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TYRANNY ON THE WABASH • Congress shall make no law respiring an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH or of th* press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition -r.rr. r* for a redress of grievances." —First Amendment. Constitution of the United States. m a a REFLECT a moment upon the injustices of •he Indiana Legislature’s so-called AntiKe<i hit!. House Bill 121. passed by the General Assembly ar.d this moment awaiting executive action upon the dek of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Th bill prohibits the placing on the ballot the name of any party which advocates go' ernmental reform "by violence.” the measure of course, is directed wholly at the cap-Palr.’ic-haiting Communist parly, and whii# thoso ho supported the bill were completely sincere in their motives, we think they also were as completely deluded. The measure now on Gov. McNutt’s desk is merely a law for the perpetuation of the two rra*or political parties, the Democratic and Republican organizations. No word does the bill contain of the Communist party. It simply pro\ .des for the rule over the ballot by a BIPARTISAN BOARD which is to be the sole judge of the parties allowed on the ballot. The b-wd can bar from the ticket any party it decides is advocating “violence" in its platform. Very’ little thought has been gnen the idea that hv barring the Communist party from the electoral ballot, Indiana is giving that party a lira- argument, a hard driving point. • We are living under a Fascist regime,” the Communist orators will shout, *‘a regime under which no worker ran have his say.” And hell have hard, cold facts to prove it . . . Indiana's Anti-Red Law. But far more important for the thinking citizen is the power given this bi-partisan, board which shall have the right to say what parties shall be placed on the ballot. Every threat to the continued domination of the Democratic and Republican parties can be quickly stifled by the mere ruling that the * Progressive party is barred from the ticket because it advocates governmental reform by violence.” Who decides this "violence" problem? Why. the bi-partisan board, of course—th* board of so many Democrats and so many Republicans, a a a VEP, the grievance of the stifled party can be taken to the courts. But before the courts can act. the election must be held, for to have a grievance one must prove an offense and the election is the proof of the offense. So, of course, the damage must be done before the courts ran rule. Patently, the law is unconstitutional and therefore a waste of time. It is all too obviously un-American. We seem to have forgotten that this great and powerful nation is the result of a revolutionary movement—a movement of forre and that the Constitution which we proclaim as the symbol of liberty and free speech was written bv "revolutionaries”—ln the full sense of the word. We seem to have forgotten, sadly enough, the teachings of our great Americans, and, sadder still, the teachings of the world's great philosophers. Take, for instance, John Stuart Mill, the famed English philosopher and oconomist, who perhaps described freedom with more clarity than any man before him or any man after him. Here is what John Stuart Mill wrote; ’ The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way as long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theira, or impede their efforts to obtain it.” mam T TOUSE BILL 121 doe away with freedom of the ballot, suppl ints Instead a law which might bette*- be termed “Tyranny on the Wabash.” • Gov. McNutt can do his fellow-citizens, his sta'e and his country a great favor. He can either veto the bill, or “pocket veto” it by refusing to sign it. House Bill 121, Gov. McNutt, was not Thomas Jefferson’s idea of democracy. Nor can it be yours. TAXING PROSPERITY p OV. MARRINER ECCLES of the Federal Reserve Board, being a realist, insists upon going to the nub for our economic problem—the shrinkage in purchasing power. In his last statement He took the trouble to explain how purchasing power can be restored. Let the government, he said, through public works expenditure*, put out money to potential consumers whose incomes are now 50 low they can not buy the things they need. Let the government, he said, get as much money as possible for public works by intelligent income taxes which will dram off surplus savings that can not be profitably invested in production until the buvmg market is revived. Such a program would end profligate government borrowing, redistribute our national income and put it to work, help to end unemployment, provide stagnant business with a market for goods and an opportunity to make a profit, give incentive to investment. Specific tax plans aimed at this objective have been proposed by Senators Couzen* and 1* Foilette The Michigan Benator proposes an increaee in the corporation exces* profits tax. Instead of taking 5 per cent of profits m excess of 13 s * per cent, as under the present law, he would have the government take 5 per cent of proflu In excess of 8 per cent, and graduate the tax up to 40 per cent of proflu In excess of 30 per cent. Surely this is a fair tax. In times like when so BUfi? businesses an unable to

make any proftu, the corporations enjoying unusually high returns should be willing to pnv liberally to support the system on which they depend. Such a tax might not produce a large revenue, but it would encourage high-profit-making corporations to spend more for wages and thus contribute in another way to purchasing power. The Wisconsin Senator proposes higher income taxes from the bottom to the top. He would increase the number of income taxpayers by lowering the exemption from $2500 to S2OOO for married persons and from SIOOO to SBOO for single persons. He would hike the normal tax from 4 to 6 per cent, and increase surtaxes all the way up the ladder, taking 71 per cent instead of 59 per cent of income in excess of a million dollars. Senator La Foilette is right in contending that income taxpayers both high and lowshould pay more. Even the income taxpayers in the lower brackets belong to a select society. About 37 million families, including unattached single persons, reside in this country. In 1929. about 20 million families had incomes less than S2OOO a year. In 1932 the number of such families was about 35 million. The bill for our huge emergency expenditures must be paid. It is more equitable to tax on an ability-to-pay basis, by income levies from the few millions who get more than S2OOO a year, than by sales levies that fall heaviest upon the many millions who get less than S2OOO a year. LESS NOISE, PLEASE! AMERICANS whose nerves cower under the lash of useless noises that bombilate through city streets will cheer the news that several communities plan to sound-proof themselves. A number of American cities, says the United States Municipal News, are following the lead of London, which six months ago silenced noisy motorists by charging them $lO a honk for every honk honked within five miles of Charing Cross during sleeping hours. Utica. N. Y„ now punishes makers of useless noise by $5 to SSO fines. Albany puts the law on loud radios and motor horns. Houston, Tex., is more polite; Its police only reprimand horn-honkers. Wisconsin, always progressive, prohibits sirens and horn-tooting beyond reason. New' York City and Evanston, 111., recently moved against milk wagons that murder sleep in the small hours—wagons must wear rubber tires, horses rubber shoes. All honor to these pioneering communities! They can not make their streets as silent as those of Venice, but they can muffle the frightful charivari to which most of us go to sleep—if we do. CRIME MOVES EAST FIVE or six years ago. New York was entitled to point an accusing finger at Chicago w'hen gangsters and racketeers were mentioned. The bombings and killings of the Chicago beer barons’ condottieres were notorious all over the w'orld; New York managed to get along with such things held down to a fairly respectable minimum. But a change seems to have come over the face of the waters. New York authorities are making a drive to stamp out racketeering, and a series of gang murders, insolent threats, and startling revelations are the result—including an amazing warning from gangland that the police commissioner’s children will be kidnaped if he dosn’t pipe down. Chicago, meanwhile, has grown quiet. Gang killings are few. The state’s attorney reveals that bombings have so diminished that the old "pineapple trust” is practically out of business. The defiant lawlessness that blackened Chicago’s name seems to have moved to Manhattan. PATIENCE OF THE POOR SECRETARY OF LABOR PERKINS says she expects Congress to pass the pending social security bill "in time for many state legislatures to act before adjournment.” She adds that reaction is favorable throughout the country. We know she is right in her measure of the popular will. We hope she is right in putting her faith in Congress. If so. Congress will have to show much more speed than it has to date. The Ways and Means Committee has had the measure for six weeks without reporting it to the House. Delay would be excusable if the committee’s doctoring improved the measure. Unfortunately it has not. Already the New Mexico and Wyoming Legislatures have adjourned, and 20 more are preparing to quit this month. One house of the New York Legislature, which was prepared to pass a splendid job security bill, has voted to adjourn on March 22. Failure to enlighten the states on details of the Federal plans may postpone the whole program for another two years. Rarely, if ever, have the people been so "sold” on any issue as on security. It means something that more than 500 bills were introduced m the 43 legislatures meeting this year. Os these 345 were to create or improve old-age pension systems; 90 bi’ls in 30 states were on unemployment insurance; 11 in six states were for health insurance. In Congress are pending 23 bills for old-age pensions, four for jobless insurance, two for health security. All are more radical than the Administration bill. Many are fantastic. Some are mere catch vote schemes. But their numbers prove that the people behind the politicians are aroused. It is significant of the mounting sentiment for security legislation that the House Labor Committee last week reported the extreme Lundeen bill for unemployment insurance. The Administration and Congress will not find it smart politics to delay or emasculate the social security program much more. Neither is it fair or just to betray the aroused hopes of the people. Governments rest on the patience of the poor. lowa post mar' ?r concedes that limburger may be sent by mail. Well, anyway, that will mean something to Uncle Sam—an extra scent on each package. Samuel Insull’s trials didn’t seem to hare been much of a trial to him, after all. The motto used to be "Get Rich Quick!” Now. with share-the-wealth clubs, etc., it seems to be “Get the Rick, Quick!” Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wills United Btates 8300.000. One way of beating the government to the punch.

Liberal Viewpoint BY DR. HARRY ELMER BARNES

NEW YORK State is taking its part in the current drive against crime. Important in this program are the proposed constitutional amendments and bills which Atty. Gen. Bennett has introduced in the hope of coping more effectively with the crime situation in the Empire State. Some are good, some are bad, and others indifferent. One of the proposed constitutional amendments would permit the defendant to waive his constitutional right to a jury’ trial and be tried by a judge. About 90 per cent of the indictable cases in England are tried in this manner, and the procedure is also being used today in more than half a dozen American states. From the standpoint of getting the facts on the case this is certainly preferable to the burlesque of a jury’ trial. Tire legal rhetoric and horse play now so common in the latter type of trial would be greatly limited and restrained if the attorneys involved had to face an intelligent and self-respecting judge instead of the typical Jury. Further, jury trial is now actually being suspended in a great number of cases through the eveedient of allowing the accused person to plead guilty to a lesser offense. This is obviously undesirable in every case. It permits a guilty person to escape the full responsibilities of his act, while it often induces an innocent party to feign guilt rather than take his chance on the outcome of an uncertain trial. Trial before a judge ought to discourage this sort of procedure. The real solution is, of course, the ascertainment of guilt by a paid and permanent body of experts, but trial by judge is certainly a step in the right direction. nan A RELATED and equally commendable constitutional amendment proposes the terminational of the requirement of a unanimous verdict in order to establish guilt. This amendment provides for a verdict of guilty in case 10 out of the 12 members of the jury, vote that the defendant is guilty. Such an amendment would make it impossible hereafter for one dumb, perverse or crooked juror to obstruct the whole course of criminal justice in an important and expensive criminal case. Any serious objection to such procedure is removed by the fact that the amendment is not intended to apply to cases where the death penalty is involved. It probably would be better if this exception had been omitted. But to have done so would probably have made it impossible to pass the amendment. The third amendment would permit the trial of an accused person without the necessity of a formal indictment by a grand jury. Inasmuch as the grand jury is even less defensible in our day than the trial jury, anything which weakens the prestige and operation of this archaic machinery is heartily to be commended. Among the proposed bills designed to facilitate efficient execution of criminal justice several are as thoroughly worthy of support by any thoughtful criminologist. nan FIRST and foremost I would put the bill wnich proposes to do away with the almost automatic exemption of all intelligent and trained persons from jury service. So long as we go through the form of retaining jury trial, we should get the best possible talent on our juries. No lay jury can possibly be satisfactory, but certainly a dozen intelligent amateurs are surely to be preferred to 12 illiterates or dumbbells. Desirable also would be the passage of the bill allowing a prosecutor to comment on the failure of the defendant to testify and of another bill to prevent the sudden springing of an alibi without due notice and nothing would do more to reduce the present element of farce in our jury trials than the passage of the bill making it more feasible to prosecute for perjury on the part of witnesses. Very dubious however are two proposed bills, one of which would virtually allow a judge to take the case out of the jury’s hands, and the other of which would make easier and more certain the hounding by police of convicts who were making a serious effort to reform. If we want trial by judge, let us have it honestly and get rid of the jury altogether. And until police are more interested than they are at present in the reformation of convicts, it is dubious procedure to facilitate further their hounding t sict-ics. All in all. the Attorney-General is to be commended for his failure to surrender whole-heart-edly to the present hue and cry for a return to savagery and mob justices.

Capital Capers __BY GEORGE ABELL

TALL, white-haired Meredith Nicholson, 68-year-old Indiana author and newly appointed Minister to Venezuela—and a noted epicure as well—had a few words to say about American breakfasts in a recent Washington visit. , . , . "Eliting breakfast is a lost art,” he declared, as he devoured a final grapefruit at 10 o’clock in the Willard Hotel. Envoy Nicholson believes in enormous breakfasts. On his table one always finds fruit, cereal, bacon and eggs, buttered pancakes, sausages and Virginia ham. When he was Minister to Paraguay he used to have hams sent up from Buenos Aires in the diplomatic pouch. So stronglv does Mr. Nicholson feel about the importance of breakfast, that he has written an essay on the subject. He thinks a man can do his best work after breakfast. Mrs. Nicholson (who also is a writer) agrees with her husband, although she usually takes only an egg ana a cup of coffee. Renowned for his "Hoosier hospitality,” of w'hich he is extremely proud, Envoy Nicholson gave large luncheon parties in Paraguay to the delight of many guests. The Nicholson butler, a German named Grunoff, is now en route to Caracas, where he will have a menu prepared by the time the Nicholsons arrive. a a a GRUNOFF is so conscientious a servant that he alw-ays counts every article in the canned groceries bought by the household. (Canned groceries is another foible of Minister Nicholson—especially canned biscuits ) Once Mrs. Nicholson said to Grunoff: "Today we are having 12 guests for luncheon. How many cans of shrimp cocktails will I need?” Grunoff counted on his fingers and replied: "There are 12 shrimps in each can. Eight cans will be sufficient.” On another occasion, he sent in some canapes (which had been discarded with the cocktails) accompanying the dessert. His frugal German soul was. appalled at the thought of wasting the appetizers. a a a MEMBERS of the diplomatic corps in Washington are very much exercised over the new automobile tags w’hich bear the word "diplomatic" in large letters. Although at first it would appear that these tags are an advantage, foreign envoys find them a distinct nuisance and hindrance. They claim that instead of helping them in traffic, the designation is actually harmful, frequently resulting in embarrassing situations. . As an instance of how the new tags work, one envoy (who is. incidentally, an excellent and cautious driver) recounted three experiences which he had in the last few days. Once, as he went around Dupont Circle, the lights flashed red. He stopped his car, but not before a man approaching brandishing an umbrella and shouting. “Didn’t you see the light flash red?” he cried, angrily. “I did, and I stopped my car,” replied the other. "You are violating the laws of hospitality of this country,” retorted the other. “You think just because you have diplomatic tags, you can get away with anything. ...” And much more in the same vela.

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rpl A/T nnn rfn AT* [ wholly disapprove of what you say and will 1 X XI6 XVXOSSct<ZO LOX defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire. J

(Times readers are invited, to express their views in these columns. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to ZiO words or less. Your letter must be siqned, but names will be withheld at request of tie letter writer.) ana HOLDS CAPITAL, LABOR BALANCE IS ESSENTIAL By Jimmy Cafouros. Millions of American folk listened to Father Coughlin’s cultured and steely voice incisively dissect the American malady and point to the dead, red herring, Hugh Johnson, the “man Friday to Bernard Baruch, the acting President of the United States.” That resonant, deeply intonated voice, packed with so much logic and fire and nervous energy, thrilled the entire nation and was a speech that will be remembered for a long time to come. One thing is to be observed. From what can be gathered from the outspoken and sincere priest this is evident: Generally there are two classes of people. Those that work and those that hire. Those that work belong more or less to the labor class. Those that hire belong more or less to capital. Now capital and labor are both necessary. An economic structure in which capital and labor are properly balanced is a healthy, thriving edifice. Father Coughlin is not harping at the man with $25,000 or SIOO,OOO or even $500,000. He is harping at the man with so much w'ealth that he is no longer a man—the man whose very topheavy wealth makes him an institution to the detriment of the rest of the people. a a a ANSWERS CRITICISM OF DENTAL ADVERTISING BILL By a Reader. A few' days ago there appeared in this column a letter from one of your readers regarding the new Indiana dental advertising, bill, which forbids advertising by dentists. It has not been my habit in the past to try to write newspaper comments, but after reading the above mentioned letter I can not remain quiet any longer. The person who wrote this criticism had absolutely no knowledge of the field into which he was pushing his pen. For his own sake and for the good of others like him there should be some enlightment. He quotes a dental advertiser as saying that visible signs can not be displayed under the new bill. This is mistake number one. The ethical dentists who are backing this bill object to the large flashing electrical derices displayed by the unethical men. Such things, they say, cheapen a profession which should be kept on a high standard because it is a health service. The bill calls for signs, with letters of seven inches or less in height; seven-inch letters on a sign board are by no means invisible. This critic then goes on to say that "advertising groups have told us that advertising is responsible for mass production.” The man is purely of a business mind and is in no way professional. Mass production in dentistry to any one who knows anything about the subject, is the most ridiculous thing in the world. How can there be mass production where each piece of work produced must be different? No two mouths in the world could wear the same set of dentures with any degree of satisfaction. This is true of crowns and bridges as well. Further along he says that it is a well-known fact that the average dentist has a higher income than the average man but works only about 30 houh a week. Before a

ANOTHER TALKING POINT

‘Red Scare ’ Law Held Communist Aid

By Paul B. Sallee. For twelve years in Indiana the Communists could not develop a membership sufficient to muster a corporal’s guard. Not until Theodore Luesse was sentenced to the Indiana State Farm for protesting against the eviction of a colored family were they able to support a meeting hall. The miscarriage of law in sending Luesse to prison not only gave the Communists a martyr, but for a year they had the suppression of the freedom of speech and legal injustice as their membership ballyhoo. With this help from the Marion County Criminal Court, the Communists grew by leaps and bounds and if they could have kept Luesse on the farm as they wanted to, they would have continued to have a paying organization. But, thanks to Gov. McNutt, who saw the repercussions and injustice of such legal ruling and pardoned Luesse, thus puncturing the Communist gas bag. Its collapse left only a few religionists who still believed they could go to a Russian heaven on the wings of Stalin’s decrees. If the Legionnaires and legislators were not bereft of a sense of humor, they would have known the results of their Red Scare bill, but instead they play into the hands of Stalin's American representatives by passing a law that not only denies Indiana cit-

man can practice dentistry in this country he must be a high school graduate, and must have had five years of university work to his credit. Then he must take a state board examination. All this time he is spending money, not earning it. Thousands of dollars are invested in his education. Does the average man have to go through all of this? No, he does not, so why shouldn’t the dentist receive a better than average income? But, to say that the dentist works only 30 hours a week is the prize false statement of all. Besides the hours spent at the chair looking down into mouths the dentist must spend several more hours each week at his ory bench constructing bridges, der.tures, etc. I have yet to meet the 30 hour-a-week dentist and I know many a D. D. S. a a a URGES GOVERNMENT AID FOR YOUNG MEN OF U. S. Bt Georje Griswold Replying to M. D., I am greatly relieved to find that there is at least one person who has not lost sight of one of the most important and obvious duties of the present government. During the depression, very little thought has been given to the young men and boys of the country. There are many of them in the same predicament as the boy to whom you refer in your letter. I agree with you; something should be done to eliminate this situation. However. I don't believe that pro■viding these boys with a place to stay would prove to be an adequate solution to the problem. Most of them already have a home, but they can’t stay there because their wandering minds won't allow’ them. All boys and young men have ambitions, and when those ambitions become hopeless, they naturally lose interest in life. They soon grow tired of sitting at home day after day, nursing a growing conviction that they are entirely worthless; that they never will amount to any-

izens the right to believe they still have some freedom, but refuse them the political right to form political parties and vote as they choose. The Communists are not and never have been a threat to take seriously, although Indiana people are suffering from hunger and unemployment, caused by the greed of patrioteers, but if political rights and civil liberties are denied, legal or otherwise it is clear to any intelligent person that the people will throw’ off such restraint by any method. Now that the Red Scare bill is passed, the Communists can give thanks to the Legionnaires and legislators for again giving them a real talking point, so they can bolster up their dwindled membership. The Red Scare bill is actually an attempt to confine political expression to only two political parties. Its passage was justified because Communists only polled a few’ votes. If this is reasonable, then w’hat is to keep the Legislature from passing a bill to deny the use of public libraries or public schools, as it is a known fact that only a small per cent of the population w’ho are eligible to use such institutions do so. It is self-evident that Indiana citiezns do not want such a bill. It is up to Gov. McNutt to stop such political prostitution by vetoing the bill, thereby restoring reason, if not sanity, to Indiana’s political patrioteers.

thing but useless bums. The boys are justified in these thoughts. They haven't much of a chance to realize their ambitions; their future is practically hopeless under the present conditions. Is is strange that they become wanderers and vagrants? The government hasn’t done much to help these young men. True, the CCC camps are a worthwhile effort, but digging ditches and cutting down trees isn’t going to make a surgeon or a business executive out of any one. No, the CCC camps aren’t enough. This same generation of young men will govern the nation when their time comes to do so. Won’t that be a pretty mess? Better give them a chance while they can still use it. I, myself, am a young man. Thank God I haven’t lost confidence —yet! a a a FATHER COUGHLIN TOLD TRUTH, READER BELIEVES Bv Howard Townaley. I suppose if you heard Father Coughlin’s talk Sunday p. m. just past, and by reason of press limitations you likely will not publish this sentiment However, I challenge you. To begin with, I am not a Catholic, but right is right, wrong belongs to no one. Any working man, any small business man, any small or independent manufacturer who heard and did not absorb the truth and significance of this great speech should

Daily Thought

He shall judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with judgment.—Psalms 72:2. THE just, though they hate evil, yet give men a patient hearing; hoping that they will show proofs that they are not evil.—Sir Philip Sidney.

MARCH 15, 1935

by all means suffer and continue to suffer the hardships, the consequences of the depression that did not come by justifiable reason, but rather by force, by absolute deliberation. Any one who missed this talk missed the vital opportunity of their lives, for he told the truth, nothing but the truth, so help him Gcd. a a a BAKERY IS CRITICISED FOR TREATMENT OF EMPLOYES By a Customer. What is the NRA? This is just a sample of how one of our wellknown bakery firms in Indianapolis pays attention to it. The men have to be at work around 5 in the morning, work until 1 or 2 in the afternoon before they get their lunch and get back to the plant anywhere from 5 until 7 in the evening. They pay SSO bonuses. When hired they are guaranteed S2O a week, but just find out how many ever get that much. Why should a salesman have to stand good for the company’s credits, when the company insists that they get new customers and extend them credit. Is it right that the salesmen stand for it?

They want so many days notice before you quit but fire you without a minute’s notice, and then you have to wait two weeks or longer to receive what is left of your bonus after the company takes out what they want of it for outstanding credit. Is it right that they should fly one of the NRA Blue Eagles on their wagons?

So They Say

In our modem economic life there is no more crazy concept than that state lines are controlling boundaries of American industrial activity.—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. Why, Huey isn’t the first to advocate limitation of fortunes. I did that 15 years ago.—J. Thomas Heflin, former United States Senator. I have never been willing to accept the principle of any restriction of what graduates should hear or talk about.—President Ernest Hopkins of Dartmouth. The Constitution is the bulwark of the poor. Destroy it and they become the prey of exploiters and schemers.—Herbert Hoover. One of the things forcing the people to relief rolls as fast as the government can take them off is monopolistic prices which are eating away their reserves.—Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. I consider the words of an opera just as important as the music.— Walter Damrosch, famous director.

Tea at 5

BY VIRGINIA KIDWELL I shall speak as I’m expected, Comment, give polite reply, And be casual, unaffected And within—try not to cry. I'll observe all strict convention, Each polite amenity. Give each guest his due attention, Stifling sobs that rise in me. I shall pour their tea and chatter. Play the gracious hostess’ part: ‘Cream or lemon?” 'What’s it matter? Pour o clock you broke xajf he&iiii