Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1936 — Page 10

Junking of unskilled workers at early middle age.

‘conducted by WPA reveal that approximately 50 per cent

“UNDERMANNED TRAFFIC FORCE

for each 10,000 persons. ¢ Philadelphia 4.7, Boston 6.7, San Francisco, 1.8, Cleveland

; tempiation; just, business and more business. And for what?

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| holding the Hoosier literary tradition. Read this testimony 3 by. L. L. Dickerson, librarian at Public Library:

L ¥ lattering to Indianapolis readers.

. Council, says the police traffic division in every large city in

yond question,

{tion because it cut from the police budget a propos) for * additional men.

| year, but efforts should be made now to increase the effec- | tiveness of police. traffic protection. - The wholesale roundup. of offenders during the past week shows what can ‘be dine,

Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1936

“100 OLD AT FORTY” | : RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has urged employers to give more jobs to idle workers past 40, and leaders of the United States Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers agree. Here appears realization of ‘one of the tragic trends of our machine civilization—the

: Walter Pitkin to the contrary, life ends at 40—economic life, that is—for millions of men. Statistical studies

of Federal relief job holders are 40 or more.

That this scrapping of men in their prime is not ust a depression phenomenon is shown by the: Jose census of - occupations.

Industry must bear, the blame, if any, for this situation, and if it is not corrected industry must bear the penalty in taxes for made work for these employables, Men can not be scrapped like machines.

* | ‘HE police traffic division can not be judged good or bad, adequate or inadequate, merely on the basis of the number of traffic officers. Other factors enter in—the density and shakeup of our population, the amount of traffic, the city’s Indusirial comsmercial and residential layout. The amount and types of mechanical equipment such as stop-andsgo lights, safety islands and automatic signals, are important. But the appalling Indianapolis traffic toll alone is enough to convince people that police control of traffic is inadequate. In a Feature Page article in today’s Times, Joe Collier reports that the average traffic force in the 17 cities of from 250,000 to 500,000 population is 103 men. Indianapolis, however, has but 80. We have ‘two: traffic officers Milwaukee has 3, New York 3.6,

8.8, Chicago 5. Earl J. Reeder, traffic engineer of the National Safely

the country is undermanned: - Most police and safety officials share this view, That it applies to Indianapolis is be-

The City Council is partly responsible for this situa-

The budget question will not be up again for nearly a

i even with a. Simifed fogee. THE VAN SWERINGENS

UYING, selling, building, promoting, kicking up the dust of industry and finance; running a shoestring up to a three-billion-dolla ir-empire, and then down again; years of ustling with" no. ‘hobbies except hustling; no time for con-

jSudden death before 60. . That is thé thumbnail biography of the Van: Sweringen rothers, who both within a year have gone on that journey rom which no traveler returns, leaving behind for others | (worry about the tangled skein of affairs which now symlizes their ambition to be big and powerful and rich. Perhaps it 4s because they seem to. typify. in such a

triking, way . the life history of so many, in a civilization | wn much too speedy and complex, that we were reminded, when we read of the death of the second brother,

of this verse by Matthew Arnold:

“See all sights from: pole to pole, And glante, and nod, and bustle by; And never once possess our soul Before- we die.” :

ERARY INDIANA HE community in general, by its readitig habits, as well as Indiana authors by their writings, seems to be up-

“The popularity record: of the newer : ‘books is most Without ‘exception the books: most : in ‘demand are ithose which discriminating aders would select as among the best representatives of publications which have ® appeared in recent: years.”

INDIANAPOLIS fhas will have & chance 10 set"a post. season football game tomorrow when the Jugoslav and

'o Harrison tesms play at Butler Bowl, with the proceeds | hy

zr to the Indianapolis Police’ Pension Fund.

* Besides being a worthy cause, the game promiisesto be

e and interesting. ‘The Jugoslav team nosed out Fort 1 rrison, 6 to 0, ina ast game this seafon, aud won the Cap City League pennant. With many former ar he Bd a8 two of the shungest independent; slqvens in the

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By Westbrook Pegler

‘stitutions and nobody is the worse for a good

tune which he acquired in com-

highly their minds, to fit this

“Member of the community if we would only let it be

Fair Enough

Commercialism Is the Logical Development of College Football and Players Ought to Be Paid.

EW YORK, Nov. 25.—Mr. Frank Van- ~~ derlip of the Carnegie Foundation seems unduly alarmed about the commercialism of intercollegiate football, because, after all, commerce is one of our favorite in-

season’s business. In fact, Mr. Vanderlip himself is noted chiefly for his success as a banker, rather than for. his philanthropies, which are noteworthy, to ‘be sure, but based in the for-

merce since his days as a reporter ‘'on the Chicago Tribune. . The trouble with Mr. Vanderlip and men of similar mind about football, including - many consCientious educators, is that they

hly commercial, somewhat pros... 18; Siegartient ‘of the show ¢ p+ the. eT : Es Th 1t* acoupio vhen ‘they elo vers young. «Football then was more or less informal and ‘the. gate “receipts were negligible,” although 4t must be admitted that. the game was a precocious infant because, even in ‘the aL nineties, the. carpetbag coaches carried ‘their pet! players around with them from school: to: school et often hired one or more Ole Skjarsens off the joe wagon or out of the college boiler room to assist the ‘study-boys on the field. Shuffling: through the. files of an old magazine in the library a few seasons ago, I discovered the late Caspar Whitney, the first famous American football writer, in a furious temper of righteousness against the University of Georgia for hiring as 1o0kball players former Eastern varsity men who had served in the volunteers against Spain and had been dis< charged from the Army in Georgia. As long ago as that the sport page was pointing the finger of scorn at professionalism “and ringerismi in football, and: Mr, Whitney, the originator of the all-America. ‘selection, apparently felt that he was defending something pure and fine In American lite. i EE ata Hi O chicanery, if I may use a word so for y above my \ humble station, seems to have been bred in the bone of the game, and the record of recurrent and uniformly futile attempts to make it be nice satisfies. me that it will always be what it is. But, at that, Idon’t think it is very bad. Mischievous would be my:

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word for it, and we make it mischievous by insisting |.

that it pretend to be amateur while we demand a professional production. - ; The commercialism, however, is the development of the game. As Mr. Vanderlip grew up he became commercial, and so did football, and the game is now' important commerce not only at the turnstile but in other phases.

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ATS Jooiball like Mr. Vanderlip himself, has taken | £ A 3p Fhilanihiopies Of 1s own in Proportion 1s fis :

commercial success and would be a highly respectable

My. suggestion would be—and I have besved as many sighs as Mr. Vanderlip—that the players be awarded a fair share of if there the business under ‘fools

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SCHAEFER LAUDED BY MUSIC LOVER By G. M. Sewal This is written by music lover who “attends almost every concert given in Indianapolis. I am writing this to express the opinion of many people in Indianapolis regarding the Symphony Orchestra and Ferdinand Schaefer, | The last concert of the orchestra indeed was lovely and much credit should go to the members of the orchestra and Mr. Sevitzky, but one should not forget the fact that the orchestra was organized by Ferdinand Schaefer. =: Had it not been for the foundation built by Mr. Schaefer, no con-

+i ductor could have stepped in and

given such a brilliant performance as was given Nov. 19, The writer nductor had about. six jehearsals with the or-

hard work and persevet ce of Ferdinand Schaefer. © | I sincerely hope that Indianapolis will in some way ove to Mr. Schaefer How much they appreciate | what he has done. for the orchestra | and the city? © ! ‘non BELIEVES DEMOCRACY EXISTS IN NAME ONLY" By ‘Lowell Rees, Rushville | ‘Hiram H. Hardtack of" Shirley. Ind, is a man who

entitled, “Believes Has Failed,” revealed | Bes power to gomprghend very consense after litical cam-

Democracy ‘ he has

spicuous for its commot our mud-slinging

Mr. Hardtack writes, “Democracy

may yet save itself if it can realize

the purpose for Ww. founded. The burning question is: Can it do so and still be a

Democracy -can not. save itself,

| from public employment to private.

n-think. His} letter to The Hoosier rum Nov. 5; |

Mr,

; ou organization. Democracy 8 gga nestor have to take the count for a while, ‘anyway,

(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.)

broke the “social contract” (a term of Rousseau’s), was when freedom and equality of opportunity perished. Protective tariff, which is an indirect . subsidy and “made work” set-up and an old friend of the Dutch merchants, is a policy of governments ‘which profess to be dem cies, Nationalism is the order of the day. Nationalism and democracy can not live in the same medium. Planned economies are more powerful than democracies; close-fit o”ganization always wins, for a time,

say about 500 years. ” s ” RAISE WPA PAY TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT, READER SAYS

By Reader ‘Since Mr. Coy wants to get- rid of WPA workers through re-em-ployment in private industry, it should be a simple matter to change

What improvement there is in private employment can be traced

'N EIGHBORS

‘BY NELLIE G. OWENS

Day after day, for months and years, I have seen them come and go. Some with youthful, springing tread, Some with. measured Step, and . slow. :

Raven locks have grayer grown, With the passing of years. And some have paid a 2 lwavy toll, In life's tragedies and tears.

Children, romping by to school, In days of yester year, in | Today have grown to man’s estate, -Tve grown older, too, I fedr.

So friendly is their passing’ smile, And sincere their sympathy, A dreary place this world would be, * 1 no neighbors lived near me.

DAILY THOUGHT

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e Hoosier Forum wholly disagree with what you say, but will efend to the death your right to ay er V eae.

entirely to the spending power of those on WPA relief work. If those $15-a-week salaries improved private employment, then it should be easy to figure out: how much should te added to the pay of those still on

| WPA to create the spending power

necessary to buy the products of private industry until all of those on relief have been absorbed. Of course, as the number on relief diminishes, - those remaining should get constant pay increases to balance the purchasing power of private industry. Every industry benefiting from relief has really been on relief, too.

#08’ READING LETTER MAKES WRITER ‘BOIL’ By Mrs. M. M., R. R. No. 2 ¥ It just makes me boil to read such a letter as the one by Mrs. Mabel German. She surely forgets the soup kitchen of Hoover and the distress of the years before. Thank goodness the American people used their heads instead of their tongues. As for NRA, I: hope . President Roosevelt goes one better these four years;. as for the Constitution, it Jans in any. danger under _Rooseve

; CR ® TRIBUTE 1S PAID SPIRIT OF PILGRIMS By R. H. Stone, Rural Route 16 , Andrew Jackson destroyed the Bank of the United States. The breaking up of that money monopoly resulted in greater freedomr for developing the land beyond the Alleghenies. Regardless of the moans and ~roans of the moneyed interests in the - East, its passing finally trought even greater refurns to them than they had enjoyed under

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‘| the money monopoly of the bank.

The same idea of a money mon oly has come into being during |! last four years. It appears in the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and the Social Security Administration. What we need is another Old Hickory, and I believe he will appear.

When my father’s ancestor, Greg-

ory Stone, landed on the bleak ~~ |coasts of Massachusetts in 1635 he

had no security of person assured him, Behind were the waves and

Son gave Bim Do answer Was his treasure, .

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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun

Considers It Curious There Should Be Any Question in U, S. as to Our Sympathy With Spanish Loyalists.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—It seems curious to me that here in America there should be. any question as to our sympathy with the loyalists of Spain. They are making as gallant a stand as modern history affords.

Time is on the side of the defenders of Madrid. Each day they manage to cling to their precarious position makes good the faith that liberty

Is truly more powerful than the might of tyrants. No matter what the outcome of the. siege may be, fascism has had its answer from free men. Let it be remembered that according to the original plan Franco was to sweep the country in a day or so or, at the most, a week. He had the army, the organization and the equipment. Among his assets were skilled Moorish mercenaries. Contiguous dictators had passed along the wind. He is behind his schedule. The imperfections of dictatorship are shown in’ glaring fashion to the world. The dead workers of Spain = and ‘those who still fight on be-

‘negth the shadow have made no vain sacrifice. Out

of their agony and courage comes that distillation which is the hope of the world for final peace and

‘the end of armament.

And it seems to me that the Spanish toilers have spoken to many smug folk in this country. I am thinking of those who blandly speak up to say that all is joy and love in Germany ~The war in Spain gives present proof of the molten

horrors. which lie beneatdy the crust of Italy and

Germany. Fascism is war. It feeds upon slaughter and draws its inspira from the madness of care nage. Only in short snatches can fascism show a

‘ smiling face.

” ET it not be Tor tion that the way of Franco 4 and the way of Hitler and the way of Mussolini is the road of madness. Franco has said that it

ds his purpose to save Spain and its ancient glory.

To this end he pours upon Madrid a rain of fire,

‘His promise of salvation includes the threat fo blow

Barcelona out of the water. Even in victory Franco could promise nothing more than the harsh rule of military men operating through the agency of paid and alien soldiers. He would sow salt in all the fields of his native land and dress the wounds of Spain with blood and brine, The fight goes on. It must continue.

spectacle of ragged men fights.

ing off the power and the might of foreign armies.

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En manele Ta ih WE Tor JERE in.America, along belligerent but less bloody

lines, the workers are under attack by dictatorial convention: of labor bureaucrats at

to Dacare Any Mors of hs Logidhton

ASHINGTON. D. ©. Nov. Ee Damn 1 gested a statute, power pg, ; regulate the Sppeliste Jurisdiction of Se Supreme providing that an act of C : coud be 3 uioketifutinal Ghiy OR 8

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