The Indiana Journal, Volume 34, Number 28, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 November 1937 — Page 2

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United States Unemployment Survey Begins Next Week

PUBLIC ASK TO AID NATION IN JOB CENSUS Postal Division Toj Distribute Forms ' Nov; 16, 17 Indianapolis Governor M. CUT- . ford Townsend today called upon: 1 the people of Indiana to co-operate. With the Census of Partial Em- j, ployment, Unemployment and Oc- 1, eupations to be conducted through the Post Office Department. | -Postmen will distribute blanks, to all of' the 31,000,000, American homes on November 16 and IT. I The unemployed and partly un-| employed are being asked to till out those blanks and return them I to their Ideal Postmasters by mid-1 night of November 20. / In a special proclamation, Gov-L ernor- Townsend said, ‘‘Whereas, 1 ' unemployment is one of the most urgent domestic problems' faced 1 by the United'States and affect-j ■ ing the welfare of all the people, | * . . ‘‘Whereas, the unemployment /problem can never be effectively| ' solved until the government has! an adequate picture of unemploy-1 inent conditions throughout’ the' Lmted States, and [ "Whereas, a census of me un-i employed and partially employed will- be undertaken through the , abilities of the Post Office De-j . ailment,- and ' , [ ‘‘Whereas, the success of the . idertaking will depend ’uson the u-operation of the people them-, ' 'selves, J ./ “Now, therefore I, M. Clifford: 4 Townsend. Governor of the State ( of Indiana, do hereby urge that / the people of • Indiana lend their! earnest crnopetaiGonTo. the project in order that it may be completed ’ ■b'eforh the Christmas rush begin-, !% ning December 1. “J furtner urge that the mayors r of the various - municipalities in '/Indiana appoint citizens commit-1 tees to eo-dperale with local Post- ' masters in obtaining wide publicity! and m disseminating information as to the plans and purpose of the' census.” . I «■ tn a letter to the Governor,! Jonn p. Biggers, Administrator 1 of tne v Census, said, “I believe: Amei ica does best that which it has the spirit to 'do. of its own volition.- 'that is why 1 am con-' ' that a, voluntary enrollment unemployed will succeed if our responsible leaders unite in appealing to the patroitism of the-, --people. ” . ,

Voiceless Southerner Hears Words I He Spoke, Thanks to Scientific Aid < —7 ——”SHI.! ■ n ollly '' *■ L v wHf * .F’H JmeKl W hh lliwb 12 0 ’WI Ik * IpWwMw POOife a, rs» •< 'x »A Wb ?W<Bs lb - iMa ' . -Ai> K|H Emil Sylvan, who lost the power of speech, listens to a “voice mirror” ' repeating words, he spoke with the aid of his artificial larynx,

A vpiceless man hearing himself talk is a situation which ought to interest Mr. Believe-It-Qr-Nbt Ripley. ' That such a thing has actually taken place, however, is indisputable. MivJEmil Sylvan, of Atlanta, (la., lost the power of speech, was unable to make jusound, as the result of a surgical operation. Subsequently; he obtained an artificial larynx, a device developed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories fonthe relief of ases such as his, and learned with ,'ts aid to talk freely and intelligibly. The Bell Laboratories has also de- , ..Tcloped, in the course of its rc-

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Make Surveys for Future Road Work With the Indiana Highway com-' mission planning to take bids De- J cember 7 on $500,000 worth of construction work, Earl Crawford' chairman of the commission, Mon-; I detailed attention of contractors; [to a 1937 law requiring fidvancej qualification of bidders. This law (Chapter 98 of the 1937 Acts of the ■ General Assembly) 1 pdov'ides that bidders on Stat high-. WAV construction and maintenance projects must have filed a qualification statement covering their fi- 1 nancial status, their experience and equipment net later than 30; days before the date on which the bids are opened. With bids to be taken Tuesday, ' December 7, for the construction' of grade separations bridged and for the “grading and paving of; approaches to these structures, i contractors must have their qualification statements on file with , the State Highway contiffision not [later than Saturday, November 6. | I Forms to be filled out and sub.; milted, are furnished by the high-! .'way commission. I At the present time there are a number of contractors who have 1 not' filed their qualification statements and will be ineligible to bid; [on projects in the December let-[ |ting, unless they file their state-! ment with the commission by No-! vember 6th. The new pre-qualifi- [ cation requirement replaces the 1 . :i>nier financial statement which was requited of bidders on state [highway construction arid main-j Itenance work. The highway commission has pot J completed a'clefinite list of Sjects on which bids will be taken, [at the December Vetting. This list will not be determined for approx-1 imately two 'weeks, pending approval of projects and other neces-, isary preliminary work. ' I “Real” Earnings Show 9.5% Gain New York (IPS) —“Real” week-, .|y earnings, which take' into ac-[ count changes in living costs, are 9.5 per cent above the 1929 level, for workers in the manufacturing! industry. , ' / I That is the report of fhe'/Na-' tional Industrial Conference Board) ; after an analysis of the economic status of wage earners in both i manufacturing and non-manufac-Itu.ing industries. In the latter group, the analysis showed the, '“real” wages — or buying power at only 0.4 per cent below the 1929 level. In the manufacturing industries, 'one group,' the durable goods manufacturers, the real wage level was found to be 13.8 per cent higher than in the peak year ‘of 1929.

search in the fundamentals of « speech, a “voice mirror.” Words' spoken into this .apparatus are recorded magnetically, and may be re-1 peated by the apparatus at any time/ ■ As arranged for public exhibition, j ■ this “voice mirror” records a sentence or two spoken into a trans-| mitler, and automatically repeats , them' into a telephone receiver a ‘ few seconds later; . . * I! Not. long ago, Mr. Sylvan talked, j- 1 with the aid ,of his artificial larynx, ’ ■ into the transmitter of a “voice mir- ! • ror,” then listened into the’receiver 1 ! as the words were repeated.

Brilliant Orator People offered as much as a hundred dollars for a seat at a banquet where Daniel Webs*er spoke. In a day when oratory was‘the most popular of the arts, Webster, was the foremost orator. His fig'ure, voice, and personality [gave him an advantage over othqr men, and to these assets nature added a brilliant mind and a mastery of acting. But nature was not completely kind to Webster. , Through much of his Iffe he suffered from chronic diarrhea. He also was a victim of asthjna. But thope ailments did not constitute his entire [burden. He lacked “money-[ sense.” He couldn’t keep it. All of his investments turn-! [ed out badly, so badly in 'fact that he once said to a called to interest him in a land scheme: “Gentlemen 1 , I can but say to | you this, as I have said to I others: If y,ou have any projects for money-making, I pray you keep me out of them; my singular destiny mars everything of that sort and would be sure to over- [ whelm your own better fortunes. From the day that.he entered Dartmouth College ua-, [til his eyes were closed in eternal sleep, Webster was , pursued by debt. He owed everyone, and discharged his [obligations by Creating new ones. He borrowed f r<m bankers,, — even from the government; itself. He borrowed SSOO from a woman who painted his picture. . He accepted “memorials” from Big Business ! without embarrassment. One such fund amounted to $50,000. Ethics were different in !those days. A sena-tor or a cabinet member could do about as he pleased. Much of ' W e b ste r ’ s correspondence was marked “Private as Murder.” In one such note he tipped a friend on a forthcoming decision by the Supreme Court. • I Webster was handicapped jn one other way: He was an intemperate drinker and eater, although Samuel Hopkins Adhms, his biographer, suggests that the reports of his drunkenness have been grossly exaggerated. Drinking and bribery were common to the life of that day. A drunken Senator was no more unusual than the practice of borrowing looney from constituents who were interested in bills pending in Congress. Webster drank and borrowed, but probably no more than his contemporaries. In important matters his zeal for the welfare of his! country was boundless. The public estimated his service correctly, and propeMy hailed higi as the Great Expounder, the Illustrious Deiender, the Massachusetts Thunderer,' thp pillar of the Constitution,; the Eagle of the East, the! Immbrtal Webster, the God-! likejDaniel, the Black Giaijt,[ and4he Great Stone Face. . I A living man of tremendous strength marches through the pages of Adams’ book. “Tie Godlike Daniel.” ■ r—- ’ , I ” » JVirtnes of* • Efficiency j While reading Amiel’s Journal, we were thinking about the relationship between order and efficiency. Then we encountered a magnificent paragraph by Amiel. written in 1859. Few magazines of business print more incisive arguments than the following: “What comfort, .what strength, what economy there is in order —material order, intellectual order, moral order. To know where one is going and what one wishes—this is jjrder; to keep one’s word and one’s engagements!

I—again order; to have everything ready under one’s hand, 'to be able to dispose of all one’s forces, and to have all one’s means of whatever kind under qommand—still order; to discipline one’s habits, one’s efforts, one’s Wishes; to organize one’s life, to distribute one’s time, to take the measure of one’s duties and make one’s rights respected; to employ one’s capital and resources, one’s talent and one’s chances profitably—all this,belongs to and. is included in tb.e word order. Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one’s self; order is power. Aesthetic and moral beapty consist, the first in a [true perception of order, and the second in submission to it,

— ECON 0 M I C HIGH-LIGHTS

If a president submits a leg-j [islative program to a congress. and it is defeated or (tabled in whole or in part, he has several choices future 1 courses of action. He can use the immense power of the 1 presidency in an attempt tp influence senators and representatives who oppose him—something that has been done [many times, with varying success, ever since patronage 1 ; became a major political [weapon. Or he can accept his defeat with more or less equanimity, as Hoover did [when conironted by an unfriendly House after the election ot IP3O. and trust to time (!to prove him right qf wrong. Or he can,"go Lu the people’ /with his program, and try to '[muster sufficient strength in ' his support to sway the congress—which always keeps an ■ ear to the ground, i, Qn at legist two previous Occasions, presidents faced with splits in their own parities over major policies have fgone to the people. Taft did [in 1909, when the Payne-Ald-i rich tariff bill, which all but •dosed America to imports, I was passed, and “resulted in ' the aeiection of many prominent Republicans from the (Administration. Taft failed/ the. Republican Bull Moose! ' bolt followed, and in the next! ielection the President receiv-; ' .ed the worst beating ever taken by an incumbent, carrying. but two small states. Then came Wilson and the League <?f Nations issue. The Ibenate refused to ratify Am-j e’riqan participation in the League— and the war presij dent, fresh from his European' triumph, determined on a swing around the country, j The tragic results of this are | history— Wilson collapsed [physically at Wichita, and [from then on until his death, [ was a sick man. And now. in the view of practically every newsman, ‘President Roosevelt, alter a I Congress which turned down 1 one of the most far-reaching Administration programs in our history, has also gone to! the country. As Jay Hayden writes, ‘The one thing that can be said with reasonable' certainty respecting Presi-. dent Roosevelt's nation-wide swings that it is primarily concerned with the rebellion of congressional Democrats.” [ Men close to the White House say the defeat of thq Court bill rankles bitterly in the. President's mind. He re-[ gards it is essential to his ob-i jectives. And it is widely believed that he intended to' talk .in support of the bill in the bailiwicks of its Democrat opponents, such as Wheeler and O’Mahoney. The fact that he did not refer to it is credited to the Black Ku Klux Klan disclosures, which forced a change of plan. It is felt that-the President’s fu-[

and in the realization of it,’ I by, in. and around one’s self. Order is man's greatest need ! and his true well-being.” We have had considerable! amusement from reading an I advertisement of a weekly [ magazine with a large circul-j 'ation. In explaining to advertised why they should buy space in the publication, the owner says that his readers are the type that step fast. They are geared to a quick tempo. Although he does not say so in just these words, the publisher implies that his readers do everything hastily, including their buying. When they have the money or credit for jj. pair of silk stockings, a refrigerator, or an automo-

Itqre declarations on the subject will be deferred until it cap be determined what will be the country’s reaction to the Black appointment, and[ 'Black’s radio speech in which[ he dmittead past Klan mem-[ bership and at the same time (declared his faith in racial! and religious freedom. ' Furthermore, Presidential advisors fear that there may [have occurred a serious loss, [in the Executives public pop-[ : ularity. A Fortune survey in- : uicates that he has lost sup-porters.-in all the .economic! divisions, and that .thc/ [pari of this loss followed' the" :court bill fight. But the tide of public thought can’ change' i fast, and the Administration 'hopes that any losses can be, [repaired, and that the bqst,! cure lies in Mr. Roosevelt [making himself seen and! 'heard by as many voters as : , possible — especially in the Mountain and Pacific Coast! states, where, it is thought, i losses have been most serious. A reporter on the Presidential train recently wrote that [ail the experts aboard felt sure that the President pion-, ned calling a special session of Congress. Main object of this session will be farm legislation—an apparently large and vocal part of griculture [seems to wnt a new AAA. lf‘ [the Administration thinks the [time is right, and if the hoped ior change in public sentiment follows the tour, the[ court bill will likewise be in-; troduced again in the special [ (session. Otherwise.it will be held over until January. [ So on the one hand the Ad-! [ministration finds its stand-1 1 ing in the public eye materially below the level attained!' last year. And on the other, as political realists point out, .the magnitude of Federal unemployment and farm relief [activities has" created a vast! army which is financially under obligation to the New Deal. Also important, in the [view of some experts, is the fact that these is no outstanding opponent <of the, ; President —no Republican has shown that he can exert any real pull on the voters. An I opposition without good .leadership always faces hard ! going. L “Business lumbered along with a heavy foot this week,” says Business Week. That is[ true of all recent weeks. There have-been few important setbacks in production. There has been a setback in [sentiment, due to the market slump. ' Lumber orders are down, and steel mills have surtailed operations. Construction is slightly under the level of a year ago. ei .al consensus seems to be that Jhere has been a halt in the previously fast march of recovery, but no niajor, [new drop is to be expected.

’bile, they don’t fun around I town comparing values and [styles. One look* is enough, [and then come those lovely [words, so sweet to the ears of >a salesman, “Wrap it up.” “No wonder,” says the publisher, “that this type «of people have had to have this t’yr» of magazine. No wonder it had no time (or an Elizabethan type of literature that ‘ wandered its leisurely way even in magazines through pages and chapters' be tore it came to its point." .nd- no wonder, say we, tha; the republic is in such a bad w„ay.

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Creait Man Hits , | Federal Control Chicago,’(lPS) — Business will be forced into “low gear” if government regulation continues, Henry H. 1 Heimann, executive manager of the National Association of Credit Mefy predicted here. before the Hardware Association, Mr. Heimann declared: "The consequences of government regulation go beyond the inconvenience of restriction of business operations. American industry built its unparalleled recfOtd because of the ease anti fa-

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1931 '

! cility with w hich it could accommodate itself to all situations. It was quick to respond to new dei mands to provide new produc s to satisfy new needs. It moved ahead without delay because it hhd great freedom in its operations.” The only phase of the credit situation that gives business real concern, he said, is the “continuing inability of the Federal government and some of the sta e k governments to adopt budgei-bul- ; ancing and debt-reducing programs.” X""* The Missionary Society of the Methodist church met at the home of Mrs. Travis Purdy Mbr.d; y ■ afternoon.