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packed with honest . sincerity of a man of the people. It was a speech of cheer and not a speech of discouragement. It was a speech of understanding and not a speech of rabble-rousing. It wds a speech of sound American sense and not a speech of unpractical . theories of alien-mindedness, The criticism of the present Administration was frank but not vicious. It was offset by a constructive outline of governmental duties and policies. - Gov. Landon presented elearly an understanding of the problems of the people. He presented an American version of the way out of these difficulties. There was no evasion of the issues at hand. This brought out even more clearly than before that Gov. Alf M. Landon was a candidate of the people and for the people. Will the speakers of the Democratic Party be big enough to follow Landon’s course of campaign, or will they continue in the paths of mudslinging, ~ hate-rousing and character smearing? Gov. Landon has set an example for the future campaign orators. Let us hope that they will see the light and will present facts to the American people in a way fitting the dignity of the office of President of the United States.
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PEDESTRIANS’ PLIGHT
DEPLORED By Moon Mullins
Law can not prevent automobile accidents, but just the same we owe our gratitude to the city for warning careless drivers by danger lines and caution signs. But there isn’t much need to paint those lines of precaution for you never find a driver there. He is always running up amd down the street car tracks and in the middle of safety zones. It just isn't safe for anybody to be walking around nowadays. ” 2
2 URGES ACTION AGAINST BAD HOUSING
By Deeply Concerned
There have been numerous complaints about houses on Kansas and Illinois-sts. Seems there has been little or no progress made. There are open wells, toilets, breeding mosquitos and typhoid. Soon school will open, then there will be another outbreak of disease from these filthy places. One house on Kansas-st, an old double, not only is disease bresding, but a fire-trap. There is straw in this old house. Boys and girls sit there at night and smoke. Some night a careléss smoker will set this place on fire and many pz2ople will be hunting new homes simply because of these dumps. Men are seen hegging food and going there and sleeping nights. These places are dangerous for many reasons. Small children are apt to go around these houses, with their open cisterns. . Some day when a child is missing probably there’ll be some action about this. 2 ”
” THE TIMES IS O. K. READER ASSERTS By Todd Robbins, R. R. 5, Greensburg. A man writes in this column that he wants his paper stopped for the reason he “never sees anything hardly” about Republicans. Now I have subscribed to The Times and for that same reason I'll take his place. I don’t know of any other daily paper in this part of the state that’s half-way fair to Democrats. The Times is O. K. = ” ” PATH TO ‘UTOPIA’ POINTED OUT ‘By Haze ¥urd
I see Dr. P. A. Little, of Cloverdale, Ind. writes an article and compares the Democratic Administration to Jesse James, Al Capone and John Dillinger. I wish tosay the doctor must be right or he would not have written an article for the Message Center and - signed his name to it. He has diagnosed the case of our country and has found just the disease that causes all our economic ills, and turns prophet and tells us just what will happen in the future. He says bankruptcy, loss of liberty and dictatorship, but the doctor of Cloverdale did not tell us just what to do as a permanent cure for our economie ills. 1 happened to read a Republican platform and it does just the same —criticises others, but does not tell us what they would do about it. I imagine the doctor is a doctor of medicine at Cloverdale. Well, I am a Red Cross First Aid in Indianapolis, and I wish to suggest to the doctor a first-aid treatment for our economic ills—Eléct Alf Landon, President; Knox, Vice President, appoint Al Smith, Secretary of Treasury; Carter Glass, Attorney General. Quit the New Deal; go back around the corner in the same old dirty street we were in in 1932. Close all PWA
try for a few—bury them in ArlingJon Cemetery as heroes of starvaon. Have Al Smith and his Liberty League make little, cheap tomibstones; set one at the head of each grave. Put a little eagle on each and say, “Here lies a hero. He starved to death to save his country for the special few. And may God forever bless his soul and his country for which he gave his life and ever keep it out of debt, and the budget balanced.” ” F J f J I WILSON DEMOCRAT GETS “KICK” OUT OF CAMPAIGN By M. R. Kuehn, Richmond, Ind.
There’s another matter that The Times editor appears to be somewhat overzealous about. It's the
presidency in these United States. Why not re-read some of our history, Mr. Editor? Was it Emerson who said the American people did not regard the President as a fragile piece of Dresden china that needed to be carried about on a silken pillow? And has the editor ever come upon these passages from the pen of James Bryce in “The American Commonwealth”? “There is a great respect for his office, and a corresponding respect for the holder of that office, if he has done nothing to degrade it’, (Page 71, Vol. 1.) Also, “Firmness, common sense, and most of all, honesty—an honesty above all suspicion of personal interest—are the qualities whizh the country chiefly needs in its chief magistrate.” As a 101 per cent Woodrow Wilson Democrat I'm getting a big kick cut of this campaign. Even The Times’ editor has put me on the trail of stuff that I had almost forgotten. But it fits right in with times like these. It exp'ains why people like myself are beginning to feel that Mr. Roosevelt shéuld be “supplanted.”
2 x = URGES BOYCOTT TO FREE MOONEY Bv Pat Hogan, E. Columbus.
The travesty of justice which has kept innocent Tom Mooney in prison for 20 years has no equal in the history of “any civilised nation, and although some of the ablest lawyers in the United States have gratuitously given their time, talnt and money to gain Mooney's freedom, nothing, it seems, will move the powers. } So here is a suggestion: Have every newspaper in the U. S. A. vent its editorial wrath on California officials, especially the governor and high court; also, while this program continues, let every consumer in the nation refuse to buy any article that comes from California; ‘and tourists likewise can hoycott the state. This method will bring. pressure to bear. from within and without, and when the officials awake to the fact that the entire nation is detérmined to stigmatize the state of California here will be action, Let us prove to California that ne state lives unto herself. ” = » APPROVE WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION By P. Wysong and H. Lackey s
If it were not so tragic, if would be amusing to listen to Republican WPAers, sitting on park benches, deploring the increasing national debt. Their oft repeated assertion, “We will have to pay” would be amusing were it not so ridiculous. If, by miracle, they could be made to understand comparison, it would be of profit to them to compare the present destruction of wealth in Spain with the present redistribu-
What does it matter who owns ‘our national wealth, as long as it is used for ‘the good of the state? President Roosevelt, in the face of bitter opposition, has raised the status of his fellow citizens, from that of paupers, dependent on whims and abuses of organized private charity, to that of paid workers for the state. Ungrateful ones, the very park benches upon which you sit cry out against your ingratitude. | I would dress my donkey in . trappings of gold. To make him appear as a thoroughbred foaled. But I have to contend with his asinine whim, The Srappiags of gold do not Idle, SE men and rusting wealth are grave dangers which our President saw, and met. Shall you, not I, fail in your duty to your state .and President in at least trying to ma Pe donkey like
his trappings of. §
“infallibility” of the pearson of the
tion of wealth in the United States.’
THE CRUSADE TO KANSAS Sy Edward C. Eikman
Do you kiiow what they say of Kansas? :
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bright Will: the sunflowers bloom forever To bouquet the crusade to the right?
Do you know what they say of | Kansas?
Is the sunflower bouquet a ruse?
Do you know what they say of Kansas? Have, _Stuladers pledged autos in Will your pots sizzle filled with chickens?
Like the oil well would siss when it’s shot?
Do you know what they: say of ?
Kansas Does the earth lavishly belch up oil? Is the crown prince of oildom Lan-
don, Who has lived gn the fat of the soil?
Do you know what Apey say of . Kansas? Does the crown prince, anoint ‘em with oil? Is ‘he truly the standard bearer As the G. O. P. son of the soil?
Do you know what they say of Kansas? Is the ox-covered wagon a noose? Will Alf Landon, the cowboy Gov'n Make the ise in the ox-drawn caboose? Ts mo SUGGESTS WHERE TO FIND WISDOM By XYZ, ‘Crawfordsville Most every town in Indiana has a “brain trust” -of its own that knows just how to run the country and get us out of the depression and on the road to prosperity. It is composed of such notable persons zt Curbstone Bill, John Nicotine and Jerry" Jag and other sages of the town. If we will listen to what they say we will know just how to vote at the coming election. Any advice they offer should be carefully considered While we are waiting for some plan to get “prosperity around the corner” we should not fail to tap this source of wisdom and harken to what they say. ] 2 2 =» CLASS ARGUES FOR
FEDERAL AID BILL
By Public School Finance Class, Graduate School of Indiana University The editorials discussing the new Federal aid bill appearing in several Indianapolis papers have been very interesting but hardly sound. Moreover, it is hardly fair that such a point of view should be attributed to the school men of Indiana. Any impartial investigation would show that 99 out of 100 of them are in favor of the new Federal aid bill which already has been approved by. all of the leading organizations of school people in. the United States. Even ‘the national organization of superintendents .of public. instruction voted to sponsor its passage. Perhaps it would .be worth while to discuss this question of school aid very briefly. Nearly all of the states, Indiana included, have recognized the principle of equalization. The slogan, “Tax the money where it is and spend it where the children are,” is a statement of this principle. Will the people of Marion County and the people of Lake County dare say, “We have all the money we need, we will not help the other districts of the state”? Where did they get their money? -Has the rest of the state helped Indianapolis or nat? ! In fact, there are very few broad-
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» ” ” WHITE'S EFFORTS PATHETIC, WRITER BELIEVES By R. P. Cunningham, Darlington In this vale of tears there is nothing more - pathetic than an honest writing man like Bill White, of Kansas, trying his level best to
£0 wrong. His attempt in the S. E. P. to prove that Landon is not a shadow through whom the curious can pass a hand, but a real person in whose bosom eternal goodness functions without let or hindrance, is a choice illustration of my contention. Bill just couldn’t cut it. But instead” told the truth and provéd to an astigmatic world that the Kansas Governor has all the makings of the perfect stooge that those interests opposed to collective bargaining are looking for. »
#2 8 =n SEES PRECARIOUS TIME FOR LANDON By Mike Richey, Delphi
Landon, the well driller, drilled 14 holes, the fifteenth hole contained oil. Had not Mr. Landon struck oil pie public would not have heard of m, The public knows that oil and not ability to serve the public brought Landon before the public. Hearst will support a public official and withdraw this support if he can not get his requests granted. Hearst's support and 9il will only give Mr. Landon a precarious tenure of fame.
why crazy over Roosevelt? I'm guessing you are farming, or a farmer. A few Yaars back what did you receive for your products? And today? You farmers have not done your part; for the President, for the majority of you are still ‘paying 5c to $1 per day for farm help. Neither do I think you should compare Roosevelt with Wilson. Could you compare Coolidge’s term with Hoover's? I T don't think so. I operate a place of business and when the NRA came in my laborers received a 12 per cent increase and when it went out competition and cut-throating came back, but the 12 per cent increase went out with it: And if you like to read something about Republican comment The Times is at your service—Mr. Murk Sullivan, or if you wani a good bracer, being ds you are finished with the two old parties, then read Mr. Heywood Breun in the lefthand carner. And the boys going across the big pond to fight do. not forget Lafayette. The French could say the same. Mr. Gordon, you better remain a subscriber to The Times; as I have said, there is no substitute. Let's hear more from you. an
Dap 8 ® DOG LOVER SPEAKS By Wilma Cunningham Hutton ; This is my first attempt to put in writing just what I think about this “deg situation.” To start with, I'm a great Yover of dogs; in fact, any kind of animal finds a warm spot in my heart. I'll venture to say that two-thirds of the people that are bitten by dogs
bring it all upon themselves. I've sean children tease dogs unmercifully, and then if they get bit their parents are ready to shoot the dog. That's the only way a dog can take
its part, and I don’t blame them |
sometimes for ‘biting. - It’s their only defense against grown-ups and children that abuse them. Some people don’t realize that dogs have feelings. I only wish that
these people- would have to live a|
dog’s life for a while. Perhaps they would feel differently toward dogs. I also wonder if these people that
| hate dogs so badly ever had a true
friend that they could depend on when they were in need of a friend. All. I can say is they should get a dog and treat him decently. They'll have a friend as long as their dog has a breath of life in his body.
ly concerned with the al fash-
ionist, but just remember, Mr. Edi- | tor, that there may be some one
: Yo! P. 8S. It's a man’s job. os = =
SCOTT COUNTY HEARD FROM ON STATEHOUSE LAWN By a Scott County Citizen ! I wonder why. the civic authorities of Indianapolis, .the City of Homes, do not protest agairist the weed-grown condition of the Statehouse lawn. Winter-killed shrubs have not been cut down and the beds have not been dug up to promote growth and to discourage weeds. : As a citizen of Indiana I hate to see the seat of our state govern-
ment in such a shiftless condition
to make one of the items of the Governor’s budget look economical when "there is so much prodigal waste on unneeded and foolish projects. JE Let Paul’ ground his plane and stay in -the state’s ‘borders long enough to save a “subsistence’” wage
{for some poor unfortunate with | pride enough left to want to work
for his daily bread. Even tenants in our town have civic pride and keep . their habitations neat and clean and I should think Mr, McNutt would take a little personal pride in the appearance of the Statehouse.
{By W.-E. Seder
> l:until our fertile lands shall become
As an. apartment dweller in th downtown, district I heartily indorse your campaign against unnecessary One: of the | worst au city.” " One of the
‘trolley busses have a horn horn that can ‘be heard for half a ? Why do we permit clattering box-car trains of. six cars containing animals and freight to be pulled through our downtown section? Your is a good one— here’s hoping it gets some results. 8 ” n TREE PLANTING LAW NEEDED,
WRITER WARNS By Will B. Otwell, Carlinville, nt.
I took a trip of 100 miles to count
‘last year and I could not find one. "Are these hot, dry winds to teach7us nothing? Are these ever increas“|/iIng dust storms to go - unheeded
‘sne. corner of the Sahara Desert? " 1t we won't do it otherwise, isn't it about time that we have a law to compel us to plant one-tenth of our lands in trees? The process-is a long one. Isn't it time we should tackle the job? ” = ” PREDICTS ROOSEVELT’S RE-ELECTION By. Carl L. Betsonm, Kentland, Indiana. . Polls taken in different parts of Indiana among factories indicate that workers are about 80% for Roosevelt. In one Terre Haute factory, out of 145 workers, 121 were for President Roosevelt and 24 were for Governor. Landon. About the same ratio iis ‘also running in Chicago and Detroit. While Republicans are claiming all of New England for Landon, including ‘Maine, Democrats claim that two or possibly three will be in the Roosevelt column this fall. Polls at the present time indicate
the re-election of Roosevelt.
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Caspar explains: “I was in a marrying mood, so I got a widow-woman in my car and told her I wouldn't stop driving until she agreed to marry me. She figured I'd have to stop sum’ers for gas. But I had a full galldn of Red Crown -in my tank. ‘We started in Indiana and was still going in Kansas when she give in and said
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To Caspar Klaspar we express (1) gratitude for introducing love interest into the subject of ~ gasoline; (2) absolute disbelief in his story. : Standard Red Crown is as “long winded,” - we believe, gs any gasoline you can buy. tis quite possible that ‘it gives extra mileage per gallon but Caspor’s story stretches the truth further than you'can sireich a fankful of gaso-
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