Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1936 — Page 21

It Seems to Me HEMDBM YORK, April 24.—1 was asleep in a smoking car when somebody shook me by the arm and said in my ear, “I’m going to cut your heart out,” and there stood ‘ Henry Mencken. And now I see that he spoke at a luncheon of the Associated Press and urged more vigor and violence in newspaper editorial pages. I might tremble, but I fear his threat was frivolous. Mr.

Mencken has so much against the New Deal that the chance of his getting around to attacking me is slight indeed. And, after all, my offense was minor. When Henry L. Mencken wrote a piece in which he said that the Republicans could nominate a Chinaman and beat Roosevelt I merely made an investigation and reported back that I could find no Chinese in New York who was willing to accept the nomination. On account of requirements of space, I suppose, most of the

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papers cut Mencken’s speech rather severely, and in reading the extracts I gathered that the greater editorial violence which he suggested was chiefly to be used against the government and its officials. I think the both-barrels-meadow should be much more extensive. nun Fine Old Traditions I T WOULD tike to return to the sing old American •A tradition of bitter warfare among all publishers and editors. Nobody has horsewhipped a rival publisher in this city for a quarter of a century. Even verbal attacks are few and far between. Personal journalism is departing along with hand-to-hand attacks. By chance I wandered into the Waldorf the other afternoon, and here were rival editors not only meeting in convention and committees to discuss business affairs but actually sitting in the bar together as friendly as you please. The Publishers’ Association is a sort of cross between a trades union and a fraternal society, and I very much fear that it may tend to destroy individual initiative. Os course, editors and publishers have a legal and a moral right to organize, but I think they should forego it, like doctors and lawyers, for the good of the community. * * Newspaper Feudists MY memory does not go back all the way to the fights and feuds of the elder Bennett, nor the violent crusading of Greeley and Dana. But I have a vague recollection that even William Cullen Bryant, the “Thauatopsis” boy, went out and tangled with a rival editor back in the early days of'the Post. And Walt Whitman, of the same paper, is reputed to have taken a poke at somebody. Although he was a good gray poet, he was never more than an indifferent welterweight. But, good or bad, the editors and publishers of the old school were in there fighting. Os late a certain section of the public has come to view William Randolph Hearst with disfavor. Once upon a time some publisher or other would have given editorial expression to this disaster. But not any more. It can’t be done. Newspaper owners stand or fail together. They have achieved the united front. They can't criticise Mr. Hearst because he, too, belongs to their union. (Copyright. 1936 ( New Deal Alternate Appears Piecemeal BY RAYMOND CLAPPER WASHINGTON, April 24.—The essentials of an intelligent alternative to the New Deal are appearing piecemeal. Some are found in the utterances of various Republican spokesmen. Others can be found in certain economic studies of generally recognized reliability and soundness. These individual fragments, it seems possible, could be welded into a basic Republican program which would offer an alternative to the Roosevelt efforts to deal with unemployment and economic

maladjustment, and one which would conform to both American and Republican Party tradition. What seems to be needed, chiefly, is that some group in the Republican Party take enough time off from denouncing Roosevelt as a Communist to gather up these scattered propositions and organize them into a general constructive program. u n POSSIBLE elements In such a program could include these: 1. Recognition of the principle

that production and employment can be expanded most by reducing prices—the thesis which has been developed and documented so impressively bv the Brookings Institution. Between 1922 and 1929 productivity per wage earner increased more than 25 per cent. Yet prices which presumably should have been reduced by increased efficiency of production, showed practically no change. Economists generally seem to agree that during this period the competitive price system did not function freely. We saw one illustration of why it did not in the recent Supreme Court Sugar Institute case. During the Coolidge Administration sugar refiners agreed upon an intricate price-fixing arrangement among themselves and obtained, so the Sugar Institute alleged, the approval of the Department of Justice. A few weeks ago the Supreme Court held this pricing arrangement an unlawful restraint of trade. Industries which are in a position to fix. or in some degree control, prices seek#o peg them at levels which will yield the highest profit, from year to year, and do not particularly concern themselves with lapger ultimate profit through gradual expansion of the market. Ninety-two per cent of our families live below SSOOO a year. Families earning less than S3OOO exercise half the buying power of the country. Any pushing down of prices would operate for these groups as an increase in wages and expand purchases of goods by that much. 2. Combating of monopoly by more rigorous enforcement of anti-trust laws. This is advocated notably by Senator Borah and also by Gov. Landon and Col. Knox. The purpose of this would be to put pressure on artificially sustained prices and force them down toward natural competitive levels. 3. Encouragement of co-operative societies as advocated a few days ago by Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The chief function of such activity would be to complement anti-monopoly efforts and, through private co-operative associations of consumers, to provide a disciplinary yardstick to force down artificially high prices. This method his been used in Sweden to break monopoly prices in bread, shoes, fertilizer, milk, electric lamps and many imported commodities such as coffee. 4. Support of child labor prohibition and encouragement of collective bargaining as safeguards against the tendency to reduce costs of production by cutting wages. Wage cutting is an easy expedient, but one which gives no lasting advantage because competitors quickly follow suit. • a a a KNIT these four general ideas together and you have the rough outline of a cohesive program. It calls for a minimum of government intervention; hitches individual self-interest to the general welfare, rests on the traditional profit-motive; depends upon free play of natural competitive forces to bring about economical prices; does not penalize the long-term interests of individual initiativeoffer* labor fair treatment without restricting benefit* to unions strong enough to ta ze wage increases at the expense of other employes, and would tend to spread the gains in living stewards generally over the whole consuming population.

Republican and Democratic Contestants in May 5 Primary Make Statements to Indianapolis Times Readers. NOTE: The Indianapolis Times has invited all of the candidates in the county and local congressional primary election contests to make campaign statements in these columns. Omission of statements by the 92 candidates for State Representative and State Senator is necessitated by space limitations. The symposiums of candidates for County Treasurer and Prosecutor and for Representative, Twelfth Congressional District, have been carried. Today the candidates for County Sheriff, in alphabetical order, appeal for your vote. Responses from candidates in other races will follow. u

WILLIAM BOSSON JR. Republican, for Sheriff. (Born in Indianapolis, Jan. 13, 1889; farmer and real estate broker. Member of Indiana State Legislature 1927-29.) TN SEEKING the nomination for Marion County sheriff I am motivated by a sincere belief that, if nominated and elected, I can be of immeasurable service to the people whose protection from the criminal element will depend largely on my office, I propose to co-operate in every way with the city and state police to the end that the people under my jurisdiction shall receive the greatest possible protection from crime and criminals, and advocate that the sheriff’s office be at all times in close communication with city and state police calls, equipped and ready to assist in any and every emergency. My candidacy is based entirely on my qualifications, experience and ability to cope'with the duties of the office of sheriff of Marion County. I received my education in the local public schools and at Wabash College. From 1930 until 1934 I was a deputy in the United States Marshal’s office in District of Columbia, where i had experience in the handing of prisoners and in the serving of legal papers. I am a member of the Methodist Church and am a Mason. u n VIRGIL H. FOX Democrat, for Sheriff. (Born Jan. 10, 1890; life insurance salesman. Has never held public office.) I WAS a candidate for city council in the 1934 election. I have been employed by the Western and Southern Life Insurance Cos. for 13 years and have always occupied an enviable position among their sales leaders throughout my entire association with them. I am seeking the office of sheriff of Marion County upon my record as a citzen and taxpayer of this community and promise, if elected, to carry out the duties of this office according to the statutes and without favor to any individuals or grcup. nun WILLIAM F. GILLESPIE Republican, for Sheriff. (Born In Spencer, Ind., Feb. 13. 1895; employed Indianapolis Street Railway Cos. for 10 years; on Indianapolis police force 15 years.) T HAVE dealt with the public in Marion County for 25 years. I have had 15 years police experience, both in uniform and plain clothes, know a criminal when I see him, and have a record on stolen cars and accessories that will be hard to beat. I have investigated murder .cases, arson, various kinds of felonies, and cases I would not want to mention. I have dealt with all the leading automobile insurance companies in Marion County and have brought prisoners back from all parts of the country. This work in Marion County is not new to me. If elected sheriff of Marion County I will endeavor to set up a police patrol throughout the county, with efficient, reliable deputies who will

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have their minds on the welfare of the taxpayer and not their personal affairs. Being the father of three children I believe safety for children is first in the minds of all parents, and I hope to put in action a safety program in all schools of the county that will be the envy of every city school. If nominated and elected, J pledge a strict, economical administration. I will welcome criticisms, never be too busy to be of service, or to see any one at any time. I am married, have three children. I am a member of Brookside Masonic Lodge, Sahara Grotto, and the Methodist Church. u u LUTHER E. MARKIN Republican, for Sheriff. n (Born May 6, 1884, in Pulaski County, Ind. Never held public office. Minister of Southport Presbyterian Church.) T HAVE been a member of the Indianapolis Presbytery for 12 years. I was graduated from De Pauw University in 1908. For a time I was editor of the Mishawaka Enterprise. lam married and have one son. There is a widespread suspicion that politics is rotten. To nominate for sheriff a Presbyterian minister, who has the confidence and support of the people in his part of the county, will do more to inspire confidence in the honesty of the entire county ticket than anything else that the party can do. You should vote for me because: If elected sheriff I will appoint as chief deputy a man of such outstanding ability and experience that his appointment will mean anew era of law enforcement in a sheriff’s office, and my experience in public speaking and as newspaper editor will enable me to awaken the public interest and support that does not exist and that he must have if he really enforces the laws. I will promote the crime prevention program of Indiana University. It will greatly reduce crime and the cost as soon as the public learns what can be done and the importance of doing it. Party machinery must be kept up and party workers should be favored in appointments, but the task of teaching our children, and the task of protecting life and property, should be above politics and I will not allow politics to interfere with the effectiveness of law enforcement. It is a shame for public officials to raid the public treasury when people are hungry and taxes are crushing. n n TRULY NOLEN Republican, for Sheriff. . (Has lived in Marion County 26 years; Supt. Garbage Reduction Plant; Supt. City Ash and Garbage Collection Dept, for 15 years. At present is manager of the Borne Caretakers Cos.) I AM not a candidate of that political machine which has dominated our party in this county for 14 years, I am unalterably opposed to political "bossism.” The purpose of a political organization should be to elect those candidates who are nominated by the rank and file of the pasty and not for putting over its slate. I pledge the voters that the office will be free from the slightest taint of political “bossism” of any kind. I have no entangling alliances whatsoever, and expect to be sheriff of all .Marion County, treat all alike,

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regardless of political affiliations, and remain free from the spoils system. I pledge the taxpayers of Marion County the same efficiency which characterized my 17 years’ service as a city department superintendent. This efficiency has been testified to, and is on public record, by: Mr. Jeup, former city engineer: “Truly Nolen has conducted the affairs so well that his methods of organization and collection are being adopted by other cities.” Reginald Sullivan, former mayor: “Nolen’s department has done the work so thoroughly and well that the public is satisfied. This means a great deal.” Lucius Swift, former sanitary head: “Nolen had our ideas about politics in city work and was not a man to be trifled with. The story of how politics was frozen out, how we got eight hours of actual work instead of six, how acting under Nolen’s .advice, we completely revolutionized the collection service, is most interesting. Our work became a purely business transaction.” I am a member of Third Church of Christ, Scientist. nun OTTO RAY Democrat, for re-election for Sheriff. (Born in Indianapolis, 1888. Served as city councilman, 19211925; on police force six years.) A S SHERIFF of Marion County and as a candidate for renomination for that office, I am asking the support of citizens and voters strictly on the record of my acts and achievements since I took office. I urge full investigation of all activities of the sheriff’s office since I came in. There never has been a time in the police history of the country when the need for capable, efficient sheriffs was any greater than it is today. The duties of the office are manifold. The sheriff not only is an officer of the law, but a public servant, an arbiter, to whom is entrusted the peace and safety of every man, woman and child in his county. Therefore, he must be a man who not only is capable of solving a crime and apprehending its perpetrator, but who is able to guard the safety of the public and prevent the occurrence of crime by eliminating the human cesspools where it invariably breeds. The jail has been renovated and repaired. My regular deputies are selected for their fitness for the job and not for their political connections. In addition to the regular force of deputies, a reserve group of reput- j< able and dependable citizens from , each community in the county has been selected and deputized as a reserve force. These reserve deputies have played a large part in our successful cleaning up of chicken and cattle thievery, car stripping and j other minor and major criminal ] acts. request for aid and assist- i mad* cn the sheriff'* office i

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. has been given prompt attention 5 night and day. The caliber and quality of the civil functions of 1 the sheriff’s office have been im--1 proved to the point where com- ! mendation has been won widely ■ from attorneys and courts. I can assure the people of Mari- ; on County that if I am renomi- : nated and re-elected, no stone will ; be left unturned in the matter of ■ continuing to give the sheriff’s ! office a business-like administration in the same thorough and impartial manner that has been my goal ! since I took office Jan. 1, 1935. St St St CHARLES ROUSH Republican, for Sheriff. (Born in 1891 in Payne, O.; owner and operator of Chick’s Garage. Has never held public office.) I AM a serious contender for the nomination as sheriff of Marion ' t County on the Republican ticket. I came to Indianapolis in 1902 and have resided here since. When the United States troops were called to the Mexican border in 1916, I was one of the volunteers, serving at the border until the World War, when I went overseas with the 816th Aero Squadron; was one of the first casualties to be returned to the United States after my discharge from the hospital. I continued to serve my flag as supervisor of exports of Liberty motors for use in the war zone. I am married and have three children. I am a member of the 101 Men’s Bible Class of the Broadway Baptist Church, the Junior Order American Mechanics, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, American Legion and Townsend Old Age Pension Club No. 15. I pledge a rigid enforcement of all laws if elected and propose the establishment of a Rural School Safety Patrol for the protection of school children throughout the j county. I want the return of county I highway patrolling by police as a protection of* all rural properties. I believe in the humane treatment of all prisoners and the economical safe-guarding of every interest of the taxpayers of Marion County. u y * n CLAUDE E. SHOVER Democrat, for Sheriff. (Former Indianapolis Street Commissioner; 48 years old. Was formerly with Indianapolis Police Department.) IN seeking the office of sheriff of Marion County I am frank to admit that I am anxious to realize an ambition I have had sos several years. I did not, however, enter the present race until the many thousands of friends signing my petitions and many prominent leaders from all wards and townships and representing all groups in the party urged me to do so. If I am nominated and elected sheriff, I shall, to the very best of my ability, apply to the office my:

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experience as an active member of the Indianapolis Police Department, and the organization training received as an executive with the Big Four Railroad Cos. I pledge to the citizens that I will conduct the office with courtesy, impartiality and common sense. I further pledge that I will work in harmony with all law enforcement bodies. I will be glad to co-operate and to accept all worthy suggestions by any group or organization that will improve the operation of the office. I intend to co-operate closely with the press, and all organizations promoting safety and accident prevention work. I intend to appoint assistants in all branches of the office qualified and have a serious-minded responsibility toward their duties. I am married and have three children. I have served in both the Army and the Navy, later employed by Big Four, subsequently appointed to Indianapolis Police Department, resigned to become Big Four yardmaster. I was appointed in 1935 by Mayor Kern as Indianapolis Street Commissioner. n0 * a -JOHN GEORGE WILLIS Republican, for Sheriff. (Born in Spencer County, Indiana, Nov. 5, 1888. Now- field examiner for State Board of Accounts. Was previously with State Highway Commission, state fire marshal’s office, investigator, Marion County Criminal Court.) T ATTENDED school at Richland, A Ind., and joined the United States Army in 1908, serving three years in the Philippine Islands. After passing civil service examinations, served as law enforcing officer of Panama Canal Zone, i served seven years on the State Highway Commission, four years chief inspector of the i commission two years as arson inves- | tigator in the state fire marshal’s office, three years investigator Marion County Criminal Court, under William H. Remy, prosecutor, and for the last five and one-half years I have been a field examiner for the State Board of Accounts. I think that the voters of Marion County should nominate me as their candidate for sheriff because of my experience in public service, and if I am nominated and elected I pledge myself to reduce the operating expenses of the sheriff’s office. I! would appoint a resident deputy! sheriff in every township outside of j Indianapolis, thereby saving transportation costs on serving legal papers. This would not only save thousands of dollars for the taxpayers. it would place a deputy sheriff within reach when needed. In 1930 I was a candidate for this office and at that time I was the! runner-up with eight candidates in the race. I want to pledge the voters that if nominated and elected I will serve you honestly and efficiently as I have in the past. TOMORROW— The race for county commissioner, Flnt District

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Entered an Seeond-Claaa Matter at•Pnetoffiee, Indianapolis, Ind.

Fair Enough UBIPOi: PffiLER "iORK, April 24.—1 tis going to be a bit of a problem to get our athletes and tourists into Germany and out again this summer unless they are very careful to forego all the rights and privileges which Nazis enjoy in the United States and conduct themselves in all matters as if they were subjects of the dictator. Possibly the gladiators of the American Olvmpio team and the tag-alongs who in-

tend to go to Germany only to see what they can see do not realize what these restrictions are. That, however, is no excuse in the so-called courts of the Nazi state, where the judges take their seats beneath the spinning pinwheel, and deal out prison terms to American citizens who are guilty of innocent error. It was no excuse in the case of Mr. Karl Nisselback, of Brooklyn, for example, an American citizen who was held for 10 months without trial and who is now serving two years in a Nazi prison for

possessing a paper criticising the Nazi government mum Forced Praise and Respect T N the first place, almost any document which does not praise Adolf Hitler and indorse massacre as a method of government is a seditious paper, and any reference to the business activities of Horst Wessel, the Nazi national hero, is a serious crime. Then, too, innocent persons often find seditious pamphlets in their pockets which they did not know were there. It was your correspondent’s experience one evening on reclaiming his overcoat in a restaurant to find in one of the pockets a German booklet which seemed to contain nothing more seditious than recipes for German dishes. The cover had that appearance, and the first few pages were those of a cook book. But a little further in the cook book became a political tract. One paragraph referred to Adolf Hitler as “Funny-Face,” and that in any German court is seditious matter. ’ They would not even permit a defendant to call experts and prove that Hitler’s face is funny although many cartoonists would take the stand’and swear it is. It is hard to see how it could be anything else. * m Strength and Good Manners ■pOR one thing, Nazis in the United States are permitted to ridicule the American President orally and in writing and to hold public meetings for the disparagement of the American system of government. Os course, it is impolite of a guest in a foreign land to do these things, but good manners as we see them, are a sign of weakness to a true Nazi, consequentiy. if a gathering of Nazis in the United States ridicules not only the government but the system of government and everything that is American, that is a show of strength and good manners according to the teachings of Adolf Hitler. It is unlawful and dangerous to life and limb to carry vour own German money out of Germany on leaving the country, and Americans have been sent to prison for this error. True, they had bought the money with American money, which is better than German money, and it was theirs, Some American diplomats on the other side take the view that Americans should be warned to stay out of Germany because their passports do not protect them, as Nisselback and others have learned. The W-ashington Merry-Go-Round By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen WASHINGTON, April 24.—New Deal economic experts have been making some private surveys of the stock market, and the results do not bring any particular cheer to their chief in the White House. They show that not even in the days of the Coolidge Bull Market did stocks sky-rocket in value as they have during the last year of the New Deal. During the 12 months immediately preceding the 1929 crash, when everybody and his brother was head over heels in the market, stocks rose 45 per cent. But during the 12 months ending April 1936, they advanced 60 per cent. This was proportionately the greatest rise in the history of the market since the World War. n n n 'T'O the advisers of a President who has promised J- protection from another “mad descent into another sink of suffering/ 1 this is a cause for real worry. How much they have discussed the situation with the President himself is not known. It also is a matter of some concern to the Ser -Cities and Exchange Commission, whose job it is o protect the public from the ravages of a runway stock market. nun * of the commission give four reasons / for the present booming market: 1. Business is genuinely better. 2. Low interest on bonds and savings accounts has caused extra money to flow into the stock mai.et. 3. The public is in the market, perhaps almost to the same extent that it was in the Coolidge Bull Market. 4. Pools and market manipulation. The first three of these forces are so strong that the SEC probably could not repress the buoyancy of the market even if it wanted to. But apparently a majority of its members have not wanted to. n n a Even speculation and the operation of pools, which could be barred by the SEC if it desired, have not been approached in more than half-hearted fashion. Chairman James Landis confessed, during & speech at Princeton last winter, that the SEC had failed to curb the market. But meanwhile he was content to sit on the side lines and let the market roar on, without taking even the steps he could take to curb it. Many forms of market manipulation are legal under the Stock Exchange Act, unless the SEC rules otherwise. For instance members of the exchange still can trade in their own accounts while at the same time handling those of their customers. They can boost prices, cash in on them, leaving their cus<s tomers to hold the bag. Many a bull market has been started by this sort of manipulation. (Copyright, 1936, by United Future Syndicate, Inc.)

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IT takes a poet to translate a poet. If you undertake to put Villon, let us say, into English, you must be just about as fine a poet as Villon was—or your translation won’t measure up to the original. AVhich is why the number of truly excellent translations of poetry are exceedingly rare. All this is by way of preface to the news that Baudelair es great poetry has at last been given a really noteworthy rendering into English verse. The translators are Edna St. Vincent Millay and George Dillon, and their version of “Flowers of Evil”-(Har-pers: $2.75) is something to cheer over. Miss Millay contributes a preface, explaining in detail the exact nature of the difficulties that await a translator of poetry: and this preface, by the way, contributes very largely to the value of the book, CSmce CattonJ,

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