Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1936 — Page 21

CLEVELAND, June 12 As one who does not like Herbert Hoover 1 must admit that. at least he went down’ swinging. 1 think that the address which Herbert Hoover made to the Republican convention was one of the most dangerous and vicious utter-

: Shoes ever made by a public man in this country be-

an open assembly. Under. the thin disguise of de“liberty,” Herbert Clark Hoover gave sid and : encouragement to every Kluxer, =z every Black Legionary. and every vigilante in America. Mr. Hoover is a gentleman who pretends to be able to see around corners, Once through his extraordinary gift of oblique vision he

professed to see prosperity lurking |

71. just. behind the bend of the street line. And now he says that he sees the Red revolution Early in his speech he accused the New Deal of having loosed “the propaganda of hate.” He then proceeded for more than > ywood minutes to heap inyectives on He Brown who will not agree to let the issue of patriotism and liberty be decided by a vote of Sto 4

“The American people should thank Almighty God for the Constitution and the Supreme Court.” Working women in the state of New York who have added hours piled upon their backs for smaller pay should get ‘down on their knees and give thanks'to those surrogates of Hoover's heaven who have assured them

of their Tight of contract. 8 8

Cripples Have Right to Run

EAD the attack, retake, recapture and reman the 1 citadels of liberty.” Herbert Hoover would bring comfort to those who are crippled and maimed by a reckless economic system. To such he would.say, “take up your bed and run,” for even those who are without arms or legs are not denied a. right to the pursuit of happiness. in -Hoover’s generous. dispensation. The small children in the mills and factories are to' be guaranteed their liberty. Freedom to starve quietly and ‘without any outside interference whatsover. will be assured to. all under the clarion call of Herbert Hoover, : ’By a curious coincidence I followed Mr. Hoover's speech through a proof furnished by the Cleveland Plain Dealer which carries at its- masthead the name “Paul Bellamy—Editor.” I rather hoped that Bellamy might rise in defense of his‘New England father and say, “The gospel of brotherhood is rooted in our native soil . and Edward Bellamy who first gave to America a vision of a co-operative state was neither muddled nor: murderous. When you seek .to identify .the merchants of venom look to your own lips." n : » ” #”

. Glorification of War

AUL BELLAMY, as it turned out, did not get up ' fo say anything during the tirade but at least his conservative paper made the comment the next. day, “If some world power were ready within afew hours : to bombard ‘half a dozen ‘American cities, if: Communists in arms were encircling Washington and proposing on the morrow to sack -and destroy the capital,’ if the British army were on -the point of. crossing the lake to thrust a: spearhead into. the heart of the republic—such: a speech as Herbert * Hoover delivered to the convention would be completely justified. By ‘no less absurd hypothesis can some parts of it be excused.” The glorification of war was decidedly such a‘ part. In speaking of -American ideals of liberty Herbert Hoover said, “Less than 20 years ago Wwe: accepted those ideals as the air we breathed. We fought a greét war for their protection.” And has the mind of America become poisoned,

Mz. Hoover, if many of us are opposed to sending once

again our'boys and men to make the world safe {for your ‘conception of democracy? # When Hoqver raised the fiery cross: and lediped into the saddle, logic did fot ride beside ‘him. He canonized five members of the Supreme Court and the convention sang “As We Go Marching On.” The delegates had forgotten perhaps that {iis ‘song was not dedicated to Chief Justice Taney but to-an American radical named John Brown.

~My Day

J BY MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT EGUIN, Tex, Thursday.—One would think ‘that parading around cities would become somewhat monotonous, because when the streets are lined with ‘peaple and the flags are flying you are really not able to see any of the individual characteristics ‘that distinguish one city from another. . . :. “In spite of all my experience, however, there are certain; incidénts which. make watching crowds intersesting.* For instance, in Houston this mornifg'a group of Negro girls in bright-colored dresses were holding the top of a large cardboard box over their combinéd

heads to-shelter them from the sun, and -were- madly

waving at the President. They even jumped up-and down, which made their shelter a trifle uneven and uncertain. A little group of crippled children were brought \ out: in their :wheel-chairs, and ‘even on cots, to the edge of the road. All the people around ‘were very careful not to-close in in front of them so that they night get a glimpse of the President as he went by.

He had his car drive close to them and very slowly,

so that he might say a.special word of greeting ‘to

4 Children nearly-always catch my eye and I know them in every.fiood. If they stand for hours in the broiling sud, as most people did today, little children will be. fired and sleepy, and will cling like limpets to their father's neck. < Some bright little boy, who has evidently been told to look for the President, has his eyes giued on the motorcycle escort in front, and is evidently annoyed at his parents who are trying to make him turn his head to look at the less interesting car in which drives the President of the United States. I found it warm today and marveled that the people, who had stood for hours in the streets in such an orderly fashion, had enough energy left to cheer the President as he went by. It is interesting, too, to note in these democratic states, there is a sense of well-being and friendliness which is constantly mentioned by the political leaders.

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WS. Hiser Would Fight Crime vi

Mahi the’ Sv of Wateies on Indianapolis teschers wha retired this month, BY ELIZABETH CAR EACHING Indianapolis

boys has been the hobby ‘of W. 8S. Hiser for the last

26 years. But the girls don’t need ‘to be offended.

Perhaps it’s because in all

these years as a teacher of manual training at Manual Training High Schbol he has had only one girl pupil. Mr. Hiser, admitted being curious about that girl. “I asked her how she had happened to elect the work,” he explained. “She said she wasn't quite: sure, ~ But. before the semester was out, she was sure that she wasn’t going to continue the test of the year.

As. Mr. Hiser ‘look his career, he admitted it was the

kind of work for which he was"

best suited. If he had had his way, early in life, ‘he would have chosen to be a mechanical engineer—biit he found .the ‘two related, he: said. - His. teaching years really number 53—although only 26 of them were in Indianapolis schools. He was. the first. hoy in the state to receive a common school diploma, issued in 1881 in Wayne County. : He received his training at Indiana “Teachers ‘College in “Terre Haute; Earlham College in Richmond and at the University of

Chicago, He studied in the sum-

mer and taught in the ‘winter. oe 8B. 8 s PHILE teaching in Richmond

"he ‘became ‘supervisor -of Handwriting: which title he re-

tained’ for 10 years. Two 'certifi--

cates, issued by the Penman’s Art Journal ‘of 'the Public Schools of New York, in 1896 and: 1897, were framed and. still are hanging in his classrooms. After he came ‘to Manual he hand-Jettered the diplomas for all graduates for about 12 or 13 years.

“They used to be’'made of sheep-

skin,” ‘he explained. “It was: some job’ to letter them because of the

presence of so much: oil in the

skin. The parchment ones were much “easier to handle.” -- When manual training first was introduced in ‘Richmond, Mr. Hiser taught it there, later coming to ‘Manual to continue with the work. Throughout the . classroom and the halls at Manual Mr. Hiser has posted suggestions to pupils. The

placards “are blueprint ‘reproduc-"

tions ‘of posters hand-lettered by the puplls. : * 2 8

HE meaning of education; the method ‘of obtaining it and its ‘valiie to ‘the students are among the Suggestions of his plaeards. The puipose of these posters was explained by Mr. Hiser: “Character. developement Ww the first objective of a school. As-I have always believed in teaching through ‘the: eyes, everywhere the student turns he com &Cross a reminder. t “The public schools must: assume the responsibility of organizing classes and teaching character education / to overcome the increasing’ crime wave. Just: think of our trying to*cure: crime by punishing ‘people!” ‘Along the lines of youth education te fight crime, Mr. Hiser prepared a leaflet in ‘'support:of the campaign of the Sunday School Association conducted © several years ago. for week-day.: religious education for. children,

fooked back upon

R. HISER was active in the movement to merge the Indianapolis’ - teachers’ retirement . system with that of: the state group. He has ‘a: grade of 100 per- cent as a teacher, issued by the city through ‘the supervisor of mainual training and director of. vocational education, Prof. Harry. E. Wood. Within the last year he has prepared three theses on manual training which he intends to pre- : sent to the school. . “As to the changes in“the treat‘ment of - the : work, Mr. Hiser paused a minute. “Well, you

* Pupils in Ww. 8: Hiser's class at ‘Manual Training ‘High * School found plenty of questions te-ask before he: retired from teaching. The group ‘includes (left: to right) Sherley Eads, Steven ‘Baker, William Devore, Charles Parrott, and Mr. Hiser. :

know; methanical dtawing —

changed much through the years |

—that is, not as much, 8 other subjects have” . . Mr. Hiser is not the ‘only teacher. in the family. ‘Mrs. Hiser: taught shorthand and typewrit-. ing for 12 years at Manual. . . : : Los 8 08 : "HEIR son, Walter, Mr. Hiser calls “The "Babe Ruth of’ Purdue.” . He was graduated from Manual“ and later went to New:

York. ‘He was ‘among ‘those: ‘who »

officially greeted Amelia Earhart |

Putnam ' several years. ago upon: her arrival in ‘New York on the

conclusion ‘of her". trans-Atlantic | ; solo flight. i Mr. Hiser is fond of: trap. shoot fs

ing. Once every week for the last - 30 years he has gone to the In-.. _dianapolis Gun Club to shoot clay ! targets. Filteen years ago he otganized trap shooting in the. Shots)

{Chi in Indianapolis: A group, -numbering between 20. and 30 goes to the Boy. Scout reservation “two times a year, in the fall and “atthe close ‘of school. “And - there’s- never been ‘an _accident.”.” Mr. Hiser-is proud of ! that fact. “Of course,” he confessed, “a man can’t turn around witholit: seeing ‘a sign‘ telling -him what. to: do and how. to do. it.” (The signs are Mr. Hiser’s.)) ‘He may have ended his teaching career, but he has no intention ‘of concluding ‘his trap shooting, ‘he: said. = Next-—Miss Mary K. Brigham.

HOOVER

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an abundance: of other ‘good: ma-

terial—and the fact "Was the Re-

publicans were strikingly’ lacking in

good presidential material. Not to renominate the ex-President would

be strange even if he were inactive]

and: remote, even if others | ‘were providing the party's; leadership—and every Mr. Hoover was providing. ‘the. rl real leadership of thought that the Republicans had. .

-Nevertheless, the Repubsitans de-

cided: not ‘fo. renominate: Mr. -Hoo-: ver. Some ‘felt that: Mr. Hoover's association with the depression; and the ruthless “smearing” of him by the Demacrats ‘had made him unavailable. They felt there must ‘be somebody, - some one named “X.” who could get more votes than Mr. Hoover. And they’ felt, justifiably, that any one who could get as

many as 10 votes more than Mr.|

Hoover. would ‘be a: better nominee. Except in a very few quarters, there was in’ this‘ decision no animus against Mr. Hoover. ‘ Sottie ‘of ‘Mr. Hoover’s warmest friends agreed it

was best to find ‘another nominee.

} 8 t 4 ”: - . HEN began: the survey to find A another nominee, to find Mr. “X.” It turned. out that the available presidential mgtertal in the

"LETS. EXPLORE YOUR MIND

BY: DR. ALBERT EDWARD. Wigan

; President

BEST MAN,

Republican Party was sparse. Many Republican possibilities. had: been made unavailable by. the disastrous defeats of 1932 and 1934. = True, there were three Republican Jus-

tices Hughes, Stone: -and Roberts— all the best sors of material; bit it was | ‘agreed ‘quickly - that the cotrt ‘should be held inviolate. '

With the Justices out, and the ex‘out, ' the - Republicans ‘were obliged to turn to second rank men. : Even .in the second rank, presidential material was scant.’ In the 1934 elections; only four Repub-

ed to, and who is now nominated, had had. no experience in public. life except as ‘Governor of a--not very large state, he was ‘unknown to the country. ‘Here then, were the Republicans knowing they had, a first-rank man —but taking a second-rank one. It was a thing that called for explanation. Not to nominate’ Mr. Hoover was’ as ‘if’ the’ Republicans ‘had ‘a

tices of the. Supreme Court, Jus-|

lican -Governors-had won. The man’ the Republicans’ gradually gravitat-

skeleton in their closet. The ‘Re-

SAYS

publicans did not. analyze Mo‘eats dition,” but, subconseiously and ‘uncomfortably they. felt it. oR gg iy : 'T was the disquiet of conscience which any one has who could

do the “best thing+but decides. to do “the second best. “Maybe At; couldn't be “helped, “but it ‘was unfortunate ‘all’ the! same. | “So long ‘as this condition existed, it: was a de-

fect in the Republican morale. It

sapped the esteem - of -the country

for the Republican Party. It. accounted for the lapse, in hope, ‘the spirit of defeatism that: pervaded

‘the ‘Republicans a few weeks: ago. ‘It. accounted for the ‘inertia, the

almost unhappiness that pervaded this convention in“its early stages. The gaan may not have rec-'

‘the ‘cause’ of their low: feel-.

ing, but it was very real. ‘Mingled with . the feeling that they were:

not doing. the best: thing’ for" the country was the .subconscious: feel-1

ing that they were doing" injus to Mr. Hoover. ~~ b Then: came Mr, Hoover's ‘spesel

. BY HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer

‘CLEVELAND, June 12.—A threeword joker in the Republican piatform was attacked today by. labor spokesmen. : : The labor plank pledges protection of labor’s ‘collective - bargaining rights = without Interference “from any seurce.” ‘The Wagner Labor Act erely forbids employers to interfére. Dur-.

of that act the National Association of Manufacturers. ‘demanded repeatedly but in vain that interference “from any source” be - forbidden. |

Jams gue thelé Governor's astio. in vez-riding the platform On

which had killed of William Alien | | :* | Whites project for a states ag E {| constitutional amendment, if n ;

‘Three-Word Joker in. Platform - Attacked by Lal Labor Spokesmen

preme Court. to knock out sail’ or Federal legislation. Labor's: : des mand for a low-cost permanent Federal housing Program also wes skipped. The opposition. of railroads and railroad unions to the. St. ‘Lawrence

plank advocating ' it which past platforms have included “for years.

waterway was met by dropping the |

The demand of government, work- | 4 was - pleased and happy.

SULLIVAN

But the convention. ‘did not wait: for ‘the speech. The’ sight of Mr. Hoover. on’ the platform gave :to-'the convention, and to the Republican Party and ‘the country, the chance to’; , partially right ' past. _misunderstanding and unfairness. Before Mr. Hoover could open his “lips; | there arose a demonstration. which rarely has been equalled in American conventions. There have been ovations to candidates, and at the climax of battles, -but * rarely one toa: man in Mr. Hoover's position, a visitor to the convention.’ It. was

‘a. tribute to, Mr. Hoover the man,

and ‘not to his speech; for‘ he-had not yet said a word. ‘Of course his appearance . helped. © Without invidious comparison, Mr. Hoover had a solid ruggedness of stature,

physicially and in his inner qual- |

ity, which marked him off from the others. Yet the ovation was mainly because of the gircumstances I Have related. ik . ” ‘8° ® Ei HAT ‘was no ordinary ovation. :On- the part ‘of the delegates

| “Was: “partly subjective, ‘partly a

purging from - the: delegates’. souls

{of a slight ‘sense of uiiconseious shame, an obscure: spiritual disquiet. =| partook partly. .of the nature of

a Catholic confessional or an Evangelical acknowledgement of guilty unworthiness. - Mr. - Hoover was “surprised. ‘He | had been told, by persons who/saw ‘his speech in advance, that it was the best he ever wrote. He felt himself it was good and was prepared to hear approval of ‘it from the convention. But the ovation, .at least 10 or 15 minutes of it, came

| before he began his speech. Aftérward—after he had ‘received ap-

plause at a.score of points in his speech, and after messages came to Mr. Hoover at his is hoiel saying the conv "was still- cheering and ‘that he come back—he And ore feels that the episode was as cheering and creditable ‘to: the country

‘| as to Mr. (Copyright, New York Herald-Tribune. Inc.)

Hoover.

GRIN AND. ) BEAR %

A ~ by Lichty

(CLEVELAND, Fone 12. — It ig cary, ; ~~ enough to ridicule the Republican cone vention, but the proceedings here these last ; three days have been pretty sad and fit to make your heart bleed for the Republican Party—and ‘the United States. It is easy enough to make merry at the expense of a big, earnest 3 futility, standing before a mechanical gadget in &

crowded hall the size of a football field, trying - breathe life into a wounded and : fast-expiring ideal. I am thinking of Herbert Hoover and his ‘speech to the party Wednesday night. Mr. Hoover was a flop and the so-called demonstration that you have been reading about was a mechanical fake which could have been shut off ‘at any moment. The fake, mechanical demonstration is no innovation in national |. conventions. We had a similardemonstration one night ih. Madison Square Garden .on behalf of Harry Wills, the coffee-colored Negro prize fighter who wanted a Westbrook Pegler bout with Jack Dempsey ne ooh time. when Gene. Tunney’s lobby was conducting & Juiet. undercover campaign. for the same. a opportunity. : The Wills party planted about a hun< dred stooges, or stiffs, as they called them then, at strategic points around the Garden and when Demps< sey came ‘down ‘to the ring to’ take: a. bow at some routine prize fight, the stiffs cued of a great clamor-9t hostility and contempt. i

8». 8 Demonstration Stager

IKE JACOBS, the promoter of the sitpendifig fight between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, got. his start in the show business promoting’ demons stration for David ‘Belasco on behalf of a road show which had done rather badly in New York, He would scatter a, few dozen tickets around to

each ticket accompanied by a- dolar: bill and ine structions. to watch the head stiff, or the big stiff, as you -might call him, for cues,” Mr.’ Jacobs was the big. stiff. = Mr. Jacobs could ‘have: put on. a- Hoover stampede in Cleveland. if: any-one had had ‘the- fore« sight to pay him his. hire. The . demonstration for Mn .Hoover- wasn’t even ‘a good fake, but such as it -was. it was. better than the man andthe party deserved. ‘But the principles of his speech were worth fighting for. He had a good oration. But when it came time for the reti leader of the Republican Party to ‘deliver an addres in simple language to a lot of simple, true believing Amerieans, he hadn't even the inieliigenice, to = in: proper relation to the microphone.

‘a - . oo Power of Speech Lost

NE only that, but’ he mumbled and muttered ol chewed his words and the force of a declarae tion which could-have had tremendous. meaning to the country was completely wasted in incoherent mutter. The speech was: powerful on paper, buf Hoover balled up the Republican Party's greatest ops portunity to start a patriotic’ rebellion against :the nut element, the Nazi and Pascist ‘and Communist influences in the Roosevelt Administration. -- -- He was as bad as that and his own crowd quit cold on him. But then they had heen; stifled for 40 minytés by the mushy mutilation of a first-class

“statement of a first-class peril to their freedom.

. Nobody in the Democratic Party has anything to say about the freedom of ‘the’ individual, the. approach of despetism, the cynical, leering, ignorant. ‘reckless-

~ness of Farleyism in Washington. If the Republicans

don’t keep their health and voice and holler about these things the country will be a pushover for the bad men in the New Deal and or: Roosevelt's ary political futurism..

Merry- Go-Round:

BY DREW PEARSON. AND ROBERT. s. ALLEN : NLEVELAND, June 12.<~The efficiency. and fare sightedness of Gov. Alf Lan board of strategy is wondrous to beho - Apparently they have overlooked nothing in thé way of preparedness; In the midst of the turmoil of lining up delegates, fanning the fires of publicity, war in Platform Committee and keeping a close. rein ont entire convention here, they have also. found: time quiet counseling with the “boys from’ ‘back ‘ome? the kind’ of - election - campaign. they think the Kansas Governor make. ; The problem weighs heavily. on thie minds of the Landon managers. Although charming aid attractive’ personally and in direct conversation, Landon is not a ‘magnetic or

Tandon wil BaveNto: step forth sind ‘stand ‘onhl own feet, -and his campaign master minds are. pons dering how to make him, appear to best advantage. - Most of the party old timers so far consulted have advised a modified “front porch” ‘c g

ead. they suggest 8. Balt done, or so creuily Staged rallios in SUSiSEifal centers, Sueh as New