Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1936 — Page 12

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TUESDAY. JANUARY 28, 1936. DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS 'T'HE boy who throws a rock at another boy always gets ready to dodge; the rock is pretty sure to come back. That being true, it’s easy to foresee that Republicans may sometime regret bitterly their venture into political melodrama. The Republican National Committee’s radio series, “Dirty Work at the Crossroads” —beg pardon, our mistake —‘‘Liberty at the Crossroads” emotes to this effect; Scene—A relief office in New Mexico. Characters—Local relief administrator and applicant for relief. Administrator—What’s your party? , Applicant—l don’t understand. Administrator —Are you a Republican or a Democrat? Applicant—Oh, I’m a Republican. Administrator—Well, you’ll have to change that. You’ll hato vote Democratic to get relief. Applicant—But I don’t understand. I’m an American citizen. I vote as I want. Administrator—Oh. you vote as you want! All right then, you can starve if you want, too! Fadeout. And just where does that leave the Democrats? Can they fight machine guns with slingshots or a skit like that with facts, figures, reason, or libel suits? a tt a \ REN’T they more likely to shop for radio time of their own and then dramatize an imaginary conversation of a family living in a depression Hoover-town. Perhaps a scrap of newspaper, blown to the door, will tell a family huddled into a shack made of tin cans that Herbert Hoover has just refused to let the American Red Cross accept Federal funds for relief of starving American citizens. Avery thin baby cry might be effective, a few pitiful words from an older child, a comment or two from father and mother, just returned from searching garbage cans for scraps to keep body and soul together. “Liberty at the Cross Roads’’ goes in heavily for dramatizing scenes from history. What’s to keep the Democrats from re-enacting the events of July 28, 1932 in Washington; the march of infantry, cavalry and tanks down Pennsylvania-av for the bayonet and gas attack on veterans encamped near the Capitol, the burning of the bonus army’s shacks, the flight of parents with their children, the death of veterans and of the undernourished baby who couldn’t survive the gas? If they prefer more ancient history—as the Republican Committee seems to—they have a variety of cnoices; dramatization of the rape of naval oil reserves for instances. Or coming down to the present, they might work up a lively skit of du Pont offldals deciding to form the American Liberty League and discussing their private purpose in so doing. It should make for the most hilarious campaign in American history. If Republicans can make the radio audience believe that state sales taxes are imposed by the Federal government; that the Potato Control Act which the Administration opposed, is a New Deal measure and that Franklin D. Roosevelt has made himself king of the United States with power even to change the calendar, then what are the limits to what the Democrats might do? We’ll giggle and weep our way to the November polls, and if we don’t become hysterical we’ll be lucky. Maybe scenario writing is the new industry that will put us back on our feet! A SILICOSIS LAW AN adequate silicosis law in each of the 48 states is the chief aim of Rep. Vito Marcantonio (R., N. Y.), sponsor of the House inquiry into the “tunnelitis” plague at Gauley Bridge, W. Va. Mr. Marcantonio has read into the record of the Investigating subcommittee an analysis of the West Virginia la\v enacted last March to provide workmen's compensation for victims of silicosis, a slow and fatal disease caused by breathing silicate dust. This statute, he said, should not be followed by other states. According to the analysis cited by the New Yorker, “If a worker has worked for two years in the same employment, if he presents his claim W'ithin one year after leaving the job, if he has given his life history in all detail to his employer, if he has never broken any safety rules, he may recover SSOO, perhaps SIOOO, but no more though he should later be dying of silicosis.’’ The analysis was prepared by the International Judicial Association. This group declared that “the subservience of the West Virginia Legislature to the interests of employers is almost unparalleled in its hypocrisy, and the statute should be wiped out." The association charged also that haste in boring the three-mile tunnel through Haw'k’s Nest Mountain was due to a race with court action threatened by the Federal Power Commission. DR. TOWNSEND’S TACTICS ALTHOUGH Dr. F. E. Townsend has been persuaded to abandon his plan for a third party, he and his general staff in Washington are laying plans for a whirlwind campaign to capture Congress in November. Gomer Smith, Oklahoma City lawyer, has been named OARP vice president to succeed the Californian. Judge Tyrrell. Thus three men—Dr. Townsend as president-founder, Robert E. Clements as secretary-treasurer and Smith—form a triumvirate as the three directors of the incorporated organization. An intensive campaign is afoot to sign up 50,000 members of “The Townsend National Legion" by April. Each of these Townsend legionnaires pays $1 a month dues, thus opening prospects for $50,000 a month or $600,000 a year for radio, speeches, literature and other campaign expenses. This, with other sources of income, may put the OARP in a better financial position than either of the major parties. Rep. McGroarty <D., Cal.) says that “more than 100" new congressmen have joined the Townsend plan bloc, and that now some 162 will vote for his bill when it comes up. Townsend, Clements and Smith now take the position that there will be no third party movement in those states “where we are able to nominate our

friends in the existing parties”; that there will be no third party in any states until after the primary elections. California Townsendites, however, were instructed to register *in their chosen party and sign the Townsend Party petition as well. The petition will be held up until after the August primaries, when It may be “deemed necessary’’ to put in a separate Townsend ticket. As only four out of California’s 20 congressmen are anti-Townsend planners it is believed that threat of a third party now is past. STYMIED '■pO date the score is 5 to 4 in favor of the National Labor Relations Board, in nine injunction suits against the Wagner Labor Act decided so far in U. S. District Courts. Twelve other Injunction suits have not reached the decision stage. In all 21 cases, however, including the five cases in which injunctions were refused, the plaintiffs have obtained stays which have effectively stymied the board. The Wagner Act litigation is further complicated by the refusal of the employers in two leading test cases to consent to immediate hearings by U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, which would clear the way to a Supreme Court decision this term. Asa result, it appears unlixely that the Supreme Court will be able to ru.e on the Wagner Act until fall, after the election. The four injunctions obtained against the board include that of Judge Otis at Kansas City, in the Aurora Mills case; two in Wisconsin, and one in Michigan. The five board victories came from three judges. Justice Adkins of the lower Federal court in Washington refused injunctions in two cases from the Gate City Cotton Mills, East Point, Ga. In Boston, Federal Judge Sweeney on the board’s motion quashed injunction suits brought by the Lion Shoe Cos. of Lynn and the A. C. Lawrence Leather Cos. of Peabody. Judge Knight in Buffalo similarly rejected a suit brought by the Jamestown (N. Y.) Veneer and Plywood Corp. A decision is expected in a few days in one of the most important of the injunction suits, that brought before Federal Judge Bondy in New York by John W. Davis, Liberty League lawyer, on behalf of the Associated Press. Mr. Davis attacked the constitutionality of the labor act as applied by the board in two proceedings, one involving the allegedly discriminatory discharge of an employe who is a member of the Newspaper Guild, the other being a proposed election to determine proper employe representation. The 11 other cases include one brought by the du Pont Rayon Mills, just argued in Buffalo; one by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., in Los Angeles, and one by the Ohio Custom Garment Cos., under advisement in Cincinnati. One by the Bradley Lumber Cos. was argued a few days ago in Arkansas. Judge Rippey in New York has the Precision Casting Co.’s suit before him. Two are pending in Chicago, brought by nonunion workers of a garment factory. The National Seal Cos., New York, also has brought such a suit. Two are pending in the District of Columbia, brought by the Beaver Mills, South Carolina textile firm, and 66 anti-union employes. In an El Paso electric company case, the board has made a motion to dismiss. The board’s own selection for a test case, the order against the Greyhound Bus Cos., was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia by the board for enforcement, but the court declined to set it for argument before March 2. The Circuit Court in Cincinnati, where the Freuhauf Trailer Cos. has appealed the board’s first order dealing with the automobile industry, is so jammed with cases that a hearing is unlikely until spring. All of these court delays restrict the value of the labor board and leave both employers and workers in the air regarding the future. ONE MAN’S STORY SOMETIMES a simple life story tells more than a page of statistics. For instance— Dr. Albert Harrison Brundage is a 74-year-old veteran of science, one of America’s ablest toxicologists, public health workers and philanthropists. At a fire in the University of Nashville he helped rescue 30 of his students, winning a congressional medal of honor and losing his health While seeking to recuperate in Bolivia he found a plague raging and pitched in to stamp it out. In Brooklyn he established the first open-air schools, taught health classes for policemen and overseas men. Once well-to-do, he exhausted his money in medical researches and in liberal benefactions. He is about to lose his house by mortgage foreclosure, and probably will spend the twilight of his life in a home for the aged. Dr. Brundage’s life is one of several million reasons for the new government attitude toward social security in America. A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson hearts skipped a beat at the banquet given to the delegates of the Cause and Cure of War Conference, when Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt kissed Mrs. Roosevelt. In feminine language it was a "sweet” thing to do, and w'e almost cried into our handkerchief at seeing it. It was not this time within the power of the President’s wife to confer favors. Instead it was Mrs. Catt who gave her the accolade of her kiss, for to millions of women all over the earth Mrs. Catt is a royal lady—-the Queen Mother of High Causes and Great Crusades. It is not wrong that we should feel so. Those who, like Mrs. Catt, have won greatness by the integrity of their convictions and the steadfastness of their purpose, deserve our love and honor. And is it not an achievement to have lived as she has—feeling no undue rancor in defeat, and her defeats have been many; and no undue pride in victory, and her victories have been notable? Mrs. Catt is a pleasant person to look at. She has somehow the appearance of a benign grandmother who might be engaged in smuggling forbidden sweets to a greedy infant. No doubt that appearance has fooled many a diplomat and outwitted many a politician. At a time when other feminine nerves are on edge she is beautifully calm, w’ith that form of serenity which only accompanies an easy conscience. She personifies the adage, “Everything comes to him who waits—and works.” Mrs. Catt has learned how to do both. Her example of working and waiting is valuable to us today, bewildered as we are by cross purposes anr 1 confusions, when we are impatient over trifling oppositions and ready to give up at the most trivial defeats. The eyes of Carrie Chapman Catt. have looked ahead down a long, rough road. She las been content to take but one step at a time wh.'e traveling that road. But remember this: No sanctuaries of rest or vales of beauty have lured her from the way. She never has been detoured from the straight highway toward her goal. She has been a great crusader because she is a sincere person and a good woman.

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Squaring The Circle With THE HOOSIER EDITOR

TT may startle you a little at first, but one night last week the Kitchen God went to Heaven like a little busybody, and put in the raps against many a Chinese family. This came out over a couple of cups of coffee with H. R. Ekins. United Press correspondent, who was here last week to address Butler University students. He is Ethiopian correspondent on furlough, but previously spent several years as a China correspondent, and took part in the ceremony several times. The Kitchen God, said Mr. Ekins, sits in the Chinese household’s kitchen all the year around, picking up bits of gossip about papa and mama and all the children. One night a year he goes to Heaven to report to the Chinese Deity what the family has been doing all year; who of them made slips. From this report the Deity decides what his next fiscal attitude will be toward the family. u tt u 'T'HAT is, the Kitchen God makes this report unless he has, on this one night of the year, managed not to outsmart the family which is more or less devious about things. The family will put rice wine out for the Kitchen God, hoping he will drink his fill of it before leaving for Heaven, and arrive there in such an unsound condition that the Deity will disbelieve all the things he has to say. Other families seek to put honey on the Kitchen God’s lips so that he can speak nothing but sweet words. Once the Kitchen God has departed to make his report, no matter in what condition he left, the family—all families—settles down to the largest and most boisterous celebration of the year. Mr. Ekins said that he in particular never heard back from the Kitchen God—nothing ever came of it. a T)UT that’s nothing! Here in Indiana, several years ago, people wrote letters to household mice —nice polite little letters—asking them to leave. They may do it now, for all I know. "Dear Mouse," the letters would begin, “we have enjoyed your stay here. But new our food is getting low and you may have to go hungry if you stay on,” the letters would explain. "Across the street”—here is where the letters would get unneighborly —“there is plenty of food and a nice family. I know you would be happy there—and have plenty to eat. "Better think it over!” tt tt a "VrOU think they didn't! Well, among the many delightful anecdotes Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson, Booth Tarkington’s sister, tells 'On herself is about the time she wrote a letter to mice in her house and had very good luck with it. They all left! tt tt tt JULIAS DULBERGER ran for Governor once and when the votes in his own precinct were counted there was not a single one cast for him. He yelled fraud, and you can’t blame him. This is the way he figured it. “I didn't expect the neighbors to vote for me, and frankly I wasn’t sure of my family, but I remember voting for myself.” OTHER OPINION A New Era [Waterloo Press] We are living in a New Era. The old copy b_jk maxim about saving one’s money and the value of thrift and perseverance are now distinctly “out.” We have been told that we are through with the horse and buggy age, despite the fact that the Supreme Court was accused of trying to put us back there through its sound and patriotic decision on the NRA. Just what era we are in, now that horses have been left behind—though there are still a lot of folks who seem to be buggy—has not yet been satisfactorily demonstrated. Doubtless Prof. Rex Tugwell would tell us that this was a period of transition, a time when things were being taken away from those who earned and saved them and given to those who did neither. Perhaps Secretary Wallace would have another answer—maybe he would call it the golden age of prosperity through shortages. But at any rate, call it what you will, this is not an age of economy. Nobody is being advised to save by these who are now' in power throughout the nation. And Uncle Sam himself is setting an example of profligacy for his children byspending nearly two dollars for every one he can possibly take in. On Neutrality [Bernard M. Baruch on the Radio] It would be best to avoid all danger of embroilment; for once at war, the cost in the lives of our youth would be incalculable. It would be better to forego dollar profits and escape that cost. But if business of any sort is to be done by our people with a belligerent or with a neutral who is a cover for a belligerent, then it must be w'holly at the risk of the individual, with absolutely no national protection to his enterprise. If the profits go to him, then he must risk all the losses. If we sell, let those we sell to come and get it. Let their’s be all the risk, since their action created the danger. Let us avoid the danger of embroilment; let us preserve peace, but—let us I keep our powder dry.

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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, reliyious controversies excluded. Make uour Letter t short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to ZSO words or less. Your letter must be sinned, but names will be withheld on reauest.) a tt a DOESN’T LIKE COURT’S AAA RULING By a Reformed Republican Was it a tough break for the poor old persecuted farmer? All these years he has been trying to get in the game and, finally Dealer Roosevelt dealt him in a hand and what does he pick up but three lovely aces. Now, any fool knows in an honest game of poker that three aces make a pretty swell average bet to win a hand. But the poor sucker didn’t know he was sitting in a gentleman’s game and imagine his consternation when after playing ’em close to his buttons he discover that six knaves win the pot. “Woe is me,” he cries. “I’ve been robbed.” But the six knaves prove to him with words of wisdom and oily-tongued oratory that he is wrong, that even though it may have appeared crooked, it was perfectly legal, because unknown to them they were playing with a pinochle deck and “of course any fool knows that six knaves are liable to be dealt and furthermore there is no misdeal in poker, you know, and ad naseum.” Are the “embattled farmers” going to take it lying down, or are they going to let a bunch of pussyfooting old toadiers to “intrenched greed” rob them of their just desserts? It strikes me, that if the farmers have the guts of an angle worm, they’ll give the Supreme Court’s decision such a supreme snort it will b; heard all over the world. tt a ATTACKS METHODS OF DRIVER PHOTOGRAPHY By a Reader Your editorial, “The License Plate Case,” does not go nearly far enough. Asa photographer, I am naturally interested in the law requiring photos on chauffeur license. In November, 1933, the Attorney General of the state rendered the decision that “machine pictures” (10c) made directly on paper (without film negative) are unacceptable for license purpose due to the fact that they are not true pictures. Made directly on paper throws the image exactly opposite to what it should be, and therefore not ac-

Questions and Answers

Inciose a 3-cent stamp for reply when addressing any question of fact or information to The Indianapolis Times Washington Service Bureau, 1013 13thst, N. W., Washington, D. C. Legal and medical advice can not be given, nor can extended research he undertaken. Q —Who invented the cigaret? A—lt is believed that an Egyptian soldier, during the war between Turkey and Egypt, 1832-33, made and smoked the first cigaret. The story is that he had broken or lost his pipe, but he had his tobacco pouch and a great longing to smoke. In those days the charges of powder were rationed to soldiers in right amount for the muzzle-load-ing muskets. The idea of emptying the powder from one of these tubes and filling it .with tobacco occurred to the soldier, and thus the cigaret was born. Q—Does the republic of China use the same calendar as the United States? A—Yes. Q—What teams competed in the Tournament of Roses football game in 1321, and which team won? A—Ohio State University played the University of California. Ohio State was defeated by a score of 28 to 0. Q—How did Harold Lloyd lose his right thumb and forefinger? A—He lost them in 1919 while posing for comic photographs. He had a reaj bomb in his hand, which the prope; \y man had given him by

ENOUGH’S ENOUGH!

ceptable in court for identification purposes. (Not the exact wording of the written decision.) I have been to the Statehouse several times and talked to different ones, but it does no good. They continue to accept machine pictures which the court will not accept for identification purposes. Could you make a suggestion or investigation to correct this deliberate violation of a state law by state employes? tt tt ORCHIDS TO TIMES FOR TOWSEND ARTICLE By Paul Kerr In reading your article, “Townsend Plan Heads Outline State Activity,” the writer feels obligated to express appreciation and gratitude to you and to your wonderful paper for giving your readers this publicity. This article embodied the Townsenl plan as it is, and contained no remarks for or against the plan so far as the Indianapolis Times was concerned. This is news, might we say, clothed in cold facts. That is what we ask for and want. Let the truth he known and no one can object. I am not only writing you regarding this article, but I expect to render verbal orchids to you in our next meeting. Every time you print the truth regarding the Townsend Plan you may rest assured that special comment shall be forthcoming from this writer. Townsend Club 9, which has the largest membership in the East Side of Indianapolis, shall be informed of the article and will concur with me in expressing appreciation and gratitude to you. tt tt GREENLEE IS LAUDED FOR WORK, CHARACTER By J. F. To many in Indiana the Governor’s action affecting Mr. Greenlee was an error, but in favor of Pleas. Admitting none of us are infallible, we can, however, distinguish right from w'rong. Mr. Hogan in his letter refers to Mr. Greenlee as having a salary for two years. The fact is, Pleas has earned a salary for the past 30 years to the personal knowledge of the writer. The last two years are no exception. Fi rthermore, Mr. Greenlee, through his owrn efforts and ambition, has ascended to the top in Indiana, his native state. His qualifications for Governor are many, not equaled by any other

mistake. With the burning fuse, he was to light his cigaret. The bomb exploded, blowing up the photographer’s studio and injuring Lloyd’s hand. Q—Does the Federal government issue peddlers’ and canvassers’ licenses, good in all states and territories? A—No. Q —What are the duties of a city controller? A—He is the fiscal official who is responsible for expending the money of the city in accordance with the laws and ordinances of the legislative body. Q —Name the two newspapers in Mexico City that have the largest circulations. A—El Universal (morning daily), 66,982, and La Prensa (morning daily), 62,328. Q—Who was Black Hawk? A—A subordinate chief of the Sauk and Fox Indians, and leader in the Black Hawk War of 1812. He was born at the Sauk village at the mouth of Rock River, Illinois, in 1767, and belonged to the Thunder gens of the Sauk tribe. When only 15 years of age he distinguished himself in war, and before he was 17, at the head of a war party of young men, he attacked an Osage camp of 100 persons and came away safely with the scalp of a warrior. He settled on the Des Moines River, near lowavillle, where he died Oct. 3, 1838.

man in the state. He is absolutely honest. His integrity is beyond reproach. His training has been of the best and his experience extensive. Pleas knows more people, and has more friends than any other man in public life in Indiana. Furthermore he is absolutely fearless and you always can depend on what he says. These are all attributes of a great leader. tt tt LAUDS LIMITED TERMS FOR OFFICIALS By Perry Rule A government for the people and by the people is one wherein the governed elect their representatives to serve, not for life, but for stated tenures. If their services or laws enacted by them are not satisfactory, they can dismiss them, elect others and repeal the enacted laws. If such representatives are true to the principles of just government, they will legislate in the interest of the general welfare of all concerned. Government for the people or by the people can not be obtained and can not and does not exist if their laws can be abrogated by a king or nine kings who are life tenures and W'hose selection is often dictated by intrenched greed. FORTITUDE BY ETHEL H. ALLEN Vast spaces—wherein no thing moves: Barren—and acrid with tears— A Valkyrie’s song on the moaning wind, Black night—deep fringed with fear! So is my heart! A lonely thing, That seeks to hide it’s woe And so, my banner flies, bright hued, That you, dear heart, may never know! DAILY THOUGHT The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land. —Solomon’s Song ii, 12. SWEET daughter of a rough and stormy sire, hoar winter’s blooming child, delightful spring.—Mrs. Anna Letitia Barbauld.

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Your... Health By dr. morris fisiibein

A BALTIMORE nutrition worker made the rounds of cafeterias watching girls choose their meals. She found them selecting menus like these; 1. Meat pie, stewed tomatoes, white muslins, bread. 2. Com beef hash, mashed potatoes, succotash, bread, cornbread, butter. 3. Meat pie. raised biscuits, potato salad, coffee. 4. Beef croquette, mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, bread, butter. Not one of these girls had ordered a well-balanced meal. Every one of these menus lacked something necessary in a diet. A suitable diet must have proper combinations of foods, so what is lacking in one food w'ill be provided in another. You will notice that not one of these girls’ menus included milk or fresh vegetables. Nowadays, too, it is w’ise to emphasize salads, because salads mean mixtures of fresh vegetables, such as herbs, lettuce, celery or watercress, and fiequentlv, in addition, fruits such as grapefruit, orange, apple, pear, or banana. Furthermore. salads may be spiced or dressed with salad oil, vinegar, and pepper, which provide additional fats and vitamins. However, cafeteria patrons are not the only people who may eat unbalanced diets; many farm people also do, the investigators found. u a a IN Vermont 19 out of 50 farm households studied had a satisfactory choice of foods. In the si remaining homes too much money was spent on meat and sugar and not enough on cheese and milk. In Ohio, rural families were found to be buying eatables they should have been getting fresh from their ow r n farms. Worst diet conditions were found on Southern farms. Few people m the South have year-round gardens. In 1929 half of Alabama’s farm families purchased enough milk for their own use, but many farmers who had cows sold their milk and butter while their families lived for more than half a year on bread, hominy, rice, potatoes and sirup, with some form of salt pork. In other Southern states, cereals, salt pork, and sugar were used without much seasonal variation. Farm families, too, must learn the necessity of selecting diets to provide food essentials for the family. They must learn, too, that it is better to eat the fresh vegetables they raise, and preserve the family health, than to sell these foods and buy other comestibles in the stores.

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

ANEW method of weather forecasting based upon the strength of short-W'ave radio signals was announced this week by Prof. Charles F. Brooks, director of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory of Harvard University. Short-wave broadcasts between the Blue Hill station, the Harvard year-round meteorological station on top of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, and other stations in New England, have provided the basis for a rough method of forecasting. “It was found a year ago,” Dr. Brooks said, “that ultra-violet frequency (short-w'ave) signals from Blue Hill received at Hartford underwent variations in strength which almost matched the changes in temperature between the surface and a height of 6500 feet. Such variations are used by Ross A. Hull, who operates the receiving station, for rough weather forecasting. a a a “TY ISING signal strengths usualJtv ly indicate the arrival of a warmer air mass aloft, and presages rain or snow. Experiments with different wave lengths may provide us with more exact information in this indirect manner.” This method, it W'ill be noted, is in keeping with the latest theories of meteorology which hold that conditions at high altitude are the key to what may be expected from the weather. For this reason, Prof. Brooks places his greatest hopes for immediate improvement in forecasting upon the use of small balloons which carry aloft meteorological instruments and a small automatic radio transmitter. Readings of the instruments are automatically transmitted by short w r ave radio back to the listener upon the ground.

By George Clark