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MONDAY, APRIL 1. 1934

TAXES FOR RECOVERY / conference room, where representatives of the house and senate meet to adjust their differences on legislation, was described appropriately by Senator Gore the other day as "that omnivorous cemetery situated somewhere in the Capitol between the house and the senate.” Many hard-won legislative victories have come to naught behind the closed doors of the conference room. Wc hope thus will not be the result when house and senate conferees decide what is to remain in and what Ls to be taken out of the tax bill. Revenues of our government are indisputably inadequate in the face of present and prospective expenditures. The party in power was elected on pledges to maintain the government’s credit and levy taxes on the principle of ability to pay. (Therefore the conferees should vote to retain at least three senate amendments—the Harrison excess profits tax, the La Follette higher estate taxes and the Couzens higher income taxes—estimated to yield a total of $242,000,000 a year. House Democratic leaders seem willing to accept the Harrison and La Follette amendments, but are directing their fire against the less politically popular Couzens amendment, to add a one-year emergency 10 per cent to income tax payments. There is an apparent attempt to mislead the public into believing that the Couzens amendment provides burdensome taxes. It provides merely that a married man with no dependents, earning $3,000 a year, would pay $22 instead of S2O; earning SS,QDO would pay sllO instead of $100; earning $1,000,000 would pay $628,100 instead of $571,000. That is little indeed considering the stakes of recovery. THE C. C. C. 'HE Civilian Conservation Corps finishes its first year this week with a record of which the administration might justly boast. It has been a life-saver for the 600.000 men who have found wholesome* outdoor work, badly needed wages and soul solace in the green mansion of the nation’s great forests. Os the $225,000,000 the project has cost, fully * two-thirds have gone into buying power for families that needed it most. Fireproofing work has kept forest fire damage down to $235,000, which is less than 17 per cent of the annual loss during the five year's preceding 1933. Its mass attack on White Pine blister rust has checked a plague that threatens the entire White Pine lumber industry of the pacific northwest. It has approached timber growing as an agricultural industry and has planted 17.000.000 trees in the waste places left by careless lumbermen. But its greatest boon has been in conserving the young foresters themselves, their health, morale and self-respect. ‘‘lt is clear,” said Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, "that no single attack upon unemployment of similar magnitude could have accomplished more good socially and economically or have aroused more widespread and deeply felt approval. It is a plan that conserves the social resources of the nation.” Congress can show its approval of this record by voting funds to finance the C. C. C. for at least another year. WHILE PROFITS WAIT \ LL, except a few economic cave dwellers, agree that the time has come to revive the banked fires of our export industries, scrape the barnacles off our merchant ships and resume normal trade with the world. For congress this means passage of the administration's reciprocal trade amendment to the 1930 tariff act, now pending in the senate after passing the house. Since 1929 world trade has shriveled from $35,000,000,000 to the niggling total of $12,000.000,000 in 1933. Had it continued to increase since 1929 at the postwar rate, trade now would be approximately $50,000,000,000 annually. Such is the loss in world production, world employment, world wealth. The United States, isolated behind its towering tariffs, has suffered a disastrous fallingoff in trade. Total exports fell from $5,157,000,000 in 1929 to $1,149,000,000 last year. Our imports went down form $4,339,000,000 to $1,122,000,000 last year. Reciprocal trade and tariff agreements will help restore this once golden argosy, and these are the only measures that can. Congress, caught in a tanglefoot of social and sectional interests, either can not or will not reduce tariffs or make agreements with other nations. In 1897 our government tried to negotiate ten commercial treaties under the Dingley tariff law. Although it was claimed that these treaties would have doubled, American trade at thai time, they were filibustered to death in the senate. All but two of the nations of continental Europe, ns well as England, her major dominions and several Latin-American countries, have vested the executive with authority to negotiate duties below those of existing tariff schedules. Canada. Poland. Greece and other countries vest such authority without parliamentary approval. France has made its premier a virtual tariff idetator. The pending resolution would limit the President's powers to a range of rates within 50 per cent of existing ones, and agreements would terminate in thre years. Th* world, with its 30.000.000 jobless and its 1,500.000,000 or so people now living below the poverty line, awaits leadership from its richest and most productive fiat ion. *

LEFTY LEE T EFTY LEE was buried today. It was just that sort of day he would have liked—clear and cool with a bit of haze in the spring air. He would have been out in the afternoon looking over the streams he knew and loved so well and tomorrow he would have been telling fishermen just when the rivers would be right for a good catch. For Lefty Lee Faust was one of those rare men who was able to make a profession out of the thing he loved most. Bowling and fishing were his hobbies and at the same time they were his job. It was he who first suggested that The Times carry a column in the winter for bowlers and another in the summer for anglers. Writing did not come easily to Lefty. He had to work at it. In his youth he had been denied the advantages of a college education. He was an outstanding example of what a man can do to overcome early handicaps. He toiled for hours over his column, polishing this phrase and rubbing up that one. Last summer The Times employed a college professor to read two weeks’ editions of the paper and criticise every sentence for grammar and rhetoric. Lefty Lee’s column was judged the most perfect writing of any of the staff. He will be cruelly missed both by his readers and by his fellow' staff members. His courageous fight for life for two months against odds he knew were hopeless was characteristic of him. He was a gallant sportsman and a splendid newspaper man. It is hard to w r ave good-by to our old comrade who has gone over the hill to face the last, great Scorer, who makes the final tally for every sportsman, but we know that He will write down that Lefty was a man who alw'ays played the game. FAMOUS FAIR PASSES SENTIMENTAL ties between the United States and England, despite the ineffable bosh of magazine writers and after-dinner speakers, are extremely strong; and one thing in which Americans are sure to display a good deal of interest is the slow' passage from the contemporary scene of some of old England’s most ancient traditions and customs. An example is the pending abolition of the famous Stourbridge fair, at Cambridge. This fair dates back to the year 1211. In the middle ages it was one of the most famous fairs in the world, bringing merchants and travelers from all over Europe. Milton mentions it in "Paradise Lost.” King Henry VIII levied on the fair’s profits, in 1539, to relieve his own financial stringency. Now, according to the London Sunday Times, the fair may be abolished. It has no practical value, and it is neglected by the general public. Another time-honored custom, left behind by the tide of modern affairs, seems about to disappear forever. LOOK AT MUNITIONS cttihe munitions trust investigation now is assured. The senate voted its approval. It is important that the senate and the country—and the world —should know the truth or falsity of the rumors and reports that there is an international munitions "ring," that American companies are part of it; they should know whether legislation in congress has been caused by scares of w r ar built out of thin air; whether munitions lobbyists have affected bills pending there. B|it the most important function of this investigation is to determine whether or not there should be a government monopoly in munitions, by licensing private makers or by the government itself <?oing the w'ork. A long, hard job lies ahead of the committee appointed to make this investigation. Its personnel should be selected by VicePresident Garner w'ith the utmost care. INCOME TAX REVELATION ONE of the most ominous signs about the new deal is one that so far has gone almost unnoticed—a little disclosure made in compilation of the most recent income tax statistics. These statistics show' that W'hereas corporation taxes are up almost 50 per cent over last year, collections from persons taxed on incomes of less than $5,000 a year have show r n an actual decrease. At the same time, taxes collected from persons earning more than $5,000 a year rose sharply, along with the corporation taxes. All this shows a growing concentration of wealth in the hands of the middle and upper income groups, and a decline in the position of the ordinary, middle-class citizen. It’s a tendency, one would suppose, which a "new deal” ought to view with a good deal of concern. POSTMASTERS BY MERIT SOME time ago Postmaster-General James A. Farley announced that he would ask congress to pass a law putting all postmasters under civil service. Since then nothing further has been heard from him on the subject; and now a Republican, Representative Albert Carter, has take the postmastergeneral at his word and has introduced just such a bill. "This business of carrying and servicing the mails,” says Representative Carter, "is one of the most important functions of the government. I am- at a loss to see why any one would object to having this service placed on a merit basis.” The ordinary taxpayer will find very little to quarrel with in this view. Whether Mr. Carter, Mr. Farley, or some other statesman eventually puts the reform through, it is a thing that is badly needed in the interest of the nation as a whole. While Admiral Byrd keeps his lone vigil observing the weather, he might also try to figure out why people talk about it when they have nothing to say. A prisoner in Chile has been elected to that country's senate. Now the voters can’t say that they were deceived by him, when he takes office. A telegraph company informs the NR A it has been operating on a code ever since Morse discovered it back in 1837. Dr. Wirt may have been the victim of a joke, but it's the kind that turns out to be a Joke on the public.

Liberal Viewpoint DR. HARRY ELMER BARNES*=

npHE hundred years usually are portrayed by historians as the century which was preeminent for the victories won by democracy and liberty, A hundred years ago Europe was writhing under the sinister system of Prince Mctternich, supreme guardian of reaction. * It was he who prevented the king of Prussia from granting a constitution to his people after the Napoleonic wars. He lined up the major powers of Europe to prevent the spread of the ideas of the French revolution. From the Carlsbad decrees of 1819 until the revolution of 1848. he held central and western Europe under his thumb. So absurd was his reactionary outlook that he actually dismissed a professor in the University of Vienna who was giving a mathematical and astronomical iecture on “The Revolution of the Spheres.” The word “revolution” was taboo in whatever sense used. Tens of thousands fled from the harsh meavsures which he enacted or induced his fellow rulers to enact. The great GermanAmerican contingent in our society may be traced in large part to policies instigated by Metternich. n n a VrET, in 1934, there are more men and women in prison for purely political offenses than there a hundred years ago. This astonishing fact is set forth in the report, of Van Gheel Gildermeister, a Dutch Quaker who has been working since 1921 in behalf of the victims of European political intolerance. In a dispatch to The Times, he thus describes his work and the situation which he has uncovered: “Altogether, I have obtained the release of 11,000 prisoners in central and southeastern Europe, nearly 1.000 yearly, during the last twelve years in addition to 6,000 released in Russia. But the efforts of myself and other Quakers who are working behind the scenes can only touch the fringe of this great post-war tragedy. “Do people in America realize —in Europe no one does—that there are today 3,500,000 political prisoners, excluding those in concentration camps, in central and southeastern Europe alone, not reckoning with Russia? I have just come from Prague and I am hoping to obtain from President Massaryk an amnesty for Germans and Czechoslovaks jailed there as political prisoners. “My services, for what they are worth, are, of course, equally at the disposal of political prisoners in Austria, wherever I can see a chance to get to work usefully. But newspaper publicity is the worst thing for me. a a a ‘‘X7l7'E know no distinctions of country or of * political feeling. I have obtained the release of Socialists by the Nazis in Germany and expect now to get an amnesty for Germans in Czechoslovakia who were imprisoned by the Czechs as Nazi sympathizers. “When the world conscience awakens to the fact that 3,500,000 human beings in central Europe and the Balkans, mostly members of national minorities, are in prison on account of their race or political views, perhaps something on a world scale can be done for them.” The major causes of this contemporary intolerance are Fascism, Communism and Nationalism. The first is the worst of the three, because it usually enlists nationalism in its service. Contemporary Fascism has no more respect for liberty than the autocracy of Metternich. Mussolini’s statement that Italy can not afford the luxury of public opinion will match any of the cynical observations of Prince Metternich. But Mussolini is almost a libertarian compared to Hitler, When we are attempting to estimate the total number of political prisoners and the state of liberty in the western world today, we also must take into account the several LatinAmerican dictatorships, of which Venezuela is by far the -worst, now that Machado has disappeared from Cuba. The tortures and barbarities which Gomez has inflicted upon his political enemies is probably unequaled since the days of the Inquisition. All in all, the picture as a whole presents a rather appalling spectacle as the aftermath of the great war to “make the world safe for democracy.” These facts should be an adequate answer to those who put their trust in war to achieve even decent ends.

Capital Capers ——BY GEORGE ABELL

DON MANUEL GONZALEZ ZELEDON, Charge d'Affaires of Cosa Rica, always opens his mail early in the morning, while sipping Costa Rican coffee. The other day, Don Manuel opened the mail early as usual, nearly dropped his coffee cup. "Look! Good news!” he cried to Madame Gonzalez, enthusiastically waving the letter. It announced that Don Manuel has been promoted minister extraordinary and envoy plenipotentiary to the United States. By telephone, by wire, by word of mouth congratulations have been pouring in on happy Don Manuel. Both he and his wife are liked and esteemed in Latin-American and official Washington circles. a a a WHITE-BEARDED Henry L. Morgenthau Sr., ex-ambassador to Turkey and father of the secretary of the treasury, heralded the opening of the baseball season by going to see the first game in Griffith stadium. A neighbor at the game w r as ex-Mayor Curley of Boston, buoyant and nattily dressed as usual. "Well,” chuckled ex-Mayor Curley to exAmbassador Morgenthau. "Glad to* see you out. The fresh air will do you good.” Morgenthau returned no answer. White-bearded General Peyton March, chief baseball fan of the United States army, was not noted at the exhibition game. White-bearded Mr. Morgenthau not only indulges in baseball games, but went General March one better by appearing among the caviar and champagne of the gorgeous Soviet* Russian fete last Tuesday. a a a PRESIDENT STENIO VINCENT of Haiti twiddling his thumbs in New York, has been waiting President Roosevelt’s return from his Florida fishing cruise. Poor Stenio had intended seeing Mr. Roosevelt last week, was forced to wait when the chief executive decided to prolong his southern stay. Diplomatic Jimmy Dunn, protocol chief of the state department, plans to give a dinner for Monsieur Vincent—an affair which will undoubtly be a stepping stone in Americo-Haitian relations. a a a THREE ambassadors—Sir Ronald Lindsay of Great Britain; Senor de Lima e Silva of Brazil, and Dr. Hans Luther of Germany—entertained at formal dinners last evening, and one minister—Marc Peter of Switzerland. A fourth ambassador—Ahmet Muhtar of Turkey—was guest of honor at a party given by Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman. Sir Donald fancies port at his dinners. Dr. Luther likes light French wines. The Brazilian is fond of a rich Burgundy. Minister Peter loves a drop of Kirsch after meals. Ambassador Muhtar alone never drinks . . . except water and, rarely, milk. A proposed German decree will bar women doctors and recognize nature healers. Soon we can expect the declaration that the sun revolves about a flat earth whose limits are the boundaries of Germany. A Mansfield (O.) girl couldn’t collect damages from her escort, after an accident, because she let him hug her with one arm and drive with the other. What must have made her sore was that he didn't hug her with both arms.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

(Times readers are invited to express their vietes in these columns. Make pour letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less.) a tt a COOKS WORKED OVERTIME IN HOTELS, WRITER SAYS By O. S. I am the man who borrowed four baskets of coal. I have another complaint to make. I have heard of the NRA, which is o. k. if enforced. Martinsville has five or six mineral hotels, and about the cheapest meal you can eat in any of these places is 75 cents. The cooks in the hotels put in twelve to fourteen hours a day and receive $1 a day, or $7 a week. Is this fair? These cooks go to work at 6 in the morning and get off at 2 in the afternoon, go back at 4 p. m. and get off at 8. Think of standing over a hot stove all that time. When they are through they are expected to wash dishes. Why doesn’t some union representative go and talk to these cooks? I know they will listen. a a a BEER SIGNS ARE AID TO U. S. PROSPERITY By O. L. Barnhill. Being a reader of The Times, I could not help but ask the public in general about Mr. Fry's statement concerning beer signs. Mr. Fry is afraid beer signs are injurious to the people, and ordered all signs pertaining to beer must be taken down. Can any one with good' common sense think of anything that beats Mr. Fry's views? I happen to be a worker who enamels those beer signs. I look forward each week to my pay for doing that work. I have a wife and baby as dependents. If it weren’t for those signs I would have to ask for help and perhaps take money from some other man's pocket. Mr. Fry surely has read enough to know that our President is trying to put money in circulation and make times better. So why should Mr. Fry try to tear down something we are trying to build up? I would like to hear the pros and cons on the subject from people who are not concerned with the beer signs or politics. a a a BACK THE STREET CAR COMPANY NOW By a Daily Times Header. In reply to E. C. Payne’s message in regard to the busses on East New York street, probably Mr. Payne isn't as wise as a lot of patrons on the east side who now are enjoying the comfortable ride in either direction on Washington street on the new 7 Indianapolis Railways street cars. I think Mr. Payne should be satisfied that certain bus lines in the city have new equipment and that 1 he would wake up and figure up the savings there is between riding an electric car and bus, instead of driving an auto to and from work. I don't believe the Indianapolis Railways would miss your fare if you would care to walk or drive your car. The biggest majority of the patrons are praising the manner in which Mr. Chase has taken hold of the old equipment and company and is trying to bring the dead back to life. Let's all boost him and all the employes of the company, instead of high-hatting them as in the past. a a a CHOIR MEMBER GIVES SUPPORT TO CADLE By a Choir Member. I want to say a few words about this great and loving man of God, now preaching at Cadle tabernacle. He is doing a wonderful work in our city, and we surely need one of his kind here. It would be won-

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By a Times Reader. Everybody complains about the NRA, but I never see any suggestions for another plan. Here is one that, in my opinion, wrnuld bring back prosperity in thirty days. First, and foremost, the government should stop this insane borrowing and begin lending to the small manufacturer at 1 per cent on the dollar. Let him re-employ his old employes at no less than $35 a w 7 eek, on a co-operative plan whereby the workers would share profits semi-annually. A certain amount should be kept on hand for a reserve fund, and the profits above this should be divided by managers and workers alike. Os course, some of the workers are more skilled than others and these should receive more weekly pay. Also there should be group meetings w 7 eekly, workers and managers, and phases of the business discussed, suggestions offered and commented upon. The workers’ groups should be composed of derful if we could have him always. I am a regular attendant at this tabernacle —I belong to the choir. I have a lot to be thankful for since attending these meetings, and E. Howard Cadle is a man any one could love for the good he is doing. We should ignore people such as T. S. Martin. This writer claims that the morning prayer doesn’t put sausage on his table. He must be very narrow minded. If I don't eat I don’t blame Mr. Cadle for it. I thank God for being able to go and hear both of these messenbers of God. • tt tt tt HE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO FAVORS CRIME By E. S. Barber. Is it necessary to print the lawless, disgusting mouthings of Dillinger's admirers? It maybe all right to ’’defend to the death their right to say it,” if they do not hide behind anonymity in their defiance of decency and the law. if they are convinced that two wrongs make one right, why do they hesitate to sign those letters? if it is one of my neighbors who thinks robbery and murder justifiable, I feel I ought to know it, and govern myself accordingly. a a a DOG STORY MUST BE STRAIGHTENED. BV a Reader. Will the party who complained about a dog in the 1100 block King avenue, please phone owner of the dog and give your name, as a certain party is accused of it. This person knew nothing about it and cares much less. a r a a POLICE VIOLATE MORE LAWS THAN AUTOISTS. By a Southsider. I listen to the night police court over WKBF on Tuesday nights, and I would like to know why the police don't arrest themselves? I have, on numerous occasions, passed police cars on Virginia avenue at night when they were without lights and creeping along at ten or twelve miles an hour. Many c*rs narrowly avoided colliding with these police autos. Last Wednesday night, about 11:10 I just missed striking a Ford V-8 coach police car whose numbers, as near as I could make out, were 23. The car was moving less than fifteen miles an hour and was without lights. It was on Madison avenue near Delaware .street and was headed south. Why don’t they arrest the chief whose driver drives at an excessive

Solution

employes from each department with a total of twelve groups. Each group would serve one month so as to become familiar with plant operations. When the w’orkers understand the managers’ troubles, and the managers make an effort to understand the workers’ difficulties, there will be no use for wrangling. There should be compulsory unemployment insurance, contributed to equally by the workers individually, the management, and the state. This should also be worked out in group assignments similar to the production plan. The state representative should be paid by the state, but his only interest would be to see that claims were justifiable and he should act as a mediator. This plan probably would not meet with the approval of the profit-taking capitalist, but what a great day of rejoicing there would be for workers. We would need no NRA under a system of this kind. Neither would we need so many large sized hats. rate of speed while he is driving his chief around the town on the city's gasoline? If the police would check their own activities and perform their proper duties there might not be so much crime and people might stay out of traffic court. a a a JUSTICE SHOULD MOVE SURELY AND QUICKLY A Time* Reader. Interesting indeed are these messages. So many of these articles for Dillinger have no names signed to them. What's the matter? If he is so wonderful w 7 hy are you ashamed to let the world know you are for him? He is a public enemy taking life, automobiles, money, etc., which does not belong to him. If he were made Governor we would have to anchor the Statehouse. I can’t see why it would be safer to put Dillinger in office than a crooked banker. Haven't we any honorable, God fearing and law abiding citizens any more? Enforce the law and let justice act quickly. a a a BATTLE SIN AND UPHOLD GOOD A Regular Reader. Stuart E. Reed has a timely ■ article in Tuesday’s paper with his j name signed to it. No institution in | the United States is doing more good than Cadle tabernacle. It is a soulsaving station. Go&'y institutions are the best things we have in the world. Every other good thing came from the church. Which do you choose this, day, Jesus or Barrabas? Let’s fight j sin and uphold that which is good, j a a a • MACKEY’S RELEASE DRAWS IRE OF BUTLER BACKER By a Butler Fan. Having read the articles in the ! various newspapers of Indianapolis j concerning Mr. Mackey’s losing the football coaching job at Butler university, I feel, in justice to the young man, that some things should be known. In the first place, he is a gentleman in every respect and one whom any father should be glad and proud to tiave as a tutor for his son. I feel that sometning should be known about the conditions that he has had to labor under since taking the job two years ago. The poor showings his teams have made have been no fault of his. Last year he had twenty-six men on his squad Os fifteen on the squad who did play high school football, four were not good enough to get their

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high school numeral. Os the eleven who had earned awards in high school, three had earned but one letter. The new freshman squad is perhaps as good as Butler has had for a number of years and with this squad Makley probably could accomplish results. Only three men will have been graduated from the squad, with nineteen numeral men and three former players returning. This really would have been the first opportunity Mr. Mackey would have had to show his ability. The assertion is that Mr. Mackey resigned is absolutely wrong. He isn’t the kind of a man who quits. Butler university should be an institution of which Indianapolis and the whole state should be proud. Being in the city the citizens shall rally to its support, bqt first of all see that fair play is accorded along the line. If it is a Christian institution that should be one of the principles. There isn’t any firm in the country which would discharge a man without due notice or proper consideration. The alumni of Butler university should support Mackey and see that conditions at Butler are improved: a a a CAPITALISTS MAKE HUMANITY THEIR “WORKING HANDS'* Bv Charles Burton. Capitalism is a system of society where all means of production, factories, mines and railroads are in the hands of private owners called capitalists. While labor power is a commodity which has to be sold to the owners of wealth for use in production in order that the w’C-rkers may make a living. The stockholders in American corporations received more than thirty-six billions in cash dividends and more than seventy-three billions in stock dividends. This is sufficient proof that your employer is no longer a free individual acting on his own accord. He is a member of a group; a corporation. This corporation is in actual control of the business of the United States. What is the result? You are working for a boss. You are his hands. He uses you to make profit. How is this possible? Because he makes you work more than is necessary to defray your wages, which seldom exceed that of a bare existence, while the idle utility magnates, w 7 ho have monopolized industry, are reaping vast sums in profit from your sweat.

Daily Thought

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and hafe rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments.—Daniel 9:5. MY soul is sick with every day’s report of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.—Cowper.

Walk in Spring

BY HARRIETT SCOTT OLINICK Irr the spring I walk alone; Pain at breast and pain at lips. Fragile little flower-cups Flutter to my finger tips. In the air I breathe the ache Pale plum blossoms give to life. Sense the struggle of a stream Riding down to seek a wife. In the air swift laughter wings. Arcs of shadow cross the sun. Voices are remote and distant Asa dream, with twilight come. In the spring I walk alone; Know the pain of burning star#; Know delight of winging flame— Slow cool promise of moon-hours.