Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1934 — Page 14
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 23. 19J4 I'M) ERST AND DARROW ‘ /"'VUT of the tumult of it all, Clarence Darrow stands, as hr always has stood, a rugged. challenging soul. Mott men prefer to be agreeable. Most men hk' to live in hope to do wish-thinking, to see things getting belter. D : n\v eet- his pleasure out of pessimism. He wouldn't save the world if he could, simply bee? us* he doesn’t think it worth saving. Hi* delight comes from looking through blue glasses He thoroughly enjoys philosophical ill-health. Compared with him, Schopenhauer was a Coue. A i Kcd a few years ago what he would do if Ik had his life to live over again, he answTieri I wouldn t. ’ To a similar question, “What would you do if you were 20?" his reply w:e- dial hr would commit, suicide. All of which is his way of having fun. Out of a philosophy that prefers to regard the world as out of joint, grew his love for the underdog The impulse to defend the Leopolds and the Locbs arose from his conclusion that it a lousy life after all. so why pick on anybody. He would defend a cobra or a tentcaterpillar and enjoy the job. □arrow's slant on the cosmos is that of one of his closest, friends Dave Gibson of Cleveland. and Darrow-'s nearest rival in pessimism. "Ts vou do that.” Dave once said, ‘‘you won’t like it. and if you do like it. it won’t last.” Being pessimistic is as much of a thrill to Clarence Darrow as being optimistic was to Pippa nr PoPyanna. Therefore, in a world where optimism is conventional, Darrow has been a most fascinating figure, a symbol ot the suppressed rinrbt of many a Babbitt, whistling to keep up his courage as he treaded past life's graveyard All of us at one time or another wonder what life's all about, look at the stars and think how small we are. and occasionally get into the mood expressed by the old song—- " Where will wp all be a hundred years from now? To Darrow that mood is chronic. And because of his unconventional philosophy he has been so intensely interesting to a nation which for over two score years has watched the public performances of this great lone wolf. To Darrow. through some quirk of Roosevelt lan humor, went the job of investigating NRA That NR A would be all wrong with Darrow was as foregone a conclusion as if the R~v Clarence True Wilson were sent out to report on the use of alcoho’ic beverages. Anvwav. nobody can accuse Roosevelt of not picking a natural born critic when he chase Darrow So narrow became the critic of Hercules Having been assigned to clean out the economic stables. General Hitch Johnson was diligen'ly on the job. Darrow arrived. He saw the mud and the muck. Anri then did the natural thine for Darrow He dumped in a few extra tons of sand and gravel Hint narrows findings would have been as they proved to he is the surest thing we know. Hid he bc~n spnt out to investigate sunshine, fresh air or the beatitudes, he would have brought in an equally adverse report Po, to understand what the big debate is all about, we first must understand Darrow. POLITICAL SILVER r T'TIFRE won't be many cheers for the President's silver mesage. It looks like a political gesture forced by a congressional bloc That is a dangerous method of determining monetary policy. At best it may add another factor of uncertainty and fear in a business situation which needs confidence and certainty. At worst it could lead to a destructive inflation, in which most citizens, especially working people, would suffer and only speculators would profit. Insofar as the Roosevelt plan—if such a forced gesture can be given the Roosevelt name—encourages negotiations for international use of silver with gold as a monetary base, it is intelligent. There is little reason to doubt that some form of symmetalism. say at the suggested ratio of 75 per cent gold and 25 per cent silver for reserves, would be a much more workable system than the old gold standard. provided the other major nations would agree to it. But that is the rub. No such agreement is in prospect. And for us alone to attempt such a system, in monetar conflict with the rest of the world, would add to international confusion and might be exceedingly risky here at home. We believe that the monetary problem is important, but not the principal factor in recovery; it is secondary to fundamental economic causes and cures. It is insidious because it relies on dope instead of an operation to cure a surgical case. The idea that the government can cure the depression bv control and arbiti v manipulation of the price of gold and silver has been disproved by the last six months of experiment in this country. The related idea of the silver extremists that more currency and credit are the key to recovery ignores all the facts. The job is not to get more currency and credit, but to put into use that which we have. The problem is to get that money into the hands of the people—to the farmer in better prices for his products and to the city worker in the form of wages—to restore purchasing power. Already federal reserve member banks hold funds on which they can expand credit from an estimated Sl6 000.00f-.000 to $24,000,000000 Many experts fear that our excess cr< dit reserves already have become so vast that • break in the reservoir might carry us into a speculative flood that would destroy us. James Harvey Rogers, the administrations monetary specialist, testified that the gold devalution law would create a reserve "the utilization of winch constitutes a direct inflationary influence of the first magnitude.” Esti-
mates place this theoretically possible expansion as high as $200,000,000,000. Even if the figure is only one-quarter of that, it is dangerously high. Fortunately the administration to date has done nothing to indicate that it desires to go on any such inflationary debauch. And that is vhv most observers believe that the President does not want a larger silver inflation edict. Under the circumstances it is to be hoped that the President will insist that the proposed silver plan shall remain discretionary with him rather than mandatory, and that he will not establish a fused silver-gold or symmetalic base unless and until there is the desired international stabilization on that basis Perhaps that is the intent of the President's not too clear message to congress and of the bill introduced yesterday TEMPTATION TNDIANAPOLIS, as does every other large city in the United States, worries now and then about crime waves. After an unusually heavy run of crimes, ranging from petty larceny law violations to murders, authorities of the city and county open drives to halt the work of the criminals. Campaigns of this kind come too late, generally. and always die out in the course of a few days or weeks. One of the underworld's greatest weapons in battling the police and law-abiding citizens is the automobile. Majority of the city’s criminals are not above the hoodlum class, but ‘armed" with good automobiles and weapons they can become as ferocious as any bigtime gunmen. Part of their ability to stage acts of crime arc the direct result of the carelessness cl Indianapolis motorists. A check of any downtown street during the day will show cars double parked in which thp owners have left the keys because of their hurry to pay a bill or make a purchase before an officer tags the car for a violation of the traffic laws. Such activity on the part of any motorist is nothing more than a temptation to a gangster or hoodlum. Why shouldn’t he step into a car and drive it away? It has been done beiore and will be done thousands of times again. Until the motoring public co-operates with the police department in observing traffic rules and always locking automobiles parked on puolic thoroughfares, real progress can be made against crime. Summer is the worst period of the year for motorists to make these costly errors. Think it over. Mr. and Mrs. Motorist. A few minutes devoted to proper parking and locking of your automobile may protect your life and your neighbor's.
INDIANA HOME LOANS EKIRK M'KINNEY, state manager of the Home Owners Loan Corporation, has returned from Washington with the information that the system employed in Indiana will be recommended to the other loan corporations throughout the nation as one which should be followed. This speaks well for Mr. McKinney, his aids and the general good the corporation has done. According to figures tabulated by the state office of the HOLC. 13,571 loans have been issued in the nine months that the corporation has been in operation. Those loans, the figures show, total $30,613,689.75. During the week of May 11 to 18. more than $2,500,000 was paid out to building and loan associations, banks and mortgages. Those figures show that the HOLC is a big business in Indiana. Indiana now ranks third in the number of loans closed in the United States and is the first in the low costs of loans, which averaged $13.65 each. II Mr. McKinney is as successful in other operations as he is in handling the affairs of the HOLC. it r ppears might be the man who will represent the state in bigger places. A BITTER ANNIVERSARY EXCERPTS from a story which appeared in The Times yesterday: One year ago today (Tuesday) John Dillinger was paroled from the state prison . . . today he is regarded as public enemy No. 1 . . . today he is the most wanted man in the nation . . . Dillinger’s criminal career during the last year has cost the country more than $300,000.” That sums up the story of a bad man at large. It reveals the costly bill that one man, once a Mooresville farm youth, can present a nation. It does not include the number ot lives which have been lost in the hunt for this man and his gang of desperadoes. That figure can not be estimated. Such "anniversaries" are not welcome to the people of Indiana or the nation. But this time it apparently can not be helped for Dillinger. to date, has shown an elusiveness never before matched in the annals of crime. Dillinger. his friends say. is not bad. They say that John Hamilton is the real “tough” of the gang. Whether those assertions are true is not the point. It is true that John Dillinger is a member, and generally reputed to be the leader of a gang of terrorists and bandits. He and his companions must be stopped. The law enforcement agencies of this state and nation can not afford to observe another "anniversary” pass and know that Dillinger still is at large. PLAN FOR FUTURE COME time during the next twenty-five years the American college will enter a new phase in which its enrollment will be increased vastly and its methods of teaching will be revolutionized. This is the prediction of Walter Dill Scott, president of Northwestern university. No one. he believes, will remain out of college simply because he can not pay tuition; on the other hand, no one will attend simply because he can pay. Any one who has the ability to profit by a college education will become a student; and the colleges will have far greater resources than they have now. so that they will be able to give more attention to the individual student than they do now. All this, says Dr. Scott, will reflect changes in the national life. Leisure will be the national culture will be more closely in-
more abufldant, money will be more plentiful, tegrated. Asa result, we shall have mass education on a greater scale than anything hitherto dreamed of, and the college will play a larger part in the national life than ever before. Now this prediction Is interesting, not only because it holds an attractive future to our gaze, but because it is just one more proof that far-sighted men can see a great development and enrichment of national life just ahead of us. During the last few years we have fallen into a peculiar mental attitude. Somehow we seem to have got the notion that our great days are all behind us, that the depression has dissipated and vitiated the boundless energy of America, and that the most we can hope for, hereafter, is to keep our hands just above water. It is only natural that we should feel that way. in a time of great confusion and trouble. But it is good for us to be reminded that the last few years have not been an end cf everything, but have simply been a breeding space between two great epochs in our history. Now, if ever, is the time for us to be making great plans for the future. The era that is just beginning can be extraordinarily rich and fruitful, if we have the courage to dream.
Liberal Viewpoint =By DR. HARRY ELMER BARNES
DR CHARLES A. BEARD thus describes how civil liberties have been abrogated in Germany and other Fascist countries: "At the opening of the twentieth century every enlightened nation of the earth had established certain rules of policy deemed essential to the conduct of a civilized society. “These rules included among others religious toleration, equality before the law, trial of all offenses in open court by an impartial tribunal and the use of reason in the clarification and settlement of public questions. These rules were often violated in practice, by governments and by mobs; but violations were not boastfully regarded as triumphs of genius. “In time of war and revolution, it was generally understood that these rules might be set aside and defeated by governments and by mobs; but these violations were regarded as temporary and not the discoveries of superior political intelligence. “The history of the past four hundred years is in a large measure the history of the struggle to establish these rules in law and practice—to wrest from arbitrary, and irresponsible power the weapons of tyranny. In this struggle thousands of men and women sacrificed their fortunes and even their lives. The stake and the gallows are their monuments. . nan WITH this battle for liberty are associated the great personalities whom we are proud to honor and keep alive in memory. We did not believe that their work was perfect. We knew that eternal vigilance was the price of liberty. But we thought that our task was merely the refinement and the more exact application of these liberties to which they had dedicated their lives and fortunes. “Now, however, we find these rules not only violated, but openly flouted by powerful governments as weak and childish sentiments. We sec brutal and irresponsible power enthroned and exalted as the newest and final discovery of political science. For toleration is substituted intolerance. Equality before the law is replaced by degradation of races, classes and all women. “Instead of the administration of justice by impartial tribunals we see men and women beaten, mutilated, murdered or herded in concentration camps at the whim of self-constituted irill-sergeants. “The use of reason in the discussion and settlement of public questions is derided as childish nonsense and in place of the democratic process we are to have government by irresponsible brute force, by unquestioned and unchallenged jerserker rage. n n n THESE things are not done inadvertently. They are done deliberately and on principle. And those who sponsor the new tyranny take glory unto themselves in debasing liberty and exalting sheer power.” If w r e are to prevent such a situation in the United States we must see to it that there is no entering wedge for any such tyrr nical domination over the minds of the American people. On the very day on which I read Professor Beard's warning blast against Hitlerism I read a newspaper article relative to the Ives bill. This bill would compel every teacher to take the following oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the state of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge, according to the best of my ability, the duties of the position to which I am now assigned.” This looked innocent, but it would have opened itself up to every conceivable abuse in a crisis. Any dissent from the views which a dominant faction wished to enforce could easily and quickly have been interpreted as disloyalty to the Constitution. The tendency of the political party in power is to identify its particular economic and political prejudices with constitutionality. Governor Lehman is to be heartily congratulated for his courage and progressivism in vetoing this menacing potential step In the direction of Hitlerism in New York state. There should be no opening wedge.
Capital Capers —— —-BY GEORGE ABELL —r— —=
THE best poker players in administration circles are generally conceded to be Post-master-General Jim Farley. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury “Chip” Robert and Frank Walker. ex'ecutive director of the national emergency council. Inflated with success, these three connoisseurs decided to try their luck by playing poker with three ladies, noted for their skill at card games. The three ladies were invited to play and—the three poker experts of the administration were badly beaten. a o tt THE Belgian mission, which has come to Washington to announce officially that his majesty Leopold 111 has ascended the throne as king of the Belgians is having a whirl. Secretary of State Cordell Hull entertained the mission at a luncheon. Last night Undersecretary of State Phillips was host at a dinner. Belgian Ambassador Paul May has given a dinner and there are numerous in-between parties. Young Monsieur Darscot is one of the most brilliant members of the mission. Handsome, curly haired, wearing a bright flower in his coat lapel, he appears at garden parties and teas—quite delighted with Washington hospitality. "I meet so many people.” he declared. “I find it impossible to keep them straight. First, we go to the White House . . . then somewhere else ... it is all a little bewildering. ’’ One member of the mission was so dazzled by the fantastic, whirling of parties that he found it impossible to remember names. “Who is that gentleman we dined with last night?’’ he asked. "The secretary of state." he was told. “Oh. yes." he exclaimed. “Let me see now . . . What was his name?” An Illinois farmer hanged himself when he received his tax bill. But the government will get him. instead, with its inheritance tax. Former President Machado of Cuba, fleeing extradition, might not have of the Mediterranean cruise of Samuel Insull.
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(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to SoO words or less.) u tt $t SEES UNION AS ONLY SOLUTION By Potsie, a Union Man. I am writing this in answer to a nonstriker's letter. Give the strikers time; they will win. You may be able to talk now and work at the mills, but after the strikers win, you will wish ycru were with them. The union has the right path and the quicker people fall in line the more wants they will be able to satisfy. I simply can't understand how any one can be so narrow minded and so stubborn that he can’t see the union's side. These are satisfied persons who have all they want. They will work for a dollar a day if the employer tells them to, but the union workers say “No.” If every worker belonger to the union, can’t you see the employer would have to meet the union’s required scale? A nonunion worker should have to work for $5 to $lO a week. The union is for the good of the worker and the “scabs” are holding it back. I sincerely believe the time will come when all the country will be unionized and the quicker the better for all of us. Why let the employer enjoy all the luxuries? Can't we enjoy a few ourselves? I could, and I know all of us will if we join the union. Held tight, strikers, we will win. BUSINESS BUILDERS’ BOAST ATTACKED By a Striker. There is nothing to boast about in the statement of the Better Business Builders that Indianapolis is a 95 per cent open shop town. They should substitute “scab” for open. And why is it “scab?” Because the workers have been 'held back by some hypocritical civic organizations. Some inside the mill put on a sad face and say, “We must not starve.” But there is no excuse. The union provides food. Landlords have been and are very lenient because they have confidence in us, even as the public has and will continue to. because we are good citizens, law abiding and taxpaying. and because we are fair and supporting in every way one of the best Presidents the United States ever had, Franklin D. Roosevelt. a tt a MAKES AWARD OF WAGE CUT HONORS By a, Real Silker. I have been a reader of The Times since the strike began and will be from now on. I have worked at the Real Silk Hosiery Mills several years and decline to say whether or not I am a striker. But I will say this: Up until four years ago Real Silk was a good place to work. Now I will say that J. A. Goodman and his chief lieutenant, Mr. Baum, know more and have forgotten more about cutting wages than most employers ever will learn. a a a PICKING MONEY FROM TREES By a Time* Reader. I think W. O. Finke’s letter is the most unreasonable I ever read. It sounded like he wanted to say he had a SI,OOO auto. If he was a poor man and had to drive back and forth to work and get from sl3 to sls a week, he would be glad to have a model T Ford without paying insurance. Furthermore, if a man has indemnity insurance, he thinks he can chase alon# and if he kills some one it is all right—the insurance company can pay the bill. If he
Red Flag Recognition Called Menace
By H. D. Kissenjer. A dangerous cross-road In American progress was reached when the following flash from New York appeared in the press recently: “Display of red flags at public functions was declared legal today by the appellate division, in a decision reversing the Court of Special Sessions.” Who should we hang now on “the sour apple tree?” If raising the confederate flag in public places would have been treason, planting the Communist emblem in public would be a thousand times worse. As Leslie M Shaw, secretary of the treasury, under Theodore Roosevelt, said: "It would be far better for America to have its youth poisoned with strychnine than with Bolshevism.’’ As evidence of poisoning the solemn custom of reading Washington's “Farewell Speech” in congress has been interrupted. Red propaganda in our schols has borne its evil fruit—the mental kidnapers of American children
has no insurance he will be a little more careful. If some of us poor fellows had to own a model T and buy license so we could get to our work. Wish I knew where W. O. Finke lives. I would like to go and pick some money of! of his money trees. a a a MESSAGE CENTER GIVEN PRAISE Bv a Reader. ‘ I have been reading the Message Center for some time. Every one is entitled to a difference of opinion. It would be some world if we weren’t. • I wish to praise and thank The Times for publishing these opinions. I do not think you have shown any prejudice pertaining to the Real Silk strike. a a a FAVORS STRIKERS AT HOSIERY MILLS By a Reader, I am for the strikers at the three hosiery mills, especially the Real Silk. My brother has been on strike but a short time. As soon as the strike is over I hope to get a job at the Real Silk, too. I live on a lonely farm near Roachdale, but I read about the strike in The Indianapolis Times. My brother not only provides for himself, but looks out for me rlso. He may be just a transfer boy to the Real Silk but he is wonderful to me. aa a * RELIGIOUS VIEW OF BIRTH CONTROL By Hiram Lackey. Many persons believe that birth control is a problem whose only solution lies in medicine and economics. As earnestly as we hope for enlightenment from these two sources, we are inclined to the belief that, without help, they are not equal to the task. In approaching this subject, we must not forget logic, for, when it is forgotten, the tree of scientific progress usually is planted with its branches to the ground and its roots to the sun. Pride, devotion to ease, love of luxury and worship of pleasure create a birth control evil among idle, pet-nursing, childless women. In solving this problem the most potent medicine with an abundance of money not only fail of their purpose. but actually retard the solution. Money, medicine, academic education, intelligence, all are ideal blessings to the home and family. But how these blessings are mis-
A REMEDY
I wholly disapprove of what you say and will _ defend to the death your right to say it — Voltaire.
are intolerant of American culture and guidance. Americans are paying for loyalty and getting disloyalty; paying for patriotic nationalism and getting treacherous internationalism; paying for instruction to support their government and getting instruction for its overthrow. That is what the red flag means. Those instructors must be ordered to get their jobs where they get their inspiration. * Julia Cantacuzne, granddaughter of General U. S. Grant, drew sparks from the anvil when she declared: “The Communist party has established itself on the ballot as an American party. It is not. It does not sing the national anthem nor march under the American flag. Beware of it.” The confederate flag may have divided the country but the constitutional form of representative government still would have remained in the hands of Americans. The red flag would not only tear our government into a million shreds but it would place us under mongoloid satraps of the east.
used when they are made to function against that deep-seated sense of duty which should be intensified by their possession! As is economics, so is birth control largely a problem of applied Christianity. When the Christian factor is applied, the problem will have been solved. Thus we see why it is our duty to think serious:** and " religiously before aiming hurting shafts of sarcasm and ridicule at the technically uninformed clergy of the church which is our strength in this time of need. Some day the infinite God will acquaint His messengers with the mathematical correctness of His messages, and they shall be delivered verabtum and unassailable. Until this time we hope that sarcasm and ridicule will play their part for the ultimate good of clerical accuracy and modesty. If sarcasm and ridicule must be used, we hope that their sting will be used to influence some women who now lavish their a flections on household pets, to want and cherish babes of their own. a a a BUSINESS BUILDERS AND HOSIERY STRIKE By .lamfs .1. Culling*. I would appreciate a little space in The Message Center to answer two paid ads which appeared in The Times. In a paid ad of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, the statement was made there are 2.500 employes working who did not strike and all of them are Indianapolis citizens. I am advised there are many employes working at Real Silk w'ho live outside Indianapolis and are not only helping to cheapen labor by refusing to strike but are causing Indianapolis to be out of employment. I would now like to speak of the Associated Business Builders’ ad that appeared in The Times on May 7. If Indianapolis Is not a mean city it surely has the reputation of being the cheapest city in the country in which to work. It would pay the builders to inquire in other cities and hear what outsiders think of this Chamber of Commerce controlled soup center. This ad states paid agitators are misusing the Recovery Act and attempting to prove Indianapolis business does not deal fairly. It never has been fair to its employes and at this day is not. This same Associated Builders rather would hire out of town employes than Indianapolis citizens. I also recall the strike of the teamsters and the methods used then were just like those being used
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today by the law enforcing agencies at the hosiery mill to break the strike. I also remember the street car strike here and perhaps the Business Builders do too. We need organizers or agitators badly in In- * dianapolis. I do not and never ! have belonged to a union and have never “scabbed” or worked for the j hasiery mills, but I do believe in a I square deal for all. I would like! to see the Associated Builders pub- I lish its membership list. I’ll ven-1 ture to say that 95 per cent of them j wear the Chamber of Commerce* banner. B CONSIDERS STRIKE AS NRA TEST J By Thomas R. Sanders. ■ I believe congratulations are order. The Times deserves the support of all citizens fighting for just rights. Although I am not a union man,l I believe “in union there is strength.” 1 I read a great deal in the message center pro and con about the Real* Silk strike. The NRA grants anyl and all employes the right to ize for collective bargaining, not by* company unions, but unions of their 1 own liking. * Why so much fuss about unions? I Big business. bankers, editors, j preachers, doctors, lawyers, musi- j cians, war veterans, railroaders and I farmers have their associations for I their own interests, but a laboring! man must not be permitted to 100 l out for his interests. The strike at the Real Silk hosiery® mills is not merely a demand fori higher wages, but an honest to Godfl test of whether the NRA is a reality! or a joke. Honest citizens are ini sympathy with the strikers because* they are simply exercising then* rights granted by the United government. , aa a M “I KNEW HIM WHEN” DISCUSSES DILLINGER i By n. r. J I have read so many letters either! defending or criticising Dillinger* I believe it is time for a few facts.! I am from Dillinger s home townJ I know him and his family as doll most of Mooresville’s and I sml neither for nor against Dillinger. j He is a victim of circumstances, anl unfair sentence for a minor crime. 1 Every one thinks John got a dirty! deal. He was given the limit for a* minor crime and it was his first* offense. ft He was talked into robbing a* grocer by a much older man anefl until that time he was a good boy® John served his sentence and! when released he went to a ministej® and asked for help to lead the righlH kind of life, but people won’t ac-B cept one that has been in jail, it! seems. A few did, but he was! shunned by almost every one and! finally he decided if they wouldn't! let him go straight he would go ip! for crime in a big way. Every onol knows the rest.
Anticipation
BY EFFIE L. WORKMAN' i The future fascinates me. I greet each new day’s birth 1 With the kenest curiosity. 1 For the things it may bring forth. I left the lid of my chest of hours, And eagerly look within, Hoping that each precious package Holds treasures I’ve long tried to win. 1 The morning hours, fresh and clean. Are wrapped in colors bright. They hold for me a promise sweet, < That thrills me with delight. I love the gold of the afternoon. And the night's soft ribbons of gray, But most of all, I love to dream , Os the gifts of another day,