Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1946 — Page 22

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nibbles 70 MODERNIZE JUVENILE COURT THE fon-partisan Marion county juvenile court commit‘tee has opened downtown headquarters to support the | of Joseph O. Hoffmann, Democratic candidate for judge of juvenile court. rg Both Republicans and Democrats, as well. as independent voters, are on this citizens’ committee of persons concerned over the problem of juvenile delinquency. The committee is clearly non-political, and has been in operation for a number of years as a serious-minded organization interested only in child welfare and proper handling of caged which come into, court. : It is encouraging to see that almost all of those who gerved on the committee in the primary election have continued their activity and are supporting the primaryindorsed candidate who was successful. A Democrat and a Republican were indorsed in the primary, but the ine ‘¢imbent Judge Mark W. Rhoads was nominated over the committee's opposition, yi l © In the best tradition of selecting judges on a non-

the fight with few exceptions, and are behind Mr, Hoffman.

$ » . » » . » NE of the weaknesses of the conduct of the juvenile court under Judge Rhoads is the lack of a consistently firm treatment of young offenders—a policy which certainly helps grow our own criminals here in- Marion county. Columnist Robert C. Ruark, in an article on this page, quotes J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, on this point. “And from a police standpoint,” says Mr. Hoover, “I'm against continued forgiveness of your criminals, Letting a chronic offender off with lecture after lecture merely builds you a major criminal. You encourage a class which thinks that it can get away with anything.” Mr. Hoover might well have been talking of such notorious local cases of that type—such as Howard Pollard,

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now awaiting trial on charge of murder after 18 previous Arrests without a day served as punishment. - Mr. Hoffmann has pledged an intelligent application of the probation system, with trained court workers free of political obligation, If he is elected in what appears to be a Republican year, it will be largely due to the effort of citizens who believe that our courts should be above politics, that the children of the community are entitled to a fair and intelligent deal. " er

By Clarence Lisby,

“TACOMA HEIGHTS HOMES NO ASSET TO NEIGHBORHOOD”

By Property Owner, Keystons ave, Northeastern Indianapolis

been quite proud of its neighbor-

Are Well-Treated"

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I would like to take this opportunity to tell the folks about their hood. In all localities we property

dog pound.

owners have tried to improve our

I have been a truck, driver for the pound for the past two years anf + Now that the war is over some would like to know why the majority of people think we collect dogs o.icider steps in and assembles 73|

then take them to the pound to be tortured and killed, which is far|gjyneard box homes, not even equal

from the truth. Oh yes, they say that and some things a lot worse.

. to chicken 6oops and places them

Little childern gather around my truck and ask, “Hey, Mister, are among our well-built homes. I ask you going to make soap out of those dogs,” or “You're not going t0 gas g|| the readers how would you like

that dog are you,” or “Do you burn dogs?” ‘ Hearing such things thirty. or forty times a day makes me wonder where they hear such things. If the people that are in ignorance about

SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY CHEST | 'ACKLING the job of raising the largest amount o money in the history of the Indianapolis Community Fund, more than 7000 volunteer workers will solicit contributions from Nov. 4 to 20. : This money will provide slightly more than half of the sums needed by the 46 agencies which receive support from the Community Fund and by the USO, for which the campaign will be a final appeal. These agencies are facing their biggest jobs next year, due to increases in broken homes, juvenile and adult delinquency, mental illness, veterans’ problems, disease and the proportion of small children who need community care. if The war has intensified social problems and, though all wari related services except USO have been eliminated, its effect will continue to be felt. One out of five persons here is helped directly by the Community Fund, to say nothing of the benefit the charae-ter-building and other agencies bring to the community as a whole, There are many of us who remember the huge chest which stood on the south side of the Soldiers and Sailors monument during world war I. The War Chest, filled with currency and coins, was a dramatic daily reminder of the need for financial support of that war and of the needs of Indianapolis. . : The appeal of the Community Fund, successor to the War Chest, is just as important as the patriotic appeals of wartime. And the need is as great. Success in the coming drive will mean that Indianapolis is living up to its national reputation as a city which meets its needs. Support the Community Fund again this year.

THE PROPAGANDISTS ARE COMING THE plan to sell Slavic American young people on the Soviet Union and its Yugoslav puppet, Marshal Tito, to be launched at the meeting of the third American Slav congress in New York next Friday, dovetails with efforts of the Soviet Ukraine to win support among Ukrainians in Canada. ’ A “cultural” delegation from the Russian Ukraine is touring Canada’s prairie provinces and northern Ontario, appearing in every town where Ukrainians and Russians live in any number, . Gain This Canadian tour is sponsored by the Ukrainian society for cultural ties abroad, an official Russian agency, which appears to be pursuing the same strategy as a similar Nazi organization which operated among overseas German groups in prewar years, These programs indicate the broad front upon which Pan-8lavic communism, now a dynamic force in Europe, is . operating to win friends and influence people in the United | States and Canada, and probably elsewhere. Immediate purpose of the drive is obvious—to gain backing for Soviet foreign policy. This is made clear by the booklet stating +t aspirations of the American Slav congress, which fol- ® the Communist party line on China, India, Greece, the bomb and Russia's role in Europe. by sf 8» ry , 8 iE United States and Canada would not be allowed to conduct counter-propaganda in behalf of American and ish foreign policy in the Soviet Ukraine or in Marshal Yugoslavia, nor would there. be much point in Public opinion has little weight or expression state. The citizen supports governiient policy

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important that no American, whatever his ‘misled by false propaganda. And the '¥; Which will not be told by any visitors 0 intend to return there, has been ‘native of the Ukraine, in his’

how the dog pound is operated would see how the dogs are cared for, they might change their minds and teach their ldren that we aren't brutes and “meanies” but men doing the city a great service.

program each week on the care and treatment of their pets.

there are so many unwanted dogs in the eity. And whose fault is it? Everybody's. If they would take care of their pets as they should be we would not have or need a dog pound. So please don't blame the truck driver for having 28 or 30 dogs on his truck, but stop and think why they are there, 80 come out, folks, and pay us a visit. See for yourself if we don't treat the dogs better than the alleys and your garbage pails, and, yes, some of you folks too. - . - “STREETCAR POLICIES NOT MADE BY THE EMPLOYEES”

By Forum Fan, Indianapolis I'm a daily rider of the streetcars and trolleys and of course do not favor the increased fare. I think Mr. Dawson's feat was outstanding. However, I would have not liked to have been out standing on a corner that day waiting for the car upon which he staged his one-mygn circus. The policy of ‘the traction company in regard to fares is not determined by the operators and supervisors, so why make it tough for them. The cost of our tokens will be decided in the end by the P. 8..C. as 1 understand it, So just what has MT, Dawson accomplished except publicity for himself? Perhaps he intends to run for something in some future election, and it won't be a trolley or streetoar,

After all it i8 not our fault that

to have a yesterday's “back house” in your front yard? E Why can't we broad-minded people stop this. They call it Ta1 camo Heights, You should visit E. | 30th st., just east of Keystone ave, and see what I mean. Sure, our G. Is will pay dearly

- . 4" “TENANTS BEAR MUCH OF UPKEEP COSTS ON HOMES” {By Mrs. N. 1. Price, Indianapolis. To An Ogre, in Sept. 10 paper. don’t think you or any other landlord has very much to complain

about. People who rent houses for them as they are to be sold to nowadays usually do their own them for permanent homes. Our decorating and repairs. |G. Is have to live in second-hand The tenants who will not care for | prefabricated fox holes from Kings-

1 believe the schools could do & 16t| property would not keep it up if|berry within arm's length of each of good by having an educational |

they were asked to pay more rent.|other. This will be nothing but a In fact, they would feel they had |dertiment to all property owners for the right to destroy because they| miles around.’ : would be paying for the so-called|® These structures are just “set” on | repairs; | poured cement foundations which Maybe the landlords are not are a mere 6 to 8 inches in the { reaping a fortune, but they are not ground and only 8 inches wide. putting out anything except taxes| Where are the building inspectors, and they will always have to pay zoning board, etc, that have conthose. | trol of building homes in IndianapAbout those twenty homes that olis? Why not have the federal are standing vacant and probably government intervene to help solve need repairs. There are hundreds of the housing problem instead of our people who would gladly repair and | political emergency and voluntary | redecorate for just the privilege of housing committees and their pri- | paying rent to some poor under-| Vate capital paid landlord. # a # Our house rent is very reasoriable | “WEEDS NUMEROUS BUT Our landlord does no repairing or FEW FLOWERS BLOOM” decorating (he used to). Since We py john Dee, Indianapolis have moved in we have redeco-| Notice Ex-World Traveler, a a rtaced & window that ws broker, 0evOtee of the beautiful, commentwhen we moved in and replaced a ing. on the gardens of the War broken beam in the garage to pre- Memorial plaza, expresses disvent it from caving in, This fall Or | pleasure of grass, just hedges and spring we intend to paint the floors and woodwork. We do not begrudge ys {nay 1ad would take a ride out

$e JAndung fof DO doing nis for | w. washington st. which is also making this house our present the main highway, road 40, east frum oN and west through the eity, his 1 am sme there are more people| thetic soul would probably be who are doing the same then there Shoe ked Dacian stretch 9 Hoes Whe 3% destroying or re-| non Backford st. west to the Belt 9 R. R. crossing, 1600. W., not menporta andlor, Just 1 Shek tioning practically all the vacant | The’ time may come again when lots north and south bordering. there is no work and you have to Weads, nothing. but weegs, im. plimented by all sorts of trash,

Sect oe DY taxes and broken bottles, tin cans, paper. All P ge peop along the lawn of the water com-

| pany at east end of the river bridge, great litters of paper scattered over the area.

cheers for Price Administrator

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All along the north side of the bridge—weeds. At west end of bridge both sides,

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nothing but weeds. Prom there on, mostly on south side of Washington, with a few oasis, weeds of various heights, culminating in bigger and better weeds six to seven feet in height at both sides and ends of Harding st. elevation. Right here is a traffic light, giving visitors entering and leaving city an opportunity to study the landscape at leisure, 1 ® 8 » “BLIND SHOULD WEAR A BAND TO IDENTIFY THEM”

Mrs. Mrs, Lola Swank, 854 W. 804A at, I also live on 30th st. and it's pitiful to watch the blind people | cross the streets, I suggest that all {blind peoplé who have to be on | the street wear a three or four-

| above the elbow. It could be made out of any kind of white material. | While the white eane helps it can't | be seen plain énough. Make it na- | tion-wide so that every motorist in the U, 8. will know when he sees

| least slow down and give the blind the right-of-way.

DAILY THOUGHT

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‘OUR TOWN 7 ‘ By Anton Scherrer | 5 is y Regarded.

Frid: ANOTHER POINT ‘THAT future. historians will ponder is the fear of Friday in Indianapolis, And becallse today 18 an aggravated ease of the same, maybé this 1s As good 4 time as any to gather some source material on the subject. ny Perhaps you aré one of those who aré not aware that thé fear of IPriday is more pronounced around here than almost anywhere else in the’ country. For which there are sound historical reasons, In the first place, the local-psycho-sis is more than a eentiry old which is plenty old enough for it to have grown roots and, indeed, to have sent out shoots, As for the other towns the best they can do is to trace their fear to Sept. 12, 1860, the day Jay Gould and Jim Fisk tried to corner the gold of New York which is now remembered as Black Friday. The fear of Friday was brought to Indianapolis by Dr. Konradin Homburg, a noble and eccentric physician who arrived here in 1844-by way of Germany, his birthplace. It was he who scared the daylights out of us.

First Local Cremation DR. HOMBURG ENTERTAINED a great number of minor superstitions and, of course, the big one for which history will reward him. In the 37 years he spent in Indianapolis, he always predicted that his patients would suffer more on Friday than on any other day of the week. And they.always did. He even carried his fear to the point that he would not accept new patients on Friday if he could possibly get out of it, declaring that his Priday patients always died. And they always did. This is not a matter of folk-lore as you might suspect. Dr, Homburg kept a little book in which he carefully recorded such facts, a literary process that etiabled him to confound his critics. In his own case, Dr. Homburg declared that every misfortune to come his wAy could be traced to the baneful influence of Friday. Indeed, he was so confirmed in this belief that he went on record more than once that, when it came time for him to die, it would be on a Friday. And, so help me God, that's exactly what happened. As for Dr. Hombutg’s minor superstitions, they too have left their mark on Indianapolis. For example, he never drank water if there was any way of getting out of it. -~ When in ordinary health, he drank wine. When ill, his drink was always beer, ' A week before he died, he told Dr. Charles E. Wright that, except for the evil influence of Friday, he never would have known the taste of beer.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 —8ecret deals which subsequently plagued the organizing meeting of the United Nations at San Francisco featured the Big Three meeting at Yalta. The Potsdam conference, when President Truman represented the United States at the third and last meeting of the Big Three, will become historic for the confusion it created on the subject of reparations.

More Concessions to Soviets RUSSIA OBTAINED new territorial concessions, including .thé ¢ity of Koenigsberg and the aréa adjacent to it. Poland, then rapidly taking form as a Soviet satellite, was given custody of the city of Danzig and a ‘portion of East Prussia, to which she now claims permanent title. Questions concerning Iran, the Dardanelles, administration of Italian colonies and Syria andl the Lebanon were raised, but were left unanswered, refuting the familiar contention that Big Three unity could dispose of such controversial issues. It was agreed Germany should Be tredted as an economic unit during the period of occupation, to which end common policies would be established on mining and industrial production and allocations, wages, customs, agriculture, forestry and fishing. Russia's refusal to abide by this understanding has resulted in the present American-Russian stalemate on German policy. ; Even more serious was the loose wording of the draft agreement relating to German reparations. It was provided that Russia, the U. 8. and Britain

pational zones, and from “appropriate German external assets.” But no ceiling was placed on reparations, it was not stated what should constitute reparations, and the term “appropriate” was not furher defined.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—A little plot has been pieced together since congress went away which should be called to the attention of the voters. They may be able to do something about it between now and the November elections.

It has come to light in various public and private statements of members themselves,

Pay and Pension Welcome : THE PLOT IS TO KILL OFF one of the most constructive measures that congress adopted at its otherwise none too encouraging recent session. That was the act to reform its own machinery and procedures for a more efficient body, more responsive to thé public will—the Monroney-La Follette congressional reorganization measure. The act itself is a mandate. ‘But it still has to be put into effect. The means which would be used to nullify it are embodied in the right of each congress to make its own rules. Rules are adopted at the beginning of each congress. Among other things, the congressional reform plan envisages the reduction of committees in both house and senate by nearly half through consolidations. This could be voided merely by their going ahead and providing for committees as they existed previously. Thus also could other reform proposals be ditched. The plot begin to appear soon After congress adjourned. Members began suggesting the plan be changed “just & little” here and there. The proposed

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The hardbolled business of law enforcement—which concerns itself with eatching thugs and preventing them from furthering their thuggery—is becoming increasingly difficult in post-war America, because of a growing softheadedness on the part of the American people. This comes from Edgar Hoover, FBI boss, Mr. Hoover has a great impatience with crime and eriminals, and a remarkable lack of sentimentality about both. !

Too Much Psycholo MR. de SR OMENTARILY concerns hime

self with public sentimggntality ‘toward the veteran, the juvenile delinquent,’ and to the criminal who uses maladjustment as an excuse for his transgression. He feels that, with every third citizen delving to find a peychopathological peg for everything from rape to robbery, the tountry will soon be. devoid of criminals. It will be full, instead of misunderstood youths with golden hearts, who just happened to hit the old lady over the head in a fit of momentary ique. : . v p Tne psychologists’ field day over William Heirens, Chicago killer who murdered for fun—and because he had an emotional block of some sort--displeases Mr. Hoover. Heirens, you recall, blamed his burglagjes and murders on his other self, whom he called “George Muiman.” Although pronounced legally sane, Heirens got off with a life senténce, " “Bo what happens?” asks Mr, Hoover. “All over the country now, when we pick up a kid for a orime,

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Dr. Homburg hevér went to bed, He slept four hors a day in a chait and sald it was enough to keep anybody going including babies. He said bables were aware of it and that it was a great’ mistake not to let them have their way. ‘He could go days without eating, and when he did get around to it, he never would touch fruit—noe matter how hun he was. Hé was especially superstitious about ‘apples. That's why it scared everybody so when he asked for ah apple the day Dr. Wright paid him a professional visit. When he finihéd the apple, he said it was the first ong he had tasted since hé was. a 14-year-old boy in Germany. It proved to be his last one. Next day Dr. Homburg wis dead, You heard me, a When it came time to read Dr, Homburg’s will in 1881 (on & Friday), his friends were confronted with the fact that he wanted to be cremated. They knew hé meant it, too. Accordingly, his body was Shipped to Washington, Pa, and delivered to a steel works there. On the day of its arrival (Friday), it was con+ signed to a blast furnace. Up to. that time, nobody around here had written such a will, Lest future historians question my findings of today, let me hasten to add that much of my material came by way of Mr. Barbacher who was with Dr. Homburg at the end, For some reason Mr, Barbacher’s first name has escaped me if, indeed, I even knew it. What I am about to say, however, will establish Mr. Barbacher’s identity so completely that mot even future historians will dare dispute it. Mr. Barbacher was Dr. Homburg's handyman around the house, a position that enabled him te pick up & lot nobody else knew, including the secret that his master wanted to die standing up,

A Reliable Barber Sr WHEN THE END CAME (on Friday--remember?), Mt. Barbacher held up Dr, Homburg as best he eould in order that his master might have his way. Con. sidered from a strictly technical standpoint, Mr. Barbacher didn’t quite succeed; for the reason that Dr. Homburg was a whale of a big man, whereas his manservant was just a young sapling ofa fellow at the on

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most everybody to dismiss the technicality. The result was that when it came time for Mr, Barbacher to open a barbershop on E, Washington st, all of Dr. Momburg's friends (and surviving patients) gave him their business secure in the belief that finally, at long last, Indianapolis had a barber who could be counted on to do as he was told.

WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Parker La Moore Secret Deals Hampered UN Formation

This folly was compounded by the action of the United States and the United Kingdom ia renounce ing any claim to “German foreign assets” in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Romania ahd eastern Austria. When the Germans invaded Austria they took title to almost all of the capital equipment in that eountry. As a result, eastern Austria is being stripped to the bone. The United States and Britain also agreed to give Russia 15 per cent of all industrial equipment re= moved from their zones as surplus, after Germany had peen demilitarized, in exchange for an equivalent value in food, minerals and other materials, and an additional “10 per cent of all eapital equipment” removed from the western sones, this last without payment or exchange. Russia made one concession on reparations: She would not claim any gold captured by the American or British troops. No mention was made of reparations claims against Italy or the other axis co-belligerents, but Russia has filted claims against each of them, and its Italian claim for $100 million has been approved by the council of foreign ministers.

German P. O. W.'s Used as Laborers

IN THEIR FINAL COMMUNIQUE, the Big Three made the pious declaration that it was “not the intention of the allles to destroy or enslave the Gere man people.” But it has been charged that there was a secret understanding that prisoners of war could be used to~repair damage in enemy-devastated areas. Whatever the facts, a substantial part of the former German army is held in virtual slavery, at forced labor —388,000 by the British, more than 3,000,000 by the Russians, none by the United States. The period of this servitude appears to be indefinite,

IN WASHINGTON . .. By Thomas L. Stokes Congressmen Chilly to Streamlining

changes, added up, would kill off the whole reorganization plan. There is some evidence that there was a good deal of lip service when congress adopted the reform bill at tag-end of the last session. Its success was a surprise, though some compromises had to be accepted as price of enactment, The bill encroaches on personal ambitions for preference and prestige since it would deprive some members of committee chairmanships. Members don't like to admit it publicly but undoubtedly some of them, -if mot all, would be happy to see the whole scheme discarded. Essence of the plot is to eliminate all parts of the

reform plan that would touch on cherished preroga-§

tives and leave only the pay increase and retirement pension. If they alone survived after the great pretense that congress has made at reforming itself, there is no doubt public reaction would be bad—and it should be. »

Pin Down Candidates

LOCAL GROUPS ACTIVE on behalf of good and more efficient government can be effective by seeking to tie down candidates of both parties to support the

, complete reform bill as it was enacted.

This reform act applies to congress, But 18 ig of vital interest to every citizen because it will give him a congress that can represent him better and more efficiently. It also holds promise of providing party responsibility, which is so sadly lacking now.

REFLECTIONS . . . By Rabert C. Ruark Parents Share Crime Increase Blame

he gives you the injured innocence technique and says: ‘Tt wasn't me did it. It was my other self. My bad self.’ You can say that all that fuss over Heirens started a fad, and provided young eriminals with what seems to them a legitimate alibl” Crime, Mr. Hoover says, is up 11 per cent over the last peace years, and, is at an all-time high since 193¢, when figures first were compiled. “you can hand a big percentage of the reason for it right back to the parents,” he sald. “Mothers and fathers are becoming increasingly soft with their children. Kids are the greatest psychologists in. the world. They can figure you and work you for the last ounce of lénlence, “There has been a lot of nonsense talked about letting children do as they please, for fear of inhibiting them. But I still think that prompt and painful punishment when a kid does wrong will reduce his potentiality as a delinquent,

Home-Grown Criminals “A SMACK ON THE FANNY early in life would keep a lot of kids out of jail later on. And from a police standpoint, I'm against continued foregiveness of young criminals. Letting a chronic offender off with lecture after lecture merely builds you a major criminal. You encourage a class which thinks it can get away with anything.” : Mr, Hoover repeats that Americans are too willing

- to forgive and often are somewhat addle-brained in thelr softness. They Are fostering, thereby, a. rising

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