Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1936 — Page 18

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NEW YORK, July 31L—Possibly the strangest thing which has happened all summer was the riot atithe! White Sox ball park which held up the game 20 minutes and ended in an umpire’s being beaned with a pop bottle. Of course, such things have happened in baseball parks before, but I am thinking of the fact that this is a presidential year and that we have been told “America is at the crossroads.”

Neither of the major political { conventions engendered anything i like the same emotion as swept the A rooters who favor the fortunes of ; Jimmy Dykes. It's true that Norman Thomas was able to evoke bgos and hisses from the Townsendites pw? in convention assembled, but no3 fa body threw anything. To bel sure, i the Townsendites aren't going any0° where this year, but neither are the White Sox. : i Perhaps there is something. to “7 say for the fan who breathlessly watches his club engage in battle or scans the ‘box scores instead ‘of reading the speeches of Gov. Landon. In a ball game anything can happen. No Landon speech is likely: to startle anybody. You know in #dvance that he will never take a: full cut at the ball, try to steal a base or catch a line drive with one hand. Alf M. Landon is up there under instructions from the bench to wait ‘em out. He has yet to take his bat off his shoulder.

s 2 8 No Hitters on Team

HE strategy of “Mugsy” Hamilton is obvious enough. He hopes that Smith, Colby and Breckinridge will walk and that another pass to Alf may force in a winning run. ‘Perhaps it isn’t fair to blame the manager for using such dreary tactics. After all, he has no one on his team who can hit the size of his hat. Nor is there a single -player in the entire Liberty League who can be relied on to make a sacce. It is not what you would call a fast league. There is no one in the circuit who is not a least a couple of seasons away from the big time. and getting farther away all the time. = : They tell me that Bainbridge Colby covered a lot of ground back in the days when he was in Wilson's Cabinet. But his legs have gone back on him. He's no shortstop now. He can still do a swell job in going to his right, but anything hit to left of him is a _ certain single. | In order to get younger and more vigorous recruits the Liberty League has, in accordance - with baseball tradition, established leagues of even lower classification to act as farms where promising recruits can be developed. | Charles E. Coughlin, for instance, has been sent out to North Dakota for further seasoning. A year or so ago Coughlin looked like a‘comer. He bad a good fast ball and he could break a curve a foot outside the plate. ’ ”n 2 ”

Townsend Is Bench Manager

ILL LEMKE, once a fast semi-pro, Is catching him, but they are always getting mixed ‘up on their signals. Bill can’t run a lick any more. He goes down to first base like a backstroke swimmer who has just broken training. Old Doc Townsend, a re4ired spitball pitcher from the Coast League, has been unearthed to act as bench manager. The Doc can't seem to preserve any discipline. Gerald “Bugs” Smith, froin the Southern Association, is said to be the real boss of the Liberty League farm. Smith got by for a while as a pitcher in somewhat smarter company. He developed trick delivery. He used to pack mud into the seams of the ball, and then he could make it do extraordinary things. He could break it into either a righthanded or, a lefthanded batter like Russell Ford’s old emery ball. But his delivery has been ruled as illegal. Perhaps that's the chief reason why the Liberty League games are so tame. The heads of the organization go on the theory that the umpire is always right. If he says that two strikes are out it goes that way in spite of the rule book. Indeed, the batter is

supposed to get down on his knees and thank God |

{for the umpire.

My Day

BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IDDEFORD, Me. Thursday—Wednesday morning rain greeted us and I was all prepared for ‘a buffet luncheon in the house, but by 10:30 it began to clear and while we had a gray day we were still able to go to Herring Cove and picnic there. The boys and my husband were really responsible for a much nicer picnic than we would have had on our beach here. : I am always inclined to do the easiest things, but the boys, with the optimism of youth, think it will be easy to do whatever they want to do. My husband is almost as optimistic as they are, perhaps because as far as household matters go things are usually made possible by a cheerful willingness of those who do the real work. | Everything went easily, our food |was perfectly . good and the sandy beach proved a good baseball field. vy ended up their game with the members of th w Brunswick Cabinet playing the American team. The Prime Minister of New Brunswick batted and ran as well as any of the. boys. At 4:30 the fog was coming in and my husband stood out on our little porch and greeted islanders and other visitors who came to see him. The minister has succeeded in getting together the first Boy Scout troop here and they came in a body looking very proud of their new uniforms. Some 20 people came. for tea a little after 5, including Mr. and Mrs. George P. Ennis and Mr. and Mrs. Craig, who run the art - school in Eastport, Me. every summer. 4 By evening the fog was dense, and after dinner with my husband's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Adams, Franklin Jr., went over to meet two of his friends who were supposed to come on the evening train. Though my son jauntily said that he could

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of the sanitatit

experts in “Indianapoils two. schools ‘of fought: re-

garding. procedure’ toward the: elimination ‘of ;insanitary ~ outdoor toilets. ~~ ui oC EA :

The most cbpseryative estimate—that of Cecil Calvert, city sanitation: plait superintendent and one of the. nation’s leading: authorities on sanitation—is that there now are 9000 ‘insanitary -outside toilets” within’ the city

limits of Indianapelis.

John Turpin, district, supervisor ‘of the Federal Sanitation Project: for: Marion County, puts the city number at 12,000 and thecounty number ‘at'19,000. . Both are estimates, but they’ are the best estimates available. |.

To qualify as insanitary,. the outdoor. toilet: must be unclean, fly and rat-ridden, and a menace tothe health of the entire city. “A good many of them are within a five-minute

walk of the Statehouse. Others | are spread in -scattered’ sections:

over the entire city, - including

places’ on the North Side and:

Irvington. : © Even the Federal , Sanitation Project engineers, when they be-

gan their work, did ‘not’ think .|

urban centers, such “as Indianapolis, would be a field of -endeavor. They.began in a lower Indiana rural county+and worked

there’ until -some one discovered

the astonishing conditions in Indianapolis and other cities. = In 1916 Indianapolis passed. &n ordinance. providing that no outside toilet could be installed on a ‘property where sewer and city

water. were available within’ 100

feet of any corner.of the lot. : . “This : ordinance, according to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secretary,

worked admirably and has been

the instrument through which much insanitation has been corrected. : : Now ‘comes the property, however, whose income the - owners. say will not permit the expense of sewer and water.

connections, - The owners profess.

to be :willing to give the property to the city rather than make the improvements which they say entirely are unjustified financially. ” » 2 Lo . HEN the Federal Sanitation Project, which installs an approved sanitary toilet for from $6.52 to $19.95 in Marion County, began to work in Indianapolis

-the ordinance was used to “stop

them. It- was argued by the opposition ‘that the installation of such toilets, which would remain usable for 10 years, was a stop-gap measure; that it would produce a lull in all sanitation; not solve the‘ problem in any sense; that it was a step backward. : Proponents of the plan said it was justified in cases where . the property would not stand the cost of installation of sewer and water; that it would tend to raise the living standards in the lowest areas;

.that it would inspire land owners .and tenants alike to correct other insanitary - conditions and that

anything was better than the current health sore caused by almost

. unbelievable filth in - some sec-

tions. It is probable that an amend-

-ment to that ordinance soon will

be introduced in City Council to make it lawful at the discretion of the City and State ‘Health Boards to install such sanitary outside toilets when the property will not stand for -greater im provement. .

stratum of

that it would.

: HE plumbers’. union: is against. Ait; ‘Dr.’ Morgan is. against" it; :and on their side are many others. :Favoring it are Lester Moorman, member of. the Works Progress “Administration planning: department, specially lent. by the ‘State Planning- Board; Mr. Cal“vert, Mr. Turpin and many others. + -A.-cursory -inspection ‘of "the areas . referred: to. will convince : any -one that the:condition, as it . exists—not on -one-street,. but. on : many—shouit be corrected ' with .all possible dispatch. NE Already there have been 2800 of these sanitary disposal. units installed -in- Marion County and the number is increasing daily.. More than 50,000: have been installe inthe state. oy eA ~." The city - of ‘Beech Grove, less -than. a: year old.as a city, has passed a city ordinance allowing their installation’ within the city limits and officials said they in--tend to make the community 100 per cent sanitary in this respect if they have to penalize reluctant ‘land: owners. . oF aE bo Cm =.= “JR VERY industrious . family -should have the opportunity to own or to rent a home having civilized standards of decency and -at a. cost reasonably commensurate with its income.” : « . - This . statement of the . State Planning Board Housing Division in a report .to. the -Governor in ‘1934 was defined as including an inside sanitary toilet; adequate shelter from the weather; adequate fire protection; garbage removal. tr And the statement further said: Baldly, between one-half and one-third of the homes in Indiana do not approach these mini

(Mr. Sullivan writes thrice weekly). |

BY MARK SULLIVAN = ~ ASHINGTON, July 31.—Because Senator Glass is closely followed. ds: the leading Democrat in office who openly opposes ‘the New Deal, and because there is a seething in the South and elsewhere which ‘recognizes that: the: New Deal has discarded basic principles of the Democratic’ Party——for: these reasons Senator Glass’ ‘indignant outburst at the Patrick-Heénry celebration in Virginia received -widespread attention. Senator Glass’ action. was: characteristically courageous. His speech, “with other utterances ‘he: has made, amounts to a more forceful excoriation of the New Deal than has been made by anyother opponent of it. “+ Yet even so, Senator Glass “pulled his punch.” He: did not speak as strongly as he feels, He seemed to feel obliged to remzmber that Mr. Roosevelt is the Democratic candidate . for Persident—at least Mr. Roosevelt officially bears the Democratic label. Perhaps it

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"Shown above. is’ a unique. threat fo, Indianapolis; | insanitary and unprotected. It is situated exactly 11 health. - It is a four-family, two-story outdoor toilet, | blocks from the Statehouse.

mum standards of ‘health. and de-

lin." devious . - ways.”

Sanitation

-ceney.” - . . and housing go hand : in ‘hand; and may be considered

refrained: from mentioning - Mr. Roosevelt's name... But ‘it would be: a: pity to" let ‘an indictment of -the New, Deal stand when. it does not include all the accounts which surely ‘would -have been made had Mr. Glass felt fully free. va wo Ag

{ 2 2 ‘ ENATOR. ‘GLASS said that “Patrick Henry, if he were living now, could he go along with the vagaries and whims of . impractical academicians? ” But Senator: Glass knows it is not merely the “vagaries and :whims” of -the New Deal that the . country needs fear—it is the purpose and course of action:which would take America. into a new form of society * and . government. And’ Senator Glass knows that the only power the “impractical

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-academicians” have is that which

they got: from President :Roosevelt —whom Mr. Glass did not name. . Senator ‘Glass said “If Patrick Henry were living, could he be bamboozled -by talk of: Federal aid to the states?” - But Senator Glass knows. that Federal aid to the states is comparatively : negligible “among the New Deal's faults and menaoces. Senator Glass quoted Patrick Henry's = letter >to -his daughter,

“Popularity gained in devious ways|.

can not last.” But Senator Glass did: not say it is President Roose-

|| velt: who has“ “gained popularity

: And besides; Senator Glass knows that popularity: gained ‘in devious ways is only a minor -.occasion ‘for dpprehensi nsion

compared to-some others.

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AR. GLASS said: “The President.

4 “of the United States has been ||

‘ades following: the ‘Civil

as one and the ,same problem. | have: |

And sanitation _experts proved that the sanitation of a

‘family housed within" the stand- 5

"SULLIVAN SAYS GLASS ‘PULLED PUN

‘| was: for this reason that. Mr. Glass

that Mr. Glass consults. Indeed he does not: need .to consult his personal fortunes, for he would be ire‘elected even if Mr. Roosevelt should fail to: carry Virginia. gh Undoubtedly : Mr. ‘Glass is moved by reluctance to do anything which might disturb the dominance of the Democratic ‘party in his, state,. for the: Democratic organization in- Virs ginia has exceptionally’ elevated leadership and ability—Virginia ‘for.

three {or four best managed states in the ‘union. - i al * 82 88 ENATOR GLASS'S _tarmoil of spirit goes deeper than that; however. He is reluctant to do anything that: would give ‘comfort to the “Republican ; Party. . Senator Glass’s attitude is not the ordinary feeling of a member of one ‘party toward. the other.: ; ay - Senator -Glass's: antipathy to the Republican Party: is more bitter than ‘would be caused by any ordinary matter of policy. Mr. Glass was “bern in: Virginia: in 1858.: He saw, as boy and young man, the Republican Party as it was in the South- during ‘more than two dec‘War—the “carpet-bagger” Republican :- Party

OUR COLUMNISTS = -. The Times may or may not’ _ agree. with the columnists - whose writings appear on this and other pages. Their col-

because . they express The Times’ editorial policy.

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several years "has been. one of .the

they. express diverse and in- 1

ards of decency is affected by the families not so housed.

Next—What to: do?

of the reconstruction era. It is natural that any one, especially a Southerner who acquired his permanent memories «of the Republican Party in that time and place, should sweat the blood of conscience when, in his seventy-eighth year, he is called 'upon to choose between the Republican Party, which he: abhars ini one way, and the New Deal, which he loathes in another way.. ia Cm wT ] R. GLASS’ dislike for the Republican ‘Party, and the ne-

| cessity ‘of balancing ‘it against his

horror of the Néw Deal, must make Mr. Glass’ soul as turbulent a battleground: of contending convictions as ever troubled a high-minded and conscientious: man. ‘Understanding: all this, we can appreciate why Mr. Glass, “forceful as he was in his Patrick Henry outburst, was yet not ‘as forceful as it is certain he feels. Senator Glass has not yet looked ‘straight “at -the ‘decision’ he’ must sooner or later make.: He knows that America is in danger of being taken into a new. form of society and government. He regards prevention of that as the crowning duty ‘of his long public service. This, it would seem, ought to be the determining. factor in Senator Glass’ dilemma. After all, he has lived a long lifetime with: the ‘Republican Party as an enemy. ‘And whatever the. crimes of that party, Senator Glass has not. seen it attempt to ‘change the American form of government and society. He must know, ' moreover, . that whatever - alternatives might be desirable in critical campaign,. such. as a third party made up of independent Democrats, ‘the fact is, up to this’ time, that the Republican Party. is the

| only existing vehicle for forthright

‘opposition to the New Deal.

‘from! an - original ‘figure of $37,000,

~| ‘paying them the same _gcommand if civilians ‘were

JE ASTPORT, Me., "July 31.—The case © the ‘United States. Army engineers se lected for the non-military duty of spendin hundreds of millions of dollars, semeti under definite time restrictions, is stro reminiscent qf ‘the plot of “Brewster's lions.” In that fantastic job of fiction, a young was called upon to get rid of a fortirie in a li time under limited conditions, and found himself a cash balance on his hands as the deadline approached. . I believe they: were on a yacht at sea: in a § :

unable to get ashore to

last $50,000, when some one told

hero that it would cost ‘$50,000 :

. The Army engineers constitute a form of coolie labor in ‘their line. : They are the brain trust of the . United States Army, but the num- Mr. Pegler ber of officers in the corps so far. 4 exceeds the strictly military assignments with that many of them go along for years on de duty. Soldiers they are, to be sure; but their abilit mark: them for-long. periods at:other duties in th service of other branches ofthe government, on los from the War Department. This seems very agreeal to the War Department. “08 Ci ‘2 = = Helps Army Pay Expenses oo OREOVER, as government accounting is -coldly practical, the departments which borrow supiiinsey naturally are expected to reimburse. rmy. for their pay and prerequisi relie w Army of that proportion of its Fn vine expense, This is a small item, however, for the bay of & lieutenant colonel, which is the rank in command of the Passamaquoddy job, is only $5000 a year plus $1200 for quarters, heat and light. The other Arm engineers on the project are captains: who ny taxpayers about $3500 per ‘head per year. “Among them, they have had: the responsibility -of spending, according to their orders.and.the law and the- spe fications of the job, a kitty of $7,000,000, marked down’

A civillan district engineer -in:Col.. Phi ming's place would hardly: consider ea nt services and responsibility at: one-half: of 1 per. cent of the amount involved, which would be $35,000 a year, according to my simple, expense-account arithmetie. The subordinate engineers, corresponding in i and responsibility to the. Army captains on: duty &6 Passamaquoddy, would be high-priced men, too, . fm 8 I know. Shere has been no complaint from ilian ‘engineers of this Ar stition- : profession. ip or AY mh m 5 » 2 0» . Es

Stranger Than Fiction.

"JHE Army’ engineers, however, have no e . the matter. r —

ta solve the coolie labor-situstion in their. cass fees. that the. work wo a CIV: re employes, Others, ho ever, would be sure to object lest the higher rev ards for engineers on loan to the government arouse envy in other branches of the Army and dissension in tie

service. . vo But returning to Brewster and. his stage money, the hero of the fantasy was a Saturday-night sport.

of nickels compared to young C

imagined. But. that: was fiction and fiction is always

cramped by the rather narrow rules of probability. :

. Merry-Go-Round BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBEET S. ALLEN RISMARCK, N. D,, July 31.—Striking out due west

Fargo, you come across. the drought in frightfulness. ‘Farther east the fields were covered with sparse, dry: corn or low, parched wheat. But here nothing grows. Nothing at all. . . Even the telegraph poles are gone, and the fences trail on the ground sometimes for half a mile ali ihe roadside. Horses, cattle get fewer and fe finally disappearing altogether. | : : The ground rolls slightly, dipping, rising to a from which you can see for seven or eight miles in directions. On the left is a big irregular patch of gray ish dirt—a lake bed, dried and withered, criss-cros with crazy streaks all aver its dusty surface. ; -No-trees anywhere. Just land, land, scrub-gri sand, Russian. cactus, and perhaps a plowed field: bri tling with the abortive corn or barley that wii ne sre rise above an inch or two in height. Here and they small groups ‘of dirty low-lying houses proclaim |% “farm.” Chickens cluck around in the dirt, a.dog Hes panting by a shed, too exhausted even to bark a passing car. No humans in sight. Only miles and miles of land, desolate, bare, lifeless, wretched soil. + The road detours, and for more miles rocks and gravel. :

hard three years back so He'd always fought with: his .br wrestling—so he joined up with a carni the Northwest. He and andther fell