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FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1934. NOT ENOUGH EPORTS that the administration will ask congress for no morp than $500,000,000 to carry public works through the next fiscal year are disquieting. It is not enough money. . Recovery awaits an awakened activity in the heavy goods industries. Consumer goods are within 15 per cent of the 1929 level and have absorbed all but 700,000 of the wage earners they required in that year. Heavy goods industries, where unemployment has been greatest, still are 55 per cent below 1929. What little recovery there has been in the heavy goods industries is practically all traceable to government credit and initiative. Although private bank reserves are around 51.500 000,000, bank credit lies almost dormant. It is clear that the re-employment of the 11.000.000 jobless and the restoration of their buying power to keep up the recovery tempo depend for a while upon continued public works. Particularly is credit needed to stimulate construction. Before the depression America was spending in public and private building more than SI 1.000,000,000 a year. We are down to 25 per cent of that, and normal building operations are four years behind. It should be recalled that of the $3,300,000,000 voted last summer under Title 2 of the recovery act more than a third went into naval construction, CCC, CWA and other works that required little construction. The rest went into long-term works whose maximum effects will not be felt for some time. There is needed now a big-scale, mobile credit for such things as outlined in the La Follette bill—low-cost rehousing, grade crossing elimination, schools and nonfederal projects under liberal loan terms. The demand for federal aid is shown by the fact that pending before PWA now are $3,400,000,000 in applications sound enough to have been passed by state boards. Os the $500,000,000 mentioned as the White House figure, some $200,000,000 already is earmarked for projects now under way. The S3OO 000.000 left for new projects can prime no pump of private industry, can start no symphony of saws, hammers and factory whistles. The $10,000,000,000 asked for in the La Follette bill may be too much. The $500,000,000 alternative is not enough. TODAY’S EMOTIONS r I"''HERE isn’t any doubt about, it. Men and women, quite often, do not speak the same language. Or maybe we do but we react differently. Our emotional responses are not alike. We aren't speaking, you understand, about the acrobatic chills that the Manhattan skyline can send up your spinal column as the tall lights begin to climb the dark. We are talking about words. For a man will say what he means. He will think his words mean the out-and-out truth, anyway. But a woman will read into them what she hopes they mean or what she doesn’t want them to mean. She swings off at tangents and one is as bad as the other After all—why should any one worry about what they mean? Things alv'ays straighten themselves out and become c i ear — anc j usually harmless —day after tomorrow. Men take it for granted that women understand that if they approved of them last night in the town movie's darkest corner, they still retain the approval. But a girls wants to be told—told—told. That is, unless they are managing, distorted females who read what they want to read into nothing, and broadcast imaginary love lyrics. Listen to any group in any tearoom. If they are young enough—if they are romantic enough—somebody will say: "Just what did he mean by that?" The chances are that he didn’t mean anything—that he didn't even know that he said it. He might swear—and believe it, too—that he said he would see you the day he got back since that is what he meant. So wait till the train gets in! It's a shame—a great crying shame—that now that we have social and economic equality with men something can't be done about emotional parity. HOME GROUNDS FORECASTS for the coming spring and summer are usually concerned with business conditions. But there's one field that has been overlooked in most of the prophecies so far. and we might as well get in on it right now It looks as if it ought to be a great year for vacations. More people are at work, incomes are higher, business firms are doing better, and there is a lot more leisure time. Add all this together, stir in a dash of hot weather, and you get a booming vacation season. And in that connection it's worth pointing out that the people of the United States and Canada are exceedingly lucky, when it comes to holidays. They have so many places to go, and the ways of getting there are so pleasant. If you take your vacation in your own car. you have the world's finest network of smooth, well-cared-for highways, studded with hotels, camping sites, garages, and service stations. If you go by rail, you have an almost limitless selection of fine trains and special vacation fares If you like to go on the water, there’s, a whole fleet of steamship lines traveling over an infinite variety of fresh and salt waterway*. But all this deals only with the mechanics of travel. It's where you go that counts most; and the North American continent seems to

have beeen designed especially as a vacation ground. Whatever direction you choose—whether you turn east, north, west, or south, or stay right in the middle—you can find pleasant scenery, good accommodations, and hospitable people. You can take the Maine coast or the rolling Ozarks, the Delaware Water Gap or the Canadian Rockies, California or the Great Lakes region, the Black Hills or Long Island—it doesn't matter, they're all good, and no matter where you live one vacation spot or another is bound to be accessible to you. The old slogan, "See America First,” is about as sound a bit of advice as you could get. Every summer we turn into a nation of nomads. It’s a fine, healthy tendency. One of the best things about our returning prosperity is the fact that it will set an increasing number of us wandering about our country this summer. PRICES OUTRUN WAGES PRICES are running away from wages, the A American Federation of Labor reveals through its monthly survey of business. Workers’ buying power, taken as a whole, has advanced 41 per cent since March, 1933. A gain of $1,734,000,000. due to CWA, PWA and re-employment by private industry, is substantial enough, but it is offset by price increases in the same time of 28 per cent. It is the lag of individual workers’ buying power that is serious. Smce March, 1933, the average worker's pay envelope increased from $19.51 to $21.24 a week. This is a gain of 8.9 per cent. As against this gain food prices rose 20 per cent and clothing and furnishings 28.4 per cent in the same period. If wage increases are more than eaten up by raises in the cost of necessities, where will the workers find funds with which to buy new houses, radios, automobiles and other comforts of life? "There is no justification for the large price increases which have been made in many products,” says the federation. “Code mechanisms have been used for price profiteering. This is contrary to the purpose of the recovery act. Price control is one of the chief problems before us. It is of prime interest to labor, for wage increases have been completely cancaled by rising costs of living. The individual worker’s real wage is no higher than it was a year ago, in spite of all efforts to raise it.” Greed can kill the benefits of the new deal, and profiteers can halt recovery. Business can not have its cake and eat it, too. Either it must raise wages faster or curb prices. There is work ahead for the new consumer councils being established throughout the country by the national emergency council. TRUCKS, NARROW ROADS r T" v HAT traffic accident in Ohio, where a passenger bus sidewipecl a heavy truck parked along a country road, caromed off and collided with an approaching truck and trailer, killing six people outright and injuring fourteen more, is a fine example of the dangers inherent in the steady traffic of large vehicles over heavily-traveled highways. The average highway was built to accommodate ordinary cars. Busses and trucks are bulky; they need more room than the ordinary car, and when they come to a tight place in the road there’s always a chance that this needed room won’t b? available. Motorists who drive frequently on roads Infested by trucks and busses are probably inclined to wonder that these juggernauts aren't more frequently involved in accidents like this one in Ohio.

HEALTH AND HAPPINESS £MTY dwellers are bound to take a good deal of interest in that recent decision of the United States circuit court of appeals in Chicago, in which it was ordered that the lop twelve floors of a twenty-story apartment building be removed so neighboring residents can have a little sunlight and fresh air. ‘‘ln the fight for better living conditions in large cities,” says the courts decision, “in the contest for more light' and air, more health and comfort—the scales are not well balanced if dividends to the individual outweigh health and happiness to the community.” Here's a point that often got lost in the shuffle, during the skyscraper building boom of the ’2os. The decision may have a marked effect on the future course of building in our large cities. TAXPAYERS AROUSED TlfOß violence is a thing nobody can condone, of course. Yet that incident at Pottsville. Pa., where more than a thousand irate taxpayers stormed the courthouse, dragged two county commissioners out by force, and demanded explanations of recent county tax increases, is a thing which one could deplore altogether too much. The taxpayer is ordinarily a pretty docile sort of specimen. He pays and pays and pays, and his elected officials squander his money for him and boost his tax rates, and he gees on paying and never whimpers. And that docility, when you get right down to it, is one reason he continues to get misused. If elected officials everywhere knew that taxpayers would come down to the office with blood in their eyes, demanding explanations, when the tax rates went up. we might have a little more care and economy in the spending of public funds. PASSING OF OLD IDEALS \ N interesting landmark in the evolution of social ideals in America is furnished by the recent action of trustees of Muskingum college, in Ohio, as a result of which* Muskingum students are going to be allowed to dance and to play cards. Muskingum is a United Presbyterian college. founded ninety-seven years ago. Until just now, it always has banned those two diversions, in deference to the opinions of the people from whom it has drawn students and financial support. Now it has polled the parents of its students, and has learned that 74 per cent of them do not oppose dancing and that 68 per cent do not oppose card playing. Opposition to dancing and card playing was once a fundamental tenet of the evangelical denominations. New it has just about vanished. This Muskingum action marks the passing of one of the final barriers.

■ Liberal Viewpoint : B, UK. HARRY ELMER BARNES THE world is moving along rapidly toward either better times or disaster. The following books throw much light upon critical points in the world problems of today. Emil Lengyel is well known as an informed and vivid writer on current European events. In his latest book, he surveys the evidences of anew deal outside of the United States ("The New Deal in Europe.” By Emil Lengyel. Funk & Wagnalls. s2.'. He presents the essentials of the program and goal of the Fascists in Italy, the Nazi in Germany and the Communists in Russia, with some little attention to less ambitious experiments in Sweden and elsewhere. There is no other book in which one may discover so clear and brief an introduction to the contrasting social innovations of our day. A wide reading will help the American public to escape the taint of provincialism. The slashing attack upon the Nazi and Nazism carries the war into the enemy’s territory ("Nazism; An Assault on Civilization.” By Alfred E. Smith, et al. Smith &: Haas. $2). Jewish and Gentile leaders unite in assaulting the raid of the Nazi upon liberty, freedom and social justice. While frankly partisan, the volume is the most impressive of the case against the new system in Germany. A considerable section is devoted to the significance of Nazism for the United States. a an THE Jews have urged the Gentiles to enlist with them in what they regard as a battle against a common menace to civilization. Mr. James adopts the role of a modern Matthew and endeavors to make Jesus and his teachings palatable to the Jews. ("Jesus for Jews.” By Edward Holton James. Emerson Press. $2). It is an interesting little volume and may help to promote religious accord. Professor Vance may not be regarded unfairly as the Nazi Bernhardi. His book is a thoroughgoing analysis of the strategic situation in Europe today, setting forth the military strength and problems of the Central Powers and the Allies (“Germany Prepares for War: A Nazi Treory of ‘National Defense.’ ” By Ewald Vance. Harcourt Brace, $3). It draws widely upon German experience in the late World war as a guide for the strategy in the next war. The Nazi deny any responsibility for Professor Vance’s book. Whether official or not, it certainly reflects Nazi psychology. Much has been said about the new corporative state which Mussolini is held to have brought about in Italy. Dr Pitagliani has written the first clear introduction in English dealing with this subject (“The Italian Corporative State.” By Fausto Pitagliani. MacMillan. $2.50). Whatever one thinks about the relation of Fascism to the solution of contemporary economic and social problems, he may welcome this illuminating summary of the structure of the Fascist society. a tt tt tvjO other single individual has done as much IN as Walter Duranty to give Americans an intelligent and tolerant view of the great Russian experiment in social reconstruction. Now that he is retired as the correspondent of the New York Times in Russia, it is well that his work should be given special permanence in the form of a book embodying characteristic dispatches covering the whole period from 1921 to the present year (“Duranty Reports Russia.” By Walter Duranty. Viking Press. $2.75. The book is not only a tribute to Mr. Duranty and a valuable source for contemporary Russian history. It also is something which may serve as a model for years to come to those who seek to be competent journalists and foreign correspondents. If Central Europe is the main danger spot of the west it is rivaled by the Far East as an area which may set off the next war. Mr. Barnes has edited what is by all odds the best single volume in which the beginner or the general reader may obtain full information upon and clear insight into the contemporary situation in the Far East (“Empire in the East.” By Joseph Barnes. Doubleday, Doran. $3.25. The bock makes no effort to save the western states from their share in the guilt of bringing about the present critical condition in far eastern areas.

Capital Capers =-i BY GEORGE ABEI.E—

CHITTING amid ophelia roses and brilliant col>3 ored snapdragon. President Stenio Vincent of Haiti smiled his way through a five-course luncheon given by President Roosevelt at the White House. The luncheon was formal but not heavy. Vincent is a witty conversationalist, his flow of eloquence only slightly impeded by his limited knowledge of English. His morning coat, cut iy Port-au-Prince, looked like Bond street. He shook hands with each guest, standing beside his host, uttering a pleasant word to each. Sumner Welles, assistant secretary of state—always well dressed—wore a morning coat that fitted like a glove. Norman Armour, American minister to Haiti, talked animatedly to Vincent in French, giving him the lowdown on everything. Senator Bill Borah breezed in with an affable smile and sidled over to quiz Vincent about the financial situation in Haiti. Popular Judge Walton Moore, assistant secretary of state, looked magisterial but benevolent in his tail coat, as he ambled from group tp group, shaking hands. Representative Ham Fish of New Yory found not a single "red” note among the assemblage, except the roses. Jim Farley was very much of the party and in b-aming good humor. He talked to one of the guests about Haitian air mail stamps. Secretary of the Treasury Moigenthau discussed everything but the vital question of financial administration in Haiti with Monsier Lucien Hibbert, that country's dapper minister of finance. Secretary of Commerce Roper was much ogled by the Haitians. They want a commercial treaty with the United States. a a a NEWTON D. BAKER, former secretary of war, delivered a brief talk at the first session of the committee investigating the army air corps. Precise, bespectacled Mr. Baker, dressed inconspicuously in dark clothes, replied to an address by Secretary of War Dern. in clipped, wellchosen phrases. “Mr. Secretary,” he said, “my associates and I are happy to accept your invitation" (.to survey the army air corps'. Photographers crowded about, adjusted the lenses of their cameras. "Some of us have had little recent contact with the subject you asked us to survey . . .” Click! Clickety-click! went the cameras. "And none of us has any preconceived opinions or prejudices.” ( • Photographers started taking pictures from anew angle. Mildly. Mr. Baker lifted his bespectacled eyes, inquired gently: "What is the reason for this shifting of cameras?” The Hollywood technique of taking pictures from various angles, so as not to bore the audience, was explained to him. "Oh. very good!” said mild Mr. Baker and he continued his address without further comment. Louisiana has had fewer earthquakes than any other state. But Huey Long makes up for all that. Russia is planning to abolish its secret police force. Now the OGPU might find a job as another new deal bureau. Numerous articles are being made from the skins of forty varieties of reptiles. But a use has not yet been found for the skin of the “snake in the grass.”

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

(Times readers 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.) a a it CRITICAL OF LEADERS IN RELIEF WORK i By B. G. D. I note Fred Hoke and certain insurance officials state from time to time that everything in Indianapolis is rosy. I often wonder why such a sthatement is made—if it is to make someone in Washington think they are big men. I know Mr. Hoke is a rich man and does not need such a position. He allowed a high-class project, trat employed 180 engineers and draughtsmen. to die a natural death. His entire FERA personnel is wrong, particularly the man in charge of projects, who only a few years ago was graduated from the office boy class, and I know he doesn't know anything about engineering. Another of the personnel is a product of the Real gilk hosiery mills. Nobody can blame the national government if the recovery act fails. The blame will belong to our local Chamber of Commerce. After the election they all will be out. We can't be fooled all of the time. a a a REAL SILK STRIKER GIVES HIS VIEWS By R. F, Davidson. I am a knitter at Real Silk and also a striker. Why are the employes constantly listening to the salve and soft soap promoted by the company? Workers are made to think they are being given something. Real Silk does pay, as an average, the best w’ages in tow r n. but in this town all wages are very low and one is expected to exist instead of live. The average employe at Real Silk is in the prime of life and is able to work at top speed, but as w’e all know the time comes when age slows us all down and then is when we wonder why w-e worked for a bare existence and have nothing left. We know r why w’e are parading. We do need a union at Real Silk, for as it is now we have no representation. Our dues go to send the rubber stamp to Washington to assure the firing of our fellow employes. Let A. G. Houghland compare Real Silk wages with the wages paid by union mills. Practically all large mills in the United States are organized. If all of us w'ould work as he suggests and used his “common sense” to hold a job our wNges would be $lO a week with the introduction of the new ringless machines. All we strikers and working people should appreciate the co-opera-tion of The Indianapolis Times. n e a LOOK OVER FILES FOR THE ANSWERS By B. C. W'ill someone please explain about the Real Silk? Do the workers know what they are striking for? Is The Times for Real Silk or the strikers? A lot of questions, but will you please answer them, so I can get this clear. o n u RANKS GENIUS ABOVE HUMAN FOIBLES 8 Ori* J. Simmon*. Those among today's various leaders who would unhitch from the stars of yesterday—Jefferson. Lincoln and Washington—are missing a vital point of logic. *The modernist is correct, of course, in the assumption that these men were great by accident along with such ability as they may have had and he also

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More About Dillinger

By Frank Youn?. I would like to suggest a solution of the inconvenience and expense of our state police regarding the elusive John Dillinger. I propose that Dillinger be employed to advise and train our state police in such matters in which he has proved to be an expert. Some readers may object, but I am sure Dillinger could be classed with the ones mentioned in the Bible when it claims “the bigger the sinner, the bigger the saint." Dillinger’s method of accumulating may not be strictly ethical, but he seems to be very efficient. He probably believes “the Lord helps those who help themselves.” It appears to me useless to detain Dillinger against his will, so I think his employment as expert adviser to our state police would mean that said state police would be instructed by one who is thoroughly capable with past experience and not book to go when, where and how he chooses.

is correct in stating that were such a great pne alive today, policies and utterances would often differ. But there w'ere tw'o Washingtons, just as there w'ere two Lincolns and two Jeffersons. It is with the Dr. Jekyll I am concerned: let the modern critic belabor the Mr. Hyde as he will. Not George' Washington the man, but the very essence of immortal genius, penned “The Farewell Address.” That Washington had he lived too long, might have reverted to clay, is obviously beside the point. Christ is our master, neither because nor in spite of such frail and human attributes as were his as a man. When a man becomes great, the responsibilities of his task elevate him closer to his Maker; and such a man cares not for the opinion of the rabble, but only for right as it is given him to see. By such a test, few leaders today are great. We despise the senator who is swayed by our selfish letters and telegrams, even while we vote him back to office for our own sordid purposes. Our dead heroes must remain both dead and heroes. Our live statesmen should rise above the next election; should rise to the level dictated by conscience, God and country. We have endured too long government by muck-raking and popular acclaim. it o a LOAN REFUSAL COST HIM HIS HOME By W. B. Hauser. I have read wuth interest the many subjects contained in your Message Center, and desire to contribute for the benefit of mankind. First read the preamble to the Constitution and see how well our forefathers planned the brotherhood of man and then reason out what has happened to our forefathers’ intentions. Here is the preamble: “We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Now we find that the wealthy class has forgotten the general welfare. This also applies to insurance companies and building and loan companies and some of our judges If justice should be rendered to all under the terrible depression we have been forced into, whereby they

1 wholly disapprove of what you say and will _ defend to the death your right to say it — Voltaire.

By Elizabeth Burrn\rs. An article was printed asking why the letters written in favor of John Dillinger had no names signed to them. I do not think that he is wonderful, as you put it, but I do think he is a better man than a lot of men I know who claim to be big men. I would rather have Johnnie in office than some who are in now. I don’t think Johnnie is a public enemy. No one knows whether or not Johnnie killed any one. As for taking automobiles, that is done every day, and as to the money he took from the banks, that isn't as bad as the banker who took the money. Johnnie took a chance with his life and what chance did the banker take? “A Times Reader,” you were for having people sign their names. Why didn't you sign yours? Ashamed of it? I am as honorable a citizen as you are and I think if the law was enforced properly and square and if we let justice act quickly, I'm afraid some of our office seats would be empty today.

are sapping the very life out of humanity just for the almighty dollar that they can grasp, it is a shame that will take them to their graves. In the last three years I have been forced to lose my home, just as many of you have experienced. I placed a loan on my home with a big insurance company, that has a branch here. I invested several thousands of my own money in the building of my home and as the conditions got worse instead of better , foreclosure proceedings took place/. My date of redemption ran out and immediately I w'as served with a notice from Remy, Harris & Remy. attorneys, for the Prudential that I must vacate or be put out. Now’ in the name of justice, I went to the home loan and filed an application for a loan, the loan was duly taken care of and offered to the Prudential and the company refused flatly the home loan offer, so justice, brotherhood and the general welfare of man did not count for anything, yet they insist in living their lives without respect to common justice. a a a LAUDS THE TIMES FOR STRIKE COURSE Bv a Former Knitter. Another Times reader wishes to congratulate The Times in regard to the Real Silk strike. It was a great pleasure to read your editorial of April 17. Now the people of Indianapolis will know some facts about the differences existing and the causes of the strike. It has been my opinion that this town has slept entirely too long. It is about time for the working class to realize that only affiliation with the Federation of Labor can bring about better living conditions and an honest-to-goodness wage. I have been an employe at the Real Silk and know what E. M. B A. stands*for. I worked for Real Silk four years. During this time I had several occasions to complain about matters unfavorable to the employe. It was impossible to even get as much as consideration from the officers of the E. M. B. A. company union. A little more than a year ago the Fulton Mills started operation, paying knitters from $5 to $lO a week. Os this I have definite proof. I sure would like to see J. A. Goodman try to live on such wages. Hoping for a 100 per cent victory, and let’s all boost The Times.

APRIL 20,1934

DILIJNGER IS NOT TO BLAME, SAYS FRIEND Bv Jop Jackson. I am well acquainted with John Dillinger, and I am sure that he was very respectable before he was sent to prison. There was no justice in his case, as his partner in crime received a sentence of two to fourteen years for the same crime for which Dillinger was sentenced ten to twentyone years. I see that our brave state polices captain is looking for John Dillinger now, as he is almost sure that J. D. is in another state. Why didn't Matt look for him the day after the police station was robbed, instead of directing the search frqm his office? Leach also stated that he hasn't slept peacefullly since J. D. escaped from Crown Point jail. The reason he hasn't is because he is afraid John will pay him a visit and probably take him for a ride. Well, Matt, don't be afraid, as I am certain you received Johnny's pistol through the Governor's office and he hasn’t had time yet to whittle out another. So, just take things easy and sleep well at night. a a a JUST A ( ROSS ROADS TOWN THESE DAYS Bv Johnny fvlasft. The location of the Union station, the courthouse, the sctatehou.se and the Indiana war memorial, together with the attitude of J. A. Goodman, combine to make Indianapolis the greatest cross roads town in America.

So They Say

The declining birth rate in America is a social menace that can be corrected only by a revival of religion and an adequate conception of morals.—Msgr. John A. Ryan, Catholic University of America. Any man who wants to pay a dollar debt with a 50-cent dollar is not honest.—Senator James A. Reed of Missouri. Having been a professor 6f economics myself. I recognize in President Roosevelt a master of this science.—Dr. Gabriel Terra, presi-, dent of Uruguay. y' Daily Thought And thou shalt not glean thy I vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God. —Leviticus, 19:10. A RICH man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.—Fielding. Strange Meeting BY ELLEN BETTY T met Death on a winding road; "Make haste,” Death called to me. "Oh, let me pack my thoughts,” I begged, "Against Eternity.” And as Death waited restlessly. I searched my memory breathlessly, For each beloved ecstasy; A lilac blossom steeped in rain, i Wind hurtling down an autumn lane. i Fir trees in pointed silhouette. v Jet-black against a red sunset: I The way the moon can seem to be Ensconced high in the willow tree, And last of all, I laughed aloud, And tucked about my thoughts, a cloud! “I’m ready, now!” to Death I cried—- " Against the grave I'm iortified!”