Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1938 — Page 11

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* From Ir diana—Ernie Pyle Chipinunks, Skunks and Rabbits Are

The friends and Camera Subjects

Of Desert-Dwellér . Fred Sampson. |

ARSTOW. Cal.,, March 23.—Fred Sampson is 61, and he never knew until three years ago that he had this power over little animals. Cg - Sampson can sit down in the desert, and in a few hours have chipmunks crawling all over him, hale = _- He can scare up a wild jackrabbit and the rabbit will come back and eat out of his hand. He keeps skunks in his cabin, and has never been “sprayed.” Mice and pack rats are among his favorite companions. © oi Sampson is not an eccentric. He is merely a man with an artistic side to his ‘soul, who has been over thé hurdles and wound up, with considerable composure, in the vast desert. He was born in Iowa of a schoolteacher father, and raised on a farm in Arkansas. But his career has been mainly as an artist. He Mr. Pyle studied and taught at the Chicago Art Institute for 10 years. He has worksd in powder factories, been an aerial photographer, served in the Army. He has run an art school in Detroit, and painted sketches for the movies in Hollywood. It was when the movie work ran out that he came to the desert. He loves the desert. He never gets lonesome. He likes the silence, and the space, and likes to sit alone and think. : ; But of course 3 man has to have something to do. And now, past 50, Sampson has just discovered a work which he feels will give him both a living and a sense of achievement. That work is photographing the little animals of the desert. His photographs are truly remarkable. His chipmunks look like men; his rabbits are as winsome as babies. He =zchieves this,~he says, because of his harmony with animals. - His little animals aren’t really pets. They come to his cabin, and stay a while, and go away. None are trained to cdo tricks for the camera. Sampson just plays around with them out on the rocks, and now and then hc snaps a picture.

Skunk Pictures Not Popular

He talks ald ihe time he’s working with the animals. - That's to ict them know he isn’t going to hurt them. He knows they can’t understand English, but they can understand him. : For example, when he says “Look out now, I'm going to move,” they just go on playing and don’t pay any attention when he moves among them. : But when he says “Look out, the skunk is coming . and he’ll get you,” the chipmunks make one grand scram for the nearest holes. “When I take = picture,” Sampson says, “I take it with their full consent and knowledge. Most wildanimal pictures =re taken by stealth, or setting some kind of trigger to trip a hidden camera. But my pictures are taken with the full co-operation of the animals.” Tot “+ He says the whale thing is.based on the fact that he:never tells a lic to an animal. He never tricks them, ‘or goes back on his word. Also, he feeds them 2400 pounds of grain = year, which may have some bearing on the matter. : : i ~ Chipmunk anc rabbit pictures sell the best. People *' don’t care for skunk pictures. That's too bad, for ' Sampson’s skunks are fine.

My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Ropsevelt

Grandson Prefers: Parades to War When He Plays With Toy Soldiers.

EATTLE, Tuesday.—I really am beginning to feel A quite at home in Seattle. This is my fourth visit in a year and half and I think before long everyone will take me as much for granted here as they do at: home. : ; 2 hh One thing interests me very much. Jack and Jill, the two Irishe Seiters: who came from- Miss Laura Delano’s kennels 2¢ Rhinebeck, N. Y., and who used to spend the winters with me in Washington when my daughter and ‘her family lived in an apartment in New .York City, never fail to greet me with the greatest joy. At first they sniff, and then they very suddenly discover that I am an old friend. They sit beside me and put up their paws, regardless of

. * whether they have just been out in the mud or not, to

show me they are clad to see me. If you like dogs, it : 115 certainly flattering to be remembered by them. The children could hardly wait until I had opened my bags to find Shirley Temple's police badges and they are wearing them with great pride. I wish she could be here with Eleanor and Curtis, for I am sure they would have a good time together. Mrs. Isham, the regional director for WPA women’s and professional projects, stopped in to see me yesterday. She and: Mr. Abel, the WPA director, are taking Mrs. Scheider, my daughter-and me to uneh - at their household fraining project today, :

‘Lectures at University

Last night T lectured at the University of Washington and was asked a question on which I had been ruminating all afferngon. Many groups of women feel that giving toy soldiers and warlike toys to children is very bad because it éncourageés them to glorify the warlike attitude. But sometimes I think we learn things from children, and I had a lesson yesterday

- afternoon,

© + My small grandson was playing with some soldiers ;and suddenly, without any prompting, he looked at me ‘and said: “I don’t like to play war, but I love to make parades.” A little while ago, when he was listening to a conversation zbout war, he remarked: , “War kills people with gasses and things of that * gort, but I like to play with soldiers and they don’t ‘have to be hurt.” ~ I wonder if it isn’t moré important to guide children in their thinking than it is to worry about the ‘toys they have? He has already learned there are different uses fo which you ‘can put an army. He likes a parade and he doesn’t like what he has heard about war. Perhaps, some day, we will all think of

armies as police forces to preserve the peace of the |

world and then they will: become that, instead of forces ‘for aggression. ;

New Books Today

Public Library Presents—

H= ou ys wanted to be a cowhand on a cattle ranch? Do you imagine yourself singing cowboy songs all dav long? Before you embark upon such a life, read TEXAS COWBOYS (Dutton) by Pane Coolidge. | “Being a cowboy requires a lifetime of training,” says Mr. Coolidge, who thinks that the Western cattle puncher, like the American Indian, has disappeared. © : A number of years ago, in order to collect material

“for his Western stoties, he lived for some time with |

cowboys of Southwestern United States, posing as

a photographer. From the information which he |

gained in this fashion, he describes the life and duties of the cowboy—caring for the horses, branding the cattle, conducting the round-ups, shipping the cattle to the markets. Although the cowboy’s life, as he paints it, was one of hard work and little pay, the “authér holds that it had its moments of fun and re- - laxation, and in proof he includes many of the and stories" bh heard during this interludi 3 ¢ : 8 '® = NE is reminded of Josephine Johnson’s Pulitzer prize novel, “Now in November” by the reading of her first volume of verse, YEAR'S END. (Simon. Mos admired “Now in No-

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On the Genesis of the New Deal

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old-age security, development of electricity from

lation of public utility operating and holding companies, unemployment relief by direct aid and through public works, unemployment insurance, wages and hours of labor, assistance to agriculture, land planning and land use, improvement in the administration of justice, reforestation, aid to the blind, to crippled children, to dependent mothers, and many other steps in ‘progressive government. The growth from this type of State action to the broader front of national action which came with the New Deal was a natural one. The growth and expansion were promised in the Democratic national platform of 1932. They were promised during the campaign of 1932. They were approved by the election of 1932. They were started on March 4, 1933.

State vs. ‘National Administration

It has been noticed: by hostile political writers that in some instances recommendations made by me as Governor apparently do not fully square with. my later recommendations to the Congress. True enough. But what they fail to call attention to is that while I was Governor demanding action along States lines, ‘the National Administration in many instances was consistently blocking efforts by the States to curb unsocial ac-

tion. ¥ It is an interesting fact that during the past generation certain large corporate’ interests, especially in the utility field, have sometimes adopted the practice of “playing both ends against the middle.” a Te : -When an Administration favorable to special privilege is in ‘power in Washington these cor- : porations begged for Federal control in order to circumvent those State Governments. and public service. commissions trying to enforce the original conception of a public utility in the public good... When, however, we have a Federal Administration devoted to protection of the consuming public, these same corporations call loudly for .State control only. » 8 = URING my term as Governor, for example, some. of these companies relied on the sympatny of the National Administration to block every possible effort of mine to obtain adequate control and

York. When I betame President they transferred their efforts and their affections by an ‘appeal to the old slogan of “State Rights.”

In saying that I am not referring to the courts but rather to broad Government policies. In Albany I was forced to work for State action because of the attitude of Washington. When I went to Washington I was able by reversing the national policy to give aid to states who wished to help themselves along progressive lines. While I was Governor also, on many occasions I spoke in favor of “Home Rule” 1n its application to

water power, adequate regu-

tivities by progressive State: legis1% ; prem

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Above—Franklin “ D. Roosevelt takes the. oath, at -the Executive Mansion in Albany, N. ¥Y., on Jan.

1, 1931, as’ Governor of New York

for his: second :tegm. An ancient Dutch Bible, 17th Century. relic.of the Roosevelt family, was used. Upper * Right—Goveérnor Roosevelt greets former: Governor - Alfred E. Smith at the Democratic State convention in Albany: on Oct. 4, 1932. This, was their first meeting after the estrangement at the Chicago convention. Reports said Mr. Smith greeted the Governor: “Hello, you old potato!” He later denied this, asserting he merely responded: “Hello, Frank!” to the Governor's “Hello, Al!”

Right—In good humor tke Gov-

‘ernor talks with reporters at the

Executive Mansion, on: July 2, 1932, after the Chicago Demo-

cratic National Convention nomi-

nafing him Presidential candidate. De eh problems of ‘Government: which could - be ‘handled properly by

State legislation and decried the encroachment of the Federal: Gov~:

ernment into such fields. = It. must. be remembered that those were the days of Prohibition,.

which were

supervision in the State of New

Re-Entered Politics to Help Smith

A Comment of President Roosevelt From His Forth:coming Books : -

- I was nominated (for Gov=ernor of New York) by the! Democratic. State Convention at. Rochester on: Oct. 3,-1928. I - accepted the nomination ‘only after. very -urgent persuasion by Governor Alfred E. Smith, who was. at that time campaigning ‘as the Democrati¢ candidate ' for the Presidency of the United States. iE During - the Rochester convention I was ‘in Warm Springs, Ga. continuing my treatment for infantile paralysis, and my doctors had strongly advised me: against re-enters: ing : public life at that: time. It was against their advice and largely because of: the thought that- I could be of service in promoting ‘the cause of liberal and progressive government: in the ‘State: and, through ‘ the election of "Governor Smith, _in the’ nation, that 'I finally yielded. Comins, 198, Copying, oder 1; rights reserved under Inter-American

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habits of its citizens. ¥t was that type of unwarranted extension of "power into purely &

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- L.JOWEVER, an analysis of. the occasion and’ subject in “posed legislation. “ Pr 4 _.. What I tried to do, I failed. But * State Rights” shoWs no-lncon- | yo “cenera]. direction was right. ~The impulse of those years has -_ since been continued in the State

those speeches in which I stressed: sistency with .my advocacy :.as:

President’ of Federal legislation °

covering nationally such subjects as cannot be adequately and

properly dealt with by. 48'states |

separately. ’

personal lives.and

tate matters To..." continue to be so in the years to i come.

radio has proved tobe 's

AX “direct contact with the people ‘which was available to only two Presidents before me. It has been invaluable as -a means ‘of public approach and will, I know,

“°T do not mean to say that I ‘was always successful with proIn much of

of New York. -And: that is the really ‘most important contribution - which any

In. New York, as later in the Administration can make to his-

tory—to provide direction toward, |

broad objectives, to see that the great mass of the people understand the objectives, to make sure that the popular will insists upon

them. In that way changes of administration and shifting of

- leaders cannot succeed in blocking the march of progress.

with Hoover. BE Sh

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nation, I was able to accomplish

"reform and progress only because

the public was ready for them, wanted them and was ‘willing to

"help. -me-.carry out the -people’s

will. | As Governor, it was offen

- necessary for me to appeal for "public support over the heads of

the Legislature and sometimes’ over the almost united opposition of the newspapers of the State. In several instances, what was passed by. the Legislature. was literally. forced: from the Republican leaders by demand of

- public opinion which never. hesi- . : tated to make its views known.

and which found ways of making

The use of the radio by me in

those days not only, to appeal directly to the. people, but also to

describe’ fully the facts: about

legislation, which were not always

given by many press reports, was

the radio by me as President in . what have:come to be known as

“fireside chats.”

J by the Presi ent

Roosevelt's Writing Among Precedents He Has Set

HE precedent of President ~ Roosevelt’s publishing, during his term of office, a, series of hooks

| containing documents and notes

concerning his own Administration, is but one of many that he has set in the course of his public. career.

| - The writings in question are the

series ‘of notes and comments,

selected from the President’s forth-.

coming five books, “The Public Paers and Addresses ‘of Franklin D. velt.” These commentaries,

| constituting a record ‘and an :explanation of the’ New Deal, are: | being published exclusively in The the beginning ‘of similar use of | \

Indianapolis Times in Indianapolis. » They constitute an authorized advance publication of writings never before: ap-

Side Glances—By Clark

|Yasper—By Frank

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pearing in print, in any magazin or book or in any other newspa in this city. President Roosevelt's disregard (of precedent in granting permission

for them to be published during his |

Presidency is not the first time fhe has acted counter to tradition. e making of precedents has almost become a custom with him. a This n even before he wa elected President. erhor of New York, he inaugurated the frequent use of the radio to convey: a message directly to the people." He has continued this since

entering the White House with his

“fireside chats.” A second pre-elec-

‘tion precedent was his accepting his

party's nomination for the Presi-

dency in person at the party conThe rule previously had been for a candidate to be informed

. |officially at his home by a delega|tion representing the party; . |

8 8 C&G KIN, too, to direct speaking to the public has been his direct appeal, in times of urgency, to the heads of foreign governments, disregarding the usual diplomatic channels. Recent among the in-

| stances of this was the Presidents | note to the Emperor of Japan in re4| gard to the Panay sinking.

In social matters he has shown himself likewise ready to set aside

| conventions when need: be. His style { of entertaining at the White House |. is often informal, as. compared to

that of other Presidents; and he has, too, made exceptions to the tradition that the Chief Executive visits no one. ferm of office, been the guest in Washington of Supreme Court Jus-

tices 'Holmés and Cardozo, and of

Vice President Garner, Mr. Roosevelt also has revived the press conference, which had

open been abandoned in previous Administrations ‘in ‘favor of written questions and “The White House Spokes- | man.” ‘now interview him personally in his Office, questioning him orally and ad

Washington correspondents

While still Gov~

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Our Town By Anton Scherrer

Even Though She's 85, Mrs. Lena Bopp Sets the Pace in the Sewing Circle of the Unitarian Church, F you've ever had the luck to see the picka- : * ninnies of the Colored Orphans’ Home dressed up in their best bib-and-tuckers, you can bet your last dime that Mrs. Lena Bopp °

not only gave the kids their dresses, but ° made them with her own hands. I wish you could see the red ones with the white rickrack edging she turned out lately. Dressed up in them, the orphans look like a million dollars. i

Today, Mrs. Bopp is 85 years old, and if I know anything about her, she’s going to spend part of the day in sewing. It’s in her blood; she .can't help it. : .Unprejudiced critics pronounce . Mrs. Bopp the champion seamstress around here. She still attends. the Sawing Circle of the Unitarian ‘Church, and .you have no idea how the 60-year-old youngsters have to hump themselves to keep up with her. That's the least part of it, : though. The big part is the prodigious amount cf sewing she does at home, and all for the fun of.it, too. I couldn’t begin to tell you how much work she turns out, and even if I could, you wouldn't believe m

Mr. Scherrer

e. Franklin Vonnegut, who is right around Mrs. Bopp's age, was telling. me about her the other day. Seems he. likes her uncommonly well Anyway, he used to play with her when she was a little girl. That was way back when the Schubert farm, 7% miles out on the Rockville Road, adjoined that -of Mr. Vonnegut’s grandfather. On Sundays, the Vonnegut boys always spent the day with their grandfather, and that’s the way they got to know the Schubert girls. Sure, Mrs. Bopp is Lena Schubert. After this pretty interlude on the farm, the Vonnegut boys and the Schubert girls met again as - classmates at the old German-English School on E. Maryland St. Times had changed, though, because in the meantime Christian Bopp had turned up. He was one of the teachers, along with Ernest Knodel and Mr. Haas. Mr. Vonnegut says he’ll never forget those three men because they were the best zither players Indianapolis ever had. As a matter of fact, they organized the zither club of the ‘old Lyra, and the way things turned out, it was the start of the Lyra orchestra—maybe, even of the present Symphony.

She Also Gave Private Lessons

I just knew the old zither players would come between Mrs. Bopp and me. That won't do, because the best—certainly, the biggest—part of her life remains to be told. It’s her long and eventful career as a teacher in the Indianapolis public schools. Goodness only knows how long Mrs. Bopp taught at old No. 11. She started way back when Clara Washburn was principal and Jessie Duzan was the baby-room teacher, and ended, I don’t know when. Besides that, she gave private lessons to almost everybody in town. A roster of her pupils would read like a telephone directory. Somehow, though, I can't help thinking that the present phase of her life—that of dressing the orphans —is the most picturesque. You ought to go around’ some day and see the kids. Be sure, though, to pick a day when they're wearing their red dresses with the white rickrack edging. : i

Jane Jordan— Believes Few Girls Expect a Boy To Spend Money Each Time He Calls.

EAR JANE JORDAN—There are four of us girls in the family. We have all been. married and have children. Our mother is dead and our father is 73 years old. He gets a small ‘income and has been with me two years. He has had, two strokes but is not helpless. I am afraid to leave him alone while I go anywhere, and he will net go with me. Neither will he go to any of my sisters to stay while I am gone. It makes life very unpleasant for me and my husband. Now all of my sisters are willing to take him and relieve me for a. while, but he doesn’t want to go away. My husband feels that we should not have all the care of him when there are three others to help. How can I get my.father to go without hurting his feelings? oS : WORRIED WIFE AND DAUGHTER. Answer—Your father is a child again and must be treated as such. He no longer can decide things for himself. Instead of being so afraid of hurting his feelings, point out to him that he is hurting your sisters’ feelings by spending all of his time with one daughter, Simply pack up his things and take him as you would a child. _ The life-long habit of attributing authority to your father will make it hard for you to assume the authority yourself, but it ‘is the only thing to do and you will find him more amenable than you expect. "The old dread change but adjust themselves to it better than you fhink after the change has bzen made. If you leave it to your father the change will never be made. Make up your mind that you will have to do everything yourself, and do it! Take the attitude that you are sending him away on a pleas ure trip and that you will be glad to have him back when he comes. sh . Should this plan fail, the next best thing is to have your sisters pay someone, to take care of him when you wish to leave home. If he won't leave you then you must leave him at times, for it is neither right nor necessary that you be tied hand and foot to a task that should be shared by others. f - : ” ” ® : TEAR JANE JORDAN—I am a young man of 20 XJ going with a girl of 16. Is she too young for me to go with? I think a lot of her. Out of my salary I allow myself $5 a ‘week for dates. Would you please tell me how to budget this for three dates a week? I never have learned what a girl expects a young man to spend on a date. Is it all right to call on a young lady when you haven’t much money? What can you do in the way of entertainment for her? This is the first girl I have gone with that I cared anything about. That is the reason I don’t know much about this sort of thing. * [en 3

Answer—Few girls expect a boy to spend money every time he calls on them, - if the girl has no place . at home where the young péople gather, and no place where you can sit and talk in privacy, the movies provide the cheapest entertainment. You may find an exceptional 16-year-old girl who is companionable for a young man of 20, but the trouble is that you are apt ° to feel too did for her. friends. She will want to go where they go and do what they.do.. It may be that you will find her set is too ju e for your taste and that complicates the pri 3 entertaining her. I think you will find that few boys, if any, in her group have $5 a week to spend on dates. ~~. i ~ © JANE JORDAN. Put your problems in a [letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer your questions inthis column daily. © = = °°

Walter O Keete— : OLLYWOOD, Cal., March 23.—Franklin D. showed : the European dictators what America thinks of peace by putting through a billion-dollar bill for our Navy defenses. F. D. R. doesn’t want to make it necessary for George M. Cohan to write a song for the next war entitled “Over Here.” Re