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It Seems to Me HEVMM IHAVE bwn writing once or twice of late about the . teachers of America. At the moment this word is us**d in it* strictest sense as a preference to those who impart knowledge in the class room. It would be more accurate to think of every author, every’ screen writer, most clergymen and a few doctors as belonging to the craft of education. When you or I say. "I have made up my mind." we are speaking less than precisely. The truth of the matter is that somebody or some group has made up this mind for us. Ve meet it every night neatly turned down like the coverlet upon a hotel couch. What we think is very largely derived from experience, but this experience seldom means some actual happening in which *e participated. Rather, our minds are shaped by whet learned in school, from

a play, a newspaper, an article or a novel. And to complete the record I nr~ht add a radio broadcast. me writers and educators of America are engaged upon a common task even though they are slow to admit this fact. I would hesitate to approach any reporter and say, ‘ Kell, Carl, do you realize that you’re a educator?’’ He would probably take it amiss and insist that he was merely a newspaper man. But of all the widely flung fraternity it seems to me that the class room preceptors suffer most hideously from a feeling of inferiority. In my opinion the teachers of Amer-

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lea are probably the most grossly underpaid class in the entire country. It may be that they feel inferior because they are badly paid or it could work the other way around—they are badly paid because they have failed to assert themselves. a a a Greek Tear Iters Looked Ahead NOW any such feeling is a violation r ' ‘ ® fine traditions of human civilization. * case of Greece and other early efforts towar' slightly perfect state, philosophers, sculptors, authors and artists quite naturally gathered around themselves a little group of pupils. It was almost a fort of assurance as to survival. The man who championed a certain idea or a particular kind of technique liked to feel that when he had gone there would be others to carry on the work somewhat in his own spirit. But if T said to any teacher in Public School No. 1 to No 99. “Don t you realize that each day in every wav you are perpetuating your personality?” ♦ hat teacher would grin at me cynically and assume that i was having him on. Quite naturally ht might feel that through certain established routines t> f instruction the teacher has become a little better then the man with a loud voice who announces the batteries before the beginning of a ball game. Now we ought to do something about this. I am not thinking wholly of the teacher. After all the youth of the land has suffered and is suffering from the circumstance that the three R’s happen to be transmitted by a robot clan. When a relative of mine was very young he once came home from his local academy and announced, “I know the alphabet.” Having been somewhat concerned with these symbols myself, I was interested and inquired, “How did that happen? Oh. he replied, “sometimes at school we play school.’’ I wonder whether it might not be possible both in the primary grades and in the halls of higher education to sneak up on knowledge in this way. If I understand the experiment which Dr. Meiklejohn conducted at Wisconsin he was working the same side of the street. a a a Education Can He Painless IT is mv own experience that the very small number of things which I know fairly well came to me without much agony. I m all in favor of stealing the signs which are flaunted above the offices of dentists and putting them over the doors of school houses. Possibly there should be some slight revision. The new slogan might well read “education imparted painlessly.” And the teacher like the skillful extractor proceeds to some extent upon his personality. It is not altogether the gas or the novocaine which makes the job acceptable but the reclining-chair manner of the administrator. What you are depends to a large extent upon the conditioning which you received in classrooms. I do not mean that anybody fresh hatched from Yale should get it into his head that he is equipped with all the facts of life. One should leave college as he leaves a dinner table wanting a little something more. It is only the successfully educated man who carries with him into life a curiosity and inquisitiveness about the truth and its approximations. So why should the teaching of the young be left in any part to the dull and the dispirited? Teachers of America unite. You are the great ones of our civilization. Swagger into your clfssroom even if your function is merely to talk about vulgar fractions. Walk always with your chin up. Look into ihe palm of your right hand every week day morning wh p n the school bell rings. See if it is not true that you are carrying a flaming torch. Then pass it on. (Copyright. I*?3s>

Today s Science BY DAVID DIEIZ

THE vpry existence of the human race is being threatened by the dissipatioon and depletion of plant foods or nutrients in the soil. This is the warnme given by Dr. Goodale Lipman. dean of agriculture in Rutgers University and director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Humans eat animals and plants. Animals likewise eat plants. In the last analysis, therefore, the maintenance of life on earth depends upon the ability of the soil to grow plants. Dissipation of nitrogen and other plant nutrients needed to sustair life is outrunning replacement in the soils of the Un States by millions of tons annually, according U Dr. Lipman. Dr. Lipman who was recently awarded the Chandler medal by Columbia University for his contributions to ag lcultural chemistry, has been named by President Roosevelt to collaborate with the National Resources Board in making a "balance sheet” of the nation's soils. n a a ACCORDING to Dr. Lipman. the annual losses are: Nitrogen. 16.100.000 tons; ph phorus. 2.500,000 tens: potassium. 36.200.000 tons; calcium. 53.600,000 tens: magnesium. 16.800.000 tons: sulphur, 11,300.000 tons, and organic matter. 322.000.000 tons. The gains are: Nitrogen. 13.380.000 tons: phosphorus, 1.306.000 tons; potassium, 5.550.000 tons: calcium. 10.425.000 tons; magnesium. 2.630.000 tons: sulphur 10,250.000 tons, and organic matter 100.000.000 tons. This means a net annual loss of 2.720.000 tons of nitrogen. 1.194 000 tons of phosphorus. 30.650.000 tons of potassium. 43.175.000 tons of calcium. 14.170.000 tons of magnesium. 1,050.000 tons of sulphur, and 222.000,000 tons of organic material, that is compounds of carbon. The gro anr.r, f nitrogen in sewage is 672.000 tons. Dr I* - an amount more than double that r r pi- W'soil by the aid of commercial fertilized it a a Agricultural exports to other parts of the world have robbed the American soil of 12.060,000 tons of nitrogen, 2,000.000 tons of phosphorus, 3.000.000 tons of potassium. 1.000.00 tons of colcium, 750.000 tons of magnesium and 500.000 tons of sulphur. Experiments have been carried out over long periods of years at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station under the direction of Dr. Lipman to study these problems of soil losses A set of experiments begun in 1898 with fields under continuous cultivation show a loss of nitrogen In 35 years amounting to one tone an acre or approximately half of the nitrogen originally present. Q—Where in the United States is the so-called com belt? A -It is an area in the central portion where more land is cultivated in com than any other crop. The area extends through western Ohr Indiana, Illinois, lowa, and well into Nebraska and Kansas, and includes northern Missouri, eastern South Dakota, and southwestern Minnesota.

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OFFERS ENGLAND ‘NEW DEAL’

Lloyd George, Now 72, Hopes to Hit ''Comeback r frail' in Britain

BY MILTON BRONNER NEA SerTlf* Staff Correspond* nt T ONDON, Jan. 18.—Can David Lloyd George, riding on the fame of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, make a brilliant comeback in British politics and once more become a dominant figure in British parliamentary life? That is the question politicians of eve-:- shade of political opinion —and particularly the Tories—are anxiously asking themselves. It is a striking tribute to the untamed energy of the white-haired, ruddy-faced, eloquent, little Welsh Wizard, who at the age of 72 has long since passed the period when Americans consider a man very politically alive. It is all the more striking because, for some time, his rivals in the political world looked upon him as an extinct volcano. Tossed out of the Premiership by a Tory revolt in October, 1922, his Liberal party rent in twain by internecine fights, undergoing some 18 months ago a major surgical operation which often kills, he spent a long time in the business of recuperating and then set to work with demonic energy to write his war memoirs which had all the brass hats in the British army and navy buzzing and fussing because of his outspoken and bitter comments. ana THE politicians thought he was done for—safe in the solitude of his library amid his notes and documents —a great leader now turned author. His appearances in the House of Commons were lew and far between. When he did come, they discounted him. He was no longer leader of a big party. The Liberals were divided between those who followed Sir John Simon, foreign secretary in the national government, and those who obeyed the orders of Sir Herbert Samuel, who broke with the national government and resigned his post in it because of the protective tariff and other Tory policies it adopted. David Lloyd George sat alone with only two adherents, his son, Gwylim, and his daughter. Megan. But unknown to all the wiseacres. Lloyd George was doing something more in his library than writing an old man’s memoirs. He was consulting leading financiers, economists, and industrial leaders and preparing a New Deal ala Roosevelt for Britain. His plan includes new things for industry, finance, agriculture, shipping, housing, transport, elec-

—The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen—

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—There is an unhealthy smell about the action of the House Appropriations Subcommittee in attempting to gut the appropriation of the Securities Exchange Commission. It has all the earmarks of covert sabot age. The committee cut the independent offices appropriation bill by a total of $700,000 under the amount recommended by the Budget Bureau. Os this, almost all —or $690,000 —was at the expense of the SEC. At the time the subcommittee conducted its secret hearings on the entire appropriation it consisted of five members, three Democrats,

two Republicans. Yet when the SEC appropriation was considered only three of these were present. They were; Chairman Clifton A. Wood rum, old guard Virginia Democrat, close friend of Senator Carter Glass, who sought to emasculate the Securities Exchange act when it was in committee last session. Woodrum has a long record of trying to gut appropriations of Government agencies which are cracking down on big business. He repeatedly recommended drastic slashing of funds of the Federal Trade Commission during the course of its probe of the power industry. Richard B. Wiggleworth, wealthy old guard Massachusetts Republican. who fought the enactment of the SEC act. William P. Lambertson, old guard Kansas Republican also against the establishment of the SEC. In its report on the SEC appropriation, the subcommittee declares that it reached its decision after "thorough and extended hearings.” Actually, Chairman Joe Kennedy and several of his assistants appeared before the committee only once, and then for not more than one hour. a a a Edward j. white, counsel for the trustees of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was aligned with the Government in arguing the gold cases before the Supreme Court. And in defending the constitutionality of the law. he made the point that the preamble of the Constitution contains a “general welfare” declaration that gives Congress the power to determine what shall constitute currency. To emphasize his contention he read that section of the preamble to which he referred. "But that is not all there is to the preamble,” snapped Justice Willis Van DeVanter, oldest and one of the most conservative members of the court. "There is more to it than what you have read.” "Os course.” White said suavely. „ “And I wouldn’t think of attempting to deceive this court on the contend of the Constitution.” Even the august judges of the court—except Van DeVanter— Joined in ft- ensuing laugh. a a a THE Administration is not worrying about the action of the Supreme Court in holding unconstitutional the "hot oil” provision of the NIRA. And there was nothing in the court's decision to cause any *

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trie power and the employment ' problem. Just as, year ago, he shocked The City—London’s Wall Street—by imposing supertaxes and other new things the bankers disliked, so now he is getting ready to advocate complete nationalization of the Bank of England, controlled by the government, but operated as a private institution. a a a EIGHT years ago Lloyd George issued a plan, but little attention was paid to it and it died

alarm about other phases of New Deal legislation. The court very carefully did not hold the oil clause unconstitutional on the ground that the Government did not have the right to prohibit or restrict interstate transportation of oil. What the court did was to say that Congress had failed to state that this was the intent of the |q w. In other words, if there had been a preamble containing a declaration of policy attached to the statute everything would have been okay. This cue has not been lost on Administration legislation framers. As one of them expressed it: "If the honorable court wants whereases it shall have them. There is no production control on whereases.” a a a MONTANA’S Senator Burton K. Wheeler, whose militant left-wingism has often been a thorn in the Administration’s side, was visited recently by a prominent Democratic leader. The conversation ranged over various topics, when the caller suddenly remarked: "Burt, how would you like to be a Federal judge? There is a vacancy on the circuit bench in San Francisco.” Wheeler smiled. "I hadn’t given any thought to the idea of being kicked upstairs,’ ” he said. "But if such a proposition was made to me I wouldn’t consider anything less than the Supreme Court.” 'Copyrißht. 1935. bv United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) CLIFF DURANT MARRIES Wealthy Former Auto Race Driver Weds New York Girl. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Jna. 18.—R. C. (Cliff) Durant, wealthy former automobile racing driver, and Charlotte Phillips of New York have been married two weeks, it was learned today. The bride refused to comment beyond stating that the wedding had taken place. Mr. Durant was reported in San Francisco on business. Cliff Durant participated in several 500-mile races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a few years ago. Knights of Pythias to Install Olive Branch Lodge. 2. Knights of Pythias will hold installation services tomorrow at 8 in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio-st.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935

David Lloyd George ... A “New Deal” at 72

a-borning. So this time he proposes to evangelize the country. He is going to throw all his flaming energy in speaking for it. Just as in the dark days of the war, he coined the slogan, “Get something done to save the war for the country and its allies,” so now his slogan is going to be: “Get something done to make Britain a better place for the bulk of its people.” He does not expect to found a new party. But he feels that his program will appeal very largely

REPORT IS FILED BY RETIRING TREASURER $3,124,262 Paid to State From Closed Banks. A reduction of $3,124,262 in the total of state funds tied up in closed banks during hIS term of office was announced today by William Storen, state treasurer, who will retire Feb. 11. Mr. Storen reported that when he took office four years ago state money in closed banks totaled $473,507. Bank closings brought the sum to a total of $4,026,102, collections UP to ;he present reducing this sum to *901.839. Os this latter amount, there is a book value of outstanding collateral totaling $645,721, leaving a potential loss of $256,118. Mr. Storen will be succeeded in office by Peter B. Hein, Crown Point. Takes County NRA Job Jack B. Kummins, local attorney, has been named a member of the Marion County NRA board to replace State Senator Leo X. Smith while the latter is attending the General Assembly. Mr. Kammins has been active in NRA court cases.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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“Why can’t they wsik? Am I to go through life bolting my breakfast to get to school on time?”

to the Labor party, to many of the Liberals, and to a considerable sprinkling of the younger Tories, who are getting impatient with the National Government. At present the signs point to labor coming back from the next election with a greatly increased number in the House of Commons. They may even be the major party—but without a complete majority. If the National Government or the Tories come back the strongest party, they, too, may lack a

IN OLD NEW YORK By Paul Harrison

NEW YORK, Jan. 18. —Broadway’s insatiable gambling fever is fired regularly by the appearance of tickets on various lotteries and foreign sweepstakes offering fabulous prizes. And one of the readiest chance-takers has been, for many years, an orchestra leader who now is middle-aged. One of these days, he is confident, his number will be up, for he has drawn the next-door neighbors of a score of winning tickets.

Also there is the memory of that day in 1917 when he rushed out for a newspaper to see whether he had scored in a certain lottery based on a horse race. He hadn’t. But his blood froze as he turned back to Page One to scan the news. His number was among the first drawing of the World War’s selective draft. nan THERE'S an old gentleman around town who enters small, quiet retaurants in the evenings, and carries a package which he refuses to check, orders his dinner and then detains the waiter while he unwraps his bundle. It contains a p'ate, a rather ordinary-looking blue plate. "Use this when you bring in the meat course,” commands the old gen-

complete majority. In that case Ll< yd George counts on having enough adherents of his way of thinking to control the balance ot power. He could then turn out any government which did not follow his plan. Back in 1924 a group of Liberals, led by nim, thus tolerated a Laoor minority government. When they got ready, by voting with the Tories, they turned MacDonaid out of the premiership. a a a David lloyd george is at the fullness of his powers, with no sign of senile decay. He still is one of the most effective speakers in Britain, whether addressing a vast public political meeting or holding the House of Commons with his silvery voice. He can come before audiences as a statesman with unparalleled records of service to his country —a dazzling career in w’hich obstacles were overcome in the true manner of Disraeli. Son of a poor school teacher of Manchester, brought up by his uncle, a poor Welsh shoemaker, educated for the bar, he soon not only won law cases, but was elected to Parliament from the Welsh constituency ot Carnarvon in 1890 and has been re-elected ever since, thus being the Father of the House. He was always a radical, fighting for the good of the plain people—Roosevelt’s “forgotten man." As Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1909 he paralyzed the wealthy by his super tax and other blows at their vested interests. This brought about the famous fight which finally resulted in the parliamentary act which deprived the House of Lords of its right to veto money bills. In 1911 he put his country in the van of civilization by pushing through the sickness and unemployment insurance acts. In 1915 he saved the British armies by assuming the post of Minister of Munitions and getting the muchneeded shells. a a a IN 1916 he became War Minister and gingered up the British fighting. In December, 1916, he became Prime Minister and the inspirer of his country to the heroic efforts which so largely led to the final winning of the World War. In 1919, he with President Wilson and Georges Clemenceau, French Premier, largely wrote the Treaty of Versailles. Then came his fall in 1922 and what seemed a sunset without any further trailing clouds of glory. But David Lloyd George, the unquenchable optimist, does not think he is all through. At 72 ne has set his heart on making a new career.

tleman. He dines from the plate, and then it is washed and returned to him while he has his dessert. He wraps it carefully and dodders out. a a a A MISS ELIZABETH HETT, chief operator in the Hotel New Yorker, plugged in on a telephone call the other day and found herself in conversation with an excited guest who, though quite articulate, happened to be speaking in Japanese. Try as she v.ould, Miss Hett couldn’t understand a word he said, but gathered that it was something pretty important. t And so she telephoned the Japanese consulate. First she get a jittery underling who couldn’t comprehend what she wanted. Next she spoke to an Oriental who, although more composed, demanded to know why she dared thus to interrupt the affairs of a governmental agency. Miss Hett explained that she knew it was the consulate's business to aid countrymen in distress. And this countryman plainly was in distress. Ah, yes, said the man. He would connect her with a higher official. The third Japanese, who may or may not have been the Consul General himself, quickly grasped the situation and proceeded to talk with the hotel guest. They talked for five minutes, at least, and snickered a good deal. Then the attache of the consulate spoke to Miss Hett. “I will translate the message,” he said gravely. "Your guest hopes that someone will call for his laundry on Monday afternoon.” DEEP SEA EXPLORER TO ADDRESS TEACHERS Otis Barton, Colleague of Beebe, to Speak Here Tomorrow. Otis Barton, New York, celebrated deep sea explorer and associate of William Beebe, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of Marion County teachers at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Perry Township High School. Together with Mr. Beebe. Mr. Barton reached a depth of 3028 feet in the Atlantic Ocean last summer. Mr. Barton will give an illustrated lecture and show several reels of film taken at various stages of the trip in the steel bathysphere.

Second Section

Entered a* Secoud-Class Matter at Potoffice, Indianapolis. Ind.

I Cover the World WM PHIUP SIMMS WASHINGTON. Jan. 18—A carefully checked poll of the Senate, it was revealed today, indicates five more than a two-thirds majority for membership in the World Court. The President's message urging adherence gave added impetus to the swing toward immediate entry, and Senator James P. Pope D„ Idaho) said a vote within 10 days seemed likely. It appears to be merely a question of when the “greatest deliberative body on earth” feels it has de-

liberated long enough. There is no indication of a filibuster. For two hours and a half, Hiram Johnson, the bitter-ender from California, gave floor and galleries all he had. But something seemed lacking. There was little of the old-time fire. He was merely serving old dishes warmed over. At the height of one of Senator Johnson's most eloquent thrusts at the court, Senator Joe Robinson, majority leader, absentmindedly thrust his fingers into his vest pocket, leaned back and yawned, unashamed, at the ceiling. Senator Johnson insisted that the issue was non-partisan, but of vital importance. Therefore, he was

sure, many members of the Senate desired information thereon. A roll call showed about a dozen and a half Senators present and few of those seemed at all interested. a a a Everybody Seems to Want It THAT this was due to public indifference was clearly not the case. The galleries were well filled. The answer admittedly was that the Senate, having listened to debates on the subject for 12 years, had long since made up its mind how to vote. A partial record in the hands of the writer shows that practically every organized group of citizens in the United States has put itself on record with regard to World Court adherence years ago, generally in favor of it. The American Bar Association passed a resolution urging adherence as long ago as 1923 and repeated, in one form or another, in 1926, 1927, 1929 and in 1931. Practically every state bar association did the same. So did countless women’s clubs and church organizations President Green of the American Federation of Labor long ago put the support of his organization behind ratification, as did the master of the National Grange. a a a IPs Practically All Over A CAREFUL poll of the newspapers of the United States revealed an overwhelming majority in favor of adherence. Circulation figures of the papers favoring the court showed a similar superiority. Thus, in the present debate on Capitol Hill, few, if any. believe the ultimate outcome will be swayed by so much as one vote by the oratory. Senator Johnson. Senator Borah and others opposed to the court feel they must put themselves on record one more time before the final vote is taken. Those leading the fight for the court, also, must have their say. But, barring the unexpected, the roll call will then be ordered and the showdown will be at hand. Friends of the court say 69 Senators are now definitely known to favor adherence. It seems to be all over save the shouting.

Your Health —BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

IN cases of gout it may be desirable to have a diet low in proteins, but this does not apply to the diet in most forms of arthritis. Therefore, the one important principle would seem to be restriction of the carbohydrate foods, principally because persons with arthritis have difficulty with carbohydrates, due to abnormalities in their intestinal tract, and because the records show that some of these patients improve with lessening of the carbohydrate intake. The best diet for any arthritic or rheumatic person, however, is a well-balanced diet. Moreover, you should be certain that such diet is adequate in vitamins end in mineral salts, and contains sufficient amounts of calories to keep up nutrition. An example of such diet is the following: Breakfast—Fresh fruit average serving; orange or grapefruit juice, one glass; eggs, two; bacon, three slices; rye bread toast, one slice; butter, two squares, and coffee with 40 per cent cream. Dinner—Clear soup or broth; meat or fish, average serving; vegetable, average serving; fruit or vegetable salad with mayonnaise; extra vegetable, average serving; milk or buttermilk, one glass; rye bread, one slice; butter, two squares, and fruit dessert. Supper—Tomato juice, six ounces; liver, chicken or lamb chop, average serving; vegetable, cooked, average serving; fresh vegetable, as lettuce, tomatoes or celery; rye bread, one slice; milk or buttermilk, one glass, and fruit dessert. Sugar, bread and other desserts are allowed in this dietary if the patient is not overweight. In addition to the above, the patient may take cod liver oil concentrates, as well as someone of the vitamin B concentrate preparations. This diet gives protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins and may be supplemented in its vitamin content by small amounts of cod liver oil.

Questions and Answers

Q —ls the present gross debt of the United States greater or less than in 1919 when the war debt was at its peak? A—The gross debt on Aug. 31, 1919, was $26,596,701,648.01, and on Oct. 31, 1934, it was $27,188,021,665.58. Q —What is bentonite? A—A soft, porous, moisture-absorbing rock, composed essentially of clayey minerals, often of volcanic origin, and used in the manufacture of paper, etc. The term is also applied to a variety of colored collodial clay deposit used in wall plaster, soap, medical dressings, etc. Q—Who is the Adjutant General of the United States Army? A—Maj. Gen. James F. McKinley. Q —Are any heat units present in ice? A—Compared with absolute zero there are heat units in ice. Q —What is the population of Miami, Fla.? A—The 1930 census enumerated 110,637. Q —lLs there an appreciable back-to-the-farm movement in the United States? A—The farm population Jan. 1, 1934, was 32,509,000, compared with 32,242,000 on Jan. 1, 1933, according to estimates of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics. While the 1934 figures established anew all-time peak for farm dwellers, the net gain during the preceding 12 months was only about one-fourth as great as it was during the previous year. Q —Give the source of the quotation: "When I was a child I spake as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things.” A—l Corinthians: 13. Q~Name the chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. A—Jesse H. Jonee. Q —Who was Magara? A—Wife of Hercules, the strong man of Greek mythology.

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