Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1938 — Page 10
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\ SATURDAY, M Manon 26, 1938
NOT TO ANY PRESIDENT IF President Roosevelt had legal power to remove Arthur ~ + E. Morgan as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, he has legal power to remove the other directors for any reason he considers sufficient. If he hasthat power, the President is the actual head of TVA and the directors are merely his agents, holding (office at his pleasure. We do not know whethet Congress intended to make the President the controlling head of TVA. But from what Senator Norris, father of TVA, told the Senate a few days ago, we suspect it did not. Senator Norris said: “The very theory of the TVA act itself was to make the organization independent of any department, ‘independent of any President, independent of any political change which might come over the country . . . to put the. TVA as nearly as possible upon a business basis, upon a permanent basis, so that it would be beyond the power of any . party, if it came into power at some time, to overthrow the TVA before it would be possible . istration in power.” Senator Norris had been surprised to learn that TVA was ore of the 133 agencies which could be affected by the pending Government Reorganization Bill. In spife of that, ‘he favors the bill, just as he favored the removal of Chairman Morgan, because he thinks power over TVA is safe in .. President Roosevelt's hands. But he would not trust the ‘same power to a President unfriendly to TVA, If the reorganization bill becomes law the President will have unquestioned authority to remove any TVA director by an order abolishing his job; or to abolish the whole board of directors; or to abolish TVA itself and place its functions elsewhere. He will have similar authority over ‘132 other Federal agencies. And only a two-thirds vote of Congress can countermand his orders. It seems to us that those who advocate giving all this power to President Roosevelt, ‘because they feel that he will not abuse it, overlook one very important point. | ‘As Senator Norris foresees, a political change may come over the country, bringing into office a President un-: friendl to TVA. With this reorganization bill as precedent, such a President might put pressure on a future Congress just as pressure is being put on this Congress, might force through another reorganization bill, and so might overturn not only TVA but also all other agencies created to carry forward New Deal policies. It is not enough, we think, to say that no such power should he given to any President, except Mr. Roosevelt. Like the American Federation of Labor, the railway brotherhoods and many other organizations and citizens that support the New Deal’s objectives, we believe no such power should le given to any President, including Mr. Roosevelt. That is why we hope the Senate, when it acts on Mon-
day, wil send the reorganization bill back to committee
for further study and hearings.
PAUL LELAND HAWORTH R. PAUL LELAND HAWORTH, head’ of the Butler Un versity history department, who died this week, was
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widely mown as an historian and author. In addition he
was an explorer, sportsman and civic leader. A member of the Butler faculty for 16 years, Dr. Hawort had written a number of books on American hisory an government, had contributed to magazines, and at\his death was working on a book on Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War. In 1916 Dr. Haworth made a 1000-mile cance trip for Scribner's Magazine into the Canadian Rockies, where he discovered a new mountain and glacier. - He- was the Progressive nominee far the Indiana Legislature in 1912 and served in the lower house in 19211922, “Vith all his activities he found time to fake an active part in a number of clubs and organizations. Buf er University and Indianapolis have lost a scholar and age sfleman much beloved. /
WHY 50 SHY, JOHN? nba 5 arrived, and Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican National Committee bloomed out in Minneapolis with a prediction that. his party, would gain ‘85 seats in the ‘House of Representatives at the 1938 elections. The House has 435 members, of whom 90 are Republicans. Add 85 to 90, and you get 175—and that would still leave the Republicans 48 short of a majority. (oe * Mavbe the weather's still chilly in Minnesot&.. .. maybe Mr, Hamilton hasn't taken his sulphur-and-mola At any rate, his first spring prediction certainly lacks the gaudy optimism that we've learned to expect from party chairmen at this time of. year. ‘Why, we'll wager there are
‘more than 85 House Democrats that the -Administration
would trade cheerfully for as many, 200d substantial Republicans. !
. GOOD SYMPHONY. NEWS Durie the current season the Indianapolis Symphony = Orchestra has added to its host of friends. It has established itself as one of the outstanding musical organic
ot zations of the country.
Uncer the direction of Fabien Sevitzky the orchestra
steadily has improved and has achieved an artistry unusual |
in musical organizations of cities this size. Outstanding ‘have been the orchestra's popular and children’s concerts, . its programs with the Symphony Choir, its appearances at Indiana and Purdue Universities and its frequent broadcasts over a nation-wide radio network.
been announced: Josef Hofmann and Dalies Frantz, pian-
ists; Mischa Elman, violinist; Gaspar Cassado, cellist;
: Lauritz Melchior, tenor, and Margaret. Halstead, soprano.
The signing of these artists, coupled with the orchesson, maki the outlook
tras marked advancement this
outside of Indiana, 65
to have a friendly Admin-.
‘in
Sading’ Six famous soloists for the 1938-39 concert series have
THE HOOSIER FORUM
1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will : defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.
SEES ATTEMPT TO NIP CITY MANAGER PLAN By Independent Citizen ~
I was just waiting for someane to call attention to the real motive behind the Marion County Democratic
machine’s draft of Reginald Sullivan for the mayoralty. It is very
obv though Mr. McKee, in the , didn’t quite hit it, I think. Those 100,000 signatures represent bigger - stakes than preventing Sheriff Ray or any other machinebucking Democrat from getting the nomination.. The idea is to nip in the bud any attempt of independent citizens (who do not care a hoot about “keeping in right with the organjzation”) to effect a change “in city . government to the city manager plan. Heaven forbid that a city: manager plan should be established! It would divorce city govéfnment from political wire-pulling by liquor dealers and bosses; would undoubtedly put a merit plan into effect among City employees, make service more efficient and less wasteful fo the taxpayer. It might even mean that the County Court House would be cleared of overflowing goboons and its front lawn cleared of boxes of refuse once in a while. No wonder the political organization takes “steps.” Mr. Sdllivan nay be a very good man but the better man he is, .the less likely he will be to do anything about putging the system. The evils can only be eradicated by cleaning out the system—roots and all. | or
8 8 2 BELIEVES GROWTH. OF BUND SHOULD BE STOPPED
By True American
- In response to the statement is-
sued by the Civil Liberties Union that hoodlums broke up the meet-|¥c8
ing of Nazi Bund organizers in an East Side home, I believe it the duty | 8 of American Legion and police to see that no group like the Brown Shirts gets started in this city. If we Americans should goto Ger-
many and hold such meetings, how,
long would we last? We would be counted as spies. ... / If the German Bind members don’t like the American soil, why not go back to Germany where they can be under Hitler? They were
eager enough to come here after the |
war and take jobs from our American boys. ” 2 8 DRIFT ‘TOWARD DICTATORSHIP SHOULD STOP, READER SAYS
9 By H. L. 8.
Civilizations have come and gone. Looking at our own, one may wonder what constitutes a civilized society. The barbarian attributes still dominate the leading nations, in spite of a veneer of gentility and claims to mental superiority. We find man even more brutal than the barbarian; extremely unintelligent hig selfishness and highly stupid in seeking practicdl means to advance the standards of living. : Man today seeks abundance through scarcity, peace through
weapons of death, trade by restric-
tion. He steadfastly ignores practical means of achieving peace, abundance and good will.
As other civilizations have passed,
so ‘will ours hecause we let our minds rest in cold storage while we ‘act solely on emotional impulses.
Business—By John T Hyon
: Now Is the Time to Begin a Study of Next Year's Tax Problems for|- : 2 The Governments Are Going to Find Their Incomes Will Be. Decreased. J.
excise taxes sande necessary by, special expenditures. of the Government, then the remaining fleld of taxation would be open to the states and cities. ‘The Federal Goverriment ought to keep ‘away from’ ‘sales taxes. It has irposed sales taxes on. gasoline, | thus tnvading. & field peculiarly. open to state taxesg,
EW YORK, March 26.—The Federal Govern- ? ment, so long a pleasant easy-going tax-master, is now becoming a tax-monster of alarming proportions. Governor Lehman of New York, who has protested against the Federal Governm@ht's invasions of state tax preserves, is not the first to call attention.
to this growing danger, oil
The trouble arises out of a situation og some re-
SAYS GERMAN COLONIES TAKEN AWAY DISHONESTLY By Sidney H. Rice
In The Times récently I saw an editorial calling Adolf Hitler an international gangster because of tak--ing Austria. ow did England and France get the German colonies? Certainly not honestly in the World War. And how about the way England has treated Ireland? I am neither Italian nor German.
I was born and reared in North)
Carolina and can trace my ancestors back 90 years. If I am not an American, there are none. 2 » J VANNUYS' POLICIES BELIEVED POPULAR By A. B.. I should like to answer ‘the recent letter of J. E., Morgantown, Which appeared in the Forum. I wonder if J. E. thinks that the so-called leaders we now have are doing the will of the ‘people by railroading ‘legislation through: H many of our people asked for un-: employment insurance? How many asked for 25.cents’ worth of celluloid? Who asked for the burdensome taxes placed upon the people?
I wonder if J. E. would call those ‘leaders .constructive leaders,
- As for the Supreme Court bill, I believe that our good Senator VanNuys’ stand on this.bill was favored by the majority of level-thinking persons, and: 1 have great respect for his not being afraid to speak his mind. No, Mr.-J. E., it wasnt the people Mr. VanNuys let down—it was the political machine of Indiana. . 4 . It was the same kind of machine which doomed the Republican
Party. ‘When the voters of Indiana
pealize they are being deprived of their constitutional rights by these so-called leaders, and go to the polls and do something about it, they will’ be a lot better off than they ‘now are,
s2 » = SAYS TRUSTEE REFUSES TO GRANT RELIEF. By Anonymous
I think the public eye should be directed toward the Center Town~ ship Trustee. In my case, I tried to get some
clothes for my 3-year-old baby and
myseif. The investigator asked why I didn't go to work. Where? How? And when? | Because my step-father-in-law gave my wife and me a room to stay in for a while, the
investigator seemed to think he
should take care of us—although he is only a laborer on WPA himself. I had to get an order from & doctor before I could get milk for my baby. I have no clothes fit to wear. trustee will not give me any—or certify me for work-so I can get my own. . What do Jou x have to do to got ald trom the trustee?
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE STATES POLICY
By Hannah A. Noone, 3 Center Township Trustee
Unless someone living at the same place as the writer of the above letter is drawing a large. Salasy, he trustee’s office furnishes relie Clothes are furnished by pr of = fice, and every able-bodied man is certified for work.
spects peculiar to this country, The municipalities or : .
counties are necessarily restricted in the objects which
they can tax and, in a lesser degree,
‘Tt is so easy to transport property from place to | ; Bac; it is 80 easy to shift one's residence that the oe local authorities are greatly hamberet in | MNHith Wap bs Siouvely wn,
so are the states.
"oult for the states hs ous ziove awa¥. fom | and.
er Sn TRL :
‘taxpayer is getting mighty ‘poor
ployees are working
stopped. . . o
(Times readlers 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 Figned, but
names will be withheld on request.)
SERVICE GIVEN REGISTERING VOTERS I8 ASSAILED
By Legal Voter” ‘0 Is Glenn Ralston, County Cletk, making mistakes on ‘registration | H cards simply through the stupidity of some of those he has employed at the taxpayer's expense? Let me tell what happengd to me and the other voting member of my
family. We had moved since the | last election, hence had to register
at our new address, I. werit to the Court House where I was given a
| card calling for a certain ward and precinct. The other voting. member
of my family a few days later like-: wise registered. One evening at
“| home we happened to mention the
subject and upon examining the two cards we discovered that each of us had been assigned to a different,
low | ward!
1 took the cards back to the Court House, explained that we both lived in the same house, and that mistakes had been madé. So the cards were supposed to have been corrected. As T walked. out.in the: corridor I no= ticed a ward and precinct map hanging on the wall. So 1 determined to, check for myself. I then discovered that each “corrected:’ card had the -same ward ‘number but still had wrong. precirict numbers! Ct : Then.I got hot under the “collar,
marched back into the clerk’s. office’
and demanded acturate cards. My two efforts to get accurate registration cards convince me that. the
service for his money.
LATE REGISTRATIONS : BLAMED FOR ERRORS By Glenn B. Ralston, Comnty Clerk
It is very possible that an error.
was made in this instance—an error which -we regret and try hy every means to avoid. However, at this particular time of year our registration office is crowded; and our emzg under great pressure. Although we have tried
to make the voters registration con-
scious, this voter and thousands of | 28 others have walisd; il the last, few days.
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: 5” x 5 5 SEES TWO-SIDED ATTACK : TO CREATE DICTATORSHIP By Edward F. Maddox It looks as if our nation is the object .of a two-sided attack to force us into a dictatorship. There ‘seems to be plain evidence that both the Communists and Fascists are seeking some method by which all power is concentrated in the President and then, I suppose, each faction expects to get control of that office. 2h The Nye war: measure, to General Johnson, would, com. munize our country, and I suppose’
| that the May War Profits Bill is the
.| Fascist scheme to make our: nation. another totalitarian state. = This is a time for all trup Amerthe | icans to arouse themselves and serve
| notice on Congress and, the Presi-
this drift toward an
dent that ticatonhip must bel.
Executive
5 8 =
T bas posed oll iort ot scsoty ty
ASKS LARRABEE'S STAND ON U. 8. CONTROL OF EDUCATION =
{By A. J. McKinnon
is open letter to Hon. William . Larrabee:
‘As you are the Chairman of the Educational Committee, we of Indiana wish you to give us your stand
in regard to Federal control of}:
education, Our State accepted a small fund from the Federal Government for education. This has nof. proved satisfactory because of the
Federal agency taking advantage of
this loan ‘and demanding certain methods of teaching and. the education of the child.
The child is subject to the parent]
first .and the State second. To switch this authority to the Federal Government would bes the end of the parents’ rights, i 8 oe a : ABSENCE OF RESTRICTION BLAMED FOR DEPRESSION: :
By 8. H. L : Mr. Bernard Baruch's testimony. before the Senate ‘Commiittee on. Unemployment. Relief overlooked the important fact that the collapse of 1929 was preceded by an era of unrestricted operation of our . profits system. - It was the absence of restriction that gave us the greatest economic collapse of our history, It gave us a private debt that still strangles expansion of production. Instead of selling products for cash this era gave us a false buying power by writing present consumption on the books for future pay-
| ment. Can Mr. Baruch balance con- = sumption power with production?
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2 PATRIOTISM CALLED weil
TO MAINTAIN POWER By RB. Sprunger : The preamble of the. Constitution beginning “We, the people of the United States—" megns exactly that and says nothing of patriotism 28 E. F. Maddox thinks, just a weapon used:
Patriotism is to incite the people of one nalion
against another so the powers that be will remain the masters... The gullible “parrots” are a great ‘help
in this line. . ...
WAVES OF THE SEA By ROBERT O. LEVELL 1 have watched the ‘power of the
Wher, waves would raise snd isk
ACs hey tried to bili 10 me The message Of a fr off friend.
Somehow. they maka me long to Just what to me they. Jad to J Then when they'd sink depths Tr knew was just’ thelr weary way. DAILY THOUGHT even years! old was ‘Jehoash Eings 11:3L : BE who reflects ects atentively upon.
the ‘duties of a king, trembles at the sight of a STowh.—Levis.
~AN N FRANCISCO, March 26—Hope of banding the
' farmer and the wage-earning
oh a 1h wie. Tar of the Counizy, Tet: yield to the fact that the farmer and the hired man have undergone & cnange, The 8i Perkins model of ‘and,Ole, the hired man, might have had Fn a Steer a us ih 5: Pepin og a “soulless serpaiation; with ‘a board
Tn a bi aa
| By » Reader
‘WPA project in Au
| FORMER WPA WORKER
SEEKS REINSTATEMENT & 1 was employed by the WPA and,
when I obtained a job with a private employer, signed a release for
| employment. I was laid off this job
and weht back for reinstatement with WPA and was told that I would have to go on relief and follow the
‘regular routine in order to be certi-
filed for WPA work again. I thought under the Hopkins Administration that a man should be reinstated without seeking relief. What inducement has a man for seeking a regular job which, if it lasts only a short time, will: ‘prevent his reinstatement in WPA? .
RULES GOVERNING WPA REINSTATEMENT LISTED
Service, Works Progress Administration of Indiana “A Reader” first was assigned to a t, 1935, at the very start of the program. He left
‘the WPA for private employment
on Aug. 4, 1936: On Nov. 15, 1937, after living for 15 months without
{asking for relief, his case was can{celled by the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief which.
organization serves as the WPA cers titying agency for relief clients. Because he left the employ of the WPA previous to June 1, 1937, = which time the order of Harry L Hopkins, Federal WPA administrator, to which he refers became effective, it was necessary for “A
Reader” to be recertified before be-
ing reassigned to a WPA project.
There is no record of his applying
for. reassignment at the Marion County WPA office. His recertifica-. tion .by the GOCUR, however, was received by the Marion County WPA office on March 21, 1038. He now is in’ the process of being reassigned to a project and is expected to be put to work on a project on ‘March 28. WPA regulations governing the. | recertification ‘and reassignment of former employees of the work relief agency are in part as follows: ‘$All' employees who' leave the WPA for private employment subsequent to June 1, 1937, are subject to review’ by the social service department of the WPA and can be reinstated on’ recommendation of that department. “All employees who left the WPA for private employment prior to June 1, 1937, must be reviewed by the office of the GCUR and dispo-
- |sition of those cases is entirely oute
side the jurisdiction of the WPA,” : ‘8 ® ® : THINKS CITIZENS ALWAYS SHOULD BE READY TO FIGHT By an American
In answer to Gerald Fonal's letter
fn The Forum, I think a citizen of this country should ever be ready to fight for the honor of the country in which he has lived protected by
one of the few democratic govern-
ments in the world today. Once his country has entered into conflict, it is no longer his choice to decide whether the action is justifled. He must be willing and proud to be one of those red-blooded Amer-~ icans who will fight for the honor of | these United States and place them, gloriously victorious, in a position
to lead other nations from the brink.
of chaos to peace, prosperity and orderly democratic goverment.
Westbrook Pegler, Says— © HL | The Change in the Farmer and the Hired Hand and the Attitude of Labor ‘Make a Political Alliance in California Almost Impossible.
so that they may be available to the farming rompanies in’ times of urgent need at distress
laborer together
.or New.
and. dues.
or air, would
“| By Veteran
‘DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS RECOMMENDED | By W. L. Ballard, Syracuse, Ind. | If popular discussion and agree ment constitute solution of & probe lem, then we pretty well know one thing wrong with our economic life ~—distribution is inefficient. What would an efficient system of distribution be like?
First: All a and facilities of’
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local and long-distance transportation of people or goods, by land, e united under’
units. At the railroad station in each locality would be separate oils known as Storage Divisions. unit would have complete a of local consumption of every kind for past years. © It would, at.the
sea one
| proper time, place orders for each - By John F. Murphy, Director, Information
new year, based on estimates; something like Secretary Wallace cons templates under the new farm act. This would include absolutely every= thing used locally, from raw materi. als to manufactured goods. All production would be on such orders only. This transportation department would do all the Dusine for all; goods would be: ioed only for the department.
Once materials and goods were ree
_| ceived, local distribution would fol-
low ordinary methods, still Wii : the department.
ownership on a grand scale, or like socialism. It might be either. But’ to even mention a privately owned bureaucracy of such dimensions
| chills my marrow. Yet the problem
is real, and there must be either such a public department or else a private trust—or continued inefficiency. We ot first decide that there is real need for lutionary changes in the theory and practice fof distribution and then refuse to seek such solution in one of the only two Places where it may be had.
ss a = VETERANS’ HOSPITAL STAFF PRAISED
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“You must go to a hospital at once!” Those words from a doctor to a man with limited income, four dependent children and a wife ‘in poor health raise a nightmares vision, It was then I thought of the Veterans’ Administration F hére—but with little appreciation— ‘for somehow I the idea that veterans’ hospitals were untrustworthy places. In my case it was the only resort in an emergency, so, last December 1, I entered: the Vet. : ‘erans’ Hospital here. ~~ : From the minute I entered, I was shown every consideration ‘and . _ | courtesy—which made me. feel very much ashamed of my previously formed opinion of such hospitals, No -patiént in this one could cone to | scientiously find fault. From the chief administrator to the efficient staff, nurses, orderlies, ans, cooks, su ‘of recreation, et al, I found existing perfect’ har= mony and co-operation, It would require a long journey to find two mniore skilled ‘and cone scienfious physicians than Drs. E.S, Roberts and V, F, Tremor, who are attaches of this hospital. No expense should ‘be spared in maintaining Veterans’ Administration Facilities to the. fullest needs of those vet
ically and economically im DOVES Son an | no longer possible to shrug off the plighs of he .on the ground that he | ans | or Orientals and therefore ineligible for honest Am
erans of all wars suffering with ‘serious. ailments. : \
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wages.
to |-where for the members’ n a or Se ED Ee ay leaders cannot put an end to the Somat and interunion and iniraypion fights over i
All this sounds like governinnt #5