ' (Copyright. 1934. bv The Times) REVIVAL JS CONTINUED Evangelist Lloyd C. Shanklin in Charge of Meetings. Revival services at the Indianapolis Gospel Tabernacie are being continued, with Evangelist Lloyd C. Shanklin in charge. Music at the services is directed by V. Lucas, with special numbers gi' -m by R. J. Frazee. Tonight. Mr. Shanklin will speak on “How to Forget the Depression.” Tomlinson Hall Door Jimmied Burglars last night attempted to enter Tomlinson hall. Oliver Healy, 830 Woodlawn avenue, custodian, reported that he returned from his supper early last night to find that a door on Market street had been jimmied. Nothing was reported stolen.

LAW TRANSFERS NINETEEN CITIES TO TOWN CLASS Statute Affecting Nearly 50.000 Persons Became Effective Jan. 1. Nearly 50.000 Hoosier “city folks” awoke on New' Year's day to find that they now are small (owners. For the 1933 legislature decreed that beginning Jan. 1, 1934. nineteen fifth-class cities would be reduced to the status of towns. Instead of boards and commissions conducting the official business, as is done in cities, the power is put into the hands of the town mayor. Cities becoming towns in this manner are Angola, Batesville, Butler, Cannelton, Covington, Delphi, Dunkirk. Ligonier, Loogootee, Monticcllo, Montpelier. Nappanee, North Vernon. Petersburg, Rensselaer, Rising Sun, Rockport, Veedersburg and Vevay. Ten fourth-class cities dropped to the fifth-class under the new- law-. They are Columbus, Franklin, Lebanon, Princeton, Rushville, Seymour. Valparaiso, Wabash, Warsawand Washington. Logansport went from third to fourth. •CORN SEALERS’ IDLE AS RFC BALKS ON LOAN 184 "Deserving Democrats” Aw|it Action by McNutt. One hundred and eighty-four “deserving Democrats” picked out by Pleas Greenlee. McNutt patronage secretary, as “corn sealers,” were held up on their appointments today due to advices from Washington. According to Mr. Greenlee the Indiana corn loan plan, w-hereby the sealers would obtain corn in cribs as security for loans to farmers, has struck a snag with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Loans were to come through the RFC and the sealers were to be paid through fees from farmers. Following his last trip to Washington, Governor McNutt announced that arrangements for the loans had been completed and that it w-as not necessary for the state to have a warehousing law. Mr. Greenlee said he would call the Governor at Miami, Fla., for further advice.

CRACKSMEN GET BUT $45 IN THREE HAULS No Loot Obtained From Two Safes Robbed Over Week-End. Yeggmen started out the new year With little profit in three safecracking attempts, according to police reports. Battering the combination from a safe in the Aldag Paint and Varnish Company office, 42C East Washington street, thieves obtained $45 in cash over the holiday week-end. Combination was knocked from a safe in the office of the Bellco Industrial Corporation, 237 South Meridian street, and an attempt made to open another safe in the Indianapolis Saddlery Company office, next door to the Bellco Company, no loot being obtained in either case.

ASSUMES DUTIES AS GROUNDS CUSTODIAN Carl James of Shelbyville on New Job Today. Carl James, who has had charge of car' parking at the statehouse, today took charge of the state fairground as custodian. He comes from Pleas Greenlee's home town of Shelbyville. , The appointment was announced a month ago by Lieutenant-Gov-ernor M. Townsend, commissioner of agriculture, who today succeeds E. J. Barker as fair board secretary. Mr. James, who succeeds Forest Neal in the fairground post, is a World war veteran, farmer and automobile mechanic. STATE SWINE BREEDERS RETAINJ933 OFFICERS K. H. Schenck, Washington, Again Serves as President. K. H. Schenck. Washington, was re-elected president of the Indiana Swine Breeders’ Association last night at the annual meeting in the Claypool. Other officers re-elected were Seth Hadley, vice-president, and Levi P. Moore, Rochester, secretary. Addresses were given by Lieuten--1 ant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend, Professor W. W. Smith and James R. Moore. Hoosier Farmer editor. POLICE CONTINUE HUNT FOR CITY YOUTH, 16 Foul Play Feared in Disappearance of Walter Kepner. Search for Walter Kepner, 16, of 43 North Denny street, missing since Friday, today was continued by police, who fearing he may be the | victim of foul play. He was driving his father’s car and had S4O. given to him to pay an insurance premium, when he disappeared. RUSTY NATI WOUND’ DEVELOPS LOCKJAW Youth Injured Sept. 26 Taken to City Hospital. Suffering from lockjaw. Dallas Dixon, 17, of 407 North Pine street, : was taken to city hospital yesterday. His foot became infected after he ! stepped on a rusty nail Sept. 26. WARNS OFJOGUS BILLS Alleged Counterfeiters Escape Crown Point Sheriff. Indianapolis police were asked today to watch for two alleged I counterfeiters who escaped from the j sheriff at Crown Point yesterday, following a chase on Road 41. Two men. passing bogus $lO bills on the federal reserve bank of New York in Crown Point and Lakeville. ast were seen by the sheriff heading toward Indianapolis in a coupe with Ohio license plates. Burglars Enter Store Prying open a rear door of the meat store at 3606 East Michigan | street, owned by Marion Chastain, burglars entered last night or early today, according to the police. The 1 owner is making a checkup to discover what is missing.

HUEY’S ENEMY

Winner is one of the most unusal elections in history, J. Y. Sanders Jr., above, w'ill go to Washington as “unofficial” representative from the Sixth Louisana district to fight Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp for the congress seat left vacant by the death of her husband. Mrs. Kemp won an earlyDecember election controlled by the Huey Long faction. Sanders w-as named in a “citizens’ election.” unsanctioned by state officials.

MONROE COUNTY CWA ABSOLVED Favoritsm Charge Faked, Special Investigator Discloses. Officials of the civil works administration at the statehouse today revealed that charges against the CWA in Monroe county were found to be without foundation following an investigation said to have been made at the personal instigation of President Roosevelt. The charges from Monroe county w-era said to have been included in a letter sent to the President by an organization said to have Communistic affiliations. The allegations set out were that favoritism was being show-n among workers and that CWA employes were required to work under unfavorable conditions. B. J. Dworsky, special investigator for the department of justice, made the investigation for the government and returned to Chicago yesterday with records and other data on the situation. His investigation, according to CWA officials, showed the charges to have been faked and made to foment unrest and discontent.

EX-CONVICT HELD IN SLAYING OF FATHER State Man, Found Beaten, Had Been Threatened by Son. By United Press PETERSBURG, Ind., Jan. 2. Andrew Drew, 35, paroled convict, was held in the Pike county jail here today on a murder charge while authorities investigated the death of his father, Homer Drew, 56, found beaten and kicked fatally Saturday night. The elder Drew died three hours after being found by officers who investigated a disturbance at his home near Muren. The son was arrested after other members of the family said he had threatened his father. GOLD BUYING PRICE REMAINS AT $34.06 Eve of Congress Opening Finds Dollar at 60.69 Cents. El/ United Cress ■WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The government’s domestic gold buying price was maintained at $34.06 per ounce today on the eve of the opening of congress during which a bitter monetary battle is in prospect. This was $1.31 above the world price, set in London today at 127 shillings, up 14 pence from Saturday. Based on the opening exchange rate for the pound sterling t55.151t), this was equal to $32.75 an ounce. The dollar remained at 60.69 cents. ENDURANCE FLIERS TO BE GUESTS AT DINNER New Women’s Record Holders Plan New York Trip. By United Press MIAMI, Fla.. Jan. 2.—Mrs. Frances Harrell and Helen Richey, who came down Saturday, after setting a new women’s endurance flight record. will be guests tonight of Mrs. Clark D. Stearns, former president of the Women's Aeronautical Association, at a dinner formally celebrating their feat. They plan to fly to New York Thursday, according to plans revealed late yesterday. In the meantime they planned to “fish, swim and play at Miami each. Their plane, “Outdoor Girl,' is undergoing repairs.

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YOUNG FARMER ASSUMES NEW TREASURY TASK Morgenthau Promotion Creates Important Vacancies. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jaji. 2.—Henry Morgenthau Jr., practicing farmer and long-time associate of President Roosevelt, today assumed full cabinet rank and control of the treasury to effect the administration’s monetary and fiscal policies. The new secretary is 42 years old. The President summoned Mr. Morgenthau to the White House New Year’s morning to appoint him secretary of treasury in succession to William H. Woodin, resigned. He took the oath of office in the presence of the Roosevelt and Morgenthau families and a few close associates. Mr. Morgenthau had been acting as undersecretary of the treasury since Nov. 2 when he was drafted from the farm credit administration temporarily to fill the vacancy caused, by Mr. Woedin’s departure on sick leave. Succeeds Mr. Woodin Mr. Woodin as early as last August asked to be relieved of his duties, but it was not until yesterday that President Roosevelt accepted his resignation. Morgenthau is taking over a department shaken by dispute and resignations. Policy differences first led to the departure of Former Un-der-Secretary Dean G. Acheson and Financial Adviser o. M. W. Sprague. Later Assistant-Secretary Thomas Hewes, a close personal friend of President Roosevelt and AttorneyGeneral Cummings, resigned. Promotion of Morgenthau now leaves vacant the important posts of undersecretary and assistant secretary in charg# of internal revenue, the latter post having been held by Mr. Hewes. Temporary Successor Temporarily the position of undersecretary w'ill be held by former Wall Street banker Earle Bailie, formerly of J. and W. Seligman & Cos., who holds his position under the title of assistant to the secretary. Another assistant is Tom K. Smith, St. Louis banker, who is in charge of banking problems. Mr. Morgenthau is perhaps the first farmer to hold the treasury portfolio. He is enthusiastically in support of President Roosevelt’s monetary program. He is the son of the former ambassador to Turkey under President Wilson and received important diplomatic and political training from his father. As early as 1920 he dabbled in politics, locally at first, w'hen President Roosevelt was defeated as a candidate for the vice-presidency. His association with Mr. Roosevelt has continued without interruption.

WILEY POST FORCED DOWN AT TERRE HAUTE World-Girdling Flier Is Brief Visitor in Indiana. By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Jan. 2.—Wiley Post, around-the-world flight record holder, was a brief visitor in Indiana yesterday. Weather conditions forced his ship, the Winnie Mae, to land here on a west-east business flight. The aviator was flying the ship on a distance flight for the first time since it was cracked up several months ago. He was accompanied by Neal Jones, Los Angeles, Cal., and W. C. Garthoffner, Oklahoma City, Okla. Steps on Nail: Foot Infected James Scully, 18, of 3134 Ralston avenue, was taken to city hospital last night with an infected foot, resulting from stepping on a nail in his home. One Cent a Day Pays Lip to SIOO a Month The Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Cos., 4944 Postal Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., is offering anew accident policy that pays up to SIOO a mftnth for 24 months for disability and $1,000.00 for deaths—costs less than lc a day—s3.so a year. More than 150,000 have already bought this policy. Men, women and children eligible. Send no money. Simply send name, address, age, beneficiary’s name and relationship and they will send this policy on 10 days’ FREE inspection. No examination is required. This offer is limited, so write the company today.—Advertisement.

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