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FRIDAY OCTOBER, IS 1935 JOHN BI LL VS. !L IHTK HP HE configuration in Africa daily crows in gravity L and threaten*, morf> and more, to lrj\p across thf Mediterranean. There are increasing signs that the real eonfhrt is between Italy and Great Britain, For weeks Premier Laval of France has been making desperate efforts to effect a settlement. In the past fortnight his drive for peace has become almost frantic. He is convinced that, unless it is halted, the war may soon assume world proportions. Reports are that he is waging a losing battle. The British have rebuffed his proposals. If Italy desires peace. London declared, she will have to deal with the League of Nations. And she can expect harsher terms now than were offered at the start. If peace is what, is really desired—and it seems to us it is—that, is not the way to go about it. Nor is it traditional League policy to go about it that way. The League has no mandate to offer peace on such and such terms, then snatch it back when there seems a chance it might be accepted. The League is a peace organization. That is its chief reason for being. It was organized to prevent wars, if it could; if it. couldn't ids .job was to stop them as Quickly and as honorably as possible. In the past it ha.s not scorned peace efforts, regardless of whence they came, or told any belligerent that if it wanted to stop fighting it would have to apply at Geneva. On the contrary. It is Biitain, of course, rather than the League, that, is talking so belligerently in the Leagues name. From the start, Britain has taken a stand diametrically opposite the position she took when Japan invaded China in 1931. She was not very much opposed to Japan’s annexation of Manchuria and Jchol. Just as clearly she is opposed to Italy's absorption of Ethiopia, Manchuria is a long way off. Ethiopia is midway her empire life-line. From the beginning of this Old World conflict, American opinion has seemed almost 10 per cent in favor of staying out. Today opinion should be unanimous the hank and file SIGNIFICANT are the doings at Atlantic City, ° where insurgents are challenging the it on rule of the old American Federation of Labor’s chieftains in a serious way. I.ed by John L. Lewis of the miners, Sidney Hillman of the Garment Workers and others, liberal delegates at the convention are fighting the old programs from the floor. So far they have forced Vice 1 icsident Matthew Woll to resign as president of the red-baiting National Civic Federation, bh : j the pet project of President Green and Woll to "purge” the federation rolls, and begun a more militant fight to issue unrestricted charters to industrial unions in mass production industries. Such a frank self-searching is wholesome not onb- for the Federation of Labor, but for the nation’s industrial peace and growth. Something must be wrong with t lie American labor movement when less than 4.000.090 federation members can be mustered from an army of 40,000,000 wage-earners after 50 years of organizing. Is it because of the federation’s excusive character? Because the old craft lines have become ancient walls shutting out millions of machine workers in the nation’s great industries? Because the federation blinks at the fateful future and the part it must play to save the nation's democratic institutions? The “rebels.' now a minority of about one-third of the federation delegates, are likely to grow in number unless present A. F. of L. leaders face indusnn 1 ITalltlcs and make theirs a dynamic, liberal and inclusive organization of working men and women a a a F K ° M AUant,C City comcs welcome word that the warring factions in the building trades have sub,Pd th(Mr d]f ferences to a conciliator and that peace in this important department of the American federation of Labor is in the offing. An end of strife would be a t imely prelude to what nat,on lonß has Prayed for, a real revival of building operations. Many things have delayed a building boom. There have been the heavy heritage 01 1101110 mv tiers' debts, high mortgage interest rates, l ick o! banker and public confidence. The government's rehousing legislation has helped to clear away some of these obstacles. There remain other impediments, however—inflated land values, the high cast of building materials, and labor unpreparedness. Factional and jurisdictional disputes are serious deterrents. So are the unrealistic hourly wage scales which have netted skilled workers such low annual earnings. lr)h ahead is colossal. The United States is years in normal housing operations. More than a third of the population live in substandard city and rural homes. There are six million substandard town and city homes and five million rural ones. Many economists agree that building of comfortable, modern homes for these millions would end this depression just as expansion of the auto industry brought us through in 1921. Peace in the building trades would remove one more drag on the rehousing movement. Let us hope that it becomes permanent. PENALIZING FILIPINOS I AST week Japan agreed with the United States to cut down the sales of Japanese textiles in the Philippine Islands. That “gentlemen's agreement” doubtless will enable American textile manufacturers in New England and the South to regain a profitable market which they were rapidly losing. But where do the Filipinos come off in this deal? Why were they buying Japanese cotton goods? Was it not because Japanese goods were cheaper? And where will the Filipinos get the money to buy higherpriced American textiles? Where, indeed, as they move outside American tariff walls toward national independence, will the Filipinos get the money for other American goods—flour, chemicals, machinery, cannei fruits, vegetables and milk—and remain their status as one of the United States' best overseas customers? Answers to these questions might well be sought by the members of Congress now on their way to Manila, as official guests of the Filipinos, to attend the Inauguration of Manuel Quezon, first president of the new Philippine commonwealth. ,n more than 92 million dollars worth of An’f!lean goods were sold to the Philippines. Last year, they bought only a little more than half as

much. There are many reasons why they did not buy more. But one at least which deserves the attention of junketing congressmen is the tax of 3 cents a pound on coconut oil which Congress levied early last year. The effect of that was to reduce United States purchases of Philippine coconut oil and copra to 17 million dollars less than the average for 10 previous years. It meant that the Filipinos had 17 million dollars less to spend for American goods. It meant lower living standards for three million Filipinos who depend for their livelihood on the coconut industry. It meant, and is continuing to mean, economic troubles to a people whom we are cutting adrift in a troubled world. A LAND POLICY /''VUT of experience, Federal agencies are evolving a long-range national program for stability in our basic farm industry and for conservation of our basic natural resource, land. In three years, the AAA's co-operative efforts with the farmers have lifted the price-depressing surpluses from the most important farm crops and restored farm purchasing power to almost pre-war parity. Now the AAA is studying methods to cut down the red tape and high administrative cost of its emergency programs and substitute a more simple plan. This provides for entering into a single contract with each co-operating farmer on a longer than year-by-year basts. The contract, it is planned, will not only cover the acreage control benefits to be paid on so-called basic crops, but also will stipulate the rotation of ctops to build up soil fertility and check erosion. If the farmers approve such a plan—and they will have to, or it won't work —we shall have for the first time in our history a land policy which looks to the future. Heretofore our society has made no efforts to restrain the owner of land who claimed the right to wear it out in one-crop farming, to wring from it the maximum of cash in a few years, then unload it—future generations be damned. Today on millions of acres of worn-out soil, thousands of farm families require the aid of federal relief to keep themselves clothed and fed. The resettlement administration is paying part of society's penalty by buying up submarginal tracts to be reverted to grazing and forests, and moving families to land on which they might have some chance to make a living. IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT (From the News-Tribune, Waltham, Mass.) ''P'HE National League of Women Voters is open- ■*- ing a campaign against the spoils system which it plans to carry on for two years. The league rightly assumes that the attitude of the public is responsible for the conditions existing in governmental departments and will try “to arouse the public to the need of more trained personnel in government service. The spoils system undoubtedly contributes to the cohesion of political parties. The ability to direct the distribution of political offices or to convince constituents that he can direct the distribution, is an asset to congressional candidates. It Is not an asset to the country. The machine politician loves the spoils system; but the wiser, practical politicians know the party which gives the best government is the one that will find favor with the people, and distribution of offices as a reward for services is as certain as anything can be to give inefficient government. The merit system in every department of government, and carried into every position which does not direct the formulation of broad policies, would raise both the standard of conduct of the offices and the caliber of the men and women seeking to enter public service. The official who has made any particular branch of the public service his career and who has risen from the ranks to a place of responsibility is. in 99 cases out of 100, a more capable public servant than one who has been given the place as a reward lor services rendered—not to the public but to a political party or a political candidate. If the League of Women Voters can create a public sentiment in favor of the merit system more finnly and extending it to the higher places, it will be a contribution to advancement in governmental efficiency whose value can not well be estimated. For public demand for a policy means that it must eventually be adopted.

A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson -

is so dangerous as the desire to “get even,” and many a life has been hopelessly marred by an insignificant malice. Women seem to have a predilection for this form of spite which so often proves a boomerang. Hove all been witness to such feminine feuds. They usually have small, even ridiculous, beginnings —something ‘she said” garbled in its repeating, or a social slight, or a remark made in fun—any little thing is enough to start them. To stop them is another matter. Once their minds have been made up to inflict peti\ \engeance on an enemy, many otherwise sensible women succeed in ruining perfectly good dispositions. You can almost see them harden before your eyes. Their mouths drag down at the corners; into their faces comes an expression of suspicion. They grow sensitive—or at least that's what they call it—to the slightest change in the attitude of their friends, weeping when they are left off party guest lists. Isn’t it reasonable that such behavior, carried on long enough, would alter our characters? I often wonder why, along with our lists of things-to-be-remembered, we do not also keep a list of things-to-be-forgotten. Why keep thinking about the nasty little dig Mrs. So-and-So gave you the other day? Perhaps she had had a bad time at home and was not herself. Would it not be better to put from your mind the snub you fancied you got from another source? There is a good deal to be said for the kind of mental training which erases from our thoughts those unimportant annoyances which come inevitably to all of us. We recognize the fact that football has become the supreme purpose of higher education.— Gov. Martin L. Davey, Ohio. There's no use going without a woman when there's so many of them around.—Ezra Warden, 74, Wisconsin farmer who advertised for a wife. If we take away from the strong man the right to hit the little man on the head with a club, is that, too, great curtailment of liberty?—Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to President Roosevelt. The horse and buggy argument was pressed by King John at Runnymede tand) by every ambitious executive who at any time during the 720 years since Magna Charta has chafed under constitutional restraints.—Gilbert H. Montague, New York, attorney.

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<Times readers arc invited to express i their views in these columns, relifiious controversies excluded. Make vour letters \ short, so alt can hare a chance. Limit them to £l,O words or less. Your letter must be sianed, but names will be withheld on ruouest.l a a a FRIEND COMPARES STUMP TO SAM RALSTON By Florence Boggs, Brownsville Recently, in our state papor, I ' read where many men are being ■ sponsored as candidates for the office of Governor to be chosen at i the next Democratic convention, i The name of Albert Stump does not I appear among those mentioned. Mr. Stump is a man who possesses j such character, personality and abilj ity that he could be compared only to so great a person as the late Samuel M. Ralston, once Governor | and United States Senator from ! Indiana. ! Mr. Stump in past years has car- ! ried the party standards to victory, j only to be defeated by unfair elec- ! lion practices, and for his many efforts to our party in the past, to this day has never received any compensation from the party for his services. He has not turned his political activities into any purpose of profit for himself. Therefore, because of his past loyalty, I feel our j party now owes him the nomination | for the Governor’s office. The writing of this is not prompt- | ca by him but it is written as an ; expression of the intense interest j and friendship I have found exisij ing for him in our community. From what I hear, that same inj terest exists everywhere else. a a tt “ROAD TO WAR” STRIKES A RESPONSIVE CHORD By Hiram Lackey To live and to live abundantly. This longing is the weary cry of a world which greed has led sadly astray. This elusive happiness is the joy wdiich Mr. Walter Millis caught as he trailed “The Road to j War.” Well may our honorable editors look through wistful tears from I some of their tasks to behold the j glory of this story. The everlasting thrills struck in this masterpiece link us with the laughter which unlocks the littleness of prejudice and grants us the freedom of open minds. We listen while wit and wisdom argue cogently and plead divinely for the sanity of peace. Rich with the irony of greatness, the diction of surprise, the insight of intelligence personified. “The Road | to War” answers European sneers ; that America has no diplomats. a a a COMPLAINT COMES FROM TOCKETBOOK NERVE” j By an Old Dock Times Reader j Socialization of medicine, by all j means! The Hoover philosophy of rugged

Russia BY M. C. W. j Vast spaces tinged by evening’s glow Os r'ubv light, cold waves of snow, L-onely bare trees that live, yet die Lifting laced fingers in mute cry— And those near cold, green water’s bed ' Reflect bony frames, naked head Amidst floating ice. still like death. I Evening's silent foreboding breath I Sinister lends this dying day. 1 Bathed in blood of sun s last red ray.

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Assails ‘Milk Utility 9 Setup

By H. L. Seeger Judge Cox's decision on the milk control law in effect makes the production and distribution of milk a public utility. Under the theory that the public health is the main consideration for such control, it sets up possible farreaching control over other industries that may be sought to be controlled in the “interest of public health.” Tire production of foodstuffs, clothing and shelter may be likely objects for similar control in the interest of public health, also the sale price in stores. If these industries are to become public utilities, there should be some degree of control over the various units comprising these utilities, as in the milk case some 56 distributors are involved in the distribution of milk in Indianapolis and many more producers. The price paid by the consumer for the product in this rise represents the cost of a vast amount of duplication of effort in labor costs, capital, overhead, machinery, buildings, motor transport and horse-drawn wagons. It is a sort of “comic opera” utility. This sort of utility has more of the earmarks of a circus side show, that makes much noise at the gate, but fails to deliver your real money’s worth in performance. Here is something new. a protected competitive utility.

individualism rushed the front page for the State Medical Association. Public health in a normal society should be considered the last possible source for private exploitation. No group has suffered as much, per-

Questions and Answers

Indose a 3-cent stamp for reply ■when addressing any question of fact cr information to The Indianapolis Times Washington Information Bureau. Legal and medical advice can not be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Be sure all mail is addressed to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, Frederick M. Kerby, Director. 1013 Thirteenth-st, N. W„ Washington. D. C. THE EDITOR. Q —Wh.re is Albania? A—ln Europe, bounded by Yugoslavia on the north and east; Greece on the south, and the Adriatic Sea on the west. Q—When was Frances B. Sayre, son-in-law of President Wilson, appoint’d Assistant Secretary of State? A—President Roosevelt appointed him in 1933. Q_What role did Fredric March play in •'The Eagle and the Hawk?” A—Jeremiah Young. Q —ls the tallest building in the world in Soviet Russia? A—The Palace of the Soviets that is to be erected in Moscow will be the tallest structure in the world. 1361 feet. The Empire State Building in New York City is the tallest structure at present. Q—Who holds the world record for the highest parachute jump? A—Bert White of the United States, who jumped 27.000 feet over Cleveland. 0., in 1931. Q —ls it true that the steering mechanism of Sir Malcolm Camp-

If this is merely for the sake of furnishing employment, we may ask that instead of seven milk wagons passing our door, we ask that the industry operate 14 over the same street in a procession. Likewise, frith equipment for sterilization and office personnel. What a utility! Why not let the water and light companies double its equipment, as “used and usable property,” for price rate making, as it appears to be the case in the “milk utility” with its vast duplication. In the present utility setup under the State Public Service Commission, we have an appraisal made by the company engineers and perhaps by “commission” engineers to fix the value of all property necessary and used to render the “service.” Vacant building not used are supposed to be eliminated in calculating property value for rate making. The “guessers committee,” however, guesses plenty high on useful and used property. The next step in utility control must be state supervision to insure the highest possible efficiency in operation of the property and which would also fix the rate of pay of officials and employees as in similar occupations. The “milk utility control” must also extend to co-ordination of operation and elimination of waste effort and property.

haps, as our physicians in drop of income, due to failure of the public income permitting adequate care of the sick in low income groups. The State Medical Association howls down socialization. We have

bell’s Bluebird racer was locked while he was trying to break the record? A—No. Q—What is the Jewish population of Germany? A—According to the census of June 16. 1933, there were 499,682. Q —When did President Roosevelt sign the new Railroad Retirement Act? A—Aug. 29, 1935. Q —Where in the Bible is the ‘‘Sermon on the Mount ” A—St. Matthew, chapters 5, 5 and 7. Q—How are gourds made into bird houses? A—Bird houses made from gourds that are dried hard and well cleaned are Arm and fairly durable, and will last several seasons. When the gourd is mature, but not thoroughly dry, it can be cut and cleaned easily. Cut a hole of the desired shape and size when the groud is a little green, and then finish drying. Q —Where was Senator Borah born? A—Fairfield, 111. Q—Had Marie Dressier completed any unreleased pictures at the time of her death? A—No. Q—What is the origin of the name Durell? A—lt is a British family name derived from the French, and means stern, severe.

“socialized” education, fire protection, police protection and other equally important phases of modern life, but with medicine or health protection we are leaving it to chance. Really the most important thing is neglected in our program of socialization. I am sure the physicians do not intend to be mercenary. Their complaint is largely the result of the pressure on the “pocketbook ncive.” The profession is over-crowded, resulting in low earnings for a large number. This condition is not due to a lack of need for more medical care. Neither is it the result of medical competition either by members or institutions. Many hospital beds are empty, due to inability of the low income group to pay for the available service. Many of our schools would be empty too, if the iow income groups had to pay directly for educating their children. In the Soviet Union, the state provides the best hospitalization it can provide for the workers. Here we treat the idle rich the best for only they can foot the bill under our “civilized” society. Socialization of medicine would give every physician a real job at decent pay. That's all you want anyway, and the workers would get the service. Daily Thought Therefore I hated Jife; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.—Ecclesiastes 2:17. HE who increases the endearments of life, increases at the same time the terror of death.— Young.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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“No mail for you, Mrs. Wallace. Why, was you expecting something?”

OCT. 18,1935

Washington Merry-Go-Round

By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN iEditor's Note —Below is * c.ontinr.aYoa of the survev of political conditions :n ■> - nous parts of the Unt’d S’ates t \TLANTA. Oct. 18— A state drama with a political setting and a national audience of consuv erable importance is being enacted here in Georgia. The title of the drama might be; Enough Rope.” For Eugene Talmadgr. red-gal-lused, wild-haired Governor of the state, is being given enough rope to hang himself. It is a test, not only of the Roosevelt Administration in the President's adopted state, but also of Hueylongism. For upon the shoulders of Gene Talmadge has fallen the mantle of the Louisiana dictator. If Talmadge. by rabble-raising tactics in Georgia, can make himself a power in the South/then there is every chance for Hucv Longs in the U. S. A. The answer, to date, is that the Talmadge star rapidly is waning. As a second-rater he will be heard fro m for a long time. But. as one who can carry the state on national issues or win any great following outside the state Gene Talmadge is done. a a a 'T'HREE factors are behind this decline. One is t!>e astute game played by Roosevelt politicos of letting the Bad Boy strut the stage, brandishing all the weapons he could lav hands on. until the audience got tired and went home. Another factor is a snub deftly administered bv the Georgia congressional delegation, which recently returned from Washington to find Roosevelt much stronger and Talmadge much weaker than they supposed. So in making up the list of the elites who would sit on the platform for Roosevelts “home-coming” to Georgia at Thanksgiving, thrv left the Governor off the list. The publicity given this snub had reverberating effects. The final factor was Gov. Tnlmadge's intimation that he intended to call out the state militia to collect taxes. This would be a resort to unadulterated dictatorships. But either Talmadge disliked the inconvenience of a special session of the having adjourned without passing a tax bill, or else he wanted state funds at his disposal without strings attached. Or perhaps he wanted both. Whatever his motives, the idea did not go down well in Georgia. It was too much a leaf out of the Huey Long note-bcok. naa NO one visiting Georgia, however, can go away with the idaa that Gene Talmadge is finished. In the cities he is unpopular. Any Talmadge appearance will draw farmers irom almost half the counties in the state. They hitch up their teams, crank tip the model T Ford, and driv.e in to town for an hour and a half of good vaudeville with a generous seasoning of political abuse. And yet, if they went to the poll3 still chuckling over his wisecracks, they would not vote for the Governor if the Issue were between hi:n and Roosevelt. Talmadge's chances for succeeding himself as Governor are good—provided a constitutional third-term hurdle can be jumped. But his chances for going to Washington in any of the three capacities he covets are poor. a a a G-'ENE would like to be President, r Senator or Secretary of Agriculture—particularly the last. His fondest dream is that he will loom so large in the path of Roasevelt's succession that the President will buy him off with the Cabinet post. In that case, he probably would be willing gradually to muzzle himself as critic of AAA policies, and swallow them lock, stock and barrel for the privilege of sitting at Henry Wallace's desk. To this end, he is flirting with Republican forces. His recent shows have been staged not at Georgia cross-roads, but in Philadelphia and New York. He will be a man for Farley to reckon with at the national convention. (Copyright, 1935. by United Featurs Syndicate, Inc.)