Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 282, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1936 — Page 10

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The Indianapolis Times (A SCRUTS-HOWARD NEWSPAPER) ROY W. HOWARD President LUDWELL DENNY Editor EARL D. BAKER . Business Manager

Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Wag

MONDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1836. AGAIN, THE DRUG /~VNCE more the lure of inflation is being promoted m Congress. Seductive arguments are heard for paying the easy way. Just print the money! The temptation is a powerful one. More powerful even than last summer. It is stronger in ratio to the increased size of the debt. The bonus Is an actuality now. And then a few hundred millions are being added for agriculture. Vast additional sums for relief will soon be asked. And tnla is a campaign year, with Congress in deep fear of tax legislation at such a time; knowing that political tradUlon says that's dynamite. Many look longingly for solne shot in the arm to carry the country past November next, when the voters will have their say. If it a then the deluge—anyway—they’ll be in the ark. So, sentiment is being formed. And it should be remembered that the printing press was avoided last summer only by the narrowest of margins—eight votes in the Senate—in a session when the pressure of politics was much less than now. Today therefore we are facing what, If inflationary sentiment continues to grow, will be the most important issue since the crisis of March, 1983. Do we yield to the lure? Do we take the course from exhilaration to collapse which every nation that ever tried it has gone? It’s time again to dust off the history books and read once more of the assignats and the continentals, the kronen and the mark; of the money that became no good; and of the barber shops that were papered with dollars. Make no mistake about it, if inflation once gets under way, what follows will make the depression seem like good times by comparison, and those who will suffer most will be the poor, the ones with moderate income, the “great rank and file.” If ever there was a time when we should benefit from the mistakes that history reveals, this is it. And with particular reference to the veterans, one of whose leaders, James Van Zandt, now talks about making them the “goats” by paying the hard way cf taxation, we desire in all kindliness to point out that the amount received in bonus will buy little if anything if the resistance to inflation breaks. No better method could be found to make the ex-soldier the goat than by the price rise the printing press would bring, THE MINERS AND ROOSEVELT A HALF-MILLION coal miners, through their powerful union, the United Mine Workers of America, have pledged not only their votes but also their hard-earned dollars to the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom they describe as “the greatest humanitarian of our time.” Why have the miners done this? Why have they abandoned their traditional nonpartisan policy of holding aloof and making the two parties bid against each other for their support? It is not likely the miners would have gone off the deep end for Roosevelt if they had thought they stood a good chance of gaining anything by the election of an anti-New Deal Administration. But apparently the miners, along with others of the working class, have come to despair of fair treatment from those who have captured control of the Roosevelt opposition. Tire mine leader, John L. Lewis, is a lifetime Republican and a conservative in labor ranks. Most of the miners reside in Republican districts. But apparently they have decided this is to be no ordinary Republican-Democratic battle. Why did they decide that? Why, indeed? The miners were not the first to abandon nonpaitisanship. Did the Manufacturers’ Association, symbol of big business, in convention in New York last summer, concede that the New Deal had even a trace of good? NIo. Those who ran that convention jammed through resolutions declaring the New Deal to be all bad, and openly announced their intentions of taking over control of the Republican Party. tt St It BUT the miners, largest of the labor groups, know that the New Deal is not all bad, for them. They know that, far from hindering recovery and . destroying liberties, as opponents say it has, the New Deal has promoted their welfare and bulwarked their liberties. They know that when the Roosevelt Administration came into power, the coal industry was prostrate. They know that, unlike previous Administrations which professed that the plight of coal was utterly hopeless, the Roosevelt Administration tried to do something. They know that through NRA it established a measure of stability which put many thousands back on the pay roll and protected their rights to organize and bargain collectively, by which they have raised their standards. They know that when NRA was kicked out, President Roosevelt pressed for passage of the Guffey Coal Law, through which the miners hope to achieve permanent gains. Both NRA and the coal law were denounced by Roosevelt opponents as destructive of liberties. The miners did not agree. Abraham Lincoln, speaking at the sanitary fair at Baltimore in 1864. said something which seems apropos of this conflict of opinion; “The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the desrtoyer of liberty.” THE NEW POOR SWALLOW-TAILED bar.queteers who cheer attacks on costly relief expenditures and social security should recall a remark by John Ruskin, who said you only sit at a feast because you sit blindly. They sit blindly at feasts who do not realize the presence in their rich land of a vast army of the new poor, known as the "unemployables,” whose needs can not be ignored in the budgets. The poor, we have heard, are with us always. But never in such numbers as now. Eventually most of the hale among £.M jobless probably will find work. The unemployable^—those men and women who are too old, too sick, too crippled or too unadjusted to earn their bread—are being turned back to the communities, and in all too many cases states, counties, cities and “poor districts” are unprepared to care for them decently. The American Public Welfare Association has .just completed a current survey of relief four

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typical states, Pennsylvania, Alabama, New Hampshire and Indiana. It found some shocking things, doles as low as $4 a month for a fcmily of five, thousands of eligibles on a waiting list, one county supplying “relief” 30 per cent below subsistence level, pensioned old folk suffering actual hunger, fuel and medical care cut off, widespread malnourishment among children, politics and inefficiency in administration. The outstanding fact of this report is that the transfer of unemployables to the communities has meant a sharp and alarming cut in family budgets, many already too far below health-and-decency standards. The Survey Graphic said of this report: “The Federal government has washed its hands of relief clients too old, too young, too handicapped to work. The local communities are unprepared to carry those who lack resources of their own. And the price is being paid this winter in the insecurity of old people, sick people, needy children, in hunger, cold, fear and humiliation among the ‘unemployables’ of your town and mine.” The Federal government has met the communities half-way. It has assumed the work-relief burden and by its Social Security Act it offers supplemental relief to the states’ crippled children, widows, blind and aged poor. Its old-age annuity and jobless insurance plans should shift much of the relief burden gradually to industry and to the workers. Inadequate, it may be, but it is something. Let the new states’ righters add to their slogan another: States’ duties. To the extent the states and communities assume their share of the common relief burden, to that extent they will relieve the Federal government, and to that extent we can approach an American standard of decent relief for the helpless, “HONEST HAROLD,” ORATOR “TTONEST HAROLD” ICKE3, Secretary of the Interior, whose ups and downs in presidential favor are legion, again is enjoying a White House honeymoon. Hardly a day passes that the former Chicago lawyer and progressive Republican does not show up for a chat with his Democratic chief. Holder of some 39 official and semi-official offices, Mr. Ickes has lots of departmental business to discuss with the President, but the prime topic of conversation on the recent visits has to do with the coming political campaign. Forgotten are the days when Mr. Ickes, as PWA administrator, shook a monitory finger and declared that the only way to give work-relief of lasting worth was through his PWA plan of loans and grants. Gone are his sly cracks about the “leaf raking” projects sponsored by Harry L. Hopkins’ now defunct FERA. Also pushed into the background are the numerous spats between Mr. Ickes and other New Dealers, including Postmaster General Jim Farley, Housing Administrator Jimmy Moffett and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace. Even the famous Hyde Park conference of last spring, at which Mr. Hopkins, with presidential support, reduced Mr. Ickes’ share of the $4,000,000,000 work-relief appropriation to a pittance, is now a dim memory. Mr. Ickes today is described as one strong dart of the New Deal which can be driven home to rank-and-file progressive Republicans. A forceful and resourceful speaker, a maker of sometimes trite but usually stinging phrases, Mr. Ickes is being primed for a heavy role in the presidential campaign. It was Mr. Ickes who first answered the Liberty League speech of A1 Smith, and he earned the plaudits of the high command for his efforts. It will be Mr. Ickes also who will answer Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia. The two will appear on the same platform Feb. 11 at Lincoln Memorial services in Springfield, 111. Mr. Ickes’ political arena lies out here in the Middle West. He covered the territory for the National Progressive League in 1932 and he will be back in 1936, urging the liberals of the Republican Party to stand by Roosevelt. No other Cabinet member is in a position to shoulder the campaign burden as well as the Interior Secretary. His worst enemies, within and without the New Deal, admit his honest administration of PWA and the Interior Department. His PWA has constructed millions of dollars worth of public improvements. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the second Roosevelt for whom Mr. Ickes has fought. He went down to what he considers a glorious defeat in the Bull Moose campaign of 1912. Whether it is to be victory or defeat in 1936, his opponents will know he has been in there fighting. CLEVER CLEVELAND PHILADELPHIA bid in the Democratic National Convention with a $200,000 check. Then it got SIOO,OOO from the WPA to repair its convention hall. Net: Philadelphia will be SIOO,OOO in the red when the Democrats hit town. Cleveland bid in the Republican National Convention with a $150,000 check. Now it plans to get $300,000 from the WPA to repair its convention hall. Net (if the latter deal goes through): Cleveland will be $150,000 in the black when the Republicans hit town. Moreover, Republicans usually have more money to spend, and this year their convention promises to be much livelier and longer than the Democrats'. A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson WHAT would you do if you had a million dollars to frivol away? My first enterprise would be the purchase of a large tract of rough land. Then I’d build a paved meandering road through it. Next, I'd fence the whole thing with chicken wire, lock the gate and go for an automobile ride. Imagine the grand sensation! Motoring is the most soothing of pastimes, under the right conditions. You relax at the wheel, and move along at a sensible speed with mind and body at ease. You lock at the scenery, sniff the outdoor odors and enjoy the hum of the engine while your thoughts go round and round with the wheels. Or, if you prefer, you can sink into a mental torpor, half waking, half sleeping, comfortable as a lizard on a rock. Think of the bliss of heading toward a corner, knowing nobody could be coming fro pi the opposite direction, or of driving on the wrong side of the road, or of speeding up and slowing down according to your whim. Such things are not possible these days to the person using the public highways or even the country lanes. He must remain in a state of constant tension. Cars whiz by at comet speed. His eyes, ears and muscles are strained. He doesn’t enjoy a drive; he manipulates a machine. A great deal of money might be made from my scheme if somebody were found to finance it. Thereare multiplied thousands of Americans who would pay for the fun of having the whole road to themselves; we might get rich just by charging so much an hour to the boys who like to use one arm for driving and the other for hugging. This is one pleasure of which progress has deprived us. Actually the only reason I ever hanker for horse -and-buggy days is the ride. *

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Squaring The Circle With THE HOOSIER EDITOR

'TT'HE Hoosier Editor, just before leaving for a cup of coffee and a sedative, would like to award to each of the following Indianapolis citizens a parasol for spring freshets; The man who walked into Criminal court and asked to be sentenced to prison so he could stop the drinking habit and was told he couldn’t be accommodated because there was no charge against him. The man who, on a subzero night, practically infested two bricks with British thermal units and placed them in his bed, where they promptly set it afire, forcing him to spend the night in his chair. The thief who, found by police in possession of two lady’s nightgowns, explained that he had bought them for a lady he had met in an alley but whose name he didn’t know. a tt tt r T''HE City Hospital patient who, when recovering from an appendectomy, walked out into the winter cold clad only in a short nightgown because he believed some one who told them they were going to repeat the operation. The five householders who refused to give the shivering fugitive shelter because they thought he was ' a ghost. The preacher who took the fugitive in, explaining that he was a minister and not afraid of ghosts. The ex-convict who explained to a municipal judge that he had had 12 diamonds removed from the front of his teeth when he entered the Indiana State Prison because he felt other prisoners would consider him too “high-toned for the big house.” The thrifty man who bought a dismantled house for $52.50 from two men who had it on a truck ana were willing to sell to the first bidder, only to find that it had been stolen from a nearby lot. tt tt tt r | ’'HE irate home owner who every A night systematically tore down the framework of a house a carpenter was trying to build in the daytime, because he and other neighbors believed the house was cheaply constructed and a discredit to the neighborhood. The thief who stole two full garbage cans from the rear of a North Side home and left an alto saxophone in their place. The bemused individual who, on a ccld, cold day, walked slowly into a North Side front yard, took off his overcoat and hat, hung them on a tree, and walked off, never to return. The woman witness in a Municipal Court trial of a back-fence dispute who, in order to impress the court that she was important, told him she had once lunched with the late King George, and that she was related to the Holsteins. tt tt tt r T''HE husband who threw a brick through a downtown store window because his estranged wife worked there and he was “mad at her.” The tavern guest who inadvertently carried away a salt shaker, returned with it, found the place closed, and tossed it in through a closed window. The indirect actionist who stole a fire engine so that he would be arrested and sent to City Hospital for a treatment to his heac because he had “severe pains in same.” The kids who dragged their sled through six inches of zero snow to a creamery and loaded on it two gallons of stolen ice cream. The lone man who, when deputies refused to arrest him, screamed and cried in front of the Marion County jail in the wee hours until they did. The witness who told a jury that some auto tires that were stolen must have been pretty heavy since each contained 60 pounds of air. OTHER OPINION A1 Smith Sincere [The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel] The Democratic New York Times calls Al Smith’s address -‘the heaviest blow which the New Deal and the Administration have suffered.” While arguing that Mr. Smith may have overstrained the point of an immediate choice between Moscow and Washington as a capital cf the United States, the Times declares that “No one can question the sincerity and simple good faith with which he clings to the fundamentals of democracy,” which have been seriously impaired and imperiled by policies adopted at Washington since March 4, 1933. Also, “the serious parts of his speech were very serious, indeed, and came from him with a ring of deep conviction.” Truly, as this important Democratic newspaper avers, “the Smith defiance is one to make the Democratic managers pale and gray.” And well in advance of Senator Robinson's attempted come-back, the Times quite accurately concluded that “To suppose that Senator Robinson can answer Mr. Smith so effectively is funnier than anything Mr. Smith, produced.” We say “accurately” after having heard the Robinson effort.

TANARUS%: ’

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, religious controversies excluded. Make w our letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to SSO words or less. Your letter must be signed, but names will be withheld on reauest.t a tt tt WE NEVER HAVE HEARD OF SUCH A LAW By D. M. Knotts I would like to know if there is any law in the United States that says a man has to pay for a job or join an organization to work. I am a disabled war veteran, willing to work and have been working, but was fired from a barber shop because I would not join a socalled “protective association.” tt tt tt MARTIAL LAW ORDER BRINGS REBUKE By A. Martin, Greenfield It always has been by understanding that Gov. McNutt was a backer of President Roosevelt’s ideas. One of Roosevelt’s ideas was better wages. Every time a group of laborers tries to get living wages what does Gov. McNutt do? He sends his pack of tin soldiers out to protect strike breakers so as to make cheaper wages. I would like to see him live on sls a week. I am talking now about the New Albany-Jeffersonville strike. I wonder if he ever stops to realize that it is these people’s taxes that help him live in luxury. Roosevelt in his Georgia speech said the common people were living on a third-class scale. It looks as though Gov. McNutt is advocating fifth or sixth-class for the laboring people. Mothers and fathers should be proud of their tin soldier sons. I have two sons and they will never be members of the National Guard and live under my roof. McNutt and his gang have shown their true colors about the laboring class of people. I hope the laboring class shows McNutt and gang what it thinks of cheap labor and martial law in the coming election. tt tt tt EXPLAINS WHY AL HAD “TUMMY” ACHE By Leßoy S. Moore, Bedford Wishing to discover to what depths a man can descend in an effort to rid himself of an oldfashion “tummy” ache, we tuned in to hear the radio speech of exGov. Smith. Many people will wonder when and how such a disorder first came upon the once-genial Governor. It is our opinion that this gastronomic ailment first seized the writhing Al when Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the Democratic nomination at Chicago. Immediately after that Al grabbed his grip and quickly departed from that convention. The radio to which we listen is

Questions and Answers

Inclose a 3-cent stamp for reply srhen 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 be undertaken. Q—How much does it cost to send a letter to Ethiopia? A—Five cents for the first ounce or fraction and three cents for each additional ounce or fraction. Q—How much gasoline was consumed in the United States in 1934? A—Total consumption was 17,220,567,000 gallons. Q —Where was President James Monroe buried? A—Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Q —Who played the role of “Renny” in the screen play “Jalna?” A—lan Hunter. Q—Why does aluminum discolor more in some communities than in others? A—Discoloration is caused largely by the iron, calcium and magnesium in the water. Q—When were heating stoves invented? A—They are said to have been

FIXING THE FIXER

cheap and faulty, but sometimes the speech came in clear as a bell. Then we could hear the fat chuckle of the capitalists and munition makers among whom the former Governor has placed his porpoiselike traveling bag. As Al resorted to the old market slang and grew nasty in his diatribe against our President, a radio singer very appropriately interfered with, “Yes, We Have No Bananas.” If Al could have heard that he would have cried out, “Fish, fish, nice fresh fish,” and offered them at bargain prices to compete with the banana man. Yes, it was a good example of a spoil-sport at his worst and conclusively proves that you can take the boy out of the market but you can't keep him from climbing back on the fish wagon. tt tt tt BLAMES F. D. R., CONGRESS FOR AAA RULING By Charles M. Knight, Morgantown Venom of partisan resentment and selfish disappointment has been spewed over the Supreme Court by Secreary Wallace, Senator Minton and others. The people should consider all sides of the controversy in placing blame for the mess brought about by AAA decision. President Roosevelt rubberstamped Congress into adopting AAA. He and Congress must have known that the Constitution did not empower them to regulate agricultural production. But Mr. Roosevelt expressed himself as unconcerned as to doubts of constitutionality of legislation, and urged Congress to take the same attitude. The whole blame for the AAA and other unconstitutional New Deal laws should be placed on the heads of the President and Congress, who deliberately adopted a program that is prohibited to the Federal government by the Constitution. If the program had been within the powers granted by the Constitution, the machinery for the AAA would not have been set up in its forbidedn form; the processing tax which was added to the price of the peoples’ food and clothing would not have been a total loss to them. Now the money is gone and the consumer is again the goat. It is not the Supreme Court’s fault that the Constitution does not conform to the AAA. It is the fault of the President and Congress that the AAA does not coliform to the Constitution. tt tt tt HAILE IS NOT TOPS, HE DECLARES By A. J. McKinnon I notice in The Times Forum that C. E. White has put Hitler, Mussolini and Father Coughlin in ths hopper, and has placed Haile Selas-

used for the first time in Alsace in 1490, but did not come into general use for heating, until three centuries later. In 1744 Benjamin Franklin invented a cast-iron open heater, which projected from the chimney and radiated heat into the room from the back and sides as well as from the front. The cast-iron box stove was 'invented in 1752. Early in the nineteenth century cylindrical sheet-iron stoves were made. About 1830 the first base-burner was put on the market in America. Q—ls the United States a republic or a democracj ? A—There is no contradiction in applying both terms republic and democracy to the United States. A democracy is a political system in which government is directly exercised or controlled by the people collectively; a government by the people as distinguished by an aristocracy. A republic is a state in which the sovereignty resides in the people and the administration is lodged in officers elected by and representing the people; a representative democracy. Q —HcAv did white potatoes get the name of Irish potatoes? A—They acquired the misnomer from the fact that the Irish were the first Europeans to recognize them as a staple food product. Potatoes are one of the leading crops of Ireland. v

sie and the League of Nations on top of the w'orld. That is news. I am afraid Mr. white’s wisdom is lacking when he thinks Haile has some of Solomon’s wisdom. Solomon was never king over a hell-hole. He produced a fine national law and moral law, something Haile Selassie knows nothing about. Haile lets every kind of vice run wild. To place this man up as the man of the hour, when he is not even the man of a minute, is really dangerous. If you had put Raskob and Al Smith in the hopper instead of Father Coughlin, you would have come nearer hitting the nail on the head. I once thought Al Smith’s words were like gold flying in all directions. But any man today could not be a deep thinker and fall for Als rugged individualism and liberty. It has such a license attached to it that you and I might just as well be shackled. There is no grievance between Father Coughlin and the President. In fact the President told us he might make mistakes. If Father Coughlin tells us of these mistakes it is not a slap at Roosevelt. Roosevelt is coming along fine if the Supreme Court would just let him alone. A few more uppercuts by the Supreme Court and we will have to tell the nine old men that our Constitution says that they have the right to interpret the law and no right to make decisions against Congress and us. TO ONE I LOVE BY JOSEPHINE DUKE MOTLEY Sometimes she wears a gingham dress, Sometimes green, silk or gray; Sometimes she frowns in great distress, Sometimes she’s bright and gay. But always she is good to me And this is what I know The very best of pals are we And always have been so. She’s one possession that I prize Above any other. And if you’re quick to analyze You’ll know she’s my mother. DAILY THOUGHT Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.—lsaiah xxvi, 2. TRUTH is always congruous and agree with itself; every truth in the universe agrees with all others. —Daniel Webster.

SIDE GLANCES

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3, 1936

Your... Health By DR. .morris fishbein

WHEN your child refuses food, it does not always mean that he has lost his appetite. Remember, that a child's appetite is much more delicate and sensitive than that of a grown-up. One youngster may eat everything, while another may be hungry and yet refuse food. Occasionally, a refusal to eat may be traced to psychological disturbances. Thus, a child may drink his orange juice and then absolutely refuse cereal. Sometimes he may refuse because the edge of his appetite has been dulled. Again, a child who has been spoon-fed by a nurse may refuse to eat by himself. In many cases such balking at food may prove serious. If he is malnourished, a child is more likely to become ill. A youngster of the neurotic type may take food under pressure, and promptly vomit it. While the treatment for this condition is largely psychological, physical defects should be sought. Thus, if he has infected tonsils or adenoids, or frequent sore throat, the child will find eating difficult. Or he may have an inherent susceptibility to certain foods, and a tendency to have pains and eruptions after eating them. Without understanding why, he may therefore push away his food to avoid the disagreeable after-effects. o tt tt IF a child’s digestion is always upset, he is quite certain to avoid food. A child who is tired is not hungry, and it should be remembered that he can be exhausted just as much by being nagged and driven to eat as he can by too much play. Another frequent cause for loss of appetite is frequent eating between meals. An interesting fact in this connection is that children of rich people are more likely to have weak appetites than are those of the poor. A special study, for instance, revealed that 35 of 100 children from wealthy families were found to be hungry, and the remainder had to be urged or coaxed to eat. On the other hand, 62 of 10Q, poor children were found to be hungry at every meal and only 38 had to be urged to take food. In the homes of the poor, the food is put on the plate, and the family need not urge the child to eat. The youngster does this as a matter of course. All of which seems to prove that overfeeding and luxurious feeding destroy the appetite.

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

THE secretary of a women’s club asks me to give a list of 10 or 12 books of popular science suitable for a season’s reading program. On the assumption that other clubs or reading circles, both men and women may be interested in a similar project, I shall give the list here. Astronomy is an attractive science, appealing to the imagination and the sence of the romantic, and so I shall suggest this as a good place to begin. Therefore my first item is Prof. F. R. Moulton’s new book of popular astronomy, “Consider the Heavens.” (Doubleday-Doran.) A briefer astronomy, ith less literary embellishment is “Worlds Without End,” by Dr. H. Spencer Jones, the astronomer royal of Great Britain. (Macmillan.) Those wishing to pursue that branch of astronomy which cuts across the cosmic phenomena affecting the earth, sunspots, cosmic rays, magnetic storms, etc., will find this newest branch ably discussed by Dr. Harlan Stetson of Harvard University in “Earth, Radio and the Stars.” (Whittlesey House.) u u n BY now our club members may have gained sufficient courage to plunge into the new world of the atom-quantum theory, relativity wave mechanics and the like. There is a wealth of material from which to choose in this field. I would suggest that we begin with Sir James Jeans’ “The New Background of Science.” (Macmillan.) This can be followed with Sir William Braggs’ “The Universe of Light” (Macmillan), and Sir Arthur Eddington’s “New Pathways in Science” (Macmillan). The reader wishing to make an easier entry in this realm might start with J. W. N. Sullivan’s extremely simple “Science, a New Outline” (Nelson).

By George Clark