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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1936. DISGUISED GAG 'T'HE Supreme Court unanimously decides against the late Huey Long's punitive tax on newspapers of more than 20,000 circulation. The decision, read by Justice Sutherland, held this tax an invasion of the guarantee of a free press. That tax, the court said, is bad not because of its revenue features, but because, “in light of its history and its present setting, it is seen to be a deliberate and calculated device in the guise of a tax to limit the circulation of information to which the public is entitled in virtue of the constitutional guarantees.” “A free press,” the decision continued, “stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.” Such taxes are “taxes or knowledge," and “since informed public opinion is the most potent of all restraints upon misgovernment, the suppression or abridgement of the publicity afforded by a free press can not be regarded otherwise than with grave concern.” The court’s unanimous action contrasts happily with the minority opinion in the 1931 Minnesota “gag law” case, in which the minority of four—Sutherland, Butler, Vandevanter and Mcßeynolds—voted to uphold the gag law. NRA’S POT OF GOLD 17 ARLY in the days of the New Deal's most gigantie. effort, Donald A. Richberg, addressing the New York Merchants’ Association, said: “II this adventure should fail, it will not be a failure of government; it will be the failure of an industrial system which the Industrial Recovery Act seeks to improve in order that its values may be preserved. It will mean, either that the system is fundamentally unsound, or that the present managers of private industry are incapable of operating it successfully.” Now, with NRA in limbo, Mr. Richberg. NRA coauthor, general counsel and administrative chief, has written “The Rainbow” (Doubleday Doran), telling the administrative and psychological history of that phenomenon and tentatively proposing the next steps in industrial self-goverment. It is a well written and at times exciting story of NRA from the inside. It is also a serious analysis of the ailments of our industrial system, not only as shown in the frenzied two years of NRA, but against the broader background of labor and management troubles which the author knows so well. Mr. Richberg is an industrial democrat who rejects the anarchy of complete laissez faire as well as the totalitarian state. He favors the complicated and difficult system of democracy, which needs discipline and leadership to attain both economic and personal liberties. He thinks NRA started out that way, but was pushed too fast and too far—partly by its administrative leadership, but more by the industrial leaders who sought to use codes to control and dominate. His book is a plea for industrial management to learn to co-operate, not to fix prices or maintain a scarcity economy, but to eliminate intolerable labor conditions and dishonest practices. He outlines a proposed act of Congress to allow business to do these things within the Schechter decision, and to forbid under the Federal Trade Commission the monopolistic controls which business sought, and obtained in some cases, in the ill-fated codes. Slightly contradictory, however, is his retrospective observation that America as a whole did not want to reform business, but only to recover to the point where it could have a good time again. His own narrative shows that overbearing pressure groups forced the codes too far and too fast. His chapters on NRA's labor experiences will arouse labor criticism. He praises the industrial union leaders who used the impetus of 7A to make their unions powerful and strong, but he objects strenuously to labor’s efforts to get NRA to enforce upon the employers the Labor Boards’ codes of good behavior in worker-employer relations. It is a book without villains or heroes, but the readers will find clear indications of Richberg's attempts during the first year to restrain Gen. Johnson’s expansive steps, and his later efforts frustrated by the Nye-Borah group in Congress, to revise NIRA to meet the critical situation. His discussion of the Federal commerce power in relation to the Schechter case is one of the most reasonable and logical presented since that fateful decision of last May 27. PEACE IN THE AMERICAS A FEW years ago when United States Marines were -C*- used as a private police force for our business interests in Carribbean and Central American countries. the people of Latin America feared and despised Uncle Sam as the tyrant of the North. At one time the United States almost went to war with Mexico in a dispute involving the internal policies of Nicaragua. The Monroe Doctrine, enunciated 113 years ago as a warning to imperialistic-minded European powers to keep hands off the free peoples of this continent, had been twisted into Theodore Roosevelt's “big stick” policy, President Taft’s and Secretary Knox’ “dollar diplomacy,” President Wilson's paternalism, and President Coolidge's unlimited protection abroad. Pan-Americanism was at a low ebb. A change for the better started when Dwight Morrow went as ambassador to Mexico City, taking with him a spirit of good will and understanding. Further improvements in our Latin Americar relations came with President Hoover’s start in withdrawing Marines. But the most rapid strides have been under President Roosevelt's “good neighbor” policy. The Platt Amendment, which gave the United States the legal right to Intercede in Cuba, was abolished. Secretary Hull made friends at the Montevideo conference. And his subsequent strict adherence to a nonintervention policy and respectful dealings with Latin American representatives on all problems have helped to soothe righteous resentments south of the Rio Grande. So It is In an auspicious setting that the proposal is made for a peace conference of American nations, The United Statec can sit down at the ta£>le as an equal, not a bully, and co-operate with sister repub-

lies in working for solution of mutual problems of this hemisphere—where fortunately, as President Roosevelt said in his recent message on the state of the nation, “There is neither war. nor rumor of war, nor desire for war.” THE CIVIL SERVICE ISSUE TT7HEN Republicans controlled Congiess, Demo- * ’ crats opposed putting all postmasters under civil service. With Democrats in control, Republicans now object to this reform. Some congressmen, who object to making “a dozen enemies for every friend” whenever they designate a postmaster, would like to have the system changed to one based solely on merit. There are 25,000 such postmasters of first, second and third classes. The 20,000 fourth-class postmasters, In smaller towns, are governed by the merit system. The Constitution provides for the President to do the appointing. And the Civil Service Law provides for competitive examinations to select eligible candidates, but under Republican and Democratic practice alike the Representatives and Senators of the majority party, or local party bosses, pick from the list of eligibles. Senator George W. Norris (R., Neb.), in an attack on a Wyoming appointment of the lowest-graded among several eligible candidates, has reopened the whole question, and may be able to force action by Congress or by the President to restore the Woodrow Wilson system, which was to appoint the candidate who passed the civil service examination with the best grade. In the House, where the Ramspeck bill to put these postmasters under civil service has been brought up twice in a month, objections by Rep. Ransley (R., Pa.), ranking minority member of the rules committee, have prevented its passage. In the Senate, Chairman Kenneth D. McKellar (D., Tenn.) of the postoffice committee objected to the Norris proposal and said that members of Congress should have full responsibility for such appointments. At present, these postmasters serve four-year terms. The Democrats are about ready now to support a bill such as that by Rep. Ramspeck (D., Ga.), which would give all incumbent postmasters a good opportunity to extend their jobs to life terms—during good behavior at least. The Ramspeck bill provides that present postmasters could qualify for civil service status by passing a non-:ompetitive examination. Thereafter, when a vacancy occurred, a competitive examination would be held and the highest candidate appointed. Opponents say this is unfair to Republican candidates. Senator Norris told the Senate that when the Labor Party took over the government of Great Britain, less than 100 jobs changed hands, under that nation’s complete civil service system. President Wilson’s rule requiring appointment of the highest candidate remedied the whole evil by a mere executive order, Senator David I. Walsh (D., Mass.) pointed out. The Ramspeck bill in the House is stymied unless the rules committee brings out a resolution for its consideration, and the similar O'Mahoney bill in the Senate is still before the committee headed by the antagonistic McKellar. This reform is long overdue. SIXTY GRAND—POOH! TJ EADING the American Liberty League’s handouts on the New Deal, one gets the impression that the country is rapidly going to the dogs. But we have a hunch that even the long, professionally sad face of Jouett Shouse lighted with a smile at news that E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Cos. closed its books for 1935 with a net income of $62,085,410 —up 40 per cent over the net income for the previous year. Maybe even more than 12 du Ponts can get off to attend the next Liberty League banquet. And maybe—perish not, oh happy thought!—Jouett can get a raise. After all, what kind of compensation is $36,000 salary plus $24,000 expense allowance to a man whose job it is to sing a dirge to the tune of such lilting statistics? LEISURE Tj'Oß some reason or other not particularly •U relevant, Mr. J. P. Morgan’s remarks about civilization’s dependence on the leisure class recall the story about the once-rich English lord. Income taxes and other things had brought him to a fiscal condition which caused worried creditors to call at his country estate and examine his household budget. They found, among other costly luxuries, an especially elaborate kitchen. So they recommended that the peer save money by dismissing the first and second assistant chefs and a couple of scullery attendants. “But I say,” said the Englishman, “one has to have a bite to eat, doesn't he?” A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson TIME S about up in Canada’s baby race. The deadline falls on Oct. 21, 1936, after which the winner is to be announced. When Charles Vance Millar, rich eccentric, included in his will a legacy of half a million dollars for the woman who produced the most children in 10 years, six entered the contest. This unique way of getting a fortune has made interesting reading for some time. lam glad that Pictorial Review has sent Sylvia Grace to Toronto, however, so we may have the real lowdown. She gives us in the current issue what we ought to know about it—the mother's point of view. From that angle the story is less amusing. By the time you've had 23 children, as Mrs. Bagnato has, for instance, your spirit is a little low and you're not good at sprightly repartee. All these women are spent with child bearing and with trying to feed too many mouths. Multiplied millions never could repay them for years of drudgery, suffering and terror. And only one of them will eventually get the money while five are doomed to disappointment. The story of the six mothers is a sordid one. That of their children remains to be told. It will be more sordid still. Nothing in medieval legends, filled as they may be with superstitions and injustices, can equal this saga of modern degradation of which 58 children, some happily dead, have been made the victims. Most of them were bom while their parents were on relief rolls. All entered the world upon scenes of abject poverty. Not one has had the right care or the right food or will havt the right preparation for life. Do they not have cause to feel ingratitude to their parents? Are they not justified in cursing a social order which permits such things? The circumstances of their birth are more spectacular, but the same thing goes on all the time on the American side. Thousands of babies are born each year to just such poverty and to just such casual parents. Some day other civilizations will regard our irrespoi jsible attitude toward giving life with as much horror as we regard the irresponsible attitude toward taking it. )

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

Squaring The Circle With THE HOOSIER EDITOR

MATSON'S little blaci cocker spaniel puppy gets lonesome when no one's there but the maid, Hazel. Especially, once n a while, when she goes into the front of the house- and closes a door inadvertently, leaving him in the rear of the house. He generally just prowls around then. That is, he did just prowl until the other day when he found that by sitting on a little bump under the breakfast table he caused a buzzer to buzz. This entranced him so much that now every time Hazel leaves him to himself in the rear of the house, he paddles over to the buzzer, sits on it, and waits to see what happens. Hazel comes in and lifts him off of it. He’s been doing all right lately. tt t> tt A FELLOW CITIZEN: Young—perhaps 27 or 28—he boarejed a car way out E. Washington-st at about 6 in the morning. He was smoothly shaven, neatly dressed and was carrying a traveling bag and a cornet case. He stepped on the car first, ahead of 'three others. He shuffled his bags and finally got to a pocket below the overcoat, pulled out a bill, got his change, put it back into his pocket and adjusted his coat. Then he went on to the back of the car. Once on the way his cornet case banged a lady’s arm, but he didn’t notice it. She appeared not to. He sat down in the second from the last seat on the right side of the car. He put his two bags on the seat beside him and settled back. On the rear crescent seat a man was smoking. In the seat ahead of him a woman sat. On the seat behind him a man sat, reading a paper. a a a npHE young man lifted his powA dered nose in the air and sniffed smoke. He turned and fussed with the window. He raised it, putting a gale of near-zero wind on the woman’s neck, and catching the man behind unaware with his overcoat opened. The woman turned around. He blushed. “There’s a man smoking, you know,” he explained. She said, “Oh.” The man behind quickly moved across the aisle. The young man lowered the window. Nearer town the car filled and two women were standing up front. He did not move to clear the seat beside him of the grips. He left the car at Washington and Meridian-sts. Bouncing off the car, he swung north on Meridian, rather jauntily. tt tt tt 'TPHE right front fender of Indiana State Police safety car No. 1 is banged and has an ugly rusty wound showing through the otherwise chaste white of the car. .. . The Marines may have landed at the Riverside Golf Clubhouse, but it remains for Val McLeay, secretary-engineer of the City Plan Commission, to have the situation well in hand. He's also president of the club and soldiers are not one of his major enthusiasms. They can't drill on the second floor, he says. tt tt u T)ROGRAM note: In a book published in the early 1850s, this advertisement appears for the Academy of Music, then situated at the southeast corner of Illinois and Ohio-sts: “This is one of the most complete theatrical halls in the western country and is open every season with a first-class dramatic company. “Every attention paid to comfort of guests. A vigilant police guard always on duty.” OTHER OPINION [Richmond Palladium] Minton's Mistake . .United States Senator Sherman Minton, in declining to support the Liberty League upon receipt of an invitation from John J. Raskob, can not get A1 Smith’s speech out of his mind while writing his refusal. He charges both Raskob and Smith with running out on their “gang,” and asks in reference to Smith’s address; “How would that speech have sounded down under the Brooklyn Bridge, made to the boys and girls from the sidewalks of New York, especially if he had told them the rest of the story, that to have balanced the budget would have taken from them their last crust of bread?” Not every person believes that providing relief automatically means an unbalanced budget. it may serve as a good excuse, but few persons are fooled into support of an unbalanced budget because the unemployed need governmental aid. Most of the millions spent as an “emergency” have failed to bring more than a temporary and small increase in employment. Locf.l taxing units have contributed heavily through the depression years to provide for their own unfortunates—and at the same time have kept local budgets close to normal. Extravagant spending can not be charged against the poor. Much of our deficit is due to unwise experimenting and unsound financing.

IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST OF FAMILIES

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The Hoosier Forum

<Times renters are invited to cxvress their views in these columns . rcliaious controversies excluded. Make vour 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 tt tt tt HOPES LIFE SPAN WILL BE LENGTHENED By David Horn Why is it that when a person is murdered the news is flashed at once in first page newspaper headlines, while the same newspapers do not print a word about the total number of persons who are being murdered every day by starvation, hunger, destitution, misery and despair? In the long run, are a mortal’s chances of going to heaven in any way affected by the particular conditions under which he meets his death? If it is justifiable, after all, for society to spend millions of dollars, if need be, for apprehending and punishing somebody who killed but one person, how much money and energy would it be worth spending in order to discover and bring to justice that monster who kills 95 per cent of those who die? The vast majority of us, surely, do not apparently live “three score and ten.” There appears to be no reason why a certain Turk was reported a few years ago to be over 160 years of age while the vast majority should die from disease rather than mere old age. If one person can manage to attain old age, is there any reason why the majority of the rest could not? Editor’s note: All available statistics show a constantly increasing life span for a man. tt tt tt PROTESTS APPOINTMENT OF MICHIGAN MAN By John G. Vetter, McCordsville Just a few lines to criticise the appointment of Leon C. Coller of Grand Rapids, Mich., to succeed A1 G. Feeney as milk administrator. I do not object to the man personally because I don't know him. But having spent five years in Michigan, I know the feelings there for anybody who comes from outstate. It would seem that Indiana has smart men who could fill this, v a -

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cancy without importation. Michigan, with its Canadian population, calls all people born elsewhere foreigners, and treats them accordingly. The following is a quotation of an article published in the Detroit Times: “Work for Only “It is highly important for all America to know that when Detroit automobile factories resume fulltime operations, Detroit workers will get first call. They will be put back to work before a single outsider is hired by any factory.” There is more, but no doubt you have seen this article, so I won’t bore you. Let some Indiana man be suggested to fill a vacancy in any one Michigan city and the whole state’s wrath would be aroused to prevent his appointment. So I say, Indiana iobs for Indiana people and let the importations alone. tt tt tt HE THINKS OLD AMERICAN SPIRIT IS NEEDED By Norman E. Steele Hiram Lackey expressed his disgust of the recent Supreme Court AAA decision in The Times on Jan. 23. I heartily approve his attitude in calling on the American spirit. It is about time we showed some of it. I am not a farmer, but I have worked on farms and can fully appreciate some of the farmers’ problems and realize the inter-de-pendence of farm and city. Why elect a President and Congress to carry out the will of the people if a minority of nine can can scrap any legislation it sees fit? The Constitution was written to guarantee the right of the people to express their will through Congress and the President. Therefore, let us make our will known to our Congressmen, asking them not only to devise new farm legislation, but to create a way by which the people can have a voice as to the constitutionality of such important legislation. All of us are responsible for the kind of government we tolerate. Our action or inaction on this matter wili decide the trend of decisions yet to come. If the Supreme Court can scrap

rarely found away from the swamps or open water. It has no direct connection with the ground. It sometimes smothers out trees on which it grows. Q —Which is correct, the pencil is lying or laying on the table? A—Lying is correct. Q —What does the name Elmira mean? A—lt comes from the Latin and means “the wonderful one.’’ Q—What were Toby jugs? A—Pottery jugs fashioned in the Eighteenth century in England. They were shaped like stout old men with three-cornered hats. Q —ls there any danger of a cat sucking the breath of a baby if left in the room alone with the child? A—Cats do not suck the breath o£ children. The cat is one of the daintiest animals and likes a soft, clean place to sleep. If the baby is lying in a crib or carriage, a cat might jump up and try to find a place beside the infant, and if the crib or bed is narrow, the cat might lie directly on the child and smother a baby by its relatively greater weight. If a pet cat has a basket with a pillow in which it has been taught to sleep, there is little likelihood that it will he on the baby’s bed or carriage. Q —How did Huey Long get his nickname “Kin gash”? A—He called himself “Kingfish” because he was the big political boss in Louisiana. Q—Who is the author of the nursery song. “Rock-a-by Baby on a Tree Top”? A—lt is a very eld British nursery song of unknown origin.

the AAA, it is plain that it can, and will—unless we act now—scrap any legislation that does not suit the heads of the corporations and monopolists. whose interests these six justices always had at heart. tt a tt SUGGESTS SELLING FARMS TO UNEMPLOYED By H. V. Allison The Happy Brown Derby Warrior is fading into oblivion by fighting the principles he advocated for years. And the outburst on the President and the New Deal shows he overlooked the progress made in the recovery in business, banking and relief. Too, he failed to offer any plan to take the place of the New Deal. The Liberty League would be a Raw Deal for the common people. The President has tried to help all. In so doing he has been misled by incompetent aides on many plans. A great mistake is curtailing and destroying crops and paying the farmer not to till his ground. Farm product prices are mounting to a prohibitive price, paving the way to disaster should we have another drought equal to last year. The New Deal took over a wreck when it got control of the government. It took quick action. There were mistakes, due to expensive relief. With business of normal oi better it is time to find a place for the worthy unemployed who are destitute by no fault of their own. That place can be found in the rural districts. Instead of retiring the land, make it posible to buy small farms with government aid and the problem will be solved. ANSWER BY HARRIETT SCOTT OLINICK Old houses bruise me with their weight Os sorrow, lifted high. Their chimneys are sharp pain against A murky twilight sky. They seem to know the answering To all futility. They wait in mutely grave aspect Their long humility. DAILY THOUGHT They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.—St. Matthew 20:33. EACH one sees what he carries in his heart.—Goethe.

SIDE GLANCES

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Your... Health By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Tj Y THE time a child is three, It -U* will begirt to eat almost any food eaten by grownups, but he must avoid certain foods which, if taken in excessive amounts, will cause difficulty. Foods cooked with a great deal of grease or fat, food too highly seasoned with spices and pepper, excessive amounts of nuts and candy, and stimulants like coffee or tea, are bad not only for children but also for grownups It Is much more difficult to feed an older child than it is the younger ones. A child from three to six years of age begins to have a mind of his own. At this time his parents must exercise real authority to make certain that he gets enough of the foods essential to health and growth. Particularly, these include sufficient amounts of calcium and iron. Remember that milk contains a great deal of calcium; as do cheese and vegetables. Iron is present particularly in the leafy green vegetables. but mostly in substances like liver and lamb's kidney. Whole liver is most valuable of all. It is possible to prepare this for children by grinding and making a liver paste, which, with suitable seasoning, makes excellent sandwiches. tt a BY the time your child is entering nursery school and kindergarten, he will begin to eat away from home. His first meal of the day—breakfast—is then of the utmost importance. If he walks any distance at all to school and then plays around for a few hours, your youngster naturally will burn up a great deal of energy. He should, therefore, be given an adequate breakfast and perhaps eggs as well. Fresh fruits may include oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, melon, pears, bananas and pineapple. Cooked fruits may be baked apple, apple sauce, stewed prunes, stewed figs, cooked pears or apricots. All of these are important in the vitamin and mineral salts which they provide. The cereals which are useful chiefly for giving energy include not only the whole-grain cereals, but also the prepared The whole-grain cereals help to provide vitamins and mineral salts, as well as carbohydrates. Moreover, cereals usually are served with milk and with cream, which provide additional calcium and vitamins. Waffles and pancakes may be eaten occasionally, but should not be regular diet for the growing child.

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

THE heaviest known star in the universe has been discovered by Dr. Sergei I. Gaposchkin of the Harvard College Observatory. The star, known as “29 Canis Majoris,” is 40.000,000 times as heavy as the earth and 70 times as heavy as the sun. The star gets its name from the fact that it is star 29 in the constellation of Canis Major. This constellation contains Sirius, the dogstar. No. 29 is a brilliant white star a little below Sirius. In addition to being the heaviest known star, it is one of ’lie hottest. Its distance from the earth is 20,000 light years, a light year being six trillion miles. Dr. Gaposchkin’s discovery comes only a few weeks after Dr. G. P. Kuiper announced the discovery of the smallest known star in the universe. It is a white dwarf star with a diameter one-half that of the earth, a diameter of 4000 miles. Astronomers have known for many years what, is apparently the largest star in the universe, namely Antares, the red giant star in the constellation of Scorpio. It has a diameter so 415,000,000 miles. tt tt tt STARS do not exhibit anything like the range in mass or weight that they do in diameter. Consequently, Antares is a big balloon, composed of gases much thinner than the earth’s atmosphere, whereas the atoms are packed so tightly in Kuiper’s dwarf star that it is estimated that a cubic inch of the star would weight 620 tons. Dr. Gaposchkin has also established the fact that “29 Canis Majoris” is a double star. Asa matter of fact, it was this discovery which enabled him to compute the mass or w’eight of the star since it is possible to do this only in the case of double stars.

By George Clark