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“A MAJOR FAILURE”

MONG the false and sour notes of that discordant medley that is the Republican platform is one declaration that is in key with a growing American chorus. This is: ; : “The adminstration of relief is a major failure of the New Deal.” The critics of Federal relief policies are not confinéd to any party, class or group. They include many

thoughtful students of the subject, most of them’

iriendly to Mr. Roosevelt. Grateful as these are for the President’s humane and forthright action in accepting Federal responsibility for feeding the restless, hungry millions whom .the Hoover Administration fed with cheerful phrases, they are not satisfied with the costs, the practices and the planlessness of the relief administration during the past three years. The Republicans’ relief program may or may not point to the right solution. They would return administration to the nonpolitical local agencies; continue Federal grants-in-aid with a “fair proportion” of the burden assessed to states and localities; establish the merit system in administration; separate public works from relief and build public works “only on their merits.” Finally, they call for “a prompt determination of the facts concerning relief and unemployment.” Whether the Republican Party’s relief program should be approved in full depends on how it is interpreted. But certainly the last plank is sound. We must know more about this new burden, now costing us billions, creating deficits, piling up a dangerous debt. Now we know hardly anything. President Roosevelt can go far toward taking this question out of partisan politics. Congress is still in session. He can ask Congress before adjournment to create an expert, fact-finding, board, finance it with ample funds and man it with the nation’s most distinguished and public-spirited citizens. They can bring a report to the next Con- . gress, shedding light upon and thinking through this - baffling problem in all its phases. A handful of Republicans in a committee room can’t settle the relief problem. Neither can Mr, Roosevelt’s busy little group of relief administrators.

COLONEL KNOX

Af the end of the third day the Republican delegates in Cleveland were ready to pack their grips and catch the next train home. Then came an afterthought. They had to stay a fourth day and: nominate some one for Vice President. It was one of those things that political conventions always do, put somehow never get around to thinking about ‘until the last minute. The marvel of it is that their afterthinking c came to such a fortunate conclusion. ‘After three days of standing around, caucusing, concentrating on putting Landon over for the presidential nomination and getting good bandwagon seats for themselves, there was little sharpness left to their wits. But be that as it may, they muddled through to select an able citizen. : Col. Frank Knox, if he is-elected Vice President, will be no Throttlebottom occupying his official days in the park feeding the pigeons as did the famous musical comedy character. He is. vigorous, active and positive. True to the creed of Theodore Roosevelt, whom he once followed up San Juan Hill, he lives his life “to the hilt.” Soldier, newspaper publisher, politician, a man accustomed to doing his own - driving, it is doubtful that he will feel at home in the back seat. He has never held a public office, and has becomie a national character only during the 1936 campaign. On the record of his utterances to date "he is considerably “to the right” of his running

~ mate.

Only a heart-beat separates the vice presidency from the presidency. The slipshod manner in which the office is considered in our system of national - conventions gives one the shivers over what might sometime happen. Any one might be nominated, if the delegates were sufficiently tired.

TAXICAB REGULATION

T= new taxicab ordinance should give Indianapolis a chance to study more thoroughly this . important phase of the city’s transportation probjem. The ordinance, now in effect, was passed after . months of delay and argument. It replaces previous ' ineffective legislation. ‘Sponsors assert the new regulations will help stabilize the industry. : The number of cabs is limited to one for each 1000 population. While theoretically this would permit more taxicabs to operate than under the old

law, it is expected to reduce the number from about

380 to 364, because the old restriction was not enSince taxicabs are a vital factor in city transportation, the question is being studied widely today. Forty-three of the 93 United States cities over 100,000 in population now require certificates of public convenience and necessity for each cab. In sthese cities there is an average population of 1423

policy-guiding

surance of $5000 for injury or death of one person |

and $10,000 for more than one in any accident, : The new ordinance replaces laws which were tot being enforced. It should bring regulation which is as important to the taxicab owners as to the pub-

lic. No one can say whether the new law will prove

adequate. Many problems—such as competition with other mass transportation, proper rates, - property damage responsibility, and the proper number of cabs—are involved. If experience under the new

setup shows additional changes should be made, |

there will be tangible information on which 10 act.

A GOOD BEGINNING

mT National Social Security Board has pointed out repeatedly that intelligent operation of Fed-eral-state unemployment compensation systems and other phases of social security depends a great deal on personnel. It is gratifying, then, to see the new State Unemployment Compensation Division begin the development of a merit system to govern employes. The State Unemployment Compensation Board has directed a committee to investigate merit pro-

grams for public employes in other states and in the |

Federal government. In order to staff this new division with qualified employes, the merit program should be carried through - with the aim of divorcing the unemployment compensation division 3 completely from pol-

itics. : ’

THEY'RE GOING FISHING

EIGHBORHOOD kids with a spool of thread and a bent pin will be out on thg banks of Bean and Eagle and Lick Creeks ** = I.v%W. It’s the opening of the fishing season and the fishermen, more numerous than the followers of any other outdoor sport, will go by the thousands to Hoosier streams and lakes. Many ‘seasoned anglers, impatient for the first bite of the season, are driving to northern Indiana lakes 7°? 4 So they can begin fishing a minute after midnight. al : The ordinary garden variety fisherman may or may not get out on opening day. He doesn't get away to go up to Michigan and far-off places. He does his fishing close to home and feels lucky if he is able to arrange it for occasional week-ends. Yet this average fisherman—with his old brass

' minnow bucket, some homemade plugs and perhaps :

some pet flies he has tied himself—and the neighborhood boy who goes out to a nearby stream for carp or catfish, will have as much fun as the experts with enameled lines and anti-backlash reels. ae elon : ATHos= who follow the sport say fishing should be. better in Indiana this year than usual. Active work against stream pollution, carried on by civic organizations, is one reason. The State Conservation Department is rapidly stocking streams under a plan to make fishing better year after year. The Civilian Conservation Corps has helped by building dams along washed-out streams. Conservation clubs throughout Indiana whose ‘members abide by rules of sportsmanship in fishing and hunting have greatly improved the sport. Their

educational methed of accepting youngsters into, |.

¢ ¢ honofary- clubs’ ‘metfibership has been a worthwhile * effort. Conservation efforts of all kinds should be continued to make good fishing available to every one who likes the sport. :

A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT . By Mrs. Walter Ferguson JAY no attention to the psychologists who advise spanking,” writes a well-known authority on child training. "Their doctrine is short-lived.” But lady, lady, “doesn’t that leave the, opposition hanging from a limb? I mean if the modern mother, peppered from all ‘sides by contradictory advice, is only going to select the authority with whom she happens to agree, what's the good ofall our effort? As a matter of fact a great deal of child raining is carried on in just such a foolish fashion. Those who believe in spanking follow the teachers who advocate it, and contrariwise the anti-spankers follow only the antis. It is the easiest thing in the world .to find a doctor who will prescribe the sort of diet you like, and have you ever noticed how pious people run to the Bible to prove right, whatever barbarous beliefs they may hold? Parents do precisely the same thing when it comes to seeking justification for their methods. ie Don’t get me wrong, however. Nobody admires the psychologist more. The lives of children have ' been immeasurably benefited and brightened by their researches, while their probings after complexes have contributed much to the happiness and wellbeing of man. Only occasionally it strikes me some of them act a little balmy, too. They hunt so hard for mental kinks they sometimes overlook the child entirely. : The mother who assumes too much of a psychological attitude in her job may find herself in deep water. There's danger in the intellectual approach to a baby. When little Jimmy is too naughty a spank or two will not set him off on an anarchistic bents, or lessen his affection for his mother. For mama is human, too, and nobody senses it more

quickly than Jimmy’ himself with his alert infant.

perceptions. It is quite impossible to love a set of rules or a psychology book, which is one reason why we should skim lightly over them as these little battles with our Jimmies occur. Mother in-

stinct tempered by plain common sense can't be beat

when it comes to raising. children,

EP. Rea the more I am pleased to take up their battie; Toey

“are making good. They are a great leavening influ“ence in industry and in our public life. As a rule,

HEARD IN CONGRESS

Jy sant to deter things, and by the use of the |

LOUIS LUDLOW (@. Ind)—The more I |

known, . nothing - excites me quite as much as the recurrent discovery

thing.

Raphaelites and Republicans. = Offhand, I don’t know very much that the pre-Raphaelite Brotherreality and preached a‘ doctrine which, according to certain Democrats, is exactly what the Republicans are doing today. (You don’t have to listen to the Democrats, of course, if you don’t want to.) 2 2» 8 : UT, in the meantime, it can’t hurt anybody to learh a little more about the message of the sunflower. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) was first symbolized by Dante Gabrielle Rossetti in his Magdalen murals. After which it was celebrated by William Morris in his Oxford frescoes. By. that time it was pretty well established, but it really took Edward Coley Burne-Jones to put it across and elevate the sunflower to the apotheosis of gn emblem.

When Burne-Jones | Anished his job the reign of the” ‘sunflower was at hand. Everybody had something beautiful to say about it and no-

himself.

Burne-Jones once rhapsodized. “It is a whole school of drawing. Do yo know what faces they have, how they peep and peer and look arch and: winning, or bold and a ! little insolént at times? Have you ever noticed their back-hair, how beautifully curled it is?” Well, nobody ever had. ®, ” t 4 death of pre-Raphaelism didn’t dispose of the sunflower, however. It takes- something more than that. It kept going as’ if nothing had happenied and when Oscar Wilde appeared on the scene some years

though nobody to this day knows what it was.

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Q—Who is the president pro tempore of the United States Senate?

‘braska.

- Q—What is the sources of the quotation, “Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find ii after many days?” A—The book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 11, verse 1, the Bible. : Q—What is the name and address of the United States Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization? A—Daniel W. MacCormack, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.

Q—Does the United States have free trade with any country? :

have free trade with any foreign country. Certain commodities are on on the free list ‘and the duty on cer-

to some countries ‘through trade agreements. Q—How old was Charlie Chaplin when he made ‘hig debut on the screen? : A—He was. born. April 16, 1889, and made his screen debut in 1914. Q—What is the distance from the earth to the sun, and. from . the earth to the moon? A—From the earth to the sun it is approximately 92,900,000 miles; from the earth to the moon it is approximately 238,840 miles. Q—Give the meaning of the names Mona, Myra and Moira?

A—Mona (Latin), single, solitary;

Myrna (Celtic), the great one.

Q Why He nite Sreses and circles and other

construction? A To make the presence of the glass readily apparent, thereby pre‘breakage that otherwise

; venting

Vorkmen 0 notice the panes.

that.» sunflower is.400d for some-]

aparently, tt 1s ood dor a Tunt) ‘ ber'of things. At any rate, it ap-| pears to be good enough for pre-

about it. I do know, however,|

hood lived in realms. removed from

body more so than Mr. Burne-Jones

“Did you ever draw’ a sunflower?”

later he, too, adopted the sunflower: las the symbol of something, al-

A—Senator: Key Pittman: of Ne-'

tain other commodities is lowered;

(Arabic), of myrrh; Moira}

re symbols in white put On whe Slass in Windows of |to choose, buildings under

occur failure of |!

Q—Wto i the Mexican Ambassa-

The Hoosier Forum + 1 disapprove of what you say—and will defend , to the death your right to.say it.—Voltaire.

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® 2's GRADUATES MAY LAUGH AT ADVICE, HE SAYS

| By Hugh S. Johnson, Tulsa, Oka."

Everywhere in this country, at high schools, academies and colleges, starchy pink and white old gentlemen of distinction are standing on gaily decorated rostrums, talking down to serried ranks of young people perspiring.’in bachelors’ ‘gowns. Considering the mess we have made of it, it takes some nerve for this particular outgoing generation to advise oncoming youth about the bright stewardship which we are getting ready to pass along. The heritage we got was practicdlly debt free and open for development in ‘almost any direction. handing it down mortgaged to the hilt, haywire with unsolved problems, and still running at a loss with no immediate prospect of profitable operation. With considerable certainty, ‘we ought to be able to tell these young people what not to do, but they ‘have a right to chuckle in their flowing - academic sleeves when we Stan, drawing blue prints for their

Gov. Landon was probably on the safest ground when he told an Attica High School that honesty is the best policy and let it go at that. My good friend Roger Babson went out to Arkansas and told the boys to keep away from the big cities, because he thinks that in the next war enemy airplanes will destroy them gli. The top-notch effort to date was William Allen White at Kansas University. ' He contented himself with télling them about the hard progress: of liberalism over his 50 active. years, highly commended it, but warned ‘them against getting

- i » Your Health BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN NE of the most important considerations in any child’s education is training in health habits. As 1 have emphasized repeatedly, this should be begun early in infancy and should be maintained regularly throughout childhcod. The essential. habits. include’ those which affect eating, cleanliness, sleeping and exercise. One of the important habits con-

‘cerned in eating is feeding one’s

by another after this time is abnormal and unfortunate.

We are

either fiery-eyed or starry-eyed about it—neither Communist nor Fascist.

ay n : READER CLAIMS TRAFFIC HANDLING ANTIQUATED By Jimmy Cafouros

‘As each day passes it becomes more and more evident that the traffic jams of downtown Indian-

apolis are a growing worry. Each.

rush hour and each week-end is

ample evidence that ‘something 1s

awry. : It is true that our traffic department has stepped a long way. But it is also true that revolutionary tactics are necessary in presentday handling of traffic. Some years ago each corner was an independent proposition—to be dealt with independently. There were far fewer vehicles and they were a great deal slower. Where once a dozen vehicles ran

between the intersections today a

hundred try the same thihg.: And where horses once trotted 10 to 15 miles an hour (if that fast) today the motors rush at 30 in second. Since there are more vehicles today they require more attention. And since their speed is increased their range is likewise increased. In the days when horses clopped their hoofs a city block the corner policeman could easily take care of the ‘traffic, heavy as it could be. But today when a modern motor car sneaks past a half dozen at the same time, the corner policeman balls things up rather than facilitates them. Our means of transporiation has progressed. But our means of handling this modern situation 5 antiquated and uselgss. - 8 5 FJ BACK-SLAPPING SEASON . NOW IS OPEN By Hector, Crawfordsville, Now that the time of the campaigns draweth nigh, behold the of-fice-seeker is abroad in the land.

He cometh forth even as the cro-. | cus, which feareth not the frost of

early spring. He extendeth the right hand, and smileth even as the people do in the. ads, who smile at

anything from a motor car to a|F

cake of yeast. Yea, verily, his countenance shineth before the multitude.

But when he is in his own house, lo, his mind troubleth him. Then it is that he pulleth forth his mem-

orandum book and counteth them:

that be for. him and them that

threaten to'rise up against him; and his upper lip hangeth down like a blacksmith’s apron, and he kicketh his dog out of the way. But again in the morning ‘his

spirit reviveth, and he girdeth up

his loins and goeth forth and calleth the he-voter by his first name in the market place, and slappeth him between the shoulder blades and maketh broad his smile. And likewise the she-voter doth he flatter, and braggeth on .-her complexion; likewise, also, on her kids and her cooking. And she cackleth as the

hen.

Verily, his work shall be rewarded; for the gentle voter cottoneth to this even as a kitten cotteneth to

cream, for he wotteth not what it’

is all about. (But we wot that the office-seeker- wotteth.) —Selah. : 2 2 = WORLD DISCORD BLAMED ON PRESS MUZZLING By H.C. | Bix months’ study “of the news-

papers ‘of Europe has convinced

Prof. R. R. Barlow of the University of Illinois that international discord is nothing more than the product of a muzzled press. Dr. Barlow’s observation is that the “European newspaper reader is

merely a robot manipulated by dictators and bureaucrats, who make’

him think and act as they wish.” The German, for instance, knows practically nothing about what is going on beyond his borders and less about events at home, while Italian journalists print only what Mussolini gives them. Even the

‘| British “see Hitler only through the

eyes of the foreign office.” Nowhere in Europe are there reporters comparable to the American newspaper man, according to Prof. Barlow. And nowhere in the world

“lis there ‘the freedom of the press ‘that we enjoy as American citizens.

That's important, so long as there is to be social; political and economic progress in this country.

DAILY THOUGHT

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge, Deuteronomy 24:10. 10.

you lend a- ‘person money it becomes lost for any purposes of your own. When you ask for it back again; you find a friend made an enemy by your own kindness. If you begin to press still further,

either you musi part with what you

SIDE, GLANCES

By George Clark

| Vagabond

‘Indiana

If you would like to have your heart broken, just come out heres This is the dust storm country. It

{is the saddest land I have ever

still in Colorado. Faf the east. were faint, hazy clouds of sand. The approdeh to a sand storm is a ‘dark and chilling experience. The yellow sand haze ahead grew heavier and darker, making the at< mosphere a queer yellow, the way it is Sometimes just before a eyclone;.

» ” TT the sight were rolling, fore= boding fain clouds, dust mixs ing with them. And over to the left, over where the wind came from, were pillars of sand. Giant yellow:

| columns, miles jawsy, rising from

the horizon cleg§r up into the sky. The wind hfwled. It came af least 40 miles pn hour across the prairie from thé north. It was hard to steer the car. The sand film steadily grew. thicker around us. It darkened the: atmosphere. The country was slightly rolling. In the valleys it was better. But on the rises, the sand-laden wind cut across the highway like a horie zontal waterfall. The sand was not drifting, or floating, or hanging in the air—it'was shooting south, in thick veins, like air full of thrown baseballs. * Cars we met had their lights ony and we Wondered if it were really. that bad ahead. It was. We went into the darkness, as an airplane flies into fog. The) air was thick with sand. There wasn't any sky, The tiny rocks smacked and poundeed against the ear windows. It didn’t last long. No more t a mile or two. And then we poppe out into rain. The air was washed. clear. ”

E cane into Kansas, It had

been raining for 12 hours, The’ earth was wet, and we were thi spared the spectacle of a Kansas. dust storm. Buf since the air was clear, we could better see the terrific : desolation that is Western Kansas. . - The land is as flat as a billiard table. The horizon is far, far away. You can see for miles and miles. I saw not a solitary thing but bare earth, and a few lofiely, empty farm houses. There was not a tree, or a blade of grass, or a fence, or a field, Not a flower or a stalk of corn, or a Hog OF & 00%, or a human being. i oday, because of the TE the ground held firm and would not give itself up to thé wind. But yesterday it did, and tomorrow, after the bright sun, it will again, The air will gradually fill with the earthy powder, and people in its path can’t breathe, and houses will be closed. And the soil will blow away from around the roots of things, and pile like snowdrifis® against the barns, As I drove along I thought of all the smart aleck jokes about President Roosevelt’s 100-mile wide belt of trees. A belt of trees, or a belt of soy beans, or a belt of billiard cues stuck in the ground anything that might faintly halt the march of the destroying wind across ths: face of our earth—seems fo me. worth trying.

Today’

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