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TUESDAY. APRIL 7, 1938. ‘‘RIGHT CHURCH, WRONG PEW” .T-FFECTIVE paragraphs about civil rights dot the majority Supreme Court opinion in Jones vs. the BEC. Such language as this: “Arbitrary power and the rule of the Constitution can not both exist. They are antagonistic and Incompatible forces; and one or the other must of necessity perish whenever they are brought into conflict. ‘ If the various administrative bureaus and commissions, necessarily called and being called into existence by the increasing complexities of our modem business and political affairs, are permitted gradually to extend their powers by encroachments—even petty encroachments—upon the fundamental rights, privileges and immunities of the people, we shall in the end, while avoiding the fatal consequences of a supreme autocracy, become submerged by a multitude of minor invasions of personal rights, less destructive but no less violative of constitutional guaranties. ‘'The citizen, when interrogated about his private affairs, has a right before answering to know why the inquiry is made; and if the purpose disclosed is not a legitimate one he may not be compelled to answer. “The philosophy that constitutional limitations and legal restraints upon official action may be brushed aside upon the plea that good, perchance, may follow, finds no countenance in the American system of government. “An investigation not based upon specified grounds is quite as objectionable as a search warrant not based upon specific statements of fact. Such an investigation, or such a search, is unlawful in its Inception and can not be made lawful by what it may bring, or what it actually succeeds in bringing, to light.” a a a IT is only when we seek to apply those well-phrased generalities to the case in point that we become befuddled and inclined to ask what has all that to do with the story of J. Edward Jones and his dealings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Jones, it seems, applied for a certificate of registration under the Securities Act, a step preliminary to the issuance of certain trust certificates to be sold to the public. The commission spotted what appeared to be untrue statements and omissions of material facts, issuing thereupon to the petitioner a notice of hearing at- which the petitioner might appear and show cause why a stop order on the certificate promotion should not be issued. The promoter thereupon isought to withdraw the registration application and call the whole thing off. About that effort at withdrawal the Supreme Court decision was written, with a 6-to-3 victory for the petitioner and a blistering minority opinion by Justice Cardozo which said: “The opinion of the court reminds us of the dangers that wait upon the abuse of power by officialdom unchained. The warning is so fraught with truth that it can never be untimely. But untimely, too, is the reminder, as a host of impoverished investors will be ready to attest, that there are dangers in untruths and half truths when certificates masquerading as securities pass current in the market. ... To permit an offending registrant to stifle an inquiry by precipitate retreat on the eve of his exposure is to give immunity to guilt; to encourage falsehood and evasion; to invite the cunning and unscrupulous to gamble with detection.” We think that the Supreme Court majority could have found a more fitting rostrum than the Jones case from which to deliver its effective abstractions on the dangers of autocracy. MAYBE THIS IS A BRIGHT IDEA TO permit Jim Farley to hold both the job of Postmaster General and the job of Democratic National Chairman during an election year, says Rep. Lehlbach, “is offensive to American political traditions and subversive of principles of sound government.” Which seems to us a mild understatement. Congress should, says this New Jersey Republican, pass his resolution "respectfully recommending” to President Roosevelt that he ask Mr. Farley to resign one of the jobs. Which seems to us an all too timid approach to a redress of a grievance which has been too long endured. What about this; Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution provides that "... civil officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, of other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Couldn t Jim s case be classified somewhere in the category of “Misdemeanors?” What about taking money under false pretenses? Farley is paid for being Postmaster General, and like some of his predecessors, spends most of his time at another job. Isn't that enough for a toe-hold at least toward his dislodgment? Or maybe somewhere in the vast library of law can be found something about broken promises. Jim promised to quit, but didn't do it. Just a curbstone suggestion. But think it over, Mr. Lehlbach! Search the statutes. You may have something there. FURNISH THE FIGURES THE fact that this is election year probably is not far back in the mind of Senator Vandenberg when he demands that the AAA furnish a list of all crop benefit payments exceeding SIO,OOO. Nor, for that matter, does politics seem far from the thoughts of Secretary Wallace when he counters with the excuse that it would be too much trouble to prepare the information. A government official should be the last to complain about making reports. Does the government ever show mercy in this respect to income tax payers or corporations or even farmers who have to do business with the government? No. the truth is that Senator Vandenburg, an anti-New Deal Republican, wants the figures to recite from the hustings. Then he might tell how the so-and-so national bank got umpty-ump thousands of dollars for not raising so many pigs on its farm or that such-and-such insurance ctgtpany

got oopty-oop thousands for not growing so many bales on its cotton land. And, maybe, Secretary Wallace is a bit afraid the Senator may have a good political hunch. So he would rather we all forgot about it until after November. But we can’t see that the Senator's motives have a thing to do with the merits of his demand. The only flaw we see in the Senator's idea is that he would limit publicity to the crop checks of SIO,OOO and over. Why? Isn’t the public just as entitled to know about the $9999 check paid to one of the Senator's own sugar-beet farmer constituents? These crop control checks, large and small, are paid by the taxpayers. And the Senator is dead right in saying: “No individual who draws subsidies from the public Treasury—no matter how worthy his cause or classification—is entitled to immunity from public scrutiny on this score.” OUR WAR MONTH ■pROUD-PIED APRIL, month of gentle showers A and winds, happens by some strange chance to be our month of wars. All our wars, excepting that of 1812, began in April. On April 19, 1775, the embattled farmers of the Revolution fired the shot heard ’round the world at Concord Bridge. The Mexican War began on April 23, 1846, when Gen. Zachary Taylor’s forces engaged Mexicans at Matamoros. The Civil War began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Confederates on April 12, 1861. On April 21, 1898, Congress declared war on Spain, the first formal war declaration in American history. And on April 6, 1917, America entered the “war to make the world safe for democracy.” We have not been a jieaceful country. In 150 years of life as a nation we have fought six major wars, more than one in every generation. Why have we desecrated the first month of spring, nature's season of birth and life, by setting out to kill? THE COURT’S CONTRIBUTION 'T'HE Supreme Court finally has offered a key to A the powers of industry and government to adjust the machine age to the needs of people. Its recent unanimous Sugar Institute decision suggests a formula that would have been much more valuable if it had been broached at the time of the Schechter case last May. Much grief from loss of wages and jobs then might have been saved. We say this because the decision appears to have spelled out a definite means for voluntary co-opera-tion within industry to weed out its unfair practices, and for Congress to expand such co-operation if it desires. One of the chief merits of the decision was that the court had definitely in mind the preservation of the customer’s buying-power. The decision says that “if the buyer can force a price down, he is entitled to do so under the anti-trust laws.” This often is a deflationary process which may cause difficulties in times of stress, but it is the only way the court sees to maintain price competition under our laws now. This attitude might well be kept in mind by Congress, which has numerous bills before it, some far advanced, for legislation governing the business structure. But if any legislation is taken up for enactment this session on this subject it would be well for Congress to bear in mind another important point not involved in the Sugar Institute case, but which is essential to any possible stabilization law. That is the “bottom” that must be built for wages and hours of those employed in industry. It was minimum wages and maximum hours, plus the ban on child labor, that formed NRA’s outstanding contribution to a more orderly industrial system.

A HEALTH PROGRAM /''VNE of the big jobs confronting the country now is to protect the people’s health from the depression’s inroads. It is well, therefore, that President Roosevelt has named as his new surgeon general a young, aggressive and socially minded health expert who not only knows his subject but knows where he’s going. Dr. Thomas Parran Jr., the new appointee, has just announced six “musts” in a health conservation program. He proposes: 1. To finish the job of wiping out tuberculosis. 2. To wip? out siphilis, the results of which “crowd our jails, our poorhouses and our insane asylums.” 3. To make available to people everywhere facilities for the proper diagnosis and treatment of cancer, which in Dr. Parran’s opinion would reduce by 20 per cent the deaths from this disease. 4. To reduce the “disgracefully high” death rates of mothers in childbirth and of babies in their first month of life. 5. To correct the conditions resulting from improper diet. 6. To restore crippled children to lives of usefulness. Good health, of course, is largely a purchasable commodity, and can not be enjoyed by people living on sweatshop wages in city and rural slums. Dr. Parran’s program, if carried out, will go far toward making us a healthier nation. A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson WHATEVER we say about Bruno Richard Hauptmann, one can feel only pity for his wife, who has fought for his life with all the gallantry of one who captains a lost cause. Here is a bitter tragedy. Many women have endured it, for it is our peculiar destiny to live more in our husbands and children than we do in ourselves. We belong to those we love in such close union that we can not separate ourselves from their fate. * Like many another condemned man, Hauptmam had one consolation. No matter what the world believed of him or with whatever sins his conscience charged him, to Anna, his wife, he was innocent. Sophists can not argue these truths out of existence; cynics never will be able to overthrow the power of such living faith, and atheists must flhd it hard to cry “There is no God” when so much loyalty dwells in the hearts of mortal women. Crime and its punishment create a maelstrom which sucks the innocent down with the guilty. The state which kills the one, also kills something vital in the other. The ripples from such deeds widen beyond the limits of our finite comprehension. Thus it is that the mark of Cain is now set upon the brow' of Hauptmann's child and the generations which will follow after him. I wonder how many remember the Biblical legend—the very first written argument against capital punishment. Here is the verse: “And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken upon him seven-fold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain lest any finding him should kill him.” Perhaps the tears of women who love them will have power to wash away the sins of criminals. This I believe, however: The state that kills in retaliation for killing shall suffer vengeance seven-fold; the mark of Cain will forever be stamped upon the brow of its people and it shall know neither true prosperity nor peace.

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npHIS from a reader: The late A Bill Wiley, than whom there was no hotter “fungilosopher,” gave a simple rule for avoiding mushroom poisoning. Bill said all one had to do was to be sure and pick only Agaricus Campestris, Delicious Morel or Agaricus Hepaticus mushrooms and avoid the Deadly Amanita, and one would never suffer. Seriously, any “toadstool,” edible or poisonous, is a mushroom, or vice and then again versa. a a a THE WAY it happened was like this. We moved into anew apartment about January. Moving men, of course, are all honest men! So we paid them before the job was done and didn’t arrive until the following night. We found the studio couch, object of considerable affection in our family, had a large, very common snag in the second tier landing. It made every one concerned very sad. But we made the best of it, mending it as best we could, and forgot and almost forgave until two nights ago when habit forced us to move the furniture. The little note was written on the dog-eared verso of an aged almanac, advertising what wonderful things could be done for those troubled with sluggish liver, etc., etc. It was scribbled in pencil. “Snagged your studio couch. Sorry. See you later.” The note is all the word we have had from the moving man. But we liked it. a a a EARL M'KEE, night proofreader on The Times, who has served as “praise agent” for Riverside Amusement Park for many years, shoots in the following oddity: The representative of a Chicago firm which manufactures devices for amusement parks was telling of some recent experiences in the state of Texas the other afternoon at the Riverside office, and was stressing the magnificent distances down in that empire of wide open spaces. “I was installing some devices recently in an amusement park at El Paso, when I received a wire from my firm directing me to :un over to Texarkana’ to interview a prospect. It seems the Chicago office was anxious to have me attend to this chore while I was down in Texas, and wished to avoid sending a representative on the ‘long trip’ to Texarkana. “I got hold of a map 'of the United States, and, after doing some measuring, I wired right back to the Chicago headquarters: ‘lt will be cheaper to send a man from Chicago, for Chicago is nearer to Texarkana, Texas, than is El Paso, Texas.’ ” And, says McKee, if you don’t believe it, get out your United States map (the kids’ geography will do) and measure.

'T'VHIS is a sad story. A Two young women were seated at a table in a downtown restaurant when a stranger came up to the table. Bowing slightly to one of the young women he asked, “May I speak to you for a minute?” A slightly puzzled expression flashed across her face, but, thinking she might have met him at one time, she asked: “About what?” “I don’t know,” he said. “Well, if you don’t know, I’m sorry I can’t help you,” was her answer, “we’re just leaving now.” “Oh!” The man hesitated. “You see, I have a friend out here from Chicago and he doesn’t believe I know anybody in town.” The girl thought a minute. “Well, do you?” The man thought a minute. “No.” Then the women left, and he left —but not together.

TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

THREE levels of mental behavior are postulated by Dr. Gregory S. Razran of Columbia University after two years’ research in which experiments which other psychologists had tried on dogs were repeated upon college students. The animal level is the lowest, he finds. Next comes the child level. Finally there is the adult level. Dr. Razran rejects the conclusions of the behaviorist school of psychology which would apply to human beings the conclusions arrived at from experiments with animals. The behaviorist school, founded by Dr. John B. Watson, stems from the early experiments of the late Dr. Ivan Pavlov of Russia. Pavlov found that a dog’s mouth watered at the sight of food. Each time the dog was shown food, a bell was rung. Finally the sound of the bell alone would cause the dog's mouth to water. Pavlov called this a conditioned reflex, a situation in which the animal had learned to respond to a stimulus which originally was the automatic or unconditioned response to another stimulus. The behaviorists insist that all human behavior, no matter how complex, is to be explained entirely as the result of the construction, through the yea*s of life, of a vast tangle of such conditioned reflexes. Dr. Razran rejects this theory as much too simple a view of the situation. Dr. Razran is willing to grant the existence of conditioned reflexes but is unwilling to grant that they explain the mental behavior of human beings completely.

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(Times 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 he signed, hut names will he withheld on reouest.) ana THINKS DOCTOR’S RIGHT ABOUT MATH. Bv T. M. H. There is a touch of understanding in Dr. William Reeve’s recent attack on the teaching of mathematics in the United States. Dr. Reeve, head of the mathematics department of Teachers College, Columbuia University, is fed. up with “eighteenth century” instruction in this field. Says the professor: “Os what use is factoring in this world or the next?” Wentworth has filled pages with such obsolete stuff as ‘Xsquared plus 5X plus 6,’ as if it made any difference. “Moreover,” he warns, “it’s time to quit hiring football coaches to teach mathematics as a sideline. And it’s time to quit hiring German teachers, who couldn’t teach German any more, to teach mathematics.” Looking back on your own experiences, can’t you agree that the doctor is right? a a a DENIES OARP WOULD RAISE PRICES By a Times Reader I have been reading the articles about the Townsend Old-Age Pension Plan and I am surprised at the

Watch Your Health

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN ONC* people thought it was unsafe to eat oysters in a month without an “R.” Nowadays we know that when oysters are shipped, they are just as safe in one season of the year as in another. The oyster is a valuable food, because it is especially rich in certain vitamins, in iodine, and in nutritious protein. Other shellfish in wide use are clams, mussels, scallops, lobsters, crabs, shrimps and crayfish. , Because of the feeding habits of shellfish, they are likely to contain considerable numbers of bacteria which are characteristic of the water in which they are grown. From time to time polluted waters have given rise to epidemics of typhoid fever following the eating of oysters raised in such waters. In one epidemic, which occurred in 1894, members of various college fraternities at Wesleyan University had eaten oysters contaminated with typhoid germs. All the oysters were found to have come from one dealer. Asa result of these early observations, various states have passed laws which control the pollution of water in which oysters are grown, as well as the manner of shipment. Oysters are shipped into New York City from New York state, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as from the places already mentioned.

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Inclose a 3-cent stamp for reply when addressing: any question of fact or information to The Indianapolis Time* 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 —What does the name Amore mean? A—lt is from the Latin and means “loving” or “amorous.” Q—What sort of motor was used by Howard Hughes in his recent trans-continental flights? A—A special built, super-charged radial motor, built to Army specifications. Q—Does it take more or less heat to evaporate a certain quantity of water at high or at low pressure? A—lt takes less heat to evaporate a given quantity of water at low pressure than at higher pressures. Example: At a pressure of one pound it is necessary to heat water only to 101.a#iiegrees F. to create

lack of truth and reason shown by the writers. Take, for instance, their contention that a 2 per cent tax on business transactions would amount to from 25 to 36 per cent on each $1 worth of merchandise sold, starting with the sale of the raw material and going through until the manufactured article is sold at the retail price. Let us take bread, for example. We now pay 8 cents for a onepound loaf. This price includes all of the material, labor and overhead expense, and a gross sale and income tax of 1 per cent as well as a processing tax of $1.38 on a barrel of flour. The farmer sells his wheat at $1 a bushel. Five bushels of wheat makes one barrel of flour (195 pounds) and leaves 104 pounds of by-products. The farmer sells five bushels for $5, adds 2 per cent tax and the miller pays $5.10. Well, the 104 pounds of by-products will pay for the milling so the miller has $5.10 in the barrel of flour. If he adds 20 per cent profit to the $5.19, he sells his flour for $6.25 to the baker. Then the baker sells 300 onepound loaves from this barrel of flour at 7 cents a loaf or s2l. Add 2 per cent and the baker will get $21.42 for his bread. The retailers then sell the bread at 8 cents a loaf, receiving $24. Add the 42 cents he paid the baker and the 48 cents he will pay on his sales and the result is 90 cents tax. But if we add the tax the farmer

SHIPPERS have to submit certificates to the effect that the oysters and the shellfish beds are free from contamination. They must certify also that every handler of the shellfish is free from infectious disease in communicable form. The oyster crop of the United States represents two-thirds of the world’s supply. About 17,000,000 bushels of oysters are consumed every year. The value of the crop approximates $13,000,000. About one-fifth of all the oysters produced are canned. The original center of the industry was Baltimore, but now Mississippkand South Carolina also produce many oyster. Shellfish, like oysters, are 86 per cent water, 6.2 per cent protein, 1.2 per cent fat and 3.7 per cent carbohydrate, the remainder being ash, which contains the mineral salts. The scallop and the shrimp provide much more protein; namely, 15 and 19 per cent, respectively, and much less water and carbohydrate. Oyster are a rich source of iron and copper, and also contain rather large amounts of zinc. As I have already said, they are exceedingly rich in iodine. Oysters also provide liberal amounts of vitamin A and are a good source of vitamin B-l and B-2. In addition, there is some vitamin C and D, but the amounts are not significant, particularly when compared with the richness of the liver of the fish in vitamin D.

steam, whereas it is necessary to heat it to 193.2 degrees at 10 pounds pressure: 240.1 degrees at 25 pounds; 281 degrees at 50 pounds; 327 8 degrees at 100 pounds and so on. Q_What was the origin of the song, “Who's Afraid of the Big | Bad Wolf?” A—lt was featured in the “Silly j Symphony” cartoon comedy, “The i Three Pigs,” which was produced by Walt Disney. Q —ls the egg in the hen hard before it passes out, or does it pass out soft and become hard after it is laid? A—Hen’s eggs generally are hard in the oviduct just prior to being laid. Q —What relation to me is my brother’s wife and my husband’s sister? ' A—Your brother’s wife is your sister-in-law; the sanie relationship exists between you and your husband’s sister. %

paid and the tax the miller paid we have a total of $1.13 taxes paid out on $24 worth of bread. So, instead of paying 8 cents a loaf we would pay a small fraction over 8 1-3 cents a loaf, which would be about 5 per cent on a dollar. How does this compare wfth the present tax? The gross sale income tax would amount to 56cents. Add to that $1.38 the millers have been paying on a barrel of flour and we have a tax of $1.94 1 3 on the 300 loaves of bread which we are buying for 8 cents a loaf with this tax included. This amounts to 8 per cent on the dollar you now spend for bread. If the processing tax of $1.38 is removed the retailers can still sell bread at 8 cents a loaf with the 2 oer cent tax included. The tax has been shown to be only $1.13 on the bread made from one barrel of flour. The $1.13 sales tax on the 300 loaves of bread will be 25 cents les* than the processing tax of $1.38 on the same amount of bread.

SPRING’S MESSENGERS BY MARY R. WHITE. Spring has come; the buds are swelling, The red-bird, too, with joy is telling, From the topmost bough lof a budding tree This sweet message he brings to me. New promise—new hope—in our hearts glow New courage to lighten, to heal life’s woe, New life in your step—new light in your eye— The sun’s yet in the heavens, still blue in the sky. All nature’s awakening from her long sleep, Gently the wind her coverings sweep— Spring is here: The buds are swelling, And that is the story the red-bird is telling. DAILY THOUGHT O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.—Ezra 9:6. WHY does no man confess his vices?—because he is yet in them.—lt is for a waking man to tell his dream.—Seneca.

SIDE GLANCES

“ You're payin' me fifty plunks . . . an' lookit all the plunks I’m gicin’ you. Not a bad crack, huh? Maybe I cpvJLd do some comedian stuff, too.'’

-APRIL' 7, 1936

Vagabond from Indiana ERNIE PYLE

EDITOR'S NOTE—Thl* roving reporter for The Times goes where he pleases, when he pleases, In search of odd stories about this and that. NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, April 7.—On the assumption that within the next three years approximately 18 million American motorists are going to Mexico, I have taken a few days off from my knitting to run down to Mexico City and get the dope. The reason for this prophecy on the trend of American tourism is the fact that the new Pan-American Highway, making Mexico City easily accessible by auto for the first time, will soon be finished. It will be dedicated late this spring. Officially, it is still closed. Actually, it is wide open, and American cars are going over it every day—at their own risk. Presently the stream of autos will become a flood. It is 768 miles from the Texas line to Mexico City. Six hundred miles of this is paved with macadam. The rest is gravel, broken rock, or clay. Within a year it should all be paved. a a a BEFORE you can drive to Mexico City, you have to get into Mexico. I’ll start by telling you how that's done. Before you leave home, get vaccinated —unless you have a recent vaccination and can prove it. Two other things: Take the title and registration card of your car with you. And if you're in a city where there's a Mexican consul, get your tourist card. You don’t need a passport for a pleasure tour in Mexico. Just a tourist card (it costs $1). No pictures needed. When you get to San Antonio, see William H. Furlong in the St. Anthony Hotel for road information. He represents the Mexican Highway Department, gets fresh reports on the highway almost daily by telegraph, and his information is reliable. He’ll also tell you what not j to eat, and where to stay.

IN Laredo, the jumping-off place, see Charles Mumm in the Magnolia Building. By all means see him. He represents the AAA. among other things, and he’ll do the following for you: Make out the necessary papers for your car, and your immigration papers, and your card for the medical authorities. He also insures your car for Mexico (if you w r ant it) and changes your dollars into pesos. There’s nothing left but to drive across the bridge and hand yourself over. If you have anything of foreign make, such as a camera, register it at customs on the American side, so they’ll let you bring it back dutyfree. If you have to discard a tire in Mexico, lug it back with you, or you’ll have to pay duty on it. There are other little things, but Mumm will tell you about them. You can take in three cartons of cigarets. After they’re gone, you can buy Mexican cigarets that taste almost like ours. a a a IT was 8:45 a. m. when we crossed the Rio Grande bridge and pulled up in front of the customs house on Mexican soil. It ordinarily takes about an hour to get through customs—examining baggage, making out papers, and so on. Personally, I cheated a little, by having a letter w'hich opened the gates like a magic wand. The customs men were delightful. Not diplomatically polite, but informal and friendly. Nice-looking men, in khaki uniforms, who spoke good English. They’re noted for their courtesy, even if you have no magic letter. Two porters took all the baggage out of the car. A man opened each bag and closed it again, hardly looking inside. Then he put a seal oil each bag. The porters put everything back in the car. While that was going on, I w r as across the street in another building, getting my official papers filled out. Thanks to Mr. Mumm having everything ready, all I had to do was sign my name about a dozen times. No delay. No red tape. When it was all done, I paid three pesos (a peso is 28 cents) for my auto papers, gave the porter a peso, took off my coat, put on dark glasses and climbed in. The inspector gave us some of his ow'n maps, told us how to get out of tow’n, shut the door for us. wished us two or three happy trips, and we were on our way. It was 9:10. The sun was shining brig itly.

By George Clark