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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1935. ROBERT J. A LEY TAR ROBERT J. ALEY was an Indiana teacher who spent, all but a small part of his active life in the state's schools and colleges. He knew their problems for he was not only educated in Ihem; he had to earn his way through. As state superintendent of public instruction and president of Butler University he left his stamp on Indiana. The honors he earned in education nationally make up a list which shows the highest standing. It was men like Dr. Aley who built the present system of schools and colleges in Indiana. MR. HOOVER FORGOT iyrß. HOOVER'S speech to the Ohio Society in Trl. New York deserves attention. Less for what Mr. Hoover said than for what he forgot. Among his “stark and rugged truths’’ was the statement that “there are nests of constitutional termites at work.’’ He forgot the scofflaws who nullified the noble experiment during his Administration. He assailed the New Deal’s “planned scarcity.” He forgot that his Administration was the first to urge cotton farmers to plow under every third or fourth row, that his farm board tried to make crops scarce by buying up farm surpluses, that his HawleySmoot tariff raised the banners of “planned scarcity,” high prices and monopoly over every factory of the land. He said that if the New’ Deal's monetary policies had worked they would have raised living costs 41 per cent. He forgot that, while during his Administration living costs fell almost 25 per cent, the proportion of the population with the wherewithal to meet living costs declined even more rapidly. He complained that dollar devaluation made it 41 per cent easier for foreign debtors to pay their war debts. He forgot that our staying on gold in his Administration while our chief debtor, England, went ofl gold made it 41 per cent harder for us to collect. Also he forgot that he instituted the oneyear moratorium on all inter-governmental debts. a a a HE ridiculed the New Deal’s many new’ bureaus and agencies of "political bureaucracy.” He forgot that his Administration broke all records for appointing commissions. He said that the government must earn before it spends money. He forgot that his Administration piled up a net deficit of about five billions, while expending hardly anything for direct relief. That at the beginning of the depression he made the Treasury's deficit greater by persuading Congress to reduce income taxes. He said the people are groping for “security from economic storms and from individual poverty.” He forgot the bank failures, the collapse of security prices, the condition of the poor of farmside and city in hiS Administration. He said that people can not invest SIOO today with full confidence as to what it will be worth in their old age. He forgot that when he left office very few people had SIOO to invest. He indicted “reckless adventure in government.” He forgot that almost all important legislation in the first part of the New Deal was supported by a majority of the Republicans in Congress. Mr. Hoover insisted that recovery had come in spite of the policies of the Administration. He forgot that in the campaigns of 1924 and 1928 he explained that business prosperity was impossible unless government policies were sound. In short, the ex-President contended that the patient, lately at death’s door, was recovering nicely, thank you, but that the operation was unsuccessful.

LITTLE ENOUGH new United States-Canadian reciprocity treaty is a start toward undoing the commercial damage wrought by cur Smoot-Hawley tariff law of 1930 and the retaliatory Canadian levies. We should like to give it higher praise. But the provisions of the treaty do not warrant. We should like also to join with President Roosevelt in his optimistic hope that the new treaty will more than double our trade with Canada, and thereby restore it to its 1929 level. But by and large our concessions to Canada do not amount to anything more than wiping out the Smoot-Hawley rates on a list of selected items, and restoring the Fordney-McCumber rates which were in effect from 1922 to 1930. And while granting reduced rates with one hand, we have with the other imposed quotas in respect to many items—quotas which roughly limit Canadian imports to their current volume. How then, short of a revival in general business conditions in the two countries to above the 1929 level, can we expect our purchases from Canada to return to what they were in that year? And if we don't purchase as much from Canada, how will Canadians get the American dollars they will need to buy a 1929 volume of American goods? Even then our purchases from Canada were only about half the value of Canada's purchases frem us. Yet, under the political circumstances which prevail, both the Canadian and the United States negotiators doubtless have made all the concessions practicable. Perhaps more than it was politically wise to make. Politics aside, we believe, the best treaty would have been one that went the limit in removing barriers that obstruct free commerce between the two countries. But tariffs and politics can not be considered separately. For tariffs create special interests, and special interests manufacture politics. Even the slight concessions that have been made will bring abuse down upon the heads of the two governments. THE COAL BOOTLEGGERS TNCREASING pressure on Gov. George H. Earle, A intended to induce him to use the full police power of Pennsylvania against the bootleg coal industry, apparently is foreshadowed by recent activity of the Anthracite Institute. Law enforcement officers of three Southern counties of the anthracite region—Schuylkill, Northumberland and Columbia—have virtually abandoned such efforts as they have made to drive the bootleggers from company lands. Local sentiment condones and frequently supports nese men, who call themselves "independent miner, ’ but do not resent the term "bootlegger." Company officials call them "coal thieves.” . Efforts now under way J oarently are directed

toward discrediting the men and building a Are of public opinion under Gov. Earle, who has taken much the same “hands off’ attitude as his Republican predecessor. Gifford Pinchot. The men blame unemployment for their seizure of company property, and point to the companies’ centralization of operations in huge new mechanized plants. The first company figures on the size of the bootleg competition, just mace public by the Anthracite Institute, say 13,700 men are mining 4.000,000 tons a year of stolen coal. In addition, company figures show 5000 men trucking the coal to large Eastern cities, and 1000 others working in bootleg preparation plants, making a total of about 20,000 drawing income from the outlaw traffic. These men and their families represent a substantial portion of the population in the three counties most affected. Their supporters declare this bootleg income is a main prop for local prosperity. Merchants, clergymen, even bankers, have been listed on the side of the coal pilferers. a a a IX days a week they burrow in their dangerous shafts. Occasionally a hole caves in and men are entombed, often to die. Without exception, those who will talk declare they will “quit bootlegging tomorrow” if the companies will give them jobs. But company officials are skeptical—they say bootlegging has become too profitable. No life has yet been lost from the infrequent conflicts between bootleggers and company police; the latter are now almost shorn of their former official power. A steam shovel has been dynamited, the bootleggers themselves have forced some mines to suspend operations, there are occasional symptoms of riots—the only occasions when the state police step in. When the bootleggers suspect a move against them, hundreds and thousands can be mobilized within o. few hours. In Shamokin, Mahanoy City and Mount Carmel there are brewery w’histles that can be heard for miles. When the whistles sound off the bootleggers gather to protect their holes, and those in towns not directly concerned get telephonic word to “stand by." Once a town fire siren was used for such an alarm. The big land owners most affected include the Girard estate, which the City of Philadelphia holds in trust for the support of Girard College. This institution is maintained for orphan boys from the anthracite regions. Bootleggers are on the Girard land, and of course, pay no royalties. “Enforce the law,” the big coal companies vainly demand. “Give us jobs,” the men say, so far just as vainly, though a government investigating committee has recommended equalization of work in the anthracite regions. Most outside observers agree with the prevailing local opinion that force alone will not suffice, even if it could be brought to bear.

FRIEDA HEIDER A SPECIAL talent, that of teaching vocal music to the blind, gave Frieda Heider, for whom funeral rites were said today, a name in Indianapolis. For 20 years she taught in the Indiana State School for the Blind. Her contribution to the blind of the state can not be estimated. A native of the city, educated here, Miss Heider devoted her life and her gifts to others. In addition to her work for the blind, she conducted music classes for the Young Women’s Christian Association. Miss Heider’s life was well lived. WISDOM ABOUT HOUSING 'P'RANK WATSON, national executive secretary of A Better Homes in America, evidently is a man of sense. Speaking to the Seventh District Federation of Clubs, he alluded to emotional factor in home-buying which led many Indiana families a few years ago to undertake the purchase of better homes than they could afford. Credit for home-buying between 1920 and 1929 was astonishing, viewed today. Building and loan associations were doing a banking business. They were accepting commercial deposits. Business houses with some thousands idle for a short period could deposit them with building and loan associations and get 6 per cent. Mortgages were so easy that it was possible to borrow 75 per cent of the price of a house. Men were making money and they wished to house their families handsomely. There was no dearth of debtors for the credit extended with a lavish hand. When the crash came and banks, trust companies and bulding and loan associations began to close in, many families lost homes which they never should have bought in the first place. The houses were too big, too expensive. What Mr. Watson says is that in the new home-buying and home-building era which everybody hopes is opening, families should buy according to their means. They should be content with what their income indicates. Mr. Watson is the director of the experimental housing project at Purdue University. When he advocates the house to suit the customer he is uttering wise words.

A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON A MOTHER’S head is always at war with her heart. The conflict begins over the cradle where her first baby lies. She knows—for have not the doctors and nurses emphasized the fact?— that the infant must be reared according to a strict schedule, and that babies are the untouchables of our time. Sleeping, eating and growing are the order of their days. Therefore, because she wants hers to have the best possible start in life, the modem mother restrains her yearning to fondle and kiss it. Through the years, the battle continues, until it’s no wonder so many women are in a state of nervous prostration most of the time. Maternal love is not to be lectured into any pattern of conformity. And so such love continually prompts us to indulge our children, while common sense and the professors warn against it. If they are given too much latitude, we are accused of ruining their character, and when we turn definitely to the right, bringing down upon them the heavy hand of discipline, there are always plenty of people to say we are tyrants who are retarding their development. Even when they are grown and gone, a mother's conflict over her family does not end, but often rages with more force than before. The rules about how to conduct ourselves toward our mature and married children are even more numerous nowadays than the formulas for bringing up infants. Should you be weak enough to give them too much financial assistance, you are destroying their initiative, yet if you refuse to help them you are a short-sighted individual with no real concern for their welfare. Perhaps we hear too much these days from the childless on the subject of childen. And the childless, however learned, are wholly ignorant of a mother’s emotional reactions. One Bible verse best describes them, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Squaring The Circle With McCREADY HUSTON

PROBABLY the perfect alumnus is Harry G. Leslie of Purdue. To hear the former Governor tell of the past, present and future of the university is inspiring. To be as enthusiastic about anything as Harry is about Purdue, and David Ross and George Ade, is to have the secret of happiness. Asa former Purdue football player, you would expect Harry to emphasize the athletic side. But he doesn’t. Although, when I ran across him recently he told me something very cheering about intercollegiate relations. There has grown up in recent years a warm friendship between Purdue and another engineering school, Carnegie Tech. Noble Kizer and Howard Harpster are tw r oof the finest men in the coaching profession; and Buddy Overend, Tech’s graduate manager, is in the same bracket. Well, in 1934 Purdue went to play Tech and the spectators were rained out. The weather was so bad hardly anybody was inside the enclosure except the players and the officials. And Tech had Purdue there on a rather formidable guarantee. Overend simply could not pay off. So Purdue graciously accepted Tech’s note and the series continues.

KIZER, by the way, made a ten-strike this year when he engaged Elmer Burnham as freshman coach. The point is that Elmer had always been a high school coach, one of the best, and an expert in handling young freshmen athletes better than a college veteran. n a a npHE New Deal, as exhibited in the Indiana Statehouse, reveals some amusing makeshifts. If you wish to apply for a license to practice the mystery of barbering or beauty culture, you go to the Senate chamber. Desks have been shunted to one side and the offices of the powers W’ho decide on whether you may cut hair or shampoo it take their place. What is called the Gross Income Tax—and some think the word gross is well chosen—resides in an open corridor. Children, taught to think of government as something dwelling in magnificence, would be puzzled by the railroad-station type of lunch counter which occupies some of the most prominent space in Indiana’s citadel of wisdom and law. a a a One wonders why the Governor does not ask a Federal grant with which to buy the statue of Justice a pair of scales. Indiana's Justice lost her bronze scales many years ago, presumably by theft. They once turned up in a Baltimore junk shop. Replaced, they were again stolen for good. Justice now sits on the lawn without her balances. Some of the unregenerate might say that is poetic justice, if you know’ what I mean. n a SPEAKING of stealing, I see by the papers somebody took 17 typewriters from the high school at Rolling Prairie. Eight months ago, 16 were stolen from the same school. Regretting the loss, one still can be glad that in a village the size of Rolling Prairie literacy is so rampant that 33 typewriters would be needed.

OTHER OPINION (Washington, Ind., Herald) When God's gift to Indiana made a speech in Georgia, laying responsibility for the whole Dillinger episode at the feet of a Circuit Court judge in Indiana it may have made a hit in George, but it doesn't get over so well in Indiana. Everybody in Indiana knows that the Dillinger mess never would have happened had it not been for gross inefficiency brought about by appointing political henchmen in the state prison, which resulted in ten Dillinger gangsters walking out of the prison unmolested, and a rotten political mess which resulted in returning Dillinger to the Crown Point jail instead of the state prison. It may sound good to a Georgia audience for Indiana's Governor to say that the Dillinger mess was due to Dillinger becoming embittered at society because of an unjust sentence, but in Indiana we know that the Dillinger mess was caused by the extension of the McNutt spoils system to all state institutions. Lewis W. Douglas TN many industries the life of equipment runs only four or five years. Since 1930 there has been little capital investment in such replacements. . . . Even the editor of Today is said to have stated that there exists a potential demand for replacement alone in the amount of $19,000,000,000. If this pent-up demand can be released and made effective by the investment of individual savings, the greatest void in our present economy will be filled. Workmen by the million will be re-employed in the very’ industries in which unemployment is the worst. It is to the accomplishment of this task that all recovery efforts of the government should be directed..

COLLECTING THE DIVIDENDS

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The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disapprove of what you say—and will defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire.

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, reliaious controversies excluded. Make your letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less. Your letter must be sianed, but names will be withheld on reaucst.) a a a THINKS FLAG SALUTING GOING TOO FAR By 11. B. Aren’t we going a little too far with this compulsory flag-saluting business? The people who are refusing to salute seem like pretty decent folks and it seems ridiculous to persecute them, especially when their stand is based on their religious convictions and not disrespect for the flag. When we consider that the most enthusiastic flag-saluters are the politicians and grafters and their saluting does not seem to make them better citizens, it seems that something is wrong somewhere. a u a WE ARE GIVEN CREDIT FOR 1936 “BIG ISSUE” By M. R. Kuchn, Richmond. I had a hunch that sooner or later The Times would uncover the big issue for 1936. In last Thursday’s Times you stumbled upon it. Maybe even yet you do not realize what you have done. The battle of 1936 will be fought over the ramparts of “a 1250-pound Wisconsin Cheddar.”

Not being versed in cheese terminology, the word "cheddar" aroused my curosity. Strange words fascinate me. But I didn’t have to go through the dull routine of looking “cheddar” up in the dictionary. From the context the editor made it clear that a "cheddar" is a big hunk of cheese. Moreover, in this case the cheddar weighed 1250 pounds, had been found in Wisconsin and was being mailed to President Roosevelt. Thus, it is plain the issue in 1936 will be "cheese," and that President Roosevelt has taken the initiative away from all other candidates put together. True, the possession of 1250 pounds of Wisconsin cheese does not guarantee re-election of the President. It merely fortifies him in his position. It makes access to him more difficult. He now has the chance to dig himself in. It will be a tough job from now on to dislodge him. There was a chance up to now’ to “get him out of the trenches before Christmas,” but that’s gone. The Republican high command surely realize by now what a chance they missed. Teddy Jr. for one must be writhing and wringing his hands. Secretly, of course. And there’s Herbert Hoover. He’s smart enough to know’ that a big cheddar is more to be desired (just at this time) than a protective tariff. And Dr. Wirt—l W’onder what he’s thinking about. He had the nomination sewed up in a bag. He knew it. But now, both the nomination and the bag are gone! But Jim Farley and his board of strategy shouldn't get careless either. It’s w’ell enough to be elated, but it’s dangerous to be too cocksure! To stray aw’ay from such beneficent ramparts, as if the

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hunting season had not yet opened, well, will be w’orse than folly. Why run the big risk involved in exhibiting a glossy pate above the rim of the cheddar? When a fortification is by nature endowed with the superb camouflage as a big hunk of cheese, w’hy signal to the enemy? Let Jim, therefore, lie low. Let the other occupant of the fort lie lower. For the enemy, it must be admitted it is tough. Tough, as things stand just now. There is one way to overcome the handicap imposed. In their consternation they are at present unable to see it. All is darkened holes here and there in the sky. They think there's a cigaret light somewhere but they're afraid to look. They’re even afraid to W’hisper it. Maybe Teddy Jr. will think of the W’ay out. There is only one. Have the tanks bring up a cheddar twice as big as the enemy’s. In the night—w’hen the enemy is sleeping. It w’ould have to weigh around 2509 pounds and be bigger than a good-sized horse. But suppose Jim counteracts? Orders a tank car of that other rare product that made Wisconsin famous, w’hat then? I say, what then? Is it conceivable that the first cry of "kamerad!" w’ould start a stampede of fraternizing betw’een the garrisons, an armistice? It is. (Wisconsin papers, please copy!) u a tt SAYS BEASTS ARE TREATED BETTER THAN HUMANS By John G. C. Sohra Wracked with pain and praying for some doctor to end her suffering, the pleas of Miss Anna Becker have moved an international expressed opinion. This is truly a case of human interest and many hard and soft-hearted gentry are having a great time in growing profoundly philosophical in their utterings anent the situation. We who are not moved by the emotionalism engendered in the headlines are satisfied in reading that the poor soul has not the courage to take her own life, and that she is imploring someone else to do the job for her. This statement from her is significant when one recalls her admission that her religion does not allow her to end her misery herself. This leads me to observe that somewhere in her religious picture, the faith must be of a flimsy material. ’Tis all in keeping with a much abused saying, “Let James do the job.” ’Tis modern civilization, and even the civilization gone by. Modern civilized man does slay an animal to end its suffering. Such is the compassion of civilization in our time. We favor the beast. The beast is meticuously indexed and periodically inspected and treated so that meat on the table will prove to be profitable and somewhat clean. We civilized animals have cultivated a tremendous fetish in pets, and their well being is carefully attended to. Our attitude toward Christian treatment of the dumb beasts is religiously scrutinized and woe unto him who lays the whip upon the “dumb brute” in our enlightened living. We even gtress the plan of grazing out until death claims an untired worker in front of the fire

weight varies according to the weight per cubic foot es the particular kind of stone measured. Q —Should a young woman rise when introduced to an elderly or distinguished man? A—Yes. Q—What relation is the son of my brother’s daughter to me? A—Great or grand-nephew. Q —What is the source of the quotation: “As to posterity I may ask (with somebody whom I have forgot) what has it ever done to oblige me?” A—Thomas Gray’s letter to Dr. Warton, dated March 8, 1758. Q —What is the population of the United States? A—The estimated population for July 1, 1934, for continental United States was 126,564,000. Q 1 —How many Americans are Interred in permanent American cemeteries in Europe? A—lncluding 1632 unidentified bodies the total number is 30,885.

engine or mine wagon or watchdog in the house. Os coure, I am referring to the horse and mule and the house pet. The human in back of the engine or wagon or in the house is less exciting to compassion. All of this is just a side light to the controversy involved. The point I wish to develop is tne evident fact that we who call ourselves civilized can not be trust' and in designating when one should die or should not die. A Hitler would welcome a “mercy killing” as an excuse to exterminate a thistle in his breeches. Likewise Mussolini. Our “zealous” politicians, too, would have great fun in eliminating annoying impediments to “progress.” We civilized people, although steeped in much religion and hearing many exhortations in Christ’s name and glory be to the Lord, are yet too barbarian in our attitudes to indulge in mercy killings. Any civilization which neglects the child in his rags and malnutrition and gives more importance to the contentedness of the mule in his old age, is incapable of passing judgement upon things needing compassionate action. Until we have become thoroughly humanistic and until we have acquired the faculty of casting aside selfish design, we must accept the terrible pains of an illogical living. If we were men like gods (and that is possible if we remove the god idea as preached today), we could well and safely engage in mercy projects. GRIEF BY HARRIETT SCOTT OLINICK This is a day for weeping tears That long have traveled secret roads; The day to bring out year-old griefs, The sharpened pain, the doubt that goads. For autumn brings her scarlet death, Her quiet reaping of all grief. Bring forth your sorrows; let them drop To pale death with each drifting leaf. DAILY THOUGHTS Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.—St. Luke 7:47. IT is a beautiful necessity of our nature to love something— Jerrold.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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“Go ahead, Junior, show the man how you can get on all by youjf little self.”

.NOV. 18, 1935

Washington Merrv-Go- * Round

BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN. TTTASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Now ’ that the President is to abandon the Sequoia, one feature of the yacht which was kept an absolute secret by the Secret Service, can be told. It is the location of the presidential suite aboard the vessel. The public doesn't generally realize that the Secret Service maintains just as rigid vigilance while the President is on a cruise down the Potomac as when he is on one of his trips across country. The theory is that while the Presidential yacht is lying at anchor during the night, as it usually does on week-end cruises, any one could come alongside. In order to guard against fire, or any other accident, the Coast Guard vessel Cuyahoga always trailed the Sequoia at a distance of 300 yards, maintaining constant communication by radio telephone. On the Sequoia, the President's cabin was located on the main deck, port side, a little aft of amidship. It was cut out of the main saloon, where he was served his meals. On the Eleetra. new presidential yacht, built of steel, a special suite is being fitted out for him.

LIFE aboard the new yacht will be essentially t'le same as aboard the old. Sunday morning, the President sleeps late. No sounds are allowed on board until the buzzer from the President's cabin announces that he is awake and ready for breakfast. (In the White House he Is called every morning.) A Filipino cabin boy brings his tray and the Sunday papers. The ship rides at anchor 80 miles down Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis, but the President's plane has come alongside at 8:30 with the papers. The anchor is weighed, and the cruise is resumed. The President goes out on the after deck andtake3 a seat in a wicker chair. The cabin boy brings him magazines and a folio of correspondence. He reads two or three magazine articles that have been marked for his attention. Then a bulky report from a Cabinet officer. Then, with more pleasure, he examines the latest issue of the American Philatelist to see what rare stamps are being offered on the market. Miss Marguerite LeHand joins him and he turns to recent correspondence. There is no dictation. Hf hands her one letter at a time, with brief instruction. She makes a note, and is ready for the next. The writing will be done next day in Washington. a a a THE President calls to guests on the lower stern deck: “How about a little fishing?” The anchor is dropped, tackle taken from the bunker, and the cans of fish lure are opened. The “lure” is thrown into the water to bring fish alongside. The catch may be hardheads, trout, or bluefish. All are edible and provide food for the next meal on board. Fishing was poor during the summer cruise. Before noon the President must head north again, with 120 miles to go up the bay and the Potomac River to Washington. The Sequoia’s cruising speed is only 10 knots an hour. Dinner is served in the dining salon on the main deck, with its teakw’ood panels, blue rug. and gold drapes at the windows. There is a ship’s clock that strikes three bells as the meal begins, and a radio that plays softly during the meal. The rest of the day is spent on the after deck, w’here tea and supper are served. The whole party of ten or tw’elve are together there. There is practically no private talk, no high powered huddle between the President and a guest. Time is spent in chatting, reading, watching the passing shoreline. a a a THE Sequoia was not very seaworthy, this being one reason for its abandonment. On a cruise to Cape Henry two years ago, when she encountered heavy weather, she rolled alarmingly. There is little chance of mishap, however. Special precautions are taken w’ith life jackets, life boats, life rafts, fire extinguishers and sprinkling systems, in addition to the trailing Cuyahoga. The President usually goes aboard at Annapolis rather than at Washington, since the voyage dow’n the Potomac is 100 miles. (Copyright. 1935. by United Featur* Syndicate. Inc.)