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THURSDAY, JULY 11

MAN BITES DOG [OR a tip-off on how fast old issues are being liquidated, consider what happened in Washington the other day—

MARK FERREE |

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| William Green

Three men from the Defense Advisory Commission |

hefore a House appropriations subcommittee.

\ppeared Thev were:

General Motors Corp, certainly no advocate of Government

in business;

William Knudsen. until recently the head of | I { Vv

Edward Stettinius, lately the head of the U. |

S. Steel Corp., likewise a man of few socialistic sympathies; | and Gano Dunn, an electric power consultant who helped | the Commonwealth & Southern Corp. make its court fight | deny, they are only samples of the general rottenness

against TVA.

the House committee?

An immediate appropriation (there is no time to lose) |

to expand the TVA power program—a new hydroelectric a new TVA three power units

dam, Ss at existing dams. Reason: The nation needs this new electric power for defense industries, overating and projected in the Tenand the TVA is equipped to do the job with

delay.

nessee Valley,

the least Before the pressure of national defense needs, all the Don’t be surprised any day Dealer whooping if there comes a defense job to be

break down.

some starry-eyed New

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now to

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alignments hear of

for the bankers,

t+ he that t

POLICING DEMOCRACY THE new Hatch Bill moves on toward its rightful place among the Federal statutes—alongside the Civil ServCorrupt Practices Act and the Hatch Act

ice Law, the

of last veal wey to make it give the people a more honest and eflicient Government is an unending task. As

abuses are abolished, new ones arise and in turn they

Policing democr:

niet

nu be rooted out.

It means the abolition ial privileges, the beneficiaries of which are always

The

The rooting out is never easy. of spe

powerful in resisting any curb on their prerogatives.

team power plant, and the addition of |

| 1v he bankers can do better and quicker than any- |

gh By Westbrook Pegler

Rank and File Not With Labor Conspirators and Are Crying for Help from Crooks and Communists

EW YORK, 11.—For about nine months these pieces have hammered away at certain faults of labor organization, and. as your correspond=ent expected, he has been denounced as an enemy of labor with a capital L. which he is not. On the A. F. of L. side the revelations have concerned the invasion of the field of labor by criminals of the gangster type. On the ¢. I. O. side they have dealt with communistic control, particularly in the Newspaper Guild The A. F. of L. crooks have had the support of whose cabinet or executive council includes George Browne, a capper for a criminals who indorsed notorious racketeers in the recent Louisville convention of the stagehands and movie employees union. Mr. Green. in turn, indorsed a thoroughly vicious gang of thieves, grafters and extortioners. Mr. Green. therefore, degraded his office and hesmirched the reputation of the A. F. of L appearing personally before the convention to bestow his blessing

July

o n HE disclosures regarding crookedness in the . leadership of A. F. of L. unions have not been They have been supported by court

Green well knows and doesn't

vague hearsay. records, and, as Mr

wits Sania) : a 3 i And what do you suppose these three men asked of | Which has been allowed to develop in his organization | under his flabby presidency.

Similarly. the influence of the Communists in the Newspaper Guild has been shown positively. In particular, it has heen shown thaj in California the Guild acquiesced in the indorsement of the ham n’ eges proposal which would have abolished the American system of government there and substituted a Fascist or Communist dictatorship, It also has been shown that in New York, the other Communist stronghold in the Guild, Communist publications are especially favored by the bolshevik leaders. Being granted conditions which no American publisher would dare to propose in union negotiations It also has been shown that the Guild constitution contains mantraps, concealed beneath innocent language. which never have been advertised to memhers or prospective members, whereby joiners find themselves caught in the Guild for life and unable to escape. even though the Guild should become opencommunistic. Most members and prospects are given fo believe they can quit at will, and the Communists have resented the disclosure of the treacher-

| ous man-traps, because this will make prospects wary.

| a capital L.

| sluggers.

privileged groups which the new Hatch Bill is taking to a:

political machines that have waxed e money Congress appropriates to help the states hwayvs, provide pensions for the needy aged, blind, of dependent children, and for other laudable

cleaning are the state

fat off th

build hi

anda

0 mothers purposes

When this bill becomes law the state political bosses

will no longer be able to coerce the ballots of the employees |

Federal funds. nor assess ie emplovees for political slush funds, nor command the employees to devote their time and energies In short, this bill extends to these which the Hatch Act of

of state agencies which spend these

will they be able to intimidate needy pensioners,

the salaries of tl

to active electioneering.

emplovees the same protections

last year applied to regular Federal loyees— ‘forbids | NY reg deral emplovees—and forbids | pictures and

the same pernicious activities. For this job of are especially indebted to two New Mexico Democrats, Senafor the long and gallant fight this bill, first through the 2-to-1 vote, and yesterday through the House by almost exactly the same margin. Special also should made of the part Rep. the Republican House leader, who has just turned in a remarkable demonstration of how

tor Hatch and Rep. Dempsey,

they have waged, in ]

Se nate {

pas

sing

113 \ . 1 Oli} mon < ago DV

a mention he played by soe Martin, an effective opposition party can compel a reluctant maJority leadership to bow to the wishes of the people.

IT CAN HAPPEN HERE AS we read this

French Republic’ —it's

Vote End of a good time for all of us to “Liberty, equality, fraternity’ were self-perpetuating and there is nothing automatic either avout

headline—"' Politicians

look in the mirror, Hol “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The

fathers handed d

something the foreown to us in perpetuity is a common ono— 1s fallacious

notion that our rights are

common as it And it is always easier to forget that corollary about eternal vigilance being the price.

Life rocks on, and seldom if ever do we take the trouble

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HE Guild has been very dishonest, too, in deceiving its own members with propaganda in the editorial columns of its union publication. In one strike, in Seattle, the Guild of L. gorillas—or goons, as they

are called—to win

its battle on the picket line and hailed these thugs |

as high-minded comrades in the cause of labor with After a while, however, the Guild went over to the C. I. O. and got into a jurisdictional scrap with the same Dave Beck, who then used the same gorillas against the Guild. So the Guild changed its opinion of Mr. Beck's mob That, incidentally, made Dave Beck pretty sore, But stick around. The rank and file are not with these conspirators. They are crying for protection from A. F. of L. crooks and Communist political exploiters in unions of the C. I. O. Time and develonments will show who is the enemy and who the friend of labor with a capital IL.

Inside Indianapolis

The Operation That Saved A Life;

Roulette, Pigeons—And Politics, Too R. AND MRS. HAROLD WAKPLAND became the parents of an infant son June 7th at St After the first feeding knew something wrong

Francis Hospital attempt at

the family was

The baby couldn't

physician take milk. The second and third days were the same doctor called in a young surgeon who examined X-ray the

found an obstruction at mouth of

| the babv's stomach

rooting out abuses, the American people |

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An operation appeared necessary to save the child from starvation, but major operations on a three-dav old are pretty riskv It was either that or death, however, so a tiny bassinet was carried inte the operating room. The voung surgeon opened a threeinch incision in the baby's stomach, delicately explored until he found the obstruction. severed the esophagus, removed the obstruction, repaired the esophagus and closed the wound. The mother gave the baby a blood transfusion Then began an anxious vigil by the parents and the voung surgeon. Finally the infant nourishment—even began regaining lost weight Ten days ago, mother and child were taken home N. Denny St Today, the Wakeland infant

{ has regained its birth weight. and more appears to

| be out

of danger The surgeon told alive because “it must perform” But in operation

the Wakelands have some

habv was life to

the mission in

his heart, he must feel that it was the

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EASLEY BLACKWOOD

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the instirance man-bridge

&, pert who has written several books on the pastime,

to dust off the Constitution and re-read about trial by jury, !

habeas corpus, right of assembly, free speech, freedom from unwarranted search and seizure, freedom of worship, ete. Rather, we assume that all this has been taken care of. Only at rare intervals, as when a prohibition agent raids a home without a search warrant, or a Ku-Klux Klan springs up, do we sense that forces may be working to break down those heritages teacher told us about. So, as the vears go by, and life grows more complex, and economic difficulties come upon us, we split into pres-

sure groups and try to get ours ~being not too finicky about |

how it’s done, or how our governmental processes may be and seldom if ever of our obligations. put the the “for” and less and less on the “by” the people in our appraisal of what our Government is all about. We see across the ocean another form arising. We find

ourselves

affected; thinking always of our rights as citizens

More and more we

empha 1S On

vaguely worried because democracy seems to he going out of vogue in a lot of places. But the Allies won before, didn't thev? world. And old England alwavs somehow muddles through. Then, suddenly, France caves in. The nation which to our generation has been so much a symbol of democracy joins the rapidly lengthening caravan of dictatorship. One day we read—"Politicians Vote End of French Republic.” And on that same day, if we are smart, we go in for self-analysis as we never have done before. HURRY, HURRY! . : PORT GAL is making plans to celebrate eight centuries of independence. Better hurry, boys, if you want to make that an even 800.

And France has the best army in the |

read an article in Esquire recently on how to win at roulette through a “foolproof” svstem Mr Blackwood. using the system, played a mythical game and lost $42.000 to himself : So he down and dashed off an article exposing the system, and mailed it to the magazine. It brought him a check for $150, which Mr. Blackwood feels more than makes up for that $42,000 he lost °

sat

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ALTHOUGH THE JACK HELMAN residence, 4715 Broadway, was completely untenanted and locked during the family's two-week absence. Mr. Helman, on his return, found a dead homing pigeon on floor. It was banded on both legs. like to know how it got in.

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A Woman's Viewpoint

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

HE in all animals. inciuding man And all mixed with that desire, a sort of preliminary building up to its quest and fulfillment, is the wish for companionship and fun. To be really alive, young people must know and play with other young people Dancing is a natural instinct of all young things, and every growing boy and girl should have access to wholesome places where dancing can be enjoyed with the proper partners

A sad aspect of our urban civilization is the lack |

of such places for the less affluent classes. The rich can afford to give their children country clubs and spacious homes in which to romp, but what of the poor? For a long time I have felt that club women were

derelict in their duty because they have done so little |

to remedy the condition pleas:ye recent

Naturally, then, I read with accounts of what has been

Club will be opened formally.

The dream of the club first took form in the mind |

of a boy, Cletus Montague, who understood the needs

| of his own age group. Happily the state president of

| adult

the Federated Clubs, Mrs. L. R. Upham, and her |

educational chairman, Mrs. his vision. An old dwelling house was obtained and renovated. It will be open every day and evening to voung people from 16 to 26. For an annual fee of $1.30, games, dancing and dating can be enjoyed under capable supervision. Is it surprising to hear that the youngsters are already flocking in? I believe this is a splendid way to build patriotic citizenship, national solidarity and homes, which, taken together, mean American happiness.

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Frank Warren, caught

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Jim Farley May Head the N. Y. Yankees

mob of |

used Dave Beck's A. F. |

They were now just plain |

so the |

began taking |

the | Mr. Helman would |

3 i | desire for love is the second strongest hunger |

J : started | in Minneapolis, where on July 17 the City Youth |

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940

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A Few Extra Dollars Added to the $21 Basic Monthly Pay Won't Tempt Men to Quit Jobs and Join Army

ASHINGTON, July 11.—A group of 240 distine guished educators, clergymen, writers and busi= ness leaders has just declared against any ‘‘peacetime” conscription. They say it is un-American, totalitarian, un-democratic and that it would disrupt business and industry. They say that highly skilled men needed for any new mechanized, motorized war can be had by voluntary enlistment "under pay schedules sufficiently attractive.” This protest springs from incomplete understanding of the principle of selective service There are three steps in the selective process registration, classification and induction. Only the last is in any sense conscription. Registration 1s universal enrollment of the manpower of the nation. Classification is an examination of them all to see what are the special education, skills and aptitudes of each man, and which can be classified for military or other service with the least possible inconvenience to himself, the greatest consideration for his own wishes, the slightest disturbance to our economic system-—in-dustry, commerce, agriculture education—and, above all, domestic relations and the dependency of others. un

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LASS 1-A, at the beginning at least, should comprise all men who could serve with none or the very slightest impairment of any of these standards. When that class is determined, the order of their going or “induction,” is determined by a national lottery or “drawing” already conducted in Washington covering all men registered. At this point, and especially during peace, or before the drain of war has created any real manpower problem, a provision used during the latter part of the 1917-18 draft preserves all the virtues of the volunteer system with none of its disruptive and sometimes hateful consequences. We called it “volunteering within call A-1.” Class A-1, in our present situation would contain many times the number we need. It would be made up of the most available men of this nation—men whn are best fitted for service and who, in the balance of resnonsibilities between national and private obligations have the least of the latter. Those who want to go first should be permitted to volunteer, n o un

The Hoosier Forum

I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

to be laid off and the last to be put back to work. . . . We, the 90,000 Negroes in Indiana, these columns, religious con- |are asking both Democrats and Re-| | . 3 pol | publicans what they are going to troversies excluded. Make [give us in return for our suffrage. , After all, we are only human {and would like to be treated like-| | wise.

| SEES KELLEMS OPINIONS | AS SHEER PROPAGANDA

By Kenneth Ogle, Chairman, Indiana Com- | mittee for National Defense

ers are invited

| (Times read

their views in

ir letters e} } Il ~ your eirers short, so ail can

have a chance. Letters must

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be signed, but names will be withheld on request.)

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” ” ” A NEGRO'S APPEAL FOR AMERICAN FAIR PLAY Johnie H. Walker I have often wondered what would

become of the white race if they

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on [nitions of war. Some of her ADVOCATES SYSTEM TO phrases: (1) “English upper classes | PENALIZE OLD OFFENDERS fi n ir a spis 4 , Pangin Bi Oe week, no guiding hand in wholesome By M. mw hold out as long as we can, and recreation. Still history shows that | Thete is no doubt then we'll let the two vellow races, Our mental giants have won against | chronic traffic offender | Americans and Japanese, fight it these awful odds | punished to the full extent [out.” | The six over-priviliged, raised in aw. ‘THOS A k hal Miss Kellems remembers English Sterilized air and steam heat, with | aw. lpse ‘Who: nase % Na out | who don't contribute to war chari- |@ Push-button at one hand and a speeding and running through stop ties. She says they hold us in con- DE oad on de other, fampered, | signs are a constant menace to the temp Thev. call us vellow. 8S coddled until they imagine they are | i hat ve I Te) eal 8 en he above workitig people. and ve only | Public and should be prohibited fichting for democracy: they are |t0 enjoy the luxuries of the other | from operating anything having | fighting for money—that in part, class. They spend their time read- more horse-power than a wheelat least, it is a “frantic struggle on ing silly fiction, driving Dad's car | parrow upon the streets and highthe part of the aristocrats to sur- to the golf links or the bathing WAYS vive.” beach and have no more compre- | Pio I sav the U. P. is disconcerting hension of the principles of life] However, the most careful because any well-read child at this | liberty and freedom than an oyster. and law abiding motorist pulls a date would recognize this stuff for Tey jus! take it foy rane hal | boner once in a great while. Many what it is, a deliberate attempt to these things come out o ne ue divert Eloi s en ite If these two classes were thrown | 2 Sane. sober driver having his mind from the issue "together in a training camp both | Occupied with business or worry has What is the issue? Must be will profit, and in no other place driven past red lights or stepped on restated? Apparently it must. The [can they be taught the very funda- | {pe gas a little harder than usual issue is this: Will America’s vital mentals of Americanism The | . : a interests be affected if the British | experience will be invaluable to the Without being gvare of breaking win, if the Nazis win? By this time | weaklings, wastrels and mollycod- the law. This, of course, is not an most of us have an answer to that dles who might otherwise spend a excuse. nok il offered as such, but question . lifetime in delusion and idleness and | the fact remains and no amount of Miss Kellems' remarks might thus be robbed of the wholesome fines will correct a mental lapse. have been lifted out of Goebbels | joy of being a real American. I'nere should be some simple book. All this is obvious. Why does | method whereby the police could the Times “play” a story that evi- | distinguish between the criminally dently is German propaganda? careless driver and the fellow who # o has regard for the law and the | ew NES. g TH cb " rights of others, without dragging S1 PPOUR' S COMPULSORY him into court and wasting the time MILITARY TRAINING of all concerned. By Pat Hogan, Columbus, Ind In other words, I think that the The critics of compulsory military | had to go through the hardships the | careful motorist who makes a mistraining are either victims of nar- | Negro does to live and to make ha sho have Wo SEI es: sted row-mindedness, or they are down- | |iving for his family. Although we xe fo gins pin I5 Suggesied right selfish bigots | are Newroes we are true Erin] Sr all drivers in Indiana are If we never have another war, if | who fever have betraved the trast!’ Suired 10.calty a drivers license (this nation is never invaded, the of our country or our flag Pris present ssitie on demand. of cap toe Sd . Et > : ‘la duly authorized officer, let each greatest blessing we could ask is this When we came back from France | bh ‘ovided I . compulsory experience for our we were not even treated as good A agyk ed yivh ah in vouth as foreigners Who had NEVEr taken delible pencil with which he could I can think of an even dozen— | o ns . : | initial the license of any driver out first papers although we shed who commits a serious traffic ofsix of the under-privileged, and six |our blood in the trenches of France| ence. He would also warn the. vio of the over-privileged. The under- | to defend our country and flag. e intor s well as aie a notation in privileged never have a chance to ask you for no special privilege. We |, o BS Oh 4 which ’ he ATI: know what real life is. They toil, | only ask vou for an equal OPPOr= | phis otat would be entered struggle. snatch a smattering of ed- | tunity of making a living for our Eh ory. oy ATE ucation, with barely enough food to family as vou do vours and that | Spon 8 FezIS er 5! neadguar: fsa keep them alive. They never had a |isn't much to ask for, We are the | the end of the Sy RAd constitute balanced ration for one straight oppressed race, We are the first | 2 periranent Yecord ual fis indie / si | vidual had been warned. . Now if this particular motorist I —— 1 |is ever apprehended again, the in-| Side G ances By Galbraith | vestigating officer, whoever he may | | be, weuld instantly see that one| | warning had been given and would | | sternly lecture the offender again land warn him that the next time | meant arrest, at the same time [initialing the license as before. ! | Then it follows that there would | [be no question as to the driving | habits of any motorist if he was | investigated for the third time. In case a driver lost his oper-| |ator's license, either accidentally or | otherwise, he could follow the same | procedure as at present and obtain | | a duplicate, except that the license | bureau would check with the police | |and if there were any marks | against the applicant they would | be entered upon the new license | as before JULY SHINES By MARY P. DENNY July shines in amber light | In the glow of wild bird flight In the gold of dandelion And white flake of lily bright. July shines across the grass Where the winds of summer pass. | In the glow of late red rose, In the poppies that unclose. July chines in yellaw corn flower, | Shining through the summer hour. July shines in all things bright, | Reaching to the glowing height.

DAILY THOUGHT

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight.—Proverbs | 12:22, |

SIN HAS MANY tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. | -Q, Ww. Holmes,

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"Don't call tor help even if you're drowning—the lite guard is

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| defensive costs prohibitive.

HE inducement of topping high current civilian competitive rates of pay for voluntary enlistment, won't work. It carries a hint of the stigma of the old mercenary armies—which is worse than that of the old “press-gang”’ conscript armies—and it would maka Major Eliot's recent suggestion of a few extra dollars added to $21 monthly hase pay, wouldn't induce the kind of men we need to quit their jobs. Few men want to mortgage away three years of their lives on any ground except patriotism If the true principles of selective service could ba expertly applied on the basis of experience, we would have the most fair, flexible and efficient manpower system in the world

Business

By John T. Flynn U. S. Should Not Single Out War Industry Tax Setup

EW YORK, July 11.--The President is right in calling on Congress to pass a tax law that will tend to drain away from producers excess profits due to war preparations. But here I beg to call attention to a fact which I tried to emphasize three years ago when Congress was dealing with a war-tax program. That is that it. is a mistake—and a grave one—to make any distinction between war industries and others in war or defense taxes. The idea of putting heavy taxes on war industries grows out of the notion that men who produce war goods should not be allowed to enrich themselves out of the general emergency. That is a sound view, But the notion that large profits in the emergency can be made only out of the direct war industries is a complete mistake The vast sums spent in war industries are quickly spent by the workers there in peace-time industries. Manufacturers of clothes, of luxuries, of furs, of all sorts of things become the beneficiaries of the wages of the war industry workers. There is no reason why they, any more than the owner of the gun factory, should capitalize on the crisis.

Discusses Expansion Cost

As a matter of fact, if there is to be any preference in taxation it should be in favor of the war producer. There are two reasons for this. First, if taxation is a deterrent, it is far more important that there be fewer deterrents at that point in industry where production is more urgent. Second, expansion of war-time plants is a temporary expansion, yet they must expand to meet the production demands, while the peace-time factories can take advantage of the war prosperity without expanding plants which already are working well below capacity. I am not urging any differences in taxation whatever in favor of war goods producers. I merely point out the mistake of singling the war industries out for special profits taxes. The support of the defense of the nation is the obligation of all citizens, all en=terprises, whether they are making needed guns or unneeded fur coats. The taxes should be spread over all industry without regard to the types of produc-~ tion. There should be no discriminations directly or indirectly Never before in our history should the support of war effort be carried by taxation for more urgent reasons than now.

Watching Your Health

By Jane Stafford

“ OLD your breath and count to 10,” is probably the most often-heard advice on how to stop an attack or hiccups. Slowly sipping a glass of water is another old standby. Most of the home cures for ordinary hiccups involve doing something that will divert the attention to something other than the hiccups. Hiccups in a baby are generally cured by holding the infant on the shoulder and patting its back to expel the air which may be distending its stomach

| or esophagus and thus causing the hiccups.

be just a temporary unpleasant occurrence or they may be a svmptom of some seri= ous disease or disorder. A hiccup is defined as a sudden inspiration of air due to spasm of the diaphragm and sudden closure of the Adam’s apple, The diaphragm is the great muscular structure between the chest and abdomen, separating the heart and lungs above from the stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, spleen and other organs that lie below, In breathing, the diaphragm contracts, enlarging the chest cavity and helping the lungs to expand. The signal for contraction, as in the case of any muscle, comes to the diaphragm through a nerve, Irritatipn of this nerve at any spot along its path stimulates it and the stfmulation causes the sudden spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm which 1s called a hiccup. Infection in the part of the brain associated with stimulation of contraction of the diaphragm, or a tumor pressing on that part of the brain, may cause hiccup. Hiccup sometimes comes after eating very irritating foods or liquids. This is called chemical hiccup. A sudden dilatation of the stomach can cause hiccup. Some cases have a nervous or hyse terical basis. The condition may also be caused, in very severe and long-lasting form, by stimulation of the nerve from poisons associated with germ diseases such as infantile paralysis or epidemic encephalitis, the socalled sleeping sickness. Doctors treat hiccups in various ways, such as washing out the stomach. giving sedatives and narcotics, and treating the special infection causing the condition. As a last resort in very severe cases, the doctor may operate to cut the nerve or put pressure on it, so as to stop the passage of the nerve stimulus

Hiccups may

| to the diaphragm.