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MONDAY, DEC, 13, 1037

JUDGE TREANOR’S APPOINTMENT PRESIDENT 'ROOSEVELT’S nomination of Walter E. Treanor to be judge of the Seventh U, S. Circuit Court of Appeals at (Chicago will meet widesprezd approval in Indiana. During his seven years on the Indiana Supreme Court, Judge Treanor has established a record of independence, integrity and fairness. He is known as a scholar and a progressive—a jurist who regards the law as a dynamie, living * thing rather than a mass of precédents. A sample of his legal thinking was the important decision he wrote holding that a majority of those voting on a proposed constitutional

amendment (rather than a majority of the total vote) was

sufficient for ‘approval. This ruling, which validated five

amendments, reversed a line of decisions which had held, in

effect, that voters too indifferent to vote on amendments often could defeat them. An indication of his judicial caliber was that Judge Treanor was one of those considered for the recent vacancy on the U. S. Supreme Court. It is a tribute to him that the nomination did not come as a reward for political services, for he has not been an active partisan. A native Hoosier, he/has the judicial temperament and experience that should | fit him for the new post. | Judge Treanor’ s departure from the State Supreme Court will place a heavy responsibility on Governor Townsend in naming a successor. The same wise discrimination

| that the President used in choosing Judge Treanor should

be exercised in replacing him with an able, progressive

1 (Wyer. |

ITALY he THE LEAGUE .

'TALY’S abandonment of the League of Nations makes little difference. For the League, as created by the Treaty of Versailles and implemented by the ‘covenant, is already dead. - .

_ When the battle against the League was raging’ in the

United States Senate and there was talk of reservations. and modifications, especially of Article 10, President Wilson

objected. Article 10, he said, contains “the heart of the

covenant.” | In part, that article reads as follows: “The members of the League undertake to.respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and political independence of all members of the League.” | | Which is strong language. it was made even stronger. jArticle 16 definitely declares

that an act of war against one member “shall ipso facto be |

deemed . . . an act-of war against all other- members.” Here, indeed, is the heart of the covenant. You can’t

» expect to maintain order in a community, held without | ! man who has been a benefactor: lest it tempt people 1

a police force. Articles 10 and 16 have been dead letters since first Japan, then Italy, violated their pledges not to resort to aggression, and. the other signatories violated theirs by doing nothing about it: Italy, therefore, is not alone in abandoning the original conception of the League. Nor were Germany and Japan.

Great Britain, France, Russia and- the others have aban- |

doned it, too. So has the United States. Italy’s move, therefore, is little more than gesture. The League of Nations, as conceived, is dead. But the

League, as an organization, still exists. Geneva remains

a meeting place for world statesmen—a place where wars

" may not be stopped nor aggressors punished, but where diplomats may gather to iron out differences which lother- |

wise might lead to war.

NO CHARLIE W’CARTHY

FROM 1933 until last year Congress talked and acted very - much like that most famous of manikin Americans, Charlie McCarthy. . When the ventriloquist in the White House spoke out of the corner of his mouth and manipulated the wagging jaw Charlie-on-the-Hill spoke his piece like the good little woodenhead he was. When the crisis passed and confidence returned Con. gress started functioning on its own power, Congress now has climbed off the parental knee and is thinking, talking and giving orders like a grown-up, flesh. and-blood, go-getting partner in Government, This is as it should be.

The revival of a strong Congress is a good sign. i

means the passing of panic psychology. And it means 3

‘robust and well-balanced democracy;

We may all well be glad that the need for a Charls General Hugh Johnson Says— : ~ Businessmen and Administration Mistrust Each Other’ s- Motives; Liquidation of Pride Would Help to Restore Mutual Confidence.

congress drew up and adopted al : was right but the draftsmanship |

McCarthy Congress is oVer. -]

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRLS ~~

A CCORDING to Dr. Allen Dafoe, the Dionne quintuplets 1. of Ontario now have an estate of $500,000 and. hel | |

need every cent of it.

Instead of going to public school and Having » a 2loriciis his rough-and-tumble time with the other kids they will have | to “buy their privacy.” Their school will be a private in- |

stitution, their classmates “selected” village children; their

Annette! To save them from living in a goldfish t must spend their youth in the hothouse.’ What Juss SHough to be bora singly Wil avy |

ty, 3 cents a copy; deliv- |

Yet in succeeding articles | ' good to be sealed. up. forever in | cans and shown only. in dingy old =

| gratitude would prefer not to’ discount, the same

. in his office. { thought being more a feeling that ‘the country some-

“Contacts” guarded as closely as their health to keep them | 22° from becoming self-conscious. In summertime extra guards wt ~ will be necessary to ward away the sightseers, Even now, at their upkeep costs some $1800 a month, | Th ‘What. a life for little Yvonne, Emilie, Marie; Cecil i nd

By Westbrook Pegler

Panic jerked - his body along to

an (must have felt confident that Mr. Disney would not ‘close the mountain and shut out the crippled: child.

resses, that he hired members .of the when he should have hired from the o I. 0. that | he votes Republican. | against Aim I hope nobody will bring them up, bke-

~ hilarious figure.

“to let him know in some simple way that a troubled

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Fair Enough

Let's Pay Tribute to Walt Disney, For His Contributions to Joy and Relaxation, Columnist Proposes.

? EW YORK, Dec. 18.—-Not knowing Walt | Disney, I feel free to propose that his “countrymen take some means of letting him know that in an era of trouble, worry and meanness he has given the human race more man-hours of pure, innocent joy and escape than anyone 2lse on earth. His films of “The Three Little Pigs,” “The Hare and the Tortoise” and “The Country Mouse” have enabled millions to forget the

world - briefly in a relaxation of kody and spirit. And the scene in “The Pied Piper” where the little crippled boy straggling behind in sudden

enter, in the nick of ftirhe, the ¢nchanted land of candy flowers and ice cream trees, where instantly he was made whole and the crutches vanished was too

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Mr. Pegler

theaters in revivals. . There ‘was panic in the audience, too, for just instant, although everyone

I'am almost afraid to propose this tribute to a

to inform me that Walt Disney is not too hot when you know him—that he leaves nickel ups for wait» P.of L,

If such complaints do lie , cause I feel sure that those who owe him a debt of

with counter claims, : ® # ” Sean. if you will, the roster of all the angry men, honest or hypocritical, the sincere fighters for justice and human rights, the complete incurable fakers who struggle for prominence and applause, and the well-meaning but confused and noisy jumblewits; add together all that they have accomplished and compere the total to Walt Disney’s score. Mr. Disney, I contend, has created more hours of complete. detached happiness than all the rest. The marvels of “The Three Little Pigs,”. who were loved everywhere in their time, were surpassed in

Disney’s later productions, and it seems impossible]

that the artist can improve on the art and magic of the scenes in which “The Country Mouse,” drinks his way out of 'a glass of champagne on a banquet table and smiles and glares at his transparent Tofiection in webbling mold of cherry jelly. PE HE fluency of the facial expressions, all drawn by hand and hitched together with a skill beyond imagining, seems to leave no challenge unmet. But he does go steadily on, and ncver has a note of anger marred his work, for even the “Big, Bad Wolf” was a

Mr. Disney has enough gold and bronze statues presented in honest but feeble acknowledgement of his trade leadership in the motion picture business. And a diploma would only take up more desk room !

Put to it, I am unable to make a suggestion, my how might contrive to touch the hand of Mr. Disney people is grateful for' the great single-handed contribution to its joy these last half-dozen years—some

fou of nye “take | good care of yourself; you belong us.”

TEW YORK, oITY, Dec. 13.—I have been in New York Soietvie specimens of Fo nig royalists” ; 3 American Thd ae flocked

rr a :. i Ae i 0 The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire. -

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CITES FIVE COUNTS AGAINST STATE ADMINISTRATION By G. L. is Earl Crawford, head of the State Highway Commission; is now found to be president of a private business corporation manufacturing safety

- signal lamps.

This makes the fifth telling

Sount against the administration, | “1. Reneging on the merit plan

promise, 2. Intrenching a patronage system that is a disgrace. Incidentally, did you see how bold the administration organ “Hoosier Sentinel” is getting? It speaks. editorially about “the inroads made by the merit plan into the patronage system” and indorses an upsiate editorial about “Watch. the Merit Boys.” The League of Women Voters ought to see that. 3. Ruth-

. less abuse of power in “purging”

-for petty political disloyflties. 4, The scandalous excise permits system linking politics and. liquor as it

“never was legitimately linked in the

palmiest preprohibition days. It is saddening to many of us for the Democratic Administration did perform splendidly and in many ways still does. There is no comparsion between this Administration and former Republican Administra-

tions. But these flaws are effects of

greater flaws in the organization machinery and its operators. And if allowed to’ continue without check, they'll -make future administrations by the same party reek:

. # MERIT PLAN SEEN AS

WAY Xe RAISE POLITICS By S. L.

Cut-rate civilization! What an apt phrase. True, we should not permit our officials to live in a taxless paradise merely because we have

elected: them to serve us, for which we often pay them much better wages than, they could gef privately. But what can we do about it? Ane other organization? = There’s an idea. When the Sengue composed “of representatives of all civic organizations in Indianapolis brings about adequate smoke abatement action, its unified strength “can get behind a definite movement to end this cut-rate system to government officials. Likewise it might be able to. do more about getting a merit or government career service plan estab-

‘lished permanently. So long as we

don’t prove our insistence on these matters by organizing en masse, politicians continue their merry way in grabbing patronage and passing ou political plums to the “faithful.” politics, the road to wealth te work for those satisfied to pull strings in a political machine.

Possibly the next generation can | be trained to have more perspective,

“to be more patient, less greedy for immediate personal reward, and to have a greater love for country, to for its ultimate good. Then we’ll have statesmen instead of pol-

The industri platform. Its h

‘such radicals.

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious con. troversies excluded. Make your letter short, so all can - have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be “withheld on request.) |

iticians, and government office will be a trust instead of a sinecure. This is not to say that all politicians are bad, but many are too shortsighted, and with .one hand undo the good the other hand has done. Gi MR. ; UNDUE POWER SEEN VESTED IN NLRB By Edward F. Maddox

If the National Labor Board can

interfere with the freedom 'of the press as it has with the freedom of employers -and workers, and regiment the press by its decisions, who gave that board such power? This racket of intimidating the opposition, is so vital a part of the New Deal program that it might well be called its soul. Gen. Johnson says that Henry Wallace wants to use the same gag on the farmers of this country. Justice Black used the same tactics in his committee to seize telegrams to Congress. The La Follette committee is on the same order. They all got the idea irom the dictators. Even the tax investigations smacked of political persectition of New Deal critics. Still the New Dealers cry for more power and authority to delegate to The time has come for Congress to call a halt on the encroachment . of Constitutional rights by boards and commissions appointed by the President, But what would happen if such a case

‘was carried to a packed Supreme

Court. You guess. I think I know the answer. The labor board seems te be packed.

MISCONSTRUCTION By ANNA E. YOUNG

We say or do some certain thing That’s oftime misconstrued, And when we hear a sad effect We feel some one’s: been rude.

We sd may guard on speech, 'tis

But should also guard our ears. For sometimes ‘tis the things we

hear That causes someone tears!

DAILY THOUGHT"

Therefore thou shall love the Lord thy God, and keep charge, a His statutes, and His judgments, and His commandments, always. —Deuteronomy 11:1.

HE first law that ever God gave to man, was a law of obedience ~=Montaigne,

SEES SAFETY LESSON

IN TRAIN-AUTO CRASH By C. E. R.

Often the remark after an accident is, it was unavoidable. Let us stop and think for a moment. Nine-ty-eight accidents out of 100 are avoidable. The only unavoidable accidents are those due to equipment failure. But carelessness of man is unpardonable. Unfortunately the writer was a member of the engine crew ‘on a ‘train the other day which hit an auto ata crossing here in the city, killing two men. "The warning lights were flashing at this crossing and could be seen for three city blocks. The warning

| bell was ringing, also the locomotive

bell. But none of these safety devices could stop the driver of that car. The man at. the throttle was helpless; he could not dodge the auto. The locomotive looks large to the average driver, but the auto looks still larger to the man at the throttle, because a $10 auto can cause a $100,000 wreck. not to =ention’ lives that may be lost. Fqp the last few months our effi-

cient Chief of Police Morrissey and |

his 'staff have been making every effort to promote safe driving in our city. And they are making progress,

but very slowly, because, it seems,

some of the motoring public would

rather go on killing each other ‘han |

drive safely. ” " 8 »

STATE ADMINISTRATION'S WORKS TERMED BAD | By Mabel German On hearing Mr. Archie Bobbitt protest the shameful liquor control

system of Indiana, the Governor |

says, “Let Mr. Bobbitt do the talking, we will do the work.” "Dirty work? We are known by our works whether good or bad. The legislation put over by the Governor and hi: henchman. in defiance, of the Corrupt Practices Act, making it legal to take 2 per cent out of State employees’ pay checks for campaign funds, is another example of the “work” of this Administration. These two examples of their “work” are a disgrace and sharne to all ded people of the Hoosier State. ~

8 ® » WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM CHINA ADVOCATED By William Lemon

- The withdrawal of - troops from Chins as advocated by Senators Nye and Clark is the only safeguard to neutrality. Capital is invested there on ite own initiative and Americans have had plenty of time to lecve. 1 ret Americans in Vera Cruz, Mexico; in 1914, whose only mission there was making money on the natives. The old idea that wrapping the American flag around you will protect vou is out of date. The last war was too costly; it's cheaper to carry a rakbit’s foot.

Merry-Go-Round

By Pearson & Allen

FHA Interest Charges Up Despite F. D. R.'s Planned 5 Per Cent Rate; Sol Bloom Has His Art Troubles.

| TASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—In 1934 when Jimmy Moffett, first Federal Housing . Administrator, went to the White House with Stewart McDonald, preset adminis trator, to chart the course of the housing program, the President laid down the rule he wanted mortgages iese0 at the flat interest rate of 5_per cent, But the rate amounts now in| the long run to about 7 per cent. This was done by adding one-half of 1 per cent as a service charge by the banks, then another one-half of 1 per cent as an insurance charge by the FHA. { These charges do not decrease as the loan is paid off. Thus if a home-owner| has borrowed $5000 and at the end of 20 years has paid off all but $500, he still pays service charges and insurance not on the $500, but on the $5000. "After Mr. McDonald succeeded Mr. Moffett, he informed the President that FHA was doing so well that it would contribute five million dollars toward its administrative budget previously voted by Congress. But this sum was (0 be taken out of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, which Mr. Moffett previously said was to accrue to the benefit of the homeowner. Housing officials claim that premium receipts have been coming in so bountifully that they can still dip into ,the mutual mortgage fund for administrative expenses and at the game time t Mr. Moffett’s promise of an 20 years. 8 ” Dixie Bibb Graves yg taking her Senatorial duties so seriously no one would suspect that in January she will go back to Montgomery, Ala., to keep house for her husband, the Governor, who appointed her to the Senate. She will have served less than six weeks of active session, and will draw approximately $3300 pay. Mrs. Graves spends more time on the Senate floor than any other member except the two floor leaders. Absorbed in Senate debate, she forgets the lunch hour until after Sister Hattie Caraway, only other woman in the Senate, has lunched. Then Dixie goes down to the Senate restaurant and id with the men.

O see Sol Bloom * show off the rare exhibit of portraits of the Founding Fathers on display in Washington's Corcoran Art Gallery, one might think he was their. grandfather. The owners of the pictures, Sol explains, were very

Robert Allen i, paying off in 17 Tiber

generous. In assembling the collection, he encoune

tered trouble only with Government officials. “West Point,” Sol complained, “has a fine portrait - of Jefferson, but they wouldn't let us have it. I appealed fo the Secretary of War, but it did no good.” The man who gave Sol the greatest pain, however, was Mayor Wilson of Philadelphia, who refused to lend some of the portraits from Independence Hall, “Other Philadelphians,” said Sol, “who are dee scendants of the signers, let us have their pictures, But not Wilson. What was it to him? He hasn't any ancestors.” Note—The pictures are insured for three million dollars.

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That All-America Idea Started Bad Habit for Popular Lists, If Seemsy ‘Let's Emulate Columbus and Strike Out Alone Across Uncharted Seas,

rw YORK, Dec. 13. I assume it is quite uselest for me to express ihe timid hope that the

-|- collective - bargaining “free -from coercion,” labor

was. terrible. In all these contests phrases take on a symbolic meaning beyond what the mere words say. For example, when an industrialist says he is

terprets that as meaning “without any right to organize or strike.” Frequently that isn’t what ‘the : speaker means, 4 : 9% a “a. » “HE new ind that kind of stuff that 2. par is sure to interpret it as antilabor and the ‘Administration as anti-New Deal. Yet I see evidence of a change in thinking.

| Some of ‘the worst hard shells have: softened up|.

ita dik ae Flot

‘players and a fellow “the puppies he did not know that in a little while the

ast #All-America football team for 1937 has been

chosen. Probably it will be necessary to. wait until

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the Rote, Sugar and Citrus games are played so that somebody can compile an All-Bowl saggrega-

tion.

I have nothing against football, but I thik Walter Canip’s first plorcering into the “All” fleld was a kind of flying’ wedge which has cut deeply and

injuriously into American psychology.

When Camp in his modest way chose ten Yale from Princeton as the pick of

‘entire nation would become list-conscious and that psule criticism * would invade every. field of art

And so, from marketing in the morning until going to bed at night, the average American lives by benefit of one list or another. He counts the. calories and rotates his toothbrush in the manner prescribed in the drill manual. He sleeps on his right side, uses a pillow of standard size and sets the alarm clock for 7:30 so that he may catch the 8:15. Going in on the train he nods his head in approval as he reads the editorial which says that Americans never have and: never will be regimented. I wanted to make out a check and asked the date. A bystander informed me, “It’s the last day of ey Week and the eve of Be Kind fo Dumb Animale.

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should be one day set aside as a Datienat) h

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