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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a1, 1936

Sion, 1932 AND NOW Sx years ago this month newspaper headlines announced the financial crash that plunged the country into one of its worst depressions. Four years ago, reports of bank- . ruptcy and despair were monotonously distressing. : Today's headlines. sing the song of recovery in Indian- & apolis and Indiana. : Hoosiers on relief Oct. 1 numbered 54,000 fewer than a

year ago. Pay rolls were 23.1 per cent higher, after defying :

the usual summer slump. : Indiana bank deposits were 12.2 per cent, or $45,892,000, greater than last year. Indianapolis’ September postal * ‘receipts were $43,227 higher than a year ago. Gas meters reached an all-time high of 79,976 here—2542 more than a year ago. Gas appliance sales were up 280 per cent. Tele- . phones increased by 2539. September passengers carried . *by Indianapolis Railways, Inc., numbered 670,460 more than last September's total. Beer sales were up 31,575 . barrels for the month in the state. ; The William H. Block Co. expansion program, involving remodeling ‘of the four-story building at Capitol-av and: - Court-st; the H. P. Wasson store addition; the International “Harvester Co.’s big new building program here, and the starting of work on the new $1,500,000 Federal Building wing, illustrate the steady gains in construction. : And Indiana farm cash income, which rose from $134,$448,000 in 1932 to $236,029,000 in 1935, gained another 15 cent during the first seven months of 1936.

GLISH OSTRICH "8 N English newspaper dispatch tells of a' London paper saying that rumors “from abroad” that the King might marry soon had resulted in increased rates for insurance against a postponement of the coronation. The newspaper, however, the dispatch says, was careful to avoid speculation about the identity of the possible bride. Which is in keeping which the observance of silence which has «characterized the English press about the Simpson affair sand which explains perhaps in part the evidences of peevness that are being shown in England about the extent to which American newspapers are publicizing the royal sromance. = Without desiring in the least to write down the news- * paper as the speediest and most complete medium for distribution of current information, we must in all candor admit that you don’t have to put a story in type to have it “girculated. No better example of the futility of attempted suppression was ever presented than the Simpson case. England, which is far ahead of America in a lot of “ ®things, socially and economically, is way behind in the ‘realistic treatment of news. It would be better we believe, if the English press were telling the story which, as the ‘dispatch says, is being told “abroad.” . England would feel “much less uncertain as to what that story may mean to the Fo “future of the empire. The Simpson affair if so recounted * “would not be nearly so thrilling as it is when circulated « through the unrestrained agency of the epiglottis, but it would be much closer to the truth.

“BREAD ON THE WATERS THE campaign arithmeticians, we note, have fixed upon $20,000,000 as the probable cost of the election efforts Sof the two major parties. ._ The Republican National Committee has budgeted $8,636, 000, and the Democratic National Committee is reported “ready to spend some $5,000,000, the rest being raised and spent by various local party groups. And in the end the public will have to pay the bill for the party that wins. & The Democrats, it is reported, are not doing so well with collections from the big money boys but are picking up considerable small change from jobholders. A jobholder who contributes to the party chest is one who, if the election goes his way, is apt to insist that his contribuStion purchased an option to continue on the government pay roll even if his presence there becomes no longer The Republicans, i}is-said, are getting their hands on iso much of the big méney that they bother but little with the small change of would-be jobholders. But a great many of the big boys will have axes to grind if their crowd sts in—and very expensive axes, too. § There is one grain of comfort for the public. One of he two gangs of contributors is going to be fooled.

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q] PUMP IS PRIMED DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S apparent decision to hold _ back the authorized $350,000,000 PWA loan-grant subto states and localities and furnish them only Federally Subsidized labor clarifies the relief problem and moves it conderably nearer the goal of final solution. . The President believes that from now on, with public ered on the mend, states and localities will be able to te their own “big construction” improvements. Federal 2 ipation will be limited to paying for the relief labor. = = Ho snc.cver wil ow to what extent the Vederal dolrs poured into dams, bridges, highways and other per-

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E: recovery of the heavy industries now under way. g § The ten million jobless, unfortunaisly, are still with us. i with the early need of balancing the Federal budget ne nd retiring the great Federal debt, we must try also. to re-

e the burden of their relief. President Roosevelt's budg-

indicates that another half billion will be needed

TE work rele forthe next fiscal year. Retrenchment

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PRAIRIES ARE ABLAZE! IT'S SWEEPING THE COUNTRY! FOLKS, ~ THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS SINCE NERO FIDDLED.

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

Tires of Digging Up Republicans for Southern Democrats; Besides, Boys Are Beginning to Muscle In.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—My Democratic friends down South are beginning to amountsto a nuisance with their requests for Republicans suitable for plucking or skinning. Recently I gave a fine Republican to Mr. Jack Randolph of Richmond, Va., be-

cause it seems that some previous column of mine had scared away a Liberty Leaguer whom he was saving for election .day. I thought it was only fair to make good to Mr." Randolph, so I sent him Mr. Fred G. Leib, the retired baseball journalist. But now come several other clamorous Democrats of the Southern tier practically demanding that I drop everything and dig up Republicans for them. Not only that, but the boys are beginning to cut in, and that is not only bad sportsmanship, unworthy of Southern Democrats, but: a dangerous business which might lead to gun play on the field of honor, suh. I gave Mr. Leib to Mr. Randolph alone. If he is generous to give away pieces of him to other deserving Demorrass down - South that is his business. I desire to nite this clear because Mr. Albert Stone of the Jackson Sun of Jackson, Tenn. has written direct to Mr. Leib at his winter home in St. Petersburg, Fla., trying to obtain a piece of him, or maybe all of him, without consulting Mr. Randolph. I am sure Mr. Stone did not appreciate the ethical impropriety of this, and trust that he will cease these advances until he has consulted Mr. Randolph. Moreover, Mr. Stone is rather disagreeable about it, for he says in his letter to me that he doesn’t believe there is any such Republican as Mr. Leib offering even muney on Mr. Landon.

= # o ELL, now, Mr. Leib is no myth, although I will corigede that a deserving Democrat living in Jackson. Tenn, is justified in entertaining doubts of the existence of an even-money Republican at this time. Indeed, our Mr. Leib is no myth, and he is even more ve than I believed at first, for he has written me a letter describing his system of selecting Mr. Landon and threatening to go right through Richmond and dig Mr. Randolph out of his hole. » 2 _ 8 M* supply of the Roosevelt bologna: dollars Is X limited,” Mr. Leib says, but that is bologna itself, as Mr. Leib retired from baseball writing only because he could not afford to earn any more money and thus send his income tax into the top bracket. “My supply is limited, but I believe I can accommodate Mr. Randolph of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. I picked 17 out of 20 pennant winners in 10 years, and my World Series record is 18 out of 25, but politics

‘The Hoosier Forum

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

ASSERTS COUGHLIN LOYAL TO PRINCIPLES By M. L.

No doubt many read

; persons Walter Davenport's article in Col- |

lier’s on Liberty Bill Lemke and Father Coughlin. Two Or more years ago Mr. Davenport wrote a very different story in the Saturday Evening Post—when Father Coughlin was supporting Mr. Roosevelt ‘and the New Deal.

At that time Father Coughlin was a great leader—today, because he has remained loyal to principles, rather than to party, Mr. Davenport either ignorantly or maliciously writes a gross misrepresentation of truth regarding Father Coughlin and Mr. Lemke’s money program. Therefore, a thinking public must doubt the veracity of Mr. Davenport’s North Dakota bank ‘affair, The American public knows the truth behind this money fiction now —thanks to Father Coughlin—an

¢|Do not be deceived twice

(Times readers are invited fo express their views in these -columns, religious controversies exPe I rt all can.have a chance. Letters: must be signed, but names will be withheld on request.)

of a New Deal when there is a better deal for all. * It is a wonderful thihg to have men come to your town to instruct you in the wisdom of political science, but everything they say should be taken with a grain of salt. Past experience has taught us that political promises are - not worth their face value. It always is in order to turn the rascals out, but we “should Je. careful not to put other rascals in. Let us weigh ‘the issues of the day carefully and consider candidates’ just acts as well as their puoniises. Acts speak louder than words.. Be careful of your ballots. twice by the

ke Same person.

To whom does the metallic base of our currency belong—the people, or the privately owned Federal Reserve banks? = Study our Constitution, Mr. Davenport. The next ars ticle we expect from your pen is a defense of Monsignor Ryan's alinck on Father ‘Coughlin. #8 = SAYS CHAUVINISM DE S COUGHLIN By Pat Hogan, Columbus Mr. ‘H. Nevies wants to enlighten me regarding the Coughlin League and says he does not know when Father Coughlin choked on his own prescription. ‘Mr. Nevies can not enlighten me or any other thinking person, because Father Coughlin’s Pi ars But for Mr. Nevies’ benefit, let him be advised that this same Father Coughlin climbed onto a platform in Cleveland and shouted that the Presijent of the Uniitd Sistes was 2 . betrayer . . double-crosser.” oa his blind followers can't see.

Father Coughiis arguments are

2 = ROOSEVELT CALLED “APOSTLE OF DEMOCRACY”

By Clyde P. Miller

Themistocles, the great benefactor of Greece, stated that the Athenians did not honor him or admire him, but made a sort of plane-tree of him. They sheltered themselves under him in ‘bad weather and, as soon as it was fine, plucked his leaves and cut his branches.

_ How like the now . recovered

enligh and creative genius will outlive the most favored characters of history, and whose worth and vifalizing influence will endure in man and memory long after his pigmy detractors are dead. Can it be that on Nov. 3 America shall deny herself the continued service of this great character and -be reproached by history? Is our memory to be so short and

ISOLATION

BY THOMAS E. HALSEY

You say the sun is shining brigh Yet how am I to know? b,

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fallible that posterity shall revile us for its loss? :

Only four short years ago the >

financial structures of the nation were tumbling about the shoulders of these same ingrates who now seek io pull him down. They were then helpless and distracted when, in the wake of their disaster, representatives of the numb, querulous and desperate masses moved toward ‘Washington to seek aid of their government. But their natural protector, the government, was not yet moved back to Washington from its 12-year sojourn in Wall Street, and the latter's political stooges slandered them as Communists, threatened them with bullets and deceived them with directions te go around the corner and find prosperity. . . .

Roosevelt is neither a Fascist nor

a Communist. He is an apostle of

genuine American democracy and as thorough a statesman as any nation has ever produced. We will not forget. i : 2 =» » G. 0. P. CLAIMS ONLY ALIBI, WRITER SAYS By H. L. S.

Landon’s job hunters claim that Roosevelt is re

tarding recovery. That is the alibi of the Tom Thumb | -

business men. - Recovery depends upon the ability |- of the business men to reach more customers. That can be done only by giving greater value for less

Hogey. The squawkers are not able |"

to measure up to the job. blame Roosevelt. Tey

He doesn’t run their bubinessen,|

SAYS G. 0. P. LULLING NATION WITH BEDTIME STORIES By John Kazangian, San Francisco, Cal. The 1936 Republican Party is telling this nation a bedtime story just as in every campaign in the past, but this time there is more

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lt Seems to Me By Heywood Broun

Believes President Roosevelt will Be Re-elected and That the Contest. Will Not Be Even Close,

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Oct. 21.—You can be for Franklin. Roosevelt or against him, That’s your business. - But as far as I'm concerned he is a great deal better than a sulphur bath. I think it is a mistake to hang around with people who are sick when you don’t feel too well yourself, and so I tried the experiment today of sitting very briefly at the feet of a man who seems to be hitting very nicely on all twelve cylinders. President Roosevelt had a. picnic and a press conference. today at the home of Mrs. Roosevelt. I have already engaged in a certain amount of prophecy as to the outcome of the immediate elec~ tion. Indeed, I said a good many months ago that the President would be re-elected. This guess does not rest on any postcard canvass or straw-ballot system. It is chiefly my own hunch. That hunch is now backed by the judg-

ment of a man. who is at the very

Mr. Bn the shrewdest of

newspal D. Rposevelt today without being somewhat infected by his very palpable confidence in victory. Of all the reporters who took the last swing with him I did not find one whe is not convinced that he will be swept back into power by a very large electoral majority. The cities of Chicago and Detroit seem to have impressed the newspaper men most of all.

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