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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 1935. THUNDER ON THE LEFT TF “the gentlemen in well warmed and well stocked club.'-" would just put their ears to the ground outside they would hear things far more disquieting than reports of the New Deal reforms in Washington. For instance— Dr. Townsend's far-flung legions, numbering many millions of old and middle-aged folk who demand S2OO-a-monlh pensions for some eight million elders past 60, financed by a 2 per cent sales tax on all transactions—a movement so vocal as to cow the strongest politicians in some states. Compare this with tj>e New Deal's relatively conservative security program! Father Coughlin’s radio polemics in favor of goverhment monopoly of credit and inflation. Compare his schemes with the moderate reforms of the Eccles act! The veterans’ threatened march on Washington, demanding immediate payment of two and one-half bil’ions of bonus, and the Farmers’ Union demands for the Frazier-Lcmke inflationary farm debt payoff, a three-billion-dollar greenback issue. Compare these measures with the New Deal’s work-relief and triple A undertakings! The message of 4700 clergymen, about one-half of whom pledged themselves to work for public ownership of utilities and basic industries. Compare this with the Administration’s steps to regulate holding companies! The American Federation of Labor’s piogram, now embracing a 30-hcur week, government ownership of railways and a constitutional amendment expanding Congress’ power in social legislation. The Administration has supported none of these reforms. The militant programs of Governors Olson of Mi nnesota and La Follette of Wisconsin, both of which are far to the left of the New Deal. The action of Milwaukee’s Socialist government In authorizing the Mayor or police chief to close down any factory of an employer who refuses to bargain collectively with the representatives of the majority of his workers. This is far more drastic than anything in the Wagner Labor Act. These manifestations of mass thought in America go far beyond the rantings of what H. G. Wells called our "raucous voices.’’ They are outcries from classes that have suffered too long in a plentiful land. Some of these groups are ably led. Let the complacent leaders of big business overturn the liberal refonn Administration of the New Deal and they will have these movements to deal with. Americans are not radical, but they can be made so. If these present rumblings from the left grow into thunder it will be because our business Bourbons “have ears but hear not.”

ATTENTION IL DUCE TJORACE, the Latin poet, was born 2000 years ago -*■ this week. On one of the comparatively few occasions when he turned his pen to politics, he wrote of the Roman ship of state saying: . thy shuttered mast and yards are creaking in the African gale, and thy hull, unless bound with ropes, can scarce hold out against the over-powering sea.” Italian papers please copy. STATE CRIME LINES /CRIMINALS have long been protected by state lines. Fleeing from one state to another they could depend on laws barring their pursuers. Indiana’s agreement with Michigan to permit officers of both states to disregard boundaries when after offenders is an enlightened move. It is as progressive as the new Federal law directed at kidnapers. No extradition formalities will be necessary in order to return a prisoner to either state. Sheriffs and other peace officers on the northern tier of Indiana and the southern tier of Michigan may operate in both states. This points the way to a time, not far distant, when state lines will be wiped out so far as criminals are concerned. IT CAN T GET OUT 'ITHE National Retail Lumbe: Dealers Association has addressed an open letter to the President demanding that the government "get out and stay out” of all housing activities. "Private industry,” the lumbermen say, “is prepared to build and finance all housing necessary, but is hesitating because of the uncertainty as to government plans." This would be good news indeed if we could believe it true. Outside of its encouragement to private financing by the insurance of mortgages, the government's housing plans have been confined to razing slums and building low-cost tenements and homes in a few cities. In this field, private capital never has shown interest. For years these wretched rabbit-warrens have stood, mocking our ideal of home life and challenging the building industry to create decent substitutes. Industry has not and is not interested, because it can not make a profit on working men s homes renting for around $4 or $5 a room. Slum elimination calls for public subsidies. Europe has discovered this, and now we are discovering it. It was brought out in the dedication of "First Houses,” the first government-built and operated low-rent development in New York City. In spite of Landlord Astor's action in selling the land at half the assessed value, this highly subsidized project still offers average rentals of $6.05 a room. Even government loans to limited-dividend corporations have not resulted in really low-cost dwellings. The cities, working through housing authorities and with cheap government loans, must pitch in and do the Job. Otherwise, it seems certain, it won't be done. a a a government, unlike private enterprise, can undertake this task without thought of immediate money profit. Society can take its returns in long--range improvement in conditions which breed crime, disease and despair. The task of rehousing Ameiica lies open to privs te industry. Five years overdue, it is almost limitless in magnitude. The country needs at least 10 million new homes. This year only about 40.000 residences are being built, or one-tenth of the normal number. The government's housing plans should be coordinated and a line drawn beyond which it will not venture. Senator Robert Wagner proposes to lead t 4 *

a campaign in the coming Congress to clarify such a program. This contemplates government loans to cities for slum abatement, leaving other housing to private initiative. But until the construction industry itself evolves a formula for tackling the slum evil the government will not and can not “get out and stay out’’ of this long-neglected social duty. ARE WE CIVILIZED? HTHE London naval conference begins today. The A story behind it is nothing if not an indictment of what we are pleased to call “civilization.” In the years preceding the world conflict, the great powers bickered and elbowed one another to obtain, or to hold, their “places In the sun.” Armaments grew and grew. Collusion was inevitable. Result: A total of 37.494,186 casualties. A few statesmen saw the folly of It all. They honestly tried to make it a war to end war. They set up a League of Nations and framed a covenant. There followed the Locarno Treaties, the Kellogg Pact, the Nine-Power Pact, the Four-Power Pact, arbitration pacts and pacts to reduce and limit arms. Yet today, just cast your eyes over the situation: War is blazing away in Africa. It threatens Europe. Asia may catch fire. More men are under arms than in 1914. Seven leading world powers next year plan to spend an average of a billion dollars each to build up their war machines. Concededly the Londqp parley hardly has a chance Bigger navies, not smaller, will almost certainly result. America, Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union all plan to expand their forces on sea, land and in the air. Why? Because of the fear of war. Some nations are still seeking their “place in the sun.” Others believe theirs are in danger. Despite the World War, with all its cost in blood and grief and money, and despite the maze of solemnly signed pacts to keep the peace, we are back right where we were before the deluge. Apparently our “civilization’’ has learned nothing and forgotten everything. It is to take the superficial view, however, to blame “systems’’ of government. Or militarists, or dictators. Russia, the great Communist, anti-mili-tarist state, maintains the greatest standing army on the globe. Italy, at the other end of the political spectrum, likewise is armed to the teeth. Britain, France, Japan, America, and others in between, are keeping pace. Unflattering as it is, the world can be no better than the sum of the intelligence of its inhabitants. That is the bald truth and we should not blink it. Dictators can not survive unless we let them. Nor militarists. Armaments grow because of the fear of war. Wars grow out of economic conditions. Education is the only way out. We must become civilized. War can be cured only by eliminating the economic causes. The London conference seems doomed because we have not yet learned how those causes can be removed.

THE BAKRETT CONVICTION 'T'HE conviction of George W. Barrett in Federal Court should be news all over the underworld. Tne statute of 1934, under which he must be sentenced to be hanged, has never been interpreted by a higher court, but the Barrett trial proves that it is full of teeth. v Barrett is a confessed dealer in stolen cars. That trade brings in the Federal operatives because it crosses state lines. A Federal agent was killed by Barrett in the line of duty. Asa result Barrett must be hanged somewhere on Federal property. The hanging will be a sinister business which will offend the sensitive. But it will deliver a message throughout the realm of crime. The hot car trade has not looked like one leading to capital punishmept. This case puts the spotlight on the crime trial: It shows that the beginnings of crime do not pay. TO GIVE IT AND TAKE IT ✓COLLEGE football finally has been explained. It remained for Jock Sutherland, the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh, to say why. Writing, with a collaborator, in The Saturday Evening Post, the usually inscrutable Scot says that the secret of football is that it teaches young men to give it and take it. And that is what they need for their future. Sutherland confesses that he teaches a hard brand of football. Candidates for his teams can not hope to be much good before their senior years. They have to learn to hit fairly with everything they have—and be hit. That, he says, is character building in earnest and not in the humorous sense. It is a tough world for young men and is going to continue to be. To learn to give everything you have to the competition and to stand up when the other fellow is better than you is education in living. FATTENING ON REGIMENTATION r T''HE official publication of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce reports: “Official estimates on the 1935 production of new wealth for Oklahoma farms show a gain of $56,626,000 over 1934 values, or a total for this year of $318,921,000 as compared to $262,295,000 for last year. The 1935 figure leads that of 1932 by more than $100,000,000.” Maybe this explains why farmers seem unimpressed by the warning of Liberty League publicity experts that rural America is being victimized by “unconstitutional regimentation.”

A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT BY 3IRS. WALTER FERGUSON IT'S no surprise to find Mrs. Henry’ R. Caraway urging women to take part in the coming presidential campaign. Mrs. Caraway, you see, is president of the Women’s National Republican Club. I wish we*d do our home work first. Our political home work, I mean. The ignorance of the average woman about what goes on in her state and city is colossal, although, let me hasten to add, not much more so than that of the average man. Except for the party spoils, it wouldn’t make much difference whether we had a Democrat or a Republican in the White House, if we could elect more upright citizens to state offices and thrifty far-seeing individuals to our local legislatures. • Women won’t do much for their country in a political way until they tackle this job. And they’ll never be able to until they stop swallowing every new political promise. When they visit their legislatures now, they listen from the visitor’s gallery to the speeches, most of which sound very fine, but how many of them know what goes on in the committee rooms, where the actual business of government takes place? I hope none of you missed the story of the Kansas housewife who worked to interest her church group in the local gambling rackets, and as a consequence was run out cf town by anonymous threats against her life. Returning some weeks later she announced her withdrawal from all reform movements. She's going to stay home and tend to her sewing. This story has a powerful moral. It shows exactly what women will be up against when they enlarge their local political activities beyond the talking point. That's why our first efforts should be made in our own localities and states. Political integrity, like charity, must begin at home. Until it does begin there, we need not expect much of it in Washington.

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Squaring The Circle With McCREADY HUSTON

IHAD such a pleasant little chat with Maud Lambert who plays the evangelist in “Tobacco Road. ’ It has already been recorded that she is playing her first dramatic part after her retirement following the death of Ernest Ball. She is verv refreshing, starting anew career after having had cne as a member of a vaudeville team with her composer husband. Come-backs fascinate me, as, I believe, they do many people. They seldom are achieved in middle life, for by that time one’s thought patterns and habits are too strong to be changed except by an extraordinary will. 000 My favorite song of Ernest Ball’s has always been “Mother Machree.” This may be because I am mostly Irish and can always get an emotional thrill when an Irish tenor sings it, especially if he knows now to pronounce the word “sure” in t.ne true Gaelic fashion. John McCormack. for example. •“Mother Machree” is probably what most of his recital audience pays to hear. Which is rather hard on the artist. But as Kreisler always has to play “Caprice Viennoise” at the end of his program, McCormack is compelled to sing “Mother Machree.” Miss Lambert says the song was first sung 29 years ago by Chauncey Olcott. She says the lyric wa3 written by Rida Johnson Young, the author of “Brown of Harvard.” The favorite Ernest Ball song ol his widow is one I never heard. It is “Who Knows?” Paul Lawrence Dunbar wrote the verse. Probably the one most used by backroom quartets is “Love Me and the World Is Mine.”

A N OTHER person in “Tobacco Road” is in a dramatic part for the first time. It is Mr. Timblin who plays the leading part. He was formerly a blackface comedian in vaudeville. His success is certainly a comment on his versatility. 0 0 0 Not that it matters, but certain plays stand out in one’s mind as the best over a period of years. The one which mattered most to me recently was “Mary of Scotland.” The theme, which showed how Queen Elizabeth destroyed Mary by causing her marriage to a rake, was to me tragedy of a high order. My daughter, then 15, begged to be taken to New York to see it. (We were living in the vicinity then.) 3o I took her in for a matinee without making any reservation. The seats were all gone. She pleaded to be permitted to stand. And stand she did, hardly moving the whole timj. I thought this was a pretty fair test of a strictly adult play's power to hold the attention of youngsters. When the play was over and we were pressing through the crowd she was suddenly in great confusion. She had taken her shoes off and had begun to walk out in her stocking feet. 000 SECOND best in recent seasons was “Ah, Wilderness.” I think that was due as much to the acting of George M. Cohan as to the writing. He is such a lovable person, on and off, and has done so much good in the theatrical world that his personality is likely to make the manuscript secondary. 000 On the screen give me the deadpan Hoosier comedian, Charlie Butterworth. Charlie started out as a reporter in South Bend and got his idea for his first successful stage appearance by covering Rotary Clubs. He wrote and enacted a Rotary Club speech which so convulsed J. P. McEvoy that he stuck it into his revue, “Americana.”

OTHER OPINION Silver Policy (Elkhart Truth) In addition to the folly of our Treasury Department’s buying of foreign silver at a loss to us, it is spending from 10 to 15 millions a year to subsidize employment in the Western silver mines by buying their product at a profitable price to them. Mr. Hoover showed that the Treasury Department has bid up the price of foreign silver by 50 per cent, at enormous profits to foreigners. “Upon that folly,” he said, “we have already spent about $250,000,000 and under the new ‘economic planning’ we are to spend about $1,000,000,000 more.” Are the American people going to profit by all this? Mr. Hoover said they would lose, for “the siphon runs either through the taxpayer's pocket or inflation.” No wonder it was time to say something about the folly of the Roosevelt Administration’s silver policies! Because of Roosevelt [James A. Moffett. Standard Oil of Cal.] There is no question that business is better, much better, today than when President Roosevelt took office in March, 1933. That improvement is due to the policies of the President. It is remarkable that the better business men howl about government interference. You didn’t hear any such howls in Man*, 1933. Business is improving because of Roosevelt, and not in spite of him.

The Hoosier Forum l ivholly disapprove of what you say—and ivill defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire.

tTimes readers are invited to express their views in these columns, relitiious controversies excluded. Make uour letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less. Your letter must be sinned, but names will be withheld on reouest.l a a a DANGER OF WAR AHEAD, WRITER W ARNS By Glenn Lewis, Bloomington It appears that newspapers, even The Times, fail to grasp the appalling potentialities of the present international situation. In Ethiopia, savage tribesmen with ruthless barbarism persist in the brazen attempt to save their native land from conquest by the heirs apparent of Julius Caesar and Nero. We in America consider ourselves safe. No fanatical patriots endanger our safety by splattering themselves into atrocities beneath our bombing planes. Thanks to our recent Neutrality Act our ships are safe from Ethiopian submarines. Comforted by that thought we ignore the real danger. If Great Britain persists in her narrow and bigoted attempt to observe her obligations to the League, the war no doubt will spread to unheard-of dimensions. When sanctions give way to open hostilities there can be little hope for Great Britain, supported only by the dominions and the members of the League, against the three great world powers: Italy, Mussolini and Brisbane. We well may consider whether our Neutrality Act would save us from a conflict of such dimensions. a a a FEELS ROOSEVELT SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED By Mrs. G. A. R., Young: Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt certainly deserves to be re-elected in 1936 and would be by an enormous majority, were his past accomplishments regarded without political prejudice. Too many people have forgotten the good things he has done, such as the abolishment of child labor and the establishment of bank insurance. Too many people read of vast governmental expenditures in the headlines of newspapers without reading further to determine the reasons for it. Too many people regard CCC and WPA as unnecessary evils, because they are fortunate in having comfortable homes and good jobs. NRA generally is considered a failure and has been cast aside. It must not be forgotten, however, that NRA went into effect as an experiment. when our nation was facing a crisis, and, like many experiments, did not meet with the intended success. Nevertheless, it has left a favorable impression upon employes of many business concerns w T ho enjoy shorter hours and higher wages. The money spent on WPA projects is not wasted. Besides providing employment for the project workers, WPA increases employment in companies which manufacture materials used. If for no other reason, Roose-

Questions and Answers

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TENTING TONIGHT

velt should be re-elected because of the establishment of CCC camps. There are people who say that CCC is just like another branch of the Army, just another means of training our youth for w r ar. This is not so. The only military proceeding observed in these camps is reveille. Aside from the labor which these young men do, they are offered educational courses, at no cost, to fit themselves for various vocations. Think of the thousands now being benefited physically, mentally and morally by this invaluable training. He who has so courageously led us through storms of the depression should certainly not be forgotten now, w r hen the clouds are beginning to disappear. Let us express our appreciation, admiration and faith by re-electirg Roosevelt in 1936. a a a ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISPUTES PAPER’S STATEMENTS By John C. Kirch I believe the item from the Shelbyville Republican which you published recently is wrong. I think it is the Assembly member with too much experience that does the wrong. Those members who hold some sort of a business in which they seek special privileges are the ones that do the harm. I can name some that would vote for anything the Administration w r anted. For instance, the child labor amendment reads: “Congress shall have the power to regulate, limit and prohibit the labor of the child until it is 18.” Now, no one wants any child to work in a sweatshop. But, my dear farmers, do you know if this becomes a law our country will be overrun with Federal investigators to see if your son pulls any weeds or milks a cow, or your daugher washes dishes before they are 18? This amendment gives them this authority. I am a member of the House of the Indiana General Assembly and if I thought I could and would not serve the public any better than those with years of experience, I would resign. Because I did not vote aye for all Administration bills, I am classed as anti. And how proud I am to be classed as such. a a a FINDS FLAWS IN LETTER OF BLOOMINGTON MAN By A. J. McKinnon It seems to me that C. E. White of Bloomington, Ind.. has blown his horn plenty on England and the League, and his statements need attention. In the first place, Mr. White could not be classed as a good American for several reasons. He wholly disapproves of what you say, but will not defend your right to say it. He believes that any one w’ho justifies Mussolini’s efforts ought to be stigmatized by Americans. I think it would be better to deport Mr. White to England, where they do the stigmatizing. England has one of the worst governments in the world, and her days are numbered. She domi-

of water from the egg. The process is not designed to replace cold storage, but rather to improve the keeping quality of cold-storage eggs. Q—When was the National Soldiers Home at Leavenworth, Kan., established? A—ln 1885. Q —What is the number of the Potato Control Act approved by the President, Aug. 24, 1935? A—Public No. 320—74th Congress. Q —What importations are prohibited by paragraph 1419 of the Tariff Act of April 21, 1922? A—Birds of paradise, aigrettes, egret plumes and feathers, quills, pkins or parts of skins of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, unless for scientific or aducational purposes. The paragraph provides that if these are found in the United States after the passage of the act, except such as are in actual use for personal adornment or for scientific or educational purposes, they shall be presumed to have been unlawfully imported and subject, to seizure. Q —When was the American ship, City of Rome, destroyed by fire? A—1914.

nates the League. If any nation voted against sanctions it would be just too bad for that nation. England got us in the last war with lies. It cost her one and a half million dollars for propaganda in the United States and Chancellor McKenny says it was the best investment England made during the war. It is costing her more right now to get the United States involved in the sanctions, as Col. Ed House told us this week. Mr. White’s idea that Ethiopians are not savages is surprising. Half the population are savage and 45 per cent are Mohammedans, the world’s most savage religion. His idea of being neutral is very limited, when he absorbs all the English propaganda pouring in on this country. We have to give credit to the courage of the radio priest and Col. House for saying that sanctions lead us into war. Regardless of whether Mussolini is right or wrong there should be no sanctions 'until the English pay their debts and then not all the sanctions that England wants. The best motto is: “We won’t let England think for us.” There is only one way to make Europe better and a safe place to live and that is to dominate England and put her out of the way. Mussolini has blazed the way; others will follow. When England goes under all nations shall rule themselves. And by the way, Mr. White, it seems to me that your knowledge of what is going on in this world may be summed up to this: you don’t know what it is all about, possibly because of prejudice, and I feel that you ought to review American history when you say, “Very little resistance by the Indian colonizations.” You should read of Custer’s last stand, and the great slaughter of Indians.

TOUJEUR BY MARY WARD I dream of you at morning, And with noontide adorning My dreaming roseate— And you are in my dreaming In sunset’s amber beaming, And while the moon’s pale gleaming Seems sad and desolate. DAILY THOUGHTS For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.—Psalms 1:6. THE happiness of the wicked passes away like a torrent. — Racine.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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“I’m just a wreck. This is the third party I’ve been to this week.”

DEC. 9, 1933

Washington Merry-Go-Round

BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN. YI 7ASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—When W Solicitor General Stanley Reed rises before the Supreme Court today (Monday) to defend the constitutionality of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, he will do so with the knowledge that the Administration is ready for any eventuality. The bitter lesson learned when the Nine Old Men dirked the NRA has not been forgotten. New Dealers believe the court will uphold the farm law, but they are taking no chances. Within practicable limits, emergency plaps have been secretly prepared in the event of an adverse decision. 000 THESE plans fall into three categories, as follows: 1. If the court outlaws the processing taxes on the ground they are for social and not revenue purposes, anew bill promptly will be introduced to reimpose these taxes as part of the general revenue laws instead of being directly related to the crop control program, as at present. Benefit payments front general treasury revenues would then be legalized by another bill. 2. Or if the court outlaws the processing taxes on the ground that Congress was unconstitutional in delegating power to fix revenue rates to the Secretary of Agriculture, another line of action will be taken. A bill will be rushed to Capitol Hill under which the taxes would be validated by act of Congress. 3. If the court pronounces crop control purely intra-state and not within the province of the Federal government to regulate, then, Triple A-ers frankly admit they would be stumped. Such a decision, they j say, would mean complete wreckage ;of the law, with a constitutional [ amendment the only solution. 000 WHAT government attorneys privately anticipate is a closely divided decision upholding the fundamentals of the act —the right of the government to control farm production—but tossing out the processing taxes. These taxes j they consider the weakest point in their case. Such a decision would be a smashing victory for the New Deal, for jif the power to regulate crops is ! sustained, ways and means easily can be found to finance such operations. If there is no other solution, Administrationites ominously hint that income taxes can be increased to provide the required funds. 00 THE possibility of a tax boost, in case the Supreme Court manhandles the AAA. is no idle threat. It is not generally realized that the government has contracts with individual farmers under the crop control program, calling for benefit pavments amounting to more than $500,000,000. These contracts are between the government and the individual growers. They are valid in law and ! the government is committed to pay. The farmers would be certain to demand their money in the courts, or in Congress if necessary. New Dealers say they would be the first to | insist on payment. 000 IN these days of political polls sc.ve interesting deductions may be drawn from a poll conducted by The Washington Merry-Go-Round which shows a percentage of 69.7 for Roosevelt’s re-election as against 30 per cent for his defeat. The most important deduction probably is that many people are for Roosevelt who may not be for all his policies, the latter being indicated by the Literary Digestpoll. The question asked in The Washington Merry-Go-Round poll is: “Should President Roosevelt be reelected?” On the other hand, the question asked by the Literary Digest poll is: “Do you now approve the acts and policies of the New Deal to date?” So far the Digest poll is running 55.6 per cent against Roosevelt policies. In analyzing its poll the Merry-Go-Round came across the significant fact that out of those who favor Roosevelt 32.3 per cent disapprove of one or more of the President’s policies, but believe he should be re-elected anyway. The Merry-Go-Round poll has been in progress one It will continue for three additional weeks. Letters stating reasons for or against Roosevelt’s re-election may be sent to the Washington Merry-Go-Round, Washington, D. C. | (Copyright. 1935. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)