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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1936

PEACEFUL PICKETING T>Y a vote of 6 to 3 the City Council has refused to recognize the right of peaceful picketing. The majority decision, in our judgment, is both unfair and unwise. • Peaceful picketing is constitutional. It is a right upheld by many court decisions. To attempt to deny that right merely adds to the bitterness of industrial disputes. Perhaps in a perfect world there would be no industrial conflicts. But as long as we are human there will be occasions when men disagree with their neighbors—there will be business disputes, international disputes, political disputes, labor disputes. The object of a civilized community is to keep such disputes peaceful. If there is one thing which will destroy more reason on the part of labor than any other, it is the belief that the law is rigged against labor. Efforts to prevent picketing succeed only in driving discontent underground, making labor relations more explosive. The line drawn by Indianapolis should not be between picketing and non-pickuting, but between peace and violence. Asa matter of fact, no Ind .u'.apolis ordinance which prohibits peaceful pickouig can be made effective because it violates higher Indiana law and Supreme Court, decisions. FREEHOLDERS AND FREE MEN TN the autobiographical “Confession,” generally ascribed to St. Patrick, the saint's father is pictured as a landed proprietor and a Christian. The opportunity for all Irishmen to attain a similar high status might well be cited as the principal objective of President De Valera’s government. And as the people of the Emerald Isle feast today in honor of their patron saint, they also can celebrate actual achievement along these lines. Unlike Marxist revolutionaries, the revolutionary government of Ireland is dedicated to the-formation of a nation of peasant proprietors, with each freeholder having at least the minimum of which Chesterton speaks—three acres and a cow. Great landed estates are being divided up, with the government financing the purchase of the small holdings. Thus in Ireland the right of private property, long defended by the Christian church, is being preserved by seeing that those who are willing to work can readily obtain some share in it. Communists are not interested in such a revolution since it has the effect of establishing respect for property as a protection for families. This attitude toward private property also is seen in the De Valera government’s payments on the bonds of the Irish Republic floated in this country when the Free State was just a dream. The obligation is- not legal, only moral. Other capitalist countries, desiring to preserve or re-establish respect for private property, might well ponder Ireland's example of spreading property around. RETRIBUTION HERR HITLER wired to the League of Nations Council a message which was interpreted as a demands that the council consider his peace proposals “forthwith.” Quite naturally the French resented such a peremptory order. But before the French delegation had time to walk out of the peace meeting, the German embassy in London explained that the German word “alsbald” did not mean "forthwith,” but meant “in due course,” which gave an entirely different tone to the Hitler communication. \ This is just an incident, but somehow it seems typical of the whole European Babel, where jarring tongues, clashing personalities and conflicting aspirations have brought about a state of confusion and misunderstanding which threatens the peace of the world. As the translator bungled in converting a German word into comparable French and English, just so have European governments down through the years misunderstood and misconstrued the actions and objectives of neighboring governments. How different it might have been. At Versailles, the conquering British and French forced the conquered Germany to sign a shameful treaty. If only they had then recognized that the German people would no more submit permanently to such humiliating peace terms than would the British or French people under reversed circumstances! Or if, through the years when a liberal democratic government in Germany was trying to lead that country back, the allied powers had made honorable concessions. Herr Hitler might still be holding rump revolutions in a Munich beer cellar. But because the allied powers failed to concede, Germany’s brooding despair under an impotent democracy burst forth in defiance under Hitler. And now what the German people once pleaded for, Hitler grabs with a mailed fist. The domineering allies muffed their opportunity to be magnanimous. Instead they stand reluctant and fearful before an outraged people who are led by a powerhungry zealot of the allies’ own creation. KEEPING OUT OF WAR TNTERNATIONAL trade is one of the major obsta- "*■ cles ln the path of a comprehensive neutrality policy. That was obvious during the fight at the last session of Congress to frame such a policy. It cropped up ayain at the present session and was largely influential in defeating a broad program designed to keep the United States out of war. The importance of trade in this respect is now confirmed in one of the most ambitious studies of neutrality ever made. The history' of efforts to write a code of international law t£at would include a vital and effective respect for neutrality is presented In four volumes by the Columbia University Council for Research in the Social Sciences. It is published by Columbia Press. It begins with the origins of the neutrality idea, foes into the Napoleonic period, takes up the problem during the World War, and in the final volume by Philip v ’essup, professor of international law at Coiv.-ae a University, discusses the current problem and the future. Prof. Jessup says: "The trouble with neutrality ... is that it has been based on the idea of protecting neutral trade with belligerents without ► interfering with belligerent operations, with fault

on both sides, neutrality has developed in a situation where commercial rivals have sought to pervert it, each to his own end. It has been suggested above i.mt neutrality should be reconsidered in the light of this fact. Only thus can a really useful and supportable legal system be evolved. It has also been suggested that neutrality is not antisocial: that it can play its part in the current development of the process of international co-operation. With a realistic base and with co-operative application, it may avoid some of its past weaknesses.” In his conclusions, Prof. Jessup says: “In cutting the pattern it will be well to keep in mind two important points. . .. “The first point is that the primary objective of a neutrality policy is to keep out of war. If war can be prevented, well and good; if it breaks out between other countries, the United States should seek to stay out. . . . Neutrality should cease to be a road to war. The second important point is the realization that a neutrality policy can not achieve the first objective if neutrality is still regarded as a period of prosperity. . . . Slogans are dangerous in their simplicity, yet ‘Profits or Peace’ is not a wholly misleading description of the alternatives which must be faced in framing a national neutrality policy for the United States. If we choose profits today, we may well find that we will have neither profits nor peace tomorrow.” Most citizens who think through this problem will agree. VVE PREFER HELEN HOMER and his bloomin’ lyre to the contrary notwithstanding, an American archeologist is now telling the world that the Trojan War was fought for empire and not for a woman. This won’t do. They can debate all they like over the cause of the recent World War, but we’re not going to relinquish the tale of red-headed Helen without a struggle. It was the begirining of history for most of us; it led us to see that history wasn’t such a dull subject after all. The face that launched a thousand ships has lured many a youngster, down through the centuries, into the study of a subject he had not been prepared to like. The strong men fighting for the favor of a fair lady. There’s something you can understand. The theme hasn’t changed much since Homer’s time: note the tail-end of a present-day ballad, “And a red-headed woman was the cause of it all!” Homer was not a romanticist, but a realist. That 10-year war—over Helen—culminating in the destruction of Troy by the allied Greek cities, is a symbol of the well-known triumph of power over virtue. Homer faced the facts. Had he been inventing a yarn to please his listeners, wouldn’t he have devised a different ending? Homer was a Greek, but he admitted that a Greek started the ruckus. Blind the bard may have been, but not to truth. And, didn’t he say she was a red-headed woman? Os course she started that war. WHAT PRICE RUIN? XT7S are indebted to Public Utilities Fortnightly ’ ’ for the following informative paragraphs. They need no comment. “While utility stocks have not recovered the* position they enjoyed as market leaders in 1929, it is interesting to note that they have now reached a parity with industrial issues. Standard Statistics’ compilation of price-earnings ratios for 242 industrial, 80 utility and 10 rail stocks showed that all three groups were selling at between 17 and 18 times earnings.” And: “The reports of 18 electric and gas holding company systems for 1935 reflect an average gain in gross revenues of about 5 per cent, about the same percentage gain in net earnings after operating charges and taxes, and 12 per cent in net income after fixed charges.” A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson THE WOMAN’S DIGEST has reached the cluttered desk and—wonder of wonders—the editor is a woman. Mina Lewiton believes, according to her foreword, that American women are interested in everything in the world, therefore her first issue includes a wide range of subjects. This is a pleasant departure from the assumption, so long held by the editors of publications for feminine readers, that we are L: f erested only in men, children and fashions. It is true that these are our main concern, but they are; by no means our o\:ly ones. There is, however, a steady improvement in the material to be found in the popular home magazines. Even the most romantic of them are including nowadays an occasional article about “outside” subjects. Most of them discuss editorially the problems which affect women—and what problems do not, may I ask? Their fiction nevertheless maintains the same steady saccharine flavor. With realism invading the very offices and social disruption knocking at their doors, the stories they print are generally about glamorous working girls who marry multimillionaires, or about women who get divorces and find themselves besieged by eligible bachelors who want to make honest wives of them again, or about the supersuper gals who climb to the top of a profession in their twenties and then give up all to marry the hero, after which they live happily forever by twiddling their thumbs. No wider gap could exist than that which separates truth from fiction as it is found in women’s magazines. The latter is as Victorian as a bustle, and in its essence as remote from reality as an opium dream. Perhaps it helps women to forget, but it can’t help them to live because / d-als so often with impossible situations-and impossible people. FROM THE RECORD SENATOR COPELAND (D., N. Y.): I think if there ever were in the world a lot of “dumb Doras” — whatever that term means; it sounds good to me anyway—they are the men engaged in American shipping .... Senator Norris (R., Neb.): If they are such ignoramuses, does not the Senator think it is a mistake to appropriate public money and let them have it? Senator Clark (D„ Mo.): I wonder if the Senator has suspected that the steamship people might not be quite so dumb as they appear on the surface to be? I have been informed by creditable people that the representatives of the Steamship Association who appeared before our committee yesterday and protested against the bill of the Senator from New York had appealed to them to support the bffl. I am wondering if there is wisdom in their idea of relieving the Senator's bill from the odium of their support? SENATOR HOLT <D., W. Va.): I do not know where Mr. Hopkins bought the whitewash, but if I could have had the contract for the whitewash he used in this report (on WPA in West Virginia), I could retire for life on just the commissions.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Squaring the Circle With THE HOOSIER EDITOR

JUSTICE in the early days of Incianapolis was a shy little creature, with a crop of inhibitions that woi*M keep a modem psychiatrist working in three shifts. In the first place, there was no judge or justice of ilie peace, largely, I suppose, because there was no county. But the Governor fixed that up and appointed James Mcllvaine a squire. Wayne and Fayette County courts disputed his jurisdiction but that didn’t keep him from holding court as he sat on the front step of his log cabin. The jury sat on a log in the yard. His most memorable early case occurred on Christmas Day, 1821. Tour Kentucky boatmen had landed here the night before and, realizing it was Christmas Eve, they sought recreation in Dan Larkin’s tavern. 000 SOMETHING disturbed them after they had been there for hours, and they started to tear the place up. Dan called for help. The entire population turned out and after a fight subdued them. Squire Mcllvaine held court and convicted them. He fined them heavily and because they had no funds, sentenced them to long terms in jail. Then every one remembered there was no jail. The men escaped that night. By 1833 the city had got around to building a log jail which was looked upon as escape proof and was the pride of the populace. They could hardly wait to put someone in it, so when a Negro came to town riding a buffalo they arrested him. Into the jail he went. That night he burned it down and escaped. nun JT was along about this time that Moses Cox campaigned to be elected squire. He was said to be illiterate and shiftless and thoroughly unfitted for the job, but he had an ingenious campaign plank. He had, he said, been sued under every statute and therefore knew the law, whereas his opponents, respectable men, had been sued under none and did not know the law. He lost. And this was about the time, too, that one of the two best hotels burned down. The frantic citizens, seeking to save something for its proprietor, overlooked the contents of the building, but seized their axes and proceeded gallantly to the base of a post in front of the building from which swung a wooden sign advertising the place. They chopped it off and when it fell it broke into a hundred fragments. tt tt tt ANE of the most celebrated murders of this early period was that committed by William Merrick, a livery stable keeper. He had wooed a school teacher and taken from her a considerable amount of money she had saved. Only after her earnest pleadings did he marry her. When she was about to become a mother he took her riding after dusk, gave her a glass of beer liberally dosed with strychnine, and watched her die in agony. He dug a shallow grave near a stream and buried the body. No one suspected anything was wrong until a country boy discovered the body. People were indignant about this, and there was some talk of lynching, which then was pretty generally practiced in the state. But he went to trial and was convicted and sentenced to hang. Throughout the trial and while he awaited hanging he would say nothing to any one, maintaining a sullen silence. Even when he mounted the scaffold he mutely indicated he had nothing to say. Just as the trap dropped he opened his mouth as if to speak, but it was too late. tt tt A DDED to all these other troubles, the citizens of Indianapolis in 1822 had a very special annoyance that never has bothered them since. Gray squirrels infested the place, migrating from east to west. In spite of the slaughter of great numbers of them, they seemed to be everywhere. They ate corn and crops, and did other great property damage. Bul-let-like they went east to west. They turned out for nothing. Rather than turn aside a few inches they would chew through a rail fence. It was pretty much of a mess.

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

MANY who think of the name of Cotton Mather only in connection with the Salem witchcraft persecutions, will be surprised + o hear that Mather deserves the title of the father of popular science ir. the English language. A curious little volume in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, shows that he was the author of what prob. ably was the first volume of popular science published in England. The book is entitled. “The Christian Philosopher; A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious Improvements. By Cotton Mather, D. D., and Fellow of the Royal Society.” It was printed in 1721. It is as popular a compendium of astronomy, physics, geology, zoology, physiology, anatomy and psychology as existed in his day. While the modem reader, looking over the old book, is most likely to be halted by what are amusing mistakes in the light of modem knowledge, the Smithsonian authorities who have read the book carefully say that Mather was right more often than he was wrong. In this connection it is perhaps well to point out that Mather has suffered unfairly in the matter of reputation. Historians now agree that it c*r not be shown that he inspired Lie witchcraft trials. It is known that he had an interest in witchcraft and investigated a number of alleged cases. But it is also a fact that he warned the judges of their conduct in the Salem trials and that he was convinced that some of the victims were unjustly

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The Hoosier Forum I disapprove of what you say—and will defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire.

l Time,a readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make vour letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less. Your letter must be signed, but names will be withheld on reouest.) SEEKS GUESSING GAME AS SAFETY VALVE By E. H. F. So Europe has returned to its favorite guessing game—the marital prospects of the former Prince of Wales. Time was when his name was linked at various intervals with those of glamorous women in a dozen countries. But the Prince found none to his liking, apparently, and eventually the fervor of the guessing died down. Now his majesty, in a message asking the Commons to restore the civil list, providing for royal household and personal expenses, mentions the “contingency” of marriage, and the world can start guessing all over again. Whom will he marry—and when? Will she be of royal blood or a commoner? The British are lost for the moment in this favorite reflection. Here is a pretty good safety valve for national sentiment. Certainly the tradition of royalty has buoyed the British through more than one crisis. And if gossip about the King can do its part now—then may the British make the most of it! 000 THINKS DEMAND FOR DIRECT AID SHOULD DECREASE By Perry Rule, Bringhurst The Welfare Bill creates rigid control over old-age pensions, provides relief - for handicapped persons, con-, trol of the welfare work is divided

Watch Your Health

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN IF you are a woman, and happen to be “fair, fat, and forty,” look out! Those words describe the person who is most likely to suffer from gallbladder disease. The way to prevent the condition is to cut down cn fats and sugars. In fact, the eating of any foods has much to do with the emptying and filling of the gallbladder, because many foods have an irritant effect. Because of the re’ationship between the stomach and the gallbladder, the stomach should not be overloaded. Water and other liquids may be taken between meals, rather than at mealtime, and the heaviest meal might best be taken at noon. Any one suffering from gallbladder trouble should limit the amount of butter in his food, and should also cut down on oils, whether they be taken direct or in the form of mayonnaise or salad dressings. He should be careful when cutting down the total amount of fats, to be certain that he does not develop a vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A is fat-soluble, and must be obtained from fatty foods, unless given in other forms.

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Inclose 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 bo given, nor can extended research be undertaken. - Q —What kind of dog is Buck in the motion picture, “The Call of the Wild”? A—Saint Bernard. Q —When and where was Gerald Chapman hanged? A—April 5, 1926, in the state prison at Weatherfield, Conn. Q —What is a gangster’s “moll”? A—Moll is a slang word that has the same meaning as “girl friend.” “best girl” or “sweetheart.” A gangster's “moll” is an outlaw’s sweetheart. Q—What is Lie flying speed of hawks? A—ln general they attain a speed of afywt 50 miles an hour when hunting; about 55 miles an

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between the state and county district boards. The amount of oldage pensions to be paid under the bill will be determined by the various county and district boards, but under no conditions are they to exceed S3O. The minimum age of persons to become eligible is set at 70 years until July 1, 1938, when 65 will become the eligible age. The Federal government bears 50 per cent, the state 30 per cent and the county 20 per cent of the cost. Under the previous pension law the state and county shared equal portions of the cost. Thus, if a pensioner received $6 per month the state and county each paid $3. If, under the new setup, a pensioner was granted sl2 per month, the Federal government would supply $6, the state $3.60 and the county $2.40. If the pensioner received sls, the Federal government would provide $7.50, the state $4.50 and the county $3. The county’s portion would remain the same as now paid on a $6 pension. It can be seen that the state and county funds will not be greatly depleted by increased expenses. There should be a corresponding decrease in state and county demand for direct aid to the aged and handicapped. tt tt St SHOVER’S WRONG, SAYS WEST SIDE RESIDENT By West Side Resident We of the West Side, after reading Claude E. Shover’s chuckhole report, in which he pats himself on the back for having repaired 9800 chuckholes, wish to inform Mr. Shover that he has not even started. If he will go out W. Washington-

IN general, the diet in gallbladder disease is low in fat, in cholesterol. It involves the omission of alcohol, bacon, candy, oils, fried foods, fat meats, thick gravies, hot breads, and similar substances. Buttermilk may be taken in place of milk, to cut down the cream. It is not advisable for any one to try to work out his own diet for any of the conditions affecting the gallbladder. When a physician studies such a case, he makes X-ray examinations to determine the ability of the gallbladder to empty itself. He also tries to see whether gallstones are present, and whether the stomach and the intestines move normally, since any difficulties here will be reflected in the gallbladder. After such studies are made, suitable treatments may be applied to aid emptying of the gallbladder or activity of the bowel. Moreover, the diet may then be prescribed according to whether the patient needs more calories, or less calories, and more fat or less fat. These are the chief points to be watched in working out a scientific diet for such cases.

hour in pursuit of prey, and over 60 miles an hour when diving or swooping. Q —What is birdlime? A—A sticky substance prepared from the inner bark of the holly, the berries of the mistletoe, or by boiling linseed oil. It is used in Europe for trapping birds, and is spread on twigs, but its use in the United States is illegal. Q —Do female canaries sing? A—They sing, but not as well as most males. Q —Which three European cities have the largest populations? A—Greater London, Greater Paris and Berlin. Q —How much is an ounce of gold j worth in the United States? A—The price of gold is fixed by law at $35 a fine ounce. Q —What is the home address of Maj. Edward Bowes? A—Ossining, N. Y* v : . . ’V. ..... .. !

st to the elevation at Harding-st he will find 9800 chuckholes right in one spot. There is only one way to drive your car over this part of W. Washington-st and that is to rise up on your feet and ride like the boys do when they ride the pedals of their bicycles. Even then, if you drive faster than five miles an hour, your old car is liable to kick up and hit you from below and drive your head out through the top of your car. 000 INDIANA’S MINES ARE SEALED, TOO. By J. F. Kerr I read with great interest your editorial entitled “Pollution” in The Times on Thursday, March 12. I can not refrain from inquiring why some mention was not made of the mine-sealing work now being done in Indiana by WPA, and sponsored by the Department of Conservation and the Division of Public Health. Indiana’s coal field is smaller than the fields in the states mentioned in your editorial, but the same condition regarding pollution exists, and the same steps which are being taken in the other states also are being carried cn in Indiana. If you should desire further information on the work in Indiana, Marc Waggoner of the Department of Conservation, or Dr. Harvey of the Division of Public Health, can supply it. SANDALS BY MARY WARD Sandals—they were worn of old — Long before the minuet. They were skillfully turned and soled, And fastened with a latchet. They were worn in Attica— And their fashion lingers yet— Evening wears them, silvery gray Shading into violet. DAILY THOUGHT Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? —St. Matthew xx, 15. NO possessions are good, but by the good use we make of them; without which wealth, power, friends, and servants do but help to make our lives more unhappy.— Sir William Temple.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

# ‘And menustiU in love with women i!*

—MARCH 17,1936

Vagabond from Indiana ERNIE PYLE

EDITOR'S NOTE—ThI roriaf reporter for The Timet goes where he plettet, when he pleaset, in trtrch of odd stories about this and that. NEW ORLEANS, March 17. Three little scenes in New Orleans: A French restaurant, far back in the Vieux Carre (Old Quarter). Tourists don’t go there. It isn't a very good restaurant, there’s no “atmosphere,” and the food is just so-so. But you get an awful lot of it for a quarter. You order black coffee. Finally a startled looking waiter arrives with it. He sets it down. He looks at the coffee and then at you and his mouth opens and finally he says: "Why, I put milk in it.” So he tries again, and this time he comes back and sets the cup down, and looks at you and he seems to become sort of frightened and finally picks up the cup and starts back with it, and says. “I guess I’ll have to drink it myself.” He has put milk in it again. 0 0 0 "\7'OU’LL think it’s a lie, but it A isn’t. He had milk in it when he came back the third time. He never said a word. Just set it down, looked at it, picked it up and i started back again, as if he knew all | the time he would find milk in it j when he looked. I He made it the fourth trip. But it was a demi-tasse. He began explaining 10 feet away. “I’ve only got a half cup. I’m sorry, but this is all the coffee there is. I used it all up making that damn coffee and milk." Y"ou don’t get mad at a guy like that. You might in Chicago, but not in the Vieux Carre. 000 TTIGH above the altar in the -*• Church of the Immaculate Conception on Baronne-st she stands. The white marble Virgin. Two circles of light behind her. At her feet three silver candlesticks, fancifully molded, with deer, and little boys, and birds in trees. Very, very old candlesticks. Men and women of New Orleans kneel in silence and cross themselves. Very few of them know the stories of the Virgin, and the candlesticks. The Virgin was sculptured by craftsmen of Lyons for Marie Louise, wife of Napoleon. On her shoulder appeared a little black spot, one of those streaks that sometimes show up in marble. Marie Louise, Empress, would have no Virgin with a black spot. Any Virgin for Marie Louise must be as white as the snow. The pious women of New Orleans heard about It, chipped in and bought the lovely figure, brought her over, and there she is today, high above the altar, black spot and all. 0 0 0 A N old, old house in the yieux Carre, behind the ancient Cathedral of St. Louis. In this house an old lady died the other day. Avery old lady, a Creole of sentiment and strong blood. She died at 98. She was born there, she died there, and only three nights of her entire 98 years had she slept elsewhere. She had never married. The night she died, two friends called to commiserate with her brother. They offered restrained, sad words. The old man put his arms around them. He was not sad. “Do not grieve, my dear friends," he said. “Her death was a beautiful death." “Let me tell you,” he said. “At 5 till 9, she called to me. ‘Francois,’ she said, ‘pour me a little glass of brandy.’ “So I got a bottle of brandy 48 year old, and I poured her a glass, and put one arm behind her and lifted her up, and held it for her, and she sipped it in slow sips, and rested a little between sips. “And then at 9 the cathedral bells began ringing and she sat up with my arm around her and listened to the bells, and just as they stopped she smiled and lay back down and she was dead. “My dear good friends, how could anything be more beautiful than that. With the taste of good brandy in her mouth and the sound of the bells in her ears and a smile on her face ... is that not beautiful?