Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1936 — Page 15
Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Wag
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1936 1 JAMES E. COUZENS ! ANY Americans have risen to riches, as James E. Couzens did. But mot so many have’ risen above g riches, as he did, * “Tough-minded and soft-hearted,” is the description applied to the Senator by those who knew him well. He was a hard worker and a shrewd business man, 8 But as he amassed his millions, Couzens somehow escaped the complex of superiority which: overcomes so many self- » made men. Being a modest man and a realist, | he gave credit for his wealth to:the good fortune of having got into a'rising industry, to the men whose skillful hands made > the automobiles he sold, and to the country which jprovided such a vast market for his product. | & He escaped also the slavery to and the emptiness of - wealth, He cared little for money or the luxuries it could “provide. And when he stopped making money, he didn’t * "stop working. With just as much energy and intelligence “he went about spending it in ways that would do the most good. And he went into public life, first as Mayor of De- = troit and then as United States Senator, not for honor but 3 for the opportunity to serve. Of the opportunity, the made Fthe most. ; The republic has lost a splendid citizen.
{EUROPE'S MASS MADNESS AT does not take a seventh son of a seventh son fo realize 2 that the situation in Europe today is far more perilous “than it was during. the first half of 1914. Then it was mere“ly a case of triple alliance versus triple entente—a quarrel between two sets of allies whose interests did not seem to { coincide. Today, nation is pitted against nation, group fagainst group, doctrine against doctrine, all in such a way “that almost anywhere at any moment an explosion may be set off. 8 At this moment it happens to be the disput® over Spain & “that threatens to start the troops marching. The Soviet “Union, say the dispatches, is on the point of official inter“vention in the Spanish civil war to save the government Swhose back is clearly to the wall. If it does, all Europe may blow up with a bang. : “The laboring population of the Soviet Union,” said Soseph Stalin, “is fulfilling its duty and struggling for the
fbopulation of Spain. It understands fully that the “freedom |.
d liberation of Spain is not a private cause for Spaniards, Shut a concern for humanity of the whole world.” | Thus, it would appear, the internal affairs of a given uropean state are no longer regarded as its own private “business. Other nations are behaving as if it were. not Sonly an actual right but an actual duty to take sides. Than E ich there could not possibly be a surer or straighter road oy war, }
That potb Communists and Fascists have given aid to ‘one side or the other in the Spanish conflict is, of course, a Secret from no one. Fortunately for world peace, however,
such assistance has remained unofficial, [talians, Germans, Frenchmen, Russians and others unquestionably have had a finger in the pie, but thus far governments, as such, have ot taken a hand openly. : : But now come reports from Moscow that the governBet itself has planes ready for jinstant expedition. If Mos-
feo takes the plunge, hopes for | youce will be fhigt indeed..
NEW WORDS TO CONQUER -§ E have a hunch that even Jay Republicans who sin- = = "7 cerely cry out against “enforced scarcity” would Snevertheless not run to the Supreme Court for relief if some . “scheme were worked out to get Frank Knox to plow under ; 5 very other adjective. Col. Knox has been giving Webster's Unabridged such workout as it has never had.| He literally throws the “whole volume at his opponents nd pants for further words
ito conquer. | We pick at random a few descriptive words and phrases
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ignoiinious fallufe’ fictitious concern ! amateur tinKerers economic juggling ~ experimental laboratory hysterical executives bewildered legislators a merry-go-round, unscrupulous designing J false and poisonous - utterly false 3
alien invaders unsound hypocritical delirious haywire Pied Piper river of insolvency false prophet planless “confused addled incoherent bewildered ‘We realize, of course, the seeming inoonaity and
opelessness of trying to discover new terms of invective |
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and denunciation for a candidate who has shown field
f Col. Knox and a publisher who works in the B Messrs, Hearst and MgCormick Compared tg g of coals to Newcastle appears to be a rile the som iva bt somebiog nev r the sun; and so we suggest to Mr. William Hi Republican broadcaster, that he inaugurate al I the Administration. He is gravely ay. ’
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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
Dempsey's New Deal Continue Triumphant Tour of N. Y. Sweeping Opposition Before Them.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Oct. 23.—Sweeping the Republican - opposition before them with the mighty logic of their debate, Jack Dempsey and his troupe’ of wrestling
statesmen continue their triviaphant tour of up-state New York on behalf of Mr. Roose-
velt and the New Deal
Mr. Dempsey ‘referees the contests, Kisses babies, orations on red-blooded Americanisiy and ‘autographs old envelopes in com- g
delivers
plete vindication of Mr, Roosevelt's policies, Last night in the local’ armory the hypocrisy of the Republican platform and the unfit-§ ness of Alfred M. Landon‘ were ° convincingly demonstrated in three matches. The first involved Tony Ciano, the former Fordham - University halfback, and Count Ludwig Otto Von Zuppe, of Germany, who wea:s a monocle. The next phase of the debate was presented by Maurice La Chapelle of France and Tiger Flowers Johnstone of Cuba. Dr. Henry Fields of the University of Pennsylvania and Mayés McLain, late of Iowa State University, algo appealed to the intelligence of the citizens in a robust exhibition, and the conclusion of the meeting was believed to have left Schenectady safe in the Democratic co Mr. Eddie Eagan, late Olymple heavyweight box~ ing champion and the ballast on the American. fourman bob team in the winter Olympics of 1932, has now joined the expedition and will deliver addresses at 10-mile intervals along the roads until the tour
closes Friday night.
Mr. Pegler
» » - ’ E forces of red-blooded, sporting “manhood
claimed an important victory in Binghamton the
other evening. There, according to Mr. Jack Curley,
. the impresario of the tour, Mr. George Johnson, of the
Endicott-Johnson Co., a great shoe magnate and proprietor of two entire ‘towns, was completely won over to the New Deal after watching the wrestling bouts. The orations of Mr. Roosevelt and his Cabinet and the arguments and editorials on the Republican side had not made up his mind although .he leaned rather dangerously to Mr, Landon. = But, after close attention. to the wrestling contests and receiving one of Mr. Dempsey’s souvenir balloons adorned with a picture. of the President, Mr, Johnson capitulated. : ; 8 ® »
go 1 next day,” Mr. Curley said, “he came ot in his
own newspaper with a full page editorial in
faver of Roosevelt. I havé get it in my room. I will show it to you. Bessie, you show it to him.”
Bessie is Mrs. Curley and probably the best femi~
Wrestlers: | WANTS NO MORE. "| “CRUMB” PROSPERITY
“The Hoosier Forum
I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire. ,
By Max Kinney : : It is not every day that spokesmen. for oligarchic interests openly reveal thelr design for living for the “sheep,” as one. did’ recently. This gentleman: voiced concern over the “tainting” of the minds and habits of our young, and demanded that |
our officials see to it that they are -} taught
“sound, orthodox viewpoints,” to the: rioble end that they
‘may once again respect and revTone the “time-honored institu_No’'matter if concealed de-
In other words, Sop thinking for
“| yourselves. Think only what we tell |
you to think, pleads the good man, who surely says it for our own good. It takes no high and bulging brow to appreciate that “sound, orthodox viewpoint” is just another name for a mental strait-jacket,.
One of the wonderful and transcendently significant. developments of these last three or four years is that people ‘are loosening and throwing. off their jackets of unAmerican restraint. They are beginning to be what others, some with tongue in cheek, have told them—that they were tree. ‘men, Of course, our “brotherly” keepers, divinely’ charged with custody of us,
view all this with alarm, . . .
Don’t be misled into believing that the “freebooting outs” will bring you permanent prosperity, Mr. Citizen. They never have, they never will. Their kind of prosperity has been merely the crumbs they
‘{ let fall from their yen plates. . , .
® #8 = WOULD ELIMINATE TAX EXEMPTIONS By M. H. K. -s » » When tax boards are meeting throughout the state, the favorite economy seems fo be cutting funds of the public school system. . . . Tif should the school be subject the largest SSOROmY and the hoy criticised? , ; Why don’t thess boards take up the subject of tax exemptions? The Indianapolis - Times published an
“| editorial some months ago entitled
“Why Not"—calling attention to unAlso, Mr.
: exemptions—such as those to. fraternities, sororities and clubs. * § Would not real Americans ‘blush
ang sulleting they sould help ase by paying taxes? “There would be.
; community | chest or private charity if all paid |
taxes.. . a I think 1 would pay the Suter-
General Hugh Johnson Says— :
John W. Davis' Support of Gav, Landon Puck Tout D
'WNUTT OPEN FORUMS
(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.) “i
ested citizen to watch closely the acts of the Legislature when in session. I congratulate the late Congress by not allowing exemption ‘to the RFC. Let there be no leaners, but all help. good government. carry on. Help the helpless and unfortunate. - 8 td “®
SEEN PROOF OF HONESTY By Paul Y.- Wykoff
When such irreconcilable conflict exists between Republican and
‘Democratic assertions respecting the
state administration of Indiana, the voters ‘are entitled to know the
facts and are interested in know-
ing which party is deliberately misleading them. ... . " Republican spokesmen assert that the McNutt administration has been the most. extravagant in the history of the state, while the Democrats point out that Indiana's total tax collection, including all new taxes, is $104,000,000 less than for the same period du the Leslie administration. Adding a claimed $7,000,000 deficit in 1933 and a present surplus of $10,000,000, it would seem that four years under Gov. McNutt have cost the taxpayers about $121,000,000 less than the four years under Gov. Leslie. Gov. McNutt has conducted openforum meetings, inviting any and all to ask him questions concerning his administration or his personal Sonduet: No effort has been
OCTOBER MEMORY
BY HARRIETT SCOTT OLINICK Although ‘a’‘new love holds my heart I still remember night on night We. stood beneath October stars, Ahi Jpwile: Sno Temote and Ww. x:
You were as-beantitul as love,
I think of you when autumn fires
Climb rough Se air 1a the fatn, rr
‘| liely challenged the candidate for ‘Governor ‘to meet
California.”
since the movement started.
made to point out any untrue statements made by him, either by partisans in these ‘meslings or in
| the press. To my mind, this answers the.
voters’ questions. Can you imagine a Governor, with as much to cover
up as the Republicans charge he has, laying himself open to any question from anybody and agreeing to answer it publicly then and there? ‘Can you imagine some of our former Governors voluntarily submitting to like cross-examin-ation?’ Gov. McNutt has - pre-
Further, Gov. McNutt has “pubRepublican
him in open debate on these controversial matters.
The idea of a Governor approaching the close of his administration
‘with a conscience and a record that |:
will permit him to stand on a public
platform and invite. the cross-ex-| amination of his opponents, or to defend his administration in ‘open |
debate with the chosen leader of the
opposition party, is a new thing in|
; 2 8 9 SAYS TOWNSEND BUBBLE / IS THROUGH BUBBLING By Charles Franklin Howard, Windtail “Born in Califernia—Died in Such can truthfully be said of the Townsend movement,
The bubble has bubbled for the: last,
time. 1 have been a club member over The organization always has told all its members at all times everywhere,
| “We don’t care anything about get-
ting the presidency. All we are after is to get a Townsend Con-:
gress.” ”
Suppose the Democrats should talk that way about Roosevelt, or the . Republicans = about Landon. Any one would call such talk crazy. - The Dr. Townsend policy is for the tail to wag the dog. William
Lemke, Union Party candidate for President, ' who has organized Townsend clubs and made many | | speeches’ for the cause, could not |. get on the ballot in California
where
there are 750,000
enough his petition.
sendites, because he could not get| 2°° signatures on |
It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun
Convinced Not Only of Existence of Roosevelt Luck, but Also of Fact That It's Sometimes Catching.
YY ASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—I do not want to seem too credulous, but I have become convinced not only that there is such a thing as Roosevelt luck but that under certain circumstances it may be catching.
Only the other day I wrote a testimonial saying that Mr. Roosevelt was better than a sulphur bath, and by now I can add that after one visit the
} spots Seiste. .my eyes begin to clear, my cough is decessors who worked as hard to. avoid. questions as he does. to invite {thems al]
looser and my embarrassment in a» the Iresence of he Spposite sex
Tt a “Boy Scout impulse | which took me originally to the newspaper picnic which was given . at Hyde Park. I went for the sake of the little woman. It developed that Connie never had met any «President of the United States except Warren Gamaliel Harding. It did ‘not seem to me fair that she be allowed to go on forever: under that impression. And so we ; i went. to Hyde Park and Connie met Franklin D. Roosevelt, and if she. ‘had registered she would certainly ‘vote for him, ‘All of which retninds me that the silliest charge
; Mr Broun,
-ever brought against President RooseVelt is the accu
sation that he would Ifke to do away with the Amer-
‘| fean system and seize dictatorial powers. That's a “little bit like vies that Babe Ruth in his heyday 3 would haw been for faking the home run out of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt knows more about po-
litical campaigns than any other American whose
name comes to mind. Waiving everything else, there
~gare few: to deny that Mr. Roosevelt is truly a genius’ in handling the various factors which go into the makmg' of a national election.
= s n raNKLIY ROOSEVELT brings to a national came paign not only the perfect mental equipment, but. also a peculiar physical fitness. Mind you, I am not contending that a person could not be a great man and a wholly ineffective campaigner, or vice versa. Franklin D. Roosevelt dictates a speech with great ease and fluency. He can finish up the last phrase just as the train is pulling into town, grab the manu script, deliver the address’ with a few inspired last minute interpolations, grab the rattler again, do another half dozen talks, and wake up next morning bright and eager for the sound of the bell indicating the .of the next round. At the end of the Middle Western trip the press. was exhausted, Every newspaper man had a “Don’t disturb!” sign on the Soopof 1s, oom; at. the Nelgon: House, :
p E00 . = 8 yee on a raising thy with McGraw a good / go, Larry Sit” sweet Bibters sald,