Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1936 — Page 16

HEYWOOD BRODN

g NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—One phase of the Townsend plan has always captured my imagination. It is, of course, that provision which requires the recipient to spend his $200 within the month. : : I seem to see a play—it could be called “Brewster's Two Hundred Dollars”’—about Grandpop Eben Brewster. Eb was always careful with his money, and when the pension started to come in he salted it

away in the mattress. Naturally his dependent grandchildren got after him to live up the law of the jand and spend his allowance like a 100 per cent erican. At times he wandered down to | the village, and when he returned | home, he would tell some prodigious | story of the $1.19 which he had-ex-pended. But he never had anything i to show at the end of these expedi- | . tions. Eb was old enough to shave. regularly when he fought in the first battle of Bull Run. Mr. Broun

to the store, telling about how he got hit and showing off his limp. In all of 40 years Eb had never spent a Nickel at the store, and here it was the twenty-ninth of the month and the Federal inspector would be ‘round the first thing in the morning to see if Eben Brewster had put back into circulation his $200 from the revolving pension fund. s

» » Always the Patriot

ACA and again his family asked him whether he was misbehaving himself as the law required, and he always answered that he was being just as extravagant as patriotism demanded. He spoke vaguely of gambling and the hearts game in the back room of the store. Eb’s family didn't trust him. They knew the old gentleman as a paragon of all the virtues. He did not have a single vice—drat his ancient hide !—except penuriousness. They did well to suspect him, because just 24 hours before the expected visit of the Federal inspector John, Ebs’ great-great-nephew, found the entire October allotment tucked away under the carpet in the pensioner’s room. There was a family council. Eb attended but was allowed to take no part in the discussion. John more or less dominated the conference. Not only had John found the money, but he had a record of never having worked in 15 years, and he was as extravagant and shiftless an individual as could be found in the state of Connecticut. John was ithe sort of man to whom the group could listen with respect. “Leave it up to me,” he said; “I'll take Uncle Eb to the Danbury Fair, but somebody's got to lend me $10. They have trotting races.”

” ” EJ John Brewster's Pride

GAINST a storm of protest he explained, “The law may require Uncle Eb to spend his own, and in any case I wouldn't want to be dependent on the old gentleman. I want to hold up my end.” Off they went to the Danbury Fair, with Eben Brewster. uttering shrill but ineffective cries of protest. John has never told the story of that day, but his own hair turned white between noon and midnight. It seems they got off on the wrong foot, because John made Uncle Eb buy a pool on a pacer which had no form, and the darn thing won. And in . taking chances on things the old man won a Ford automobile and a Jersey cow before they had been in the fairgrounds more than an hour. All the family knows of the great adventure is that it ended up with John tossing Eb on a roller coaster a little before midnight and saying, "Give this old man 25 fast rides and make ’em snappy.’ John kept his word. When they got gack to the farm at 3 in the morning he had to borrow 25 cents from Aunt Mathilda to pay for the taxicab. Nobody ever knew what Eb did or thought about it all, because he died quietly in his bed, babbling about the battle of Bull Run, one hour before the pension inspector called.

My Day

BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

EW YORK, Friday.—The more you are in public life, the more you wonder at the credulity of the average human being. Sometimes the things that come to me are such that I feel that I can not even notice them, but occasionally they are merely funny and I may let others join me in a passing smile. In a letter today I am told that it has been spread about in one neighborhood that the President is using his mother’s heme at Hyde Park as a summer White House, and that the government is paying rent to the family. Somehow, the idea of my mother-in-law accepting rent for the brief visits which the President pays to her home is one of the most humorous things that I can think of. Yet I suppose some people actually believe it. As a matter of fact it is a saving to the government when a President has a summer home.

We had a very nice picnic last evening. Maj.

Gen. and Mrs. Frank McCoy drove up from Governor's Island. They were much interested in our Val-Kill furniture, as the government at present is obliged to redecorate the commandant’s house at Governor's Island. When you are interested in a building, even though It belongs to the government, you go about with a greater interest in all buildings. Of course, the governiment buying is done in prescribad ways, but ideas gleaned from other people’s houses may turn out to be useful. Mrs. Morgenthau and her eldest son came up also. He is taking up architecture at Princeton and for practical experience this summer is being allowed to - do over an old farmhouse on recently acquired land. He therefore looked with interest at every detail of our little kitchen. ; I took the 7:40 train this morning to New York, where Mrs. Morgenthau and I attended a luncheon of the Good Neighbor League. I have seen many different people, which is one of the difficulties about coming to New York. (Copyright, 1936, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

New Books

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS— §FPHO wrote her love poems. And then there

was a hiatus of centuries until woman once more asserted herself in society and found her revolt voiced by Jane Austen, George Eliot and Mary Wollstone-

Fannie Hurst and Edna Ferber represent the

Indeed, for almost 40 years his. life had consisted of walking down

_ therefore, quickly demotes.

SATUR!

DAY, AUGUST 8, 1936

: as Second-Class Matter Be en Indianapolis, Ind.

BIG DUCE

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Son-in-Law Being

"AND THE LITTLE DUCE

BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Staff Correspondent

J ONDON, Aug. 8.—“1l Duce the Second”?

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Romans ask themselves the question when they see

him pass by. The rest of Italy echoes the query. Europe

generally wonders about it. The subject before the house -

being whether Count Galeazzo Ciano is being tried out as a Little Duce so that some day” he may succeed the Big Duce—Benito Mussolini himself.

That is the significance read intothe fact that the Italian dictator Has named Ciano as the man to take up one of the heaviest burdens he himself had been carrying for so Jong — the ministry of foreign affairs. So far, the gcod-looking, 33-year-old count has displayed courage, coolness, determination and a faculty of making good. He was a schoolboy when the Fascist movement started, but his father, Admiral Costanzo Ciano, was ah ardent supporter of Mussolini and is today President of the Italian Chamber. In 1922, when Mussolini finally gave his order for the famous march of the Black Shirts to -take over Rome, 19-year-old Galeazzo Ciano was one of those ccuntless, cheering, singing, embatiled thousands.

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HEN he got a bit older, he was given posts in the diplomatic service, serving at Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Peking and Shanghai. When Mussolini decided he must have a separate department to handle press and propaganda, he chose young Ciano for the job and eventually made him a full-fledged minister of press and propaganda.

In. between jobs, Ciano had learned to be & flier. So when Italy made war on Ethiopia, he demanded of the Duce that he be allowed to go on active service. This pleased the Duce and a few weeks later Ciano was out at the front in command of the “Disperata,” the “Desperate Squadron” of bombing machines. Two of the Duce’s sons were under him and shared with him in the expeditions over the Ethiopian cities and armies. Back from the war, he has now taken up the ticklish foreign affairs post.

In the recent past in Italy it has been dangerous to become too eminent and attract too much attention. Bad tongues have insinuated that the Duce gets jealous a, e will suffer, they say, no one to be a popular idol save himself. They point to the fate of Dino

. Grandi, stalwart, black-bearded,

upstanding Fascist from the earliest hour. He, also, became minister of foreign afTairs—boss of ambassadors and ministers. And then one dizzy day he lost his job as minister and became ambassador to Britain.

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TALO BALBO is another case cited. He, too, was an early Fascist leader. In fact, he was one of the commanders of the march on Rome. As minister: of aviation he made Italy a great power in the air. He led the triumphant flight of a squadron of Italian war planes from Italy to the United States and back. He received a Roman welcome-—and was then bounced over to the sandy wastes of Libya in Africa to be its governorgeneral. But the chances are that Galeazzo Ciano is not afraid of meeting the fate of Grandi and Balbo. He holds an ace. Grandi and Balbo never held as good a card. It’s other name is Edda. She happens: to be Mussolini's favorite child. Also she happens to be

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Ciano’s loving wife. Edda is supposed to be the only human being who is not afraid of the Duce, 8 8 = LL her young life she has bossed the Big Boss. He adores her and knows.his adoration is reciprocated. But he mustn’t pull any of-this Duce business. He must be just father and comrade. On such terms she has often given him sound counsel. She has been able to tell him what the people think and what they are saying. What makes her happy is all to the good with the Duce. So you get the circle—promotion for Galeazzo makes Edda happy; Edda’shappiness makes the Duce glad; the Duce’s gladness results in more smiles and more promotions for Galeazzo. ‘ So there is not much danger that the young count will be sent to exile in some African desert. He and his Edda. will remain on the heights near Papa Benito— I1 Duce to you.

Beginning Monday: “WHY 1I TURNED IN TOM ROBINSON”

Groomed to

Most intimate tie between Count ‘Ciano and Italy’s dictator is the flashing-eyed Countess Edda Mussolini Ciano, wife of the

count and favorite child of the Duce. La

Gov. Landon

Needs Labor 1

Counselor, Johnson Says

(Gen. Johnson Writes Thrice Weekly.)

/ BY HUGH S. JOHNSON

ETHANY BEACH, Del., Aug. 8.— What Gov. Landon needs is a good labor adviser. His various utterances on the labor question reveal no clear-cut policy on one of the most difficult problems of our times. They also reveal that this confusion is not artful dodging, but only that the Governor does not know what the problem is. He sincerely means to state an impartial and judicial attitude. He

is right when he says that the func-

tion of government in the threatening economic war is that of an umpire only. It must not take sides. But imagine an umpire who doesn’t know the rules of the game! One of Landon’s appeals is that William Allen White believes in him and is his closest adviser. Hear, then, the sage of the -shortgrass on the Governor's unhappy flounderings: “Landon’s statement is certainly as strong backing for the closed shop as it is for the company union. . . . Landon has no political bias whether labor, after a free, untrammeled election, demands a closed shop or prefers ‘a. company union.” ‘Gov. Landon, after laying down the rule that labor shall be uninfluenced by employer or employe, adds that labor can send in an organizer. The necessary implication is that the employer can also send in organizers for company unions. » » »

IKE many another rusher-in “where angels fear to tread,” both Mr. White and the Governor have confused their terminology. They don’t speak the language of

classifies into seven groups.

LET'S EXPLORE YOUR ‘MIND

BY DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM

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the contest they propose to “umpire.” A company union is a closed shop—closed ‘against independent unionism, and limited in memberbership, leadership and representd=

the

it is enough to say that labor shall be free from “influence” of either employer or other employes, ‘and that the only influence which the “umpire” must prevent is force. Labor believes that a far more

powerful nce, inde ice, 18: the

which any hoss wields over worker—the ‘arbitrary right to hire and fire for any reason, from the color of the worker’s hair to his religion, political opinion or the attitude he takes in discussing wages, hours or conditions of labor. “Since this,” says labor, “is the power of economic life and death,

of labor representation or free collective bargaining if election is influenced by it. It is bound to be so influenced in a company union. Wé want either to be freed from the whole institution of company unionism, which his unionism ‘dominated by the boss—no unionism at all— or we want the right to strike. We want strikes to be uninfluenced Ly

other kind of force. If the govern-

tects an employer in importing for-. eign workers and offering each new employe a card in a company: union, there can be nothing but company unions.” : ! » % 5 : ¥ FN considering that position, let's ‘not call a spade a dirt-removing: accessory. By that oration labor means that, if company unions are to continue, it wants the right to

maneuvers in which, not having a majority of what it calls “wage slaves” in a plant, the union concentrates on *“ = necks” - of manufacture — shop departments which control the whole output— and thus paralyzes the plant. while

| the union works on the fear that

employes have of losing their jobs. During such a strike, the union pro-

| cures a majority of all workers and |

then demands an election, : The truth is that a company union is another example of the tical atmosphere seems super~

charged. * Bunk es. counterbunk. The labor demand for “peace-

tion to those who depend for their} daily bread on their wages from | boss,

Gov. Landon seems to think that |

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there can be no untrammeled choice |

governmental use of troops or any| .

ment moves into a strike and pro- |

pull “organizing strikes.” These are |:

bunk with which our present poli-|.

Mussolini, Many Believe

Do you think they look alike? More and more, Romans are

coming to see a resemblance,

physical and political, between Dictator

Benito Mussolini (right) and his ‘increasingly important son-in-law,

Count Galeazzo Ciano (left).

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"HE 1S A CLOSE FRIEND OF MUSSOLINI

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Above is Admiral Costanzo Ciane; Count of Cortellazo, long-time

friend of Mussolini, president of the Italian Chamber and father of Count Galeazzo Ciano. ' Below, the count and his wife on the day of

their wedding.

Holding Company Act to Get Test Before Decision of Court

“BY RUTH FINNEY ; ASHINGTON, Aug. 8—Before the Supreme Court passes on the Holding Company Act, the government and the utilities will have a chance to see how one of the act's major reforms works out in practice. - Beginning this week holding companies and this includes four large and about 50 small organizations—are forbidden to enter into service, sales, or construction contracts with their subsidiari

system, and one the New England Power Association. : ” » ” , HE House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, in recommending this ‘reform, said it was designed “to ‘free public- utility

companies of the tribute hereto-

fore exacted from them in the

construction contracts by their holding companies.” Ii added:

ly .and openly by parties dealing at arms’ length are subject to the checks incident to our competitive system but when dictated by holding companies sitting on both sides of the transaction are one of the most abused devices of the holding company system.” The Federal Trade Commission had discovered, during its investigation of utilities, that service com-

off utility company

profits into holding company tills,

GRIN AND BEAR IT

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registered under the act— | Performance of service, sales and |

“coming a spinster. Alf

; _ | daughter 13 years old.. first “Such contracts when made free- | y ola. His wife,

married him.

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Fair Enough

iy WESIBROOK PEGLER

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—I would not go so far as to argue that champagne,

cigarets and late hours are the ideal regime

for an athlete in training for championship competition, but nevertheless a good deal of

nonsense has been preached and practiced

by those who make a crusade of sport and attempt to apply the same austere rules of conduct and diet to all players regardless of variations : of temperament and appetite. Incidentally, women in recent years have been encouraged to take part in certain lines of sport which are none of their business, such as running, hurdling and tossing the discus. Biology is against them

“from the start and that is why the

big international competitions have thrown into prominence a number of female blacksmiths. We had. a case a few years ago : of a pious and opinionated old gent , half preacher and half . coach, who denounced a football ‘Mr. Pegler player for whistling in the locker : : room before a game and told him he ought to be prays ing instead. : ; : : There was a great scandal at Michigan one year because a star football man ate a piece of pie and, in another case, a boy was ordered. to turn in his suit and denounced for tregson to himself, his college and his team for eating pie a la mode when he had been authorized to have one dish of ice-cream but without any pie under it. :

$ : Cn. 8 8 Untrained Trainers HE truth is [that many trainers are. ordinary rubbers who have read the trade literature about

proteins, calories and vitamins and babble a jargon

which they do not understand themselves. Some of them; given charge of a few ounces of iodine, some scissors and bandages and ‘a rubbing table, imagine themselves to be doctors and the little liniment room off the gymnasium an operating table. There have been cases in which such men, no better qualified than barbers, have given injections and even admin-

. istered ether.

Physical training and the application of something which the trade calls psychology invade the mental and spiritual realms in the effort to b: the players up to their big contests at the aS ihe They get pep talks and are placed under the pressure of mysterious moods and attitudes assumed by | their superiors to create anxiety in their hearts and keep them fighting hard for their positions on the team. After they have passed out of competition, they are taken into the confidence of the old medicine men

who worked on them in their playing days and then, | of course, they realize that their fears were largely

artificial. A graduated player may then stand around’ at, a stag social evening with the old coach, bumping glasses and mingling the smoke of their cigarets.

| ® NN Pleads for Liberality

AM not convinced that either tobacco or alcohol is actually good for an athlete in training although I would be inclined to lean a little toward champagne as a mental and spiritual laxative. How-. ever, a few cigarets can not appreciably harm a player in good shape and the horror of smoking in our athletic community is mostly prejudice and superstition. The professional, ex-collegiate football players plainly excel the varsity men, but the pros may be

re eyes of the coach ol

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and cone dition, and the rules of conduct, within liberal limitations, should be left to the individual. After all, he is the one who is playing the game, not the alumni, the public or some body of fussy athletic has-beens with political leanings, known as the committee.

Merry-Go-Round

BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT S. ALLEN

ASHINGTON, Aug. 8—Not very many people -¥ around Topeka had heard much of Theo Cobb until she became Mrs. Alf Landon. She was the only child of conservative, well-to-do parents, rather inclined to stay at home and keep them company. Folks saw her frequently at the older" sort of parties, such as sewing circles and missionary soSleties, Sometimes she attended a dance, but seemed spend more e talking to the older le on the sidelines than she did dancing. peop in fact, you got the impression that Theo : was the old-fashioned type. ! Coby It was at about this stage that Theo met Alf Landon. She was then 31, just on the verge of be-

was 42,"a widower with a Margaret

Fleming of Oil City, Pa. had died shortly ; of Peggy Anne. Sites the biel Landon was a coming young man in Kansas bole. ities, at that time campaign manager for Clyde Reed, whom he helped elect Governor of Kansas, defeating Jom M. Hamilton, his present campaign manager, for the Republican nomination. Hamilton at that time was the pupil and heir of Dave Mulvane. famous political boss of Kansas, and Theo Cobb’s father was president of the National Bank of Topeka, generally known as the “Dave Mule vane bank.” Theo, however, sccompanied Alf on one or two short auto trivs while he was campaigning against Hamilton, and shortly after the campaign

When they were married, some of the neighbors

‘sald: “Well, A'f’s gone and married himself a rich girl again.” (Theo’s father left about : ~and her mother when he died. fortune is estimated at about $300 000. But as wife of

-Landon’s personal

the Governor of Kansas Mrs. to he a more rigid economizer than her husband. She asked the Kansss Leeislature to cut the anrmal anpranriation for the Governor's mansion from $6000 to $4200. ; . 3