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CITY GAINS AN INDUSTRY news for Indianapolis over the week-end was that the long-unused Fairbanks-Morse plant would be rehabilited and put into operation. Household electrical equipment will be made there. It is predicted that 500 persons will be employed. The Chamber ci Commerce was active in bringing about the decision to reopen the factory. Efforts of the chamber in obtaining industries for the city are not always appreciated by those who benefit from them. The Fairoanks-Morse case brings an opportunity to recognize and congratulate the chamber. TO DISPEL A MYSTERY TN a letter to World War veterans in her district, ReP- Virginia E. Jenckes (D„ Ind.) urges that they organize and demonstrate that they want the bonus paid. One paragraph of her letter sayr: “We have a good chance of success, but we must overcome the argument of the opposition that our veterans are not interested. I want to show the Congress where the veterans in my district stand.” If the Hoosicr woman Representative is successful In this attempt she might try to get the members of the American Liberty League and the Republican National Committee to disclose their stand on the New Deal. A MAJOR SLIP /~VUR neighbor Cincinnati offers one of the most interesting municipal government studies of modern times. Since the '.irst of the year it has been operating without a Mayor, owing to the inability of the City Council to agree. That was a major slip of the political powers. If people discover they can get along without Mayors they may move to the conclusion that they can do without some other officials. The United Press reported that life was flowing smoothly in Cincinnati. That was bad for people who make a living filling government jobs. the buck-passers TN certain European circles they did not let the echo die on the President's neutrality message to Congress before they fell to bemoaning the effect American policy would have on the Italo-Ethiopian situation. The imprcssion in London, according to dispatches, is that it is little further use now for the League of Nations to try to embargo oil and similar key materials to Italy if the United States, as indicated, intends to keep on doing “business as usual” with II Duce. ~ If we wished to be nasty we might reply that Britain and the League first shied away from the oil embargo and made its future application extremely problematical. The British stand is just transparent buck-passing. Washington embargoed munitions ahead of Britain and the League, and in many other respects has gone further than the League to discourage the Italian venture in Africa. At one time the Administration stood ready to exert its influence on the oil companies to cut off shipments to the belligerents. But the League did not go ahead. Why it did not Is now known to the entire world. British Foreign Minister Sir Samuel Hoare, if not the British government as a whole, became convinced that oil sanctions meant war with Italy, so the League’, led by Britain, backed down. Since then the oil issue has been postponed again and again. Today few believe an embargo will ever be imposed—at least not before Mussolini has acquired an ample supply. a a THE impression given out in London, therefore, that America's new neutrality policy cripples sanctions and impedes the work of the League of Nations is both dishonest and shabby. Whether the Roosevelt Administration intended it or not, its neutrality stand is precisely what Britain and the League have been asking for ever since the United States refused to become a member. All along Britain has led in suggesting that America clarify her position. Again and again, when the question of sanctions was before the League, Britain has dodged the issues. Before she could pledge the use of her fleet in a possible League blockade, she contended, she would first have to know the United States’ policy. Now Britain knows. She has all the assurances she could reasonably demand. If Britain uses her fleet as the League’s instrument to punish an aggressor nation, there is nothing for her to fear from this country. Indeed, there is nothing to indicate at this moment that United States would not add oil to its list of contraband, should the League belatedly do likewise. The neutrality bills now in Congress aim In that direction. In any event, before Britain and other League members become too free with their criticism, they themselves should come clean. Let them go ahead with sanctions. Let them embargo oil and other key commodities. Then if the League fails because the United States nullifies its efforts, their condemnation may be justified. But meanwhile let them stop their Machiavellian attempts to shift responsibility from where it belongs. WOMEN IN INDUSTRY HAS the influx of women into industrial and white-collar fields, competing with men, created such an excess of workeis over available jobs that millions of unemployed constitute a permanent American problem? Harry L. Hopkins, the right-hand relief man of President Roosevelt says he knows of no way to get at the actual facts, and that he has no personal or official objection to women w’orking if they want to do so. But Dr. Isador Lubin, the Labor Department’s commissioner of statistics, said: “There is nothing to show a permanent unemployment problem because of working women. If there is a permanent problem it is due to other causes.” Dr. Lubin declared that even if some wdmen do take Jobs that might be filled by husbands and

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fathers, “the women in the end create opportunities for more Jobs to be filled by men, because the Increased purchasing power they represent goes into a demand for more homes, more automobiles, more articles of many kinds that otherwise would not be bought, and therefore not manufactured.” Information collected by various government bureaus fails to give a definite answer. It does suggest, however (in the words of one investigator) that displacement by women of the “usual breadwinners” may have occurred In manufacturing industries, particularly during the more acute phases of the depression. The latest national figures are those of the 1930 census. They showed nearly 11 million working women in the United States, a 25 per cent rise in 10 years. In the previous decade the increase in working women had been only 6 per cent. Between 1920 and 1930 the greatest increases occurred among women in professional pursuits, domestic and personal service, trade and clerical occupations. In 1930, as in 1920, domestic service ranked first as a woman-employing occupation. From 1920 to 1930 the increase among gainfully occupied women (25 per cent) was greater than the gain in the female population of 10 years and over (21 per cent). The opposite was true for men, who rose 18 per cent in numbers, but only 15 per cent in gainful employment. A study by the Women’s Bureau of the Labor Department showed, on the basis of the 1930 figures, that men were gaining in 17 fields and women in 26. “It rarely happens,” said the Women’s Bureau report, “that a woman directly replaces a man in any occupation or that a woman is discharged solely to make place for a man in normal times. Rather, industry conditions change to make the employment of one sex preferable. The adoption of new types of machinery in certain factories has led to a preference for women in some cases.” BACK TO NATURE ATOTHER EARTH is a staid old lady. So after •*■*■*■ the American pioneers forced her into a stripdance, she retaliated on their sons by throwing dust in their eyes. That, in substance, is the brief in Nature’s case against Man as submitted by Dr. Paul B. Sears in “Deserts on the March,” published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Dr. Sears heads the university’s botany department. His book was written out of first-hand experience with the dust storms and the devastating floods that followed In the Southwest. To the pioneers, he says, “land was land, to be mined until it could be sold for profit.” But he blames the resultant havoc on the system rather than the individual. “Under the system of land allotments, any planned and provident economy became well-nigh impossible,” Dr. Sears writes. “The same benevolent government which permitted or even encouraged settlement on the land in the first place and practically gave it away, will now proceed to buy it back and transport the suffering owner to fairer fields. “The laws which govern the development of soil and vegetation are as inescapable as the laws of conservation of energy and of matter upon which they are based. “If man destroys the old order he must take the consequences. There is no magic which will undo the mischief he has wrought.” Predatory farming of unfit areas and depleting of the soil through repetitious planting of a single crop must cease if our land heritage is to be preserved, he warns. But he also says that something more is needed than manure anti letting the land lie fallow for a season or so. Man must follow nature’s rules in handling watersheds and restoring forests and grasslands, he declares. Anew view of private property as a trusteeship must be adopted, he says, and the government punish delinquents and reward the good farmers—good in the conservative sense. THE 1936 ROAD PROJECTS WTTH state and Federal authorities co-operat-ing, 10,000 Indiana men are to go to work on state road projects as soon as weather permits. This will be a practical application of the New Deal which everybody can understand. Under its pay-as-you-go policy, Indiana has one of the finest state road systems in the country. This year more than 800 miles in 77 counties will be improved. The money spent for materials will give employment in many industries while the money spent for wages will not only relieve the unemployed, but will also help business in the cities and towns in which they live. This priming-the-pump effort car? be applauded by all who sincerely believe in helping willing workmen to help themselves. ENOUGH FOR A QUARTET WITH A1 Smith ready to sound off for the American Liberty League, former Gov. Ritchie of Maryland crying about usurpation of states’ rights and former Senator Reed of Missouri declaring that the Democratic Party is dead, all that was needed was a fourth defeated Democratic presidential aspirant to form a scrap-iron quartet. That fourth man has arrived. Former Gov. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray announces from Broken Bow, Okla., that he has come to the unanimous conclusion that the New Deal is wasteful and taxes are too high, and has formed an antiNew Deal organization all his own. He calls it the Association for Economy and Tax Equality, and adds that contributions will be gratefully received. A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Dlrs. Walter Ferguson npO paraphrase a famous saying, all I know about J the Army and Navy is what I see in the movies. Having long since achieved maturity, however, I realize our fighting forces are bound to harbor a few individuals less noble than the cinema pictures them. On the other hand it is probable that the majority are proud to subject themselves to the discipline their education requires, and believe sincerely in the worth of their codes. At any rate, the Army and Navy boys enjoy excellent publicity these days. wording to the film producers their ethics are far superior to those of the average citizen who plugs for a living, and I have no desire nor any means at hand to disprove the contention. Yet as there unrolls before me a record of their education, their high and mighty behavior, their patriotic fervor, I wonder what the results for national good might be if a fraction of what we spend on them could be used to give similar training to the politicians who become our statesmen. The politicians usually begin to serve their country with no special education whatever for the job, and sometimes their ethics are peculiar. It should strike the taxpayer that part of the vast sum spent upon our magnificent War Department is wasted, unless the men who shape the policies which they are to protect are also learned in diplomacy and possess an equally High type of patriotism. Yet this, alas, is seldom truj, i

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Squaring The Circle With McCHEAD ST HUSTON

ONE more word about the holidays—because it is of.interest to IndianapoMs —and the subject will be sawed off. It concerns Meredith Nicholson, down in Caracas, Venezuela. It seems that the Latin-American meat and game situation is not everything it should be for festive occasions. Meredith didn’t say so, but another Hoosier who has been in South America reports that getting used to a tropical diet is half the battle of living for Northerners there. Well, Meredith, his wife and guests observed the holidays in true American style by sending to New York for a brace of turkeys and a barrel of oysters. While that spirit prevails who can imagine that the United States ever will be conquered? tt tt tt REGINALD Sullivan’s committee on the President’s Birthday ball in Indianapolis is a collection of energetic men and women. Looking in on the first meeting the other day I listened with deep interest to speeches and motions in favor of giving the 70 per cent of the proceeds, which may be retained locally, to further the work of the therapeutic pool at Riley Hospital. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch explained that the hospital can afford only one therapist; that she is overworked and that two assistants are needed so that the crippled children can be supervised and given the necessary manipulation in the water. Last year the profits were only about SI,BOO on the six balls held here. I hope readers of this column will interest themselves and their friends in iunning up a higher profit on Jan. 30 so that the children at Riley will get much more of the care they need. tt tt tt 'T'HE articles on the New Deal in Brown County now appearing in the Saturday Evening Post are not friendly to the Administration but they give that famous Indiana playground some free national advertising that probably will increase the number of visitors when touring time comes again. tt tt tt T IBERTY Magazine sums up the Republican presidential nomination prospects and runs photographs of the men with a chance. Among the pictures is that of Bernarr MacFadden. Mr. MacFadden is the publisher of Liberty. tt tt "gT* ALLING in with the Michigan basketball squad, here to play Butler, I was startled by the youth of the players. Could we have been that young when we were cutting our own classes at Ann Arbor? I know I felt quite mature. I recall solemnly escorting a young lady to Detroit for dinner and an evening at the theater and ordering artichoke, Which I had never seen, to impress her with my worldliness. Neither one of us knew how to eat it when it arrived and neither w r ould break down and admit it. I also ordered some foreign cheese, quizzing the waiter as to its freshness. He assured me it was fresh. Years later, in a book, I read that that cheese was not edible until it was two or three years old. Talk about your man-about-town! tt tt tt 6THHE Pleas Greenlee inci den t must have reminded many of what somebody said about the essential difference between Republicans and Democrats. The latter wash their linen right out in public while the Republicans prefer privacy. The Democrats have their fights on the convention floor. The Republicans like to transact their business in hotel rooms. OTHER OPINION The Greenlee Case [Kokomo Tribune] Granted that the Governor was justified in making it impossible for Pleas Greenlee to use official powers to machine his way into the governorship nomination, it must be admitted that there is some force to the down-and-out patronage secretary’s contention that the Governor was not so nicely scrupulous in 1934, when he allowed Sherman Minton, now United States Senator, to continue in his political job while he was an aspirant for the nomination for Senator. The same point is made as to Lawrence Sullivan, who was seeking nomination for state auditor, and Gus Mueller, who was seeking nomination for secretary of state. In that rejoinder. Greenlee unequivocally challenges the Governor's consistency. However, Minton, Sullivan and Mueller had political jobs at the time that imposed duties other than dabbling in patronage. Greenlee should not forget that he was patronage secretary and nothing else. After all there is a distinction—and a difference. ON BREATHING SPELLS (The American Guardian) Once upon a time there was a gentleman by the name of James Buchanan, who convinced himself that? all that slavery needed was a breathing spell. Oh, he was the guy who preceded Abe Idncoln in the White House.

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WE STAND CORRECTED Our Apology for Calling Republican Mann a Democrat.— The Editor. The Editor: There appeared in your paper under date of Jan. 2, on Page 8, an article under the heading, “EARL MANN IN RACE FOR JENCKES’ SEAT,” in which you stated that I am candidate for Congress on the Demo cratic ticket. Now, whether someone gave you this information to injure me, or whether it was written as a joke, or was written by mistake, I am not able to ascertain at this time. However, if it was written as a joke, I must say it was a dandy, but in either event I feel that you should know the facts so that you might run a correction. In the first place, I am a Republican and intend to become a candidate for Congress on the Republican ticket in the May primaries in the Sixth Indiana District against whomsoever may seek the office. I have been accused of many things during my career in politics. I have been accused of being a regular and an irregular. I have been accused of being a standpatter and a progressive, but this is the first time I have been accused of being a Democrat. It is too bad, however, that I could not have received this accusation a year or two ago, when it was much more popular to be a Democrat than it now is, and when I read this article I stood in amazement trying to visualize how my Republican hat would look in a Democratic bull ring, and have my friend, Col. Werneke, as a political bedfellow. It would indeed seem more strange and bewildering to me to run on the Democratic ticket and at the same time be against the “Nude Eel.” Very truly yours. EARL M. MANN.

SEES CONGRESSMEN AS BATTLING BABIES By Jimmy Cafouros When a man is elected President of the United States, he is elected to preside over the United States. And since there should be only one

Questions and Answers

Inclose a 3-cent stamp for reply when addressing any question of fact or information to The Indianapolis Times Home Service Bureau, 1013 Thirteenthst, N. W.. Washington, D. C. Lethal and medical advice can not be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Q —ls it correct to say that the language of the American Indians is the American language? A—There is no distinct American language. The language spoken in the united States is Englisn. There .ire phrases and expressions that are used exclusively in the United States that are called Americanisms, but the language is English. The American Indian tribes spoke many different languages, consequently none of those languages could be called the American language. Q —What is the Jewish population of the world? A—lt is estimated at 15,200,000. Q —When should Pearly Everlasting flowers be cut for dyeing? A—Cut before the flowers are fully opened, and hang them inverted in a dry place. When dried and partially opened they may be dyed with any of the dyes ordinarily used for cotton. Q —What was the name of the father of Pocahontas? A—She was the daughter of Powhatan, the chief and founder

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boss to assure unity of design the rest of us who live under this government should do our part, whether it be to our fancy or no. As long as that gentleman acts within certain bounds his authority should be respected, his desires should mean something, his orders should be executed —and that whether he is a Democrat, a Republican or a Socialist. Repblican House leader, Bertrand Snell, lamenting over conditions, took issue with the President for broadcasting his opening address to Congress. He said it was without precedent. In other words, he questioned the President’s right to do it. The point is this: Regardless of what the President had in mind the request was not extraordinary or outlandish. In addition, many people like to hear the President. They would do the same for any President. Our Congressmen acted a lot like battling babies. a a tt SEEKS THE CAUSE FOR HOOVER STATEMENTS By Perry Rule. Bringhurst A prominent Bible character said, “When I was a child I thought as a child and spoke as a child. When I became a man I put away my childish things, and thought as a man and spoke as a man.” A President of the United States should at least be a full grown man mentally. But how is this —“Two chickens in every pot—two cars in each garage prosperity is just around the corner? “If the Democrats are elected 100,000 Mexican cattle with their heads pointed this way will immediately come over the border duty free. They are worth 2 cents a pound on that side and 4 cents a pound on this side. The farmer’s grain will rot in their barns for want of a market. Grass will grow in all the principal streets of our cities.” In the St. Louis speech, “the depression was definitely over in 1932—the bank panic of 1933 was based on hysteria induced among depositors by the incoming Roosevelt administration.” But he failed to say what kind of hysteria and how it was induced that caused the people to kick him out bag and baggage. tt tt a REFUTES PRICHETT ON TOWNSEND OARP By H. L. Dixon In an article in Saturday’s Times, Dr. Pritchett of Santa Barbara dubbed the Townsend Plan a “religion” based on a simple faith, not on facts, and in closing stated in effect that religion must be characterized by straight thinking as well as sincere feelings. In explaining the Townsend Plan,

of the Powhatan confederacy. His name was Wahunsonacock, but he was commonly known to the whites as Powhatan from his place of residence. Q —Did Richard Halliburton swim the Panama Canal at night or in the daytime? From what points did he swim? A—He started from Colon on Aug. 14, 1928, and arrived at Balboa on Aug. 23. He swam during the day Q—ls there any sound from a falling tree in a forest where no ane hears it? A—lt would depend upon the definition of sound. The usual definition is that sound is a sensation produced by air waves set in motion and striking against the tympanum of the ear. Under that definition, there could be no sound because there was no ear present. In physics, however, sound is defined as a form of vibrational energy which occasions the sensation described above, and under that definition, sound would be present in the forest despite the fact that no ear was present. Q —When did Bainbridge Colby hold the office of United States Secretary of State? A—From March 23,1920, to March I, 1921, inclusive, in the Administration of Woodrow Wnson.

the Doctor seemed to be thinking pretty straight up to the point where the total income of the people of the United States was called to his readers’ attention. Then he went completely haywire. He had previously estimated that 25 billions of dollars per annum would be necessary to pay S2OO a month pensions to ten and a half million oldsters. He compared this sum to 40 billions stated as last year’s national income and in that way came to the infantile conclusion that every person would have to forfeit over half of his or her income to support the plan. This sort of thinking led up to the ridiculous statement that every pensioner would be compelled to hand back SI2OO of his annuity for taxes to keep the ball rolling. How could this be possible when only 2c on the dollar is the amount of the transactions tax? The tax is really a money circulation tax, catching every dollar changing hands every time it changes hands, it will operate independently of other excises, some of which in many cases might be reduced or even abolished when the burden of public relief is removed. Simply measuring the cost of one year’s pension payment along side the mean annual income of all Americans to determine the ration of individual taxation is crass misconstruction of the plan’s working principle. I suggest that Dr. Pritchett read further in the official pamphlet with a view to acquiring a clearer understanding of the plan. WISDOM (To W. E. G.) BY DANIEL FRANCIS CLANCY The cynicism of age he will not fling Upon youthful ears; Knowing that life soon enough will bring Sadness and fears. Though he knows life’s sorrow, a pessimist is. He does not say; But lets youth in its innocence find bliss, And have its day. DAILY THOUGHTS For now should I have lain still and been quiet, i should have slept; then had I been at rest.—Job 3:13. OUR foster-nurse of nature is repose.— Shakespeare.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

e IMBYCAgtavlCt' “Yes, it’s a lot of extra trouble, but I figure they’ll never make him an executive unless I keep, him looking, like one.’*

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Your::: Health By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

NEXT to calcium, among the minerals essential to your body’s growth and development, comes phosphorus. Four-fifths of all the calcium in the body is closely associated with the use of phosphorus. There is constant bodily reaction between these elements. Phosphorus is concerned in cell multiplication and cell movement. It is involved in maintaining proper liquid content of the tissue. It is important in regulating reaction of the blood. Children particularly require phosphorus, because they are growing and forming new tissue. If conditions in the body are not favorable to deposit of phosphorus and calcium in the bones in the form of calcium phosphate, the condition called rickets develops. In this condition, the bones curve so that the children become bowlegged, and have twisted ribs and crooked chests. Vitamins also are involved in the control of calcium and phosphorus by the body. tt tt a THERE is also much phosphorus in the nervous system. This once gave rise to the superstition that fish is a brain food, since it is known that the flesh of fish and the tissue of the brain are Doth rich in phosphorus. Os course, the superstition is without any real scientific merit. A moron could eat a ton of salt mackerel and still be a moron. Phosphorus is found in mother’s milk to the amount of 3.5 milligrams in each thousand grams. It occurs in egg white to the extent of two milligrams to each thousand grams, and also in potatoes, wheat germ, beef and milk. Certain foods are much richer in phosphorus than are others. Among the richest are tomato, cabbage, cucumber, celery, beets, lettuce, carrots, spinach, and milk. Phosphorus occurs in foods in many different forms, all of which seem of bodily use. Because of the great importance of phosphorus, it is believed desirable to have a margin of 50 per cent over the daily exchange in the body. Usually, the daily exchange amounts to .08 gram of phosphorus, or almost one-thirtieth of an ounce. Thus the body needs daily about one-fiftieth, or 2 per cent, as much phosphorus as of protein.

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 6.—Scientific research is moving forward at a pace swifter than at any time in history. This was illustrated here last week by the unusually large number of important advances reported at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Progress has been particularly significant in six fields, a survey of the week’s proceedings reveal. Some of this progress is certain to reflect itself immediately in practical application to the fields of industry, engineering and public health. 1. Cosmic rays. Papers by Dr. Arthur H. Compton and others demonstrated the stage has been reached where the rays can be used as a tool to explore problems in astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology. 2. The Ductless Glands. Papers by Dr. B. A. Houssay, South American physiologist, and various association members, illustrate that glandular therapy rapidly is reaching the point where it will be able to prevent many diseases whose cause is now unknown and to remedy many conditions of ill health which now yield only to surgical treatment. 3. The ancient history of America. Reports indicate that the basic problems of pre-historic America gradually are being solved. 4. Biology. Significant advances are being made in the physical and chemical mechanism underlying life processes. 5. Electronics. Physicists reported many technical advances in experiments involving the atom and its constituent particles. 6. Weather. Important advances have been made in an understanding of the cycles involved in the causes of the weather. Motion pictures presented by Dr. R. H. Goddard of rocket experiments in Mexico demonstrated that the rocket can be developed into an instrument for the exploration of the upper atmosphere.