Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1939 — Page 9

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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1939

SECOND SECTION

Our Town

Ordinarily I like positive people. But I am disturbed, just the same, by Arthur S. Mellinger, whose letter appeared in The Hoosier Forum the other night. Mr. Mellinger’s attitude about Mr. Roosevelt, pigeons, architecture and, maybe, sven life itself seems suddenly to be coming apart. “Look at the new addition to the Federal Building,” says Mr. Mellinger. “That horse and buggy architecture is an example of the Roosevelt consistency. We have had a lot of discussion about pigeons defacing such buildings. Well, the new telephone building across the street and the new Wasson store do not afford any place for them to roost. Simple answer to the problem, isn’t it?” In my own stuffy way I, too, am something of a student of architecture. To be sure, I've never made much progress, but observations covering a period of 40 years lead me to believe that pigeons, given their choice, will select those architectural styles which, starting circa 476 A. D. with the fall of the Western Empire, terminate circa 1420 A. D. with the birth of the humanistic movement. Or in other words, pigeons, if left to themselves, will concentrate on the paltry one thousand years represented by the Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic styles.

» » 5 Fertile Field for Study A fertile field for observing this phenomenon is our own University Park, the northern half of which is particularly rich in architectural styles. A war memorial dating back to Mausolus of Halicarnassus (circa 373 B. C.), a Romanesque church (circa 1132 A. D), a Gothic church (circa 1380 A. D.), a club house incorporating the basic elements of the Italian Renaissance (circa 1510 A. D.) and a modern office building (circa 2 Before the Crash) set up a field unsurpassed for studying the tastes of pigeons. Given

(Ernie Pyle Is

It Seems to Me

NEW YORK, July 1.—William P. Buckner Jr., who is being tried on some charge which does not concern this column, has testified that he spent lavishly “to entertain Senators, Congressmen and newspaper reporters.” Not having been around when the highjinks were on, I have no intention of questioning the testimony of Mr. Buckner, who is a stranger to me. But the phrase about “entertaining the newspapermen” is annoying. It is even worse when somebody says that he has been entertaining “the newspaper boys.” And at times these ase sertions have been advanced by various people who seem to feel that “What kind of beer will you have?” entitled them to special favors from the press. Fortunately, most of the bad shots who get into a jam and then assert that they spent the dough giving reporters a good time are pulling a long bow. Naturally, a few exceptions might have to be noted, but no newspaperman worth his salt hangs around waiting for some show-off to give him a handout in champagne or sandwiches. The vast majority of members of the craft can echo Queen Victoria and say, “We are not entertaining.” The men and women of the press—heavens be praised; are far more scrupulous than most Senators and Representatives. In spite of higher average stipends, Congress goes on the cuff to an extent which reporters would never stand for. ” ” =

Record Better Than Fair

I do not want to be hanged by the neck until dead on the propcsition that ne newspaperman was ever influenced by a gift, but by and large it seems to me that the record of newsgatherers throughout the country stands out as magnificent. Washington, of course, is the spot where most of the pressure comes. This is the special stamping

Washington

NEW YORK, July 1.—The most important piece of Republican news this week is the authoritative information that there is no friction between Thomas E. Dewey and Kenneth F. Simpson, New York National Committeeman who has Hen a stormy symbol

of Republican liberalism in the East, An explanation is necessary to make clear the significance of this development. The team of Dewey and Simpson, which during the last two or three years has breathed new life into the Republican Party in New York, appeared last winter to be cracking up. Tempers and irritations on both sides created a situation which distressed many Republicans. Simpson, believing that the influence of Herbert Hoover's friends prevented him from going on the Republican National Executive Committee, issued a public statement severely criticizing the former President. Other incidents of minor character followad. To some of these Dewey took emphatic exception. Some conservative Republicans, always against Simpson, seized this opportunity to drive a wedge into the breach in the hope of ousting Simpson from party influence.

2 » ” Almost a Martyr This situation resulted In Simpson becoming something of a symbol of progressive Republicanism, and for a time it appeared he was about to be made a martyr.

Personal friends recognized that the Dewey candidacy would suffer if the breach continued and if

My Day

WASHINGTON, Friday.—We had a very jolly evening last night eating supper on my cottage porch. I was glad that our son Franklin Jr., who is gaining a little experience in Judge Mack's law office, is finding actual contact with realities mere interesting than studving theories out of books. We all know one needs theory, but it is a help to obtain an actual contact that proves the value of putting in several years of study. It gives one a feeling that some day one will enjoy working on real problems and handling human beings and that the years of preparation were not wasted. Mr. Adrian J. Dornbush, from Washington, spent the night with us. Two friends of mine, Mr. Roger Brett and Miss Jane Brett, had come up from Beacon for supper, as had the two Morgenthau boys. Everyone intended to have a swim before supper but only two of us succeeded, for rain was threatening by the time all the bovs had arrived. After supper, Mr. Dornbush played us the records which he has had made of some of the music given at the White House the night the King and Queen were with us. We all enjoyed the music, especially the ballad of the Soldier and the Lady, and Mr. Alan Lomax’s rendering of a cowboy song which tells of “winning his true love across the Red River.” Miss Thompson and I left early this morning for New York City, stopped to do some errands, and came down to our little aparument, There two

By Anton Scherrer

this esthetic feast the pigeons I've noticed pass up the classic, the Italian Renaissance and the modern to feed upon the Romanesque and Gothic churches. The phenomenon is not confined to University Park. There is something about a pigeon’s behavior a manifestation of a singular heredity complex that makes him the same bird the world over. Take Venice, for example. The pigeon-proud Piazza has two very distinguished examples of architecture—the Italian Renaissance library by Sansovino (circa 1535 A. D) and the Byzantine basilica, otherwise known as St. Mark's (circa 977 A. D.). Sure, the pigeons pass up the library to pick on the church. To be sure, a pigeon will sometimes evince a liking for a juicy bit of Spanish Renaissance or a succulent piece of classic of the kind Mr. Roosevelt's Indianapolis Federal Building is made of. I don't deny it, but I still maintain that pigeons, given their choice, will turn down Mr. Roosevelt's kind of architecture for the richer feast of Romanesque eating. = 2 2

Two Sides to the Story

The reason pigeons are worrying Postmaster Seidensticker isn't because they want to or because they especially like his new building, but because there isn’t anything left in Indianapolis for them to eat. Half a loaf is better than none and nobody knows it better than Indianapolis pigeons. All of which leaves me no alternative but to believe that if Mr. Roosevelt made a mistake (which is possibled it wasn't because of his failure to give us a building stripped of all moldings and ornament. Quite the contrary. Mr. Roosevelt made his mijstake in not giving us a building with enough ornament. Had he given us a juicy Romanesque Postoffice, for instance, he could have segregated the pigeons of Indianapolis, brought them under the watchful eye of Jim Farley, and solved an intolerable local problem, And. anyway, if Mr. Menninger thinks the Telephone Building settles the pigeon problem allow me to say that I have just come from there and found eight love-sick pairs sitting on the window sills.

On Vacation)

By Heywood Broun

ground of the highest-powered lobbyists. They deal in charm and flattery and, I am afraid, occasionally in cash. And the records show that sometimes they have succeeded in swaying those in very high authority. But the lobbyist soon learns that he cannot cull correspondents and commentators as easily as he can take certain Congressmen into camp. Lots of newspaper writers in Washington and elsewhere set down things which seem to me just terrible. At times opinions are expressed which make me hop up and down and grow purple in the face. And yet I know perfectly well that these views do represent the honest and sincere reactions of the persons in question. Sincerity is not by any means a complete excuse for dangerous and deplorable articles. But I am so full of sweetness and light that I am ready to admit that there is a difference between reactionaries and racketeers. ” » n

Just an Old Tradition

I have always wanted to know just what constitutes “entertainment.” I don't happen to smoke cigars very much, but when some insistent acquaintance or utter stranger says, “Take a cigar,” it is much more simple to put it in your pocket than raise yourself to full height and exclaim, “I won't he bribed.” And in a pinch I would borrow a cigaret from anybody, with the exception of Tom Girdler and Major General Moseley. I wouldn't like to take one from Gerald Nye, but there are spots where conscience weakens.

Times Photos,

1. It’s the wheat, now, that's in the shock. Scene on a Marion

County farm.

2. Also in Marion County the corn is from two to three weeks ahead

of the season.

3. The soy bean crop also is the fringe weeds.

4. Farm boys spend their time

said to be good. A farmer mows

putting up the wheat except when,

as in the center, they take a pull at the water jug.

5. Binders in action now will soon be put away for another

grain harvest,

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To some extent the same thing gces for drinks. The man in the bar or restaurant who says, “Let me | buy you a cocktail,” may be, for all you know, the greatest rascal outside of jail, or a good guy, or just] one of the visiting firemen. But why argue? There | is an old tradition, which I didn't start, that the one | who refuses the proffered glass is a Spartan or a| snob. Not wishing to be neither, I reluctantly say, | “Yes, but stop me on this one.” But let me publicly | announce, in an effort to live up to the best traditions of the craft to which I belong, that I will not sell out for a Tom Collins.

By Raymond Clapper

Simpson were thrown out. Several volunteer peacemakers have been at work on the situation. It was represented to Dewey that old guard Republicans in up state New York, never too enthusi- | astic about him, were taking advantage of this situation to make the split irrevocable and set themseives up in complete control of the delegation next year. It has been impressed upon both Dewey and Simpson that to have the quarrel go on would be fatal. Among those who felt this way was former Governor Alf Landon of Kansas. On his recent trip East he indicated his distress at the situation. To one of Dewey's close friends, Landon made the point that a prospective candidate who could not command his home base and who had discord at home could hardly expect to command in the national field. 2 ” »

Warning by Culkin

Whether these representations had any direct effect I cannot say. But the fact is that Dewey had Kenneth Simpson to dinner at his home this week, following a previous dinner meeting a short time before. The further fact is that there is no friction between them. Only a few days ago Rep. Francis Culkin of New York said in Washington that the fight against Simpson, if successful, would cost the party defeat in 1940. He stated the situation in these words: “It may be that Dewey today is listening to the siren calls of more reactionary party ieaders, but the fact stands that the 1939 campaign was waged on substantially the platform that Mr. Simpson stands for. To abandon this platform now by throwing Simpson to the wolves would relegate both Dewey and the Republican Party to the position in which we stood in 1936." This warning may have had its effect. At any rate, everything appears to be fixed up and there may be some developments shortly to make clear beyond doubt that this is the case.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

gentlemen from Harding College, in Arkansas, came in to see me at the request of their Congressman. think I will tell you a little more about this college some day in the future, tor it seems to me to promise a real solution to some of the educational difficulties Snen beset a great number of the younger generation oday. ;

I am very much interested to see by the morning press that Assemblyman Moffatt has served notice that he will introduce a bill when the special session of the New York State Legislature reconvenes tomorrow, to prevent the threatened closing of kindergartens and night schools in New York City. This is much to be desired, but to do this he proposes that the city board of education suspend salary increments and impose payless furloughs fcr necessary economies. The representatives of local boards of education, including James Marshall, president of the New York City Board of Education, and some others from upstate, promptly turned the proposal down, and that does not surprise me greatly. We have, of course, for a long time in New York State felt that we were paying a great deal for education and in consequence we patted ourselves on the back for being far in advance of many other states. I question if today we spend more in proportion to our state income and give our children much better opportunities than do some other states. I am perfectly sure, however, that curtailing educational opportunities is not wise economy, nor should the salaries of teachers be lowered. Economies may be needed, hut for a long time I have felt that we should stress better teachers and higher salaries and economize in other ways,

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Farmers Enthused Over Prospects

By Joe Collier HE man in the field says things look pretty good this vear for Marion County grain crops. Wheat is mostly in the shock, and an examination of

the heads shows them to be fairly well filled.

In those

fields where the wheat still is standing, the heads are

firm and are not likely to

shatter when harvested.

Oats sort of came from behind to win, improving its position in the last couple of weeks from about the worst the state as a whole had seen in years to a condition described as from poor to fair today. Corn, for the most part, has forgotten all about the “knee high by the Fourth of July” adage and in some places is actually shoulder high. If one kept a calendar by observation of the stage of the growth of grain crops in the County, he would reckon that today was close to July 14. = n ”

EVN the home garden crops are little ahead of the season. In some places they are picking green beans and there are plenty of tomatoes that would be in salads right now if they would only ripen up. Of course, the weeds aren't missing any bets, and they are showing themselves rank and impudent in fields and on roadsides. It won't be very long. either, if corn keeps this pace, that it can be cultivated. Dietrich Kline, R. R. 10, Box 238, out East on the National Road, was grinning when he pulled his mules to a stop at the end of a corn row. He had a wheat shock of a hat on his head, and he seemed glad to stop for a minute and chat. He had no kicks coming so far, he said. “Everything is two

or three

weeks ahead of itself,” he said. “The wheat is pretty good and the corn is doing fine. This is a good growing year. There has been a little trouble with the harvesting of hay, because every time, it seemed. that a farmer would mow, someone would tip off the weather man and there would be rain, ” n ”

HEN just about the time it was dry enough to harvest, it would rain again. But eventually most of it has been put away and there is more to come. The soy beans are reported

good condition in most parts. And now Marion County Is ready for the most spectacular and symbolic activity of the entire routine of farming. Next week, perhaps, thrashing should begin, and up and down the countryside you will see those oblong machines sneezing straw and chaff into piles next to the barns. Inside and around the farm houses the womenfolk will be preparing thrashers’ meals which have in the past been so excellent, diverse, and bountiful that they have become a part of American slang. If nothing untoward happens, there is good chance that the Marion County farmer will have a generally successful harvest this year. But cross your fingers, scan the skies, and live right, because anything can happen between now and pumpkin frost time.

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GROVE WILL RENEW EFFORTS FOR COURT

Ira M. Holmes, attorney for Beech Grove citizens who are attempting to force the Marion County Circuit Court, to create a magistrate’s court there, said today he will prepare another appeal to the Supreme Court. The Indiana High Court yesterday denied a petition for a writ of mandate to force Circuit Court Judge Eari R. Cox to create the court, saying that action must be by appeal. Beech Grove citizens filed a petition with Judge Cox early this week as provided by the 1939 Legislative law creating the magistrates courts.

He denied their petition, asserting that the new law, which would have become effective yesterday, was unconstitutional. The High Court did not rule on the constitutionality of the measure the mandate,

COUNTY COURTS TAKE 2 MONTHS’ VACATION

The five Marion County Superior Courts, Circuit and Probate Courts were to go into a two-months vacation period at noon today. A last-minute rush of litigants seeking to have their cases heard before the deadline was expected. Juvenile and Criminal Court and the two municipal civil courts are to remain open during the remainder of the summer. The vacationing courts will open again Sept. 5.

PWA COMPLETES 40 INDIANA PROJECTS

CHICAGO, July 1.—Forty of the | 188 PWA projects in Indiana to be | completed by June 30, 1940, are now finished, it was announced here today. Value of completed projects, many of which are schools, street improvements, sewers, disposals and waterworks plants, is estimated at $1. 815,203 by Regional Director D. R. Kehniootl,

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FEDERAL WORKERS GET LONG HOLIDAY

| A majority of Federal employees in Indiana will have an unbroken

‘holiday until Wednesday, Clarence |

|E. Manion, National Emeigency | Council state director, announced today. Among Federal agencies employing large numbers of persons excused from work Monday because of President Roosevelt's order are the WPA, Internal Pevenue Department and Federal Housing Administration. The Federal Court and Federal | Clerk's office will also be closed [while skeleton staffs will be main- | tained at the Federal Bureal of Investigation and Weather Bureau.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—1In which country is the city of Osaka? 2—What is the correct abbreviation of the word merchandise? 3—Name the British submarine that recently sank. 4—_In what year did the 21st Amendment to the U. S. Constitution become effective? 5—What relation Is a wife to her husband's brother? 6—In what bay is the government prison, Alcatraz Island? T—With what sport is the name

of Byron Nelson associated? ® =»

Answers

1—Japan, 2—Mdse. 3—H. M. 8. Thetis. 41933. 5—Sister-in-law. 6—San Francisco Bay. T—Golf.

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OGDEN ELECTED BY |GULVER ANNOUNCES

INDIANA LAW SCHOOL

James M. Ogden has been a HOLIDAY PROGRAM

president of the Indiana Law School | of Indianapolis for the 1939-40 4

school year, it was announced t0-|.,,gence Day will be celebrated at (day. Joseph G. Wood was named Culver Military Academy with a |day division dean; William R. For- meeting of the cavalry, naval and (ney, evening division dean, and ywooderaft units of the Culver SumAlgjson M. BOWIE: Jogisiar. g, mer Schools at the open air theater rustees are Dr. Matthias L.|at noon. Haines, president; Hilton U. Brown, Tpverst . | vice president; Mr. Wood, secretary, | Following the parade of the Gols land Linton A. Cox‘ Mr. Dowling, ors and the reading of the Unite | Louis B. Ewbank. Mr. Forhev. Har- States Constitution preamble, Ad. vey A. Grabill and Mr. Ogden. |miral Hugh Rodman of the U. S, The executive committee elected NAVY, retired, summer school direcs ‘by the trustees includes Mr, Ogden, | LOT, will give the principal address. chairman, Mr. Forney, Mr. Wood,| A garrison review of the summer | Mr. Dowling and Richard H. Ober- schools will be held to honor Brig, | reich. | Gen. L. R. Gignilliat,

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