Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1936 — Page 9

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‘glycerin salesman, can cause explosions.

,and did some necessary telephoning.

NEW YORK, July 4.—Senator Key Pitt-

man, in a short speech in Philadelphia,

referred to Jim Farley as “a simple and A wavelet of sardonic laughter swept the gallery. And yet it was a moderately accurate description.

_I think both the enemies and the friends of Farley ought to be able to agree that he is far from subtle.

They say that Jim was a pretty fair baseball player as ,

a young-man. He was first baseman for Stonybrook, as I remember, and a consistent hitter, but he never showed big league class because he couldn't handle the low throws. In like manner I gravely doubt those tales which would build Jim up as a master of intrigue and a sinister figure bent upon creating a political machine unlike anything ever known before in this country. Jim Farley is not as smart as that. He is intent, of course, upon seeing that the most deserving get the best jobs. Precisely the same thing has been done by every Republican Postmaster General. It is a bad system, but

I have never heard any Republican politician make

any private cracks about the honesty of Farley. The issue of “Farleyism,” in so far as it is mentioned by Republicans, is wholly insincere. If Landon is elected, laborers in the vineyard will expect their rewards, and John D. M. Hamilton is not likely to rebuff them. i

n ” 2 He Likes to Make Speeches . S a matter of fact, I wish Farley had a greater

talent for politics. He is a good organizer chiefly through® his enormous capacity for work. A

non-smoker and non-drinker, he is always in tiptop physical condition. But he has one distressing bad

habit which he shares with Hamilton. Both gentlemen like to make speeches. Jim has a good voice and presence, but, like a nitroglycerin salesman, he always makes his listeners a little nervous, Whenever

* I see Jim walking up to the speaker’s stand I always

wish that he were in a littie smoke-filled room con-

ferring—somewhere in Massachusetts, perhaps, or,

better yet, in Albany. Jim has done a good deal of traveling in the last four years. His manner is pleasant and affable.

‘Speaking as a newspaper man, it seems to me that

Farley is more. skillful and fairer in his contacts with

.the press than any national chairman I have ever

seen in operation. If he has a story he says so, and if there is none he says that. There was a convention at which 1 wrote of Farley and his candidate that if Mr. X were nominated he would be “the corkscrew candidate of a crooked convention.” Thé next day I had to see Farley, and I knew he was familiar with the remark because his opposition had made liberal] use of it. He answered all my questions civilly and without show of rancor. n ” ”

Mr. Hamilton May Have Learned

R. HAMILTON may have learned some of the tricks of his trade by now. In Cleveland he was still a little green about the edges, and he nearly bit my head off when I asked a perfectly proper question as to whether the Landon forces had sought advice from Mr. A, not a delegate, on the problem of the platiorm. Later he became annoyed at the queries of reporters from a radical daily and announced that

all questions would. have to be submitted in writing

at the beginning of a conference. But, as I started to say, Jim Farley, the nitroHe doesn’t blow himself up, but he can send certain listeners right through the roof. He isn’t good in the grass“roots. I admit that folk in those regions seem to be “hypersensitive. Jim certainly had no intention of furnishing ammunition to the enemy when he spoke ‘of “the Governor of a typical prairie state.” I must admit that for the life of me I can’t see anything insulting in that, either. But obviously it was the wrong thing to say. If I like Farley it may be because we have so much in common. Both of us might do well to work - hard and keep our mouths shut.

‘My Day

BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

HARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Friday—We awoke to gray skies and steadily falling rain, but the weather prophets said showers, so we put on linen dresses for a picnic at the top of the Sky Line Drive, which was a part of the day's schedule. I had breakfast on the porch and read the papers. 1 saw Mr. Muir and told him, as far as I could, the summer plans, for they are anxious to begin at once in dismantling the rooms where w has to be done. When I had finished he remarked, “Well, there's the summer.” 1 thought, how many times will that schedule be changed before the autumn is upon us? Mrs. Scheider came in early and sorted the mail Then word came that the President was ready to start, and at .1:10 a cavalcade of motors carrying the official party, newspaper men and the baggage wagon with the ‘lunch, filed out of the White House grounds. As usual a little knot of people had gathered at the gate

"to look, and to wave, at the President.

The drive is a beautiful one, most of it was

" familiar to me, but the actual Sky Line Drive is new.

The CCC boys have done a wonderful piece of work,

"and at the top of the hill there is a wonderful picnic

ground, where we all ate our luncheon. The view on both sides is perfectly gorgeous, over miles and miles of forest and farm country in the valley. ‘After lunch we drove the last 12 miles to the

“site of the dedication and, fortunately for us, though

the clouds gathered again. we had good weather through the ceremony. This will be a great recreation area, and if it has the same effec" =n all visitors that it had on us many of them will be thinking .of the good times of their youth. (Copyright. 1936, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

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INDIANA DISCOVERS HER PARKS T wriey Run Has Long Histor; Shakamak Is ‘Neighborly’

(The fourth in a series)

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BY TRISTRAM COFFIN

IN the deep glades at Turkey Run State Park is the timeless peace of millions of years. \ For centuries Sugar Creek has worn through the rock: Moss grows now in the cool glens where the sun rarely filters through the thick foliage. Before the white men drove them out, the Kickapoo, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians lived along

Pungosecone Creek, their narhe

for Sugar Creek.

Startled by the picturesque Sugar Creek, Capt. Salmon Lusk, an Indian

fighter from Vermont, in 1821

brought his bride by horseback to _

what is now the state park. Still visible is the mill race he cut from the rock. Products of his grist mill floated each spring by flatboat to the Wabash River and down the Mississippi to New Orleans. 2 ¥ .%

ARMERS from the neighborhood came to trade at this new settlement at The Narrows, and in the tavern, stories say, boats and cargoes were gambled away. The great Sugar Creek flood of 1847 swept away the mill and nearby buildings, and The Narrows as a trading post died. When Capt. Lusk and his mother died, the estate passed on to hard, Godfearing John Lusk. : He kept his estate intact, cursing those who wished to destroy its natural beauty by converting the timber to lumbef. During the early part of the twentieth century, the tract became known as Bloomingdale Glens. A railroad ran excursions to Luck’s woods, and more persons enjoyed the beauty of Turkey Run. Fortunately John Lusk refused to sell his forests to the lumber companies.

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HEN the pages of Indiana conservation history are written, the battle of Turkey Run in 1915-16 deserves. an important place. It was bitter warfare between lumber interests that wished to strip the forests of Bloomingdale Glens and a small, détermined group of nature lovers. . When John Lusk died in 1915, a group of conservationists led by Richard Lieber wished to raise a popular subscription far the pur-chase-of Turkey Run. The property was to be given as a gift to Indiana during its centennial in 1916. Twenty thousand dollars was donated, and several lumber companies were persuaded not to bid in at the auction.One lumber company refused to withhold its bid and won the property for $30,200. Fighting inch by inch, the citizens’ committee raised more money and bought Bloomingdale Glens for $40,000 from the lumber company. » ” » OAFING up and down the stream, the visitor can look up the sheer walls of rock. The trails climb over ledges and dip into the mossy glades. Of the park’s 1150 acres, 285 are of virgin timber. Swimming in the Sugar Creek “swimmin’ hole,” camping, hiking, horseback riding, fishing, tennis, archery, dancing and nature guide tours are offéred the visitor. During the months of June, July and August, lecturers take visitors through the park. Three days a week, there are early morning bird hikes. The state cabin on Sunset Point, a short distance from the hotel, was built by Daniel Gay in 1841 of

A rocky cliff and trees tower over peaceful Sugar Creek (above left) in\ Turkey Run State Park. Small children are seen in the background

wading | in the cool stream. The .the winding trails in Turkey Run.

scene (above, Tight) is of one of

three lakes,

tulip or yellow poplar logs. The . old log church, used 75 years ago, is on the ridge above Turkey Hollow. ” ” » OOSE ROCK on Trail One resembles a goose head, and it is told that Johnny Green, last Indian of Bloomingdale Glens, was shot as he sat fishing there. Once, years ago, flocks of wild turkeys gave the area its name— Turkey Run. Later the turkeys disappeared.

One of Indiana’s most popular parks, Turkey Run gets 75 per cent of its business from Chicago. Going to Turkey Run has become the fashion among many Chicago families, the Conservation Department says. The park is on State Road 47, just off State Road 41. It is near Marshall in Parke County. Reservations for hotel rooms or nearby cottages should be addressed to Turkey Run Inn, Turkey Run State Park, Marshall, Ind.When the hotel is jammed and all the cabins ‘are rented, neighboring farmers put up visitors.

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OCATED in the heart of Indiana’s mining district, Shakamak State Park is due south of Turkey Run on State Roads 438 and 159. It is near Jasonville, 86 miles southwest of Indianapolis. It bears the name given by Indians to a nearby stream, “River of Long Fish,” and was established through a gift of land by Clay, Greene and Sullivan Counties. The development in Indiana of group camps for children is closely associated with Shakamak. During summer holidays, its camp buildings have housed many children from surrounding counties in Indiana and Illinois. Because a camp of 150 Civilian Conservation Corps workers is beautifying the park this summer, all but one group camp are being transferred to McCormick’s Creek Canyon State Park.

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HAKAMAK, probably more than any other state park, is a community park visited by families living in the vicinity. Coming from the urban center of Terre Haute and surrounding counties, the visitors fish the swim, hunt, hike,

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Cottages may be rented by the week. Especially popular. with the children is the wildlife exhibit of ‘deer, elk, buffalo, birds and waterfowl. By the light of a campfire, visitors may hear tall yarns spun in the natural amphitheater.

camp, play tennis and picnic. An annual swimming meet was instituted last year. i Growing each year in popularity, Shakamak has increased its attendance rapidly in the last two years. Meals and refreshments are served at the pavilion.

Nearby is an athletic. field for football, baseball ‘and - track events. ? If it is possible to describe any park by a single word, “neighborliness” would fit Shakamak State ' Park.

Next: Pokagon and the Dunes.

FINDS ROOSEVELT H

BY MARK SULLIVAN ASHINGTON, July 4—Washington, and perhaps the country also, seems. to have, for the time being, an atmosphere of political lull. A general judgment is that President Roosevelt, by his acceptance speech at the close of the Philadelphia convention, won a cer= tain advantage of position. By the eloquence and finish of his performance, he, so to speak, took the offensive. Probably the next phase will not appear until Gov. Landon makes his acceptance speech, which will be July 23. The nearness of that date, the delivery of pom. Becepiante speeches and the completion of the preliminary rituals eight days be- Oi with what God has make fore the beginning of August, makes | 1 1800 § g a new record in earliness, so far "ee as I can recall. It suggests eagerness, and a campaign long enough

sides and form the lineup on the respective personalities of the candidates, no one can say. In the contrast between the two there is at once warning for Gov. Landon, and possibly a good omen for him. The warning is that Gov. Landon would make a mistake if he should try to compete with Mr. Roosevelt on the latter's own ground, with the latter's choice of weapons. The Republican candidate does not have. a colorful personality and does not have a radio voice of anything like the “come hither” quality in Mr. Roosevelt's. utterances. Since the qualities of the two men are 50 opposite, probably Gov. l.andon will be wise to make capital of the dif-

- ” oe = HERE is, in the contrast between the ‘two, the possibility of ‘advantage for the Republican candidate. Who can say certainly that the country will necessarily prefer the candidate who happens to have the more engaging traits of personality? It is at least conceivable that the large numbers of voters who in the primaries turned to Mr. Landon were: drawn to him precisely by his simplicity of personality. It may be that a large part of the public feels a psychological hunger for a plain man. Gov. Landon’s lack of ornateness, his possession of so many qualities that are common to the average man, and so few adornments that mark him off from the average man; the fact that common men understand him readily, that they feel he has a personality which remains the same, and that therefore they trust him unconsciously—these may be factors that may cause the country to turn to him. It is these qualities that justify

of the country. The few speeches the public ‘has heard from Gov. Landon over the radio so far have not suggested that he has anything like the .emotionstirring quality of Mr. Roosevelt's oratory, or Mr. Roosevelt's remarkable facility at phrase-making. So far as the campaign is to be a duel of personalities, the two candidates fight with equipment so different that it is almost impossible to compare them. They can only be contrasted. ;

GAINST Mr. Roosevelt's colorful personality, Gov. Landon has a -simple one. Against Mr. Roosevelt's high spirits and gaiety and zest, Gov. Landon has seriousness. Against Mr. Roosevelt's agility, Gov. Landon has sure-footedness. Against Mr. Roosevelt's skill in using words for charm and allurement, Gov. Landon’s words have directness and simplicity. "How far the people may take

Secretary of Labor's Report on Steel Workers Recalled

. BY RUTH FINNEY Times Special Writer = WASHINGTON, July 4—If the

single rate in the proposed 21 wage districts is, to be lower than _an average of the entrance: rates the year 1929. This is not increasing purchasing power.”

in the conflict brewing between the

paigns, contests for local offices, did any one see in Mr. Coolidge’s inconspicuous

AS EDGE

what analogy there is—it is often over-emphasized — between Gov. Landon and Calvin Coolidge. Before he rose above the crowd, Coolidge - was indistinguishable in the crowd. In none of his cambeginning with parochial

personality any advantage over his opponent. - Indeed, overconfident opponents sometimes derided him as looking like a “singed cat.” Yet Mr. Coolidge never failed to win a campaign of the score he contended in, from candidacies for councilman of a small city up through the mayorality of it, state sRepresentative and state Senator .for Several terms, Lieutenant’ Governor, Governor and President. 8 ” ”

ROBABLY the present lull in

political. excitement will

continue until the initial clash of

swords between the two combatants is completed by Gov. Landon’s acceptance speech. In the meantime, perhaps, and later certainly, we shall have fresh installments of a factor that is going to count much

in this campaign. So far, the rrumber of prominent Democratic. leaders who have said, directly or by clear implication, that they will not

vote for the New Deal nor for Mr.

Roosevelt as the source and symbol

of the New Deal, sonsists mainly of ex-Gov. Smith of New: York, with his associates in the pre-convention gnnouncement—ex-Gov. Ely of Mas-

sachusetts, ex-Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, former Secretary

of State Bainbridge Colby and Mr.

Daniel Cohalan. Democratic Senator Copeland of New York declined to attend the Democratic convention, although he had been selected a delegate, taking the ground, presumably, that election to a Democratic convention did not require attendance upon a New Deal one. But Scnator Copeland

‘has not said whether he will vote

against Mr. Roosevelt or will add his voice to that of ex-Gov. Smith in outright leadership against the New Deal. That there will bz more announcements of Democratic defections is well known to observers close to the inner stirrings of the campaign. Some will be of such a

r | nature as to contribute major det- | onations to what promises to be a

highly explusive campaign.

steel industty and its workers, it will be on familiar ground. A similar stand against collective

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bargaining was announced by tlie industry in the summer of 1933. When the Industrial ‘Recovery Act

to the closed shop” and warned that | } if Section 7A was put into _the bill | | “the industry is positive that the in- | ‘|. tent and purpose of the bill can not | be carried out.”

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Fair Enoug h

Rik PEG

NEW YORK, July 4.—Your correspond ent has blown hot and cold on the question whether the American Olympic team should be sent to Berlin this summer to participate in a set of games which were

originally intended to be a sporting rodeo pure and simple. There is something to be said t the appearance of the Americans, under the

: an colors, in-a program which is beingimisused to ballyhoo not merely a foreign J

government, but a foreign political system which is an outrage against: everything included in the term Americanism. Let us not go into a long. discussion of Americanism. Every-: bedy knows it means freedom of’ speech, freedom of the press, edu- - cation, the ballot and worship. These are American ideals, and they are all being kicked to death by the Black Guards and the Brown Shirts of Adolf Hitler. Although the American government has never made a state enterprise of the Olympic games, it is no new thing to find the games subsidized and mane aged as a state affair in other lands. In most coune tries the amateur athletic organizations are unable to handle the show without government assistance, This, however, is the first time that a government has used the games to ballyhoo its political leaders and promote a. system which is, to say the least, in controversy.

Westbrook Pegler

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| Garmisch during the winter they brought in their Black Guards, Brown Shirts, militarized ‘police and militarized work troops by thousands, and the town was simply an army concentration. On three days out of eight they brought in Adolf Hitler, and ‘when Hitler came to town they lined the streets for miles with soldiers and converted the Olympic - games into military party demonstrations. . They spied on their guests and resorted to incredibly stupid attempts to bulldoze or seduce foreign: corre« spondents into Nazi propaganda. They were so dumb, however, that the upshot of it all was that they made chumps of themselves bee fore the civilized races. Nobody was deceived. They are. such thick, bungling dopes, those Nazi Party politicians, that they are always showing themselves

up in stratagems which they intend to -be subtle, They will do it again this summer.

Now the New York Olympic committee is adver tising for contributions with which to pay the way of

the American team to Berlin for the summer games,

They have a deficit of $140,000." That means that part of the team will go, anyway, but that if the ‘$140,000 isn’t raised the rest of the players will not be able to make the trip and won’t have their chance to take their bows and strut their stuff.

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Let Them All Go x

us means a lot to young athletes. - They aren't . much interested in politics at the Olympic age, and those who have qualified undoubtedly will feel pretty sore about it all if they. are dropped from - the. squad for lack of money. Every kid who has- ‘been > lopped off the football squad and left at home when the team went away for the big game knows how sad that disappointment is. Moreover, in this case ‘the stay-at-homes would be likely to think that they had been the victims of injustice and political influences. ~ So why not let them all go? They are good Kids, : good ‘athletes, and deserve their. reward. Some : of them may never rise so high again in all their lives, And if their Americanism is equal to their profi=

ciency in. sport they will be’ disgusted, not sold, by

the. Nazi system ahd will come home detesting everys

' thing Nazi from’ Hitler himself to the lowest pane

handling Brown Shirt shaking a tin cup in their faces in the beer saloons at night.

Merry-Go-Round

BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT S. ALLEN

ASHINGTON, July 4 —Despite his refusal to commit himself before leaving Washington for Idaho, Senator William E. Borah will be a candidate for re-election. He withheld the announcement be-

cause he desired to make it at home. Also, he wished to confer both with Landon leaders and with friendly Dzmocrats in Idaho. : . The National Park Service of the Interior Department is trying a new kind of publicity, a once-a-month press release consisting of “nature notes for? the benefit of those who prefer the voices of nature to the prosaic facts of construction and maintenance.”

The latest release debunks the popular belief thas

the almost extinct trumpeter swan is an infallible weather prophet. 8 . » » ILLY PHILLIPS, Undersecretary of State, ‘at last has realized his ‘long-cherished ambition to. be ambassador to Italy. He thought Hoover had prome ised it to him in 1928, but he was sent to Canada instead. Subsequently Phillips resigned, had to wait for. a Democrat to send him to Rome. Career diplo= ‘mats profit, no matter what party is in power. - Secretary Wallace is having a hard time making people realize that the worst drought conditions are not in the Northwest, but in Kentucky and Tennessee. A strange figure appeared in the Department of Ag= riculture the other day. He was Hirosi Saito, Jap= anese .ambassador, looking for information on poe

| “tatoes. He wants to promote potato culture in rice~

eating Japan. Bent ‘over a desk in the AAA is & former United States Olympic runner, W. C. (Yank) Robbins, now engaged in the prosaic job of handling cotton contracts. dis 4 Xr ; : = 8 .i : } SENATOR CHARLES 'M'NARY, Republican floor ‘leader and one of the ablest political strategists

| in the country, has been ‘asked by Gov. Landon to

confer with him on his acceptance speech. John Ham-~ ilton, Republican national Shaliman, also bas had several private confabs with McNary gn plans. . . & While official statistics on the efs Pt he tduced Talleond Taste ace on rates will not $2 Zvallable until ihe middle of August. when + terstate Commerce