Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1936 — Page 13
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NEV YORK, Aug. 25.—Alf M. Landon’s speech at West Middlesex, Pa., ought to lose him the large golfing vote in the United States. They put the speaker's stand up on the first tee of the Tam O'Shanter course,
but the Governor did not choose to drive. * His oration was.a short and timid putt.
As a matter of fact, Alf has yet to use the wood in any of his addresses. So far he’s short on every shot. Although trying to play safe in Topeka, he found a bunker in his labor remarks, and things might have gone even worse than they did if Norman Thomas had not come running ‘up with the friendly proffer of a niblick. ‘Gov. Landon keeps all his weight F | on his right foot, with no more than ‘| a suggestion of a pivot. Most of the work is done with the wrists, particularly the right one He takes a good deal of turf and-leaves it up
to Chairman Hamilton to replace’
the divots. “Wherever 1 have gone in this country I have found Americans.” That was the bold and courageous 52-yard drive which the Governor fired off the first tee in the Tam O'Shanter address at West Middlesex. “We see that the family and the home are the foundation of national life. . “We see them rising through the ranks. 0 the highest position in every field. “The American remedy for unemployment is real work at good wages. “The remedy for monopoly and special privilege 4s to do away with them.” 5 M ” » P to this point, as you can plainly see, Gov. Landon has avoided all traps, sand bunkers, long grass and lakes. The only criticism to be made of his game was that on a 400-yard hole he had covered less than half the distance to the green with his first five shots. At this point he did finger, rather furtively, a spoon which was proffered by a bystander. As 1 have said, the Governor himself carries only a putter, as he doesn’t expect to go any place in particular. He weighed the wooden club which was offered to him for several seconds. Tried the heft of it, squinted down the shaft and even took a short practice swing. But then he shook his head sadly and handed it back. The risk of fanning the air was too great for him to undertake, so he took the faithful putter once again, and this is what he shot: “Under freedom more enterprises are started than under government control of production. Let us not forget, however, that a fair discussion of economic and social benefits has yet to be brought about.” I know that Alfred Mossman Landon was born in West Middlesex, Pa., and every man, great or humble, in our democracy should have the right to return to the scene of his birth. But surely the microphones were not set up and a crowd of 75,000 assembled merely to hear Alf say, “I still send to Crawford County every winter Yor maple Syrup.”
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HAD assumed that there was a general understanding all around that when the Governor came East he purposed to discuss economic ang social issues and-to be specific about them. : + The Tam O’Shanter oration, like ‘the Topeka speech, was merely an amiable and ambling discussion of how pleasant industrial anarchy would be if we could afford il. But in all fairness to. Alf Mossman Landon, it is quite possible that he is less simple than one might gather from his. speeches. West Middlesex is his birthplace, but it is also in the district in which the utility interests are trying to beat Congressman Driscoll. for re-glection. It was, Driscoll sho exposed the shower of Tike telegrams last year,” When Gov. Landon does get down to discussing issues instead of. breakfast dishes he might tackle the question as to - Whether uncontrolled power interests may not be the
Mr. Broun
most dangerous regimenters of them all.
. Liberal View
BY DR. HARRY ELMER BARNES (Substituting for Mrs. Roosevelt) HERE are many well-informed commentators who allege that the cloud of Fascism looms ominously
. on the American horizon. The state of civil liberties in
pur country is, perhaps, the best barometer of the approach of fascism. Hence, more than usual interest Bitaches to the report of the Américan Civil Liberties Union. The Roosevelt Administration itself : comes out fairly well from the analysis, so far as any positive pressure for tyranny is concerned. The only valid charge which can be made against it has been the. propaganda of the War and Navy Departments -for sedition bills, the suppression of radical movements,
and the use of military force against strikers and demonstrators.
Perhaps the most critical situation is that relating to the use of troops in policing and suppressing strikes. There has been a more frequent and determined use
~ of armed forces in strikes in 1934 and 1935 than tor |.
many years past. This is distinctly alarming, in the light of the fact that the Roosevelt Administration has been in theory committed to collective bargaining. Next to the use of force against strikers, the most ; Jdcblorgble record for the year relates to the fleld of education: : 3 “The oné field in which the record of the year was “distinctly worse was that covering freedom in the schools and colleges—not so much in terms of actual cases as cf pressure. The reactionary propaganda of the Hearst press and of the professional patriotic organizations created an atmosphere in which loyality ‘oath bills and compulsory flag saluting supported the demands for patriotic conformity and indirectly “intimidated thousands of teachers. Although opposition was strong among teachers’ organizations, school offi“cials and the press, all movements for the repeal of restrictive laws failed.” The Civil Liberties Union contends that the South takes the lead in its attack upon organized labor and radical movements. Especially vigorous have been the
share-croppers Arkansas and other states, and the war against the - unionization of the textile factories.
‘ gifls are becoming to
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‘HE progress of the | "Dionne, quintuplets in
their social = relationships with one another has been the most notable feature of a long and busy summer. ‘When I observed this spring at the second birthday of the
Dionnes that they were no longer babies, and were now to be con-.
sidered children, I did not realize how ‘grown up” their conduct toward one another ‘would become . within only afew months. The mutual affection they show is really remarkable. They have developed - a habit of running quickly and ‘kissing any of their number who happen to fall and be hurt. They will come up to the nurses to be kissed ‘when they have been hurt, or even kiss themselves when a bruised : knee or hand results from a fall. One day recently Cecile - fell while the nurse was in: a far corner of the. playground. Annette noticed her and ‘rushed for the nurse, dragging. her by the skirt ‘back to where Cecile: ‘ was picking herself up and describing
the accident in _voluble “short-
hand” French phrases.
Many times T have observed one
for the proper
.or more of the children helping
another to rise
when she fallen.
has
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FVONNE'S 'solicitude for the
hair of her little sistérs, once she got a comb in her hand, an episode that is told bétter in the accompanying “pictures: than I could describe it to you, is good evidence of two: things. One is *he increasing msnual dexterity of the children, andthe “other is the sisterly fondness that seems to be growing daily, If one is seen to be crying, the others do not: hesitate to offer
their own toys; 80 and . find others: for the’
time and time ‘Yvonne's famous activity in taking a tray and insisting on removing cups and plates at the end of a “tea-time” play period in the outdoor garden is’ just anothér example of how eager the little help one another. : This results from the close intimacy of : their : development, "it points: to ‘the lesson of how much easier it is for children to become heedful of one another, that is, socially minded, ‘when they are reared in groups. It is much more difficult in the case of the single child. * When Emilie, as was told re-
cently, insisted on leaving a scrap
of bacon from her breakfast on the picture of Mother Hubbard's dog. (which, . you. will remember,
got no bone when the cupboard
was found to be bare), Emilie was: doing no more than the others did as soon as:they saw what she was up to. The next morning we had
- One. to play with. I have: abeerve this
Backed into'a’ corner, Emilie withstood with good grace Yvenne's well-meaning advances; with nurse’s: familiar comb untit-GOueh! It
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~ “Like this, milady, a.cwr? on the forehead!” Yvonne seems to. say. Annette at right appears cheerfully resigned to the sometimes intl:
cost of beauty.
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five little scraps of bacon left for . the “poor. doggie.” We managed to call a halt on that by explaining that since he was only. a paper dog, he. would
be well satisfied with a Aon. 0 4
paper for food." » = s HIS brings up another: point. The quins’ mental horizon is definitely broadening. Six months - ago, while they understood commands and the ordinary day-by-day routine expressions of ‘the nursery, they would not have been able to understand stories : like that of Mother Hubbard's dog. Today ‘they understand : any simple sentence read or spoken to them. The nursery rhyme books are mostly in English, but both the nurses are well able to make quick = paraphrases ‘' in : French
. when reading the ‘stories that go
with the pictures.’ And these the children. grasp “with : quick enthusiasm. The summer: outdoor life: in the play-yard . has given’ the little girls a ready familiarity with the small insects that are found within- the enclosure—grasshoppers butterflies, and toads. They handle them without, the slightest fear—
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it ‘would never occur to them. to be afraid. ‘ They pick them up and study. them closely, greatly intrigued. But the butterflies are a puzzle. a wish you could have seen 11
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Marie, shieat of the ‘quins, : “conldn’t escape “Big Sister” Yvonne's
playful ministrations. And. is Yvonne ‘enjoying: it!
knot out somehow! ; \
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A real artist in: her profession, Yvonne so carefully ‘measures the
part in sister Marie’s coiffure. ‘It must be Jus 80; 3 Sheretore, Marie -
Doses Paiently.
disgruntled: Took on Marie's face the other day when she ran to’ pick up a bright butterfly to see it fly away as she reached for it. One other time the showing of S bies was ‘dela d for some’
Anti-Trust Laws Out.Dated yr 1936 Economics, Johnson Says.
2 ’ £5 hijacking, dtkersering aiid book
BY HUGH 8S. JOHNSON. ETHANY BEACH, Del, Aug. 25. : —In a recent issue of The Indianapolis Times was an editorial inviting ‘Mr. Landon: to emit Joud, blood-curdling - cries about: how “he will put-teeth in the anti-trust ‘acts. The road to economic salvation seems. not. to lie in the direction of forbidding and criminalizing national organization in industry. The Danish King of England, Canute, in cynical contempt. of advice that he use governmental power to control natural ‘forces, moved his throne to the beach and commanded ‘the tides to stand still. They came about as near. to. obedience as the natural forces of business growth - have obeyed statutory laws . designed to
‘keep industrial establishments’smail.
The whole anti-trust idea is ‘an Eighteenth century atavism. In the face of all of the Sherman Act's
mendcing threat, during the whole},
period of its currency, we have witnessed in this country a Herodian
slaughter of independent innocence, the like ‘of which ‘the ‘world has
never seen. We ean no more stop it than Canute could stop the tides, It
legging. “The fruits of the parallel}
anti-trust. hypocrisy ‘are not so ob-
‘vious, but. they are even more bit-
ter and far more copious—cutthroat methods, exploitation and an
almost complete economic anarchy,| resulting in such dizzy fantasies. as, the 1929 boom and such paralyzing |
consequences as the whole depres: sion. Fee s Kod HE answer is not suppression “of the inevitable.. It is regula-
tion of it in the public intérest. NRA |
was. a blundering attempt to do courage to make it effective.
As Governor of Kansas , Mr. Lan-
don seemed £0 embrace ‘this view, in 1933;
erman law should be’ re-
L by amendment or interpreta
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time when a robin hopped among
the squealing little girls; and refused to be alarmed or to fly away.
It was quite tame and fluttered along with the girls on the grass. . ere so elated they forgot
“plainly have enjoyed ‘the. dor
space that they will continue to enjoy it probably long after vis-
‘itors have ceased coming: because of. the cold.
®. 8 ; 2 re UR water, supplied by a deep
well, is cold, and it has been °
interesting ‘to note that when it is turned ‘inté the :wading pool,” the girls never : hesitate, but plump: right in.. It never occurs to them.
“to draw back.
They would stay in the water ; until they were blue if they were not watched, for they do not seem
10: feel the colds Of course we
watch carefully and see that they do not remain long enough to Pe chilled
But they love if, and never
“leave the pool of their own accord.
They will go on with their care-
free frolics in. the outdoor play-: ground just as people have seen "them this summer, long after vis--itors have’ stopped coming. . their : present manner of living and in no sense. an “exhibition.”
It is
“The children pay no attention
‘whatever to the people passing
‘| ‘through the observation: gallery
EE eames
of universal: ‘communication transportation.
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HE Jost individualist 1 the: nt
)| and are: not conscious ‘of - being
watched. There has been no sign of. any . . development of > “exhibi-
“tionism” or self-consciousness. We have walghed this: this point. carefully. |
NEXT—Dr . Dafoe pays. a sl |
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; thing or something like that.
.be chief a while.
litical phases of the presidential erals are the group of Kansas
and upon wh “This political
NEW YORK, ag. 23, "Driving to 1 office this morning, George Spelv
"American, thought as follows:
Doesn't seem to me like I get much more than nine miles a gallon. But how can you tell, though? Some days you get caught by all the traffic lights. . Idling at the stops and starting up again takes more gas than straight Tunnings Sometimes 10 gallons Seems 0 $0 farunm thang Look at that dirty bam cutting out ‘there. Passed a
light, too. Whett theo obeying the lights and a lot
like I'm driving now and pick them off by the hundreds. Give them all tickets. Red light just changing. No cop in sight. Made it. Don't make a habit of that like a lot of dirty bums, but once in a while if ‘there's no cop and no danger it’s t.
Roosevelt's going on the road. No politics, tough That's a laugh. No politics but just a campaign tour. Wonder about this Landon, Landon’s the name, Always calling him Langdon for some reason. Nices looking guy. Nice-looking wife. Nice-looking daughe= . Still it’s an election. Not a beauty contest. Not much chance, I don’t think.
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TILL and all, that Farley. has been so Taw it's’ a J" shame. and Roosevelt probably kriows all about it. If he doesn’t he must he a dope and if he know all about: it he's as bad as Farley. He : stop it. "All those appointments, soft jobs for a lot of ignorant politicians and the taxpayers pay for it. Squandering money. That Communist Tugwell, pay
ing farmers not to farm. Why not pay me not to
keep books? Like I paid the man a dime to quit playing the hurdy gurdy. Tugwell, secretary of some=
Why don’t they clean out: these Communist athe= ists? . Not very religious myself, but stands to reason there must be a God and no foreign Communist is going to tell me I can't believe in God if I want to When did I go to church last? Must be seven or eight years. Kids different though. ° Never learn anything bad in Sunday. school. Of course not all foreigners are atheistic Communist bums. ‘If wasn't for foreigners most of us wouldn’t be here. . Stop. Cop. Saw him just in time, Will you look at that bum pass that light and the -cop paying no attention? Wish I was chief of police for a day. I'd mess up a few bum cops letting bums ride through lights. Next week rent. Week after, insurance. Week after that, car- installment. Cut down on lunches couple weeks. No tips, either. Tipping outrage. Pay their own help. Kids to school. That George is headache. Bum in studies, bum athlete. Never make a team. No ambition in life. Listens to radio and ‘croons. Like a sick cow. “M00-00-00, I just wanna say, since you went away, I'm feelin’ mighty blog= 100-00. * Lousy. » ” #®
ants Doing All Right
ANTS certainly coming along. Alvar knew that Terry had it. Certainly. smeared lympic games. American. Are ih Xeen-¢ 5 athletic young manhood and womanhood. Best i the world. Champagne, though. Who .ever heard of training on champagne? Served her right. Still she was a champion, champagne and all. Certainly good looking, anyhow. = No you don’t. Get back in line or I take 2 whee off you. Wish I was a cop for a few days. Fix
' few of those kind of bums. Six minutes to get there
and another red light.
Come on,. light, change. Can't sit here all day.
No place to park.. - Like
Fix these mugs who park all a mile from their office. Around the block. a) cay
a hole. Made it. Three minutes left. Just under the viMorming ,'Mr. Nilly. | :
‘Merry Go Round,
BY DREW Ys AND EOBERT S. ALLEN
Jo move wir cov LANDON, Aug. 25.—Gov, ‘Alf Landon's- brief stop in Chicago, site of the Republican national headquarters, threw into cl focus a little known and remarkable feature of hi
wire.
campaign organization.
It is that the Republican combat set-up consists of two distinct aStgblishmeiis.. each each. directed by
separate general staff.
One section is concerned entirely with the poe contest. Its g newspapér ‘men ss nactoup of Busse tewspipes fin dud experience and counsel he leans. and is the 2] hign-comiene functions rom Topeka Gover on this crucial “test tp ~The other unit ‘is ‘best described ‘as the “techie info] siganimtion, or idea meh It is the real heart of Republican ‘national headquarters.
They re working ob oo Dio "And very soon—=
a i baw - thousa of store, fi