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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1936.

THE WORLD DO MOVE

N June, 1934, for the first time, our Congress received from ; a President a message on social security. For the first society’s responsibility was recognized to create as President Roosevelt phrased it, “safeguards against the misfortunes which can not be wholly eliminated in this manmade world of ours.” That message marked the end of one epoch ‘and the beginning of another. The simple economy that characterized our nation at the time of its birth had grown complex. No longer could the individual be the lord of his own destiny,

for in the vast pay roll civilization that had been created,

forces outside the control of any individual might suddenly put the best of men on the breadline. Thousands and hundreds of thousands had so suffered in the shrink that followed 1929. The social security message dealt with a fact, long present, but long ignored by our political leaders. A board was created. It worked for six months drawing up a plan. Then Congress spent eight months writing it into law. Now in 1936 Gov. Landon, Republican candidate for the presidency, attacks the law—but he does not attack the idea. Instead he indorses it in language like this: “From the standpoint of the government there is no

- problem calling more for a sympathetic understanding and

the best efforts of heart and mind... in an industrial nation ‘Some people are unable to provide for their old age; it is a responsibility of society to take care of them. Let me repeat! 1am a profound believer in the Justice and necessity of old-age pensions.” ; In other words, this idea of society's duty in a civilization that has become too intricate for ‘the individual is accepted by the Republican Party. b That it was a Democratic, not a Republican, President

i. who first took the plunge is pertinent in| the campaigning

sense. But campaigns come and go, while ideas live on. And the idea which bears the name of social security is now

"accepted as a matter of course, and will be from now on, by

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both parties in our two-party system. That's progress. : : The debate hereafter will not be: about the fundamental principle but merely about method. 3 In that regard Gov. Landon takes the same role that he has assumed in respect to farm relief and reciprocity. He is for both. But what is being done, he says, is being done wrong. He proposes that he be elected and says he'll do it right. . : ai Nothing unusual about that in a candidate. It’s what campaigns are made of. His criticisms of the present social security law deserve careful attention. value. The whole thing is an uncharted sea. Many years will pass before anything approaching complete workability can be evolved. : But, over all, stands the fact that in a presidential year when much nostalgic talk is heard about the good old days of complete individualism, the nominee of the party which does that talking as a matter of generalization, faces the stern reality of change in a specific discussion of a specific

_ issue.

DON'T FAIL TO REGISTER

A RECORD Marion County vote on Nov. 3 already is pre- - dicted on the basis of nearly 20,000 new registrations and transfers of 25,000 other voters since the May 7 pri-

~ mary. Officials estimate that only one eligible person out of

every 25 has failed to qualify by proper registration. It is to the credit of Republicans and Democrats alike that they have delayed partisan speaking campaigns to concentrate on getting the electorate registered. This intensive drive is being continued this week. Those who failed to register at their neighborhood ‘branches still may qualify at the central registration room ‘at the Courthouse, which is open daily from 8 a. m. until 10 p. m. The deadline is next Monday. Vitally important issues will be decided by the November election. To assure a true expression of the people's will, it is paramount that every eligible person qualify to -vote—and then go to the polls on election day.

INSPIRING CHURCH ACTIVITIES

“HE National Preaching Mission has brought nationally and internationally known church leaders to Indianap- - olis this week for a prdgram which should stimulate new interest in the community’s religious life, There are sessions for ministers, church laymen and _ women’s groups, and public meetings nightly through Wednesday at Cadle Tabernacle. Indianapolis is one of 25 cities in the United States and Canada being visited by the Preaching Mission, which began in Toronto on Sept. 13 and will conclude in New York City, Dec. 9. Sponsored nationally by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the program here is offered by a “Committee of One Hundred,” representing the Church Federation of In‘dianapolis. ~ The community is fortunate in being able to participa in a religious experience so unusual and inspiring.

AS KNOX INTERPRETS THE POLICIES HERE has been much discussion of Gov. Landon’s pol- " icies on vital questions, in view of his silence regarding ny of them; but Col. Frank Knox seems to be in doubt. The doctrine which he preached in the textile town of ntown, Pa., was the complete scrapping of the New

very vestige and part of it—and an all-the-way re-

to the Old Order. ‘It would pay the American people tp install a new Adon even if it did nothing,” he said, “just as a town 2s takes up a collection to give to some passing fam-

They may be of

Fair Enough

By Westbrook Pegler

Lloyd George 'Hated Generals’ but He 'Hollered Copper’ to Gen. Pershing's - Boss (Wilson) in Vain

EW YORK, Sept. 28.— David Lloyd ‘George’s unkind comments about Gen. Pershing should occasion no surprise because the little guy always hated generals and delighted to assert the“authority of an undersized civilian in a baggy suit over a stalwart commander in a failored uniform and shiny leather. He deals with generals as 2 bonehead breed, who, when professional ability fails, fall back upon

their power of life-and-death over their subordinates to maintain their authority. As minister of munitions and as war prime minister, Lloyd George saw much to justify this estimate, for it was his lot to do business with some of the dumbest commanders in the history of the war business, including a God-like na-~ tional hero, Lord Kitcherier. = He knew that in any other line of work Kitchener would have been treated according to his failure and it was not for Kitchener's sake, but for the sake of the British morale, that he l¢nt himcelf to the amiable fraud which protected the marshal’s reputation and earned him a room to himself in that valhalla of Great Britains tough guys, St. Paul's Cathedral. Lloyd George was the hoss of many dumb generals and it irked him to have fo suppress their failures in the interests of national unity and ¢nthusiasm. If an offensive failed that was the fault of the generals. That the war succeeded was due to his own genius. 2 ” » » LOYD GEORGE had an opportunity to see how honors are awarded to the military giants and to observe their little-boy eagerness for distinctions which in certain cases were conferred to allay public misgivings regarding a military operation or the worth of a famous hero. If ever a man played with the loyalty of his people, strictly in their own interest, to be sure, and made heroes by hand ‘to inspire them, it was David Lloyd George. He can have no illusions, no awe, when he sits in at such a spectacle as a royal funeral or a coronation and sees the great killers of the world go by with plumes drooping and medals tinkling on their beautiful tunics, for he has seen generals stripped to their hides, so to speak. ; ® 2 »

N the case of Pershing, however, he betrays himself as one who hollered copper to the General's boss, Woodrow Wilson, in a vain attempt to break up the American army and absorb-it into his own. Had he succeeded in that, David Lloyd George today would assume even more credit than he does for the winning of the war and the American effort would be completely hidden in the achievements of his own army. In effect, he pays a great tribute to Pershing’s foresight, for it took a shrewd, cynical realist to foresee that result and avoid it at a time when everything was hands across the sea and suspicion of the mother country’s motives was close to treason. Narrow-minded, stubborn and vain, the old man calls Pershing now and that is about the best citation the general has eived. A broader minded commander might have been beguiled by wine and oratory. A man less stiibborn might have yielded to the pressure which Lloyd George put upon him and a man without vanity would not have been a soldier

Mr. Pegler

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NOW IF THEY'D ONLY SHORTEN THE TIME BETWEEN NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS!

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INAUGURATION MOVED UP FROM MARCH 4TH BY LAME=-DUCK AMENDMENT.

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The Hoosier Forum

1 wholly disagree. with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.

LANDON CLAIM RIDICULOUS, READER ASSERTS By E. W. Urfer

One of the most ridiculous statements ever issued by a presidential candidate was the one uttered by Gov. Landon in his Maine speech,

when he made the claim that the

New Deal policy was heading us into war. . It is the old bogey-man trick so often used by the Republicans to instill fear and consternation into the hearts of the timid and un-

thinking. It will have its effect, of

course, on a certain element of our population. But how -many intelligent voters will swallow this sort of propaganda and switch their

.| votes to the Republican candidate?

There is absolutely nothing inspiring in anything Landon has ever said, nothing of the gospel of hope and cheer and faith that our great President has carried into the hearts of millions who saw no light until he took office. Instead, there has been harangue after harangue of unjust criticism, of distorted statements concerning the true condition of our country, of insinuations and imputations, the sole purpose if which is to discredit the man in the White House and to minimize his astounding accomplishments. Starving men do not worry about balanced budgets. In 1932 the situation in our country was.crucial. We were in grave danger of an explosion that might have plunged us into chaos and horror. Only the quick, vigorous action of Roosevelt prevented this catastrophe.

2 8 =n THINKS ROOSEVELT DRIVES OUT MONEY BAGS

By R. E. Baum To Messrs. Kuehn, Gaylor, Jeffery, W. E. E. and other congenital Republicans, let me say that most readers of The Times have had broad enough reading matter covering the political situation to recognize and to discount your vaporings as emanating from minds that are closed. . .. ; Republicans by birth and breeding will confess in moments of frankness that their one interest in life is to become wealthy. They worship Hoover because he was the symbol of individual attainment of wealth. Those honest and progressive souls who once thought that the

Republican party still retained some |

essence of the beliefs and principles of “Honest Abe,” like Norris, LaFollette, Hiram Johnson, McNary, Nye, and Couzens now are convinced that the money bags control the party of Lincoln. They have given their support to Roosevelt. To call our President a Communist or Socialist is absurd, buf it is typical of Republican strategy taken from the utilities’ precept to label their opponents reds or radicals. It is true that the Democratic party headed by Mr. Roosevelt is not the party of Raskob and Smith. Those who control the wealth of our na-

in the first place.

ned!

tion are no longer able to offer the

General Hugh Johnson Says—

' George Posk Split With New Deal on International Policy and Turned to the G. C). P. Camp, but Gov. Landon 'Kicked Him Violently in Pants’.

But Mr. Peek didn’t abandon the New Deal. He President

V\/ ASHINGTON, Sept. 38~ Gre 'ge Peek’ influence 'Y with the midwestern farmers is great. His decision on whom he will suppor: for the Presidency is important. His history, theref:, is also important. It is not true that he split with |r. Roosevelt on any disagreement om the “economy of carcity,” or because he smelled Communists in the 1AA on any other question than international polic). :

on glad economic, Jijiaty and naval

(Times readers are invited to express their views ‘in these columns, religious controversies excluded.. Make your letter short, ‘so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld on request.)

voters a choice between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum, The money bags have lost control of the Democratic party to a certain extent, and to that extent labor has gained. But neither Roosevelt nor the so-called New Dealers are or have ever been socialistic or communistie,

Roosevelt and his supporters be-!

lieve they can make the system based on individually controlled capital work by restoring the rate of profit through the least painful method of controlled inflation and government investment in public works. : . : Even Hoover gave lip service to the idea of easing fhe periodic crises in our economic’ system

through the latter method, but when

it came time for action Mr. Hoover followed the course of letting the crises clear up by the action of the “natural forces.” When these natural forces, however, became so awful as to reach even the purses of Mellon and Morgan, a conference of the country’s leading bankers was hastily called in the White House, and the R. F. C. was born. Under Hoover, the record clearly shows that this agency was meant solely to pour government credit into the crumbling structure of finance, Roosevelt, however, turned his back on the Mellon-Morgan-du-Pont dynasty and put the R. F. C, to work as an agency for helping the distressed multitudes. - Gentlemen, stick to the issues. Stop shouting Red! Tell us what the Republicans offer the working people of the United States, not in generalities, but in a ‘specific program as an alternative for .that of Roosevelt. ” ” ” THINKS G. 0. P. WORRY

| OVER FARMER CURIOUS

By James R* Meitzler, Attica Glen R. Hillis, Kokomo manufacturer, said to a Republican gather-

. REVELATION BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK

We walked on fallen gold. * For and heart to hold.

I turned away from their blue light; I gazed through tree-flung space, Not brave enough to meet the bright New secret of your face!

DAILY THOUGHT ‘Many will intreat the favour of

friend to him that giveth gifts, —~Proverbs 19.

URCHASE not friends by gifts; when thou ‘ceasest to give, such

Mr. Peek declared for a complete program of. fron-

will cease to love. —Fuller.

publican nationalism: ke -and 1 bur ied the ha

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It was at wet-blue, twilight hour! Your eyes- held beauty far too dear:

the prince; and every man is a:

ing at Vevay: “If we preserve our ideals which our forefathers handed down to us, it will not be necessary to eat the Constitution, We shall have an abundance of bread, and it will come from grain raised on unregimented farms by free American farmers.” 3 It is a curious thing how Republicans worry about the farmers being enslaved by crop control and one dollar wheat. We had slaves once in this country. The Negroes raised an abundance for their masters, and all they got for their labor was enough to eat, a shirt and a pair of overalls. They raised the food they ate themselves. But the unregimented farmers of the days of Hoover liberty got no more for the abundance they produced—a shirt, overalls, and plenty of food they - had raised themselves. Not many fancy eats, though, when it took a 200-pound hog or a 50-bushel load of corn to buy $5 worth of groceries. . . . It is remarkable how these manufacturers, who shut down their factories and threw twelve million men out of work, and these Republicans, who did nothing about it, love abundance, when it comes out

of the farmer’s hide. » ” »

REQUESTS NEGROES TO VOTE REPUBLICAN By Moon Mullins _ There is no need for Negro voters to squabble over politics, because there are weeds in both fields. In both of them there are certain parts that always bear false crops, As for Negro voters, there should be only one sensible way for them to vote. That way needs no explaining. All they have to do is to use their full mental capacities to recall the days that are past’ when, of course, the Republican Party was in power. One race is no better than the

cpinion, and therefore ignorance. But as far as the privilege of the Negro is concerned, one party will .give him just as much as the next. Whichever party comes into power, all the Negro can do is to wish for the best. They always will be denied ‘the privileges of moving as they please, but for the bettering of such conditons they must not de-

oo bret Vor Lior i ie hanes of the Negroes, s ” » 2 > QUESTIONS KNOX WORRY IN MONETARY PROBLEM By J. D. Smith

Col. Knox seems to be greatly worried as to investors getting a depreciated dollar back, I never heard of his worrying a few years ago when the farmers and- those rwho had mortgages on their property had to pay back a dollar which

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had appreciated almost 100 per cent. !

other; there is just a difference of |

pend on politics. Only time can.

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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun

Political Debates Are Mistake, for Issues Are Often Lacking; Landon Takes Over Democrat Farm Plan

EW YORK, Sept. 28.—It is a mistake, I believe, for contending politicians to meet in debate. The clash may serve to illustrate the issues, but more frequently it is found that none exists. And, worst of all,

the rivals are compelled to pose for the cameramen. Fighters about to meet for a heavyweight title get. away with this obligation well enough. In their case to photograph the

ferocity of the gladiators. But how different is the group photograph of Jim Farley and John D. M. Hamilton! The boys are shown with hands clasped and smiling broadly at each other. One caption writér went so far as to surmise that Farley was saying, “Good fighting speech you made, John,” and, of course, Hamilton would be reply~ a : ing, “You were pretty magnificent yourself, Jim.” a If John really believed the things he says about Jim, the handshake would be an impossible gesture. Of course, Jim doesn’t believe anything he says, and neither does John. On the whole, Farley sticks closer to his knitting. His claims as to election results may err on the side of optimism, but he seldom affects a moral indignation which he does not feel. :

Mr, Broun

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SUPPOSE one of the silliest things in the present campaign has been the Republican propaganda about the sinister activities of Farley and his ambition to rule the Democratic Party. : I am also a little surprised to find that the Democratic farm plan has Heen taken over almost in toto by Alfred M. Landon. Subsidies are an interference with the freedom of the individual when they come from Democratic sources ‘but quite anothef matter. when offered by Republicans. 4 - Likewise, I have heard very frequently that Frank lin D. Roosevelt deceived the members of his party by taking up a number of matters which were not mentioned in the platform at all. Imagine my surprise, then, when I heard Governor Landon announce from Des Moines that he was adding to his farm pro-

gram something not in the Republican platform at all. :

HE began to outline his scheme for crop insurance, It sounds pretty good, but it comes from thé candidate without any party mandate. Also it is the sort of plan which is likely to cost a good deal of money. In addition to this the Governor promised to make good all the farm obligations incurred hy the present administration, pus I'm all for keeping up the purchasing power of the farmer; but I see no reason why the Republicans have a right to maintain that their wisdom is better in such matters. Even Governor Landon is ready to admit now that the protective tariff on farm produce a a Jaistake. ; 21 racks about the tariff have generally heen : sidered the ultimate in Republican heresy. I gion listening to Landon just about the time the grip was creeping up on me, . It sounded like good Democratic doctrine most of the way, but a fever can warp your judgment. It has climbed up to 102 lately, and at that stage I find that Lemke sounds like Landon an Norman Thomas talks in the same vein as Ham Fish, and the whole political scheme is muddied. :

erry-Go-Round

All Is Serene Now at Republican National Headquarters Since Gov.

Their under-cover feuding, which a few weeks ago

The xc between Hill" Blackett, head of the one hand, and old-line G. O: P. politicos who couldn't | see Blackett's plans for an elaborate “educational” the country on the idea that the New

| ndon Intervened in Publicity Dispute; He Was Amazed at Size of Staff. By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen dent of the Américan HICAGO, Sept. 28.—Warring factions at the ReNational Beadquarters here Bow have