Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1934 — Page 13

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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun JUST about the time this is printed I should be coming up the bav and looking at the tall buildings of your marvelous city. Probably the steamer v.-ill be docking very early in In the morning. Liners as a rule seem to be addicted to this bad habit. And so I would not want any ship news reporter to turn out of bed in order to get the necessary interview' with me upon my return. I have decided instead to give out my impressions of the

voyage before making the trip. This column was filed at the office on Dec. 20, the day before I sailed. The scene is set. I am on the upper deck, dressed comfortably and carelessly in a brown lounging suit, with an orange-colored necktie and two brown shoes. a a a One at a Time. Hogs X TOW, ooys, before I can answer any of your questions I think we should give the camera men a chance. How’ do you want me? With one girl or both on my knee? And which knee? Is this smile all

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right? Yes, I met Flo and He'en on this voyage. We met in the bar The photograpners want your last names, girls. What are your last names? Just one more pose, boys. That's all I can give you. Make up your minds. You can either have me with my knees crossed or looking out a porthole. Personally, I find it easier to look out the porthole. And now I'm ready for the interview. I like your tall buildings and your American women very much. They are so straightforward and accessible. I like the new square kind, with all the windows. No, I do not agree with the bishop. The modern girl is no more reckless than her grandmother. That is, not if grandmother is the same person I met in the eay winter of 1898. Quote me as saying that, in my opinion, the American girl is true blue. She always has been and always will be. What do I care if she uses rouge or goes to cocktail parties! I used to go to cocktail parties myself. And. let me add, never sell the New York skyline short. a a a Nothing to Sag on That PLEASE don’t ask me about that. The ship didn't go to Havana, and so anything I gave out w'ould have to be in the strictest confidence. Not for the record but just as a matter of background I don’t mind saying that Sloppy Joe’s always was exaggerated. I vastly prefer Dirty Dick’s at Nassau, but don’t quote me on that. No, I'll have to bar questions on that subject, too. You see, we spent an entire morning and an afternoon at Port au Prince, and I have signed a contract to do a book about the native customs of the island. Yes, I will be called Black something or other. I’m thinking of “Black to Black.’’ Some comment on the machine age? Well, I can’t agree with those who say that he’s wrecked it completely. He still has Jimmy Foxx. This won’t be the first time Connie has built, from the ground up. Os course. I don’t expect to see the Athletics win the pennant, but they will be there or thereabouts. Roosevelt will be renominated on the first ballot and will carry every state except Vermont. His Republican opponent will be Major Fiorelio La Guardia. Yes, I can see from here that he is making an excellent mayor. n tt tt Defending the American Girl THE American girl is not frivolous at heart. She merely seems ~o until you get to know her. The 5-cent beer is a decided improvement, and your repeal is working very swell. Why stand up to a bar when you can save somebody bring it around to you? Yes. I expect the house to remain Democratic in 1934. We have a saying like that dow r n in Port au Prince. It runs, “As mangoes so goes the Haitian.” No, I would rank them Walt Whitman, Edna Millay and Carl Sandburg. My answer to that would be decidedly Mae West. I do not anticipate a return to the gold standard. “The Last Roundup" is the finest American ballad. The American girl is not too thin. It w'as very hot in Jamaica, and I never missed a single meal. What’s that you say? I’m just off the bloat. Very good, indeed. Mark Twain remains our greatest American humorist. ' I do not. think that regular passenger planes will be flying across the Atlantic for another twenty years. 'The American girl has a heart of gold. Yes, gentlemen you can quote me on that. (Copyright. 1934, by The Times) Questions and Answers —When was Charlie Ross kidnaped and how old was he? A—He w'as kidnaped in July. 1874. when he was 4. Q —ls Ferdinand Pecora. the counsel for the senate banking investigation committee, a native-born American? A -He was born in the highlands of Sicily in 1882, and was brought to America at the age of 5. Q—Can a male person, under 21, be married in Nevada without the consent of hfs parents or guardian? A—No. Q—When was the last time that eight years intervened between leap years? A—The longest intervening period has been seven years between the leap years 1796 and 1804 and 1896 and 1904. Q —Has the author of “The Last Round Up" written other popular songs? A~Billy Hill is also the composer of “They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree." “There’s a Cabin in the Pines," “Louisville Lady,” and “Have You Ever Been Lonely?" Q—How can paint stains be removed from a parchment bass drum head? A —Saturate a piece of flannel with benzene and rub on the stain, taking up the paint as soon as it is soft, being careful not to smear it over the head. Follow with a light washing with soap and water and conclude by rubbing the skin with glycerine. Q —What is the official name of the dam being built on the Colorado river at Boulder Canyon? A—Secretary Interior Harold Ickes issued a special order. May 13. 1933. dropping the name Hoover and restoring the name Boulder Dam. Q—Do ferns die when touched by human hands? A—No. but the tips of the fronds are tender and may be injured by handling. Q —Where is William and Mary college? A—Williamsburg. Va. Q—ls the letter postage rate to Alaska. Canal Zone, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands the same as in continental United States? A—Yes. Q—Were you not in error in stating that Ruby Laffoon is Governor of Mississippi? A—Yes. this was an error in the name of the state, which should have been Kentucky. Ruby Laffoon is Governor of Kentucky. Q—Who played the role of “Jerry'' in the motion picture "Another Language"? A—John Beal. Q —When and where were diamonds discovered? A—The time of the first discovery is not known. All the famous stones of antiquity probably came from india. The first author wno fully described the Indian stone* was the Portuguese, Garcia De Orta <.T565>, who was physician to the viceroy of Goa. Before that time there only were legendary’ accounts of the finding of diamonds.

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THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Desire for Liberty of Expression Felt Even Before There Was a U.S.

This Is the second of a series of five articles on “Freedom of the Press.” explaining why thl* issue Is important to every newspaper reader. BY W11.1.1S THORNTON Time* Special Writer BEFORE there was any United States of America, the American desire for freedom of expression was making itself felt. Fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, one Justice Morris had dared defy the king’s governor in New York by a decision against him. The governor, Cosby, fired Morris from the bench. But Morris had spirit. He immediately ran for the provincial assembly. The election w'as held in Eastchester, a hamlet only fifteen miles north of what now is Grand Central station in New York. Governor Cosby offered a stuffed shirt candidate in opposition. Fifty horsemen rode into the town square at midnight and watched from dawn to see that no funny business was attempted byCosby. Three hundred voters with banners marched to the green later in the day and defeated an attempt by Cosby to force a vote by choice. an u WITH them, and among them, was one Peter Zenger, reporter. Zenger watched and noted the disqualification of thirty - eight Quakers, “men of known and visible estates,” because they refused to take oath. He watched all the efforts to rig the election by Tammany methods, and he saw the triumph of Morris. Then he went back to New York and wrote his story for his paper, the Gazette. This paper, indebted to Cosby and in tone, refused to print it. Zenger went right ahead. Within a week he had enlisted support for anew paper, the New York Weekly Journal. And it printed Zenger’s account of the election. An admirably accurate and forceful accourit it was, too, making up in good reporting what it lacked in spelling and typography. Zenger followed this us with a series of rousing attacks on Governor Cosby’s tyranny and inefficiency. a a a IN a short time Zenger found himself in jail, on a warrant charging libel, and with excessive bail demanded, which he could not furnish. For nine months Zenger paced his cell, at times giving instructions through “the hole of the door” to his wife and servants for carrying on his paper, which was being printed by volunteers. When his time for trial finally came, there arose to defend Zenger the famous lawyer, Andrew Hamilton mo relation to Alexander). In a brilliant speech .Hamilton

INTEREST PAID ON HOME LOAN BONDS First Payment in State Is About $60,000. First interest payment of about $60,000 on Home Owners Loan Corporation 4 per cent bond is beingpaid in Indiana, it was announced today by E. Kirk McKinney, Indiana manager. The sum represents accrued in- , terest on bonds issued by the corporation in exchange for mortgages. The interest represents a total of $2,820,000 in Indiana, of which 86 i per cent was absorbed by banking and financial institutions. Coupons i are being redeemed by the various ! federal reserve banks. Announcement that the interest was to be paid resulted in the corporation bonds rising from SB3 to : SB7 on the market. The state office of the corporation j is ready to take final action on an additional 1.500 bonds, for a par value of $1,500,000. By June, outstanding bonds of j the corporation will have been inj creased about $3,000,000. according i to Mr. McKinney. PWA PLANS WAY TO END LAKE POLLUTION Sewage Plants Favored, but Bond Limits Prove Obstacle. Elimination of sewage pollution in Lake MichigaiT through construction of disposal plants was discussed yesterday by the Indiana advisory committee of the public works administration. Proposals have been received from cities in northern Indiana that the project be undertaken as part of the PWA program. Otto P. Deluse. advisory board chairman, said he understood, however, that 'most of the cities involved would be unable to issue bonds to serve as collateral for the loans because of low bonding j limitations. SCHOOL FUNDS SHARE IN STATE INCOME TAX January Payments Due Before 30th of Month. Indianapolis school city will receive $329,432.68 and other Marion county school units $74,773.76 from the $4 089.243.27 distribution of school funds from state gross income tax. which began at the state- : house today. Teacher payment of $204.36 forms the distribution basis. January payments of the tax must be. made before Jan. 30. Much of these collections will go to furnish money for the state government i over and above its 15-cent levy, it j was estimated. Card Party Is Saturday Frank T. Strayer post and aux- I illiary No. 1405. Veterans of For- j eign Wars, will hold at card party 1 ,Saturday night at the headquarters! 1 °f the post, 125 West Market street.

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won Zenger’s acquittal on the libel charges, and the foundation-stone of freedom of expression in America was laid soundly. With establishment of the new government, and adoption of the present Constitution, mighty stones were added to this structure. The Constitution itself contained no provision on freedom of expression. But almost the first act of the first congress was to submit ten amendments to the people. a tt a THE first of these contained an unforgettable charter, of liberty: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right ox the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Apparently as plain and simple as language can be, this amendment has been subject to court wrangling ever since its adoption. In fact, the government had been little more than established before a series of laws was passed whurti threatened to topple the structure of freedom of expression that had been erected.

The Theatrical World.. Indiana and Circle Theaters to Get ‘New Deal’ in Movie Features ~ BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

Anew deal for the Indiana and Circle theaters gives these two houses the productions of five of the eight leading Hollywood producers. This announcement was made today by I. M. Halperin, general manager of the theaters, when he COMING HERE

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Walter Hampden Hei'e' is Walter Hampden, noted stage star, made up as “Macbeth.” Mr. Hampden will appear in this play at English's at 2:15 p. m. Saturday.

Thefts Hike Road Cost Loss During 1933 of 902 Danger Lights Puzzles Officials in Report. There seems to be no accounting for tastes, as far as local kleptomaniacs are concerned. Indianapolis street officials decided today as they tabulated the cost of upkeep in the maintenance department.

Last year 902 red danger lights were stolen from the streets of Indianapolis. No logical reasons could be advanced as to the possible use by individuals for red danger lights and lanterns. However, in a year that saw the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, it was easier to account for the fact that sixty-two red danger signs at street ends were smashed by automobiles. It was a boom year for the complaint department. A total of 2.204 individuals complained of The sewers. 445 complained of sidewalks and 771 persons growled about holes in the street. Tact and diplomacy were used, however, and most of the complainants forgot their grievances when city officials promised to do their part to remedy the complaints. One of the major steps taken by the street department, as far as motorists were concerned, was to i

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934

In 1798 the alien and sedition acts were passed by the Federalist party, which felt a rising tide of criticism and a wanting power. They authorized the arrest and deportation, at the discretion of the president, of any alien, even in time of peace, and the “arrest, trial and punishment” of any one who should “write, print, utter, or publish” anything with intent to defame the president, or congress, or to weaken their authority, or bring them into contempt. Woodrow Wilson wrote of this, “There was no telling where such exercises of power would stop.” For instance, if we had had such a law during the late 1920’5, it is likely that any one publishing anything against prohibition enforcement would have been put in jail. a a tt BUT the forefathers protested. Petitions rolled in, and a loud cry spread over the land. This clamor for freedom of expression was a big factor in beating the Federalists and wrecking their party so completely that it never rose again. Madison was one of the principal fighters against these laws, saying, ‘,'To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for the triumphs which have

announced that the Indiana next week goes into a “split week” policy. The Indiana Sunday will feature Paul Muni in “The World Changes” for four days, then opening on Thursday with Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee and Ruth Donnelly in “Havana Widows” lor three days. The Circle and Indiana will use the product of Paramount, Warner Brothers, First National, Radio and Columbia. .“Through contracts that have just been signed,” Mr. Halperin states, ‘‘the Indiana can hand-pick its programs from an available supply of about 200 productions. The Indiana will need under the new policy a total of 104 pictures a year.” Among the attractions to be shown soon are “Easy to Love,” with Adolphe Menjou and Genevieve TObin; “Six of a Kind,” with Burns and Allen, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, W. C. Fields, and Alison Skipworth; “Miss Fayne’s Baby Is WAR VETERANS OF ’9B TO INSTALL OFFICERS Ceremonies to Be Held Tomorrow at Ft. Friendly. J. C. Mar.gus will be installed as commander of Harold C. Megrew camp. No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans, and Mrs. Emma Sears as president of auxiliary No. 3, at. a joint installation of officers, for 1934, which will be held at 8 tomorrow night in Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois street.

patch 22,500 holes in the street, thereby soothing the tempers of countless citizens, but failing to alleviate the slack in the tire repair and auto springs business. No report was made last year of any one stealing sidewalks. The city, however, did lay 49.546 square feet of concrete walks with 5,829 linear feet of curb being constructed. There were 650 miles of sewers opened during the year, despite the fact that less home brew was poured down the drain. Inevitably, it is the taxpayer who pays and pays. But this year, the cost of improvements did not weigh heavily upon his purse. Sewer improvements amounted to only 15 cents per capita for the year, the unpaved street division cost was 23 cents per capita, the paved street division took only 33 cents from each individual and street cleaning cost but 30 cents per capita,

been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.” The first man to be jailed under the sedition act was Matthew Lyon, who attacked President Adams as grasping for power and adulation, referred to “the bullying speech of the President,” and wondered that congress’ answer “had not been to send Adams to the madhouse.” Lyon got four months in jail for that. Friends rose to his aid, especially Anthony Haswell, editor of the Vermont Gazette, who blasted away at Lyon's sentence. For that, Haswell got tw r o months. Next came Dr. Thomas Cooper of the Pennsylvania Gazette, who bitterly criticised Adams, and was arrested. tt a tt HIS trial was held before Justice Chase, who said that “if a man attempts to destroy the confidence of the people in their officers, he effectually saps the foundation of government.” Mark you, this regardless of whether those officers were worthy of confidence or not. So Cooper was put away for six months and fined S4OO. But to this same Justice Chase, himself a Revolutionary war veteran and an undoubted patriot in his way, also fell the trial of James Callender.

Stolen,” with Dorothea Wieck and Alice Brady, and “The House on Fifty-sixth Street,” with Kay Francis, Gene Raymond and Ricardo Cortez. Mr. Halperin states that no change in the scale of admission prices is contemplated. tt tt tt In City Theaters Will Rogers in "Mr. Skitch” at the Apollo, “Flying Down to Rio” at the Circle, “Dinner at Eight” at the Palace, “Sitting Pretty” at the Indiana, ‘‘Parisian Parade” on the stage and “By Candlelight” on the screen at the Lyric, and burlesque at the Mutual and Colonial. HURT CRITICALLY

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Dean of American horsewomen, Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Sr., above, of New York, never may ride again as result of critical injuries suffered when she was thrown from her mount at a hurdle at Aiken, S. C. Mrs. Hitchcock, 68, is the mother of Tommy Hitchcock Jr., famed polo star. REGISTER FIRST SCOUT Troop 55 Gains New Tenderfoot to Start 1934. Robert M. Passwaiter, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Passwaiter. 1906 South State avenue, was registered yesterday with the Central Indiana Scout Council as the first tenderfoot scout of the new year. Young Passwaiter will join Troop 55 which, thus, for the third successive year, achieves the distinction of registering the first scout of the new year in Indianapolis. The new scout celebrated his twelfth birthday Monday at the same time, reaching the minimum eligibility age for Boy Scouts of America.

Callender had paid his respects to President Adams in no uncertain terms, saying that his administration had been “a tempest of malignant passions,” that Adams was a "professed aristocrat,” and scathingly referring to the President’s speech to congress in the words, “This hoary-headed incendiary bawls, then, ‘To arms!’” a an /“-iHASE. who later was impeached, conducted the trial in so overbearing a manner that Callender did not have a chance, and got nine months in jail and a S2OO fine. And S2OO was big money in those days. With the downing of the Federalists, and the coming of the Jefferson administration, Jefferson pardoned practically all those imI prisoned under the sedition laws, and remitted with interest many of the fines paid, giving his opinion that the laws were unconstitutional. He added. “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that can not be limited without being lost.” NEXT: The last 150 years has been a running fight on what people should be allowed to print. TRADE BOARD WIPES OUT BUILDING DEBT Final SIO,OOO Paid as Yearly Receipts Gain. All indebtedness against the Indianapolis Board of Trade's eightstory office building, Meridian and Ohio streets, was wiped out during the year just ended, it was announced today. William Howard, secretary of the organization since 1909, said the Board of Trade had made payment of SIO,OOO on the final certificate of preferred stock which had been outstanding against the building. Year's receipts of the board | showed an increase of more than $13,000 over 1932, Mr. Howard said. Disbursements for 1933 were $16,000, which include the payment on the certificate of preferred stock. The board of governors of the organization will hold its monthly meeting at 6 Monday night in the Board of Trade dining room. Isaac E. Woodward is president of the board. CHURCH WILL ELECT MEMBERS OF BOARD University Park Christians to Hold Annual Meeting, Annual meeting will be held by members of University Park Christian church, following a basket supper at the church at 6:30 tomorrow night. New members of the church board will be elected. Principal speakers at the session will be A. A. Honeywell, president of the board, and the Rev. J. H. Tilsley, former pastor of the Broad Ripple Christian church, who has accepted a call to the University Park church. Reports will be given by various church officials. INSPECTION SET FOR ROYAL ARCH GROUPS Joint Session of Oriental and Prather Chapter Arranged. Oriental chapter and Prather chapter, Royal Arch Masons, will hold a joint inspection of the mark and past master degrees Saturday night in the Prather Masonic temple, Forty-second street and College avenue. The event will be preceded by a dinner at 6:30. Herbert T. Graham, Elkhart, grand lecturer, will be inspecting officer. Stanley G. Myers, grand high priest, also will attend. LAMP BULBS TARGET OF AIR RIFLE MARKSMEN Youths Must Pay Damages and Seek Other Ranges. A youthful air rifle marksman, who confessed to shooting out apartment lights, at 536 Sutherland avenue last night, tearfully promised policemen he would pay for the damages. He named several accomplices. who promised faithfully to limit their sharpshooting to the wide open spaces.

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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler THE citizen* crowded close around the oJd gray Capitol building and in the chamber of the house of representatives to hear the dictator. Mr. Roosevelt, speak his piece on the state of the Union. I suppose you could call him the dictator, because congress, pretty badly scared at the time, turned the government over to him last spring and the statesmen haven't summoned enough courage yet. or confidence in themselves, to ask him to give it back to

them. When they do get it back, if they ever do, they hardly will recognize it as the same government. It isn’t. The trouble with the word dictator is that it suggests a wildeyed nut in a lion tamer's uniform or a Boy Scout suit, with a bang of hair ofi.pping over his eyes who puts in a certain amount of time practicing glares before his mirror every day. This one wears a business suit and as you stand along the street when he goes by nobody is going to jab you in the trousers with a bayonet or tap you over the head with a blackjack if you do not wish to cheer. In fact, if you should be of a mind to blow him a Bronx cheer

that would be your privilege and if some policeman should happen to jail you up for disrespect, the dictator himself, undoubtedly would unjail you as soon as he heard about it. This one smiles at the citizens along the stret and gives them the wave. Hello. Hello over there. How's tricks. They have been waiting quite a while for him to show up. There are about 2,000 in the house, including the statesmen down in the well, some of whom have brought their children, and a small gallery of fans. There is a big light hanging over the well, throwing a bright beam on the place where the President is going to stand, but from up in the press section you have to imagine the picture because the press gallery overhangs the chamber. a a tt Plenty of Cameras THE photographers were over across the room in the gallery with moving picture machines and sound apparatus up on tripods and hand-boxes for the newspaper shots. They squint through their sights and tinker with their gear and out in the corridor of the gallery there is a great cluster of trunks and electric cables and spare camera parts and stock. The gallery aisles are clear, but the crowd is ganging up in the doors, stretching for peeks at. Mr. Roosevelt and perhaps at some of the senators. They even have dragged out swivel chairs from some of the offices and are standing up on them, three or four to a chair, lurching and grabbing at the air and the door-frames as the chairs start to spin. An old Civil war veteran with one of those warm, comfortable patronage door-tending jobs, sitting outside his door, a few feet removed from the crowd, leans over to another one and says, “You et yet?” “No,” the other old soldier says. “I ain’t eating till night now’days. What’s keepin’ him? Ought to bin here now.’ There is a crackle of applause, like a wagon crushing a crate, as the door of the press-gallery opens into the pressroom and a head pokes through and says, "It’s only the senate coming in.” The pressroom is a box-car string of four long, narrow white rooms and very different from any other pressroom. There are none of those old, familiar hall of shame newspaper headlines pasted on the walls wherein typographical errors make unintended meanings such as adorn the wails of other pressrooms. But up on the picture-line around and around all the rooms there are old photographs and paintings, some of the latter in huge gilt frames of persons gen--erally unknown, but presumed to have been journalists of some importance in their time. Some of them have great tangles of whiskers and Little Stevie, the A. P.'s White House man, reckons that they couldn’t have been reporters, anyway, with those whiskers. More likely publishers. That's Pulitzer, there, with whiskers,” Little Stevie says. “I recognize him.” a a a Mr. Munsey Missing THERE seems to be no portrait of the late Mr. Munsey in the pressrooms. This would be understandable. Mr. Munsey always was scrapping newpapers and unjobbing men in large, frightened batches. There are about two hundred seats in the gallery and no standees today so the overflow hangs around in the rooms catching distant sounds as the doors to the chamber pop open. There comes a big crackle as four or five men pop in through each door and go tearing down the room to say he’s in. He's in and the statesmen and the galleries are beating their hands together and standing up, some of them yelling like old grads at a football game. He’s in and a strange clanking sound comes up out of the hole as Congressman Rainey flogs his marble 'block With his wooden hammer asking for order. Congressman Rainey is invisible from this angle but he is an Illinois farmer with a big bird’s nest of white hair who always wears a black flowing tie like the bunting they hang over fire-barns when someone dies. The senators, all you can see of them, are strangely informal for senators because they do state that senators always used to dress up for occasions of this kind whereas today ihey came just as they were. I couldn’t see whether the President was dressed up or not but he isn’t very dressy as a rule. Again the doors break open and almost carry away as the boys come plunging up out of the press section to holler. “Let ’r go.” That is the release on the President s message. They let it go and the confusion and excitement are not as great as I would have expected under the circumstances, but the farther the news goes the more clatter and commotion it will cause. They will be hollering flash and throwing switches in the pressrooms all over the country and the papers will start coming up out of the cellars telling the citizens how Mr. Roosevelt stood up there before the statesmen on the hill in Washington and gave the crooked bankers hell. tt tt tt A Voice Rings Out. THE voice rings out. the Harvard voice which speaks the people’s language and which is now becoming as familiar to the American ear as ever the teeth of that other Roosevelt were to the American eye. It clangs so that in spots you can hear it through the doors and, referring to the advance copy, you reckon this might be about the point where he said, “We have been shocked by many notorious examples of injuries done our citizens by persons or groups who have been living off their neighbors by the use of methods either unethical or criminal.” Well, and how did you like the President's speech, A1 Wiggin, late of the Chase National bank? And whom do you think he can have in mind, Mr. Wiggin? In the newspaper business we always like to find out what our leading citizens think of the President’s speeches, Mr. Wiggin. “I am speaking.” the copy read as the voice continued to ring out and some of the statesmen's eyes popped, “of those individuals who have evaded the spirit and purpose of our tax laws, of those high officials of banks or corporations which have grown rich at the expense of their stockholders or the public, whose operations have injured the values of the farmers’ crops and the savings of the poor.” He didn’t get around to saying anything about those great leaders of the noble profession of the law who devised those evasions of the spirit and purpose of the tax laws, but he said sufficient for one day. And just in case those individuals might not understand fully his meaning he linked them up in the next paragraph with bandits and kidnapers. Mr. Roosevelt was laying it on the line. The voice stopped and Little Stevie grabbed his hat. “I got to get this guy back to the White House,” Little Stevie said. “What about him? Is he standing up all right with the crowd on the White House run?” "Oh, well,” said Little Stevie. “No kidding, he is a swell guy.” (Copyright, 1934. by United Feature* Syndicate. Inc.j

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