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THURSDAY. MAY 21, 1936. MAKING IT UNANIMOUS "TT should be evident by this time that I am not a candidate."—Herbert Hoover. HENRY W. BENNETT 'T'HE story' of Henry W. Bennett also is the story of Indianapolis. He grew and prospered with the city, where he was born 77 years ago. He was one of the early residents who put vigor and imagination and hard work into the building of Indianapolis. Mr. Bennett was associated with the Indianapolis Stove Cos. for almost 62 years and for 45 had been its president. He served as president of the State Life Insurance Cos., with which he was connected 22 years. He was a trustee of the Indianapolis Foundation and a director of the Indiana National Bank. Yet, business activities did not consume all the energies of Mr. Bennett. Interested in politics, he was treasurer of the Republican State Committee for eight years and served a term as postmaster. He also was known for his interests in philanthropic and civic afTairs. With his death, the community loses an important figure and strong executive. WESTINGHOUSE r T''HE dramatic story of the development and use of electric power in America is being told in a scries of articles by David Dietz, Scripps-Howard science editor, appearing daily in The Times this week. In connection with these stories, which largely Involve the achievements of George Westinghouse, it is Interesting to study anew plan of employe relationship being started by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Cos. Nearly 50,000 employes are expected to receive substantial pay increases under the company’s new "profit-sharing” plan. Whenever Westinghouse profits exceed $600,000 monthly—as they have for 15 of the las„ 20 years—employes will begin sharing in a portion of the profits. Every $60,000 increase in profits over $600,000 in any month will mean a 1 per cent increase in pay. On the basis of first-quarter earnings this year, wages and salaries would be increased 10 per cent. Second-quarter earnings are running even higher. Tiie "profit-sharing” plan became effective May 1, so raises are expected in the next pay envelopes. On the basis of the company’s 1935 pay roll, a 10 per cent increase would mean more than $5,000,000 additional pay annually. While they share in larger profits, employes also are to accept wage cuts when profits slump. Past averages, how'ever, are decidedly on the employes’ side. Westinghouse has pioneered in other employe relations. It has a relief program, group insurance and annuity trusts. The new "profit-sharing” plan is a radical departure in employe relationship in American industry.

IT PAYS IN ENGLAND TN the next few months the United States will echo to the cries of partisan disaster-mongers wailing over the huge sums being spent on social services and security. But England, whose Tory statesmen are not given to squandering money, has gone deeper into its pockets than we have dreamed of to provide public bulwarks against the misery of its masses. The Wall Street Journal’s London correspondent describes Britain's elaborate system of health, unemployment, old-age, widows' and orphans' pensions, grants to keep children in school, low-cost housing and other projects. The total cost of these services last year was more than $2,000,000,000 or about oneleventh of Britain's total national income. To equal this the United States, with three times England's population and a present income of $50,000,000.000, should be spending about $7,000,000,000 a year, a figure far beyond the current outlay. Based on the 1029 income we would be spending around $13,000,000,000. Britain wisely looks upon this outlay as revolution insurance. She escaped violence when the industrial revolution spilled blood over France, Germany and Austria. She has escaped the violence of the postwar era that overturned Russia, Italy and Germany. Now she insures her democracy by the only method known to man—social reform. TAXING VOTERS IS Congress, like De Lawd in "Green Pastures,” actually preparing to haul off and pass a miracle in this election year? It is hard to believe your eyes when such a thing happens at such a time, but seemingly the Senate Finance Committee now seriously is considering a boost in the visible taxes of about 1,800,000 Federal income taxpayers—who incidentally are also voters. And this at a time when most congressmen haven't even been renominated and when practically all of them look with a troubled gaze toward the final showdown in November. In a co'mtry where nearly 40.000,000 votes are cas f in a presidential election, of course 1.800,000 voters constitute a small minority group. But it is a vocal and influential minority, and the statisticians tell us that fewer votes than that, properly placed, could easily turn the tide. * * a HERE’S how the strange circumstance of an in* crease in visible taxes actually being seriously considered came about: ‘ Congress convened in January with the President promising that no new taxes would be necessary providing nothing happened to upset his budget calculations. But before the budget was read, the income estimates were knocked into a cocked hat by the Bupreme Court’s invalidation of the AAA processing taxes. Then a few days later, over the President’s veto, Congress passed the veterans' bonus, upsetting the outgo estimates. So it came to pass that some $620,000,000 a year in permanent new revenue was needed to finance the farm program and pay the bonus. The Administration hatched up a scheme which at first looked like a political masterpiece. It was a plan to collect more from rich stockholders. It would have abolished all existing corporation

taxes, but, so it was said, would have obtained all the revenue lost thereby and $620,000,000 additional by substituting a stiff graduated tax on undistributed corporate earnings for the purpose of forcing those earnings out as dividends and collecting a larger share from individual stockholders. It was a nice-sounding plan. The House wrestled with it, got all tangled up in algebraic formulae and convoluting schedules, and finally passed a bill as complex as a Jigsaw puzzle and as full of holes as a swlss cheese. After a few weeks of pondering the measure, the Senate Finance Committee decided it wouldn't work. So the committee started casting about for new revenue sources. The plan now receiving most attention provides for (1) an increase in corporation income taxes to a flat 18 per cent—business won't 1 ke that, but it can at least understand it; (2) an experimental super tax of 7 per cent on undistributed earnings—so far so good, politically speaking, i)r these taxes are invisible to the actual taxpayers; and (3) adding 1 per cent to the normal tax on individual incomes, making the rate 5 per cent instead of 4. B B B / T'HIS last provision means an increase of 25 per cent in the visible tax bill of all income taxpayers who pay only the normal tax, and a proportionately smaller Increase to the few who pay surtaxes. Let s apply it to the Individual families consisting ing of three persons: A $2500-income family pays no Income tax now; would pay none if the rates were increased. A $3600 family (the Joneses again) now pay $13.60, and would pay sl7. (The $3.40 increase is less than the Federal taxes the Joneses pay on their automobile, about half what they pay in Federal gasoline taxes and about one-sixth what they pay .in cigaret taxes—but whereas all such sales taxes are hidden, the $3.40 would be quite visible). A SSOOO family now pays $64, and would pay S3O. A $25,000 family now pays $2473, and would pay $2690, and so on up into higher incomes, BUB 'VI/'HEN more taxes have been levied, this, we be- ' “ lieve, is the best way to go about it—make the taxes visible and graduate them according to ability to pay. We should prefer to go farther in applying this principle, taking all of Senator La Follette’s suggestions. That would mean reducing exemptions so as to multiply the number of Federal Income taxpayers, and stepping down the surtax brackets and stepping up the surtax rates so as to take proportionately more from the middle and higher incomes. But any move at all in this direction should be cheered, especially in an election year, because it will mean an increase in the tax consciousness of at least some of the voters.

POCKETBOOK MOTIVE A POCKETBOOK motive for safer driving is given x by Todd Stoops, secretary-manager of the Hoosier Motor Club. He quotes United States Bureau of Standards tests as indicating the 30-mile-an-hour driver is the wise driver from a financial viewpoint. Mr. Stoops says: "As compensation for his consideration of others, this careful driver gets 18 miles to the gallon at 30 miles an hour. But at 60 miles an hour, the motorist gets only 12.6 miles to the gallon, and at 80 miles only 8.6. “Oil costs are low r er at lesser speeds. Tests by the American Automobile Association at the Indianapolis Speedway showed that 6.9 times as much oil was consumed at 55 miles an hour as was used at 30 miles an hour. Haste makes waste nowhere as fast as it does on the highway.” THE JOB’S THE THING* " r\AVID E. LILIENTHAL has been reappointed a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Senate has confirmed the selection. The rumored resignation of Chairman Arthur E. Morgan has not developed. White House attaches, asked regarding it, were reported to have said, ‘‘There’s nothing to it.” And we sincerely hope there is not. This is no time for a disruption of the TV A board. This is no time to endanger what many regard as the most important project of the whole New Deal. Chairman Morgan and Mr. Lilienthal, TV A power director and general counsel, obviously have had differences of opinions. Some say these were basic and involved the tactics of TV a. in fighting off the attacks of the private power interests. Others say the differences were of a relatively minor nature.. But, in any event, the job and the objectives are bigger than the men on the TV A boa.J, and neither must be hampeied nor hindered by personal differences. We are delighted that Mr. Lilienthal has been reappointed. The President’s confidence in him, shown when he gave him the nine-year term yesterday, is shared by those who know him and his work. We are equally pleased that Chairman Morgan remains at the helm for TVA. He has a true concept of the breadth and depth of this great project. We, as friends of TVA and supporters of its objectives, hope these two men will continue to work together, to complement each other, in bringing this vast democratic experiment in water and land control to success. A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON WHEN J. Edgar Hoover speaks harshly to American parents about the increasing tendency toward crime in our youngsters, it might be well to lend an car. He is in a position to know what he is talking about. Basically, of course, the economic structure is the cause of most of our crime. While the home is an important factor in shaping the character of citizenship, the kind of homes we are able to maintain depends, almost wholly, upon our business and political systems. The parent, no matter how fine may be his intentions, stands a poor chance to rear good children when he is forced to spend his energies, his thoughts and all his life power to earn a slim livelihood for them. It takes leisure and concentration to be a good parent. Moreover, boys and girls who observe the shenanigans we employ in business, the law and politics are not likely to have a good opinion of their elders who tell them how to behave and at the same time set such strange examples. In a manner of speaking, the decadence of family life may be laid at the door of a commercialism which has run the home out of business. Isn’t it true that most of our entertaining these days is carried on away from home? Hospitality has moved to the club, the big hotel, the dancing resort. Girls and boys far too young to be prancing about at night can be seen at very late hours in public eating and drinking places. Yet we continue saying that home should be the center of our social life, and that woman is the center of the home. “Oh, but it’s so much easier," we mothers say to one another, "just to take the children to the club or tearoom for their parties” Os course it’s easier. It's also easier, according to statistics, to bring up criminals in America than it ever has been before.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Our Town By ANTON SCHERRER

' 1 'HIS is the story of Modem Art, a quarterly published in Indianapolis in the gay nineties. Like | as not, It will turn out to be the j story of Bruce Rogers and Joe Bowles and how they got the Job of j turning out the catalog of the ; famous Walters collection in Baltimore. Bruce Rogers came to Indianapolis In 1890 by way of Lafayette to be an illustrator on the News. He | had graduated from Purdue that ! spring and had some extra-curricu- | lar achievements to show for it. In his spare time he had designed the 1889 covers for The Exponent, The Souvenir and Debris and. old-timers credit him with the cover i of the school’s catalog. He came by these Jobs honestly ! enough for it is known, for sure, that he was one of the two males in the art class at Purdue. John T. McCutcheon was the other. George Ade and Booth Tarkington thought I some of joining the class at one time but they never could quite make up their minds about it. B B B the News, Rogers was given a low partitioned cubicle next to that of Meredith Nicholson but he didn’t stay long. It was too noisy, he said. He stayed long enough, however, to meet J. M. Bowles who ran an art store at the time and this meeting probably had as much to do with shaping Bruce Rogers’ career as any other one thing. They first met at the Portfolio which had rooms in an old remodeled church on the northwest quadrant of the Circle where Henry Ward Beecher had once preached. Tom Hibben used to say that Portfolio was "the headquarters for souls who have either artistic symptoms or sympathies.” Bowles lost track of the boy after that. The fact of the matter was that Rogers, driven away by the noise in the News, had gone home to stay for good. He was back again in 1893. When Rogers returned, Bowles was an art salesman in the H. Lieber Cos. During Rogers’ absence he had found time to start an art magazine on the side. Herman Lieber, a realistic during business hours, let out a yell when he heard of it but he didn’t fire Bowles. He deemed it the better part of wisdom to string along with his clerk and watch the fantastic scheme from the side lines. b b a QOMEHOW, Bowles had persuaded Hollenbeck, the printer, to back him, and together, with a supply of French charcoal paper furnished by Herman Lieber, who was coming around by this time, they started' to put out an illustrated quarterly called Modern Art. Modem art back in 1893 meant Whistler, Monet and Beardsley, who were as extreme then as Picasso, Klee and Roualt are now. And human nature being what it is, it ought to give you some idea of what Bowles was up against. Rogers was probably in Lafayette when the first number was issued in January, 1893. A.t any rate, there were no contributions by him in that number. After that, beginning with the title page of the second issue, Modern Art was full of Bruce Rogers. NEXT —Why Bruce Rogers and Joe Bowles left Indianapolis. TODAY S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ I •pvEARBORN, Mich., May 21.—The great Rotunda which HenryFord built at the Chicago “Century of Progress” World's Fair in 1934, has been reconstructed once more, at the entrance to the Ford plant in Dearborn. Visitors to the Chicago fair in 1933 and 1934 will remember how | much this structure added to the beauty and grandeur of the fair in the second year of that enterprise. In the opinion of many, it was the most striking and glorious building upon the grounds. The design of the new Ford Rotunda follows that of the Chicago structure in a general way. In fact, much of the steel framework of the one in Chicago has been incorporated into the new one. Built of steel and Indiana limestone, the central section of the structure, appropriately, has been, given the shape of a gigantic gear, ft rises to a height of 110 feet with setbacks at 80, 90 and 100 feet. The central section is 215 feet in diameter and surrounds a central court or patio 92 feet in diameter. North and south wings, attached to this central section, give the entire structure a length of 424 feet. The south wing houses a little theater, wired for talking movies and radio, with comfortable blue leather chairs to scat 358 persons. The great globe of the earth, tum- | ing on its axis, which visitors to the i Chicago fair, will recall, has once ! more been installed in the central patio. EMPTY HEART BY VIRGINIA V. KID WELL I am the victim of emotions I can not control. Against my will they force me on to hurt myself and you— A desperateness deep-seated permeates my very soul— An empty heart, a lack of interest marks me all day thru To all the best within me. Who cares if there’s a best! Not I, and since your'e dead and gone, who cares about the rest?

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(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, reliaious controversies excluded. Make vour letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less. Your letter must be sioned . but names will be withheld on reoucst.l B B B MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR LAUDED FOR EDICT By YV. K. L. The old question of just how much the public is entitled to know about the public’s business has at last caught up with the right answer in Michigan. The answer came decisively from Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald after the Michigan State Prison Commission decided to bar newspaper men from its sessions. Gov. Fitzgerald sat on that plan with a thump. He held that, in effect, newspaper men are liaison officers between the public and its government and that, therefore, they must be admitted to all meetings of all state commissions. There is no excuse for conducting any of the state’s business in the dark, Fitzgerald pointed out. Thus the Michigan Governor sounded the keynote of good government. The salutary effect of conducting all public business Where it should be conducted, in public, can not be overestimated. a a a COMMENDS IMPROVEMENT OF S. MERIDIAN-ST By J. C. It is only a question of time until the center of gravity will shift. If the center of gravity does not shift, if it is too firmly established to shift, then everything else will shift around it. At present, for every square mile of Indianapolis south of Washing-ton-st there are three square miles north of Washington-st. In other

Watch Your Health

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN THE best possible food for a baby is his mother’s milk, particularly during the early months of life. Increased responsibilities of modem woman, however, and the fact that so many women are helping to earn the family income, have undermined interest among mothers in this important duty. Many experts claim it is possible to feed babies art.ficiaily and thereby produce just as healthful children as those fed from the breast. Few babies, however, can have the opportunity to secure their artificial feeding under the daily direction of competent experts. Two California doctors recently found that certain babies whom they had fed artificially had a greater gain of weight after the first three months of life than those who were breast fed. The artificially fed babies had a reliable source of pure milk, an even climate, regular medical supervision, and plenty of cod liver oil and orange juice. They were given regular exposures of fresh air and sun baths. Nevertheless, the doctors still felt that, in the vast majority of cases, breast milk is the best food for an infant during his first three months of life, provided the supply is satisfactory and the baby gains weight as he should. In many cases, the milk of the mother continues to be

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Inclose a 3-eent stamp tr reply when addressing any question of fact or in* formation to The Indianapolis Times Washington Service Bureau. 1013 13thst. N. W.. Washington. D. C. Legal and medical advice can not be riven, nor can extended research be undertaken. Q —When was the “Bonus Expeditionary Force” evicted from Washington, D. C.? Who was President? A—ln the latter part of July. 1932, when Herbert Hoover was President. Q—Who played the role of the son of Charlie Chan in “Charlie Chan in Shanghai"? A—Keye Luke. Q —What was the death rate In the United States in 1933? A—There were 10.7 deaths for every 1000 of the population. Q —Can boy of 16 years old en-

words, three-fourths of Indianapolis lies north of the center of gravity. A couple of years ago the city fathers decided to pave South Meri-dian-st. Traffic that found outlets only to the north apparently aided in the upbuilding of the North Side. Once the Union Station tracks were the barrier. South Side streets were neglected. Traffic and business which had been surging against the retaining wall crept a few inches south when the tracks at the Union Station were lifted. When Meri-dian-st was opened the dam burst wide open. The South Side is coming into its own. Now they are improving Meridian-st immediately south of Washington-st. The S. Meridian-st area is growing, property values are rising. The street must be kept clean, neat and tidy. Store fronts must be respectable. We need more trees. We need more business men with imagination and pluck. B B B SAYS TARIFF AGREEMENTS VIOLATE CONSTITUTION By Hugh S. Johnson, New York When such a reciprocal “trade agreement” as the one with France becomes effective, the tariff reductions made in favor of France on any particular item are instantly and automatically available to any other country with which we have a “most favored nation treaty.” We trade it out with France and say, "If you will let more of our asparagus come to France, we will reduce our tariff rates on your lace.” That sounds fair enough. Each side gives something and each side takes something. But if we reduce our tariff on French lace, instantly Belgium or Italy has a right, under their "unconditional most favored nation treaties,” to the same reduced tariff rates on their lace and they haven’t given us anything at

the ideal food for the baby up to six, or even nine months. Most babies, however, will do well with complete weaning after the fourth to the sixth month. B B B WHEN the baby can not get at least half his food supply from the mother’s breast, he may be weaned. In this way. the mother will be spared the annoyance and dissatisfaction of combined breast feeding and artificial feeding. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to be certain just how much food the baby is getting from the natural source. A healthy mother who is eating the proper diet will have in her milk all the food elements necessary for nutrition of a normal baby. There is little danger of overfeeding or underfeeding, provided the amount of milk is adequate. The milk in the mother’s breast rarely contains harmful germs. If she keeps herself reasonable clean, and if her breasts are not infected, the milk is safe as far as germs are concerned. Breast feeding is not always adequate, because the total amount of milk may be insufficient for needs of the baby, the milk may not be of good quality due to illness of the mother, or for similar reasons. The milk of the healthy mother usually agrees with the baby.

list in the United States Army or Navy? A—No. Q—What is the address of the National Council of Catholic Women? A—1312 Massachusetts-av, Washington, D. C. Q—Which is the most dangerous animal of the African jungle? A—Dr. William M. Mann, director of the National Zoological Park, says that the African buffalo is the most dangerous. Q —What is the address of Walt Disney? A—2719 Hyperion-av, Hollywood, Cal. Q —At what time of year should Kentucky blue grass be sown? A—ln September and October.

all. It is reciprocity between us and France but it is just a horizontal reduction in our tariff wall with no offsetting advantages as to other countries. It is easy to imagine that by the time we have made similar agreements with all countries, each covering a different range of commodities, we will have traded our present statutory tariff structure out of existence. The effort to restore world trade is in the right direction but when we give something to any nation we ought to get something from that nation. We are not here using our trading opportunities to the best advantage. And we are not acting lawfully. The tariff is a revenue measure. The Constitution requires such legislation to originate in the House of Representatives. These trades are treaties. The Constitution requires that treaties be ratified by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. We dodge that by calling them “agreements.” There is no blinking the fact that what is going on here is a progressively broadening amendment to the tariff acts, by treaty and by the executive alone, without reference to either the House or the Senate and in violation of the Constitution of the United States. BUB BUSY JIM FARLEY INSPIRES TRIBUTE BY BARD By M. S. Tributes of various kinds have been paid in prose to warrior Jim Farley, jack-of-all-jobs in Washington, New York and way places. Comes now the poet Leonard Bacon singing his prowess in verse. Lilts Mr. Bacon: • The postmaster delights us most, Because he’s master of the post. Master of what post? You inquire. Os any post you may desire. He never takes a single day off, Wnich you’ll discover at the pay-off. A hero of so many jobs would seem to deserve a more Homeric epic. But there’s truth in Mr. Bacon's effort, if not poetry. DAILY THOUGHT But the Lord your God ye shall Fear; and He shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.— II Kings 17:39. OUR worst enemies are those we carry about with us in our own hearts. Adam fell in Paradise and Lucifer in heaven, while Lot continued righteous in Sodom.—Plutarch.

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MAY 21, 1936

Vagabond from Indiana ERNIE PYLE

EDITOR'S NOTE—Tbl* roslnf reporter for The Tlmr roe* where he pleases, when he pleases, in search *f odd stories about this and that. Tj'L PASO, Tex., May 21— Ed Reeves and Joe Minton and Louis Murphy and I went out riding the border the other afternoon looking for "wet" Mexicans. We didn't find any. A "wet” Mexican is one who is in this country illegally. The phrase grew out of the fact that a Mexican gets wet when he wades across the Rio Grande. Even if he has been drying off for 10 years, he's still "wet” to the FederaJs. The three citizens mentioned above are United States border patrolmen. They wear khaki uniforms and brown sun helmets and carry artillery’ and speak river Spanish. They didn’t really expect to find anybody sneaking across the border when they took me out. It was Just a sort of sight-seeing tour, but they took their cannons along anyway. Four patrolmen have been killed in the El Paso district in the last nine years. For every patrolman killed, they say 20 or 25 Mexicans are sent to their reward. a a a 'T'HE patrolmen at El Paso have a freak situation to contend with. For there’s one place where Mexico actually is on this side of the Rio Grande. It’s about a mile around, and sticks right out into the suburbs of El Paso. A “wet” Mexican can cross the river and still be in Mexico, and they can’t touch him. Then he walks up to the United States line, and hides in the bushes, and when it’s dark he runs over and dodges into a house, and they never find him. The reason a Mexican tries to sneak across, instead of coming in legally, is that he either hasn’t enough money to pay for his papers, or can’t pass the tests. There isn’t any immigration quota. There aren't a lot of big alien smuggling rings now, such as there used to be. There is one fellow on the other side who runs a ring, and they know him, but they can't get the dope on him. Most of the Mexicans they catch are poor, ignorant fellows who are simply trying to better their lot, and who don’t mean any harm. The shooting trouble, they say, comes when a “master mind” hires some low characters to escort men or liquor across the line, and gets them drunk beforehand, and tells them they aren t afraid of any “Federals,” and they’re so brave and hopped up when they see a patrolman they just start shooting. a a a I' T makes the patrolmen mad, because they know the fellow really | responsible is sitting in a fine house ! and they probably never will catch him. We drove clear around this circle ! of Mexico that sticks out into the I United States, and the boys showed !me a couple of dozen places, 1 | guess, that smugglers dodge into ! when they cross the line, or places where they’ve had fights and patrolmen were killed, or favorite bushes where people hide. Some of the patrolmen are excellent trackers. One of them was looking at footprints in the dust one day, and he said six men had crossed the line, four carrying heavy sacks of liquor, and two carrying guns. He figured this out because the tracks of four were deep and the other two were light. They caught the whole batch later that night, and there were four men carrying liquor and two carrying guns. a a a THERE'S a great grapevine of signals along the border at night. You can sit there and hear strange whistles, they say. There are 50 men in the El Paso district, working up and down the river. They patrol in cars, on foot and on horses. Some of them carry horses in a trailer, and if they’re chasing somebody they go as far as they can by car. then unload the horses and ride in. They’ve just put in radio, so they can broadcast orders. Some of these days they’re going to build high towers all along the border, and they’ll stand up there, like forest rangers, and watch for "wet” guys' coming across. They’ll have radio to give the warning when they see anybody.

By George Clark