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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1936
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JAILING THE CONSTITUTION
WHAT Mr. Browder and his few Communist cohorts : can't do, the Terre Haute city officials and Merchants Association have done for them. By jailing Candidate Browder the jittery gentlemen have succeeded in forcing the Communist election campaign onto the first pages of the nation. z ‘Mr. Browder appears duly appreciative of the easy publicity and inexpensive martyrdom which these" petty _. dictators have conferred upon him. He will now say: This is proof of the Communist argument that democracy and free speech are a sham. : But, of course, the fact that Mr. Browder is free to campaign as a legal presidential candidate of a legal party, and has been doing so in most places, is a proof of American democracy—except in Terre Haute. There are plenty of laws to take care of Mr. Browder if he incites to violence. But he was not guilty of that or of anything else. He was not even charged with any crime. His offense was that he dared exercise his rights as an American citizen to enter the city of Terre Haute peacefully and lawfully. The Terre Haute officials jailed more than a Communist candidate. They tried to imprison the American Constitu‘tion and its sacred guarantee of civil liberties. Fortunately this trend to Fascist terror is not typical of Indiana and the United States. The Fascists are just as far from gaining control of {this country as the Communists, who grow upon their lawlessness. The attitude of most Americans toward such violations of the Constitution is expressed by M. Clifford Townsend, the Democratic candidate for Governor, who says: “If Browder was arrested to prevent his speaking, it's wrong.” pulls Indiana voters will be interested to know where Mr. Springer, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, stands on this constitutional issue. So far he is not standing—he is straddling, by refusing to comment.
ANTI-CLIMAX “THis program of destruction is unchristian. It is anti- : God; it is just downright asinine.” (Father Coughlin, speaking at Philadelphia, Sept. 26.) '
STOPPING TAX INEQUALITIES HE State Tax Commission's proposal to plat all real property in Indiana as a WPA project is in line with progressive assessment methods being followed in some other states. : The purpose is to correct inequalities in assessments, to get at property that is not listed and to get a record of all tax-exempt real estate and improvements. The com-
mission estimates that only 20 to 40 per cent of all Indiana
real property is adequately recorded on plat books. It
describes the lack of ownership records as “shocking.”
A similar project in Texas is reported to have paid for itself the first. year by disclosing unassessed property. A’ recheck of New York City property resulted in adding about $100,000,000 in assessable property. A revaluation program in Seattle revealed 159 buildings never before assessed. Seattle now is installing a standard assessment system with the aid of WPA. Virginia is conducting a WPA long-term statistical study of land value and assessments. : An Indiana survey likely would reveal omitted and misdescribed property. It should show the influence on land values of the improvement of highways and railroads, of population changes, industrial developments, zoning and other factors. And it would permit local assessors and the Tax Commission to revaluate properties and correct inequalities, : . ;
~ LANDON FORGOT TO SAY | OV. LANDON told how, when the United StatesCanadian trade treaty sliced 2 cents a pound off our cheese tariff, Canada began selling us seven times as much cheddar cheese, and the American price dropped, in four months, from 17 to 121% cents. The Agriculture Department says that his figures weren't accurate, but we'll let that pass. Far more important, we believe, are some of the things that Landon forgot to say—that the four-months price decline was seasonal, that the price has since risen back to more than 17 cents, despite continued imports of Canadian cheddar, and that American farmers are selling more of that cheese today and at a much better price than they were back in 1932 when a Republican tariff gave them practically” exclusive possession of the American market. The price then was 10 cents.
WHEN PERILS ARE PAST Our troops, it seems, did not get into the World War at the time, in the way or at the place that pleased oyd George. On the whole, he says, about all we did was produce a “fussy muddle.” : But after all, Americans did get across the Atlantic. hey got across several millions strong. They did get into fight. And impartial Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s lemoirs are there to testify.that America’s participation the war contributed largely toward licking him.
AIN’S NIGHTMARE JRRITAIN plans to be ready for any emergency within 24 months. By that time all She will need to do in the event war is to press a button. Her navy will steam forth, ;roops start marching, her pl wheels of a vast supporting
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NO KIDDING! THE COUNTRY
IS IN DANGER! HONEST!
THE NEXT ONE OF YOU POLITICIANS THAT RINGS MY ‘DOORBELL IS GOIN TO GET A SOCK ON
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
First World Series Game Was Swell Demonstration of Best and Worst There Is in Baseball
EW YORK, Oct. 1.-— No matter how much bunting and band-music, excitement, ceremony and suspense ou lavish on a World Series ball game, when the thing is done you haven't seen a coronation or a miracle. You
have just seen a game of ball. The one which the Giants won from the Yankees yesterday afternoon at the Polo Grounds, opening the festivities of 1936, was a swell demonstration of the best and worst
there is in baseball. The ‘score, in the improbable event that you haven't heard: by now, was 6 to 1. Carl Hubbell, the long, limber - dodger from the Ozarks, was the superman of the show but he had his human moods notwithstanding his billing as a man without emotions. Ancl the Yankees, the champions of the American League by the greatest margin ever amassed, including the big year of Babe Ruth, had a few minutes in the eighth vhen they tossed the ball around in :a manner to remind the barefoot boy in the pastures that the best are no better than the Junior Tornadoes. For a fact—and you may look to the running stories of the World Series game for con’irmation of this—the Yankees threw the ball away twice in about 10 seconds in the eighth inning and a run scored on each toss. For another fact, in the third inning, two Giants got a hit against Red Ruffing, one of the greatest pitchers in the game at this writing, when they were actually
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‘bobbing and weaving to avoic being: hit themselves.
The spectacle in the eighth inning was the most encouraging gesture toward ihe poor in heart that has occurred since the series of 1925 when Roger Peckenpaugh, of the Washington club, one of the great infallibles of baseball in his time, kicked off nine errors in the Pitisburgh series and lost his job. #® » » ELL, the score was 4 to | in favor of the Giants at the moment Hubbell slapped one at Tony Lazzeri and it splashed by him in the mud to be soaked up and hove back to the plate by Selkirk. The throw was wild and Bill Dickey went sloshing after
the: ball heavy laden with his belly-armor and -artificial shins. Dickey ketched up the ball out of a puddle near the barrier and slang it back to the plate, where it went past Ruffing. Gus Mancusco scored on the throw to Dickey and Burgess Whitehead, the Giants’ second baseman, came in on Dickey's return through Ruffing. Puck was playing on both sides of the World Series ball game. Here were Lou Gehrig, next to Babe Ruth, the greatest hitter in the history of baseball, and Bill Dickey, the Yankees’ catcher, with a season's rating above Gehrig's, without a hit to show between them. And here were Hubbell with two hits, Hubbell who couldn't hit a pig with a pole, and this Jake Powell, the Yankees’ dollar-a-day ball player, with three hits. au r 2 8 nm EORGE SELKIRK, a man who just happened by this season, hit a homer for the only run the Yankees got. Hubbell foolished that Selkirk man with a drooping curve in the third inning on the first ball thrown. Then the Arkansawyc: tried that one again and the ball left the park in = hoisting flight to the upper tier. It looked as though they had put Hubbell out of their way for a while because (he Selkirk run seemed fat enough until Bartell hit his’n in the fifth. Then Mancuso scored Ott with a single in the sixth and the game was away and gone a4 fo as the Yankees were concerned.
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ETHANY BEACH, D¢l,, o . 1—What is it that
keeps religion and the love of God in people's.
hearts—is it fear or hoya? V/hat is it that makes men love their country and heir form of government—is it hardship anc dep: ation, or a reasonable prospect of three square me: s a day plus a little over? fie ; . When in March, 1933, the visibility of continued means of support. for ovir 50 per cent of our population was about zero, wire vw: closer to communism and irreligion ‘we have ren ever since? About November, 1933, when ii beca ie clear that the New Deal was going to put nn en: to that at any cost, in many parts of the comix; farmers, by force and arms, were re:isting such ent as requires a farm: to ©: sold
nes zoom into the air and | # \ ; og industry begin to turn | Mun
The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.
SAYS SPEED LAW: IS BEING OBEYED By William Davis, Assistant Superintendent, Big Fonr Lines. In reply to Mr. J. Ed Burk, who complained about speed and whistling locomotives within the city limits, our engineers have been instructed ‘to use care and comply with city ordinances in relation to speed and whistling and we feel the matter is being taken care of satisfactorily. » ”» ” ” COMPLAINS ALLEY TOO HIGH FOR GARAGES
By Mrs. Matilda Huffman I have a complaint to make about the alley back of my home. It runs from Virginiasav to S. Noble-st. The alley is too high for garages and when it rains, the water backs into my garage until it is in a terrible condition. I don’t see why it can’t be fixed.
SAYS COMPLAINT WILL BE INVESTIGATED By Fred Eisenhut, City Street Commissioner The Huffman will be investigated imms=diately and will be taken care of as soon as possible. All such matters should be reported as soon as they are noticed. If complaints such as these are phoned in to us we are always glad to give them our attention. In making similar complaints, citizens should be sure to report their house numbers, since a delay often results unless this is done. =e 4 #8 = : ARGUES AGAINST GROSS INCOME TAX By Paul Masters, Anderson Is the gross income tax just? In all corners of the state we hear arguments both for and against this law. On one side we hear the Democratic candidates loudly proclaiming it as the salvation of our schools, while on the other side we hear the Republican candidates condemning
it as detrimental to the small busi-
ness man. The one side tells us that to repeal this law would ruin the financial structure of our state 'government. The other side says that this law could be repealed without injury to our financial structure and withcut harm to our educational institutions. In this state the gross income tax has become the important issue and the yoters are entitled to know the truth about this law. Let us, then, turn to another state and see what they had to say about a similar law. Not so long ago the Supreme Court of the State .of Washington invalidated -the gross receipts tax law of that state. - Justice Blake, in passing on that law, said in part: “The tax cn gross income is the most oppressive kind of tribute a state may exac: from its citizens. It falls with equal rigor on rich and poor alike. It is exacted without regard to the benefits the citizens may derive from the privilege of engaging in
business. Whether the privilege is
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atter mentioned by Mrs.
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8 an asset or a liability, a boon or a burden, he must pay on the gross receipts without regard to: the cost of operation. Such a tax may, and often does mean, the difference in profit and loss in the enterprise.” How Mr. Townsend and the other Democratic candidates in this state, whose business it is to spend the public’s money, in the face of such a definition coming from the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, and upheld by the United States Supreme Court, can contend that the gross income tax plan is fair is beyond the comprehension of the average citizen. The contrasting ideas of the Republican and Democratic candidates represent ‘the attitudes of those who respect the taxpayers’ rights and those whose opportunify permits them to spend and collect the taxpayers’ money without regard to justice or equity. 2 = 8 HE ISN'T WORRYING ABOUT GRANDCHILDREN By Tom Berling ; Occasionally I am told by some member of the Grand Old Party which, alas, has gone to grass roots, birdseed and sunflowers, about
‘| how great will be the taxes my
grandchildren will have to pay. Now, why should I worry about
‘my non-existent grandchildren’s
taxes? If they find useful work to do at the proper wages, let them pay taxes for the privilege of living in a country where it is possible to live and let live. If they can't find work at a proper wage, nobody can
collect taxes from them.
If by any chance any of them should be so fortunate as to accumulate a sugar-barrel full of money and object to paying taxes, it should not be my worry. . . . Living in the security and protection of a good government has always carried with it the mutual obligation of a reciprocal protection and security, not only of property
LUXURY BY MARY WARD
I had not thought to pay— It seemed a gratuity— Indentured though, the way Of love—a luxury.
DAILY THOUGHT
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not ‘him which eateth not judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.—Romans 14:2.
T 'is not merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant. ~—Shelley. |
rights, but of the personal welfare of every citizen. / The price is not fixed; it‘must be spoken of simply as taxes. I saw Roosevelt for about 10 seccnds when he came to town. He seemed to be a good fellow with a broad smile just as in his picture, a leader worthy of confidence, one who likes his work, and one who appears not to worry about his grandchildren’s taxes.
; ” ” ” WALL STREET HELPING LANDON, P. H. SAYS By P. H.
of the Liberty League, the Sloans, du Ponts, Rockefellers, Morgans,
Archibalds and the Kents to swing an election in Maine, that state has reached a stage of dementia that calls for a roof togmake it one great insane hospital. If there ever was gny doubt that -Gov. Landon sta with the Wall Street crowd, the du Ponts and the Liberty League, has torn away the veil by this spectacular run to Maine to bask in| the limelight of their glorious charit .
financed the Maine campaign is the same old gang that helped Hoover to steer the nation to the brink of bankruptcy. If the inhabitants of Maine are too dumb to understand that, they are beyond hope and they ought to be led back to the point of starvation. ” ” ” : AND WHY CHANGE HORSES NOW? WOMAN ASKS
By Mrs. Gene O. Risk
“Why change horses in the middle of the stream?” Remember when, in the last presidential campaign, the Republicans overworked this query? Considering the fact that the “horse” was
fers, the question was rather pointess. However, it applies today with a real significance. At least the present “horse” is taking steps. He is not content to stand still till we perish, even if he does stumble occasionally. He’s brought us a long way and, given more time, will eventually get us safely to the other shore. Let's “steal their stuff” and ask now, “Why change horses in the middle of the stream?”
8 a =n WANTS TO KNOW SPRINGER INCOME PLAN By Theodore M. Romine, Mooresville
I notice that Mr. Springer says that if elected he will repeal the gross income tax law, and that he will not levy any new taxes because he will not need the money. Does he intend to close the schools in the poorer districts, or does he think that teachers should receive only $25 to $30 per month, as they do in Kansas? Does he intend to’abolish state help for the aged, the blind, and dependent children, or does he hope to balance the state budget with Federal funds?
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lt Seems fo Me
By Heywood Broun
Shade of Prehistoric Man Wha Knocked ' Off Mammoths Fires Ml Columnist With New Resolve
EW YORK, Oct. 1. — “Why don’t you write tH column yourself ?” I asked in a kindly way as I heaved myself lp from my bed of pain onto one elbow, “I wouldn’t know what to put in it,” re-
plied Connie, “but if 1 did write anything I wouldn't say any more about Roosevelt and Landon if I were you. Everybody knows that you don’t like Landon. What's the use of picking on him? And
you said that you were for Roosevelt in 1936, so there’s no point go=ing on about that any more. Peo« ple will get sore if you act as if you thought they were deaf.” ° “If you are going to do this column you'd better get started,” 1 said, “because this is your last chance or thereabouts. Tomorrow I'm going to get well or sdmething, There are only 28 or 29 days left to save America in the way in which it ought to be going. I want to have my part in the fight and to walk up and down the room dictating to six or seven secre- . : taries at the same time.” - But here in the paper it says than 10 thousand
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- years ago ancient man hunted the mammoth. Dr.
Howard, of Philadelphia, has found a skeleton of the big beast with spear points and knives all lying around with the bones. That fight must have made the s0= called battles of the century which have been held in various bowls seem pretty tame, ; ¥ 8 =n HE terrifying appearance of the mammoth was heightened by his shaggy coat. It was hard to make a spear stick in him. Yet one of your ancestors, and mine, 10 thousand years ago stood on a little hill and watched the rush of the big Mack truck which was heading directly at him. “Ain't I got fun?” said our common ancestor as he balanced in his hand a long-hafted spear and waited for the time and picked the proper spot in the throat of the monster. Let's give the man a name. I suggest that we call him Red Finnegan. For that matter the mammoth might as well have a name. That could he
Buster. Of course, science can not wholly reconstruct the’ scene. We do not know whether these mammoth baiting events were held on schedule or more or less just happened by chance. Possibly they ran excursions from the neighboring countryside to watch Red play a double-header. :
” » s I WOULD have been on the side of the man against the sky. He had to have a sense of timing and a sense of pace. When Joe Louis misses with a left he generally has a chance to try it later on in that same fight. But if you strike a mammoth you must kill him. Moreover, these bouts brought the spectator himself into the proceeding on many occasions, For instance, if the man with the spear missed the mammoth the big beast as like as not would go on and chew up everybody in the right field
bleachers—just like so much caviar.
This old mammoth grip can’t put it over on me indefinitely. My great-great-grandfather Red Fine negan swung a shrewd blow and nipped the mone ster in the neck, and 1 mean to do the same. It's no fun to lie here and hear the hoof beats of Republican reactionaries when I'm in no position to try to pick them off. I must be done with trifles
and get to work with rifles.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
President Roosevelt's Big Handicap in Ohio Is Gov. Martin L. Davey, Writer Says; State Seems to Be a Toss-Up and Worries Both Parties
#5 8 5 ot - FPTHIS writer began serving this government at the A age of 16 and wore ils livery in one form or an-
other for 22 years. He owes it his
police, tried to feed them and eventually persuaded them to agree to, go. That did not suit Mr. Hoover.. To him they were Communists. This writer saw them intimately and knows they were not. But the Administration told Gen. Glassford that an example had to be made “to reassure every property owner in the country.” Before they could go peacefully, cavalry, tanks and tear gas in overwhelm- |
By Drew Pearson and. Robert S. Allen
OLUMBUS, 0. Oct. 1—Thg little black book which Jim Farley opens up only to a favored few at Democratic National Headquarters has a question mark and the numerals “50-50” noted after the word “Ohio.” In other words, Roosevelt has a 50-50 chance of carrying the state. Jim will not admit that question mark publicly, nor will he admit another item, not written in his notebook, but mentally noted by every strategist around
tails indicates that F. D. R. h § Buckeye state. All the Newss per oust one them is conducted by the arch-Republican Columbus ch—show Roosevelt running ahead of Landon. Ths lien Digest, on the other ‘hand, shows tha