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TUESDAY. MARCH 10. 1936. LEST THEY HANG SEPARATELY "D AILROAD labor groups have been standing on one side and railroad management groups on the other, both using political pressure on Congress to solve their common problems. This nas been true through many sessions, and yet neither side is satisfied with the legislative grist which has issued—more liberal bankruptcy procedure. provisions for consolidations and reorganizations and economies, and protection for labor’s rights. Now President Roosevelt suggests to the leaders of both groups that they cease this folly and try to settle their own differences. The railroad industry for a long time had a practical monopoly of the nation's transportation business. And skilled railroad workers, through superior organization, built up for themselves wage and working standards befitting “the aristocrats of labor.” But today the railroads are a beleaguered industry, and far from a monopoly. Motor trucks, motor busses, airplanes and inland water carriers have made and continue to make costly competitive raids on rail traffic. The rate yardstick, “all the traffic will bear,” no longer means what it did under monopolistic conditions. To recapture pre-eminende in the transportation field, the railroads need to eliminate costly duplicating services and effect other economies, reduce rates and put their financial affairs on a sound basis so they can raise new capital to modernize equipment. The workers, whose numerical strength already has been pared down by the depression and the railroads’ loss of business, properly demand that all this reorganization not be effected at their expense. So they prevail upon Congress to protect their jobs by law. Congress did this under an emergency transportation law which will expire in a few weeks. The workers ask that all of these safeguards and many more be written into anew law. And the railroad operators, who contended the emergency act’s labor provision was too onerous, are adamant against any extension or enlargement. Meanwhile competitors are still going after the business which is robbing the railroads of profits and the rail workers of jobs. , The President has merely reminded railroad management and labor of the first law of nature—selfpreservation. SHARPER THAN A SERPENT S TOOTH CET a vacant chair and drop a not-too-bitter tear for one of America’s oldest, most familiar campaign year figures. The tariff, apparently, will not be present for the 1936 voting festivities. In the old log-rolling days when the tariff meant rich prizes for the ins, bitter medicine for the outs, no campaign was complete without it. Reciprocal trade agreements with their attention to economic facts and their disregard of domestic political demands have changed all that. But there is still another reason why the tariff will not be talked about in this year of business discontent. The Roosevelt trade agreements are proving to be good for business. And the opposition's 1936 campaign strategy requires that if nothing evil can be said alout a government policy, it should be ignored. Figures just tabulated show what happened to business during January, the first month in which the Canadian Treaty was in effect. They disclose that exports went up 15 per cent, imports 14 per cent. Hard-pressed manufacturers of machinery and electrical equipment—heavy goods industries about which so much has been said—got most of the benefits, though Southc-n fruit growers came in for a fair share. Four other trade agreements were in effect during all or part of 1935. Our exports to Belgium increased 31 per cent, to Haiti 17 per cent, and to Sweden 16 per cent, while exports to Cuba were 140 per cent greater than in 1933, 80 per cent greater than in 1934. Many of the men profiting by these agreements will not favor Roosevelt's re-election. They will rely on the probability that any man elected in 1936 will continue this eminently successful policy. The moral is one King learned many years ago. AN INVESTMENT GOES KAFLOOEY HERE is a simply story, involving certain of the facts of life, that speaks for itself. A letter from a friend: “Once upon a time I had an installment account with a broker through which I tried to save a little money by buying some good, safe bonds for investment purposes only. “Among them was a SSOO bond of the Associated Telephone Utilities Cos., a Delaware corporation, particularly recommended for widows and orphans and others who want to take no chances with their money. “Along came the depression and the Associated Telephone Cos. folded up. “Eventually I deposited my bond with a reorganization committee and received a certificate of deposit—all that I now have to show for the SSOO. m m m “T~'XCEPT that I am on the mailing list and regularly receive impressive looking document with seals and court headings and other official designations to let me know’ that neither the trustees nor the reorganization committee nor the receivers nor the Federal courts have forgotten me. “I am inclosing herewith the latest literature re-ceived-showing the allowance of $480,296.72 legal fees and expenses, together with notification of a meeting at which the trustee will file his final report and be made further allowances. "I think this list of fees—and the purposes for which they are allowed—would make an interesting story. You will notice there are allowances for receivers, trustees, reorganization committee, general counsel to the trustee, special counsel to the trustee, general counsel to the receivers, special counsel to the receivers, counsel to the reorganization committee, successor trustee under the debtors’ note, counsel to the debtor, successor trustee under the debtor's debenture, counsel to the trustees under the debtor's indenture, etc., etc., etc. “Just the story of a small bondholder and the * mail ne gets after his investment goes kafkx&y. This

mall, incidentally, has contained numerous long, printed briefs and books. ana needn't bother returning this to me—l have already gotten my SSOO worth.” Inclosed list of payments made: 1. William J. Wardall, New York. N. Y. (a; For services rendered in these proceedings as trustee of the debtor’s estate. $53,p00.00; less $30,000.00. amount heretofore received $23,000.00 (b) Award made in the receivership proceedings for services as one of the receivers, $29,500.00; less $9,500.00, amount heretofore received 20,000.00 2. Burlingame, Nourse & Pettit, New York, N. Y. services rendered as general counsel to the trustee herein $30,000.00 Expenses and disbursements 853.24 3. Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York, N. Y. (a) For services rendered as special counsel to the trustee herein $40,000.00 Expenses and disbursements 1,608.65 (b) Award made in the receivership proceedings for services as general counsel to the receivers 60,000.00 Expenses and disbursements (in addition to $586.95 theretofore allowed and paid in the receivership proceedings 9.31 4. Chapman & Cutler, Chicago, 111. (a) For services rendered, as special counsel to the trustee herein $ 3,150.00 (b) Award made in the receivership proceedings for services ap special counsel to the receivers ...T 3,000.00 5. Milbank, Tweed, Hope &; Webb, New York, N. Y. For services rendered as special counsel to the reorganization committee $100,000.00 Expenses and disbursement (in addition to expenses aggregating $2,245.86 heretofore allowed and paid) 551.98 6. Debevoise. Stevencon & Plimpton, New York, N. Y. For services rendered as counsel to the debtor $ 2,500.00 Expenses and disbursements 11.05 . 7. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Cos. of Chicago, Chicago, 111. For services rendered as successor trustee under the debtor’s note indenture dated April 1, 1934 $ 2,517.31 Expenses and disbursements 14.10 8. Continental National Bank and Trust Cos. of Chicago, Chicago, 111. For services rendered as successor trustee under the debtor’s debenture indenture dated Sept. 1, 1926 $ 5,798.24 9. Jenkins & Carpenter, New York. N. Y. Fur services rendered as counsel to the trustees under the debtor’s said indenture dated April 1, 1931, and Sept. 1. 1926 $ 4,765.00 Expenses and disbursements 35.45 10. Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago, 111. For services rendered as counsel to the trustees under the debtor’s said indentures dated April 1, 1931 and Sept. 1, 1926 $ 5,500.00 Expenses and disbursements 36.10 11. Peter B. Olney Jr., New York, N. Y. For services as special master appointed in these proceedings $ 1,000.00 12. Christopher L. Ward Jr., Wilmington, Del. Award made in the receivership proceedings for services as one of the receivers $12,500.00 Expenses and disbursements 44.09 13. Clarence A. Southerland, Wilmington, Del. Award made in the receivership proceedings for services as general counsel to the receivers $20,000.00 Expenses and disbursements 215.48 14. Arthur Andersen & Cos., New York, N. Y. Award made in the receivership proceedings for services rendered as auditors to the receivers $ 7,353.83 15. The Register in Chancery in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County. Award made in the receivership proceedings as costs $ 2,037.34 16. R. G. Page, on behalf of himself as chairman of the reorganization committee under the above described plan and agreement or reorganization of the debtor and on behalf of said reorganization committee. For services rendered as chairman of said reorganization committee $25,000.00 For expenses and disbursements as such chairman 308.45 For certain unpaid obligations of said reorganization committee (in addition to expenses aggregating $84,4590.63 heretofore allowed) 8,280.85 17. Bankers Trust Cos., on behalf of itself as Depositary and the three sub-depositaries under said plan and agreement of reqrganization, Bankers Trust Cos., New York, N. Y. For services as depositary $40,631.53 Expenses and disbursements 1,535.47 The National Rockland Bank of Boston, Boston, Mass. For services as sub-depositary $ 3,416.97 Expenses and disbursements 353.58 The First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, 111. For services as sub-depositary $ 6,743.40 Expenses and disbursements 375.20 Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, San Francisco, Cal. For services as sub-depositary $ 7,039.51 Expenses and disbursements 610.83 “SAME THE WHOLE WORLD OVER” 'yy'HEN the Democrats were busy ousting President Hoover, they denounced the Republican regime as “bureaucratic." Now, G. O. P. orators ridicule the New Deal “bureaucrats.” In far off Norway, Leon Trotsky, the old Bolshevik exile, wails that the Soviet government of Stalin is a ' bureaucracy." All of which prompts us to suggest that the lexicographers the world over can save a lot of space in the “Bs." Why bother with a painstaking explanation that a bureau is an instrumentality of government? Just bow to universal common usage, and lump bureaucrat ar t all derivations therefrom under one definition: What the political outs call the political ins. FROM THE RECORD QENATOR ROBINSON (D., Ark.): Does the Senator maintain that the United States is not in a better position now than it was during the latter part of the Hoover Administration ending March 4, 1933? . Senator Dickinson (R., la.>: Personally, I think we are in a much more dangerous situation, because fi we have had a debt imposed on us that future generations will never be able to pay. . . . Senator Robinson: If the people . . . believe the Senator from lowa is correct, it logically means not the elevation to power of my good friend, my first choice for the Republican nomination, the Senator from lowa (laughter), nor the elevation of my second choice for the Republican nomination, the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Vandenberg), it means the re-election of Mr. Hoover. Senator Dickinson (R., Ia.): Mr. President, of course if it be any consolation to the senior Senator from Arkansas, I shall be glad to obtain a review of my legislative record and present it to him to read at his leisure . . . Senator Robinson tD., Ark): I am already too familiiar with the Senator’s record to derive any pleasure from reading it as a whole (laughter). REP. HAMLIN (D., Me.): Judging from reports from the cities a week ago, Biddeford increas’•g Its normal Democratic majority by about 3000, and Lewiston going abnormally Democratic by 9000, Maine will go more strongly Democratic than she did three years ago, and why clioukl she not? (Ap-

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THE father of six went to pay his Federal Income tax yesterday and made out a list of his children. He handed the return blank to a clerk. “How many children did you say you had?” the clerk asked. “Six.” “Well, you’ve only got the names of five down.” The father took the paper, counted them over and over and could make only five. But try as he could not think of the sixth name. He was just about to call his wife when he remembered little Jimmy. a a a THIS column today received from the World Calendar Association. New York City, a message that started with this line: “In view of the impending arrival of Feb. 29 on its once-in-four-years visit . . .” What kind of timing is that for a world calendar association? The article goes on to advocate a change in the world calendar that would eliminate leap year, add a day after Dec. 30 and call It December Y, and add a day after July 31 every four years and call it July L. That’s as far as I'd gotten at press time. a a a Legislative note: The proposed welfare bill would leave intact the state anatomical board, which is pretty important even if you haven’t heard of it. It regulates the distribution of unclaimed bodies in the state to the incorporated medical and dental schools proportionately to their student enrollment. The bodies are used for scientific study. Any one who dies and whose body is not claimed by a relative goes to the board. That is, all but one, specifically selected of all the unknown and unclaimed for burial at the expense of the stats. That person is the traveler who, according to the law, does not “belong to the class commonly known as tramps.” a a a MOST legislators claim they can not live in Indianapolis during sessions on the $lO a day the state pays them. They point to hotel, taxi, phone, entertainment, and personal service expenses. One younger member, however, said he and his wife both attend and that they manage to save $4 to $5 a day. Rep. Herbert H. Evans, Newcastle, says most of it goes for personal bills and what’s left to buy dinners for visiting Henry County constituents. ana I DON’T know what to make of it, but on Feb. 18, 1873. the Indianapolis common council elected a wood measurer. A days later it passed this resolution: “That the city janitor hang cotton cloth, so placed as to close the opening between the council chambers and the public gallery for the purpose of ascertaining whether it will improve the acoustics of said chamber.” THE deadly hemlock weed which Socrates drank by request to end his life, is becoming very common in some sections of Indiana, the Conservation Department reports. All parts of the plant are poisonous to man or beast if taken internally. It is believed that several cows have had Socratic deaths, and farmers are warned. a a a A DD trivia: -ua. . The wood of the persimmon tree is used, among other things, to make loom shuttles and golf club heads. There’s a versatility! So that this item will measure favorably with others, it might as well be recorded that Indiana’s official coldest was 33 below zero at Lafayette in 1887;

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

ONE of the founders of the modern world of science passed from -the earthly scene with the death of Ivan Petrovitch Pavlov. Two sciences, physiology and psychology, owe much of their present point of view to this genius, best known rs the discoverer of the “conditioned reflex.” Prof. Pavlov died in Moscow of influenza on Feb. 28 at the age of 85. Last summer the International Physiological Congress, which meets every three years, held its meeting in Moscow. Uppermost in the minds of many famous delegates was the feeling that this might be their last opportunity to see their great leader. Six years before Dr. Pavlov made the journey to America in order to attend the sessions of the same organization in Boston. Despite the fact that he was an outspoken critic of the Soviet regime, the Russian government did everything in its power to aid his work, building him a laboratory at a cost of more than $500,000. Recently, the government voted him an annual pension of $17,600. The explanation probably lies in the fact that the Soviet officials eager to promote science in Russia and to convince the rest of the world of their interest in science, appreciated the value of Pavlov as a scientist, whatever his private views may have been on the subject of government. OTHER OPINION On the Tax Program [Arthur Krock, in the New York Times] The President could, of course, have asked Congress to broaden the base of the personal income tax. He could, at the same time, have presented the individual members with Japanese swords and told them to commit suicide. They would not have distinguished between the two recommendations. In an election yeai even the most high-minded members of the national Legislature* want to dodge the taxation issue, and, if they are forced to meet it, as the President is now requiring them to do, they insist the ordeal be as painless as possible. Would the Republicans, who have shown themselves liberal spenders for large voting blocs, rally behind a plan to broaden the personal income-tax base? They would not. And very probably, if the President had proposed it, they would today tbe' accusing him of making an empty gesture.

THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET

The Hoosier Forum 1 disapprove of what you say, but 1 will defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire.

(Timet readers are invited to express their views in these columns, relioious controversies excluded. Make vour letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less. Your letter must he sinned, but names will be withheld on reauest.) tt tt u FEELS BROUN SLIPPED ON HAGOOD CASE By M. R. Kuehn—Richmond So Heywood Broun in “It Seems to Me” tiles his hand at playing down the case of Gen. Hagood. Having read Hugh Johnson, Walter Lippmann and the scattered communications of colonels, lieutenants and lieutenant-colonels about the recall of the able Gen. Hagood, I waded into Heywood’s review expecting something original, something in the nature of a satisfactory account. And, in fairness to Heywood, let it be said that he did not dispose of the matter. That is, Heywood did not do with this affair as he has the knack of doing with almost any incident worth talking about—viz, end it with a clever little twist. He’s still “just a little confused,” he confesses. As far as the facts and the history of the case are concerned there is no confusion. So the confusion must be in Heywood’s own preconceived approach to the case of Gen. Hagood. Knowing Heywood as I do, I do not understand what it is about Hagood that has confounded <him. Now what everybody knows about the case of Hagood is that there was a technical excuse for his recall. But what only a handful of people know is that Mr. Roosevelt played into the hands of the politicians of the WPA. The demand for his recall came from the New Deal autocracy. It did not originate in the office of Gen. Hagood’s superiors. It is this thing that Heywood keeps studiously silent about, for Heywood knows

Watch Your Health

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN HARDENING of the arteries is another condition, like high blood pressure, W’hich diet itself will not cure, but which can be helped toward relief by sensible eating. Since hardening of the arteries usually is associated with high blood pressure, the use of diets in their treatment is along the same lines. Certainly, people who are overweight should diminish the amounts of sugars and fats that they eat. It is well know’n that reduction in weight w’ill cut down the burden on the heart and the blood .vessels. , Persons with high blood pressure and hardening, of the arteries should avoid foods which irritate the bowel, or which interfere with easy elimination. They should be certain to get plenty of green vegetables and fresh fruits. They must take enough protein to allow for tissue repair, and enough blood-building substances, in the

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that here is a hot piece of campaign ammunition. That’s not Heywood’s manner—to fool his readers. And I have begun to question, wonder in the last mdnth or so whether his sojourn in Washington has not had something to do with his newly discovered “loose thinking.” Has the boss, too, left a slip on his desk saying in effect “Play up Roosevelt, and play down everything damaging?” Heywood has not fooled his readers. Nor has he fooled himself. nun URGES FORCING JOBLESS BACK INTO INDUSTRY By H. L. S. The 12 million unemployed are still with us, after all this spending of Federal money. The reason they are still unemployed at productive labor is that we are still thinking of prosperity in terms of dollars instead of prosperity in terms of more goods and services. The inflation of debt, caused by this perverted ,idea of obtaining prosperity through raising the price level, will eventually bring us to the place where the repayment of the debt through taxation will absorb more of the still existing purchasing power of the dollar, thus reducing the consumption of goods and increasing unemployment. Exploitation of production requires that goods be made scarce enough to exact a profit on the small quantity produced. If the bookkeeping shows dollars on the profit side of the ledger, we are not concerned if we eventually pile up a debt that will destroy every dollar of the profits, and go even further by making repayment of debt impossible. We are farther from a solution of the problem of unemployment now than we were at any time since 1929. Unless we grapple with the problem in a common sense wasr,

form of food, to keep the blood in the best possible condition. n an A S with high blood pressure and Yl_ kidney diseases, there still is discussion as to whether salt should be eliminated from the diet, or greatly cut. down. Since reduction of the salt intake does not cause any real hardship, there is no reason why it should not be tried, although there are many who believe that its influence is not important. You should remember that using large amounts of salt will increase thirst, and that this results in the taking of large amounts of fluid which throws an extra burden on the heart, the blood vessels, and the kidneys. - Since people with hardening of the arteries may have diffculty in sleeping, and since it is known that caffein may act as a stimulant, such people should try the caffein-free coffees, or coffee substitutes.

little is known with certainy of its inhabitants before the fourth century A. D., when under the appellation of Scoti, the Irish became formidable by their descents upon the Roman Province of Britain. Q—When was the battle of Balaklava? A —Oct. 25, 1854, during the Crimean War. Q —Name the president of Germany. A—The German Republic has no president. Adolf Hitler is the Fuehrer and Chancellor of the German Reich. He exercises full executive and legislative powers in the Republic. Q—On what section in the Bible did President Franklin D. Roosevelt take the oath of office? A—l Corinthians, Chapter 13. Q —What does the name Bogle mean? A—lt is a Scottish and Celtic family name meaning a hobgoblin. It originated as a nickname. , Q—How many countries now belong to the League o^Nations? Wt-Fifty-nine.

this army of unemployed will break our economic system and endanger the democratic form of government, if not destroy it, as it has done in some European countries. This is not a matter of muddling through. It must be a definite program of reconstruction of our economy, on a basis of production in great abundance. There are no “natural” ways to recover, if we insist on scarcity of production. These 12 million unemployed must be forced back into industry from which they came. They must produce goods and services in larger quantities. The government must insist on industry re-employing this man power at bnce. Production schedules in every line must be stepped up. These men should be assigned to the industrial production line. Their wages must be equal to that of those now employed, and their pay should come from the Federal treasury for at least six months. Then a program of taxation Ahould be inaugurated to reimburse the treasury for the subsidy to production. Prices should fall as prodduction increases, thus making greater consumption of goods possible. Any other program will land us in a collapse and bankruptcy. Private industry can not do the job alone. I AM NOT POOR BY DAISY MOORE BYNUM I am net poor. I can not be. I’ve seen blue rain fall through a tret I am not poor. The world is mine. I’ve seen a star rest on a pine. I’ve seen tall trees hold up the sky. I’ve heard wild geese go honking by. I’ve seen the sunset’s golden bars. And wished upon a million stars. I’ve walked, barefoot, upon green lawns, And laved my flesh in dewy dawns. I’ve mounted hills where wind blows free. lam not poor. I can not be. )AILY THOUGHT Then said Jesus unto his disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.—St. Matthew xvi, 24. THE more a man denies himself, the more he shall obtain from God.—Horace.

SIDE GLANCES

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“Oh, Jerry writes the most terrifying letters to the light gas people.’*

MARCH 10, 1936

Vagabond from Indiana ERNIE PYLE

ORLANDO, Fla., March lO.—My friend is overseer of an orange grove at the edge of town here. The oranges don't take much of his time, so he sits in a boat out on the lake all day long, fishing. My friend and I were buddies from the time we were 6 years old. We lived about a mile apart, on farms back home in Indiana. There was a time when we thought the world would end if we didn't see each other every day. We went through the giggly stage. It got so we couldn’t sit down at the table, either at his house or mine, without choking from the giggles. Our mothers would want to know what we were giggling about, and of course we weren't giggling about anything, and our mothers would get provoked and make us leave the table. I went to see my old friend yesterday. I have seen him only three times now in 17 years. We talked for about an hour. U tt tt WHEN we were little, my friend had a black and white Shetland pony. I had a small sorrel Indian horse. For quite a while we were knights in Sir Arthur's round table. We took the lids off our mothers’ wash boilers for shields, and made daggers out of pieces of lath, and took long rug poles for spears. We graduated from that to become great trappers of the north woods. My friend and I finally got to the girl stage. Neither of us was very crazy about the girls, and I think we started just because it was expected of us. He had more nerve than I. so he made dates with a couple of girls for one Sunday night. I worried about it all week, and would have backed out but my mother made me go. It took me all Sunday afternoon to get dressed. I had on a Charlie Dawes hard collar and anew brown suit. About dark I went over to his house. It started pouring rain. a a a WE went out to the barn and hitched up his little Shetland pony to a huge old phaeton. The pony only came to the level of the shafts, and when hitched up was at least five feet from the dashboard. It looked comical even to us. We drove five miles to the girls* house. They were as scared as we were. We took them to church, all four of us riding in the phaeton, and got stuck in the mud, and had to get out and lift. When we got back to the girls’ house, we played “Authors” for .a \ while. After that the whole thing sort of bogged down, and we couldn’t think of anything to say, ! and we wanted to go home, but didn’t know how to get started. Finally, along about midnight, we heard a motherly voice from the other room. One of the girls went in, was gone for a minute, we coyld hear whispers, and then she came out, shyly holding up an alarm clock. She didn't, say a word, just sort of giggled. We said something about not knowing it was so late, and rushed out. a a a MY friend was almost a year older than I, so he left for the Army in 1918. He sent me postcards from Texas. At commencement exercises that spring, there was an empty flag-draped chair on the stage for him. I could hardly bear to go to commencement, was so ashamed that I wasn’t in the Army too. My friend spent a year in an Army hospital in New Mexico. Later I went away too, and when we both came back, w r e went one day to visit our high school. Our former Latin teacher was a little thing who liked both of us, and while my friend and I were visiting her class, we got our old-time giggles and couldn’t stop. She got the giggles too, and finally had to dismiss class, and the three of us sat and talked. That episode was the end of our youth together. We went separate paths, and the water began to flow swiftly under the bridge. a a a SEVENTEEN years later. I pulled up in front oh his cottage under the orange trees. He was glad to see me, and I was glad to see him. We don't know each other so well any more, but we are still friends, and I expect we always will be. As I drove away, I was wondering why there isn't anything any more for us to giggle about.

By George Clark