Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1938 — Page 18
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FRIDAY, FEB, 25, 1938
¢ ‘Ww AR BETWEEN THE STATES’ .JNDIANA has pitched itself into an interstate beer war -* which may have repercussions far beyond the question of whether this state and Michigan shall ban the sale of ‘each other’s brew. The dispute, growing out of our discriminatory beer import system, goes counter to the whole movement for interstate co-operation. That movement has grown remarkably in recent years, with states acting in concert on common problems through ‘interstate compacts and>reciprocity agreements. Indiana
has taken a leading role in handling parole, flood control and
‘some other questions in this manner. Governor Townsend ‘boasted of this just the other day, when he told of former Governor McNutt’s activity in bringing states together for ‘settlement of their joint problems. James Truslow Adams, noted historian, believes this “co-operative movement may hold the key to the future of American democracy. In the current issue of State Gov_ernment he writes: “I believe that the choice now before us, if it yet re‘mains, between Federal centralization and voluntary state co-operation is to determine our eventual fate.
“The former will lead almost certainly to the totalitarian state, which cannot be run. except by a dictatorship in ‘some form, whereas the latter is the only way of preserving democratic institutions and the freedom of the spirit. “No work being done today in America is of more vital importance than that being done for state co-operation. ‘e « « The public is told to choose between a country run from Washington and a return to the horse and buggy days. This is untrue and unfair, and everything possible should be done ‘to bring home to the people the fact that there is a third choice which alone can preserve liberty and progress—that of the increasing use of state co-operation.” : a = = 2 8 = NDIANA now is reaping the results of putting this principle of co-operation into reverse for political gain. The ‘monopolistic port of entry system legalizes the payment of partisan tribute on all beer brought into Indiana. The tax Atself is no higher on out-of-state beer, but the political favorites with port of entry permits get an | additional legal rakeoff on imported beer. = : Retaliating, Michigan outlawed the sale of Hoosier beer in that state. Some say-that Michigan brewers, who sell only 3000 barrels yearly in Indiana, sponsored this move to ‘sew up their hme market and keep out the 150,000 barrels “of Hoosier beer that have been going into the northern state ‘every year. Maybe Michigan had some such motive, but the fact remains that the Indiana law which some believed “would protect the Hoosier industry against outside competition is operating to dry up our outside markets. Ohio followed Michigan with an additional high license ‘fee for Indiana beer distributors. Missouri has threatened an embargo. Indiana countered with a ban on all Michigan aleonllc beverages, and ‘there is talk of breaking the new truck li“cense reciprocity pact with that state. 2 = » 8 s # HIS whole trend toward revival of interstate trade here riers should be checked at once. A prompt solution will not be easy because Indiana’s political beer plunder system - is written info the law. Yet pending repeal of our indefen“sible port of entry system it should be possible to work out - some co-operative agreement, Such trade barriers even among the 13 American colo‘nies stifled development. We are not living in: the Colonial period.
- THE CAT AND THE CANARY
EETIN G in the hall of the old Chamber. of Depitiss. of. the monarchy at Vienna, the Austrian Federal Diet
yesterday listened to Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg’s ac- . count of his conversations with Adolf Hitler a dozen eventful days ago-at Berchtesgaden. ~ . ' “We consider it our first duty,” he said, “to preserve the freedom and independence of our Austrian Fatherland.” : _ So, he said, while Austria is and will continue to be a “Ger- ~ man state,” she will remain free. “For this,” he added, “we will fight to the death.”
Thus did Austria, with her little more than six million : people, gravely face her 66,000,000 Nazi neighbors next * door. - It was like a lovely canary defying the family cat. “The ‘agreement at Berchtesgaden, the Austrian Chanaallor: revealed, was that the two German states would cooperate in the interests of the race, but that the German . Government recognizes the full sovereignty of Austria. _ Neither state will interfere in the internal affairs of the
other. r y We trust the Austrian canary’s faith is not mis-
“placed. For in bargains such as this a lot depends on
the; cat,
TRA-LA-LAN : POLICEMAN
as ‘Donahue, who wears a a uniform
of blue, in Waterbury, Conn., is noted for his. etticut.
“When motorists park overtime he leaves for hen this little 2 rhyme: } of Zn “Dont park so Jong'$ in a restricted station. Traffic i is > hindered by such stagnation. Police request your co-opera-z BE at Keep the cars in circula-
St all’ ‘question, should. serve to remedy: contraffic should move in a hurry. i 7. And so our hat ig off to you, Police
i Business Manager Price in ‘Marion Coun-
Southern Senator.’ Balk Passage of
sp aiyeh baw .
FN Y. Siste. Refukes to Bon
Child Labor
Fair Enough
By Westbrook Pegler Many Towns and Rural Districts
In the Midwestern Crime Belt Are |
As Tough as the Worst Big Cities.
ANSAS CITY, Feb. 25.—From time to time Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, our modern young King Brady, who can solve a crime by smearing magic chemicals on an echo, has indicated his distrust of city and county po-
lice officials in certain parts of the country. Mr. Hoover has his little faults, including an operatic temperament which prompts him to take applause intended for others, but his suspicions cannot be scoffed away as being due to professional jealousy. Mr. Hoover knows something about the character of many local police organizations. He knows, for example, that in Kansas City most cops are the proteges of politicians and that some of the politicians in the 1o-.- = cal are underworld leaders. : The ruling machine openly plays ball with the underworld, Ca Pk and it is obvious, therefore, that a if Mr. Hoover should open his Mr. Pegler heart to the local police there would be a dangerous chance that the criminals under investigation would be tipped off. That risk is inherent in a system which permits gambling-house magnates to place envoys in the police organization. The policeman’s political sponsor may be a racketeer who derives his influence from his ability to turn out the vote for the machine in his zone of operations. He may be a lawyer in the criminal line and attorney for the man under suspicion. The possibilities are many where the underworld is publicly recognized as a legitimate political Hristo and granted certain rights as such. f J 2 8 > Mr. Hoover were investigating the activities of a criminal adherent of the Pendergast machine with a good record of service to the organization. If he were to appeal to the Kansas City Police for co-operation he might discover that he had placed his trust in men who were, in effect, lookouts for the crook. Evidence might be destroyed or concealed and witnesses adjusted or sent away. * The great series of kidnapings and other wild crimes in St. Paul, regarding which Homer Cummings remarked that there was something rotten in St. Paul, could not have happened if the local police had been trustworthy. Naturally, therefore, in many places the
Justice Department men have a feeling that they must .
outwit not only the criminals but the police as well. » # 2 H SPRINGS, Ark, is another stamping ground of criminals, and there are sheriffs in some Mis-
protectors of crooks. It may be an. old story to the residents of those
regions, but the country at large does not uiderstand
that there are towns and rural districts in the Midwestern crime belt as tough as any of our big cities at their worst.
Comparatively few communities make ary pretense
of selecting their policemen for their professional
qualifications or of schooling them in their duties. A badge and gun often are all that are needed to transform a town loafer, who may have been a bootlegger or may own nurs in u string of Sit asiunes, into a cop or deputy.
| sourl counties whom even the police of Kansas City | look down upon as unreliable and the partners and
The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.
THINKS LINCOLN WAS ‘GOOD, WASHINGTON ‘GREAT’ By W. L. Ballard, Syracuse, Ind. Should we think of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as .great or as good or both? Granting such a test is possible for all men, how do we recognize traits of pure greatness from those of pure goodness? Fame and success is no cri-
terion, for credit might rest solely with the group. . . . It has been established, statistically, all over the world, that superior people have their children,
:fusually, later in life, after their
work is done. The average “age of the father” in this country, for all white people the past generation, was 32. Taking 32, then, as absolute average, departure from that average upward is toward great-
--{ ness; departure downward is- toward: | “{goodness; usually, I believe. ]
How stand Washington and Lin coln on this test? Lincoln was produced, on the paternal side, by five or more generations in which each father was just 32; his mother’s an cestry probably unknown except he father was 45 at her birth—this latter a forceful influence on Lincoln in the direction of aggressive “gverage- -goodness” as most men see goodness. No wonder Honest Abe was human in his sympathies and frailties; and no wonder, either, he had difficulty in picking leaders to beat Jeff Davis, father 52, and
Robert E. Lee, father 51! I am satis-|"-
filed to think of Lincoln as “goodness” personified, ingrained and intensified; his “greatness” appearing only in work done, in travail of soul, for posterity’s benefit. Washington’s father was 38, his mother’s father 58—a “good” inheritance tending to “greatness.” To him add Benjamin Franklin (49), John Adams (43), Thomas Jefferson (36) and many others. Truly our Revolutionary Era was great be-] cause it was hatched by a group of great characters.
. 8 8 = JOHNSON’S VIEWS ON PENSIONS PROTESTED By Mrs. Sarah O’Melia, Ogden After reading Gen. Johnson's column in The Indianapolis Times saying the -Government is not obliged to pay pensions to the widows of men who were injured in the war, I speak up in Ssiense of ny
sisters in adversity. ‘Gen. Johnson, you state you “do not believe in individual or class
legislation. To show you how un-
reasonable your argument is, every |
school child in America over the age | of 12 years knows that for years certain classes have received special
| favors. Recently the farmers have | . > Been put into a special class. . vs" discrimini inst
ate
aga ‘the | World War widows? The ov; In-
dian ‘and Spanish-Am ; var
‘widows have some lini any] - You. say:
“It would ‘be nice to take care of these widows and all]: widows, but since there is mo obli- | gation, it is a politioal racket. and |
(Times readers are invited to express their views in ‘these columns; religious con--froversies excluded. ‘Make your letter short, so all can ‘have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be ; withheld on request.)
the public official who doesn’t condemn it isn’t doing his job.” I condemn war as a political racket and there is no obligation on the part of the peaceful citizen to glorify bloodshed that a few self-appointed individuals shall command fame and high position. ” You worry about future generations. being = saddled. with expense. You seein to worry more about: gold | than human lives. I have been told the race for armament keeps the masses of people poor. If you are so Jornal about our country becomuly addled, yy aise {oon von against’ tha no I disagree with you a athe soldier was physically and mentally improved in “selective service.” In Indianapolis 500 health-broken soldiers are waiting for treatment because of lack of adequate accom-
for. Sonjpensation if ey give us ‘back what was phages
Ld a #8 PROTESTS TREATMENT BY CITY POLICE By Orville H Wilmington, Evansville I have often heard members of the Indianapolis police force referred to as the most impolite group of public: officials in: the central
states, but it was-only. ‘Fecently that “I ever encountered any actual proof. + My wife and I were invited to at-
_.| tend. what is called a.showman’s. | preview of a motion picture in a
downtown Indianapolis theater.
over a little after 2 a. m.: We had left the theater and were going down the street toward our car when we were suddenly accosted
TOMORROW ‘By WILLIAM H. CHITWOOD
‘Tomorrow keeps a day, ahead - Totlay: is net: tom: So, why not choose today, Tomorrow keeps a day ahead. And puts us further “in the red” Until we learn, with sorrow, | Tomorrow keeps :a day ahead; Xe Today is not tomorrow.
DAILY THOUGHT
‘What thing soever I command .you, ‘observe to do it: thou shalt ‘not; add thereto, nor diminish: from; it ~Deuteronomy 12:32.
HE first law that ever God gave
modation. . . . We would not ask|.
The picture started at 12 ‘and was |
Instead? | ‘The above
election he m
from the curb by one of your police cars. ig In it were four men. Two got out of the car and began searching me while the two men in the car held ‘blinding flashlights in our faces. They : went through my pockets and opened a sealed letter pertaining to; the show business which they found in my pocket. One of the men snatched my wife’s purse from her and caused it to fall upon the sidewalk... After I had seemed to answer all their questions they asked what we were. doing out that time of
night and were told that we had |
been attending a special showing. They then wanted to know where my car was and followed us to it and proceeded : ito search it too, even going so far as to*look ‘under the Seats: 3X Was angry, but I had presence of mind enough to‘take the number of the car. I went to police headquarters to make a complaint and Chief Morrissey refused to see me.
|All complaints: should be made in
writing and mailed into the office, I was informed. So far ‘I have not had a reply from the Chief and am this means of letting the
taking ; people of Indianapolis’ know how
two visitors to the city were treated. fei had been: any ‘reason for our stopped or if:we had been vAunruly; there might have
. |'beenSagme excuse, but as we were|
minding our own business there was not the slightest reason for our being rated Inisuch a manner, Fa
EDITOR'S NOTE— Chet Morrissey said he had not been informed of the incident referred to in Mr. Wilmington’s letter and, as far as he knew, no report ‘had been made to the Police Department. He explained, however, that in an effort to curb night.crime he had given night radio pafrolmen orders to stop and search any questionable persons they found on the streets. He added ‘that policemen are under orders to show eourtesy. -
o 2 2 ‘WATSON DEFEATED FIVE TIMES, READER SAYS By B. F. Phemister
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__ “At last! Now ‘we have a candi- ' . |date! The Dethocratic Party spent
40 years in defeating Jim Watson
once only—but; they can’t do i this
dressed to me by a leading businessman. Here is Jim's record with five
3 defeats administered’ by his public:
am ; Presidential slector, Gefeat"1896, defeated by Henry U. a of Jortaed in the nominating convention; 1908, defeated for Governor; 1916, defeated in the senatorial prinjary by Harry Stewart New; 1932, for Senate rehis fifth. defeat by 8,303 votes; of Indiana’s 92 coun Mr. Watson carried five. i
a margin 2
oop man, was 5 law of obed-
Bunkr Yeats to defeat him!”
declagations. were ad- :
Gen. Johnson Says—
What Hitler and Mussolini Do Is None of Our Business as Long as
They Confine Themselves to Europe.
OBCAW, S. C., Feb. 25.—“It’s none" of our business.” Every time we think of the incredible developments in Europe and Asia, we should say that at the beginning, between every thought, and at the end. So— It’s none of our business but the reason Capt. Eden is right and Mr. Chamberlain is wrong is that any kind of agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, with Hitler or Mussolini isn’t worth ‘the breath or paper or ink with which it is uttered. It’s none of our business, but how ‘can that ~ simple statement be doubted? They have repudiated every solemn international engagement they have made since the war. How can anybody rely on the
promises of a repudiator? Japan says she would consider
a: nonaggression treaty with us. "i
“That is our business, but how can ye rely on any promise that _—— might make? She also has Hugh Johnson ug agreement she has made expedient and not one moment longer. It. might be ask How can Japan rely on our promises? When it became expedient for this Administration to repudiate the promise in its bonds to pay its ‘debts in a certain weight and fineness of gold, it repudiated that promise to its own people with exactly as much ruthlessness as the gangster nations have repudiated every promise they ever made to their contemporaries. : 2 8 was Machiavelli who said that honor and honesty are only for private individuals—that the welfare of the people of a prince cannot be hazarded on any silly childish adherence to truth and promises, They are only copy-box maxims for children. I have heard exactly that idea expressed by a Cabinet officer. Even if it were never expressed, this Administration never could deny it as a principle in view of the repudiation of the gold clause in its bonds. : Is that right? Is it good policy or ever justified? Of course not. The whole of civilization rests on faith in promises. The marriage relation on which all of society is based rests on the confidence that the assumed obligations will be met. The whole structure of
business rests on promises, to deliver, to pay, to per. form. ; ’ 2 2 f
N international relations there is no law. The
“since the war. wh oe mms longer
Je udiated every international
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peace of the world must stand or fall either by v.
balances of military: power or by: Seontios promi and faith in them. * ‘Except for that terrible and inexcussile casio of the gold bonds, our nation has lived up to its engagements better than any, and American society and business still dnsist that a repudiator of accepted
obligations is beyond the pale. But in international ,
relations, promises, honor and honesty, if not a sickly jest, are at least unreliable. The only remain.
- ing guaranty of peace the. world 1s force balancing
force. . i What: Hitler of Mussolini do 40 tn Burops 1s none of our business, but this hemisphere is distinctly our business. “There is now no law but force and we
have liad. out Warming:
Business—By John T. Flynn
So Much Has Been Said Aboiit the National Tox Situation. That the | Stupendous Burden. Being Piled. Up. by the States. Is: Being. Overlooked. fact, ‘taken all together, they ‘average only a little |
IEW YORK, Feb. 25 25.—~The ancient Egyptians’ had a word for the kind of taxes that the old Pharoah wrung out of his people—the mezedu or the wine press. Taxes were pressed out of the people as a wine press extracts juice from the grapes. That is what is going on in this country now, Wherever one goes one finds, not only sales taxes imposed on most:things people buy, but legislators and governors sitting up nights trying to think of new Kine of sales {Bes aud ocmenily Sunes, Which siti ‘be even worse. The Federal Government follows the same rie
"and while there is an immense pother about soaking
the rich, it is the poor who are being soaked. all the time, On this question of sales taxes here is a scrap of evidence as to who pays them. In a recent book on the income of the United States Dio the Brookings Institute, there is a list of \ tS Te a dist of E08 various list reveals that those who work in all but two of Wiese 88 oevupstions enn Jess than $00 a week. :
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over: $8000.
Now it happens that each month, 28 these several hundred thousand men get their pay checks, and take them into the stores, it is the several hundred thousand who arn $20 a week and less who pa prac-
Lieally all the sales taxes, And if
T this moment there 1s scarcely a state legilanot toying with the subject of bigger » bigger subsidies of one sort or ane
* ture w “old-age. other to various classes. And they
p e time with new taxes to be laid on the things Which the great majority of wage earners buy. :
Te oy -
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are toying at the
These sales taxes already run as high as:3 percent | {
for general sales taxes and as high
any Nama Whe a ud ienaly as
3 30 per Sent an.
yw ood Broun— ¢ 7 in Feeding a Child ‘Spinach for His Health n Get Stuffed With Pictures of Old Witches.
“What's , the point of trying to keep the murder
EW YORK, Feb. 25.—In sation: Fest and healthful living to Florida chiefly to see “Snow ing outside the Rockefellers’ Music Hall ‘for. an hour OE Ee od peal:
+ i vies. Rais 1 stand-
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3 and photographs away from Mildred?” they said, “After all, she does listen to grams. on the radio, and there always is something on
a pan
wall to throttle people. Jena; nig © 1 the funnies, where all the people get. kiiocked about 8 8 8 3 5 school isn't always encouraging. _ Only last ye ps Sidergation weéning out al a nice ERE It was something of + Andersen’s about a little match girl
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