Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1936 — Page 10
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1936.
FOOTBALL OPENING
PENING of the football season today for more than a dozen Hoosier college teams finds much of the sympathy and sentiment of fans directed at Purdue, courageously striving to rebuild a team after the tragic shower-room fire of two weeks ago. The death of two stars, and the tem-
_ porary loss of three others, was expected to drive the Boiler- -
makers to new heights in their game today against Ohio University, one of the country’s few undefeated and untied elevens of last year. "Local interest also will center in the clash between Butler University, champions of the Indiana Collegiate Conference the last two years, and Evansville College. Manchester College started the season with a 33-to-0 victory over Central Normal yesterday. Most high school schedules "also are under way. Indiana, Notre Dame and Hanover open their campaigns next Saturday. Other Hoosier elevens are in action today, launching what promises to be an interesting football season.
THE MARITIME CRISIS DARK cloud is looming on the Pacific Coast, A labor conflict more serious than the general strike which raged in 1934 is threatened. A complete tie-up of shipping may follow the expiration on Sept. 30 of the maritime agreements which were reached after the destructive conflict of two years ago. And there are gloomy possibilities that such a West Coast tie-up might spread, its repercussions girdling the nation and involving the water borne commerce of the Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes ports. Coming at a time when the nation, after seven years of severe economic sickness is rapidly convalescing, nothing could be worse than a blow which would throw the patient _ into a relapse. During the years the maritime agreements have been in effect shipowners and workers have exchanged charges and countercharges, many of which have been true. Meanwhile the great rank and file—the general public —not directly, but very much indirectly, is headed for the old, old role of innocent bystander, unless something is done, and done quickly. Hence the need for action by the maritime commission ‘which, if it throws its influence in behalf of a peaceful and just settlement, may save the nation from the throw-back that would result from a widespread transportation paralysis at this time.
FRANK S. FISHBACK
WH genuine regret the community learned today that a traffic accident had brought to an untimely end the long and useful career of Frank S. Fishback, active for many years in the business, political and civic affairs of Indianapolis. Born here 70 years ago, Mr. Fishback served as city councilman, Marion County treasurer, president of the Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Marion County Council. © At his death, he was president of the Fishback Company, pancake flour manufacturers. He contributed much to the growth and welfare of the community.
MENCKEN MOVES TO MAIN STREET
IME moves in great circles to retrieve for his wayward children the things they discard. Bicycles, taffeta petticoats and cowboy ballads are back. A new oldtime religion called Buchmanism sweeps through the par- * Jors of the land. Old barns are being made over into theaters, where capped and buskined actors in the flesh tread the boards in melodrammer and Shakespeare. The Republicans comb the nation to drag from obscurity and offer the electorate a Kansas Governor whose virtue is a pennypinching thrift. But of all of today’s anachronisms the greatest is the appearance of H. L. Mencken as tub-thumper and unofficial brain truster for this very Kansan. For years the best of Mencken's deadly epithets have "been aimed at the region from which Alf Landon emerged. It was the “Bible and Flannel Nightgown belt,” the haunt ~ of Babbitts, Rotarians and “Booboisie.” It is recorded that Mencken once referred to Kansan Charlie Curtis as half;Indian and half-windmill, and to Hoover of Iowa as a “Fat Coolidge.” lt is idle to speculate, but one wonders what he would call his new friend from the Middle West should his efforts help land him in the
White House.
COMMUNISM! | JE XCERPTS from a letter written by Herrick F. Foote, tear gas salesman, to A. S. Ailes, vice president Lake Erie Chemical Co. “| “T wish a hell of a strike would get under way ...I am
doing a lot of missionary work in anticipation of a strike.
. . . I hope the strike develops and matures and will be a damn bad one. We need the money.” ? Excerpts from news account (the Washington Post) of appearance by Ailes: before Senate investigating Committee: “Ailes said, defending the manufacture and sale of gas: “We don't want any ‘one to get hurt’ The crowd laughed. Ailes flushed and went on, ‘I am sorry there are trikes.” And the crowd hooted. “As Ailes left the stand newsmen nearby were still rhing. He turned to them and snapped: ‘You're all ——
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The Liberal View
By Harry Elmer Barnes (Substituting for Westbrook Pegler) Praises J. W. Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner of Education, for "Energy, Realism, Progressivism." EW YORK, Sept. 26.—It is a common-
place matter of fact that the Federal government has been notoriously delinquent
in promoting enlightened educational policies.
It has been parsimonious in its allotment of
funds for educational purposes and such educational activities zs usually been of a traditional character, eminently safe and sane.
Therefore, we may well be -amazed and gratified that we now have in J. W. Studebaker a United States Commissidner of Hducation who shows signs of energy, realism and progressivism. Xie has re cently published & striking volume entitled “Plain Talk” through the National Home Library Foundation which goes to the heart of the matter with respect to the responsibility of education for the preservation of democricy in the United States. It is frequently asserted that all of our most pressing proolems are, in the last analysis, an issue of education. This is cert Siuty true, but the existing education will not solve them. If it would, we might have been spared such calamities as the World War and the depression. Most, of the men who made the World War and engineer«¢d the economic policies program which led to the cepression were highly edu-cated—well-groufided in conventional learning. Education must be more courageous and. realistic
Dr. Barnes
if we are to be saved from economic distress and from
the fascism which seems {o, be the inevitable product. of the effort to bolster a desperately decadent capitalism.’ i 2 # 2 »
OREOVER, education must not .only be more realistic, it must be brought before those who have now passed beyond the usual school period. So rapid is social change today and so sharp is the crisis of our era that the issue of whether we shall go ahead with democracy and social justice or lapse into fascism, violence arid ruthless exploitation is likely to be settled before our school children have reached the voting age. Therefore, “the future in America” is linked up very really ‘with the cause of adult education. Commissioner Studebaker is deeply interested in this movement. He helped to found an experimental
- discussion foruni in Des Moines, Ia.
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E is now seciting up with the assistance of Federal reliel funds public forum demonstration centers in 10 states, Dr. Studebaker hopes that the following results will be achieved: Citizens will pe able {3 view our problems from a national rather than a sectional point of view. They will be trained in the essential .equipment of democracy—itiie ability to discuss problems intelligently in public, These forums will proiote tolerance and balance, and will enabl¢ participants to safeguard them: selves against the “rabble-rouser.” Public meetings in America will be enabled to take on a more intelligent atmosphere. Demagogues may be more effectively checked and
interest in public affairs
held up to just ridicule.
A new enthijsiasm and may be engendered.
it has indulged in have"
| Reckless Driver”;
) oe = . The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.
PREDICTS LANDSLIDE FOR ROOSEVELT By James W. Welch Warren A. Benedict Jr, is up a stump in regard to the slogan “Vote for Landon and Land a Job,” and would like to be enlightened. Here is the answer. I. always have been a Republican and am 71 years old. The Republican Party showed what it could do in the 12 years it was in power. Regarding a job, all it wants to do is to hoodwink the people, as it always did, and put them out 'of what jobs they do have. The slogan sounds like one of
John Hamilton’s silly remarks; the more Hamilton, Herbert Hoover and
more votés they loose.
In my 71 years, I never saw so much poverty as in the 12 years they were in power—no jobs to land, bank failures, no pot to put the chicken into. They are now making their dying kick and trying to cry prosperity, but the people can remember those 12 long years, and from what I can see I am sure Roosevelt will have a landslide. : 2 2 a WOULD RIDICULE TRAFFIC VIOLATORS By Jimmy Cafouros Sometimes in combatting an evil it is useful to resort to the ridiculous to overcome it. When a cartoonist distorts and exaggerates certain salient features of a situation and emphasizes their uncommonness, his caricatures are more piercing and more effective than volumes of printed matter or endless exhortation and remonstrance. Fiping offending motorists is one way of putting teeth into the law and causing people to heed it." But in addition to the fine, if we can also reduce the offenders to a point of ridicule, the same psychology
will hold as in the case of the cartoonist.,
Suppose that besides the fine the offenders should also be ordered by the judge to carry on the backs of their cars, in type clearly legible to all onlookers, a notice of their offense. Suppose that this were a part of their sentence and could only be removed by court order after a specified length of time. 2 Such signs would be common: “I am a Road Hog”; “I am a Very
Drunk when I Drive” and “I am a Double-Parker.” 2 ” 2 PLACE WELFARE OF PEOPLE FIRST, PLEA By H. V. Allison The Republicans are claiming
that the Maine election is a lucky omen.
will Bogers used to see Nothing
lucky in carrying a rabbit's foot
General Hugh Johnson Says—
Wilson and Pershing Saved Lloyd George, Who ‘Thinks Hitler Is Greatest Man in World" and Feels Wilson "Was Not Cut Out for War.'
vocate of peace as long as it was possible and then be
ASHINGTON, Sept. 26—~Mr. Lloyd George, just returned from Germany with the opinion that Hitler is ilie greates: man in the world, is out with a diatribe against Woodrow Wilson and Gen.
Pershing in supporting the allied cause in the World
War. He says (hat FPersiiing endangered allied vic-
tory by refusing to feed /.merican soldiers into allied
recruiting stations, - Of VVilson, he says: “No push or drive for war could bh: expected from a temperament so antipathetio— lamentable story of indecision and hustling incompetency— (Wilson) was not cut out for war.” When we eriiered thi- war Britain was fla and France wis both ‘oke and bled white. Baise was an he Ip of victory. : We declare war ; is not an army we shape and train,” basi hry Wilson, “it is a Ha fore, force i the utmost—force ‘without.
young Teddy Roosevelt speak, the
“I am usually|
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when the rest of the rabbit is gone. The elections in the ‘other states will be t#e showdown. The record of the past three years of the New Deal should, be in the mind of every voter. Those who fear a dictator are only those who always expect the impossible; the people always will be the dictators of this nation. Prosperity and opportunity are here. We. have bid farewell to the soup houses and depression. How much more can be gained in four more years, if we continue on the same road? A better slogan than. the debatable “Vote for Landon and Land a Job” would be “Vote for Roosevelt and Keep Your Job and Family” [1f violating ' the Constitution to take care of the people is an’ offense, the Constitution certainly should be repaired to take care of present-day needs. The welfare of the people should come first. : s % = EXPLAINS TYPES OF CO-OPERATIVES' By H. C. Fledderjohn Jr. . With the general interest aroused in‘the co-operative movement by the churches, the government and the co-operative societies, it has been
SUNFLOWERS By Josephine Duke Motley
Sunflowers beside the alley fence, I look at you and wonder whence
.Comes the beauty that you thus at-
tain; You only laugh at lack of rain.
It seems a strange and subtle thing That so late as just last spring We barred you from our gay. front
yard, Yes, snubbed you wilfully and ard,
Too coarse to mix with blossoms
fine, : You were cast with the trash to pine, : But you’ve grown so festive and gay Yard flowers bow to the alley way.
DAILY THOUGHT
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? —1I John 4: 20.
HE heart of him ‘who fruly loves is a paradise on earth; he has God in himself, for God is love. —Lamennais. :
inevitable that the newspapers should deal with ‘this vital economic program ‘in their columns. I have appreciated the fair treatment given this movement by The Indianapolis ‘Times. However, I have noticed in several papers the repetition of a
half-truth that is designed to turn people away from co-operation before they become familiar with its tenets. This half-truth, if it can be called that, is that “co-operatives are tax-exempt” or “pay no taxes.” For the purpose of this discussion, co-operatives canbe divided into two classes, “Farmers’ Co-oper-atives” either for marketing farm products or for the purchasing of farm supplies, and “Consumers’ Cooperatives.” Farm co-operatives are limited in membership to‘ producers of agricultural commodities, while the consumer co-operatives are generally open to any one, regardless of occupation. The former class is the only type which enjoys any legal recognition in Indians and in most of the other states. This legal recognition gives them a status as non-profit organizations and exempts them from the 'Pederal income tax, but from this tax only. All other taxes, including those on property and gross income and all other fees and assessments are paid on the same basis as by any individial or corporation. Consumers’ Co-operatives, seem to cause most of the noise about “unfair competition,” do not even share this privilége. These organizations pay all taxes borne by profit-making businesses, including Federal income taxes, stock tax, the excess profits tax, and all the rest of the Federal, state and local levies. If this were generally known, I
_|am sure that fewer people would
condemn the co-operative movement as enjoying special taxation privs ileges and “unfair” advantages over businesses conducted for profit. ® #2 = : SIGHS FOR ROMANTIC DAYS GONE BY By D. F. Claney, Logansport After seeing “Mary of Scotland” I rushed to the library to obtain tomes soaked with the lore of old Scotland After finding what I wanted, I made my way home through the Saturday night crowd. But soon I was jerked from my dreams of days and times when
blaring before the Democratic headquarters. I passed a bloke in a red-white and-blue checkered shirt, and— well, why go on? The usual things
| were apparent, all of the crudeness,
stupidity, sordidness of life "as we know it. It is really lamentable that life in the Great Republic can not be more romantic, cultured and endur-
able,
which |
the capital-
things were endurable te find my- | ‘| self in modern America. A band was
It Seems to Me
By Heywood Broun Writing Difficult When Grip Gps
Columnist, but He Knows Four Fine Ways to Cure It If Let Alone
EW YORK, Sept. 26.—Grip seems to be _ epidemic among columnists. The worst. of it is I have it myself. It’s just a touch, but there is no lightness in the fingers of grip. Only when I’m laid up do 1 realize what
an active person I am in health. Lying in bed is delightful when you ought to be writing a cole umn. But if you have to lie there, then there's no
fun at all. As the fever quickens the pulse, just so does it dull the brain. The newspapers to which one looks for inspiration seem full of campaign banalities. -After all, one can't write a column against William Randolph Hearst every day in the week, although it might be good fun at that. It would be unfair to attack anybody at all as long as the grip lasts. The words would be too mean and too bitter, and somes body’s toes might get stepped on. On the other hand, it is impossible for the invalid to dispense praise, - because he hates the whole world. I have a vague suspicion that the average newspaper columnist, even in the pink of health, is much too selfcentered. And when he is sick this condition is aggravated tenfold.
Mr. Broun
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KNOW of four sure ways to cure a cold. The first is to drink a lot of hot whisky and go to bed. The second is to drink a lot of hot rum and go to bed. The third is to drink a lot of cold whisky and sit up. And the fourth and finest remedy is to drink a lot of cold whisky and cold rum and then go out and see what happens.
The mistake of most doctors and all kind friends is the assumption that the poor invalid wants to be cured of his complaints. As a matter of fact,
he doesn’t care particularly whether he gets cured
or not if only he can keep the symptoms suppressed, I know a man who has had suppressed grip for twenty years. It's a great responsibility. He always manages to keep one jump ahead of it by the use of hot whisky and cold rum. He has to be on his toes all the time. ” = ®
S a matter of fact, some of his friends have suge gested to him that maybe he hasn’t got grip any more. He nfay have distanced it in the long marae thon, or left it up an alley or just around the core ner. We have suggested to him that it would be a very interesting scientific experiment for him to drop all his medicines for a week or so and give the grip a chance to catch up with him, if he still has it, He is unwilling to take the risk for the sake of science. “I've got this thing licked,” he says, “and I would be a fool to drop my guard and let 3 sneak over a punch on.me. » And that- reminds me that Jack Dempsey hay come out hot and heavy for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Gene Tunney seems to be taking no part in the campaign. It is rumored that he does not like the tax program of the Administration. Why couldn’g the battle of the century be fought all over again, only this time with phrases instead of fists? A debatébetween Dempsey and Tunney might easily fill the: Garden. I hope I'll get well in time to see it. Tha songs would be between Jack's left and Tunney's right : :
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
Extremely Favorable Prospect Seen for American Business in Future; Based on Assumption That President Roosevelt Will Be Re-elected.
t broke | The must | na-
same the sreatest Jord of war who ever trod tis earth.
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AS for Persting, he carried out his orders. If he
had not carried them Sut—if American soldiers had not been allowed to fight under their own flag, the
revulsion of sentiment in this country might have
ended the war in German victory. »
Mr. Lloyd George does well to praise Hitler, He,
By Joseph P. Kennedy
Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman (Substituting for Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen) FASHINGTON, Sept. 26—In my opinion the prospects for American business in the near future and for many months to come are extremely
ts for a
E of the most favorable factors for the future
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an enormous unfulfilled demand for housing, railroad equipment, industrial plants, publi¢ utility plant equipment, etc. This is largely due to the limited lacements of six years, plus the vast Enprovements in the quality of such items available. y. : To be sure, business activity can not be expected. ‘to continue in an upward direction indefinitely, and we can be certain of a change in the trend eventu-.
; ally, ui, nok in the near Suture,
2 ® OW: 5 word about the foreign picture. Even the. most confirmed optimist must view the interna