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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1939

" TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN "|. A CHICAGO UNIVERSITY philosophy professor was elected

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A to the Illinois Senate a few years ago and his maiden ‘| speech was the annual Lincoln’s Birthday address at Spring- ' field, where Lincoln himself served as a State Representative. ~The birthday address is usuually a three-hour harangue. The

professor spoke for three minutes. : The orator is now Rep. T. V. Smith, Congressman-at-Large

from Illinois. 5 = a ~ ‘We reprint his speech below as one of the finest tributes

to Lincoln we have ever read.

: # ” 2 ® : N° man made great by death offers more hope to lowly pride than does Abraham Lincoln; for, while living, he was himself so simple as often to be dubbed a fool. Foolish he was, they said, in losing his youthful heart to a grave and living his life on married patience; foolish in pitting his homely ignorance against Douglas, brilliant, courtly and urbane; foolish in setting himself to do the right in a world where the day goes mostly to the strong; foolish in dreaming of freedom for a long-suffering folk ‘whom the North is as anxious to keep out as the South was ~. to keep down; foolish in choosing the silent Grant to lead “* to victory the hesitant armies of the North ; foolish, finally, Jn presuming that godernment for the people must be 4:/government of and by the people. “Foolish many said; foolish many, many believed. “This Lincoln whom so many living friends and foes alike deemed foolish hid the bitterness in laughter; fed his sympathy on solitude - and met recurring ‘disaster with > whimsicality to muffle the murmur of a bleeding heart. Out of the tragic sense of life ‘he pitied where others .. blamed; bowed his own shoulders with the woes of the "weak: endured humanely his little day- of chance power; and won through death what life disdains to bestow upon - such simple souls—Ilasting peace and everlasting glory. | “How prudently we proud men compete for nameless ‘graves, while now and then some starveling of Fate forgets himself into immortality.’ ;

‘ELEVATING THE BENCH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has nominated to the 7! Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals three men who stand ¢ head and shoulders above many of his previous judicial ' appointees: | | Robert P. Patterson of New York, a Republican with a distinguished record of nine years on the Federal district bench, whose promotion will fill the vacancy created by | Circuit Judge Martin T. Manton’s resignation under fire. | Francis Biddle of Pennsylvania, an able lawyer brought into Government service by this Administration; in: naming ‘ | whom the ‘President passed over a candidate backed by one | of his stanchest supporters, Senator Guffey. | Herschel W. Arant of Ohio, dean of law at Ohio State . | University, whose appointment was urged by leading at- | torneys and educators throughout the country, but opposed : | by Democratic Senator Donahey. gl Friends of Mr. Roosevelt and Attorney General Murphy "| say these nominations are tokens of a determination to :| raise the standard of, and increase confidence in, the Fedi eral judiciary. They -are notably nonpolitical. In one of | them Mr. Roosevelt went outside his own party and in the ‘other two he risked offending Democratic Senators. Yet i. if “Senatorial courtesy” were invoked against them, the President would find public opinion overwhelmingly on his - side.

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: And so it will not be invoked. Senators Wagner and .. Mead of New York are for Judge Patterson. Senators Guffey and Donahey will accept Mr. Biddle and Dean Arant. :: The nominations will be considered on merit. : ©" That is the basis on which judges always should be, but too often have not been, appointed. We hope that the reaction, in the Senate and throughout the country, will + encourage Mr. Roosevelt to make all his future judicial -| nominations on the same basis. = :

.- WZARY PILGRIMS io: THE Canadian Welfare Council, summarizing statements : from public and private welfare agencies throughout =: the Dominion, renders a report notable for its frankness but not calculated to spread cheer. : : “This Weary Pilgrimage,” is the titl , Noting that ' since 1930 Canada has.spent $920,000,000 on various forms “> of unemployment relief and still has 875,000 dependent per- © sons receiving aid, the report speaks of “a letdown of spirit +- and morale,” and goes on to say that— if : “An abiding weariness, a fatigue, seems to be upon "2 the land; a grim acceptance on the part of the taxpayer | that ‘relief is here to stay’; a terrible, tragic apathy on the part of the people that ‘Well, we'll never get work again, 3. anyway.” : iif | ; ~ _. - This side of the border there will be much sympathy for our neighbors. For we, too, are weary pilgrims. Yet we know, as they do, that the letdown is a thing that must ‘be fought and conqueréd, and can be. We're traveling ‘a hard, dark road, and so far there’s not much light ahead. But the Canadians will keep plodding until they find a way out.- And so will we,

: pn HOW LONG? . as 'N his last broadcast Father Coughlin described a confer- * dnce in Paris in September 1988. Attending, Litvinov f Russia, Blum of France, Bullitt and Morgenthau of © America—the latter being the deep, dark mystery man, “juggling,” as Father Coughlin puts it, a two-billion dollar stabilization fund, and out for no good. Pretty hot stuff, this, except— ‘Mr. Morgenthau wasn’t in France in September 1938, “He was in America. & | PL . * We wonder how much of this will have to happen before Father Coughlin once again, as in November 1936 will,

‘he then put it, “withdraw from all radio activity in the : caress a %

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MARK FERREE

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler His- Wistaria Doesn't

And Could Someone Help Him Out, Please, on This Delicate Problem?

TEW YORK, Feb. 11.—I wonder if any readers can help me out on this. It is about a wistaria

| which is a sort of| vine that has pale-purple’ flowers,

something like lilacs, if all goes well. Well, at the time we got this one the man said it probably would bloom that year and if not, anyway,

extra cost, and keep the earth nice and loose, which was done. Three years passed and without being in any way unpleasant about it we thought that, well, after all, how about some wistaria blossoms? . About that time a man came along who claimed to be an expert. on such things, and he took a look and said, “that wistaria is running too much leaf. Does it bloom? And when had it been bred?” 3 2 = = ; ID he mean like horses and cows and all such farm stock?

wistaria at his nursery and the fee would be $5, guaranteed. ; He said he had had excellent results all around the

‘| neighborhood, and high-pressured $5. He came back

a few days later, and I took a walk, preferring not to

June or so, next spring, we would have wistarias. Not in an objectionable way, but casually and hopefully, the wistaria vine was watched next spring from the time the first leaves sprouted out. We would just pass by nanchalantly or pause to look as at a bird’s nest and sneak quick peeks, just to see if. I always said nope, refusing to be misled by wistfulness,

right. We had no wistarias. So I called the man last fall, and he kept promising to come back and boasting about that wistaria and its pedigrees, which he claims has orchid ancestry. ; : 2 8 8 kb

HE talks about plant hormones and deficiency in a

around to the point of suggesting that my wistaria first should have a potion of something which he would jab ‘into the roots with a needle. He is blaming my wistaria, insisting that this Casanova of his is irresistible to any normal vine of the opposite sex and wants $2 more for this needling. “That scrawny old weed of yours is no du Barry, you know,” he said. “In fact, it is part poison ivy, and if I had to do it over again I wouldn't want to take your business because it is bad for our reputation.”Well, he the Man-O-War of wistaria, and I am in no position to argue because I never even knew there were such things in the plant world. - I always thought geranjums just had geraniums, hollyhocks had hollyhocks and so forth, and I wouid appreciate it very much if anyone who knows would inform me whether this man is: correct and whether it would be worth while to spend the $2 extra. I have seen his Casanova vine, and it looks very ordinary to me, although it is quite possible that to most female wistarias it is a plant of irresistible beauty and charm.

Business

By John-T. Flynn ge :

Conditions of Railroads. of Vital Concern * to Every Policyholder.

EW YORK, Feb. 11.—There are supposed to be 68 million life insurance policyholders in the United States. That figure includes a lot of duplication. But anyhow’ theré must be a policyholder in almost every American family. ' So every life insurance policyholder is interested in the things that life insurance companies own. That is one reason why policyholders are interested in the railroad question, because the insurance com-

‘panies are-large holders of railroad bonds.

The Interstate Commerce Coramittee, headed by Senator Wheeler, has just made a study of insurance company holdings in railroad bonds. In round numbers the railroads of the United States owe something over 10 billion dollars on bonds of all sorts. : The life insurance companies hold something less: than three billion dollars of this. The exact percentage is 28 per cent. : Generally speaking the insurance companies have about $12 out of every $1000 of their assets tied up in railroad bends. Therefore the condition of the railroads, so many of which are in bankruptcy, is of vital concern to these policyholders. Now how have the companies fared on these railroad investments? It is not easy to arrive at the exact figure. But the best estimate the committee can make is that some: 550 million dollars of the’ railroad bonds held by the insurance companies are in default. What does this mean to the companies? Of course these bonds are no longer paying interest. And so it is estimated that about 20 million dollars a year in interest has been lost to them.

Rates Are Higher The committee observes that insurance rates have tended to increase during the depression. And this increase has been attributed to the fact that the insurance companies income from interest has declined.. But the committee also points out that while interest rates to railroads and others have been reduced

by the companies, interest charges to pclicynolders have not beer decreased. Probably the best security in the world that any creditor can hold is that held" by a life insurance company when it makes a loan to a policyholder. It is actually lending him his own money. Nevertheless while lending far more risky debtors at a lower rate, the policyholder is still asked

to pay 6 per cent. : Why have the insurance companies lost so much in railroad bonds? One reason assigned by the committee is that the railroad bankers and insurance companies have been too friendly. Readers interested in their insurance and railroads would do well to read this report.

A Woman's Viewpoint

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

T= schools are to be commended for their efforts to train boys and girls for parenthood. One reads with increasing interest the news of -classes started here and there for such domestic education. It will undoubtedly help, if not to create better parents; at least to impress upon, the young the many responsibilities of parenthood. In my opinion, however, the best way to assure improvement in this line for the future is for parents to do some civilized living on their own account.

ing more nor less than the talent for displaying selfcontrol, moral rectitude and uprightness oneself,

coupled with a lively concern about local affairs, so |.

that the adult can teach the child to avoid the larger.

temptations of the world he will one day inhabit. |

- The American pecple have put too much faith in formulas. ‘We have formulas for re young, for acquiring beauty, for gaining fortunes and friends; formulas for fighting depressions, formulas for mak-

J ing the old contented and the young happy. Most of

them do not work, as we are fast finding out.

quality for citizenship—character—an overworked word but one that packs a wallop. Our schools will never be able to supply that. Sometimes it looks as if a return fo the simpler

‘ways of our fathers might help. They held stern |:

views about what was right and what was wrong; we merely quibble over ethics. Most of the parents I

know manage to walk very cleverly ota Sues

Blossom:

next and to feed it a diet, which he left at a small.

Sure, he meant that. And, moreover, he had a fine |

and as the summer wore on it turned out that I was. ¥

way that seems very learned, and now he is :

claims that this plant of his is practically ||

The talent for bringing up good children is noth

A good many of our children lack the essential |

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be present, but he said positively that long before | E

WHY SHOULD THERE NOT BE A PATIENT

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ULTIMATE JUSTICE OF THE PEOPLE? IS THERE ANY BETTER OR EQUAL HOPE I THE WORLD?

— FIRST AUG URAL ADoeess :

The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voliaire.

DISARMAMENT MOVE DRAWS CRITICISM By Charles R. Behrman

In the Feb. 8 issue of The Times we notice Rep. Louis Ludlow has introduced a bill which again would dig tp the old skeleton of disarmament, .

We are aware of the fact that Mr.

Washington, while we younger men of conscription age would be compelled to face an enemy well ‘prepared and trained for years, while our weapons would consist of leftover and dilapidated equipmen from the World War. : Most of our ex-soldiers can remember the slogan “He kept us out of war,” and thousands of dollars were spent sending notes across the sea that should have been used to ‘buy powder. | Then finding ourselves in the war, we patriotically left our homes that were warm and comfortable to spend several weeks in camp: without uniforms and proper equipment. We disarmed several years ago to set an example for foreign nations who agreed that they would follow, but instead were laughing up their sleeves while they continued to build ships "and: airplanes much larger than were ever known. 2 8 8

ADVOCATES LAW FOR FREE TEXTBOOKS By W. S. Hiser =

Free textbooks are encouraged by the . United States Department of Education and also by the National Educational Association. A law of this kind for Indiana is the nonpartisan, effective, moneysaving remedy for the complaints about textbook adoptions. The school patrons deserve 'a mandatory law, as did those of Ohio. Ohio made its law mandatory (instead of permissive) or a rental system, for school districts to furnish free textbooks. ; : To quote the U. S. Department of Education’s legislative specialist: “Noteworthy legislation for the extension:of free textbook systems was enacted by Florida, Georgia and Tennessee and Ohio. During 1935 more states than usual enacted legislation in behalf of free textbooks. By 1934 laws which required mandatory,K free textbooks for public school children were found in 25 states and the District of Columbia; and 30 states were found to have laws authorizing local school corporations to establish free textbook systems.” 2 ” OEFERS SERVICES TO MR. PEGLER By Claude Braddick, Kokomo oA

Like Homehody I was somewhat amazed at Westbrook Pegler’s con-

Ludlow would be comfortable in|

salary. :

I can’t agree with that statement,

(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)

fession that he needed a whole day to write his 600-word column. Perhaps’ that will explain why much of his stuff betrays a lack of spontaneity and good, honest conviction. The man is actually bored with the glamorous job of columning! I always find time, at the end of my daily toil, to write something with gusto; and the more gusto (with me, at least) the better the finished product. Like anyone else, I like to see my stuff blossom into print, though I never question an editor, either his right or reason, for rejecting all or any part of my material. Often; in fact—having written something unkind and cutting—I have thanked the editor mentally for sparing me the shame, of seeing it in print. : : If Mr. Pegler's column is so burdensome a chore, why not turn it over to Homebody and me, working on alternate days? I'm sure I should be delighted to do it on a mere fraction of Mr. Pegler’s

. s 8 8 FAVORS IMPEACHMENT OF MISS PERKINS By W. H. Edwards, Spencer: In The Times of Feb. 3, Gen. Johnson says that the “threat to impeach Secretary Perkins is silly.”

though I do agree with him that

RENUNCIATION By RUBY S. BUTLER

An incense, strange, exquisite, rare, A burst of stillness in the air, A calm, sweet peace, a wordless prayer; / Then reverence, as your eyes meet

mine. ; A citadel falls before a shrine And flaming there, at last, I see Just what it means to love— And love unselfishly.

DAILY THOUGHT

Seven years old was Jehoash yhen he began to reign.—II Kings

E on whom Heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.—Corneille,

she has made the worst’ Secretary]

of Labor in history. Madame Secrefary Perkins has put up a very flimsy excuse for not deporting Harry Bridges. Thére is no need to wait for a decision of the U. S. Supreme Court on another only partially related case. She could have Harry Bridges deported on the ground that he is an undesirable alien, which he undoubtedly is. It is troublemakers like Bridges and Fritz Kuhn who cause this country to be weakened internally. Secretary Perkins has failed utterly to carry out her oath of office. We need less sentimental action and more plain common sense in _ the Labor Office. ; : » # 2 RAILROAD PLIGHT NO SURPRISE, Is VIEW By C. M.. _. ; ~~ I see the Indiana Railroad wants to abandon two more lines. It’s no wonder they are losing money as they claim. They wont fix up their tracks, though they have car-

loads of ties setting in the freight

yards. And not very long ago fares were raised. That was another thing to make people quit riding the interurbans. - : 2 ont ® 8 2 FEENEY’S CRUSADE WINS COMMENDATION By Reader > : It is a renewal of faith in the honesty of officials to that Sheriff Feeney is warring on vice, gambling and such breeding places of crime and disease.

Also it begins to be apparent why certain elements went to the extent

of fraudulently disturbing the elec-

tion returns to keep Mr. Feeney|

from the Sheriff’s office. As elsewhere, it is found that it is some of “our best people” who protest most vigorously against cleaning up these vice spots—because they cut in on the profits with exorbitant rents. One wonders if this is not why nothing was done about the slum clearance projects despite the offers of Government aid. 2 o@2 -. LIKES DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY By K. 8. Smith : Have you read the illuminating definition of democracy and freedom on pages 18 and 19 of Worsham's latest book, “The Art of Persuading People”? (Harpers). Also his solution of the problem of. labor saving (labor eliminating) machinery on pages 142 and 143 of the same book? His ideas should be brought to the attention of every citizen.

PICKPOCKEToerenn DOES TE Pi OF HIE IOVEMENTS FOR Hig SUCCESSP ? ¥ooR NO cams i

NO. He depends on the habits of his victims, especially the habit of attention.” He knows that

LET'S EXPLORE YOUR MIND

By DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM

AS IMPORTANT AS DUTY TO ONESELF 2 : YOUR QIMIGN worm

will hardly notice if some one pulls his coat off. While the victim has attention fixed on some exciting his atJ at 4 Ne

NO. Just as self-preservation is the first law of nature, so self-interest and looking out for number one is the most jmportant law of duty. If one does not look

out for himself it is likely no one]

else will and he thus becomes a drag on everybody else. His first duty is to take care of himself and his own interests and then devote his energy to helping others. It happens however to be a law of social life that when one minds his own business most wisely and successfully he is usually doing the best for others and the community.

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IT'S the best possible Way to man does not lilze to have a woman

| |appear superior. to him in intelli-| |gence, but that doesn’t peeve him |or deflate his ego half so badly as

outdoing him oa his own specialty —his manly, achletic prowess. It makes him feel like a sissy and unless he is a sissy he doesn't enJoy feeling

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sen. Johnson

Pope Pius a Defender of Humanity, And in His Death, Perhaps Hastened By Worry, World Loses a Great Man.

ASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—A very great man is gone. The death of Pope Pius XI, dt a time of world-wide wreckage, removes one of the greafest

| builders and defenders of human decency."

The end of his life was saddened and perhaps hastened by embarrassments and complexities. He saw in Spain the Rebels fighting in part to preserve the church but supported by dictators who seek to

| destroy it. The strange antics of Father Coughlin

must have troubled him. He lost nothing thereby of the admiration and affection of the world. .:" :. . That he was a great churchman completely. de‘voted to the Catholic creed goes without saying. He was that, but he was very much more. He was a de fender of humanity first and a defender of the faith afterward. He made more frequent and far more effective appeals for social justice, regardless of ‘tace or creed, than any Pope. - His encyclicals are’ models of zealous urging for the poor and oppressed among all peoples, , aan nil Be Tee ; Lal ees AN N some countries; as in Spain, Mexico and the + Philippines there was basis for the Communistic charge that religion had been used as a drug to: make men content with political or economic oppression, No such charge could be laid at the feet of the Holy Father. As head of the Church Militant there was no greater crusader against injustice in any form. Had he been given more years, there is no telling how far his remarkable energy might have taken the Christian religion back along the road to unity. In a day when, among the dictatorships, there is a distinct effort against religion and when, in a general trend toward -world anarchy, there is a growing urge to “curse God and die,” there is no telling how. far he might have taken the world back te¢ that respect for : religion, morality, “honor, faith ana. a sure intent” without which civilization cannot live. Maen ‘There are only two methods of maintaining any society. One is faith and the other is force. The world that we have known has been built on faith. ALTRI eS tia HE whole structure of civilization is threatened by a new and cynical philosophy—both at home and abroad—that faith is for ‘imbeciles and that promises are made to be kept only as long as they are profitable. In this idea you can leave nothing to trust. You can prevail by. superior force and by that alone. This, of course, is the law of the jungle. - The principal thing that distinguishes man ffom the beasts and has lifted him above them Is ‘he

| rejection of that idea 4in favor of reliance on:faith.

But that idea is gaining again. It threatens civilization. Perhaps the strongest single humsgn- force against it in the world was the great man who is gone—Pope Piux XI. ©!" & Uh. og ut In one respect alone the Pope gave the Roman Catholic Church a new direction. of ‘leadership. No successor of his can lay down his work. He made of the church one of the greatest influences in’ the world against bigotry, intolerance and oppression of the poor and of any race or religion in the world.

It Seems to Me . ,

By Heywood Broun : Uvalde Loves and Fears Garner; Expects Him to Go to White House. VALDE, Tex. Feb. 11—Mr. Garner's house is at Park and Mesquite. It is built of fawncolored brick and has a red tile roof. The structure is large and-the. effect is ugly.. A:local man estimated the ‘cost at around $20,000,\but then he added: “I imagine Garner would get it cheaper.” > The Vice President is not as rich as Washington rumor has stated. A guess would be ‘difficult, since he is engaged in such ‘a variety of interests, but around the Kincaid Hotel they say that John Nance Garner has not much more than a million. : And everybody admits that he made it the hard way— a ‘little: bit here: and alittle - bit -there, and largely through foreclosures. The people of Uvalde love their distinguished fellow-citizen, but they also fear him. They refer to him as “the old man* In a cafeteria I asked the counter man: “What do you think of Garner for President?” =. ~~ ~~ “v “I could answer almost any other’ question,” he replied and walked away. When he came back he said: “Mr. Garner owns this building. * Mr.: Garner owns the entire block.” : x “Yes,” he said. “John Nance Garner is a very fine man. I wouldn’t say he has no enemies, because he has. But that’s simply because he’s:such a good

businessman. > : Lavish in Some Things = = nT, Across the street I.saw the car which John, Garner uses on his hunting-and fishing trips. It-'is a low-priced car, a 1929 model, Mr. Garner is :quite careful even in small things. A storekeeper told mé that the Vice President buys the beer for the whole crowd on any hunting trip, but that if there are any bottles left over Mr. Garner personally brings them in to get his money back. Yet in some things

lection of gavels which have been :presented to" Mr. Garner. They arg on free display in the:lobby. And the Garageman iho. serves as his favorite hunting companion has eived from his famous friend: at least 30 stuffed heads of deer, They stare. down from

of the Vice President, : oh “Do you think he wants to be President of the United States?” “Mr. Garner never discusses national politics. He just shoots deer and he’s a handy man around a camp. He always keeps saying that when you go away from the camp for any reason you should come back with a stick. He picks up even the little ones. That's sort ef his philosophy.” =

be a Cactus Coolidge.

By Dr. Morris Fishbein ine PoE are frequently confused between stutter- . ing apd stammering. There is really no essent difference. Some have argued that- stuttering peated 'use of phrases, whereas: stammering blocking of speech. The effects are, ho about the same, _ ha eal "Attempts have been made frequently to ‘species besides man to speak, but only brain sufficiently. developed in its © language. It must be. remembered, as d E. M. Cole point out, that a bawk than a man, a hound can smell more bat can hear much better, © The brain of man has developed more purposes than the brains of ofl ever, even the brain of man has ce Seventy-five per cent of men the remaining 25 per cent are or use each hand with equal

lose him. A few daysago I sald| cee to

‘that way. No; ladies, if | who

you really wart to have us mien] hy

you'll just have to make us think we are a wee bit all round

even are

he’s lavish. The Kincaid Hotel has the eniire.col-

the wall silently, for they, too, know the prowess.

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Uvalde thinks Mr, Garner will go to ‘the White Ni House. There is a precedent for this hope. ‘He would ;

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