Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1934 — Page 12

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DEATH CARS Last oar 29 900 hvr< wore sacrificed and 850.u.orrirfents Throuch the first mon'h.s of crra-.r.g. At the present ra'e, automobiles in a decade will kill 315,000 and injure ten million six times the number of American soldiers killed and fif'- time-, the number of American soldiers mired in the World war The rxplana'ion is found partially in tne construction of our highwavs which are not and in the millions of worn-out ears that r il led • re ich the years of the depres- • nn u it sti’i mme i* this ehasttv rerord of manslaucht.er and maiming due to the American habit of trying to get nowhere in a '1 horn a.' P Hem--, president of the Amerir;*n Automobile Association, recommends: Uniform motor legislation in all states, including a 'rong rimers' license law and a safety r> pen ibihtv law improvement of high" a s to accommodate high-speed mail g law. and vstematic education of motor- " Thr only bright spot on the horizon,” says Mr. Honrs 'is the decrea e m the ratio of accidents to children of school ace. due, of course to the proved efficacy of safety education in the schools and the schoolboy patrol movement.” Last year automobile-pedestrian collisions comprised 37 per rent of all accidents, resulted in 45 j>er rent of all deaths. Adults, it. seems, need the same kind of training as has bopn given to school children, who have learned nor to depend upon the sanity of the moAMERICA'S CAPACITY TJUBLICATIOxN a few days hence of the Brookings Institution study, •'America's Capacity to Produce ' should give pause to our laissez faire doctrinaires. We can produce, the Brookings analysis finds, about twice as much as vve arc producing today and about 20 per cent more than w - e turned out at the 1020 prosperity peak. This is no "if ' analysis, but one which invoices our present productive equipment and our present available labor, and makes a factual finding of what would be the output of our producing plant, if it were free to function normally. The finding does not contemplate any improvement whatever in our productive efficiency. This study, conducted by six recognized authorities in the fields of mining, manufacturing. transportation,. agriculture, labor and finance, gets to the core of our economic problem. It, shows that underconsumption is at the root of our industrial disruption. Industry has been so intent on profits that it has failed to see that its health depends upon orders for goods. What vve failed to produce in 1929. because of la<k of orders, was equivalent to fifteen billion dollars of national incomes—enough to have brought up to $2,000 a year the income oi sixteen and one-half million families that were living below that level, or enough to have increased all family incomes below $3,500 a year b\ 42 per cent. Had production continued at its practical capacity, the national income would have been twice what it was during the depression years. Portions of tiie study yet unfinished will deal with the part our lop-sided distribution of income and wealth has played in causing the failure of *he economic system to function If.” say- the Brookings report. ”such a betterment m material conditions lay within our gn.-p m the prosperous years of the late twenties, every alert mind must be driven to ask What was there in the organization or functioning of our economic system which cau.'Od us even in those favorable years to fail to attain it. to say nothing of the margin four times as wide which we arc failing today to make available to the satisfying of human THE GREAT IN WAS HE I) T T. 3. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE investigators have learned that approximately a third of the families in fourteen small American cities aren't taking baths. They haven't any bathtubs. If you apply this percentage to the whole nation you get the idea that for some 40.000.COO of us Saturday nights, not to mention other nights, come and go with no particular reference to soap and water. Our figuring probably is wrong, but at best it looks like a dirty deal for the soap and towel makers. Robert J. Barrett, head of the Na'tonal Association of Plumbers, calls the bathtub shortage as revealed from the partial figures a challenge to the nation.’ Certainly it's a blow to esthetic sensibilities and olfactories. Worst of all it hurts the national What will -he neighbors sav? Here in the great United States of America, where tariffliving standards are supposed to be the highest ever achieved by man, a land of ca;ago* and penthouses, of milk and money, do nearly a third of the families iack sanitary bathtub ? The *t r 'ry of 'he great American unwashed nay make good reading m underprivileged countries of ins earth. But here it should provide another potent argument for the administrations rehousing measure.

SADDER, BIL . „.ohR •jw VER since Mark Twain gave the world a ringside account of the great annual -porting event of California's mother lode country, the jumping frog contest in Angels Carr.p has been tricky for favorites. In 1549 according to Sports Writer Twain, a couple of slickers slipped into tow-n, filled the champion full of buckshot and bet heavily acair.-’ him. Instead of jumping he just grunted, and tne slickers cleaned up—and out. Las' Sunday 29,000 spectators saw Champion Budwciser go down to an equally sad defeat. Budweiser had held the world's broad jump ;erord for his class by clearing thirteen feet three inches, in three jumps. That was in 1931 and since his namesake has much more kick today he was touted to win easily. But, like most champions, he got careless, developed a cold and showed up with a. eharl;e-hor.se. General Grant proved him- ! -elf more worthy of his namesake by out- | umping Budweiser by a yard. THIS BRAIN TRUST IN some way it is too bad that the expression “brain trust” was ever invented. It sets up a handy straw man for attack, to be sure; but it tends to blind the people of the country to the real source of most of that mass of legislation and policy which makes up the new deal. As was pointed out in a recent dispatch ] from Washington, nearly all the really radical I proposals for legislation come out of congress, 1 not from the brain trust. The Connery 30-hour week bill, the com- | pulsory cotton control scheme, the bonus measure, the silver measure, the unemployment and old age insurance plans, the McLeod bank deposits bill, and the Johnson utilities act—all these came straight from congress. The stock exchange and truth-in-securities hills are generally looked upon as the work of the brain trusters. But these, also, came from j congress; what the brain trusters did w-as to whip them into shape at the request of con- | gressmen who planned to introduce them. It is right there that you get an interesting j little angle on the brain trust. The truth-in-securities bill has one distincj tion that few pieces of legislation have ever rivaled; it is airtight. Congress has passed laws before this to j curb activities of the moneyed powers. Usuj ally these laws look well on paper, but dej velop flaws, loopholes and whatnot in actual \ practice, so that high-powered lawyers have little trouble guiding their clients straight through them. Not so with the securities bill. There isn’t a loophole in it. It means what it says, and the best lawyers of Wall Street have, so far, been unable to find so much as a broken thread in its fabric. It’s one law that can t be dodged or side- | stepped. That part was the brain trust’s work; and perhaps it explains some of the antagonism. For the rest, it is important to remember that congress has not lost any of its powers. If it uses this brain trust to make its wishes stick, that may be too bad—but the remedy lies in an attack on congress, not in an attack on the brain trusters. KILLING AN OLD ALIBI /"OFFICIALS of fraternal lodges at Athens, Ga„ have thought up a little stunt to increase attendance at lodge meetings, and it looks good enough to pass on for the benefit of such other lodge officials as may need it. Briefly, it is this: Through the Athens Banner-Herald, they announced that unless attendance picks up very soon, reporters will be invited to attend all meetings and publish the names of those who are present. This, of course, would mean that husbands ; who use that old gag about “going to the lodge ; meeting” would have to make good on the 1 statement, or listen to some choice remarks from the little woman. It's probably a dreadful invasion of the rights and privileges of the male, but the Ban-ner-Herald reports that Athens wives are commending it heartily. And it ought to stimulate lodge attendance greatly! Ol T OF POLITICS 1 USTICE HARLAN F. STONE of the United ** States supreme court lets it be known that he is “out of politics” and is not interested in reports naming him as a possible contender for the Republican presidential nom'nation in 1936. Although Justice Stone is unquestionably a man of presidential caliber, his attitude is one ■ to be applauded; for the tradition which places | the supreme court outside of politics is a good one. which deserves to be kept alive. To be sure, Charles Evans Hughes resigned from the court- in 1916 to run for the presidency. and after the Civil war, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase accepted support for the ! presidency. But in the main the tradition has held; a | supreme court justice is out of politics and ! takes no interest in political campaigns and stratagems. Justice Stone does his country a service by emphasizing that the tradition is still in i operation. THE SNOOPERS ARE COMING 'INHERE is one item in the pending emergency relief appropriation bill that congress should scrutinize with special care. It is a ten million dollar addition to the international revenue bureaus budget, to be used in building a liquor tax enforcement agency up to the size of the late and unlamented prohibition bureau. Before turning loose on the country ani other army of snoopers to wage war on a still larger army of bootleggers, congress should | consider more obvious methods of destroying j the illicit liquor industry. A slight reduction in liquor tariffs would, by lowering legal liquor prices, eliminate more bootleggers in a month’s time than an army of -noopers could round up in years. Moreover. such a reduction in taxes and tariffs probably would increase instead of decrease governmental revenue. And th? ten million can be diverted into some useful government activity. Tennessee has voted in favor of retaining j state prohibition—figuring the low-priced bootleg liQuor is plenty good enough.

Liberal Viewpoint DR. HARRI ELMER BARNES

THE depression and certain other contemporary developments have upset the economic status of The average American doctor. Over a third of our American physicians realize less than *1.500 in annual income. Hence it is no wonder that many physicians j who once shunned the idea of social medicine 1 are now eagerly listening to such proposals. The essential facts about the situation are set forth very lucidly by an eminent New York ! surgeon who writes an article on “The Plight i of Doctor,” under the pen name of George W.! Aspinwall in the American Mercury. He epitoj mizes the growing desperation of many doctors ! in the following paragraphs: “The practice of medicine is no longer lucra- | tive. The average family (or neighborhood! j doctor is not earning a living. Some have abani doned their profession for other fields. Others, j more determined or more hopeful, have been accepting sls weekly from the unemployment rei lief funds.” The following are among the more important treasons for such a deplorable condition: j In the first place the number of physicians ! Has increased rapidly at a time when the popuj lation growth of the country has been slowing down. Between 1909 and 1931, 22,000 licensed physicians entered the practice of medicine, ap- ; proximately 7.000 of them between 1927 and 1931. It is estimated that about 4.500 new doctors began practice in the year 1933 alone. In spite of the progress of medical science i and public information, healers of the shyster and cultist variety have increased in numbers and have filched from the public over a hundred million dollars a year. tt ft tt THEN the government stepped in and supplied free treatment for veterans, and those I entitled to industrial compensation. This has Denefited the doctors who receive payment for such service, but has cut in on the practice and income of the remainder. Most striking and important of all, however, is the great increase in the number of those who are receiving free treatment from competent physicians. It is estimated that there are about 1.230.000 persons daily in need of medical attention in the United States. Approximately 500,000 of these are treated in free clinics. Os the 730.000 who j are treated by private doctors some 225.000 do not pay their bills. | In short, about two-thirds of the nation’s sick \ are on the free list. It is estimated that American doctors donate over $1,500,000 daily in free ; medical attention. j Tliis is only one side of the picture. If doctors are starving at a time when their preparation for practice is yearly becoming more and i more expensive and exacting, there are many middle class Americans who are bitterly opI pressed by their doctors’ bills. They are reluctant to seek free clinical treatment, but at ; the same time the fees they are charged, especially in hospital treatment, are far greater than they can pay. a a tt THE technical matter of treating a sick person is exclusively the problem of a doctor. But sickness as a whole is a social problem and must be handled by society. Everybody must j receive adequate medical treatment and physicians must be able to earn a truly decent 1 living. It is probable that no other profession im- | poses so heavy a drain upon money and energy in preparing for practice. It is absurd that a man should have to spend eight years between high school and medical practice and then e^rn, | in many cases, less than $1,500 yearly. Socialized medicine would seem to be the only solution of the problem from the standpoint j of physician and patient alike. Group—or rhain store—medicine, industrial ! medicine and health insurance are certainly to be preferred to the present combination of anI archy and poverty which prevails in the medical practice of the United States. But they are all most decidedly inferior to j fi' a nk and honest socialized medicine under a j system which would insure medical control and | public support. ! long as the doctors resist this same solution of their problem they will deserve to ■ stew in their own juice.

Capital Capers BY GEORGE ABELL——-

SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL is a gracious personality who goes out of his i way in order to avoid offending people. The other afternoon at a garden party. Mr. Hull, accompanied by his young secretary, Hugh Cummings, was walking across the lawn. Suddenly one of the famous Patten sisters ("elderly spinsters who live in a large brick mani sion known for years as the “Irish embassy’’) loomed up in front of him. “°h. Mr. Secretary,” she gushed, and thereI upon began a long conversation. Minutes passed. Still Miss Patten talked ; an d talked. Amiable Mr. Hull continued to I smile pleasantly and nod his head during pauses ! in the conversation. Hugh dimming glanced at his watch. It is his job to keep the secretary moving. There were other people ahead, waiting to shake the secretary's hand. Hugh gently prodded his j chief in the ribs. Miss Patten talked on. Hugh ; again jogged the secretary's elbow. Then Miss Patten became aware that Hugh was urging the secretary forward. “Who. in God's name, is that?” she inquired, pointing a finger at him. With Hugh thus disposed of she continued her interrupted tete-a-tete. a a a THE international influence of the Negro footman who wears a shiny silk topper and a bottle green coat and hails waiting chauffeurs at Washington's best parties was strikingly shown yesterday. This footman was on duty at the attractive I party given by the James Clement Dunns. He j stood at the door, hailing autos. There was a slight tangle of motors as the ; car of the South African minister. Mr. Close, snaked its way down the drive. The footman raised his megaphone and shouted: "Move on, South Africa, and let this lady j get in!” I South Africa moved. u tt tt MRS. CUMMINGS, wife of the attorney-gen-eral, has probably shaken hands with more persons than any cabinet officer—including her husband. She's so popular that, once people have shaken hands with her, they come back for a second handshake. At Mrs. Roosevelt's garden party at the White House, Mrs. Cummings, dressed in a pale | sea-green gown and wearing furs, stood on the ! south lawn shaking hands, i Guests filed by endlessly. Shake! Shake! Shake! Smile! Smile! Smile! How do you do? How do you do? How do I you do? “Well.” someone inquired later. “How many people did you shake hands with?” “Fourteen hundred!” replied Mrs. Cummings, i without a falter. ana SIGNOR MIGONE. secretary of the royal Italian embassy, yesterday departed for New York to be an usher at the smart Oyster Bay j wedding of Leonardo Vitetti to the heiress of | the Coe millions. Migone had a terrific job getting started. ! Reason: His luggage would not fit in the rumble seat of his car. The hat box went in. Then a suitcase was placed on top of it. Then another suitcase. Then a no'her. “My dear fellow.” remarked a friend. “Couldn't you get along at the wedding with just one less piece of luggage?” "Impossible,” replied Migone. “You see, I must have all my medals. I'm wearing my full dress uniform at the ceremony.”

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(Timex readers are invited to express their tides in these columns. Make your letters short, so all can, have a chance. Limit them to 200 icords or less.J a a a DECLARES HIGHER WAGES REQUIRED By a Times Reader. Quite often I have seen the opinion expressed in this cc’-umn'that if both low prices and wages prevailed, a certain measure of prosperity would be restored. I can remember when sl2 or sl4 a week was considered a good living wage. However, prices at that time were comparatively low. I also recall that there were no radios, electric washers, etc., and owning an automobile was a luxury within the reach of only the wealthiest families. It is not possible to return to the old living standards now, with multitudes dependent on the automobile, railroads, radios, and other modern developments for a living. But, overproduction has caused wages in a. large majority of instances to return to the scale while the living standards remain the same. No human power can return us to the old living standard; therefore wages must advance. I have at hand a letter from a merchant in a city in the northern part of the state. He writes: “There are more people in town than ever. Every one, it seems, is working, and there is hardly an empty house in town. But, wages are so low and the future so uncertain that they spend very little and business is considerably worse than last year.” As The Times has pointed out, we must raise wages in advance of prices. a a a EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION Bv Tommy Caforma?. The other day when the President spoke of revolution and evolution he was very close to the truth. What is evolution? And what is revolution? Apparently, evolution is the gradual change of things from one state into another. If I have a brand new automobile and set it out in the weather, after a period of time the automobile evolves so that it is not brand new any more. Evolution is the action of time and space on matter. When this is consistent and follows by easy transition from one stage into another it remains evolution. Revolution is a sudden change. The natural course for a river is to flow to the sea. If the river is strong and someone dams it. it is only a matter of time until the river breaks the dam—that is revolution A body in motion that remains at the same constant motion or accelerates or decelerates gradually is evolving. A body in motion that is suddenly ! stopped or a still body suddenly put in motion—that is revolution. a a s FATHER COUGHLIN S CRITIC ANSWERED Bv Brant M. Hawkin*. I was the recipient the other day of a copy of the March issue of the Klan Kourier. The Kourier, as you know, is the official mouthpiece of the Ku-Klux Klan. One article in this publication which appeared under the caption j of “The Couehlm Menace.” afforded this reader much amusement, j The crudeness and lack of tolerance shown in the article was repulsive to one's sense of fair play. The article pointed out that Father Coughlin was a money raiser and an opportunist. Being an inhabitant of Indiana., I am forced]

Praise for Tabernacle and Dr. Gouthey

By T. W. r. Asa visitor to your city after an absence of twenty years, I was gratified to note many commendable improvements, showing a real spirit of progress, civic and otherwise. One of the most important I consider the great auditorium known as Cadle tabernacle and its dedication to such a worthy cause as a place of prayer and spiritual inspiration. I do not believe in spectacular methods of salvation or Sam Jones antics, but neither am I impressed bv the cold formality and smug hypocrisy that prevails in many ritualistic churches —I had an overdose of that as a boy. After many years of wordly experience I can appreciate real sincerity. It required real faith and laud-

to smile when the klan mentions money raising. That is about all that tire klan did when it w r as in power in this state. It milked $lO from every sucker who would listen to its propaganda. This might be said to be excusable if it had used this money for some good purpose. One of the pet schemes to draw in members was to robe up and drop $25 on the collection table of some minister. That minister would in turn call in the male members of his flock and try to convince them that membership in the klan was necessary before one could have eternal life. Many of this flock would fall on this smooth line. The klan would spend $25 and take in several hundred. What a racket! After doing a thing of this sort the organization has intestinal fortitude enough to attack a man like Father Coughlin, a man who has succeeded in doing as much good for the President’s new deal program as any other twenty men. The Kourier makes capital of the fact that Father Coughlin is a Roman Catholic bishop. They say that he should stay out of public life. The Kourier fails to remember that just a few years ago one Bishop Cannon was touring the country fighting A1 Smith and democracy in general. This same Bishop Cannon incidentally allowed his feelings to get the best of his reasoning and as a result he had some difficulty over campaign funds. The klan is again attempting to raise its head in Indiana. It is not probable that the people of the state will rally around the fiery cross as they once did. However, it is probable that some few’ Hoosiers will allow themselves to be misled by such publications as the Kourier. a member of that group of publications that do nothing more than stir up animosity and hatred. a a a LESS PREJUDICE URGED TO END DEPRESSION Bv C. \V. Too bad Mr. and Mrs., who ever you may be. The right thing for you to see is how to overcome the depression. If you voted wrong, it was not the first time. If you have the Constitution please read every word of it and see if there aren't three amendments that cover the point you raised. You can not cite one colored man who was elected to office and was convicted and sent to prison from office. Remember, a chain is no stronger than its weakest link. This country is known back to the year 1492, and 127 years later the Negro, as he if. called, was brought here. All of the evils that you think you see in

I able purpose to build such a tab- ! ernacle in this sin-infested city. I have not forgotten the rotten ! dives and cess pools of iniquity that flourished here under several | weak-kneed mayors. I have listened to Dr. Gouthev six times and carried away much good food for thought. He is clean, sincere, dynamic and a militant champion of righteouesness and should have | the. support and encouragement | of the local press and churches—but, to my surprise, you have | studiously ignored him. His truths seem to offend thinskinned Hoosiers, but as a pro- | gressive and fearless editor I hope I you give him the belated recogni- ; tion and encouragement that j should have been accorded from the start.

! him. he learned from his white | brother. Are you a perfect man? I say not, because you are prejudiced. Let us change our disposition toward human thoughts and acts with our fellowmen and see if this depression doesn't pass. Read your Bible and your Constitution. a a a OTHERS ON STRIKE WITH KNITTERS Bv a Striker. I am a Real Silk striker and I can not understand why most of the public thinks this is a strike of the knitters only. With the knitters are between 300 and 350 transfer operators or toppers, whose pay envelopes show from sls to S2O a week. This is $3 to $lO below the wage scale of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Mr. Hougland .said there isn't a knitter at Real Silk who can not make $33 a week. I do not know where he got his information, but I am a knitter and I have not averaged more than $23 a week for a year. I have had penalties taken from my pay ranging from $1.50 to $4 every week. I had no control over the penalty, and I could not remedy it. It is a “bonus penalty” plan which is enforced for good or bad work. I know of very few knitters on my floor who got a bonus for good work. These men are not striking for higher wages alone. They want the right to collective bargaining by representatives of their own choosing given every .working man bisection 7A of the NRA code. tt a a REPLIES TO CRITIC OF TRAFFIC PLAN Bv F. T. G. Why doesn't the chief of police remove the policeman at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania street, to the alley between Meridian and Illinois streets on Twenty-first street. Every once in a while a car comes out of the alley and at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania there are only a few thousand automobiles, several thousand pedestrians and several street cars between 7:30 a. m. and 9 a. m.. at noon and between 2 p. m. and 3 p. m. If there was an officer at, the alley he would be within talking distance of two more, one at Twentyfirst and Meridian and another at Twenty-first and Illinois. Whoever accused Chief Morissey of unfairness for having an officer ;at the Fourteenth street crossing ; should get around a ittle more. I There are more dangerous corners ! within two blocks of the Cathedral ] schools than there are within six of any other, yet there is only one po‘liceman in this district.

.MAY 22, 193-1

DECLARES UNION WILL BENEFIT INDIANAPOLIS Bv a TimM Rpadpr. g I have taken this Scripps-Howard paper for more than nine years be-, cause of its sincere efforts to help Indianapolis. Any red blooded_ American who will listen to William Smith, secretary and treasurer of, the American Federation of Hosiery workers will learn that the seamers, statement in The Message Center to 1 the effect, that he is growing wealthy, from his work has- no basis in fact. The expansion of Real Silk has been accomplished by faithful, in-' telligent and painstaking effort by the men and women on parade. k Nothing less than the American. Federation of Labor can maintain* the peace and sancity of our no mean city. There is no living man whose blood still circulates who can give any excuse for not joining this bona fide American labor union. Hundreds of men at Real Silk are held down to underpaid jobs simply because they are bluffed by the company union. The viewpoint of the employe is the most neglected asset in Real Silk. When you find a man in Indianapolis who has had no advancement in ten years investigate before y you blame him. The greatest of all obstacles to social progress at Rea] Silk is lack in management. If you wish successful results you can best gain it by unselfish partnership in the A. F. of L. Today, if ever, a discouraged, disillusioned and confused city needs to be shown that the way out of its present tragic situation is the way indicated by William' Smith. The great slate of Indiana is being snown that the growth of the A. F. of L. is the guarantee of a better social order. a a a ABOUT PAY (HECKS OF REAL SILK Bv a Tim** Reader. Just a word or two for the loyal and satisfied workers of Real Silk. You must be easy to please in both salary and working conditions. I am not connected with Real Silk in any way nor do I belong to any union, but I happened to be in a position during 1932 and 1933 tocash some of the checks for Real Silk employes and they were from . $6.50 to around sl2 and the girls who cashed them looked like they were about ready to fall. So. if you are satisfied with such conditions and wages, stay with your job and you will be thought well of if the strikers win. a a a SUPPORT OF THREE SLEKS WORK By M. L. Having read a young man's letter in the Times I wonder if I could contact a job in this manner. He certainly has my sympathy, for I have been trying for a year to get something more than running ads in all three of the daily papers, an- * swering ads, and am registered at an employment office, and all to no ’ avail. Have had eighteen years ex- • perience in office work, and until last summer had been with the same firm for seventeen years. I am a stenographer, assistant bookkeeper and cashier. I am npat and accurate in my work, and also used to hard work and plenty of it. All I want is a chance to make good, as I have three persons to support and certainly can't do it on a half-time job at the wages I am now getting. If > someone would only give me a trial. I would stay on the job early and late and on my word of honor, do my best to make good. Here's to the young man’s success in finding work, and thanks to The Times for printing this.