Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1936 — Page 13

INNJEW YORK, Aug. 11.—For the second time in 36 years a Spanish war has become an issue in-an American presidential campaign. At the turn of the century voters _ Were asked to back the Republican ticket be- ~ cause Teddy Roosevelt, McKinley's running Jats, tad gone up San Juan Hill Bui this time it _ complication of the issue. Rosagve . - Wiliam Randolph Hearst and

That may sound a little far fetched. Indeed, it is like reaching for the moon to find an issue, and yet in certain quarters the argument has had some effect. In brief, the theory goes that the revolution in Spain was caused by the fact that i the Communists were in power and that the same thing might happen here if President Roosevelt were re-

elected because he is a Communist, -

Mr, Broun - : At the outset of hostilities the Spanish government was a republic and the party in power consisted of a coalition of radical and proessive groups, with the latter elements in control. t would-be hard to find a close analogy in American national politics. -. Of course, the ministry was under pressure. The more- radical group did not like its very mild rejormist policies. and lent support only because the Fascists ‘were even more ‘violently against the rule.

: n » Speaking for Hearst

1 WILL turn to no radical source but allow Lieut. ; ig Tee Bullard (retired) to do the €: y e on Ameri Sunday in the New York “Large elements of the population, includin, almost the-éntire army, rose to oppose the Bolshevising of their country. These opponents of Bolshevism had trained soldiers, arms, guns, ammunition, skilled military leadership and a strategically sound plan of operations. They should have won quickly. hy dia they fail to do so? The answer is significant for the people of the United States. It is: According to all indications, the Reds of Spain had collected arms, Secretly they had drilled their adherents, particularly youth. . . . The youthful red militia units Proved themselves to be surprisingly effective fighting orces.” *. Now, here is the picture by Mr. Hearst's own chosen commentator, and I ask you who is doing the revolting on the basis of the facts as presented by Gen, Bullard. Does it seem likely that Spanish youth, without provocation, threw itself against “almost the entire army,” against “trained soldiers, arms, amnition, skilled military leadership and a strategically sound plan of operation”? as the general candidly ‘admits military leaders undertook to upset a democratic, constitutional government by force of arms. By all military calculations there should have been a swift sweep to victory and to Fascism. But the masses of Spain rose against the. tyrants and proved superb soldiers, just as the American farmers did at Concord and Bunker Hill: We called these men who fought for the liberty “patriots.” Gep. Bullard calls the Spanish youths who fight for freedom ‘“reds.”

= ” 2 We Still Have Ballots ~1<O Gen. Bullard it seems that the voice of a military clique is the voice of God -and that when the army has decided what is right for a country, divillans should accept that verdict or be shot down as Bolshevists. He says that there is a lesson in Spain for the people of America, and he is quite right. There are elements in our population, including a few generals. perhaps, who might be moved to say,

‘if this eléction or another went against them, “This: -

doesn't go. We have soldiers, arms, guns and ammunitions.” The young men of Spain are fighting with Sullets what we can still fight with ballots if only we make our answer sufficiently emphatic.

My Day

BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

ONROE, N. Y., Monday—We had a funny eveM ning yesterday. Four of our guests were arriving by motor and my daughter and her husband were leaving for New York by car in the early morning. For their convenience we had supper at 6:45, but when that hour arrived our incoming guests were not there, and when they did arrive we were just getting up from the table. So they had supper all by themselves at what we call “the children’s table” in the alcove off the dining room. By 10:50 the President and his party started for the train. Franklin Jr. and John, who had been out with their father all afternoon planning the work in the woods Which he ‘wants to have done while he is gone, were so weary they went to bed early. Even I, who am as a.rule quite a night owl, was glad when everybody had safély started on the journey, though 1 wished they did not have to go back to Washington at this season. The- President feels, however, that certain things can. only be done at his desk in’ Washington, and regardless of how much the house is torn up, he must go there now and then. morning the boys and I breakfasted at 7:30 and I drove out to the woods with them to see where they were laying out the new road and preparing to

cut trees. Afterward Miss Josephine Roche, ‘who

came up Yesterday afternoon to spend the night, drove about with me and told me some of the interesting developments in co-ordination in various bureaus in which she is interested. At 10:30 I started alone in my car to go to my friend, Mrs. Sherwood, in Cornwall, N. Y. Just before

reaching her house I took the wrong turn and stopped | to ask a couple of children where Mrs. Sherwood | my amusement they chorused, “You mean

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WHY I TORNED IN TOM

(Chapter Two) BY JEAN BREESE

‘As told to Fred Russell, Nashville Banner

Staff Writer. NEW YORK, Aug. 11.— The papers described

the kidnaper in the Stoll |

case as a maniac, a killer, an insane person who was evading the law by dressing in woman’s clothes. After all, I couldn’t realize Tom was that person, for in the time I had known him, he had been perfectly normal, mild and had all the manners of a well-bred ‘young man.

One day he noticed me staring at him and said: “Haven't you got this figured out yet?” “1 think I have,” I replied. seems that there was a woman in Louisville.” I was just taking a wild guess

by ‘saying this, but it was enough.

He admitted that I was right. Por the first time. he told me his name was Toni Robinson. If was difficult for me to change from Ted to Tom in addressing him, but I did so gradually. Tote time late in March, Tom decided that he had to go back to New York. He said he. “had things to do.” ‘Then he explained that his father and wife had been arrested in the case. He said that they were innocent and that he thought they never would be brought to trial, hut he wanted to return East to find out more about it. A slight complication arose when we heard through casual conversation in a garage -that the California border patrol searched all luggage in cars crossing the California state line. Tom didn’t know how he could get by them with the money. There was so much of it. He finally decided to stuff ‘the bills in a cushion. He bought an ordinary automobile pillow, tore it open to remove some of the cotton and stuffed it with over $30,000. The trouble was for nothing, however, for at the border we found that only incoming cars were searched. a 8 #8 T= first night out we stayed at the Apache Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. We spent almost all night in the gambling room, where Tom lost heavily, Jt was thege at the dice: table ‘that for the first time I saw in Tom what might be insanity. Another player at the table was

betting against him. He didn’t.

like the way Tom 10lled the dice and caught them as he ‘1olled. Instantly this sent Tom into a violent rage. .He called the man

some time to calm him. Later; in our room, I rebuked him for his conduct. He apologized and I saw nc reason to discuss it further. ~ We continued our trip early the next morning, reaching Salt Lake City that night and staying at the Utah Hotel. The next day we planned to make Cheyenne, Wyo., by nightfall, but arrived very late due to Tom’s frame of mind, which 1 thought resulted from the Las Vegas incident. He complained about the service at the hotels, the condition. of the roads, the performance of the automobile, and his food. He was generally disgruntled and he referred occasionally to the Las Vegas trouble. The next place we stopped was the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha. Then we went on to Ghicago, stopping at a small hotei, and dater made a side irip to Detroit

LET'S EXPLORE YOUR MIND

BY DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM.

: — : IN. A DARKROOM by going "NEITHER GEE NOR HEAR HIM? 2.

“It :

took. quite,

Home of Thomas H. Robinson

| Kidnaper Defied G-Men in Visit to Home

Jr. at Ashwood and 18th-avs,

Nashville, Tenn.

to haye the Packard serviced. We continued through Harrisburg and Pittsburgh on to Philadelphia. I left Tom there at the BellevueStratford Hotel and went to New “York on the train. I rented a fur--nished apartment on Maple-av in Flushing, Long island. Then I.returned to Philadelphia to get “Tom. This was early ‘in April.

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T this time Tom thought it . advisable to dispose of the Packard and secure a smaller, less conspicuous car. He sold it to a used car dealer named Martel near Columbus Circle, taking quite 4 loss. Then he bought a black Plymouth, 1935 model, from the Patterson . & Schmidt = firm on Jamaica-av, Woodhaven, L. I. This car was to figure later in some 30,000 hectic miles.

In Flushing, our life was far" ‘different from the round of nightclubbing in which we had indulged when ‘last in New York. Both of us quit drinking. It was our visit th California that made us like . outdoor life and home surroundings. Somehow, parties and drink--ing didn’t appeal to us any more. One of the first things Tom did was to change his money. He spent two days going from bank to bank, exchanging his $5, $10 and $20 bills for larger denominations. Altogether, he exchanged close to $30,000. . Tom was worried “very muc about the fate of his father and wife, who were facing charges of eonspiracy in eonnection with the case. He dreaded the inevitable stigma that would be placed on his small son, Jimmy. He was obsessed” with the desire to do” sométhing for them. ? : 1 prevailed upon him to abandon this idea, feeling that his efforts to help them would only injure them more. In that I failed,

point. - He threw caution aside and ‘determined te try to ‘help them. 55 Finally he. became so insistent ~that 1 decided to see them myself, thus hoping to prevent any action by him that * might he harmful to those concerned. We decided to drive to Nashville, even if it meant apprehension or death. We left New York feeling that we might . never. see ‘the place ‘again. He was desperate and I was determined to help-him. . . « . 2 #2 n drove to Roanoke, Va., and stayed that night at the Patrick Henry Hotel.: I think he registered us there as Mr. and Mrs. Burgess. The next day we continued our. trip, timing it® to reach the Tennessee line late in “the afternoon. a We passed through. Knoxville about 6 o'clock Saturday night,

April 20. It was the night before . Easter Sunday. At Rockwood, Tom

Do You THINK You

although hé understood my view- |

‘| total.

mizing in these outlays.”

had the gas tank filled and bought two five-gallon containers of gas, which he placed in the back of the car. This town was about 150 miles from Nashville, Tom didn’t want to stop at a gasoline station any nearer his home city for fear of being recognized. > Shortly before 10 o’cl we ap-. proached Nashville and circled the city to keep off the main high- . ways. Tom was unusually nervous and cautioned me a number - of ‘times about being careful. He had no disguise, but it was raining and few people were on the streets. Knowing that his own home probably was being watched by Gmen, Tom’s idea was to go to the home of his aunt, Mrs. Ernest Warner, on Harding Place in Belle Meade, and fry to get her to call * his father and have him come over to see him: We drove by Mrs. Warner's home. A car was parked in the driveway . and two more . were parked ‘up ‘ the street. No lights were on in the house, in= dicating they were not at home. Besides, it looked too dangerous. We decided then to drive around the Robinson home on: Ashwood and Eighteenth-av. Driving out Belmont Boulevard, we circled the place once. Lights burned in the house. Tom asked me to get his father and bring him to the car. 1 agreed, feeling that the safest method would be to walk up Ash-. wood-av. I did this as Tom parked two blocks away just off the main thoroughfare. : I knew I would have to overcome the natural fear that would be aroused in Mr, and Mrs. Robinson by such a visit. They would be

(Gen. Johnsen ‘writes thrice. weekly.)

BY HUGH S. JOHNSON ETHANY BEACH, Del, Aug. 11. 1) Suppose that Gov. Landon is elected with what is inevitable—a strong Democratic Senate, and what is ‘highly probable—an increased but still a minority Republican representation in the House. Something else is highly probable—a greatly increased block of : Coughlinites, Townsendites and Longites in the House, That much at least ‘we can foresee. ii 5 ; : Then what? Such a result’ will be ‘a popular mandate to balance the budget. That is the only concrete thing that Mr. Landon stands for. Because he had balanced a little budget, he became a symbol for balancing a big one. How? By cutting the farmer off from the Federal Treasury? If the farmers believe that, Gov. Landon wouldn't

| have the shadow of a show. He is

committed against that, and as the campaign proceeds, he is bound to be committed further. Farm relief expenditures have been bungled, but —charges that they are excessive in td

The obvious answer is: “By econo-

The great and practically 4 - relief ;

Town, Girl Reveals |

Robinson with the mustache he wore when arrested.

startled, of course. They had never seen or heard of me. Walking up Ashwood-av, I believe I worried more about getting them to trust me than I did about getting in and out of the house safely, although I was certain the house was being observed. 3 8 B® 8 ‘RANG the door bell and an elderly lady answered the door. She turned on the porch light before that, however. oe “Are .you Mrs. Robinson?” I- . asked. Ho “Yes,” she replied. ty “I want to come in dd ene to you—please turn off the lig 5

-I said. . 3 % Mrs inson wags Teluctant,

. Rob Bi. rely Ef but did turn off the light and I

entered. Then I said I wanted to speak to Mr. Robinson as’ well. She went to the bedroom to awaken him and he joined us in

no one—and certainly not.Landon |

| . The Timés may or may not

the

the living room in just a few minutes. We all sat down. ;

‘Administration if Elected Pres

can balance ti

the budget any quicker

| than Mr. Roosevelt.

) SE boos ¥'V thus out of the window, or at least cerably minimized, the future condition for a veter:to consider is: Gov. Landon will be President without any specific cleavage in policy from Roosevelt performance, with little experience, and with such equipmént as his appear-

daily revealing—a bewildered man |

with a pathetic smile. Confronting that appealing futility, and controlling legislation — including the repeal, amendment, or modification of any existing statutes, afd an absolute veto power on any impor=-

tant appointments—will be a strong

Democratic Senate, ‘and a House where the balance of power may be in a minority blec of about 60 of he ost Tunatie ye that ever sat in ‘august sie Mr. Roosevelt, on this assumption,

would be out of ‘the picture. There |

is perhaps no word in the English language adequate to describe how completely out he ‘would "oe." M

\ey expre: m Bligh td 2 and i

I said that I had come there with Tom, that he was parked in an automobile two blocks away, and ‘that he wanted to see his father. I ‘asked Mr. Robinson to come with me at once. At that, Mrs. Robinson’ became hysterical and began to sob, but urged her “husband to hurry. He went to his room for ga coat, obviously to accompany me, although,l thought at the time that he disbelieved me and maybe feared some kind of a trap. While he was gone, I tried to console Mrs. Robinson. I told her Tom was well, but apparently confused about it: all.” She w-~ excited to such an extent that doubted if my words. helped her. At this point, an automobile drove up and parked directly in front of the ‘house. I could see two men walking toward the door.

(Continued Tomorrow)

(Copyright, 1936, by Nashville Banner United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

ident

Roosevelt has alienated the Democratic Party by ignoring it for the ‘Wallaces and Tugwells. “At present, like the Ancient Maritier, He holds the Democrats “with the glittering eye” of - his tremendous official powers. If power goes, they will

‘with his Richbergs, the Rev. Highs, Corcorans, Frankfurters, -Ickeses, ‘Hopkinses, and such like -neoDemocrats who have no Democratic following. s 8 =

FFECTIVE government in the United States would not be in the White House. It would'be’in a small group of about five outstanding Democrats in the United States Senate, and they would not play the Landon game. ~Republican-inspired legislation would have even toughersledding in-the House, where the

{new radical bloc. will be seeking to

assert itself. 1 In short, the picture is obscure Fand' uncertain’ ih every aspect but one—Ileaderless conflict on both sides

-| and. unutterable confusion. . That, at.

° A far happier outcome for the cotairy wou he nis Administra:

tion, disciplined by a. good hard fight

and a tight race, tempered and con-

trolled by a reorganized, reinforced and fighting Republican minority in the House, and cautioned the turning ‘tide and: the threat of a 1038 reversal in both the House and

| the Senate.

. That, I think, would result ini. thie

suggest that he find his consolation |-

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NJEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The Connecticut State Journal, a shrewd and watchful organ of the Republican Party, comes ou with the shocking suggestion that James A, Farley is not responsible for the sinister .spectacle of Farleyism in our politics but that Mr. Roosevelt, himself, is to blame for this - Do you suppose there can be any trih in that? It is a grave insinuation, but this : editor appears to be a keen man and he may know something which most of us don't even. suspect. So I wish he would get specific and let us know the worst about Mr. Roosevelt because, as matters stand, Mr. Farley is carrying the target for the Administration and may be the victim of a cruel wrong. The truth fnight be a terrible blow to our illusions about Mr. : Roosevelt, but we could brace ourselves and take it, somehow. Fhe State Journal's bombshell, as you might call it, was hurled at me in reply to a recent essay of mine on the sinister specter. In that piece I said nothing more than I had heard. from patriots on the platform in the Republicans’ own convention in Cleve~ land. I am rather gullible in this way and when I hear Senator Steiwer denounce Farleyism I took that ‘to'mean that Mr. Farley was the sordid spoilsman of the New Deal. If there is anything I hate in publi life it is sinister specters, so I- denounced it, myself, strictly: in ‘the interests of good government, adding hat Mr. Roosevelt, no doubt, was the innocent victim of Mr. Farley's sordid machinations.’ : : ” ” »

Mr. Pegler

Says Pegler All Wrong \

B= now the astute editor of the State Journal heaps ridicule on me and suspicion on our President. He says I don’t know what I am talking about and puts in a very plain suggestion that Mr, * Roosevelt knows all about the character of Mr. Fare

ley’s appointees and the political standard of fitness, I suppose that means that Mr. Roosevelt knows the true nature of the Pendergast machine in Kansas City, the Chicago machine, the New Orleans and Boston and New York machines and Frank Hague's machine in Jersey. It must mean that he is fully aware of the sordidness of these machines but does business with them anyway. It means that he knew why old Senator Bilbo of Mississippi was put to work clipping newspapers at $6000 a year of the taxpayers" money while he was fixing to run. for the Senate, Senator Bilbo was put to work cutting up papers to keep him off Pat Harrison's neck but I never thought Mr. Roosevelt knew anything about that. I thought Farley deceived him into an honest belief that Bilbo was the best papercutter in America. And those machines. That Kansas City machine has been suspected of relations with the underworld, - The New Orleans machine takes money from gamblers for tolerating violations of the law.

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Flash of Genius

| this editor trying to tell us that Mr. Rooseve _“- knows all about these machines and has truck with them anyway? Is he trying to tell our citizens “ at our President knowingly dictates or even permits

appointment of judges, collectors and prosecutors on the basis of their party regular on the party gu ity in their home This is a pretty grave thing if true and the mors shocking to a man whose ideals are represented by the fine, non-partisan patriotism of Mr. Hoover's Walter ‘Brown. Or-the noble Republican altruism of Mr. Harding’s Harry Daugherty and Will Hays. I _imagine a man of such ideals must feel pretty scorne ‘ful’ about a President who would knowingly ‘permit ‘political considerations to influence his appointments and then pretend otherwise. Or ally himself with SOITURL Jogal Shatin, ut what es me is how the editor ever - ‘bled onto the information. Genius, I suppose. sum , v d .

‘Merry-Go-Round

BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT S. ALLEN ASHINGTON, Aug. 1X—When President Roose« velt brought High Commissioner Frank Murphy from the Philippine Islands and persuaded him to run for Governor of Michigan, Democratic strategists ‘purred with satisfaction. : + Young, able, popular, the red-headed Irishman has been a powerful vote-getter in Wayne County, which includes Detroit. The name Murphy has worked mir.acles in the county; at least 14 office holders owe their “election to his indorsement. Se Ah 25 '- With Murphy heading the state ticket, New Deals ers figured that the chances of the President carrying Michigan would be greatly enhanced. * ~~ When Murphy announced for the governorship with the President's blessing, a mad rush was started ‘by other Irishmen to climb on his band wagon. The

- result has been a complete Irish slate, with the single

exception of the candidate for United States Senator. But it happens thai in Michigan the Poles not only ‘are numerous but politically potent. In 193% they elected three of their men to Congress from Detroit. And Murphy's all-Irisi ticket in the Demo= cratic primary has so infuriated the Poles that they are swearing vengeance. " Republicans, meanwhile, have been quick to take advantage of this threatened split. They are uns ‘ning Ges W. Welsch, former G. O. P. Lieutenant Governor, for the Democrat :

® =: Ela Landon goes to Chautauqua Lake, the latter part of August, 16

AJE Gov. &. MN,