Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1936 — Page 10
kitchen, two bedroo
- ing in Nicaraguan jungles “to afford protection to the per-.
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: 5-HOWARD NEWSPAPER) W. HOWARD | ‘LUDWELL DENNY EARL D. BAKER 2 Business Manager
onomically it is possible to build decent living quarters for
lies in the low-income brackets.
Each side of the two-family house has a Jivitg room,
and sanitary toilet and shower bath.
* Figured at current retail prices of materials, and using unskilled labor, the total cost was $1329. Lk is built to rent
for $6.50 a side.
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Research Project, the State Planning
‘This model hou e, built cooperatively} y Purdue Housard, WPA and
Marion County, is just one phase of the attack on the In-
dianapolis slum problem, which is aggravated by an acute
shortage of livable dwellings. This project is not touted as a solution in itself of substandard and overcrowded housing,
kat it indicates the problem is not insoluble.
If you have not |yet seen the experimental house, you i will find a vigit well ;
\ SAFETY INSTITUTES
I traffic deaths :
The number | And traffic fatalities for the state are 7 per cent above last year’s comparative figure. It is gratifying, then, to watch the program of safety education that is being pushed this year in Hoosier public ~ schools.
Indiana is taking a leading role in this field, requiring
20 hours of safety education in all high schools.
The. man-
ual for the course was prepared by the Public Safety Insti-
tute at Purdue University.
Traffic safety ins itutes are being conducted in 12 state cities to aid teachers jn planning and presenting the safety
courses. on Dec. 7.
"One of thes nEUE will be held in Indianapolis
While we are w Ming for this safety education in ‘schools to develop b tter drivers, adult motorists should take it; Jpon themselves to learn more about the safe opera-
tion of their cars. -
THE ARITHMETIC OF WAR
“SI CE the person and property of a citizen are a part of |
/the general domain of the nation, even when abroad, .. . there is a distinct and binding obligation on the part of . self-respécting governments to afford protection to the persons and property of their citizens, wherever they may be.”
It was jn 1927 when Coolidge said that. It was about the time tHe armed forces of the United States were. fight-
sons and property” of American citizens.
:.In one way or another, it cost the people of the United
© States tens of millions of dollars and not a few lives to af- ~ ford such protection. Yet only. three or four millions-were involved. Which merely goes to show how Stupid the apith- : metic of war can sometimes be.
How much more sensible is .the present attitude of
: Washington in the Spanish rebellion. citizens to take their persons where. they will be safe. If ". they are property holders, it promises to do all it can to « collect damages: for any losses when the war is over.
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It warns American
3 The Coolidge doctrine, of course, is the traditional one. It has been responsible for many horrible wars in the past, If insisted upon, it will be responsible for many more in the future. It logically leads to the expenditure of billions of dollars and millions of lives to protect property worth in-
finitely less and lives infinitely fewer. Even then it might 1 in vain. For no one can say, at the start, which side
be ¢ of a war will win,
| We commend the new, Father than the old, arithmetic
of war BACK TO 19297
EAVEN forbid! Those sighing for another 1929 era
‘will find a sure cure for their nostalgia by thumbing
through “America’s Capacity to Consume,” published by Brookings Institution, There they will learn that— ‘Nearly six million American families, or more than
21 per cent of the total, had incomes of less
in 1 RRR. 86,000 families had incomes of 800,000,
about $10,000,000,000. Which means that ‘the one-tenth of 1 per cent at the top received nearly as much as the 42 cent at the bottom.
ian $1000
, while 11,658,000 |
If all families in 1929 with incomes under $2500—a
level our annual consumption of -
minimum for comfortable living—had been raised to that. would have risen
$16,000,000,000 and our output upped b 25 per cent. Then
e would have been no depression, with 8 millions
its aftermath of we don't want to return to 1929 and its o
= Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
New Army Organization Worth Trial if Only Because It Might Do Away With Brigadier Generals.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The proposed new Army organization is worth a serious trial if only because it promises to do-away with brigadier generals, for there, my friends, is a rank more pathetic than that of
the humble shave-tail and more. pestiferous than the hat-check boy in the barber shop. His subordinates disréspect him because they resent his fancy airs and petty perquisites, his glossy finish and his little-boy ' subservience. to any snooping shoo-fly from G. Hi: Q. His superiors mistrust him because there are too many of him ‘and comparatively few among so many have the profesSional ability to do hele duties well. : The American brigade is: a lot. of soldiers, equipment, groceries,’ livestock and office work andiwhen the ‘crisis comes and it is necessary to find a dozen men to handle the assignment a few are good, a few others -are not altogether too bad, the rest are endured merely because an equal number of replace-
Mr. Pegler
even worse.
need which a non-military nation is unable to meet with qualified men in sufficient numbers-and the elimination of the rank of Brigadier General in time might restore the tarnished prestige of the title of General. Major Generals are bad enough, but at least they are soldiers who generally have made good as Brigadiers and anyway it isn’t necessary to dig up so many of them out of a limited supply of talent. : » # » ; HEN, too, when a man flies two stars from the radiator cap of his automobile, it may be taken for granted that he is a real professional who has
a dentist, banker, W: obstetrician, tempora Brigadier and never more to be known as Doc. or Mister, though he live to be 108, Thé peace-time militia has produced some grotesque figures with the title of General, men whose experience in camp or on riot duty never exceeded a couple of companies and a brass cannon suitable for Fourth of July observance. The title is cherished . also by county-seat politicians who have done a hitch in the state capitol as Attorney General. ty sss UT in pure, harmless foolishness no appointment to the rank of Brigadier General éver excelled that of the late Doc Sawyer, the: neighborly little pill-doctor-in-ordinary to Warren G. Harding, who put up his little bright star and wore his uniform ¢ around Washington but always returned the rattling salute of the marine sentries with a gay flip of his hand and a cheery “Hello there, how are you? I'm
fine.” In time of war nerals multiply’ rapidly and s are heaved up to the rank
n lawyer, publisher or
feeling that they are being
ments brought up from. the lower ranks mitglit be. The adoption of a smaller unit would obviate a
given serious study to| the science of killing and not
y bedight in the rank of
that they
The Hoosier F orum
ne wholly disagree with what you say, but will | defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.
SOUTH SIDE RESIDENT HAS SMOKE COMPLAINT By Bill Greene, Lawton Street Every few weeks I read an editorial regarding smoke, health and smoke inspectors. Do you really want to get rid of ithe smoke evil or are you just frying to make jobs for some more politicians? ; Now here is a case for our smoke inspectors and you newspaper agitators, Down here on the South Side we have a foundry. The poisonous fumes from the foundry pollute the air and kill out the grass; they ruin the paint on our houses and make it almost impossible to breathe when the foundry is running and the wind is from its direction. : The smokestack Just barely
i Seats S lite roof of the foundry and
you can the flames fie Shi 20 and 30 feet above the stack, carrying clouds of poisonous fumes and smoke. Several houses burned down on Naomi-st and the streets near the foundry because of sparks from the foundry which go for four or five squares. We folks on the South Side have tried every way to have the owners of the. foundry raise the stack higher; but it is of no avail. They seem to So have, a bigger ‘political pull than
We invite you to come’ down any night and see the foundry in action. You can see the flames lighting up the entire neighborhood and see glowing sparks carried “in the air for squares. Get a whiff of the poisonous air and see if your paper) will take up the fight and help us
{ down here on the South Side to get
21 decent and healthful place to live
What is the idea of inspecting smoke if nothing is done about it?
A By George R. Popp Jr. Salling commissioner and acting combustion engineer
We have made many changes in that factory set-up which have improved the situation during the last
moulds. There may be a few minor possible, Go I know
now.
URGES ROOSEVELT 70 PURSUE “AMERICAN WAY”
By Paul Masters, Anderson Since the re-electi
trying to Kid the soldiers. give
of Franklin |
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time alone will decide the fate “of our great nation. _ Never before in the history of our country has any President had so glorious: an opportunity. . Never has ‘any man been given sO sweeping a mandate by the people. Never before have the people shown such supreme confidence in any’ man jin or out of public office. Yet the very magnitude of the sweep may prove a stumbling block for the New Deal head. His path will be not'an easy one to follow and his decisions will not be easy to make. His obligation 'to the American people can not be taken lightly. The problems facing President Roosevelt are of a confusing nature. First, he was elected by a combination of relief workers, Negroes and laboring men, They flocked to his banner because they felt that he
relief workers and the Negroes want a continuation of the~spending of public funds to a them with
| work. ‘The financial structure of the
United States can not continue this spending over an indefinite ‘period of time. It must some day come to an end and the bill must be paid. How will Mr. Roosevelt. meet this problem? In fairness to the people who him he can not cease his reckless spending, yet in fairness
can not continue. Then there .is the problem as to what his attitude toward private industry 1 be in the next four years. Will he d. that business be
ted through another NRA or will he follow the American
| MY SONG BY GRACE. M. COOK
They do not seem so long : Since I have gathered them all up And:put them in a song.
It is a little song, T know, And often out: of tune, But when 1 sing it, all the years Are like a toy balloon.
And oh! I love a toy balloon! It is a blithesome thing, As it goes sailing heavenward, Trailing a broken string.
DAILY THOUGHT For in the time of trouble He
had bettered their conditions. The’
to.our young men and women he
"| The empty years, the wasted years, | obje
course of keeping a watchful eye on business but allowing it to chart its own course? Frankly, .the radical labor leaders favor the ci down on business and industry by some such plan as the dead NRA, and it was these radical labor leaders who swung ‘the labor vote to tne New Deal side. However, we all know that business and industry were seriously crippled by the Blue Eagle -and it stands to reason that
they would suffer similarly under
its revival. : Many lesser problems face the President in this term of office. If Mr. Roosevelt is to pay the debt of gratitude that he owes those voters who elected him to office he will do so at their own expense, for in the long run they are the ones who must pay the bills. If, however, he forgets them in his effort to rule
for the good of all the people and |
for the betterment of the American system he will be condemned by
them. as a traitor. So his problems | ;
are not easy and only the guiding hand of Providence will aid him in doing his best for his country. Mr. Roosevelt must decide, and America waits his decision. Se. SUGGESTS FRUGALITY IN FUTURE CAMPAIGNS By Bruce Catton John ‘D, M. Hamilten, head of the Republican National Committee, has the headache of trying to collect money to pay off the partys campaign deficit; and his labors in this thankless task may well lead the citizenry to ask whether the high campaign vexpenditures of recent i Jeane are really necessary. Both parties spent vast sums this year, and it looks very much as if | the election would have come out | just about as it did if they bad limited ‘themselves fo ‘a tenth of their actual spendings. The money they poured out must have heen largely wasted; the Democrats
tdidn’t need it, and the Repub-
licans weren't helped by it—not so you could notice. = . It might be a fine thing if the ct lesson ‘would lead to much more frugality in political cam- - in the future. 7 8 =
TIMES ARE DIFFERENT,
READER NOTES ‘| By H. V. Allison
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It Seems to Me
By Heywood Broun
7 of 9 Supreme Court Justices Are Good Lawyers and That's High’ Average, Mr. Broun Is Told.
EW YORK, Nov. 23.—A lawyer in Washington who has watched Supreme Court Justices come and go after the way of the terrapin informs me that it is a great: mistake to criticise the makeup of the pres-
ent High Bench. “I think,” he said, “that this is the most intelli« gent court which has been assembled in our time, There are only two poor lawyers out of the entire nine.” Maybe I sniffed at this point er seemed in some way to scoff, because the legal luminary picked me; up sharply. “That’s nothing to lavgh at,” he said. “Seven out of nine good f¢ lawyers is an excellent average. y, That’s ‘all anybody has a right to expect. The trouble is that part of the general public thinks that fhe » Supreme Court is the legal equivali ent for the All-America football team. Now, isn’t that silly? It’s tough enough to pick a pair of tackles on whom everybody can agree, ‘and there is even more chance of disagreement about the ability of jurists, “In picking the All-America team the expert can go to any section of the country he pleases. But rée- | member that it is traditional to keep a working bale ance between Republicans and Democrats on the High Bench. Imagine having to leave a good half beck off your team because he was known as a supporter of Landon and you already had three Repuplican backs.” “Well,” I remonstrated, “you would want a Titan . intelligence back of the line. How could a quartet like Jhat possibly remember the signals?” 1 ligence is just the thing I'm talking about,” replied the harassed narrator. “If one of the pres= ent justices retired from the Court you might say that the most sensible thing for the President to do would be to send to the Senate the name of the man generally regarded as the most brilliant jurist in the land—if, indeed, ‘there were such an individual. .
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UT assuming his existence, it wouldn't be as simple as all that, Custom compels a rough kind of recognition of geographical balance. It is true that the industrial section of the Atlantic coast has had rather more recognition than the South. President Hoover did go to North Carolina to select Parker, but that appointment was not co there
Mr. Broun
nfirmed. Still -would be a terrible holler if the entire Supreme Court were made up of men from New York City,” ® FJ 2
“rE poorer members of ‘the bench generally ook - there because of geographical availability. Take . Pierce Butler, for instance. You're sure you're not going to'use my name?” my friend inquired “This is just for background,” I promised. “Pierce Butler was appointed partly because it seemed about time to recognize the Northwest, or rather the middle Northwest, and, in addition, he ‘could be depended upon to slow up certain pending legislation. He may have been a good attorDe i "I ve bern 2 goo but he writes "dull decisions. Sutherland and and McReynolds are just as conservative, but they really do know
law.” J: ho ls the sibs crock on the Court?” Lashed.